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SPCX reported Q3 earnings on October 20 and closed at $147.79, essentially flat on the day, yet the Street's response was anything but quiet. At least ten analysts raised price targets on Wednesday, all in a single…
TEAM is heading into its October 29 earnings report with short sellers making a modest comeback after a month of retreat, while analysts have spent the past week racing each other higher on price targets. Short…
Block, Inc. added 1.6% over the past week, closing Tuesday at $78.10. That trails the median gain of 2.7% across its closest correlated peers: RKT rose 3.9%, GPN 3.6%, and FOUR 4.2%, while AFRM was the only peer to…
HPE has dropped sharply since last week's note, with the stock losing 18.5% over seven days to close at $56.09, a move that has reopened the gap to analyst targets and pushed the stock well below the levels at which…
The trend flagged in the October 14 note has continued: XLRE is shedding short interest and borrow pressure simultaneously, while the ETF itself has regained ground, closing at $42.38, up 1.7% on Tuesday and 1.3% on…
The defining story on CRAK this week is a dramatic unwinding of bearish positioning, with short sellers pulling back hard and options traders swinging to their most call-heavy stance in months, even as the ETF itself…
LITE fell 16.7% over the past week to $822.51, a sharper move than any of its closest peers and one that sits awkwardly against a backdrop of rising analyst price targets and short interest that barely budged. The…
CIBR enters the final stretch of October with its lending market dramatically looser than it was a month ago, even as the ETF itself slipped 6.6% on the week. The most striking move in this week's data is in borrow…
AppFolio rose 12.4% over the past week to close at $223.70, outpacing the median gain of roughly 8.8% across its closest software peers. monday.com led the group with a 19.1% weekly advance, while Appian added 15.0%.…
Clearway Energy enters its October 30 earnings release with the Street still broadly bullish but quietly lowering its sights, even as short sellers show little sign of pressing their bets. The analyst picture is the…
Shopify is down 1.7% over the past week to $173.48, a soft patch that looks modest in isolation but stands out against a median gain of 2.2% for its closest peers, arriving thirteen days before the company reports Q3…
SolarEdge Technologies enters its November 4 earnings window with a lending market that tightened sharply this week, analysts still cutting, and short sellers sitting on nearly a fifth of the float. The most abrupt…
Equinix is the least shorted name in its immediate peer group right now, with short interest at 1.6% of the free float, its lowest level in more than a year. Closest peer Digital Realty Trust fell 1.6% on the week,…
NET dropped 16.1% over the past week to close at $291.69, a sharper fall than the median decline of 12.5% across its closest peers, yet the mechanics of the lending market tell a story that is almost entirely…
SHAK enters its November 5 earnings report with short sellers cutting exposure into a 27% one-month rally, even as the stock gave back nearly 3% on Tuesday and the Street remains divided on whether the valuation can…
Crown Castle reported its latest quarterly results on October 21, with short sellers sitting on a modest but recently rebuilt position heading into the print. Short interest came into earnings day at 2.2% of the free…
HealthEquity climbed 7.1% this week to $96.60, with attention from retail investors spiking to unusual levels, yet the stock's own short sellers have been quietly adding to positions over the past month. The most…
Synchrony Financial closed Tuesday's session at $73.36, down 0.3% on the week, while its closest peers gained a median of 0.4%, with BFH up 2.2%, COF up 1.8%, and AXP adding 2.7%. The reversal in options positioning is…
FNF has attracted its heaviest short positioning in at least a year, even as the stock gained ground this week and analysts keep cutting their targets. Short interest in Fidelity National Financial climbed to 4.25% of…
Alibaba operates China's largest e-commerce platforms and one of Asia's biggest cloud businesses. The stock slipped 2% over the past week to $108.61, a softer showing than the flat median posted by its closest peers.…
