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ICHR heads into its Q3 earnings report with the stock deep in freefall, down 41% over the past month and testing ground not seen in this cycle's recovery. The most striking feature of the setup is how little the…
IIPR enters today's earnings report having shed short interest at a pace far outside its own historical range. Short positions dropped nearly 17% over the past week, a move 3.5 standard deviations below the company's…
Bioventus heads into today's Q3 results with short sellers trimming exposure even as the stock pulls back sharply from its 2026 highs. The clearest signal in the positioning data is the retreat of short sellers. Short…
Ferrari N.V. reports its latest results on November 3, with positioning in the lending market notably relaxed and short sellers showing little conviction. Among Ferrari's closest correlated peers, short selling…
The Chemours Company heads into its Q3 results on November 3 with short sellers retreating from the stock even as analysts continue to lower their sights, a divergence that frames the print sharply. The short position…
Among the closest correlated names to BSM, short positioning looks notably lighter. MUR and DVN dropped more than 6% and nearly 7% on Monday alone, while KOS shed 13% on the week. Black Stone Minerals, by contrast,…
V2X, Inc. gained 8.3% in the past week, more than double the median 2.9% advance among its closest defense peers heading into today's earnings report. Among correlated names, LHX added 7.2% on the week and GD rose…
MTUS enters its November 3 earnings release having gained 7% over the past month and nearly 5% on the week, closing at $21.32. Options positioning reinforces the constructive tone: the put/call ratio of 0.27 is…
NAVI heads into Wednesday's Q3 results with short sellers at their most aggressive in months and an activist holding nearly a third of the company. Short interest has climbed sharply in the days before the print. It…
OGS reports Q3 2026 results on November 3 with options traders taking their most defensive stance of the past year, even as the stock itself has rallied hard into the print. The clearest pre-earnings signal is in the…
ESRT reports Q3 results today with one of the most newsworthy facts about any REIT in recent months sitting on its shareholder register: an activist investor. Erez Asset Management filed a Schedule 13D on October 5,…
VOYA gained 3.0% over the past week to close at $99.42, outpacing the median of its closest correlated peers, where CRBG, EQH, and JXN each added between 2.0% and 3.6%. That puts Voya at the stronger end of the group…
Boise Cascade is the most defensively positioned name in its peer group right now. Short interest has climbed to 4.5% of free float, its highest level in at least a year, while close peers BXC, QXO, and SITE gained a…
BLMN heads into its November 5 earnings release with the stock up 28% in a month, short sellers pulling back, and options traders leaning more bullish than usual. The clearest positioning shift is in options. Call…
FANG enters its November 3 earnings release with short sellers at their least active in at least a year. Short interest has dropped to 2.38% of the free float, down 7.4% over the past week and nearly 10% over the past…
Capri Holdings reports on November 6 after its shares surged 28.8% in one week to $20.05, a move that has left the Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo parent up 39% on the month but still deeply negative for the year. Four…
NMFC reports Q3 results today with the stock having already moved sharply in the right direction, up 7.6% on the week to $7.11, and the lending market telling a noticeably looser story than it did a week ago. The…
Independence Realty Trust stands out among apartment REITs right now for the wrong reason: its short interest has climbed to its highest level in at least a year. At 7.7% of the free float, IRT carries more short…
Short sellers have been cutting positions in SBRA at an unusually fast pace. Short interest has fallen roughly 11% over the past week to 17.7 million shares, equivalent to 7.1% of the free float. That weekly decline is…
PLOW reports Q3 results on November 3 with the market showing little urgency in either direction, a setup that is more notable for what it lacks than what it signals. The lending market tells a story of indifference…
