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PepsiCo arrives at its July 9 Q2 earnings print with analysts uniformly trimming price targets yet refusing to downgrade — a rare moment where the tone of Wall Street and the direction of money tell opposite…
Short sellers are busy. Data as of July 2 shows clear moves across several names worth watching. The biggest mover is CRWV. CoreWeave's SI % of FF jumped to 28.4% from 23.7% in just five days — a 4.7 percentage point…
Planet Labs PBC reports on July 9 with short sellers retreating into the print, options sentiment normalising, and the analyst community split sharply on whether the stock's 18% weekly surge reflects genuine re-rating…
PKX heads into its July 8 earnings release with three consecutive previews now documenting the same basic tension — a stock that has fallen hard, bounced modestly, and still can't shake its defensive options…
The second quarter reporting season starts this week. PEP reports Tuesday, July 8. Investors will watch pricing power and consumer volumes closely. LEVI also reports Tuesday. DAL follows Thursday — one of the most…
The second-quarter earnings season begins in earnest this week. Two headline names dominate the calendar. PEP reports Q2 2026 results on Tuesday, July 8, with a pre-recorded earnings call releasing after the close.…
BMO Capital made the boldest calls of the week. The firm raised its target on DAL to $105 from $80. It also lifted UAL to $157.50 from $130. Both retained Buy ratings. That's a 31% target jump for Delta and 21% for…
A wave of insider buying hit US markets in June, with SMMT topping the list. Robert Duggan, Chairman and CEO of Summit Therapeutics, filed a $50M purchase on June 12. He bought 3.81 million shares at $13.12 each.…
Short sellers are making moves as Q2 earnings season begins. Hertz leads the pack with SI jumping to 59.2% of free float — up nearly 11 percentage points in just seven days. Bears smell trouble at the rental car…
The week's biggest calendar event is PepsiCo reporting Q2 2026 results on Tuesday. Investors want clarity on volume trends and margin guidance. Delta Air Lines follows on Thursday. Travel demand has held firm, but…
Options market watchers are focusing on a pair of names with sharply rising short pressure as Q2 earnings season kicks off. CRWV — CoreWeave — has seen its SI % of FF climb from 16% in late May to 28.4% today. That is…
PepsiCo and Delta Air Lines headline a busy week of earnings. Both report Q2 2026 results with investor attention high. PepsiCo drops results Tuesday evening. The beverage giant has faced pressure from shifting…
BMO Capital fired a bullish double on the airline sector this week. The bank lifted its target on DAL to $105 from $80. It also raised UAL to $157.50 from $130. Both stocks carry a Buy rating. Delta now holds a $60.6…
Stefan Persson, the founding family member of HM B, filed this week showing he bought over $160M worth of shares across five separate transactions between June 25 and July 2. The purchases ranged from 700,000 to 2.75…
Short sellers are moving fast this week. HTZ — Hertz Global Holdings — saw its SI % of FF jump nearly 11 percentage points in seven days to 59.2%. Zero shares are available to borrow. The stock is under intense…
PEP — Polenergia S.A. on the Warsaw Stock Exchange — heads into the second half of 2026 with its most interesting tension sitting not in the price action, but in a combination of unusually active insider buying and a…
Herbalife enters the week ahead of its August 5 earnings with a stock that has recovered 10% over the past month — yet short sellers are rebuilding positions at the fastest weekly pace in months, even as insiders sold…
NiSource enters the week of July 5 with a notable catalyst on the tape: RBC Capital stepped in Thursday with a fresh Outperform rating and a $52 target, the most recent voice in a chorus of bullish analyst moves that…
OrthoPediatrics Corp. has spent the past month quietly rerating, with the stock up nearly 20% to $19.95 and short sellers trimming positions — yet the analyst community has barely moved since earnings, leaving a gap…
AIG heads into its July 31 earnings report with factor scores flagging elevated short positioning and a stock that has quietly recovered through June but trails most insurance peers on growth and momentum. The clearest…
