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Lumen heads into earnings with options defense mounting

Lumen Technologies reports Q1 results on May 5 carrying a 30% one-month gain, a week of flat action, and a put/call ratio that has nearly doubled from where it stood just two weeks ago. Options traders are the clearest…

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CNTY: Earnings Loom as Options Traders Turn Bullish

Century Casinos heads into its May 8 Q1 earnings report with a striking divergence: options flow has turned decisively call-heavy at the same time the stock slips to $1.39, down 7% on the week. The clearest signal this…

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CENT heads into earnings with shorts rebuilding quietly

Central Garden & Pet Company reports Q2 2026 results on May 6 — a week away — and the most interesting tension in the setup is the gap between a calm price action and a short position that has been quietly but steadily…

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AXIA insiders sell into the rally ahead of May earnings

AXIA heads into its May 6 earnings with a striking split: insiders have been cashing out heavily into the stock's 17% monthly surge, while short sellers are quietly stepping back. The insider activity is the standout…

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KBW lifts target as CNOB shorts retreat

ConnectOne Bancorp enters the final stretch of April with its best monthly showing in some time — up 14% in April — and the Street's most active regional bank analyst just confirmed higher conviction on the…

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CEMEX Rallies After Q1 Beat as Street Turns More Bullish

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. enters May having outperformed its global cement peers by a wide margin, with a strong Q1 earnings print behind it and the Street steadily moving targets higher — a notably different setup from…

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Maxim's $10 target spotlights IMNN ahead of May earnings

Imunon enters the final stretch before its May 14 Q1 results with an unusually sharp contrast: a freshly initiated Buy rating and a $10 price target from Maxim Group against a stock trading at $2.75 — and a cash runway…

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NamSys quiet week masks a chunky ownership shift

CTZ enters the final week of April on a quiet but solid note — a 2.4% weekly gain and a 9.5% one-month run for the tiny Canadian software name, with the real story sitting in its shareholder register rather than any…

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CVM shorts nearly double in a week as stock hits fresh lows

CEL-SCI Corporation is heading into its May 13 earnings with short sellers rebuilding aggressively — and the stock at its weakest price in months. Short interest has nearly doubled in a week. SI % FF climbed from…

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Jaguar falls harder than peers as gold names sell off

Jaguar Mining heads into the final day of April carrying a 10.4% weekly loss — a steeper retreat than most of its sector, and one that frames a stock where the interesting story this week is price action, not short…

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CATO shorts build quietly into May earnings

The Cato Corporation has spent the past month in a slow, steady short rebuild — and the week ending April 28 marked a meaningful acceleration of that trend. Short interest climbed nearly 10% over the week to reach 2.4%…

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CATY Bounces on Earnings Beat, but the Street Has a Price

Cathay General Bancorp heads into May with its strongest month in over a year behind it — yet analysts watching the stock most closely aren't entirely convinced the move has further to run. The stock rose 4% on the…

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CAT Options Put a Siren on Earnings Eve

Caterpillar heads into its Q1 2026 results on April 30 with options markets flashing the most defensive signal of the past year, even as the stock has rallied hard and analysts race to lift their targets. Options…

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IMM Bounces 25% — But the Data Is Thin

International Metals Mining Corp. has put in a sharp 25% weekly gain, but the sparse data around this micro-cap TSXV name leaves more questions than answers. The price move is the only fresh signal. IMM closed at CAD…

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CASS Insiders Sell Into Earnings

Cass Information Systems heads into its Q1 2026 earnings report — due today, April 30 — with a cluster of insider sales from the prior week clouding what has otherwise been a solid month for the stock. The insider…

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Analysts lift targets as Casey's momentum holds

Casey's General Stores heads into the final week of April with the Street broadly upgrading its view on the stock — and the price action, up 10% in a month, largely validating that optimism. The most notable…

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CWST Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Casella Waste Systems enters its Q1 2026 earnings release today with short sellers quietly backing away — even as options traders have turned markedly more defensive over the past two weeks. The short-side retreat is…

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