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GWH heads into Thursday's Q1 re-release event with the stock at its lowest price in months and shorts already sitting on double-digit exposure to the float. The week's central tension is clear: a savage post-earnings…
Arteris just delivered its Q1 2026 earnings — and the stock's 68% rally over the past month has created a striking three-way tension: analysts are sharply raising their targets, insiders are aggressively selling into…
GTLB dropped 10% on Tuesday after announcing a round of layoffs and an internal overhaul aimed squarely at the AI-agent era — a move the company framed as opportunity but the market read as disruption, sending the…
Quantum Cyber N.V. heads into the back half of May with one of the sharpest positioning contrasts in its brief listed life: short sellers have nearly doubled their position over the past month while the stock just…
ETOR delivered a Q1 earnings beat on May 12, and the Street's reaction has been swift — but the stock is down on the week anyway. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.91 against a $0.73 estimate. Revenue hit $2.44 billion, well…
ONON just reported a blowout first quarter — and the Street is cutting targets anyway. Q1 2026 net sales hit CHF 831.9 million, crossing the CHF 800 million mark for the first time and growing 26.4% at constant…
AKA enters its May 20 earnings call with short sellers rapidly unwinding positions — a notable shift for a stock that spent much of April building bearish bets. Short interest has fallen sharply over the past month,…
Valens Semiconductor enters the back half of May with a remarkable chart — the stock has more than doubled over the past month — and a fresh analyst upgrade providing cover for bulls to stay in. The standout this week…
Rocket Lab heads into next week's earnings with the stock up nearly 50% in five sessions, analysts chasing targets higher, and short sellers quietly exiting a position that was still being built just three weeks…
Humacyte enters the post-earnings session with a familiar weight: revenue missed, the borrow market is tightening, and even the house that stayed bullish just cut its target — all while nearly a quarter of the float…
VELO delivered a textbook earnings surprise — and the market loved it. The stock has climbed 40% over the past month to $14.06, buoyed by a Q1 double beat and a reiterated full-year revenue outlook of $60–70M. But…
SWAG enters the post-earnings period with a sharply different short-interest picture than just a week ago. Stran & Company reported Q1 2026 results on May 12 — revenue of $31.2 million, up from $28.7 million a year…
Jianzhi Education Technology Group enters mid-May with a striking divergence: the cost to short is falling fast, yet the stock itself is losing ground just as quickly. The most telling move in the lending market is the…
Algoma Steel Group is navigating one of the more contradictory setups in the steel sector right now. The company just reported a Q1 loss that badly missed expectations, yet short sellers spent the entire week…
CAVA heads into its May 19 earnings report in an awkward spot: shorts have covered aggressively, yet the stock is still down 15% on the week, sitting at $77.18. Short sellers have been steady sellers of their positions…
Cytek Biosciences enters the week after Q1 results fighting a 15% price drop, fresh target cuts from two analysts, and a short base that remains stubbornly elevated. The stock closed at $4.04 on Tuesday, down from…
Riskified exits its May earnings print with short sellers adding exposure and company insiders heading for the exits — a combination that gives this week's modest price slide an extra edge. The stock closed at $4.58 on…
Rivian is heading into late May with short sellers adding to already heavy positions and options traders abandoning the defensive hedges they wore just weeks ago — a split signal that makes the current setup harder to…
Absci Corporation heads into its June 4 earnings report with short sellers in measured retreat and an analyst upgrade providing fresh upside context — while options traders turned their most call-heavy in months. The…
Lucid Group is heading into its next earnings report with short sellers at their most aggressive in months — and every share in the lending pool already lent out. Short interest jumped 28% in a single week, vaulting…
