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An NVIDIA director filed a flurry of sales in early September, disclosing over $300M in combined proceeds across four transactions. Mark Stevens, an independent director, filed on 2 September that he sold shares on 31…
Omega Healthcare Investors enters Monday's Q3 earnings release with short sellers sitting on a position that grew sharply through October but pulled back noticeably in the past week. Short interest fell about 4.6% over…
Short interest in LATAM Airlines LTM has nearly tripled over the past month, reaching its highest level in at least a year, while the borrow market has effectively closed. Among Latin American carriers, that…
Koninklijke Philips N.V. reports third-quarter results on Monday 3 November, and the options market has shifted noticeably more cautious ahead of the release, even as short sellers remain a minor presence in the…
International Paper reported Q3 earnings on October 28 and jumped 7.9% on the day, its shares now at $36.37 after a 9.6% gain over the past week. That move stands in sharp contrast to its closest packaging peers, where…
IFF reports Q3 results on November 3 with analyst sentiment clearly moving in one direction heading into the print. The most notable development in the run-up has been a string of upward target revisions. Oppenheimer…
Gartner fell 0.6% over the past week while its closest peers gained a median 3.1%. That divergence, combined with short interest still running at 9.3% of the free float, frames a print with clear tension between…
Short interest in FMS has climbed to its highest level in at least a year, rising 50% over the past month to 4.22 million shares, with the steepest jump arriving in the week of October 20 when the position grew 26% in…
Expeditors International of Washington has seen short sellers add positions at an unusually quick pace in the week before its November 3 earnings release. Short interest rose 11.6% over the past seven days to 3.5% of…
Options traders have moved more defensive on Entergy Corporation than at any point in recent months, even as short sellers hold a modest and uncrowded position ahead of the November 2 results. The put/call ratio…
OVV reports third-quarter results on November 3, and the most striking development ahead of the print is a sharp build in short interest against a stock that has rallied 23% over the past month. Short positioning has…
Eaton goes into Monday's Q3 results at $369.97, down 6% on Friday alone and 14.6% over the past month, while its closest peers moved sharply in the other direction. The peer divergence is the sharpest signal in the…
DVN goes into its November 3 results with something rare: a 23-analyst consensus where every single rating is a buy and not one hold in the mix, yet the stock has gained only 1.5% over the past week against a peer…
CLX arrives at its November 2 earnings release with short sellers cutting positions at an unusual pace, reversing a build that had been one of the more aggressive accumulations seen in the consumer staples sector this…
Church & Dwight closes out October at $107.23, up 1.9% on the week, while most of its closest peers have moved in the opposite direction. Colgate-Palmolive fell 4.3% over the same period, Procter & Gamble dropped 3.0%,…
Short sellers have more than doubled their position in ITUB over the past month, with estimated short interest rising 144% to roughly 41.6 million shares. That weekly build of 64% is running approximately two standard…
Among Ball's closest packaging peers, short interest tells a varied story heading into Monday's Q3 results. Crown Holdings carries a higher correlation to Ball than any other name in the group yet has seen more…
Archer-Daniels-Midland arrives at its November 3 earnings report with short sellers still cutting positions and options traders maintaining the most call-heavy stance the stock has seen in a year. Short interest has…
AME closed Friday at $241.12, down 4.2% on the day and 3.9% over the past month, yet options traders are not treating the pullback as a reason to hedge. The put/call ratio stands at 0.26, virtually flat against its…
American International Group reports Q3 results on Monday, November 3, at a moment when options traders are turning more constructive on the stock than they have been in months. The clearest change heading into the…
