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Quantum Computing Inc. reports Thursday with one of the most extreme short-side setups on Nasdaq — a borrow market that has essentially no room left, sitting alongside a still-bullish analyst community and options…
ACM reports its Q3 fiscal 2026 results on August 11 with a notable insider endorsement at the current price level — a signal that stands out against a backdrop of persistent analyst target cuts and a stock trading…
BKD enters its Q2 print today with the stock down 5% on the week, yet options traders remain conspicuously unbothered by the slide. The call-side tilt that defined the pre-earnings setup five days ago has not reversed.…
ENS heads into its August 12 earnings release with short sellers having built a notably larger position over the past month — while the stock itself has been falling. The short interest story is the sharpest signal…
Helios Technologies walks into its August 11 earnings report with options traders tilting decisively bullish, analysts chasing price targets higher, and short sellers holding a small — and shrinking — position. The…
NHI heads into its Q2 print with a notable short-side rebuild underway, even as borrowing conditions remain relaxed and options positioning stays only modestly defensive. Short interest has climbed sharply over the…
Kopin Corporation reports August 12 earnings with short sellers heavily committed but options traders tilting the other way — a split in positioning that makes the print particularly consequential. Short interest is a…
Brinker International heads into Wednesday's earnings release with the Street racing to keep pace with a stock that has already left most price targets behind. The analyst upgrade cycle has been relentless. UBS raised…
JBS reports today with the cautious positioning flagged in Thursday's preview still largely intact — though the data has shifted slightly at the margin. Options remain the clearest signal of investor unease. The…
CRH reports its next set of results on August 14 with the stock pulling back about 4% over the past month to $100.60, even as options markets show a meaningful uptick in defensive positioning heading into the…
Short sellers are sharpening their focus on two battered names this week. Hertz and Wolfspeed top the list of biggest SI movers over the last seven days. Hertz climbs to 67.5% SI — up nearly 3 points in a week. The…
CIB walks into today's print having already recovered from the dip that followed the August 3 report, closing at $91.47 Monday — up nearly 3% on the day and 10% higher over the past month — yet still trading well above…
This week's results calendar is loaded with AI-linked names. Super Micro Computer reports after the close tonight. Short sellers have stalked the stock for months. The outcome could move the entire AI server space.…
Today kicks off a busy week of results. Cardinal Health ($55B market cap) reports this morning. Lumentum Holdings posts results today too — the optical components maker has been closely watched amid AI infrastructure…
Analysts pushed target prices higher across semiconductor equipment names on Monday. Applied Materials, KLA Corporation, and Lam Research all saw consensus targets revised up. AMAT's average target now sits at $633,…
The biggest insider story this week belongs across the Atlantic. Florentino Perez Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO of ACS, filed purchases totalling over $92 million in his own company. The filings, reported on August 10,…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Three names stand out for big moves in short interest, while CHWY quietly saw bears retreat. WOLF remains the most shorted large-cap name in the US. Short interest hit 81.1% of…
Japan is the dominant story this week. ETF investors poured a net $14.9B into Japanese-focused funds in just seven days. That dwarfs every other geography. Flow imbalance hit 82.8 — well into strong buying territory.…
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower Monday as a semiconductor rebound attempt ran out of steam. Chip stocks have been at the centre of the volatility. Bears have been active — options data shows heavy negative flow…
Options flow tells a divided story this week. Negative bets dominate the semiconductor space. Sandisk and Micron Technology lead all US stocks by bearish options volume over the past seven days. Both are deep in chip…
