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PHIA enters the post-earnings window with one of the sharpest borrowing-cost spikes in its recent history — and the Q1 numbers are already on the table. The dominant story this week is the borrow market. Cost to borrow…
SN. heads into the week after its first significant corporate catalyst of 2026 — a Q1 trading update paired with a $500m buyback announcement — with short sellers modestly trimming positions even as the stock remains…
Schneider Electric enters Thursday's first-quarter results with its best monthly performance in recent memory — and all the pressure that comes with it. The stock closed at €272.95 on Tuesday, up 15.6% over the past…
AstraZeneca enters the first week of May carrying its heaviest monthly loss in years. The stock shed another 4.1% this week to close at 133.3p, dragging its one-month decline to almost 13%, as the sector wrestles with…
Celanese Corporation heads into the post-earnings session with a dramatically cleaner short book, a guidance beat that caught Wall Street off-guard, and options traders only now walking back the defensive hedges they…
BXC delivered a genuine earnings beat on May 5 — and then the market sold it harder anyway. That tension defines the setup heading into the post-print week. Q1 2026 adjusted EPS came in at $0.21, smashing the consensus…
GOOGL heads into the post-earnings week having already moved for everyone — up 11% in five sessions to $388.43 — and the question now is whether the Street's freshly raised targets still leave room to run. The catalyst…
BJRI heads into the post-earnings trading week with a genuine tension at its core: the restaurant is winning on traffic, but losing a little ground on the bottom line, and the Street cannot quite agree on what that…
Extra Space Storage heads into its May 14 Q1 earnings call with an unusual tailwind: short sellers have spent the past month quietly walking away. Short interest has fallen sharply — down 16% over the past month to…
Westlake Corporation had a rough start to the week. Q1 earnings missed estimates by $0.67 per share, revenue fell year-on-year on weaker pricing, and JP Morgan responded with a downgrade to Underweight — the most…
CVGI just delivered a Q1 earnings beat that flipped the script on a cautious pre-results setup — and with the next reporting event already on the calendar for May 14, the stock has very little time to digest the…
MNKD reports Q1 2026 results on the same day it announced a new dry powder inhalation program for Ralinepag — a partnership with United Therapeutics — giving the stock two live catalysts to absorb at once. The options…
Salesforce heads into its May 27 earnings with short sellers meaningfully re-engaged and the stock still carrying the weight of a bruising year. The most notable development in CRM's positioning is the sharp mid-April…
Genworth Financial heads into its May 20 earnings date with a notable divergence: options traders have shifted decisively toward calls while short sellers sit at their lowest positioning in months. The clearest signal…
HNI Corporation enters its May 20 earnings call with a stark question hanging over the stock: were February's insider sales near $50 a warning the market is only now pricing in? On February 25, CEO Jeffrey Lorenger…
Cytokinetics delivered a sharp week of contrasts: a 27% price rally driven by a blowout Q1 revenue print, while insiders and the company itself rushed to lock in the gain. The catalyst was Tuesday's Q1 release. Revenue…
VTV has quietly posted a solid week, rising 1.5% to $206.52, even as the broader market wrestles with macro uncertainty — and the options market is telling an unusually relaxed story. The clearest read this week comes…
The GEO Group, Inc. heads into the week of its Q1 earnings release with short sellers rebuilding positions and options traders edging toward their most defensive posture of the year. The options market is flashing a…
NRG Energy enters the week after its Q1 earnings print sitting at $157.43 — up a modest 1.7% on the day and roughly flat on the week. The most interesting development isn't in the short book. It's the combination of a…
Argan, Inc. has rallied 14% in a week and 25% in a month, yet the people inside the building are heading for the exit — a split worth watching as the next earnings date approaches. The insider selling is the standout…
