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Earnings PreviewVCYT

VCYT Crashes Into Earnings After a Brutal Month

Veracyte arrives at today's after-hours print having shed more than 21% in the past month, with the stock closing Monday at $44.85 — and the week's damage of nearly 20% coming on top of an additional 3% drop in the…

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Earnings PreviewAAOI

AAOI Shorts Retreat as Analysts See Room to Run

Applied Optoelectronics heads into its August 6 earnings print having staged a sharp rebound, with shorts quietly unwinding and analysts still pricing in significant upside — despite the stock trading well below its…

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Earnings PreviewNMFC

NMFC Reports Q2 Beat, but Analyst Targets Trail the Rally

NMFC heads into its Q2 earnings print today having already shown its hand — and the market liked what it saw. The most striking element of this setup is the pre-market reaction. Q2 net investment income of $0.47 per…

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Earnings PreviewIRT

Barclays Upgrade Sets the Stage for IRT's Q2 Print

Independence Realty Trust heads into its Q2 earnings release with the most consequential analyst action in months pointing in the bulls' direction — but the stock still trades well below where the Street thinks it…

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Earnings PreviewSBRA

SBRA Heads Into Earnings With Shorts in Retreat

Sabra Health Care REIT reports today with a clear tension at its core: short sellers have been quietly exiting even as the stock has slid sharply in the past week, creating a divergence that makes the positioning…

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Earnings PreviewADUS

ADUS Options Flash a Rare Warning Into Earnings

Addus HomeCare heads into today's earnings print with the most extreme options defensive posture it has seen in the past year. The options signal dominates the setup. The put/call ratio hit 4.36 on Monday — three…

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Earnings PreviewJBTM

JBTM Options Flip Bullish Ahead of Today's Print

JBT Marel Corporation reports Q2 results today with options traders sending an unusually bullish signal — one that sits in sharp contrast to the short-selling pressure that has built quietly over the past month. The…

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Earnings PreviewMELI

MercadoLibre Bulls Eye Fintech Growth as Bears Watch Margins

MercadoLibre heads into Wednesday's Q2 print with a stock riding a one-month rally but analysts still divided on whether the margin story has turned a corner. The broader positioning picture here is notably calm for a…

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Earnings PreviewTFSL

TFSL Analysts Lift Targets as Insiders Cash Out

TFS Financial Corporation heads into its August 5 earnings print with a notable split between analyst confidence and insider behavior. The most striking feature of the pre-earnings setup is how aggressively insiders…

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Market Commentary

Executives Flash Cash as Insiders Signal Confidence

ACS Chairman and CEO Florentino Perez filed three separate purchases this week. He bought 400,000 shares of ACS for a combined $50.5 million. The trades occurred between July 29 and July 31. All three were filed on…

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Earnings PreviewDAC

DAC Bulls Hold the Options Floor Ahead of Q2 Print

Danaos Corporation heads into its Q2 2026 earnings release with options traders expressing the most bullish positioning seen all year. The clearest signal entering the print is the collapse in put/call ratio. At 0.17,…

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Earnings PreviewENLT

Enlight Heads Into Results With Bears Retreating

ENLT reports today against a backdrop of softening short pressure — a meaningful shift for a name that drew heavier skepticism just weeks ago. The borrow market tells a story of bears backing off. Availability has…

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Earnings Preview9984

SoftBank's Vision Fund Bet Faces Its Next Test

SoftBank Group Corp. heads into its August 6 earnings report with the borrow market fully relaxed and short sellers largely absent — leaving the outcome entirely to fundamentals. Short pressure on SoftBank is…

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