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PYPL lit up markets Wednesday. Stripe and Advent International reportedly tabled a $53 billion joint takeover bid. The stock jumped nearly 15% in premarket. Short interest sits at just 6.2% of free float — exposed…
Tomorrow brings one of the busiest reporting days of the season. NFLX drops Q2 results after the close on July 16. The streaming giant carries a $310 billion market cap. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float —…
Analyst activity on Tuesday pointed in two clear directions: cybersecurity names are in favour, while bank stocks face fresh scrutiny. Cybersecurity gets a boost CrowdStrike saw its consensus target price nudge higher…
RH chairman and CEO Gary Friedman filed to sell over $18 million in company stock this week. The trades happened between July 6 and July 8. Friedman unloaded shares across multiple transactions at prices ranging from…
Short sellers moved fast this week. SPCX, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. trading vehicle, saw SI % of Free Float rocket from 3.7% to 26.3% in just seven days — a 22-point jump. That is one of the biggest…
The biggest single-stock story today is PYPL. A reported $53 billion joint bid from Stripe and Advent International sent the stock up nearly 15% in premarket. Short interest sits at just 6.2% of free float. Bears are…
Conagra Brands kicks off earnings today, July 15, reporting Q4 2026 results at 9:30am ET. The consumer food giant faces pressure from commodity costs and shifting demand. Tomorrow is the busiest day of the week.…
Analysts pushed target prices higher on several names Tuesday. SanDisk led the pack with the biggest consensus upgrade. Its average target price rose to $2,144 from $2,112. That is a $248 billion market cap company now…
Bears are abandoning SYY at pace. Short interest has dropped nearly 20% in a week to 2.9% of free float — the lowest level in months. Yet the options market is hedging more actively, and a director just put $1 million…
Filings from the past week reveal a wave of insider selling — and one notable cluster of buying. Carlos Slim Exits PBF Energy Billionaire Carlos Slim has filed nine sales of PBF Energy shares totalling $98M. Trades ran…
Short sellers had a busy week. The biggest mover was SPCX, Space Exploration Technologies, where short interest as a percentage of free float jumped from 3.65% to 26.27% — a gain of nearly 23 percentage points in just…
Cost to borrow on CSWC hit 49% on July 14. That is nearly four times the level it sat at just one week earlier. The borrow market for Capital Southwest Corporation has effectively seized — and the data shows this is…
Three distinct signals are pointing the same direction on ENSG ahead of its July 24 earnings. Short sellers are covering. Call buyers are piling in. And the borrow market has opened wide. That alignment is rare enough…
The cost to borrow EverCommerce shares has surged to 108.4% — a near-doubling from 62.7% just one day earlier. Yesterday's article noted a tight lending market. It just got significantly tighter. Since yesterday's…
PYPL jumped nearly 15% in premarket trading today. Stripe and Advent International reportedly proposed a joint $53 billion acquisition. Short interest sits at just 6.2% of free float. Bears caught on the wrong side…
PYPL is the loudest options signal of the day. Stripe and Advent International reportedly proposed a $53 billion joint acquisition. The stock surged nearly 15% in premarket. That kind of gap forces call buyers to chase…
Today kicks off a busy stretch of Q2 results. CAG Conagra Brands reports Q4 2026 numbers this morning at 9:30am ET. Tomorrow, Thursday July 16, brings the heaviest load. NFLX Netflix drops Q2 results after the bell.…
Analysts lifted the consensus target on WDC to $631 from $625. That is a sharp move for Western Digital, whose $191 billion market cap reflects strong AI-era demand for storage. Short sellers are light here. Short…
RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman filed sales totalling over $17.9M this week. He sold shares across five separate transactions between July 6–8. The stock traded near $159–$170 during that window. Applied Materials…
Short sellers made a bold move into SPCX this week. Short interest in Space Exploration Technologies jumped from 3.65% to 26.07% of free float — a 22-point surge in just seven days. That is one of the biggest…
