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Verra Mobility just reported Q1 results. The beat was real. The reaction was not. The company posted Q1 adjusted EPS of $0.25, a cent above the $0.24 consensus estimate. Revenue of $223.6 million came in fractionally…
Green Thumb Industries just handed the cannabis sector a rare piece of good news. Q1 2026 EPS came in at $0.07 against a $0.01 estimate, and revenue of $300.2 million topped the $296.8 million consensus — the clearest…
ECOR enters its Q1 2026 results — scheduled for May 6 — with a stock that has run hard while short sellers look far from alarmed. The week's most interesting tension is the gap between price and positioning. The stock…
Ascendis Pharma enters its Q1 2026 earnings call — scheduled for tomorrow, May 7 — with its ORTEX short score having nearly doubled over the past two weeks, setting up one of the more charged pre-earnings positioning…
Victory Capital Holdings heads into its Q1 earnings call — scheduled for May 7 — having climbed nearly 30% over the past month to $81.26. The Street's average price target of $74.80 is now trailing the stock price.…
Liberty Latin America reports Q1 2026 results on Thursday — and for once, the headline into earnings isn't about execution risk. GCI Liberty announced an equity investment in LILA on Wednesday evening, purchasing…
Vir Biotechnology heads into its May 26 earnings date with options traders the most defensively positioned they have been all year — even as short sellers quietly trim their exposure. The options signal is the sharpest…
Quanterix Corporation enters its Q1 2026 earnings report — released after the close on May 6 — with shorts sitting at a meaningful share of the float, options traders more cautious than usual, and analyst targets that…
NEXA heads into the post-earnings session with one of the most dramatic re-ratings in the mining space this month. The zinc miner closed at $15.99 on May 5, up 14% on the week and 44% over the past month. Q1 results…
Hamilton Beach Brands heads into the post-earnings session with a fresh beat on the board — and a revenue miss that keeps the picture complicated. The company reported Q1 2026 EPS of $0.26, double the $0.13 earned a…
MGY reports Q1 results on May 7 with a notably bullish options skew, a short base that has been quietly unwinding for months, and a Street that is neutral but nudging targets higher. Options positioning has flipped…
SNAP heads into the post-earnings period in a notably different shape than it entered it — short sellers are covering, the stock has rebounded 32% in a month, and yet options traders just raised their most defensive…
Brighthouse Financial enters Thursday's session with a Q1 earnings miss freshly on the tape — and options traders had already rotated bullish before the numbers hit. The results were out after the close on May 6.…
SandRidge Energy walked into its Q1 2026 report carrying modest momentum — flat on the week, barely off on the month — but the results just landed well ahead of expectations. Q1 adjusted EPS came in at $0.58, beating…
CRSP heads into its May 11 earnings report carrying one of the most crowded short positions in biotech — and fresh evidence that options traders turned meaningfully more defensive this week. The options signal is the…
Bionano Genomics enters its May 13 earnings call with a management vacuum at the top — and shorts have been watching closely all week. The headline from Wednesday evening tells the story: chairman Al Luderer was named…
AIRG enters the post-earnings window with a genuinely split picture. The stock has rallied 31% over the past month and just posted Q1 results that topped revenue expectations. Yet the CEO and CTO have sold shares into…
Blue Owl Capital Corporation filed its Q1 2026 results on May 6 with a notable double miss — adjusted EPS of $0.31 against a $0.35 estimate, and revenue of $396.8 million falling short of the $421.9 million consensus.…
Ingevity Corporation reports Q1 2026 results after the close today, May 6, and calls the earnings on May 7 — making this note an eve-of-event read. The most telling setup detail is not where shorts are now, but how…
Permian Resources Corporation enters the post-earnings tape in a strong position: a Q1 adj. EPS beat at $0.39 versus the $0.36 consensus, revenue of $1.39B nudging past estimates, and raised full-year guidance — all…
