What changed
Fiserv, Inc. ($FISV) leads: +14.3%, conf 94, short interest (+0.0797) and earnings yield vs bonds (+0.0694). McCormick & Company, Incorporated ($MKC) is the defensive echo: +11.8%, same combo. Edison International ($EIX) flips it: utilities, +11.0%, but short interest is a drag (-0.0268).
PG&E Corporation ($PCG) gets the utility push: short interest (+0.0695), earnings yield (+0.0622), 60d vol (+0.0219). Globe Life Inc. ($GL) and Solventum Corporation ($SOLV) are tied at +10.7%: GL gets a short-interest nudge, SOLV gets more earnings yield and illiquidity.
EMCOR Group, Inc. ($EME) is the industrial outlier: +10.6%, short interest and 60d vol do more than earnings yield. BNY Mellon ($BNY) prints a short-interest driver of +0.0797, tied for the biggest in the book. Lennar Corporation ($LEN) is the cyclical with a momentum drag (-0.0191) even as short interest pushes.
Elevance Health, Inc. ($ELV) rounds out the book: +10.0%, earnings yield vs bonds (+0.0477), 6mo momentum and alpha both +
Why it matters
Fiserv, Inc. ($FISV) leads: +14.3%, conf 94, short interest (+0.0797) and earnings yield vs bonds (+0.0694). McCormick & Company, Incorporated ($MKC) is the defensive echo: +11.8%, same combo. Edison