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Healthcare and gold miners dominated analyst activity on Tuesday, with fresh upgrades and target price moves across several major names. HCA Healthcare received the most notable upgrade. Analysts raised their consensus…
Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, filed to disclose he sold over $110 million worth of PBF Energy shares. The sales ran from June 25 through July 9. Slim, listed as a 10% shareholder, offloaded more than 2.3…
SPCX, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., saw the sharpest short interest jump of the week. SI % of free float leapt from 3.7% to 26.1% in just seven days — a 22-percentage-point surge. The stock carries a $1…
Oil is driving the session. Brent crude hit $87 a barrel as US-Iran hostilities escalated. US strikes on Iranian tanker assets in the Strait of Hormuz sent investors into risk-off mode. Stocks and bonds both fell in…
Options markets are sending sharp signals on July 14. The most extreme reading belongs to ACEL. Accel Entertainment's put/call ratio collapsed to just 0.0114. That is the lowest level in 52 weeks. It sits 4.2 standard…
Today is packed. AEHR reports Q4 2026 results this afternoon. CAG hosts its pre-recorded Q4 call later today. PGR releases June monthly results tonight. Thursday brings the week's biggest names. NFLX drops Q2 2026…
Wall Street analysts turned bullish on financials and healthcare Monday, lifting target prices across the board. HCA Healthcare was the standout upgrade. Analysts bumped it from Hold to Buy, pushing the average target…
Insider filings this week reveal a wave of selling at the top, with a few notable buyers going against the trend. RH CEO Gary Friedman filed two separate sales totalling over $11.7M in shares traded on July 6. The…
Short sellers made dramatic moves this week. Data as of July 13 shows some of the sharpest 7-day jumps seen this year. SPCX — the newly listed Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — saw short interest explode from 3.6%…
CrowdStrike heads into mid-July with short interest consolidating at elevated levels, a wave of analyst target resets washing through the Street, and the stock giving back roughly 6% on the week — a setup worth…
JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — has gained 5.1% on the day and 2.9% on the week to close at PLN 26.40, the second meaningful bounce in three weeks, yet the structural short position has not loosened and the ORTEX…
PayPal has added another 5.6% this week, bringing its one-month gain to 20%, yet the analyst community has barely moved in the stock's direction — and earnings are now just two weeks away. The price action is hard to…
EverCommerce has climbed 19% in a month while its founder and president sell every day — and the lending market for the stock is effectively shut. The borrow story here is the standout. Availability has collapsed to…
IBM heads into its July 22 earnings release with a stock that has rebounded strongly over the past month but pulled back slightly this week — and with a borrow market that offers almost no friction for new short…
Hertz Global Holdings enters the final stretch before its August 6 earnings with the bear book growing again — yet the divergence at the heart of this name refuses to close. The most significant change since the July 8…
Oil is trading near $87 a barrel. US-Iran tensions are the driver. American forces struck Iranian targets after attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Stocks and bonds fell in risk-off mode. Small caps are bucking…
Earnings season is firing up options markets. ARM, GS, and NFLX are among the most-watched names right now. Arm Holdings tumbled Tuesday after HSBC flagged a valuation alarm. Short interest sits at 12.3% of free float.…
Today kicks off a packed earnings week. AEHR reports Q4 results after the close today. CAG posts Q4 numbers as well, with its pre-recorded call dropping this evening. Tomorrow brings BNY before the open. The Bank of…
Citigroup analyst Vikram Bagri raised price targets across three US refining giants on Monday. Marathon Petroleum got a new target of $303, up from $257. Valero Energy moved to $302 from $259. Phillips 66 was lifted to…
Insiders at AMAT and DELL filed some of the largest sell transactions of the past month, according to ORTEX data. Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales totalling $104.8M worth of shares between June 15 and…
