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Smurfit WestRock heads into its July 29 earnings print with a widening gap between an emboldened analyst community and a stock that has lost nearly 5% on the week. The Street's move has been unusually decisive. Four…
Red Rock Resorts enters its August 3 earnings window with analysts growing more constructive just as short sellers quietly step back — a convergence that gives the setup an unusually clean bullish tilt heading into the…
Permian Resources heads into its August 3 earnings with the Street still bullish but quietly marking down expectations — and short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest monthly pace in six months. The dominant…
SPCX has spent the past week locked in a standoff — analysts raising targets, shorts holding record positions, and the stock sliding further from both. The short base is the defining feature of this setup. Shares short…
Willis Towers Watson has pulled back off its recent highs, down 2.3% on Tuesday to $288.74, with short sellers adding pressure ahead of the July 30 Q2 report. Since the previous note flagged the 12.4% weekly surge, the…
Block, Inc. enters the final stretch before its August 5 earnings report with the short-side retreat that began in late June now accelerating into something more decisive — and a Street growing visibly more…
Axsome Therapeutics heads into its August 3 earnings print with the most significant development since last week's note being a sharp reversal in short positioning — a story that materially changes the setup described…
SPMO, Invesco's S&P 500 Momentum ETF, enters the back half of July with a clean two-week rally and positioning data that reads almost entirely benign — the most interesting tension is how aggressively availability has…
HPE heads into mid-July riding its best week in recent memory, with a 14% gain that has shorts covering and analysts scrambling to catch up with a stock that has left their old targets in the dust. The most compelling…
The story for XLRE this week is one of conviction reversing — shorts that had been grinding higher through June and early July have now beaten a rapid retreat, even as the fund itself drifts lower. Short interest has…
Lumentum Holdings is heading into its August 11 earnings with a notable divergence: the stock just posted its best week in months, yet short sellers are adding positions and options traders just registered their most…
PayPal enters the final stretch before its July 28 earnings with a stock that has recovered 14% over the past month but is losing momentum — and a Street that still leans skeptical even as one notable bear softened its…
Kraft Heinz enters the final stretch before its July 29 earnings report with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions into a stock that has now given back most of last week's sharp recovery. The price tells the story…
Shopify heads into its August 5 earnings report riding a 16% one-month rally — and a rare wave of analyst upgrades that has Wall Street's bullish camp more crowded than it has been all year. The analyst story is the…
Etsy enters the week of July 14 with a rare alignment: short sellers are covering, the stock is up 19% over the past month, and earnings are less than three weeks away. The most striking development is in short…
Citizens Financial Group walked into its July 16 Q2 earnings print with short sellers pulling back, analysts lifting targets, and options markets running at their most call-skewed level in months — a setup that tilts…
Live Oak Bancshares heads into its July 22 quarterly print with a quietly constructive price trend — up 6.4% over the past month to $41.54 — set against a persistent pattern of founder selling that deserves a closer…
HRTG heads into its August 6 earnings date with shorts quietly rebuilding, a fresh analyst target raise, and a stock that has rallied 22% over the past month yet slipped 3% on Tuesday alone. The most timely signal…
JD.com heads into its August 13 earnings with options sentiment at its most bullish in months, even as short sellers rebuild positions after a sharp weekly rally. The clearest signal this week is in options. The…
Alibaba arrives at this week's note having just posted its biggest weekly gain since early 2025 — up 14.4% to $112.32 — yet underneath the price action, short sellers have been rebuilding quietly and options traders…
