Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
NASDAQBLMN delivered a genuine earnings shock on August 5 — a 22% single-day surge driven by a Q2 beat across Carrabba's and Fleming's — but shorts have spent the past week methodically rebuilding positions into the rally, and options traders are now more defensive than they have been all year. Short interest has climbed in a way that demands attention. BLMN's short interest now…
BLMN put/call ratio surges to 0.69, nearly 4 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.53 — signaling extreme options hedging demand as stock rallies 41% in one day.
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
BLMN delivered a genuine earnings shock on August 5 — a 22% single-day surge driven by a Q2 beat across Carrabba's and Fleming's — but shorts have spent the past week methodically rebuilding positions into the rally,…
BLMN enters its Q2 earnings release — scheduled for tomorrow morning — with short interest at a multi-month high, analysts uniformly cautious, and options traders edging slightly more defensive ahead of the print. The…
Bloomin' Brands reported its strongest quarterly beat in recent memory this morning, yet the stock has barely budged — a combination of a freshly minted JP Morgan downgrade and a short position that remains elevated…
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