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Service Corporation International delivered a post-earnings pop on Tuesday, closing at $84.98 after a 10% weekly gain — a sharp reversal from the two prior quarters when the stock fell sharply after each print. The…
The St. Joe Company arrives at its July 31 earnings report with its largest shareholder in active sell mode — and options traders quietly hedging more than usual. The dominant story of the past six weeks has been…
Roper Technologies enters the back half of July having just delivered its sharpest weekly gain in recent memory — an 11.5% move that took the stock to $390.92, with a 4.2% single-day jump on Tuesday anchoring the…
Repligen Corporation delivered a sharp 11% single-day rally on July 28, flipping the script on a short book that had spent weeks rebuilding ahead of the print. The previous note flagged exactly this risk: short…
Regency Centers heads into its July 30 earnings release with a curious split: the analyst community has been steadily upgrading its view on the stock even as short interest has crept higher over the past month. The…
KWR heads into tomorrow's Q2 earnings release with a striking divergence: short sellers have been cutting exposure all week, yet options traders have swung to their most defensive posture of the past year. The…
Public Storage reported second-quarter results on July 29 into a market that had already been voting with its feet — the stock gained 6.7% on the week to $330.47, and short sellers were visibly unwinding positions even…
Preformed Line Products heads into Thursday's Q2 earnings report having shed a quarter of its value in a month — and with a cluster of insider sales at levels the stock no longer trades near. The insider angle is the…
Powell Industries has delivered its Q3 print — and the market's verdict has been swift and brutal, with the stock down 18% on the week to $201 and now off 28% over the past month. The earnings reaction is the sharpest…
Plexus Corp. reports fiscal Q3 results on July 30 with the stock down 13% over the past month and options traders meaningfully more cautious than their recent baseline — yet short sellers are not pressing the bear case…
Pitney Bowes reports tomorrow morning with one clear theme defining the week: short sellers have been quietly covering, even as the stock drifts lower. Short interest has fallen to 10.7% of the free float, down from…
Altria Group heads into Wednesday's Q2 earnings report with a subtly shifted setup from just two days ago — options hedging has unwound slightly while short sellers have quietly added to positions. The most notable…
Pfizer delivered its Q2 print on July 28 and the stock rose — yet short sellers added positions aggressively in the same week, creating the week's defining tension. The short interest story is the standout here. SI…
Patterson-UTI Energy reports Q2 results on July 30 with the stock down 13% on the week, shorts quietly covering, and options showing their most defensive posture in months — a setup where the positioning story is more…
Park National Corporation just delivered its sharpest week in recent memory, gaining nearly 10% after a strong earnings print — yet analyst targets and borrow conditions tell a story of measured rather than exuberant…
PTC heads into its August 5 earnings report with short sellers pulling back, the stock up sharply on the week, and a Street that has been quietly cutting its targets even as it holds bullish ratings. The most…
PNC heads into the back half of 2026 with a clean earnings tailwind, a wall of analyst upgrades, and shorts retreating — a setup that looks broadly constructive rather than complicated. The Street's reaction to Q2 was…
PC Connection heads into the back half of July with its founder cashing out steadily into the strongest month the stock has seen in years. The standout this week is the insider activity. Founder and Chairman Patricia…
O'Reilly Automotive reports Q2 results on July 30 with options traders at their most bullish in a year — a sharp contrast to a short base that has been quietly rebuilding over the past month. The options signal is the…
ORCL has steadied slightly from last week's low, closing Tuesday at $119.96, yet the short position that exploded 30% in a single week has barely retreated — and the stock remains 42% below where it traded the day…
