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CCOI crashes on earnings as analysts slash targets

CCOI is trading at $18.06 after one of its worst weeks in recent memory — a 25% collapse driven by a Q1 earnings report that sent the stock down 22% in a single session. The catalyst was May 4's Q1 2026 results.…

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Analysts Raise the Bar for Chevron Ahead of May Earnings

CVX heads into its May 27 Q1 results with the Street turning more constructive — but the stock's own insiders were quietly selling into that optimism earlier this spring. The analyst picture has shifted meaningfully in…

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Cardinal Health slides as Street trims targets post-earnings

Cardinal Health heads into the first full week of May under pressure, having shed 4.2% over the past week to close at $197, while the Street digests a mixed earnings signal and a wave of freshly cut price targets. The…

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Cabot Beats on Earnings, but Shorts Keep Building

CBT reported Q2 fiscal 2026 results on May 5 that beat on every line — yet short sellers used the rally to add, not reduce. That tension sits at the heart of this week's setup. Cabot's headline numbers were clean.…

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BRKR beats on all fronts, shorts begin unwinding

Bruker Corporation heads into the post-earnings session with a clean beat and short sellers on the back foot — the sharpest tension of the week is between a positioning structure that expected more pain and a print…

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Short Sellers Double Down on Azenta After Earnings

Azenta enters the post-earnings week with one of the sharpest short-interest buildups in its recent history — and the stock has barely flinched. Short sellers have been piling into AZTA at a pace that stands out even…

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Boston Beer Bears Double Down After Ugly Q1

SAM enters May with a compound problem: a stock down 13% in a month, options traders at near-peak defensive positioning, and every analyst on the Street still holding neutral but trimming targets in the wake of a…

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BorgWarner beats on earnings as options traders turn bullish

BorgWarner reported Q1 2026 results today that landed cleanly ahead of estimates — and the options market had already begun pricing in a friendlier outcome. The most striking data point this week is not in the short…

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BCRX: Shorts Rebuild as Borrow Costs Collapse Post-Earnings

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals heads into the post-earnings period with a striking bifurcation: short interest has jumped back toward cycle highs while borrowing costs have crashed to their lowest levels of the year — a…

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Ball Beats, But the Street Sells It

BALL enters the week after a bruising post-earnings session that punished what was, on paper, a solid Q1 print — and the widening gap between the stock's $57.11 close and the Street's $70.79 average target tells the…

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Avista Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

AVA enters its May 14 earnings call in a strikingly different shape than it did six weeks ago — short sellers have quietly stepped back, analysts remain split near fair value, and options traders are the most cautious…

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AutoNation shorts rebuild as Barclays lifts its target

AutoNation heads into the week with an unusual mix of signals: short sellers are rebuilding positions at their fastest pace in months, yet the Street's most active coverage is moving targets higher. Short interest has…

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ASTE Options Signal a Sentiment Shift Ahead of Earnings

Astec Industries heads into its May 13 earnings report with the most bullish options positioning in a year — a sharp reversal from the deep defensive stance that defined the stock through most of April. The options…

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ADM Heads Into Q1 Print With Analysts Lifting Targets

Archer-Daniels-Midland enters its Q1 2026 earnings call — scheduled for May 7 — with the stock up 9% on the week, the Street raising targets across the board, and shorts building quietly in the background. The…

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AMAT Rallies Hard Into Earnings With Bulls Firmly in Charge

Applied Materials has spent the past week making a strong case that semiconductor equipment demand is alive and well. The stock gained nearly 8% on the week to close at $410.82 — up 5% on Tuesday alone — and the…

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