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ARMK just posted its strongest week in months, and the Street is rushing to keep pace. The stock closed Tuesday at $48.41, up nearly 9% on the day and 7% on the week. The catalyst was a fiscal Q2 earnings release that…
American Airlines heads into the week with short sellers rebuilding positions at a pace that stands out even against a volatile macro backdrop — and options traders are reinforcing the cautious tone. Short interest is…
Chegg heads into the week of May 13 in an uncomfortable spot — the stock gave back a quarter of its value in five sessions, short sellers are adding positions, and the Street has essentially abandoned coverage. Short…
WIX reports Q1 results on May 20 — a week away — and the set-up carries a clear tension: short sellers have been covering hard since mid-April, yet sell-side targets remain well above where the stock is trading, and…
CRTO enters the week after one of its worst single sessions in years. A Q1 2026 earnings report on May 6 sent the stock down 18.2% in a single day. It now trades at $16.20, down almost 20% on the week and roughly 9%…
FATE enters the post-earnings session in an unusual position: a stock that rallied 81% over the past month is now being covered by shorts, not chased by them. Q1 results dropped this morning. EPS came in at -$0.26,…
KWEB enters mid-May with a striking split: options traders have rarely been this bullish on Chinese internet in the past year, even as short interest has nearly doubled over the past month. The options signal is the…
NWSA is navigating a stretch where two divergent forces are pulling at the same time: a sharp short-covering rally follows a Q3 earnings beat, while the Street edges toward cautious optimism after a rare upgrade. Short…
Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. heads into the back half of May with a fresh set of headwinds: a cut base dividend, a weaker-than-expected Q1, and a steady stream of downward analyst target revisions landing just as the…
NXE heads into the post-earnings stretch with a rare tension: institutional buyers are building large positions in a company whose own executives spent December selling heavily. The catalyst behind recent momentum is…
VOYA heads into its May 21 earnings call with short interest jumping sharply off a multi-week low — a positioning reset that sits in direct tension with a stock trading near its best levels of the year. Short sellers…
DarioHealth Corp. heads into the close of a pivotal week with the stock up nearly 9% — and fresh Q1 earnings beats adding momentum to what has already been a strong month. Q1 results, reported this morning, delivered a…
SSTK just printed one of its sharpest post-earnings short covering moves in recent memory — and the speed of the unwind tells a clear story about how crowded the bearish trade had become. Short interest collapsed…
SUN heads into mid-May with analysts and short sellers pulling in opposite directions — and right now the bulls are winning. The most striking development this week is the wall of upward target-price revisions…
American Tower heads into its May 20 earnings call with the options market more cautious than it has been all year — even as short sellers have rebuilt positions at a pace that deserves attention. The sharpest signal…
Schneider National heads into mid-May with a contradictory setup: the Street just lifted targets almost universally after a solid Q1 print, yet shorts rebuilt positions at the fastest pace in months and the stock has…
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation heads into its May 27 Q1 results with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions and the Street trimming its price targets — a cautious setup for a stock already down 6.5% on the…
CSTE reported Q1 2026 results on May 13, and the story is one of structural progress colliding with a top-line that keeps shrinking. Adjusted EPS came in at a loss of $0.32, beating the $0.35 estimate — a beat that has…
POET Technologies has doubled in price over the past month and added 49% this week alone — but into that rally, short sellers are piling in at the fastest pace in months while securities class-action lawsuits multiply…
Enphase Energy heads into the week with a striking contradiction at its core: the stock has rallied 20% over the past month, yet short sellers have been rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months. Short…
