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FTRE heads into its August 3 earnings release with a rush of analyst upgrades rewriting the bull case just days before the numbers arrive. The most striking feature of the pre-earnings setup is the concentration of…
BigBear.ai heads into its August 4 earnings report with one of the tightest short positioning setups in the market — a combination of extreme short interest, near-zero borrow availability, and options skewed firmly…
COMP heads into its August 4 earnings release with options traders pricing in far more downside protection than usual — a sharp divergence from the broadly bullish analyst tone that has built up around the stock. The…
HRMY heads into its August 4 Q2 earnings release with short sellers making a clear statement over the past week. Short interest has climbed nearly 10% in seven days to roughly 9% of the free float — the sharpest weekly…
Sphere Entertainment heads into its August 4 earnings report with bears on the back foot — but still deeply entrenched. Short interest has fallen sharply over the past month, dropping 12% in just one week to 23.4% of…
Red River Bancshares heads into its August 4 earnings report carried by a stock up 10% in a month and a chairman who has not stopped buying. The most telling signal is insider conviction. Chairman Teddy Price has…
SPCX arrives at Monday's earnings release in the most constrained borrow market of its short trading history, with a $108 stock carrying analyst targets that average more than double that price. The borrow situation…
Axsome Therapeutics heads into its August 3 earnings print having shed 11% over the past month, with short sellers quietly adding pressure even as the analyst community stays firmly bullish. The most telling shift in…
CareDx heads into its August 4 earnings report carrying the imprint of a dramatic short squeeze — and a CEO who sold into it. The most striking development in the run-up is how aggressively short sellers have…
The earnings calendar is packed this week. Over 140 S&P 500 companies report between Monday and Friday. Today and tomorrow bring the heaviest action. Palantir reports Monday after the bell. The AI data firm carries…
EchoStar heads into its August 3 earnings report with short sellers still meaningfully committed — but their conviction has clearly eroded over the past six weeks. The short covering trend that defined July has…
WYNN heads into its August 4 earnings report with options markets flashing an unusually bullish tilt — a notable contrast to a short interest position that remains elevated. The clearest signal is in options. The…
VSAT reports on August 4 with two distinct camps pulling in opposite directions — and the data since Tuesday's earlier preview has shifted slightly in favour of the bulls. Short interest has continued its climb, now at…
TELUS heads into its August 4 earnings report having just suffered its worst single-day drop in recent memory, leaving the stock at its lowest point in years and testing the conviction of income investors who have long…
Myriad Genetics arrives at its August 4 earnings release as a stock already in freefall — down 47% in a single session on July 31 and nearly 50% on the week, following a quarterly print on July 30 that triggered a 43%…
AMGN heads into Tuesday's Q2 report with short sellers still retreating, options traders marginally more defensive, and the stock itself now trading above the average analyst price target — a setup that puts the burden…
AMD heads into its August 4 Q2 earnings print having shed another leg lower — the stock closed Thursday at $476.15, down nearly 9% on the week and 18% over the past month, reopening the gap to analyst targets that…
Q arrives at its August 4 print having shed nearly 20% over the past month, yet with bears showing little appetite to press the trade — a disconnect that sets an interesting stage for the release. The most striking…
UL Solutions heads into its August 4 earnings print with the short build that defined July still largely intact, options markets remaining heavily put-skewed, and a stock that has moved further but not resolved the…
AngloGold Ashanti heads into its August 3 earnings report having fallen 3.7% on Friday while the rest of the gold sector moved sharply higher — a divergence that sharpens the stakes of the print. The peer contrast is…
