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DT Midstream heads into its October 29 earnings report with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions while the stock trades nearly flat on the week, a split that is worth watching as the print approaches. Short…
OWL enters its October 29 earnings report with short sellers adding exposure into a stock already down 13% over the past month, creating a test of whether the bear thesis on the credit business can hold against what…
VTRS has added 5.8% this week and 12% over the past month, arriving at $18.66 with retail attention spiking and options flow turning more call-heavy than at almost any point in the past year. The most distinctive…
Baker Hughes heads into its October 23 earnings release with short interest building at a faster clip than usual, the analyst consensus pointing to significant upside, and one transformational deal dominating the…
Enova International heads into its October 20 Q3 print with three days to go, bears pulling back, options calm, and a Street that is bullish in rating but cautious in number. The positioning story is one of retreating…
SOXL, the Direxion 3x leveraged semiconductor bull ETF, enters the back half of October with its sharpest weekly loss of the year sitting alongside a fast-rebuilding short position and a borrow market that has…
CVE heads into its October 29 Q3 results with a deal-driven structural story overshadowing the usual short-interest narrative. The most interesting angle on Cenovus this week is not positioning but corporate action.…
ARI enters its October 30 earnings event with a very different profile than a week ago. Short interest has jumped nearly 45% in five days, borrow costs have nearly doubled over the past month, and the company is…
Suncor Energy heads into its November 7 earnings date with the stock up 7% on the week and short sellers nowhere near the picture, making the real story about where oil prices go next and what the Street is paying…
Dollar Tree heads into its November 25 earnings date with the most notable development being a decisive retreat by short sellers over the past week, even as options traders edge toward mild caution. The positioning…
FIS heads into its November 3 earnings report with analysts cutting price targets across the board and short interest jumping nearly a quarter in a single week, an unusual combination of Street pessimism and fresh…
Southern Copper Corporation trades at $200.51, down 4.2% on the week, with Q3 results nine days away and a Street consensus that sits roughly 12% below the current price. The analyst picture is the defining tension…
Celanese has gained 5.5% this week to $47.49, closing the gap to where insiders were buying in August and putting the November 2 earnings date into sharper focus. The short-side retreat that dominated last week's note…
EnerSys heads into its November 11 earnings date with a notable split in the data: short sellers have been cutting positions while the stock itself has fallen 6.2% on the week to $168.72, raising a question about who…
Lowe's heads into its November 18 earnings date with an interesting split: the stock is up 6% on the week, yet short interest has risen sharply over the past month, and the analyst community remains broadly bullish but…
Iron Mountain heads into its November 5 earnings report with a calm lending market, easing short interest, and an analyst community that has spent most of 2026 steadily lifting its price targets, yet the stock trades…
Three days from its Q3 earnings release, HIFS carries one of the most charged short-side setups in regional banking, with short interest still near its month-long high and the borrow market only partially recovered…
Fiserv has bounced 4.2% this week to $47.55, but the analyst community used the rally to sharpen its pencils rather than its enthusiasm, with three target cuts arriving in 48 hours and Bank of America reinstating…
FFIV heads into its October 27 quarterly results having lost 8% in a week, against a security software peer group that has been hit even harder. The week's selloff is severe in absolute terms but looks measured…
NPO has dropped nearly 10% in a week, and options traders are now more defensively positioned than at any point in the past year. The options market is sending the clearest signal here. The put/call ratio has jumped to…
