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KN dropped 6.2% over the past week to $34.32, a move that lands the stock inside a broadly weak peer group but draws particular attention one day before its Q3 earnings release, scheduled for October 22. The most…
Short sellers have been adding to their positions in OGS at a pace that stands out for a regulated gas utility, with short interest rising roughly 32% over the past month to reach 7.9% of the free float. The build has…
Ally Financial just printed Q3 results and the immediate reaction from analysts is a study in disagreement, with one firm downgrading, several trimming targets, and JP Morgan moving the other way. The analyst response…
American Airlines reported third-quarter results on October 22 against a backdrop of mounting short positions and a steady stream of analyst target reductions, with the stock trading at $12.11 after a 3% slide over the…
HLT has gained 9% over the past week to $359.29, pulling ahead of its closest hospitality peers at a moment when the Street is revising upward in near-unison. Among the peer group, MAR rose 6.9% on the week and H added…
Xencor heads into its November 6 earnings print with short sellers sitting on a large position, the stock rallying sharply on the week, and retail attention running at a level rarely seen in its own history. The most…
ABBV closed at $289.08 on Tuesday, up 5.4% on the week, with short interest at its lowest level in at least a year and a fresh analyst target raise landing the same morning. Short interest has collapsed over the past…
PBF Energy fell 9% over the past week to $83, a move roughly twice as sharp as the median decline of 3.1% across its closest refining peers. VLO lost 5%, PARR dropped 5.3%, and MPC gave back less than half a percent.…
Ambarella heads into its November 24 earnings report with short sellers adding back positions after a sharp unwind, options traders turning more bullish than usual, and the Street sitting roughly 38% above the current…
AUPH short interest has just hit its lowest level in over a year, yet options traders are suddenly the most defensive they have been in months, a divergence that frames the whole setup heading into a November 5…
ServiceNow gained 7.9% over the past week, almost exactly in line with the median of its closest software peers, but beneath that tidy symmetry sits a more complicated picture: short interest has risen to 15.1% of the…
HomeTrust Bancshares heads into its Q3 earnings release tomorrow with short interest at a six-week high and the borrow market quietly tightening, an unusual setup for a regional bank that has largely outperformed its…
Phillips 66 enters its October 28 earnings date with options traders having turned notably more bullish over the past week, even as short sellers quietly added to positions. The clearest shift is in options. The…
Enphase Energy arrives at its October 26 report with bears still heavily positioned but showing the first signs of retreat, while options traders have moved more defensively this week than at any point in recent…
Marathon Petroleum is the relative winner in a week when refining stocks broadly fell, and the positioning data behind that outperformance is worth examining closely. Among its closest peers, VLO dropped 5% on the week…
Prologis bounced 2.7% on Tuesday but is still down 4.6% on the week, and the most interesting development is not the price action but the analyst moves that followed the Q3 print. Raymond James upgraded PLD to…
Nebius Group has now lost 17% in a single week to close at $171.45, and the most pointed development is not the price action itself but the analyst move that landed this morning. Piper Sandler's James Fish lowered his…
Huntington Ingalls Industries sits in the middle of its defense peer group this week, with peers leading on short positioning and weekly price performance alike. Among its closest correlates, NOC gained nearly 11% on…
Kinder Morgan gained 0.4% over the past week while its closest midstream peers broadly retreated, with WMB dropping 5.7% and ET falling 4.5% in the same period. That divergence is notable given the backdrop. Most…
Meta Platforms fell 9% over the past week, more than twice the median decline of 4.1% among its closest correlated peers, a divergence that makes the company's own positioning worth examining carefully right now. Among…
