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International tourism to the U.S. is taking a hit — and analysts say it may be tied to the Trump administration's <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/25/04/44678625/did-trump-team-manipulate-tariff-formula-to-achieve-higher-rates-experts-weigh-in-as-they-think-whole-thing-was-rigged">recent tariffs</a> and political rhetoric. A new forecast from <a href="https://www.tourismeconomics.com/press/in-the-news/us-rolls-up-welcome-mat-for-international-travel/">Tourism Economics</a> predicts a 9.4% drop in total international visitors this year, nearly doubling the previous forecast of a 5% decline made just weeks earlier.
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Now, instead of growth, the industry is bracing for a potential loss of $9 billion in international spending.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Canadian Tourism Falls Sharply</h2>
One of the most dramatic declines is in <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/general/travel/25/04/44592941/tariff-tensions-could-hurt-us-gdp-as-canadian-tourism-cools-goldman-sachs">travel from Canada</a>. Tourism Economics estimates a 20% drop in Canadian visitors to the U.S. this year. The <a href="https://www.ustravel.org/press/potential-results-decline-canadian-travel-united-states">U.S. Travel Association</a> warned earlier that even a 10% drop could result in 2 million fewer visits, $2.1 billion in lost revenue, and 14,000 fewer jobs.
That downturn is already showing in flight data. According to Travel Weekly, aviation analytics firm OAG found that advanced bookings from Canada to the U.S. this summer are down more than 70% from May through September.
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States that typically see a lot of Canadian visitors — like New York, Michigan, Florida, and California — could feel the effects most directly.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tensions Extend Beyond Canada</h2>
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The U.S. Tour Operators Association said in a recent email to members that new tariffs could be hurting the country's image abroad. USTOA President Terry Dale said that the tariffs may raise prices on travel-related goods and services — such as hotel supplies, food, and imported beverages — which could, in turn, raise costs for both travelers and the businesses that serve them.
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And while it's still too soon to measure the long-term effects, the travel sector is already sounding the alarm. In a recent Travel Weekly survey, 52% of travel advisors said they were very concerned about how federal policy changes could affect their business. More than half said their clients were worried about rising anti-American sentiment abroad.
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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Southwest Airlines (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LUV#NYSE">LUV</a>).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with LUV, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did? 
Today, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga</a>'s options scanner spotted 18 uncommon options trades for Southwest Airlines.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 22% bullish and 55%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 12 are puts, for a total amount of $1,587,585, and 6 are calls, for a total amount of $206,107.
<h3>What's The Price Target?</h3>
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $22.5 to $32.5 for Southwest Airlines over the last 3 months. 
<h3>Volume &amp; Open Interest Trends</h3>
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Southwest Airlines options trades today is 1238.14 with a total volume of 43,523.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Southwest Airlines's big money trades within a strike price range of $22.5 to $32.5 over the last 30 days.
<h3>Southwest Airlines Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300836_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Largest Options Trades Observed:</h3>

<table>
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<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
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<td>LUV</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$6.75</td>
<td>$6.7</td>
<td>$6.75</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$529.2K</td>
<td>4.0K</td>
<td>784</td>
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<td>LUV</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$6.7</td>
<td>$6.65</td>
<td>$6.7</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$318.2K</td>
<td>4.0K</td>
<td>1.7K</td>
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<td>LUV</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$6.8</td>
<td>$6.65</td>
<td>$6.7</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$295.5K</td>
<td>4.0K</td>
<td>1.2K</td>
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<td>LUV</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>04/11/25</td>
<td>$0.52</td>
<td>$0.36</td>
<td>$0.5</td>
<td>$26.00</td>
<td>$75.0K</td>
<td>545</td>
<td>4.8K</td>
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<td>LUV</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$6.7</td>
<td>$6.65</td>
<td>$6.7</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$67.0K</td>
<td>4.0K</td>
<td>1.9K</td>
</tr>
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</table>

<h3>About Southwest Airlines</h3>
Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic air carrier in the United States by passengers boarded. Southwest operates nearly 800 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite offering some longer routes and a few perks for business travelers, the airline predominantly specializes in short-haul, leisure flights operated in a single, open-seating cabin configuration in a point-to-point network. In late 2025, Southwest will modify its cabins to offer some seats with extra legroom and will update its ticketing process to offer assigned seats.
<h3>Present Market Standing of Southwest Airlines</h3>
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<li>Currently trading with a volume of 3,871,182, the LUV's price is down by -3.29%, now at $27.61. </li>
<li>RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.</li>
<li>Anticipated earnings release is in 14 days.</li>
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<h3>What Analysts Are Saying About Southwest Airlines</h3>
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $33.4.
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&#x2A; An analyst from Susquehanna persists with their Neutral rating on Southwest Airlines, maintaining a target price of $25. 
&#x2A; An analyst from Raymond James has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Southwest Airlines, which currently sits at a price target of $42. 
&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from JP Morgan keeps a Underweight rating on Southwest Airlines with a target price of $30. 
&#x2A; An analyst from Melius Research has elevated its stance to Hold, setting a new price target at $34. 
&#x2A; In a positive move, an analyst from UBS has upgraded their rating to Neutral and adjusted the price target to $36. 
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Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TPST#NASDAQ">TPST</a>) said on Thursday it had retained MTS Health Partners as a financial advisor. The company plans to explore strategic alternatives to advance its clinical-stage programs and maximize stockholder value.
Strategic alternatives may include M&amp;A, partnerships, joint ventures, licensing arrangements or <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/04/g44723521/tempest-announces-plan-to-explore-strategic-alternatives-to-advance-promising-pipeline-of-clinical" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">other strategic transactions</a>.
&#8220;Notwithstanding the positive randomized data set from the amezalpat Phase 2 and its blockbuster potential in first-line HCC, as well as the potential of TPST-1495 as it moves towards a Phase 2 in FAP, the capital markets have been unavailable to support the next stage of advancement,&#8221; said Stephen Brady, president and chief executive officer of Tempest.&nbsp;
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On Thursday, Scotiabank downgraded Tempest Therapeutics from Sector Outperform to Sector Perform while raising the price target from $7 to $9.
In October 2024, the company entered into an agreement with&nbsp;Roche Holdings AG&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RHHBY#OTC">RHHBY</a>) to advance the evaluation of amezalpat (TPST-1120) in combination with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and bevacizumab, the current standard of care for unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), into a Phase 3 trial for the first-line&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/general/biotech/24/10/41271516/why-is-cancer-focused-tempest-therapeutics-stock-trading-higher-on-thursday" rel="noreferrer noopener">treatment of liver cancer</a>.
Under the agreement, Roche will supply atezolizumab globally and Tempest will sponsor and lead the pivotal study.
Analyst George Farmer writes that Roche appears to have no financial interest in the Phase 3 evaluation of amezalpat in combination with atezo/bev, despite the quality of results that Tempest Therapeutics <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/general/biotech/24/06/39412888/whats-going-on-with-cancer-focused-tempest-therapeutics-stock-on-thursday" rel="noreferrer noopener">presented last June</a>.
Other potential partners with deep pockets, like AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb &amp; Co, with their own cancer immunotherapies, are uninterested.
&#8220;Lack of partner interest in this program, including negligible BD engagement from Roche beyond promise of providing a free Phase 3 supply of atezolizumab, indicates to us that this is probably a broken story that cannot be repaired without additional early-stage clinical exploration,&#8221; Farmer writes.
&#8220;We think the company may ultimately attract a buyer, but we would not expect a significant transaction premium above the current trading range,&#8221; Farmer adds.
HC Wainwright downgraded Tempest Therapeutics from Buy to Neutral while maintaining the price target of $16.
TPST Price Action: Tempest Therapeutics stock is down 6.93% at $6.65 at publication on Thursday.
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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Cloudflare (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NET#NYSE">NET</a>).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with NET, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did? 
Today, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga</a>'s options scanner spotted 9 uncommon options trades for Cloudflare.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 11% bullish and 55%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $126,920, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $180,042.
<h3>Projected Price Targets</h3>
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $75.0 to $150.0 for Cloudflare over the recent three months. 
<h3>Volume &amp; Open Interest Development</h3>
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Cloudflare's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Cloudflare's whale trades within a strike price range from $75.0 to $150.0 in the last 30 days. 
<h3>Cloudflare Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300831_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Significant Options Trades Detected:</h3>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th align="right">Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>NET</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>04/11/25</td>
<td>$11.75</td>
<td>$9.4</td>
<td>$10.15</td>
<td>$98.00</td>
<td>$48.4K</td>
<td>165</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NET</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$45.0</td>
<td>$41.9</td>
<td>$44.0</td>
<td>$150.00</td>
<td>$44.0K</td>
<td>148</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NET</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$9.55</td>
<td>$9.2</td>
<td>$9.2</td>
<td>$130.00</td>
<td>$38.6K</td>
<td>281</td>
<td align="right">42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NET</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$7.5</td>
<td>$6.9</td>
<td>$7.18</td>
<td>$115.00</td>
<td>$35.9K</td>
<td>2.4K</td>
<td align="right">51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NET</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>06/18/26</td>
<td>$32.75</td>
<td>$31.6</td>
<td>$32.17</td>
<td>$97.50</td>
<td>$31.7K</td>
<td>25</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About Cloudflare</h3>
Cloudflare is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that offers security and web performance offerings by utilizing a distributed, serverless content delivery network, or CDN. The firm's edge computing platform, Workers, leverages this network by providing clients the ability to deploy, and execute code without maintaining servers.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Cloudflare, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
<h3>Current Position of Cloudflare</h3>
<ul>
<li>With a trading volume of 1,210,488, the price of NET is down by -5.14%, reaching $106.77.</li>
<li>Current RSI values indicate that the stock is is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.</li>
<li>Next earnings report is scheduled for 21 days from now.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What Analysts Are Saying About Cloudflare</h3>
Over the past month, 5 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $149.6.
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&#x2A; An analyst from UBS persists with their Neutral rating on Cloudflare, maintaining a target price of $135. 
&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Piper Sandler keeps a Neutral rating on Cloudflare with a target price of $112. 
&#x2A; Showing optimism, an analyst from B of A Securities upgrades its rating to Buy with a revised price target of $160. 
&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Goldman Sachs keeps a Buy rating on Cloudflare with a target price of $161. 
&#x2A; An analyst from Citizens Capital Markets downgraded its action to Market Outperform with a price target of $180. 
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GameStop's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GME#NYSE">GME</a>) short percent of float has risen 68.21% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 47.56 million shares sold short, which is 12.75% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.15 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>GameStop Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300829_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for GameStop has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing GameStop's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, GameStop's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 2.93%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Humana (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HUM#NYSE">HUM</a>).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with HUM, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for Humana.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 45% bullish and 27%, bearish.
Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $59,520, and 10, calls, for a total amount of $1,440,080.
<h3>Projected Price Targets</h3>
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $245.0 to $340.0 for Humana during the past quarter. 
<h3>Insights into Volume &amp; Open Interest</h3>
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Humana stands at 637.88, with a total volume reaching 1,421.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Humana, situated within the strike price corridor from $245.0 to $340.0, throughout the last 30 days.
<h3>Humana Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300826_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Largest Options Trades Observed:</h3>

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<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th align="right">Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>HUM</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>04/17/25</td>
<td>$20.5</td>
<td>$18.8</td>
<td>$20.5</td>
<td>$280.00</td>
<td>$397.7K</td>
<td>3.3K</td>
<td align="right">190</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HUM</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>04/17/25</td>
<td>$20.5</td>
<td>$18.8</td>
<td>$20.5</td>
<td>$280.00</td>
<td>$373.1K</td>
<td>3.3K</td>
<td align="right">738</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HUM</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>04/17/25</td>
<td>$20.5</td>
<td>$18.8</td>
<td>$20.5</td>
<td>$280.00</td>
<td>$334.1K</td>
<td>3.3K</td>
<td align="right">190</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HUM</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>04/11/25</td>
<td>$45.5</td>
<td>$39.6</td>
<td>$41.91</td>
<td>$245.00</td>
<td>$83.8K</td>
<td>30</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HUM</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>04/11/25</td>
<td>$15.8</td>
<td>$13.3</td>
<td>$13.3</td>
<td>$280.00</td>
<td>$66.5K</td>
<td>1.5K</td>
<td align="right">453</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About Humana</h3>
Humana is one of the largest private health insurers in the US, and the firm has built a niche specializing in government-sponsored programs, with nearly all its medical membership stemming from Medicare, Medicaid, and the military's Tricare program. Beyond medical insurance, the company provides other healthcare services, including primary-care services, at-home services, and pharmacy benefit management.
<h3>Humana's Current Market Status</h3>
<ul>
<li>With a volume of 528,338, the price of HUM is down -0.22% at $284.9. </li>
<li>RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.</li>
<li>Next earnings are expected to be released in 20 days.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What Analysts Are Saying About Humana</h3>
2 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $321.0.
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Humana Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Market Sentiment

Sterling Infrastructure's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/STRL#NYSE">STRL</a>) short percent of float has risen 16.7% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.82 million shares sold short, which is 6.85% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 3.33 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
See Also: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/short-interest?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">List of the most shorted stocks</a>
<h3>Sterling Infrastructure Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300823_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Sterling Infrastructure has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Sterling Infrastructure's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Sterling Infrastructure's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 4.94%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

STRL

What Does the Market Think About Sterling Infrastructure?

In the current session, Dillard's Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DDS#NYSE">DDS</a>) is trading at $318.40, after a 2.94% decrease. Over the past month, the stock decreased by 14.89%, and in the past year, by 24.82%. With performance like this, long-term shareholders are more likely to start looking into the company's price-to-earnings ratio. 

<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300820_0.png" alt="Past Year Chart" />

<h3>A Look at Dillard's P/E Relative to Its Competitors</h3>
The P/E ratio is used by long-term shareholders to assess the company's market performance against aggregate market data, historical earnings, and the industry at large. A lower P/E could indicate that shareholders do not expect the stock to perform better in the future or it could mean that the company is undervalued. 
Compared to the aggregate P/E ratio of the 38.81 in the Broadline Retail industry, Dillard's Inc. has a lower P/E ratio of 8.91. Shareholders might be inclined to think that the stock might perform worse than it's industry peers. It's also possible that the stock is undervalued. 

<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300820_1.png" alt="Guage" />

In summary, while the price-to-earnings ratio is a valuable tool for investors to evaluate a company's market performance, it should be used with caution. A low P/E ratio can be an indication of undervaluation, but it can also suggest weak growth prospects or financial instability. Moreover, the P/E ratio is just one of many metrics that investors should consider when making investment decisions, and it should be evaluated alongside other financial ratios, industry trends, and qualitative factors. By taking a comprehensive approach to analyzing a company's financial health, investors can make well-informed decisions that are more likely to lead to successful outcomes.

Intraday Update

Price Over Earnings Overview: Dillard's

Eastern Bankshares's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EBC#NYSE">EBC</a>) short percent of float has fallen 4.72% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 4.36 million shares sold short, which is 2.22% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.82 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
See Also: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/short-interest?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">List of the most shorted stocks</a>
<h3>Eastern Bankshares Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1744300818_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Eastern Bankshares has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Eastern Bankshares's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Eastern Bankshares's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 5.01%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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Citigroup analyst Jon Tower maintains Brinker International (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EAT#NYSE">EAT</a>) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $185 to $170.

Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Brinker International, Lowers Price Target to $170

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<a href="https://europeancapitalinsights.substack.com/p/french-court-suspends-presidential?r=3nmatg">A French court</a> barred the country's leading candidate in the 2027 presidential elections from<a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2025/03/31/marine-le-pen-s-2027-presidential-bid-in-jeopardy-after-paris-court-bans-far-right-leader-from-running-for-elections_6739692_5.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> running for office for the five years</a> in another worrying sign democratic norms are eroding in the European Union (EU).
A Paris Criminal Court <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2025/03/31/marine-le-pen-s-2027-presidential-bid-in-jeopardy-after-paris-court-bans-far-right-leader-from-running-for-elections_6739692_5.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">convicted</a> Marine Le Pen, the right-wing National Rally (RN), of "embezzlement of public funds." On March 31, the court sentenced 56-year-old leader to four years in prison, with two years suspended and two to be served under house arrest.
France is the<a href="https://x.com/eurocapinsights/status/1910329776704811252"> third member of NATO</a> this year to bar a candidate from running in elections.<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/europeancapitalinsights/p/romania-sparks-protests-criticism?r=3s4bdp&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Romania</a> barred a far-right populist from participating in May's upcoming presidential election. <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/europeancapitalinsights/p/turkey-ignites-protests-lira-freefall?r=3s4bdp&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Turkey</a> <a href="https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/03/turkey-arrests-37-more-protests-continue-over-imamoglus-detention" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">imprisoned</a> President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political rival as well.
"In a democracy, the way to beat extremists…is at the ballot-box," Johns Hopkins University professor of political science Yascha Mounk told CNN on April 5. "If we empower courts to cancel the outcome of elections because we're shocked by who the winner is, we're very close to living in a system of government whose ultimate arbiters are judges rather than people."
Le Pen's RN received 37% of the votes, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/world/europe/france-election-results-national-rally.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the most of any party</a>, in the <a href="https://europeancapitalinsights.substack.com/p/french-election-casts-shadow-over" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">French national election</a> in June. That represented a significant increase compared with <a href="https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1810248126944403719" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">only 0.08% </a>of votes in 2007.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">French Court Bars Le Pen As Popularity Grows</h2>
<a href="https://x.com/eurocapinsights/status/1910328924925534513">Le Pen's part</a>y has moved from margins of France's political landscape to the center. Partly driving that support has been the French resistance to the increase in foreign-born immigration.
<figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02a52a8d-82f1-498f-ab5a-3c01ef72f7e1_847x397.png" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02a52a8d-82f1-498f-ab5a-3c01ef72f7e1_847x397.png" alt="" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Foreign-born population in France, source: Trading Economics</figcaption></figure>
Elabe, a pollster for France's BFMTV news broadcaster, reported that Le Pen would <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250406-french-far-right-rally-against-marine-le-pen-conviction-bardella-paris-marseilles-national-rally" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">easily win</a> the first round of France's presidential elections. Their April 5 poll showed Le Pen with about 36% of the vote, more than the most popular candidates in <a href="https://www.lejdd.fr/politique/sondage-presidentielle-2027-marine-le-pen-aux-portes-du-pouvoir-156523" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">recent history</a>.
Le Pen's prosecution is reminiscent of legal attacks against Donald J. Trump leading to the November US presidential elections. RN party officials accuse the French government of waging lawfare against Le Pen, given her popular support.
"She was the person who seemed most able to represent all the people who feel left behind and ignored and in that sense there is an obvious <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://youtu.be/5AVoB_u922Q?feature=shared">parallel with Trump</a>," Cambridge University's professor emeritus of French history, Robert Tombs, told the Spectator.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Court Accuses Le Pen of Illegally Using EU Funds</h2>
The court ruled that Le Pen illegally used EU funds to hire four assistants as a European Parliament (EP) member. Prosecutors argued that the assistants worked on RN party matters, not just EP activities, from 2004 to 2017. They fined Le Pen €100,000.
In an interview on TF1, a French news broadcaster, Le Pen condemned the court&#8217;s ruling.
"Millions of French people are indignant," Le Pen said. "<a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-not-giving-up-presidential-plans-first-interview-since-guilty-verdict/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indignant to an unimaginable extent</a> seeing that in France&#8230;judges have implemented practices that were thought to be the preserve of authoritarian regimes."
Le Pen's defense said they would appeal the verdict. They argued that the distinction between a politician's work as a party member and legislator is <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-guilty-verdict-national-rally-viktor-orban-giorgia-meloni-kremlin-donald-trump-elon-musk-reactions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">artificial</a>. The Paris Court of Appeals will review the case within a <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250406-french-far-right-rally-against-marine-le-pen-conviction-bardella-paris-marseilles-national-rally" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">time frame</a> that may allow her to run if the conviction is overturned or the sentence is altered.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Court Decision May Undermine Business Confidence</h2>
The criminal court said allowing "a person who has already been convicted to be a candidate" would be a "<a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-guilty-verdict-national-rally-viktor-orban-giorgia-meloni-kremlin-donald-trump-elon-musk-reactions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">major disruption" to democracy</a>. In the past, the appeals court has postponed such types of sentences pending appeal.
The renewed political uncertainty will likely add to concerns about Europe's second-largest economy. In March, household confidence fell by one point to 92 from February. It remains below its long-term average, according to <a href="https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/8539978" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">INSEE</a> on March 26.
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Households&#8217; opinion on their future standard of living in France has deteriorated. Their sentiment on the ability to save fell slightly. The<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://tradingeconomics.com/france/consumer-confidence"> proportion of households</a> expecting prices to accelerate over the next 12 months increased.
France's March manufacturing climate indicator&nbsp;<a href="https://tradingeconomics.com/france/business-confidence" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">edged</a> to 96 from 97 in February. It missed market expectations as its moved below its long-term average of 100.
"France&#8217;s industry is failing to break out of recession," Dr Tariq Kamal Chaudhry, Economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank, <a href="https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/2e120e63866e4ffb94013807ac9f98cf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a> on April 1. "The situation remains sobering. French politics "remain a major impediment, as uncertainty from Paris hampers investment."
The CAC 40, a French benchmark stock index, fell 0.77% on the day of Le Pen's sentencing, closing at 7,790.
<figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02a62e28-d1d2-479a-b381-faf23486ed18_1600x705.png" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02a62e28-d1d2-479a-b381-faf23486ed18_1600x705.png" alt="" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Source: TradingView</figcaption></figure>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Supporters Protest after French Court Bars Le Pen</h2>
From Paris to Marseille, Le Pen and the RN supporters protested on April 5 and 6 to protest the suspension. RN leader Jordan Bardella said the demonstrations called for a mobilization &#8220;<a href="https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250406-french-far-right-rally-against-marine-le-pen-conviction-bardella-paris-marseilles-national-rally" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">in support of French democracy</a>."
Ben Ansell, a professor of comparative democratic institutions at the University of Oxford, told CNN that Le Pen is "<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/05/europe/le-pen-georgescu-judiciary-banning-candidates-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">playing the victim</a>."
Far-left French parties held counter-demonstrations over the weekend of April 5. French President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party called the public outcry against the court's decision an "<a href="https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250406-french-far-right-rally-against-marine-le-pen-conviction-bardella-paris-marseilles-national-rally" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">existential threat to the rule of law</a>."
"There is no doubt that she is guilty of what she is charged with," Tombs said. Le Pen's actions are "not much of a crime," he added.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Le Pen, RN Support May Increase after French Court Ban</h2>
Prosecutors tried current Prime Minister François Bayrou and members of his Democratic Movement party on<a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-guilty-verdict-national-rally-viktor-orban-giorgia-meloni-kremlin-donald-trump-elon-musk-reactions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> similar charges</a>. He won an acquittal because of insufficient evidence of direct involvement. The prosecution has challenged his acquittal.
Le Pen&#8217;s behavior is not "uncommon" for politicians who are members of the EU parliament, Tombs said. "So the questions would be <a href="https://youtu.be/5AVoB_u922Q?feature=shared" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">why now and why her?</a>"
Bardella would likely take Le Pen's place as the party's candidate. He would win around <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/info-rtl-presidentielle-2027-jordan-bardella-largement-en-tete-des-intentions-de-vote-pour-le-1er-tour-7900489311">36% of the vote</a> in the next presidential election.
<figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69e4fc74-bca7-45c1-9ef5-f47b2bbe97ba_1280x721.png" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69e4fc74-bca7-45c1-9ef5-f47b2bbe97ba_1280x721.png" alt="" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">April 4 Toluna poll. Source: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/info-rtl-presidentielle-2027-jordan-bardella-largement-en-tete-des-intentions-de-vote-pour-le-1er-tour-7900489311">INFO RTL</a></figcaption></figure>
The sentence against Le Pen may prevent her from becoming France's next president. "It is likely to add to the <a href="https://www.epc.eu/en/publications/Le-Pens-sentence-will-lead-to-greater-polarisation-in-France~63b564" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">political instability and uncertaint</a>y,&#8221; European Policy Centre's policy analyst Eric Maurice wrote after the court ruling.
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