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DOCU has climbed 6% this week to $72.31, but the more interesting development is in what the market's own positioning reveals: short sellers are retreating at pace while options traders are hedging at the most…
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical heads into its November 3 earnings with the gap between its short sellers and its options traders growing wider, not narrower. The short interest story has changed materially since last week's…
Element Solutions Inc heads into its October 21 results with a fresh Overweight from Barclays landing just a week out, short sellers quietly rebuilding positions, and a stock that has given back a little of October's…
American Airlines enters its October 21 earnings report with short positions entrenched near a month-long peak and the analyst community still cutting targets, a week after the picture was already looking…
Intercontinental Exchange is heading into its October 29 earnings release with short interest on a quiet rebuild, the analyst split that defined last week's note showing early signs of resolution, and the stock up…
AMH heads into its November 4 earnings with short sellers building positions at their fastest pace in months and a chorus of analysts cutting price targets, a combination that puts the $30.63 stock under scrutiny even…
CSTM enters its October 21 earnings call with a notable shift underway in short positioning. Shorts have been covering steadily while a new analyst initiates coverage and the stock sits 27% below where insiders were…
ICLR reports Q3 results on October 21 against one of the more striking short-covering moves seen across the CRO space this autumn, yet options traders have flipped to a noticeably bullish tilt that sits in some tension…
Bright Horizons Family Solutions heads into its November 2 earnings report with analysts trimming targets across the board and short interest quietly rebuilding after a month of sustained accumulation. The analyst…
ABBV fell 2.4% on October 13 to $274.36, pulling back from recent highs after third-quarter results came in roughly in line but missed on EPS, putting the market's patience for the pre-earnings run-up to an immediate…
Workday heads into its November 27 earnings date with short sellers stepping back sharply, even as the analyst community quietly marks down its price targets and the stock trades a tenth of a percent below where it…
ServiceNow heads into its October 28 earnings report with an unusual split: the analyst community is lifting targets in bulk while short sellers quietly rebuild positions. Short interest has risen 7.4% over the past…
Palo Alto Networks has given back 5.4% this week to trade at $397.03, reversing part of a remarkable one-month gain of 20%, and the most interesting tension in the setup is what the analyst community chose to do during…
FANG has snapped back 7.1% on the week to $198.18, reclaiming ground after last month's sell-off, but with Q3 results due November 2 and the ownership register still absorbing a $1.86 billion block sale, the bounce…
Phillips 66 has pushed well above the Street's average price target, with analysts still chasing the stock higher and two weeks left before the October 28 earnings print. The pace of analyst upgrades has not slowed.…
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation heads into its October 27 earnings report with the Street mildly cautious and options traders positioned as bullishly as they have been all year. The most notable move this week…
Verastem dropped nearly 10% on October 13 to $7.45, giving back much of the recovery that prompted shorts to cover aggressively just days earlier, and the question now is whether the bear position rebuilds into the…
Xylem enters its October 27 earnings report with the analyst community delivering its clearest collective signal in months: targets are coming down, fast, even as buy ratings hold. The pace of target cuts this week is…
Enphase Energy arrives at its October 26 earnings report with short interest at a fresh high, a Morgan Stanley target cut landing on the day of this note, and the stock down 12% over the past month to $32.03. Short…
The SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF XAR has dropped nearly 10% over the past month to $222.88, and options traders are responding with one of the most lopsided put-heavy positions seen all year. The standout this week…
