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CABO walks into its Q1 2026 results tonight having shed more than a fifth of its value in a single week — a collapse that makes the print feel less like a catalyst and more like a reckoning. The stock closed Wednesday…
Teladoc Health enters its May 21 earnings date with a notable shift under the hood: short sellers have been covering meaningfully over the past month, even as the stock trades near multi-year lows at $5.95. The short…
WING enters the post-earnings period carrying a 10% single-week decline and a wave of analyst target cuts — the Street is still bullish in aggregate, but the numbers underneath that consensus are moving fast. The…
GKOS just delivered one of its cleanest quarters in recent memory — and the Street rewarded it immediately. Glaukos reported Q1 2026 results after the close on April 29. Adjusted EPS came in at $(0.18), sharply ahead…
Shopify heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings print carrying a 30% surge in short interest over five days — its most charged pre-earnings setup in months. The positioning story is the headline this week. Short interest…
ETSY heads into May with its most dramatic week in months, torn between a convincing earnings beat, a wave of analyst upgrades, and an executive chairman who has spent April steadily reducing his stake into every…
GDDY reports Q1 2026 results today after market close — but the market has spent the week quietly reducing its bearish positioning ahead of the print. Short sellers have been exiting. SI fell 5.4% over the week to…
INDV delivered a sharp Q1 2026 earnings beat today, setting up an unusually charged week-end for a stock that shorts have been quietly building into. Q1 adjusted EPS came in at $0.96, versus a Street estimate of $0.66.…
Floor & Decor reports Q1 2026 results today after the close, and the setup is about as cautious as it gets — shorts rebuilt through April, options traders are hedging near the top of the year, and nearly every analyst…
Axalta Coating Systems reported Q1 results this morning that cleared the bar with room to spare. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.56, six cents above the $0.50 consensus. Revenue of $1.254 billion topped estimates of $1.213…
Viking Therapeutics enters the post-earnings stretch with its heaviest short position in months still intact — even as the stock slipped further following a wider-than-expected Q1 loss. Short sellers have not blinked.…
Wayfair headed into its Q1 earnings print — released this morning — with an unusually charged setup: options markets screaming for downside protection, founders selling stock in size, and short sellers quietly…
Acadian Asset Management enters the post-earnings session with a decisive beat on its books — and a market that was already positioning for good news before the print hit. This morning's Q1 release showed adjusted EPS…
Trupanion reports Q1 2026 results today after the close, and the most striking pre-print signal isn't from short sellers — it's from options traders making an abrupt U-turn. The options market has whiplashed into…
Ardelyx reports Q1 2026 results tonight — and the week's setup is more charged than the flat price action suggests. Short sellers have been quietly adding throughout April, and options traders have shifted notably more…
Syndax Pharmaceuticals reports Q1 2026 results after market close today, entering the print with its stock down 6.6% on the week and 12% over the past month — back to prices last seen before a brief rally this spring.…
OR Royalties heads into its May 6 earnings report after a punishing week — down nearly 10% — with a portfolio update that lands on the same day as a royalty-sector sell-off. The stock closed at CAD 49.97 on Wednesday,…
Five9 reports its Q1 2026 results after the close today, and the stock walks into the print with a sharply different complexion than it carried a month ago. Short sellers have been cutting exposure for weeks. SI % FF…
TDAY enters the post-earnings session on April 30 with short sellers in retreat — but the options market telling a more cautious tale. Short interest has fallen meaningfully over the past two weeks. The SI % of free…
Element Solutions Inc closed Tuesday up nearly 10% to $42.56 — the stock's best single session in months — after Q1 earnings topped both estimates and revenue expectations. The result capped a week that saw ESI gain…
