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PureCycle Technologies just beat Q1 estimates — and the shorts are barely flinching. The stock closed at $7.65 on Tuesday, up 8% on the week and 41% over the past month. Q1 EPS came in at -$0.21, beating the -$0.25…
Aeva Technologies heads into this week with a striking contrast: one of the most heavily shorted small-cap names in the sensor space, yet options traders are the least bearish they have been all year. The short…
ACV Auctions just reported its cleanest quarter yet — and the market responded by pushing the stock up 8% on the week before the earnings print even landed. The Q1 numbers, released after the close on May 6, came in…
Stem, Inc. just reported Q1 results into one of the most charged short-positioning setups it has seen all year. Q1 delivered a classic beat-miss split. EPS came in at -$2.22, better than the -$2.30 consensus. Revenue…
APA Corporation enters its May 7 Q1 results sitting in an unusual position: short sellers have been stepping back sharply, options traders are leaning constructive, and the Street — while not enthusiastic — has been…
Riley Exploration Permian heads into its May 7 earnings call with shorts in full retreat and options traders leaning firmly bullish — a combination that sharpens the stakes on tomorrow's print considerably. The…
Sable Offshore Corp. heads into its May 14 earnings call carrying the double weight of a highly shorted float and a cluster of fresh insider selling — a combination that makes the next print unusually charged. The…
Texas Pacific Land Corporation reported Q1 2026 results after the close on May 6, with a beat on earnings and a narrow miss on revenue arriving just as short interest hits its highest level in months — the most charged…
Shoals Technologies Group enters the post-earnings week with analysts upgrading price targets and the stock up 6% on the week — yet short sellers are quietly rebuilding, a tension worth watching closely. The Q1…
Great Elm Group dropped its fiscal Q3 2026 results after the bell on May 6, with an earnings call scheduled for May 7 — making this note land squarely in the eye of the storm. The headline numbers were rough. Q3 EPS…
Montauk Renewables heads into its May 7 earnings call having just printed a Q1 beat — and with short sellers in full retreat. The earnings story is the standout this week. Q1 revenue came in at $46.4M, ahead of the…
DoorDash heads into its post-earnings week with an uncomfortable combination: a stock down 3.4% over five days, short interest at a six-week high, and options traders the most defensively positioned they have been in…
Clover Health Investments enters this week with a striking contradiction: the stock has surged 52% over the past month, yet insiders have been selling into almost every uptick — and short sellers haven't budged. The…
Root, Inc. enters this week's session in a curious spot. Short sellers have been reducing exposure steadily even as the stock has rallied 27% over the past month to $54.90. Yet the analyst community spent much of April…
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals just handed bears a difficult week, reporting Q1 results that cleared consensus by a wide margin — and doing so into a short interest position that has already been steadily unwinding. The…
Array Technologies heads into its May 19 earnings with the most adversarial short positioning in months and options traders making their most defensive hedges of the past year. The short interest story has been…
GoodRx Holdings heads into its Q1 2026 earnings print on May 7 with short sellers piling in at a pace not seen in months — even as the stock itself has quietly rallied 10% this week. The tension is stark. Short…
HighPeak Energy reported Q1 2026 results after the bell on May 6 — and the market got two punches at once: an adjusted EPS miss and a surprise $150 million at-the-market equity offering filed the same evening. The…
IBEX headed into its Q3 2026 print with a charged setup. Cost to borrow doubled in a week, short interest had been falling for a month, and options traders shifted abruptly toward calls. The result: a clean beat with…
ONT arrives at its Q1 results — due the morning of May 7 — with a stock that has bounced 5.7% this week and 3.5% on Tuesday alone, yet carrying more short interest than it did a month ago and an options market…
