CVS Health Corporation reported Q3 results on Wednesday, and the week's most telling signal is that options positioning reached its most defensive level of the past year on the day of the print, even as short sellers remain largely absent from the trade. The options market is the standout this week. The put/call ratio climbed to 1.007, its highest reading of the past 52 weeks…
CVS short interest drops to 1.2% of free float, lowest in over a year, as bears exit ahead of Wednesday earnings.
Key data as of 4 Nov 2026
CVS short interest drops to 1.2% of free float, lowest in over a year, as bears exit ahead of Wednesday earnings.
CVS cost to borrow surges to 0.31%, up 207% over one week, though remains near historical lows.
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CVS Health Corporation reports Q3 results on Wednesday with short sellers in full retreat, yet the options market is sitting closer to its most defensive posture of the past year. Short interest has fallen 28% over the…
Options traders are making the loudest bullish statement on CVS Health in weeks. The put-call ratio hit 0.876 on September 28 — 2.4 standard deviations below the 20-day mean of 0.93. Calls are outpacing puts by the…
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