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Short sellers turned up the heat this week on two of the market's most talked-about names. CHWY short interest hit 75.4% of free float — up 5.6 percentage points in seven days. CRWV also drew fresh bearish attention,…
PepsiCo fired the starting gun on Q2 2026 earnings today, reporting before the bell. It is one of the first major S&P 500 names to report this quarter. Delta Air Lines follows tomorrow with its Q2 results. Travel…
Earnings season is driving fresh positioning across US options markets. Several high-profile names reporting this week are showing notable short interest patterns that point to hedging activity. ELV stands out sharply.…
PEP fired the starting gun today, reporting Q2 2026 results before the bell. The food and beverage giant is one of the first major S&P 500 names to report this quarter. Also today, AZZ holds its Q1 2027 earnings call,…
Today marks the unofficial start of Q2 2026 earnings season. PEP PepsiCo reports this morning before the open. The beverage and snacks giant faces questions about consumer spending and volume trends. AZZ Inc. and NTIC…
Wall Street turned cautious on two major names Wednesday. Salesforce and Bio-Techne both received downgrades, standing out from an otherwise mixed session of analyst activity. Salesforce slipped to a lower consensus…
Two contrasting insider stories dominated filings this week. Across the globe, a founding family went on a buying spree while another dumped hundreds of millions in stock. Stefan Persson, the founding family figure of…
Simply Good Foods reports its latest results today against a backdrop where insiders and short sellers are both reducing their downside exposure, even as the Street's analyst community has turned decisively…
WD-40 Company reports after the close today with the stock up 21% in a month, shorts rebuilt into the rally, and options traders the most defensive they've been in weeks. The positioning picture is consistent with…
Short sellers are moving fast. The past week brought sharp increases across several high-profile names, with CoreWeave and Chewy standing out most. CRWV short interest jumped nearly 4 percentage points in seven days.…
PSMT reports fiscal Q3 results today with short interest still elevated, insider selling unresolved, and peers trading in the opposite direction. Yesterday's article captured the core short rebuild story accurately,…
AZZ reports fiscal Q1 results today, and the data heading into the print tells a consistent story: bearish positioning has been building for weeks, options traders are more cautious than usual, and the broader building…
US-Iran tensions are the biggest macro story right now. US and Iranian forces exchanged strikes after attacks on tankers. President Trump declared the ceasefire "over." That single headline is reshaping flows across…
Analysts trimmed their target on NOW this week. The consensus average target fell to $140.73 from $141.12. ServiceNow carries a $114 billion market cap and a short interest of 6% of free float. The majority of analysts…
Insiders at several major companies filed significant sell transactions this past week, with combined disclosures running into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The biggest single US story is PRM. Windacre…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. CHWY leads the charge with SI hitting 75.4% of free float — up 5.6 percentage points in just seven days. Bears remain unimpressed by the pet retailer despite its mid-cap…
CRWV enters the second week of July with short interest rebuilding sharply and the stock down 16% on the week — a combination that marks a clean break from the ambiguous data picture that clouded last week's notes. The…
SoFi Technologies drops 4.6% on Tuesday to $17.75, with three weeks to the July 27 earnings print and a short base that has quietly grown while every options alarm has faded. Short interest is the dominant story here,…
ROKU heads into its July 31 earnings report with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions, the Street turning more cautious, and insiders selling into strength — an unusual convergence of hesitation at $141. Short…
Synchrony Financial enters its July 20 Q2 earnings print with the Street in an unusually constructive mood — two firms raised price targets on the same morning this week, even as the stock dipped nearly 2% on the…
