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MPC Back at the Gate After Last Week's Miss

Marathon Petroleum returns to the earnings confessional on August 4 having already reported once last week — and having already disappointed. The July 28 print landed with a -1.2% one-day move, a modest stumble that…

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DOC Options Signal Unusual Bullish Tilt Ahead of Q2 Print

Healthpeak Properties reports Q2 results on August 4 with options traders taking a sharply more bullish stance than at any point in recent memory — a striking contrast to a stock that has barely budged in a week. The…

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Analysts Cut Targets, But Shorts Keep Building Into LDOS Print

Leidos Holdings reports Q2 results on August 4 against a backdrop of persistent analyst pessimism, rising short interest, and a stock that has quietly recovered 12% over the past month — setting up a genuine test of…

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Duke Energy: Shorts Rebuild as Analysts Diverge Ahead of Q2

Duke Energy heads into its August 4 Q2 print with a notable reversal in short positioning since the last preview — and a less tidy analyst picture than it appeared ten days ago. The most important development since the…

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Analysts Lift Biopharma, Trim Industrials

Analyst consensus shifted upward for biopharma names and lower for materials and chemicals on August 1. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals saw its average analyst target price nudge up to $832.43. The $73.8 billion biotech…

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FIS Heads Into Q2 Print With Bears Retreating

FIS reports second-quarter results on August 4 with short sellers having spent the past two weeks quietly reducing their bets against the stock — a meaningful shift in the setup heading into a print that previously…

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Analyst Upgrades Set the Bar Ahead of Assurant's Q2 Print

AIZ heads into its August 4 Q2 earnings report with the analyst community notably more optimistic than it was three months ago — and the stock trading close to where the freshly raised price targets say it should…

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Waters Options Turn Defensive Before Tuesday's Print

Waters Corporation heads into its August 4 earnings report with options traders showing an unusually strong appetite for downside protection. The clearest signal is in the put/call ratio, which has climbed to 2.06 —…

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Sysco's Fiscal Q1 Print Tests the Jetro Thesis

Sysco heads into its August 4 fiscal Q1 earnings report with short interest quietly rebuilding and the acquisition debate far from settled. The positioning story has shifted since the July 28 Q4 print. Short interest,…

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ROK Options Turn Defensive Ahead of Tuesday's Print

Rockwell Automation reports fiscal Q3 results on August 4 with options traders markedly more cautious than they have been at any point in recent months — a sharp contrast to borrow conditions that remain entirely…

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PRU's Gap Between Price and Street Consensus Widens Further

Prudential Financial reports Q2 results on August 4 with its stock now trading meaningfully above where the analyst community thinks it belongs — a gap that has only grown since the last note published here ten days…

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Pfizer's Second August Print Faces Short Seller Scrutiny

Pfizer heads into its August 4 earnings event carrying an unusual distinction: short sellers rebuilt aggressively after the July 28 beat, and that positioning has barely softened in the days since. Short interest tells…

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RVTY's Bears Keep Retreating Ahead of Tuesday's Print

Revvity arrives at its August 4 Q2 print with short pressure continuing to ease — but the stock's muted recovery and a divided analyst community mean the debate is far from settled. The bear retreat has extended since…

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