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FCX Slides 19% as Grasberg Weighs on an Already Choppy Week

Freeport-McMoRan heads into the final day of April carrying a wound that is hard to ignore — a 19% drop over the week to $56.93, capped by a further 2.2% fall on Wednesday, and all of it arriving in the same week the…

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Analysts Upgrade BEN After Strong Q2 Print

BEN heads into the tail end of earnings week with its most concentrated burst of analyst upgrades in months, a stock that has ripped 7% in a week, and options positioning that is nearly as bullish as it has been all…

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Fossil Faces Its Sharpest Weekly Drop Before May Earnings

FOSL heads into its May 6 earnings date with the stock down 16% this week — a jarring drop that has pushed the short score to 57 and drawn a notably unusual options signal. The sharpest angle right now is the options…

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FWDI Shorts Ease as Street Wakes Up

Forward Industries heads into its May 13 earnings report with short sellers retreating and freshly minted analyst coverage adding a bullish tilt — yet the stock has shed 14% in a week and is down 35% year-to-date,…

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FWRD Enters May Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Forward Air heads into its May 6 Q1 earnings report in a less-pressured but still notably shorted position — short sellers have been quietly covering all month, even as options traders have turned more defensive. The…

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Fortis heads into earnings with shorts piling in

Fortis Inc. enters its Q1 reporting season — results now confirmed for May 6 — carrying the most notable short-side repositioning it has seen in months, even as the stock itself holds up and analysts have just turned…

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ASUR heads into Q1 earnings on a short-cover rally

Asure Software reports Q1 2026 results today — and the stock enters the print with a notable contradiction between price and positioning. The share price has climbed 17% over the past month to $9.23, recovering sharply…

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FGFH: Short Sellers Retreat After Strong Q1

Foresight Financial Group enters the final days of April with short sellers in full retreat — and an earnings release that explains why. The clearest signal is in the short interest data. On April 28, estimated shares…

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Ford Beats Q1 Estimates, but Shorts Keep Unwinding

F just posted a Q1 earnings beat that would have looked implausible a month ago, and the reaction cuts to the heart of what's interesting about the stock this week: the numbers were genuinely good, yet the shares still…

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FEMSA heads into earnings with shorts in rapid retreat

FMX enters its Q1 2026 results — due today, April 30 — with bears pulling back at an unusually sharp pace, even as the stock slips a touch heading into the print. Short sellers have been unwinding positions at a…

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FFIC Stumbles Into Earnings Season with a Costly Miss

Flushing Financial arrived at its Q1 2026 earnings release already under the microscope — and the numbers didn't help. The bank reported Tuesday after the close. Q1 adjusted EPS came in at $0.29, missing the consensus…

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FLS Shorts Surge Into a Mixed Earnings Print

Flowserve heads into its Q1 results — released after the bell on April 29 — having attracted a sharp and unusual buildup of short interest, even as options traders leaned bullish and the stock sat near multi-month…

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Fleetwood Bank Quietly Builds Value

FLEW, the OTC-traded holding company for Fleetwood Bank Corporation, enters the final day of April having notched its best monthly price performance in recent memory — a quiet gain that belies the stock's near-total…

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BDL Shorts Retreat Ahead of May Earnings

Flanigan's Enterprises heads into its May 11 earnings report with short sellers in full retreat — but a stubbornly high cost to borrow keeps the borrow market far from relaxed. The clearest signal this week is the…

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FE earnings match, but shorts keep retreating

FirstEnergy Corp. just reported Q1 results that matched estimates — and short sellers responded by continuing their exit. Short interest has fallen sharply over the past month. It has dropped 11.3% over the past 30…

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FUNC slips with sector peers amid thin short-seller conviction

First United Corporation closed the week at $37.15, down 1.7% over five sessions and dropping a sharper 3.4% on Wednesday alone — a move that sits modestly worse than most of its regional bank peers but shares the same…

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FBAK Borrow Cost Climbs as Shorts Return

First National Bank Alaska heads into the final day of April with an intriguing split: the stock has quietly rallied while borrowing costs have risen sharply to multi-year highs. The clearest tension in the data is in…

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FMBH Heads Into Q1 Earnings With Options Turning Bullish

First Mid Bancshares reports Q1 results on May 1 with short sellers in retreat and options traders leaning more constructive than they have in months. The most striking shift this week is in options positioning. The…

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