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Minerals Technologies Inc. reports Q3 results today with the same uncomfortable gap in place that defined the setup a week ago: a stock at $61.83 that analysts collectively value at $91.25, a 47% discount that the…
Middlesex Water Company reports Q3 results today, and the most notable change since the last preview six days ago is a sharp unwinding of short positions, down 13% over the past week to 3.8% of the free float. That…
MSTR is a leveraged bitcoin treasury company that releases its October quarter results tonight, and the short book going into the print is the smallest it has been in five weeks. Short interest has fallen to 27.5…
Methanex Corporation reports Q3 results today with the same two forces that dominated the pre-print picture two days ago still intact: an activist on the register and an insider buying cluster that remains the defining…
Boston Scientific is the day's biggest analyst story. Three separate calls hit this morning, all pointing lower. Jefferies cut BSX from Buy to Hold and slashed its target from $60 to $46. Canaccord Genuity kept its Buy…
Merit Medical Systems reports Q3 results today with short interest at its highest level in at least a year, while the stock has slipped 0.6% over the past week against a peer median gain of 2.6%. Short sellers have…
Illumina reports Q3 results after the close today, a print that arrives as short sellers have made a clear, deliberate retreat from the stock over the past six weeks. Short interest has fallen nearly 29% over the past…
Financial Institutions, Inc. reports Q3 results on October 30 with an activist shareholder on the register, record balance sheet figures in the books, and short sellers quietly trimming positions into the event. The…
Federated Hermes reports Q3 results today with options positioning noticeably more cautious than the stock's recent calm would suggest. The sharpest signal is in the options market. The put/call ratio has climbed to…
FMC Corporation reports third-quarter results today with one of the most charged ownership and positioning setups in the agricultural chemicals sector. The most newsworthy fact about FMC right now is structural:…
Eastman Chemical heads into its October 30 earnings print with the Street's confidence visibly shaken after a wave of pre-results target cuts. The analyst picture is the clearest signal here. JP Morgan downgraded the…
Credit Acceptance Corporation reports after the close today with short sellers maintaining a substantial position, activist investors filing 13D schedules, and the options market tilting toward calls rather than…
CVLG reports Q3 earnings on October 30 against a backdrop of a stock that has lost nearly 12% over the past month and short sellers who have quietly added to their positions. Short interest has climbed meaningfully…
CUZ heads into its Q3 earnings report today with short sellers adding positions at a measured but accelerating pace, even as the stock continues to grind higher. Short interest has climbed 16% over the past month to…
Short sellers have built their largest position in CDP in over a year, adding roughly 1.9 million shares in a single week to push short interest to just under 9% of the free float. That weekly increase of nearly 23%…
AptarGroup reports Q3 results this morning with the stock sitting at $130.64, its firmest level in over a month, and the broader positioning picture largely unchanged from the October 27 preview. Options traders are…
Alliant Energy, a regulated Midwest electric utility, reports Q3 results this morning with short sellers holding one of the more elevated positions in the sector. Short interest is a genuine story here. Bears have…
PS reports Q3 2026 results on Monday after a bruising month. The stock fell 17% in October before recovering 9% over the past week to close at $49.15, a rebound that still leaves it well below where it was trading when…
RDDT has lost 13.7% over the past week to $129.60, a move that stands out sharply against a median decline of just 2.3% across its closest peers. PINS fell 8.8% over the same period, SNAP dropped 6.1%, and YELP lost…
VLTO reports this morning with the options market sending an unusually bullish signal, even as short sellers have quietly rebuilt positions over the past week. The clearest positioning story is in options. The put/call…
