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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…
Texas Roadhouse heads into its August 6 earnings report with options traders at their most bullish in months and short sellers retreating fast. The call-side dominance in options is the sharpest signal. The put/call…
Endeavour Silver Corp. heads into its August 6 earnings print having shed 11% over the past month, part of a sector-wide pullback that has dragged the whole silver peer group lower in recent sessions. The stock closed…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals reports again on August 6 — just one week after the 28% collapse that made its July 30 print one of the most punishing single-day moves in the stock's history. The options market is telling a…
Whirlpool heads into its Q2 2026 earnings report today carrying one of the most crowded short positions in the consumer durables universe. Short interest has built to 22% of the free float — up more than 8% over the…
VNO heads into its Q2 2026 print with the analyst community freshly divided and short sellers quietly retreating. The most telling recent move came from Morgan Stanley, which downgraded VNO to Underweight on July 22 —…
Unitil Corporation reports today with the stock down 3.7% on the week to $53.51 — a softer patch that mirrors the broader regulated utility space rather than anything company-specific. The week's pullback is a sector…
UFCS reports its latest quarterly results today with options positioning firmly in call-dominant territory — the clearest near-term signal that investors are leaning into the print rather than hedging against it. The…
UFP Technologies heads into its August 4 earnings release with a striking divergence: short sellers have been trimming positions even as the stock rallies, while options traders have just flipped to their most bullish…
TTI heads into its August 4 earnings release with options markets flashing the most cautious signal of the past year. The put/call ratio has reached 0.31 — the highest 52-week reading for this name — running more than…
STRL heads into its August 4 earnings report with options traders making an unusually aggressive call-side bet, even as company insiders have been steady sellers all year. The options signal is the sharpest number in…
Diversified Healthcare Trust reports today with short sellers markedly more pessimistic than they were a month ago, even as the borrow market remains deeply relaxed. Short interest has jumped 20% over the past 30 days…
Radian Group heads into its August 5 earnings release carrying the most consequential insider-buying signal it has seen in years. The standout is CEO Michael Weinbach, who purchased 170,000 shares across two…
Powell Industries has staged a sharp one-day recovery, up 5.3% to $219.72 on August 3, but the stock is still down 11% over the past month and the short book remains as aggressive as it has been all year. Short sellers…
Otter Tail Corporation heads into its Q2 2026 earnings report with a short position that is large by utility standards — and barely moving despite recent price weakness. Short interest is the dominant story here. Bears…
New Jersey Resources reports fiscal Q3 results today against a short interest backdrop that has shifted meaningfully over the past month. That shift — a 42% rise in shares short over 30 days — is the most interesting…
MSTR heads into its August 5 earnings release with the most aggressively call-heavy options posture it has shown in weeks — a striking contrast to the defensive tone that marked the lead-up to the July 30 print. The…
Marriott International reports Q2 2026 earnings on August 6 against an unusually charged backdrop: a stock down nearly 10% in a week, options traders hedging at their most defensive level in over a year. The clearest…
CSR reports its Q2 results today against a backdrop of eroding analyst confidence and a stock that has slipped 3% over the past month to $55.47. The analyst picture has turned notably cautious in the weeks before this…
HealthStream reports this morning with positioning that has largely been documented heading into the print — two prior articles captured the short-interest build and the defensive options pivot — but the final data…
