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QUBT shares have fallen 31% over the past month. Now the options market is catching up with what the borrow market has been signalling for days. Why this matters: Four distinct data streams — short interest, cost to…
The week's dominant theme is earnings. Alphabet reports Q2 results on Wednesday after the close. It carries a $2.2 trillion market cap and bears are largely absent — short interest is just 1.46% of free float. Options…
Pre-earnings options activity is shaping up as a key theme this week. Alphabet and Intel both report. Traders are positioning hard ahead of both prints. Alphabet carries a $2.2 trillion market cap. Its short interest…
Today brings TFC — Truist Financial — to the earnings stage. The bank held its Q2 2026 call this morning, setting the tone for a busy week in financials. Tuesday sees AMSF AMERISAFE drop Q2 results after the bell.…
South Plains Financial reports Q2 results today against a backdrop dominated by one striking data point: its Chairman and CEO sold $12.4 million worth of stock just weeks before the print. The insider angle is hard to…
Vista Energy reports today against a backdrop defined by one of the most extreme borrowing cost profiles in its trading history. The cost to borrow VISTA A shares has exploded. At last reading on June 26, the…
Cohen & Steers heads into today's Q2 print with a notable split between rising bearish positioning in the lending market and unusually bullish options sentiment. The most interesting tension in the setup is short…
DPZ heads into its Monday earnings release with short sellers retreating rapidly and options traders turning more bullish than they have been all year — an unusual combination that sets up a charged print. The sharpest…
WAFD enters its fiscal Q3 earnings report on July 17 with the stock outpacing both its own analyst targets and its regional bank peers — a setup that puts the burden squarely on the print to justify the move. The stock…
Analysts reshuffled ratings across several large-cap names on Thursday. Two moves stand out. Corning received an upgrade from analysts, pushing consensus to a more bullish stance. The average target price now sits at…
Simmons First National reaches its Q2 earnings release today with defensive positioning that has only intensified since Monday's preview — the print now tests whether the bearish setup was prescient or…
Netflix reports Q2 results today having clawed back fractionally from its multi-month lows, with the print arriving into a market where analyst ambition has been methodically cut and the stock itself has barely moved…
INDB reports Q2 results today against a backdrop of receding short pressure and a sector-wide rally that has lifted the stock to its best levels in months. The positioning story is notably uncrowded. Short interest has…
First Financial Bankshares has released its Q2 results, and the market's initial verdict is clear: the stock closed up 3.6% on July 16 and has gained 5.4% on the week, reaching $36.50 — vindicating the call-heavy…
F.N.B. Corporation heads into its Q2 print today with short interest near a monthly high and the analyst community still firmly in the bull camp — a divergence that has sharpened rather than resolved since the last…
Synchrony Financial arrives at its July 20 Q2 earnings release with short sellers meaningfully reducing their bets and the analyst community growing more constructive — a combination that sets the stage for a charged…
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico arrives at its July 20 earnings date having already delivered two misses against its own reporting schedule — and with the stock down another 4% since the most recent preview, the price…
Silver Lake Group filed this week to reveal it sold over $213 million worth of DELL shares. The private equity firm, which holds a board seat, offloaded nearly 500,000 shares on July 9 at around $452 each. The filings…
Equity LifeStyle Properties heads into Monday's Q2 earnings with a fresh analyst downgrade adding edge to an already cautious Street setup. Barclays cut its rating to Equal-Weight from Overweight on July 14 — just…
Webster Financial heads into its July 20 Q2 earnings report with short sellers quietly building pressure while the broader market debate over credit quality and margin trajectory remains unresolved. The most notable…
