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Today brings the first confirmed results of the week. EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group — reports Q3 2026 results after the close today. Tomorrow is the busiest day. PEP kicks off with its Q2 2026 pre-recorded earnings call.…
Analysts trimmed targets across several sectors Monday. The most notable action was a downgrade of RJF by the consensus. Raymond James Financial dropped from 9 holds to 8, with a buy count unchanged at zero. The stock…
Insider filings over the past two weeks reveal a split picture. Big sellers dominate the headlines, but a handful of executives are putting their own money to work. CEO Loads Up on $50M Summit Therapeutics Chairman and…
LEVI reports Q2 2026 results after the close today with the Street turning meaningfully more constructive — yet options traders are refusing to stand down. The analyst picture has shifted sharply in the final week…
Penguin Solutions heads into its July 7 earnings print having just jumped 10% in a single session — while the short base remains stubbornly large and analysts are scrambling to keep up. The stock closed at $67.71 on…
TFI International heads into its July 8 earnings release with a notable insider selling cluster at the top — and a stock that has shed 10% over the past month. The most striking signal ahead of the print is the CEO's…
Short sellers turned up the heat on CRWV this week. CoreWeave's short interest jumped to 29.4% of free float — up 5.7 percentage points in seven days. The AI cloud firm, which only went public in March, continues to…
BMNR heads into its July 10 earnings print with short sellers still accelerating — yet the options market is running the opposite direction. Since the previous ORTEX note on July 1, short interest has pushed further.…
Conagra Brands reports Q4 results on July 9 with the Street's most notable feature being a rare consensus — every analyst who has moved in the past six weeks has cut their target, and none have upgraded. The analyst…
ASX heads into its July 10 earnings print riding a 27% gain over the past month — and options traders are quietly adding more protection as the stock climbs. The clearest pre-earnings signal comes from the put/call…
DAL heads into its July 10 Q2 print with a wall of analyst upgrades at its back — and a stock that has already run past most of those revised targets. The revision wave has accelerated in the final days before the…
Banco de Chile reports on July 10 with the stock up 10% over the past month — yet the cost to borrow shares has quietly tripled since June, flagging a notable shift in how the lending market views the name ahead of the…
Markets kick off the week with several converging themes: extreme short positions, a wave of insider selling at chip companies, and a busy earnings calendar that starts today. Hertz is the most compressed short in the…
Short sellers and options traders are focusing on two names this week: HTZ and CRWV. Hertz carries a massive 60.8% short interest as a percentage of free float. Availability sits at zero — meaning there are virtually…
Today brings the first mover. EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group — reports Q3 2026 results after the close on Monday. It sets the tone for a busy few days. Tuesday is the headline session. PEP drops its Q2 2026 pre-recorded…
Analyst desks were busy on Monday, with notable moves across financials, technology, and healthcare. The biggest banking call was a downgrade of TFC. Truist Financial was cut from Hold to Sell, with the consensus…
Analysts made sharp moves across sectors on Monday. A bank downgrade, a pharma lift, and oil field services pressure stand out. Truist Financial took the most notable hit. Analysts downgraded the stock, cutting the…
Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales totalling nearly $50M last week. The filings — reported July 1 — show Dickerson sold over 70,000 shares across two days at prices between $700 and $736. AMAT's CTO…
Short sellers ramped up positions in several notable names last week. Hertz Global Holdings leads the pack in terms of sheer movement. SI jumped from 48.9% to 60.8% of free float in just seven days. That's a 12-point…
Vertex Pharmaceuticals grabbed the spotlight Monday. It agreed to buy Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85 per share in cash. CRNX stock doubled on the news. Short interest had sat at 13.6% of free float before the deal —…
