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The past two weeks of insider filings reveal a clear split: most US insiders were selling, but one biotech chief kept buying aggressively. The biggest buyer is SMMT Summit Therapeutics CEO Bob Duggan, who filed a $50M…
TSM heads into its July 16 Q2 print with analyst conviction running higher than the stock price currently reflects. The most telling development of the past three weeks is a cluster of target-price raises that arrived…
Pinnacle Financial Partners reports second-quarter results on July 15, with the Street firmly in the bulls' corner — but the stock trading well below consensus targets leaves plenty to prove. The analyst community has…
PNC heads into Tuesday's Q2 print with the borrow market signalling almost no bearish conviction — a notable contrast to the one-sided analyst optimism documented earlier this week. The lending picture could hardly be…
Morgan Stanley arrives at Tuesday's Q2 print having recovered sharply from the mid-June consolidation that defined the last preview — yet options traders have not abandoned their defensive posture even as the stock…
M&T Bank heads into its July 15 Q2 print with analysts raising targets across the board — yet conspicuously stopping short of upgrading the stock. The pre-earnings analyst activity is the standout story. Multiple firms…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. CHRN (ChronoScale Holdings) saw the biggest jump — SI % of FF leapt 12 points to 45.8% in just seven days. Its cost to borrow hit 61.9%, signalling severe squeeze risk. CRWV…
Equifax reports Q2 results on July 15 with the short base continuing to unwind, the borrow market increasingly uncrowded, and a Street consensus that is broadly constructive — but the stock has given back ground since…
Abbott Laboratories heads into its July 15 Q2 print with a Street that remains broadly positive but has quietly trimmed expectations since the last report. The options market is sending a calm signal ahead of the…
The week's biggest story is a packed earnings calendar. BAC kicks things off Monday morning with Q2 results. BNY follows Tuesday before the open. Wednesday is the marquee day — Netflix reports Q2 after the close, with…
Options markets are heating up ahead of a critical earnings week. Key names including NFLX, UNH, BAC, and ISRG are all due to report. Traders are positioning aggressively before results drop. UNH draws particular…
Monday kicks off a packed earnings stretch. BAC reports Q2 results on Monday, July 14, before markets open. Semiconductor tester AEHR also drops Q4 numbers that afternoon. Tuesday brings more firepower. BNY reports Q2…
Wall Street made a fresh bet on industrial and specialty chemicals names this week. Honeywell received a new analyst recommendation with a $247 target price. The $71.7 billion industrial giant sits close to consensus…
Fresh filings this week reveal a sharp split between buyers and sellers. One standout: AVO — Mission Produce — attracted a flurry of buying from major shareholder GlobalHarvest Holdings. The firm filed three separate…
Short sellers added pressure to CoreWeave this week. SI % of FF climbed to 33.1%, up 4.8 points in seven days. The AI cloud firm carries a $40B market cap. Bears are not backing down despite its high-profile IPO…
The week's biggest story is a packed earnings calendar. BAC kicks things off Monday before the open. BNY follows Tuesday. Wednesday is the main event — NFLX reports Q2 after the bell alongside UNH and ISRG. Short…
Options markets are on alert as a heavy earnings slate collides with renewed short-side pressure across several high-profile names. NFLX reports this week with short interest at just 2.4% of free float. Borrowing costs…
A packed earnings week kicks off on Monday. BAC reports Q2 results before the open on July 14. AEHR also drops its fiscal Q4 numbers that afternoon. Tuesday brings BNY pre-market. PGR posts its June monthly figures.…
Analyst target price moves on Friday point to growing confidence in energy midstream names and a rougher road ahead for consumer-facing stocks. TRGP — Targa Resources — leads the upgrades with its consensus target…
FRMI is caught in a rare split: short sellers are pressing harder into a falling stock while options traders refuse to buy the bearish narrative. The short side continues to build at an unusually aggressive pace. SI %…
