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Short interest data as of July 8 reveals some sharp moves over the past week. Here are the names that matter. MQ jumps to the top of the movers list. Marqeta saw its SI % of free float leap from 3.95% to 14.47% — a…
Markets head into a pivotal earnings week with short sellers at extremes, top executives cashing out, and a major geopolitical story reshaping energy markets. The biggest week of Q2 reporting starts today. Netflix…
Analysts delivered a mixed bag of calls on Thursday. The standout move was a downgrade on PSKY, the newly merged Paramount Skydance entity. The consensus sell count climbed to seven from six. The average target price…
Two high-profile insiders filed major stock sales this week, while a clutch of smaller buyers stepped in elsewhere. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed to have sold $104.8 million in Applied Materials stock. The trades…
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico reports Q2 results on July 13 with the Street's tone shifting meaningfully bullish after a year of mixed signals — the key question is whether the underlying numbers can justify the…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Data as of July 8 shows some striking moves heading into a packed earnings calendar. ALIT — Alight, Inc. — is the standout. SI % of Free Float exploded to 136%, up from just…
The dominant story heading into WIT's July 13 Q1 FY2027 earnings is not the analyst consensus or even the stock's 15% one-month slide — it is the dramatic unwind of one of the most extreme borrow squeezes seen in the…
The week's big earnings calendar starts today. Hays reports Q4 results this morning as UK hiring conditions remain under pressure. The real fireworks come Monday, when Bank of America reports Q2 before the bell.…
Bears are circling several high-profile names as a major earnings week kicks off July 10. NFLX slid after the bell Wednesday. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float. But the post-hours dip signals the market…
Hays kicks off today's reporting with its Q4 results. The UK recruiter's numbers arrive as the jobs market faces pressure on both sides of the Atlantic. Monday brings a cluster of major financials. Bank of America…
Analysts swept through the financial sector Thursday, lifting targets on a broad range of asset managers and brokers after a strong earnings run. HOOD drew the sharpest upgrade. The average analyst target rose to…
Insider filings from the past week show a wave of selling across US-listed stocks, led by a $69M dump at DELL. Silver Lake Group filed sales of Dell Technologies shares worth $69M across 31 transactions. The latest…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Alight, Inc. saw the most dramatic move — SI % of free float exploded from 6.95% to 136.4% in just seven days, a jaw-dropping 129-point jump. With a market cap of just $530M,…
The market's attention is firmly on the Q2 earnings calendar. BAC reports Monday. JNJ, ELV, and BNY follow Tuesday. Wednesday is the biggest day. NFLX reports after the close. UNH and GE call analysts that morning…
A heavyweight lineup of Q2 results arrives from today through Wednesday, with financials and healthcare leading the charge. Tomorrow — Thursday, July 10, recruitment firm HAS kicks off the week with its Q4 update early…
A broad wave of target price upgrades swept across the transport sector today. Analysts raised price targets on UPS, J.B. Hunt, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and CSX in a coordinated sector reassessment. UPS…
Insiders at three US companies filed significant sell transactions this week, with Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson topping the list. Dickerson filed $55.5M in total sales on July 1. He sold 78,291 shares across…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. CoreWeave saw the biggest move among large-cap names. Its SI % of Free Float jumped to 33.7% — up 5.3 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are clearly skeptical of the…
Q2 earnings season opens this week with a heavy financial sector slate. Bank of America reports Tuesday before the bell. Johnson & Johnson and Elevance Health follow Wednesday. UnitedHealth Group closes the week…
Options activity is heating up ahead of a packed earnings week. Big banks and healthcare names dominate the agenda, drawing heavy positioning across derivatives markets. UNH is one of the most-watched names this week.…
