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Centerra Gold arrives at its October 30 results having shed 7.5% over the past month, now trading at CAD 28.52, with the market debate centred less on short-side pressure and more on whether a deeply discounted…
Among the closest peers in the life and health insurance sector, CNO Financial Group carries one of the lighter short positions. Globe Life and Unum Group draw heavier bearish attention, while CNO's short interest has…
Cavco Industries is the outlier in its peer group this week: flat on the week while every close comparable posted gains of 3% to 7%. Short interest in Cavco has jumped 24% over the past week, reaching 5.2% of the free…
Options traders have grown modestly more cautious ahead of VRTX's November 2 results, even as short sellers continue to trim their positions. The put/call ratio has drifted up to 0.97, about 1.2 standard deviations…
Quaker Houghton enters Thursday's earnings with short sellers retreating, placing it among the least crowded names in specialty chemicals ahead of the print. Short interest in KWR has dropped to its lowest level in at…
Olin Corporation reports Q3 results today with short sellers at their most aggressive in at least a year, even as the stock has stabilised near multi-year lows. Short interest has climbed to 14.7% of the free float, up…
NPKI reports today with a stock that has quietly lagged while its closest peers surge, creating an unusual gap that the print will need to close or explain. The options market has turned notably more defensive in…
Mohawk Industries reports Q3 results today with a notable shift in short positioning: sellers have been covering, not adding, even as the fundamental debate around housing demand grows louder. Short interest has fallen…
Minerals Technologies Inc. reports Q3 results today with the same uncomfortable gap in place that defined the setup a week ago: a stock at $61.83 that analysts collectively value at $91.25, a 47% discount that the…
Middlesex Water Company reports Q3 results today, and the most notable change since the last preview six days ago is a sharp unwinding of short positions, down 13% over the past week to 3.8% of the free float. That…
MSTR is a leveraged bitcoin treasury company that releases its October quarter results tonight, and the short book going into the print is the smallest it has been in five weeks. Short interest has fallen to 27.5…
Methanex Corporation reports Q3 results today with the same two forces that dominated the pre-print picture two days ago still intact: an activist on the register and an insider buying cluster that remains the defining…
Boston Scientific is the day's biggest analyst story. Three separate calls hit this morning, all pointing lower. Jefferies cut BSX from Buy to Hold and slashed its target from $60 to $46. Canaccord Genuity kept its Buy…
Merit Medical Systems reports Q3 results today with short interest at its highest level in at least a year, while the stock has slipped 0.6% over the past week against a peer median gain of 2.6%. Short sellers have…
Illumina reports Q3 results after the close today, a print that arrives as short sellers have made a clear, deliberate retreat from the stock over the past six weeks. Short interest has fallen nearly 29% over the past…
Financial Institutions, Inc. reports Q3 results on October 30 with an activist shareholder on the register, record balance sheet figures in the books, and short sellers quietly trimming positions into the event. The…
Federated Hermes reports Q3 results today with options positioning noticeably more cautious than the stock's recent calm would suggest. The sharpest signal is in the options market. The put/call ratio has climbed to…
FMC Corporation reports third-quarter results today with one of the most charged ownership and positioning setups in the agricultural chemicals sector. The most newsworthy fact about FMC right now is structural:…
Eastman Chemical heads into its October 30 earnings print with the Street's confidence visibly shaken after a wave of pre-results target cuts. The analyst picture is the clearest signal here. JP Morgan downgraded the…
Credit Acceptance Corporation reports after the close today with short sellers maintaining a substantial position, activist investors filing 13D schedules, and the options market tilting toward calls rather than…
