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August 6 is one of the busiest days of the earnings season. Eli Lilly delivered a standout result, with revenue up 48% driven by GLP-1 drug demand. Analysts responded positively — the consensus target rose to $1,283.…
PODD took the sharpest hit in today's analyst round. Insulet Corporation was downgraded by consensus, with the average target price slashed to $204 from $235. That's a $31 drop. The insulin pump maker carries a $11.6bn…
Charles Schwab, the founder and Co-Chairman of SCHW, filed this week to disclose he sold over $30M in company stock. The trades took place between July 24 and August 4. His daughter, director Carolyn Schwab-Pomerantz,…
Short sellers have been busy this week. ORTEX data through August 4 shows notable moves across several names, with a few stocks drawing fresh bearish bets and others seeing bears retreat. Five9 saw the most striking…
Japan is the standout story this week. ETFs focused on Japanese equities pulled in a net $10.9B over the past seven days. That is the largest single-geography inflow of the week, with a flow imbalance of 79 — a clear…
August 5 delivered one of the year's heaviest earnings days. Walt Disney, Eli Lilly, and Uber Technologies all reported. AppLovin and DoorDash follow after the close. Investors are watching for guidance more than beats…
Options sentiment is shifting sharply across several names. Negative bets dominate in semiconductors. Bullish flow stands out in beaten-down financials. Sandisk topped the negative options bets table this week. The…
TASK reports earnings tonight. Short sellers have spent the past two weeks building aggressive positions — and now the borrow market is nearly locked shut. Short interest has surged 40% in a single week to 10.5% of…
Analyst sentiment diverged sharply across sectors on Wednesday. Medical devices drew the most contrasting calls. Insulet Corporation took a consensus downgrade. The insulin pump maker now sits at a lower average target…
Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, has been relentlessly selling PBF Energy shares. Filings show he offloaded over $108M worth of stock across July and early August. The latest batch — filed August 3 —…
Short sellers made notable moves in the week ending August 4. The clearest trend: bears are building positions in tech and biotech while cutting exposure in semiconductors. Five9 saw the biggest jump among mid-cap…
Jupiter Life Line Hospitals Limited is caught in a familiar bind: a stock that keeps climbing over months but keeps disappointing on the day results land. The earnings reaction pattern is now hard to dismiss. The stock…
SoundHound AI has cleared its earnings hurdle — and the first post-print session revealed a stock up 6.7% on the day, yet a borrow market that refused to budge even one millimetre. The most important update from prior…
BigBear.ai posted its Q2 numbers on August 4 and rallied 10% on the day — yet the short base that defined the pre-earnings setup has barely shifted, leaving the stock up 14% on the week at $3.15 with one of the most…
IREN closed Tuesday at $40.85 — up 20% on the week and 2.8% on the day — yet the lending market has just reached its tightest point in the entire history of this dataset, framing one of the most acute positioning…
EverCommerce has now reported Q2 2026 results, the stock sits roughly flat on the week at $11.97, and the borrow market has not loosened by a single meaningful basis point. The lending story is the same one that has…
Blue Owl Capital posted earnings on August 6 and has now rallied 18% on the week to $11.57 — yet the short position that defined the pre-earnings setup has barely moved, leaving a high-conviction bear camp intact even…
CIFR has reported earnings and stabilised around $20, but the story this week is less about the print and more about a CEO who keeps selling and a sector that is bouncing hard while CIFR lags. The peer divergence is…
AST SpaceMobile closed Tuesday at $70.31, up 24% on the week — and for the first time in over a month, the borrow market has shown a meaningful crack, with availability jumping from near-zero to 9.6% in a single…
ADEA has delivered a sharp post-earnings rally that vindicates the bull case and leaves short sellers in an uncomfortable position, with the stock up 24% on the week and 12% on Tuesday alone after the Q2 results…
