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MET reports Q3 results on November 4 with short sellers stepping back and the analyst community broadly raising its view of the stock. Short interest has fallen sharply. Positions dropped roughly 13% over the past…
McKesson reports fiscal second-quarter results on November 4, trading at $994.58 after a 15% surge over the past month that has left the stock within touching distance of the $1,000 mark. While analysts have been…
Martin Marietta Materials gained 6.6% over the past week to close at $540.41, outpacing a peer median of around 4.6%, and the stock is up 12.8% over the past month. That recovery matters because the company's Q3 print…
ITT heads into its November 4 earnings release with options traders far more defensive than usual, even as the fundamental bull case remains intact. The options market tells the clearest story. The put/call ratio has…
W.W. Grainger trades at a meaningful premium to most of its industrial distribution peers, and Wednesday's Q3 print is the moment that premium either earns its keep or comes under pressure. Among its closest correlated…
An NVIDIA director sold more than $366 million of stock in early September, the largest single-insider disposal in the latest data window. Mark Stevens, an independent director at NVDA, filed multiple sell transactions…
Fair Isaac Corporation fell 12.8% over the past week to $711.23, closing well below the mean analyst price target and diverging sharply from most peers, with ADSK and TYL each down roughly 1% or better on the same…
Emerson Electric reports its latest quarterly results on Wednesday, with the stock at $164.94 after a 3.4% drop on Friday that trimmed a stronger month. The analyst community is notably split ahead of the release.…
EW arrives at its November 4 results with short sellers quietly retreating and the analyst community more constructive than at any point this year. Short interest has fallen nearly 8% over the past week to 1.5% of the…
DEO options positioning has shifted decisively toward calls in the run-up to Wednesday's results, a reversal from the more cautious stance that dominated earlier in the quarter. The put/call ratio has dropped to 0.52,…
Short sellers have added to their positions in CW at an unusually fast pace, with shares short climbing 21% over the past week to around 967,000, the highest level recorded in at least a year. That puts short interest…
CMI reports Q3 results on November 4, trading at $500.09 after sliding 3.3% over the past week, a move that looks notably soft against a median gain of 0.7% for its closest industrial peers. The most striking feature…
Charles River Laboratories International reports Q3 results on November 4 with short sellers pulling back sharply even as the stock trades well above where most analysts set their targets. The most notable shift in…
CVS Health Corporation reports Q3 results on Wednesday with short sellers in full retreat, yet the options market is sitting closer to its most defensive posture of the past year. Short interest has fallen 28% over the…
BSAC short sellers have pushed their position to its highest level in at least a year, with shares short climbing 27% over the past week to roughly 1.05 million, a move running well above the stock's typical weekly…
ATO gained just 0.1% over the past week, while its closest gas utility peers posted a median gain of 1.9%. OGS added 0.8%, SR rose 3.2%, and SWX climbed 2.1% over the same period. That underperformance stands out for a…
Options positioning is the sharpest signal into COR's November 4 results, with put demand running well above its recent norm despite a stock that has largely been left alone by short sellers. The put/call ratio closed…
Allstate reports Q3 results on November 4, having added 15% in the past month and now trading at $259.87, above the $269 consensus price target that was already trimmed aggressively through October. The stock's…
ATI closes at $165.59, down 12% over the past month, with short interest at its highest level in at least a year and a string of analyst target cuts landing in the days before Tuesday's results. Short interest has…
Albemarle, the world's largest lithium producer, reports third-quarter results on Wednesday against a backdrop of a stock that has lost 15% over the past month and now trades at $91.00, less than 60% of the consensus…
