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Analysts made two clean rating calls on Wednesday. Hasbro was upgraded, while Paychex and Linde both received downgrades. Hasbro gets a lift. The toymaker moved up to a Hold consensus. Its average target price sits at…
Kura Sushi USA reports after the close today with the Street freshly cautious, shorts sitting on an elevated position, and the stock coming off a strong week — a combination that sets a high bar for the print. The…
Short sellers pushed hard into two stressed names this week. Wolfspeed sits at a staggering 115% SI % FF — up nearly 15 percentage points in seven days. Availability is now zero. Bears see no easy way out. Hertz is…
RHM has snapped back 6% on Wednesday and 11% on the week — yet the stock remains nearly 19% below where it traded a month ago, making today's earnings release the first real test of whether the recent selloff was…
National Beverage Corp. reports today against a backdrop of sustained selling pressure and the sole analyst covering the stock holding a Sell rating with a target now below the current price. The stock has lost 16% in…
Short sellers are pressing hard on a handful of names as Q2 earnings season begins. Wolfspeed stands out most sharply. Its short interest hit 114.8% of free float — up nearly 15 percentage points in one week. Available…
Q2 earnings season opens this week. Options traders are paying close attention to a handful of names standing out from the noise. CRWV tops the watch list. CoreWeave carries 28.8% SI % FF — one of the highest in the…
The second quarter earnings season gets underway this week. No major IPOs are scheduled through July 9. Today — July 2 Bassett Furniture and Culp both hold earnings calls this morning. Lindsay Corporation also reports…
Analyst activity on July 2 skews bullish for tech and power plays. The biggest target lift goes to COHR. Consensus price targets on Coherent Corp. rose to $387 from $384. The photonics and laser company carries a $77bn…
The biggest insider trading story of the past two weeks is a wave of high-profile selling across US tech and retail. ASTS CEO and founder Abel Avellan filed on June 23 that he sold 2.5 million shares worth $146.7…
Short sellers ramped up pressure this week. Wolfspeed leads the list with a jaw-dropping 114.8% SI % of FF — up 14.7 percentage points in just seven days. The chipmaker's zero share availability signals an extremely…
A federal judge ruled today that Yelp gains an advantage in the Google antitrust case. The court recognized Alphabet's monopoly status and skipped a discovery phase on market power. That procedural win could accelerate…
Today is the first day of July. The corporate earnings calendar is already moving. Franklin Covey and The Greenbrier Companies host earnings calls today. Greenbrier makes railcars. It reports Q3 2026 results into a…
Analysts made a clear call on defense stocks Tuesday. Lockheed Martin earned an upgrade, with the consensus average target rising to $617. The $117bn defense giant carries just 1.6% short interest. Peers Northrop…
Insider selling dominated filings this week. Two standout stories emerge from the latest data. NVDA director Mark Stevens filed $186M in sales on June 23. The Independent Director sold nearly 885,000 shares at around…
Short sellers intensified bets on several US names this week. Wolfspeed leads all movers. Its SI % FF hit 114.8% as of June 30 — up 14.7 percentage points in just seven days. Availability is zero. Shares to borrow are…
Rezolve AI enters July with short sellers caught between a stock that just rallied 22% in a week and a borrow market that has never been more hostile. The week's defining move was the $300M buyback approval, which…
SoundHound AI ends June in a state of maximum tension — the most heavily shorted it has been in months, a borrow market that has been completely sealed for weeks, and options traders who keep fading the bears. The…
NFLX enters the final two weeks before its Q3 earnings report on the back foot, with the TSX-listed shares slipping another 3.3% on Tuesday to CAD 26.88 — extending a month-long decline of 17%. The data snapshot here…
Lucid Group ends June in a state of near-mechanical contradiction: short sellers are actively adding to positions at record borrow costs, against a stock that just delivered a 29% weekly gain and has left the lending…
