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Cencora posts earnings miss but lifts EPS guidance

Cencora heads into the back half of its fiscal year with a mixed Q2 print that crystallises the central debate around the stock: strong underlying earnings momentum versus top-line pressure that is now visible in…

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AIG Earnings Week: Analysts Lift Targets, Shorts Retreat

AIG heads into its May 13 Q1 earnings call with shorts at a six-week low and the Street broadly nudging targets higher — a cleaner setup than the stock has enjoyed in some time. The most notable development this week…

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AEP Upgrades Flood In After Q1 Beat

American Electric Power enters the week after Q1 earnings with analysts openly competing to raise their targets — the clearest sign in months that the Street's long-standing caution on the utility is finally…

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MFA takes a sharp knock while the Street holds its nerve

MFA Financial dropped 6% on Tuesday and ended the week down more than 7% to $9.55 — a notable single-day move for a mortgage REIT with a market cap of roughly $1 billion. The stock now trades well below the lowest…

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Street Upgrades Carry AMZN Past $273 — Next Stop May 20

Amazon heads into its Q1 2026 earnings call on May 20 with the strongest analyst tailwind in recent memory, a 30% stock rebound off its April lows, and options traders rotating firmly into calls — making this one of…

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Allstate Analysts Lift Targets After Earnings Beat

ALL enters a quiet stretch before its May 22 earnings call with something rare in a sector under macro scrutiny: a stock that has actually worked and a broker consensus that is being revised upward. Options positioning…

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PN's Borrow Market Melts Down as Cost to Borrow Hits 847%

PN — Skycorp Solar Group Ltd — has become one of the most explosive small-cap stories of the week. Cost to borrow has surged to 847%, short shares are up over 6,000% in seven days, and the stock is up 177%…

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MNDR Shorts Hit 152% of Float in Historic Blowout

Short interest in MNDR has gone from near-zero to overwhelming in a matter of days. The borrow market is tightening fast. Three ORTEX signals fired simultaneously — all critical. On April 27, MNDR carried just 3,946…

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AUDC Options Signal Extreme Bullishness — Then Earnings Hit

AudioCodes stock dropped 16% on May 6. The options market had seen it coming — just not in that direction. The put/call ratio told a clear bullish story heading into earnings. It collapsed from a 20-day mean of 5.40 to…

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CLRB Borrow Market Seizes Up Overnight

Cellectar Biosciences went from a quiet short base to a lending market crisis in a single session. Short interest jumped 1,380% in one day to 6.5% of float. Cost to borrow rocketed to 150.4%. Availability has collapsed…

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FRMI Borrow Market Dries Up as Insiders Head for the Exit

FRMI shares in Fermi Inc. are down 7.7% this month. The lending pool tells an even starker story. Every available share in the borrow market is now lent out. Availability has dropped to 0% — the tightest it has been in…

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CUK Options Traders Turn Bullish as Borrow Costs Spike

Options positioning on CUK shifted sharply this week. The put/call ratio dropped to 1.78 on May 5 — 3.9 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 2.27. That's the most bullish options reading in months, and it…

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Barclays shorts retreat 70% — options market grows cautious

BCS short sellers have dramatically unwound positions over the past month. Short interest has collapsed from roughly 5.9 million shares in late March to 1.78 million by May 5 — a 70% drop. Yet as that exit played out,…

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BBAI Borrow Market Hits Maximum Squeeze

BigBear.ai has run out of shares to borrow. Availability has dropped to zero — every share in the lending pool is currently lent out. That matches the 52-week peak and creates the tightest borrow conditions the stock…

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USO Borrow Market Hits Maximum Tightness

Three converging signals are firing on USO simultaneously. The lending pool is exhausted, borrow costs have doubled in a month, and options traders are piling into puts — all as crude oil prices bounce. Availability on…

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