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Shift4 Payments has surged 17% in a week to $51.35, yet short sellers have barely flinched — leaving the stock in an unusual standoff between a powerful price recovery and one of the most crowded short books in the…
Theravance Biopharma enters July with a significant change in analyst sentiment — two firms cut to neutral on the same day, just as the stock's short score has been sliding lower for two weeks. The Street's pivot is…
EMBDL heads into its August 10 earnings date with a mild weekly pullback masking a sharper underlying story — every prior earnings event in recent memory has sent the stock lower. The price tells a two-speed story.…
Micron Technology enters the July 4th holiday week down nearly 11% on the week, sitting in an uncomfortable gap between a Street that has rarely been more bullish and options traders who have rarely been more…
SoFi Technologies enters the week of July 5 with its short thesis intact but two of the more alarming signals from a week ago quietly cooling — a setup that is less charged than the one that defined June, even as the…
Hertz Global Holdings enters July with its stock at $2.12 — down 59% over the past month — yet options traders have spent the past two weeks aggressively unwinding the defensive posture that defined June, creating the…
CDR has delivered its best weekly gain in months — up 7.4% to PLN 233.4 — while the short score quietly drifts lower and analyst targets converge near the current price, creating an unusually balanced setup heading…
Ingredion Incorporated heads into its July 28 earnings report with short interest climbing sharply and the Street increasingly cautious — a combination that sharpens the stakes around what the quarter actually…
Ondas Inc. enters the July 4 holiday week with a meaningful shift in short positioning — but the underlying lending conditions remain as restrictive as they have been all month. The clearest development is a pullback…
Microsoft enters the final stretch before its July 30 earnings date with a genuinely changed lending picture — cost to borrow has jumped sharply this week, even as the stock posts its strongest weekly gain in months…
HTZ is the week's most extreme short setup. Short interest hit 59.2% of free float — up 11 points in seven days. Share availability has collapsed to zero. That means no new shorts can be built. With Q2 earnings…
Q2 earnings season has options traders picking sides — and the signals are striking. Hertz stands out as the most extreme case. Short interest sits at 59% of free float. Share availability has hit zero. With Hertz…
Airlines dominated analyst activity this week. BMO Capital's Michael Goldie raised his target on DAL to $105 from $80. He also lifted UAL to $157.50 from $130. Both moves came with maintained Buy ratings. Delta carries…
Stefan Persson, the billionaire founder-linked backer of HM B, filed the single biggest insider purchase of the week. He bought 10.1 million shares worth $172M between June 25 and July 2. The filings landed on July 3.…
Q2 earnings season is officially underway. DAL reports July 10 and will set the tone for the travel sector. PEP and LEVI both drop results on Wednesday July 8. Analysts at FT warn that S&P 500 earnings forecasts are…
The earnings season kicks off this week with several high-profile names reporting results. The busiest day is Wednesday, July 8. LEVI — Levi Strauss — drops its Q2 2026 numbers after the close on Wednesday. The jeans…
Corporate insiders filed a flurry of major sell transactions this week. The biggest names across tech, pharma, and fire-retardant chemicals all saw fresh disclosures. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed two sell transactions…
HTZ is the number-one focus for short sellers right now. Short interest hit 59.2% of free float — up 11 points in a single week. Borrow availability has fallen to zero. That means no new short positions can be opened.…
Bears are loading up on several names as Q2 earnings season kicks off this week. Short interest and cost-to-borrow signals point to sharp options skews across key tickers. HTZ is the standout. Short interest sits at…
The first big names of Q2 2026 earnings season report this week. The calendar is thin early but builds toward Thursday. Monday/Tuesday sees EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group — open the week. The industrial tools maker reports…
