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Trader NoteVSAT

Viasat shorts pile in ahead of August earnings

VSAT heads into its August 4 earnings report with short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the stock has rallied 20% over the past 30 days. The most striking development this week is…

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Trader NoteVFC

VFC shorts cover hard ahead of Friday earnings

VFC heads into its July 31 earnings print with one of the more interesting short-covering stories in the apparel sector this week. Short sellers cut positions aggressively. Short interest fell roughly 9% over the past…

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Trader NoteUHS

UHS Pops on Q2 Beat, but Analysts Trim Targets

Universal Health Services just delivered its Q2 results and the stock jumped — but the post-earnings picture is more complicated than the 11% weekly gain suggests, with analysts cutting price targets even as they…

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Trader NoteUFPI

UFPI Options Traders Turn Defensive Ahead of Earnings

UFP Industries heads into its Q2 earnings release — scheduled for July 30 — with options markets flashing their most defensive signal of the past year, even as the stock posts its best weekly gain since early…

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Trader NoteUSLM

USLM Heads Into Earnings With Options Turning Bullish

United States Lime & Minerals reports tomorrow — July 30 — and the most striking signal heading into that print is a sharp reversal in options sentiment, with positioning now at its most bullish in over a year. The…

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Trader NoteUPS

UPS Drops 9% Post-Earnings as Bulls Reassess

UPS delivered its Q2 results on July 28 and the market punished the print — shares fell 6.6% on the day and are down 9.3% on the week to $105.53, unwinding much of the bullish options setup that had built ahead of the…

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Trader NoteUNP

UNP Analysts Lift Targets as Post-Earnings Hedging Ticks Up

Union Pacific has given back ground after a strong earnings beat, and options traders are adding defensive cover — yet the analyst community responded to the July 23 print with one of the most uniform target-price…

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Trader NoteUSB

USB analysts upgrade and lift targets after Q2 beat

U.S. Bancorp enters the back half of 2026 with a clean earnings beat behind it and a Wall Street that just spent two weeks resetting its price targets higher — yet the stock at $64.43 still trades at a meaningful…

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Trader NoteTYL

TYL Rallies Hard Into Earnings, But Shorts Don't Flinch

Tyler Technologies delivered a striking reversal this week — up 11.2% to $333.35 — yet short sellers held their ground heading into Wednesday's Q2 print, creating one of the more unusual pre-earnings setups in the…

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Trader NoteTTEK

TTEK surges post-earnings as shorts unwind sharply

Tetra Tech has flipped the script in a single week — the cautious pre-earnings setup documented seven days ago has given way to a sharp 10% rally and a meaningful retreat by short sellers. The reversal in short…

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Trader NoteTEVA

TEVA Posts Q2 With Street Targets Still Well Above the Print

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reported Q2 results on July 29, and with the stock recovering to $31.67 — up 1.9% on the day and roughly 1% on the week — the immediate market reaction has been mildly constructive, even…

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Trader NoteTFX

TFX Shorts Build Ahead of August Earnings

Teleflex heads into its August 6 earnings print with short interest climbing sharply and options traders turning unusually bullish — a setup that makes the upcoming quarterly release more consequential than usual. The…

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Trader NoteRGR

RGR Options Signal Shift as Insiders Buy the Dip

Sturm, Ruger & Company heads into the back half of summer with an interesting split: insiders have been buying near current prices while the options market has just rotated sharply away from the defensive posture it…

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Trader NoteSBUX

SBUX Post-Earnings: Bears Cover, Street Lifts Targets

Starbucks exits its Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings print with short sellers at their least committed in weeks — and the Street quietly raising the bar. The short cover that was already underway before results has continued.…

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Trader NoteSO

Southern Company Beats Q2 — But the Analyst Divide Widens

SO reported Q2 results on July 30 with a beat against consensus, yet the gap between bulls and bears on this stock has never looked wider heading into the reaction window. BMO Capital moved first on the post-print day,…

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