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Earnings PreviewH

Hyatt Faces Second Test After Post-Q2 Slide

Hyatt Hotels heads into its August 6 Q3 preview event already nursing a 10% pullback from a month ago, with the Street recalibrating targets after what was evidently a disappointing Q2 print. The most telling…

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Earnings PreviewRGA

RGA Heads Into Q2 Print on a Wave of Analyst Upgrades

RGA arrives at its August 6 earnings report carried by one of the stronger analyst re-rating cycles in its recent history — and the question now is whether the underlying numbers can justify the revised…

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Market Commentary

Insider Buys $32M, While Sellers Circle Elsewhere

A Spanish food giant saw its biggest insider buy of the year. A director at EBRO — Ebro Foods — filed on July 30 that he purchased 1.5 million shares for $32.3 million at €18.20 each. That's a bold bet on a stock that…

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Earnings PreviewSRE

Sempra Heads Into Q2 Print With Bulls Firmly in Charge

SRE arrives at its August 6 earnings report having shed nearly 5% over the past month to $88.55, yet with options and short positioning both suggesting investors are leaning toward upside rather than bracing for a…

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Earnings PreviewRMD

RMD Short Sellers Retreat After July Print

ResMed enters its August 6 earnings report with the short position that built into July's print now unwinding fast — a meaningful shift from the setup just one week ago. Short interest has dropped 10% in a single week,…

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Earnings PreviewRSG

RSG Faces the Commodity Drag Test After a Softer Week

Republic Services reports Q2 results on August 6 with the stock down roughly 3% on the week and the debate sharpening around whether the core solid waste franchise can offset a worsening Environmental Solutions…

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Earnings PreviewPWR

Quanta's Q2 Beat Resets the Board Before August Print

Quanta Services heads into its August 6 earnings release in a fundamentally different position than it occupied just days ago — the stock has rallied nearly 14% since the July 30 Q2 print, reclaiming $667 and erasing…

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Earnings PreviewCOP

ConocoPhillips: Bulls Hold the Line Ahead of August Print

ConocoPhillips arrives at its August 6 earnings date having already delivered a positive reaction off the July 30 print, with the constructive positioning that defined the pre-July setup now refreshed for a second…

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Earnings PreviewNVR

NVR Drops Into Earnings After Post-Print Slide

NVR reports again on August 6 having given back all of its post-July-print gains — the stock fell 2.3% on July 31 and is down 4.2% on the week and nearly 10% over the past month, arriving at $6,147 in a notably weaker…

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