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Analysts lifted price targets on several major names today. Super Micro Computer led the action. The consensus target rose to $38.13 from $38.00. Short sellers hold 19.3% of the free float — one of the highest readings…
Short sellers are making bold moves across sectors. Three stocks stand out as clear targets this week. WLFC is the biggest mover among large-caps. Willis Lease Finance's short interest jumped to 55.7% of free float —…
Two forces are pulling in opposite directions on MUFG. Short sellers are scrambling to hold existing positions as the borrow market dries up. Options traders, meanwhile, have never been more bullish on the stock. That…
United Airlines Holdings stock fell after Q2 results disappointed. Now the data shows a clear shift — bears are retreating and options traders are turning bullish. The pre-earnings short build is unwinding. SI now…
Options traders and short sellers are converging on ZTS from multiple angles. The stock has dropped 4.3% over the past month. Earnings land on August 5. The loudest signal here is the relentless analyst price-target…
Four distinct pressure signals converged on SKYY on Tuesday. The lending market, options tape, short positioning, and cost-to-borrow are all moving simultaneously — an unusual alignment for a cloud computing ETF. The…
Options traders are buying downside protection on SKYY at an unusual rate. The put/call ratio hit 0.64 on July 21. That is 2.85 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.49. The ETF tracks cloud computing stocks.…
The S&P 500 faces a pivotal session today. Alphabet reports after the bell — the $2 trillion company is the biggest print of the week. Investors want hard numbers on AI revenue. IBM and Texas Instruments also report…
General Motors drew the most bullish analyst call today. The consensus target price rose to $97.54 from $96.65. Twenty analysts now rate it a Buy. The automaker carries just 3% short interest. Bears look thinly…
Venture capital exits are dominating US insider filings this month. A major boardroom-level sell-off is running at TTAN — ServiceTitan — where Bessemer Venture Partners has offloaded over $124M in shares across nearly…
Short sellers found fresh targets this week. Columbia Financial saw the biggest jump among mid-cap US stocks. Its SI % FF rose to 24.2% — up nearly 7 points in seven days. Wolfspeed remains the most heavily shorted…
China ETFs pulled in $22.3B net in just one week — the single largest geographic flow of the period. That dwarfs the U.S. at $11.7B. The contrast is striking. Over the past three months, China was actually in net…
Why this matters: EverCommerce is up 26% this month. The borrow market remains structurally closed. Now the options market is sending a new signal — hedging demand is falling even as the stock climbs. The put/call…
GOOGL reports after the close today, kicking off the most crowded earnings week of the year. IBM and TXN also report today. Wednesday brings INTC and RTX. Investors are watching AI revenue at Alphabet closely. RTX…
Today kicks off one of the busiest earnings weeks of the year. GOOGL reports after the close today. The $2 trillion company is under the spotlight as investors watch AI revenue contribution closely. IBM and TXN also…
Today is one of the busiest reporting days of the season. GOOGL posts results after the bell. Markets want answers on AI spending and Search ad revenue. RJF also reports today after the close. Tomorrow, Thursday, INTC…
Neptune Insurance Holdings reports this morning with the stock down 4% on the day and analysts notably more bullish than they were a month ago — a divergence that makes today's print unusually consequential. The…
NPB reports its first full quarterly earnings as a public company today, entering the print with an analyst consensus that has steadily ratcheted higher and a stock trading at a meaningful discount to book-implied fair…
Seagate Technology Holdings arrives at its July 23 earnings release on a dramatically different footing than when this preview cycle began — up 11% on Tuesday alone, now trading at $891.83, and with nearly every…
Weatherford International reports second-quarter results today against a backdrop where options positioning has turned sharply bullish — an unusual setup for a stock that short sellers still hold in meaningful…
