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Pebblebrook Hotel Trust reports Q3 results on October 30 with short interest near a one-month high and options traders repositioning dramatically in the other direction. Short sellers have added to positions steadily…
ASBH reports its first earnings as a public company on October 30, a print that arrives just as the stock stands on the edge of potential inclusion in several major indices. ORTEX forecasts an 83% probability of ASBH…
IVR heads into its October 30 earnings release with short sellers at their most aggressive in months, making this print a direct test of whether the bearish case has merit. Short interest has risen sharply and quickly.…
Among the North American trucking names most closely correlated with TFI International, short positioning is meaningfully more crowded elsewhere. ODFL fell 7.3% on Wednesday and has dropped 8.2% over the past week.…
Short sellers have built their largest position in INGM in at least a year, with shares short rising 30% over the past month to 3.1% of the free float. The move accelerated in the final two weeks of October, with the…
Alphatec Holdings reports third-quarter results on October 30 with the most telling signal coming not from the options market but from inside the company. CEO Patrick Miles paid $1.01 million out of pocket in September…
CROX heads into its Q3 2026 earnings release having already delivered the day's most dramatic price move in the footwear sector. The stock closed at $150.26 on October 29, up 25.5% on the day and 24.2% on the week, a…
First Business Financial Services reports Q3 results on October 30 with a notable divergence in signals: shorts have been building steadily, yet the stock has climbed 6% over the past month and analysts remain firmly…
Grupo Televisa TLEVISA CPO reports its Q3 2026 results today against a backdrop of steady short positioning and a stock that has shed nearly 9% over the past week, trading at MXN 8.06. Short positioning is present but…
Short interest in TBBK has climbed sharply into Thursday's earnings release, rising 12.5% over the past week to 8.3% of the free float. That weekly move is roughly 2.4 standard deviations above TBBK's typical…
Monolithic Power Systems reports Q3 results after the close today with short sellers at their least committed in over a year. Short interest has fallen to 3.3% of the free float, its lowest level in the data series…
CubeSmart heads into its October 30 earnings report with short sellers holding a modest position and options traders leaning defensively, while the analyst community has spent the past month trimming targets even as…
Centerra Gold arrives at its October 30 results having shed 7.5% over the past month, now trading at CAD 28.52, with the market debate centred less on short-side pressure and more on whether a deeply discounted…
Among the closest peers in the life and health insurance sector, CNO Financial Group carries one of the lighter short positions. Globe Life and Unum Group draw heavier bearish attention, while CNO's short interest has…
Cavco Industries is the outlier in its peer group this week: flat on the week while every close comparable posted gains of 3% to 7%. Short interest in Cavco has jumped 24% over the past week, reaching 5.2% of the free…
Options traders have grown modestly more cautious ahead of VRTX's November 2 results, even as short sellers continue to trim their positions. The put/call ratio has drifted up to 0.97, about 1.2 standard deviations…
Quaker Houghton enters Thursday's earnings with short sellers retreating, placing it among the least crowded names in specialty chemicals ahead of the print. Short interest in KWR has dropped to its lowest level in at…
Olin Corporation reports Q3 results today with short sellers at their most aggressive in at least a year, even as the stock has stabilised near multi-year lows. Short interest has climbed to 14.7% of the free float, up…
NPKI reports today with a stock that has quietly lagged while its closest peers surge, creating an unusual gap that the print will need to close or explain. The options market has turned notably more defensive in…
Mohawk Industries reports Q3 results today with a notable shift in short positioning: sellers have been covering, not adding, even as the fundamental debate around housing demand grows louder. Short interest has fallen…
