StockDuty ← Dashboard Oct 19, 2026 12:39 PM ET
CatalystQuant Short SP500

The scan is shorting the tail, not a sector. Every name ranks bottom 0-2% of the S&P universe. Short interest drags all ten. Earnings yield vs bonds drives 7 of 10. Crowded, expensive versus Treasurie

TECH
$72.69
+0.12%
O
$56.23
-1.04%
TRMB
$64.35
+1.88%
Bio-Techne Corporation ($TECH) is deepest at -22.8%, conf 92: weak earnings yield, heavy short interest, illiquidity all stack. Realty Income Corporation ($O) -19.0% is the same trade in REIT clothes. Trimble Inc. ($TRMB) -17.8% is odd, illiquidity pushes UP. Molson Coors Beverage Company ($TAP) and The Mosaic Company ($MOS) print identical drivers: short interest -0.0656, earnings yield -0.0606, illiquidity up on both. Same signal, different sectors. TAP sec 3% in staples, MOS sec 5% in materials. The model can't tell them apart. Coinbase Global, Inc. ($COIN) is Financial Services sec 1%, conf 92, and 60d volatility pushes UP, the lone vol-up print. FirstEnergy Corp. ($FE) -15.4% is the calm version: vol pushes down, earnings yield drag milder at -0.0445. Same book, opposite volatility. Dow Inc. ($DOW) is the weakest conviction at conf 87, the only name where forward/trailing P/E matters. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($LYV) -15.2% runs on short interest and muted vol. Pfizer Inc. (
Bio-Techne Corporation ($TECH) is deepest at -22.8%, conf 92: weak earnings yield, heavy short interest, illiquidity all stack. Realty Income Corporation ($O) -19.0% is the same trade in REIT clothes.
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