TopBuild Corp.
NYSETopBuild Corp. enters the post-earnings period in an unusual position: the stock has surged 20% in a month, short sellers have largely fled, and yet analysts are cutting ratings, not raising them. The driver is the pending QXO acquisition. The reported $17 billion deal, with consideration mixing cash and stock, has effectively turned BLD into a merger arbitrage trade. That reality…
BLD short interest plummets 31% in one week to 2.09% of float, marking sharp reversal from April peak near 7.5%.
Snapshot as of 7 May 2026
TopBuild Corp. enters the post-earnings period in an unusual position: the stock has surged 20% in a month, short sellers have largely fled, and yet analysts are cutting ratings, not raising them. The driver is the…
TopBuild Corp. heads into its Q1 2026 earnings report with short sellers abandoning positions at a striking pace — and a pending $17 billion acquisition hanging over every number in the print. The most dramatic shift…
TopBuild Corp. heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings with one of the more striking positioning shifts in the homebuilding sector: short sellers have abandoned positions at pace, even as the analyst community has turned…
Why this matters — Three distinct ORTEX data points converged on BLD this week. Short interest collapsed, borrowing costs nearly doubled, and options traders piled into bearish bets ahead of the homebuilder's April…
Bears are fleeing. Short interest in BLD has tumbled 31% over the past week to just 5.3% of float as the homebuilder heads into its April 27 earnings release riding a 20% weekly rally. Short sellers cut positions…
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