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MRNA arrives at its August 6 earnings report with short sellers firmly positioned, options skewing to the most defensive level of the past year, and a stock down 31% in a month — a setup that frames the print as a…
CRNX arrives at its August 4 earnings report in an unusual position: short sellers have dramatically unwound their bets even as the stock sits near double its price from a month ago, leaving the market more focused on…
Establishment Labs Holdings heads into its August 5 earnings report with a substantial short position, rising analyst conviction, and options traders leaning notably bullish — a combination that sets up a charged read…
SONO heads into its August 5 earnings print with the frantic short-covering of last week giving way to a more ambiguous setup — shorts have partly refilled, the stock jumped 7.6% on Monday, and options positioning has…
Analysts revised targets across a broad range of names on August 4. Palantir Technologies led the upgrades. The consensus target price rose to $185.68 from $182.20. Six analysts now rate it a Buy. The stock carries…
AMRX heads into its August 7 earnings release with analyst conviction building and options traders hedging more than usual. The analyst angle is the clearest setup. UBS raised its price target on AMRX for the second…
Inspire Medical Systems heads into its Q2 earnings report tonight carrying a heavily shorted float, a cautious options market, and a Street that has turned meaningfully more bearish since the last disastrous print. The…
HLMN heads into Tuesday's Q2 earnings report with options traders meaningfully more defensive than usual — the most notable positioning signal ahead of the print. The put/call ratio has jumped to 0.74, running well…
TDW reports Q2 results on August 4 against an unusually charged backdrop: short sellers are meaningfully entrenched, the stock has sold off hard ahead of the print, and peers have moved in the opposite direction…
JBG SMITH Properties enters its August 4 earnings print carrying one of the heavier short burdens in the office REIT sector — and bears have been adding to their position. Short interest has climbed nearly 18% of the…
SNAP heads into its August 5 print carrying momentum from a post-earnings relief rally — but options traders are the most defensively positioned they have been all year. The clearest signal is in options, and it has…
Ichor Holdings reports Q2 results tonight against a striking backdrop: the stock has bucked a broad selloff in semiconductor equipment names, surging 6.6% on Monday while close peers UCTT, MKSI, and KLIC fell between…
IIPR heads into its Q2 earnings today with a distinctive tension: short sellers are quietly reducing positions, yet the stock is down sharply, and the options market is signaling unusual calm for a name this…
CRSP enters Tuesday's earnings report carrying one of the most crowded short positions in biotech — yet the bears have spent the past month quietly retreating. Short interest is running at 20.6% of the free float, a…
ATKR reports quarterly results today, but the earnings print is almost beside the point — Prysmian S.p.A. announced a definitive agreement to acquire the company for $3.3 billion on August 3, and that deal now…
BSM heads into its Q2 2026 print with a clear insider conviction signal stacked against a market that has only recently started to agree. The most striking data point ahead of today's release is the cluster of insider…
SHAK heads into its August 5 earnings print with the most interesting story sitting not in the short book, but in the divergence between what insiders did in May and what analysts have been doing ever since. The…
Lantheus Holdings enters its August 6 earnings report with analyst sentiment shifting decisively negative in the final days before the release — a meaningful change from the broadly constructive tone that prevailed…
MTUS heads into its August 4 earnings release with options traders noticeably more defensive than they have been all year. The shift in options positioning is the sharpest signal in the data. The put/call ratio has…
IVT heads into its August 4 earnings report with options positioning sending an unusually sharp defensive signal — one that sits well outside the norm for this quiet retail REIT. The clearest anomaly is in the options…
