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Virax Biolabs Group Ltd is a biotechnology company focused on the prevention, detection, diagnosis and risk management of viral diseases that also engages in distribution of diagnostics test kits of various viral threats. It is developing a proprietary T-Cell Test technology with the intention of providing an immunology profiling platform that assesses each individual's immune risk profile against world-wide viral threats. T-Cell testing is particularly effective in the diagnosis and therapeutics of COVID-19 as well as other threats including Hepatitis B, Malaria, Herpes and Human Papillomavirus.

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Analysts published commentary on Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PANW#NASDAQ">PANW</a>) after the company reported <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/24/11/42099690/palo-alto-networks-q1-earnings-revenue-beat-eps-beat-2-for-1-stock-split-multiyear-platformization-trend-for-security-ai">upbeat fiscal first-quarter results</a>.
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<li>Goldman Sachs <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/589dc33e43eaaa000122c59a/gabriela-borges">analyst Gabriela Borges</a> maintained a Buy rating, while reducing the price target from $425 to $421.</li>
<li>Needham <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/6539490f1c7d4600012d4bc4/matt-dezort">analyst Matt Dezort</a> reiterated a Buy rating, while raising the price target from $385 to $450.</li>
<li>JMP Securities <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/6298be750c34880001d668d9/trevor-walsh">analyst Trevor Walsh</a> reaffirmed a Market Outperform rating, while lifting the price target from $380 to $415.</li>
<li>Piper Sandler <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/590783e6290fa70001409b4a/rob-owens">analyst Rob Owens</a> maintained a Neutral rating, while raising the price target from $330 to $385.</li>
<li>KeyBanc Capital Markets <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/62eacb8a9bab060001dbd41a/eric-heath">analyst Eric Heath</a> reiterated an Overweight rating and price target of $435.</li>
<li>Cantor Fitzgerald <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/58d11d3db85e93000188d7b9/jonathan-ruykhaver">analyst Jonathan Ruykhaver</a> reaffirmed an Overweight rating and price target of $445.</li>
<li>RBC Capital Markets <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/5880b6f377f9dd00011b0ab2/matthew-hedberg">analyst Matthew Hedberg</a> maintained an Outperform rating and a price target of $450.RBC Capital Markets </li>
<li>Oppenheimer <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/5937f6b185b07a0001ac364f/ittai-kidron">analyst Ittai Kidron</a> reiterated an Outperform Buy rating and price target of $450.</li>
<li>WestPark Capital <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/5e301e08430dee0001c88c8d/joseph-feldman">analyst Paul Rodriguez</a> reaffirmed a Hold rating on the stock.</li>
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Goldman Sachs: Palo Alto reported its quarterly revenues 1% above the Street and earnings 6% higher. Management raised their fiscal 2025 guidance for NGS ARR (next-generation security annual recurring revenue) by 2%.
Gross margins came in 85 basis points (bps) short of estimates. Calculated billings declined by 14% year-on-year and came around 20% below the Street. "We believe there continues to be good runway for Palo Alto to transition customers to higher performance (and price) attached subscriptions," Borges said in a note.
Needham: ARR and revenues are up 40% year-on-year at $4.52 billion and up 14% at $2.14 billion, beating consensus by 3.5% and 1%, respectively. RPOs (remaining performance obligations) grew by 20% year-on-year to $12.6 billion and the company guided for an acceleration to 20%-21% in the second quarter, he added.
"Platformization progress continues to impress," with the company adding more than 70 customers in the quarter, which brings the total to 1,100, Dezort said. Palo Alto reiterated its target of reaching 2,500-3,000 platform customers and $15 billion in ARR by fiscal 2030.
JMP Securities: Non-GAAP earnings of $1.56 per share came in higher than consensus of $1.48 per share. The company guided non-GAAP earnings of $1.54-$1.56 per share for the fiscal second quarter, versus consensus of $1.55 per share.
Momentum in the company's SASE and XSIAM offerings is driving platformization, the analyst stated. These offerings "continue to be key growth drivers for the network security and security operations pillars of the business, respectively," Walsh said.
Piper Sandler: Palo Alto enjoyed an acceleration in RPO growth &#8220;given platformization momentum, with beats across other top- and bottom-line metrics," Owens said. Despite this, the company's full-year RPO expectations were in-line, which effectively lowers bookings expectations, "driving the disappointment on the quarter.&#8221;
"Platformization continued to gain traction, with over 70 new platformization deals in F&#8217;1Q, with a third coming from QRadar," the analyst wrote. The company's next-gen portfolio remains strong, he further stated.
KeyBanc Capital Markets: Palo Alto Networks performed better than other "many security peers" in the quarter, Heath said. While revenue, RPO, NGS ARR, and margins came in ahead of expectations, billings was "meaningfully" below, he added.
Investors may be concerned about the sequential decline in deferred revenues acting as a headwind to free cash flows. A move to annualized invoicing seems to be "already quickening sales cycles" and improving visibility into free cash flows in the medium term, the analyst stated. "We remain positive on security being a top area of spend in IT, customers continuing to consolidate security vendors, and we view Palo as a leader in several strategic markets, while still early in consolidating those adjacencies," he added.
Cantor Fitzgerald: Palo Alto started the new fiscal year "on the right foot," outperforming consensus on revenue, RPO, NGS ARR, and earnings, Ruykhaver said. The company raised its full-year guidance to reflect the "strong 1Q momentum and continued strength in the platformization approach," he added.
QRadar added 550 customers to the Cortex customer base and present "ample upsell opportunity to the XSIAM offering," the analyst wrote. Management values this pipeline at more than $1 billion, he further stated.
RBC Capital Markets: Billings declined by 13.5% to $1,752 million, coming in well below consensus of $2,192 million, Hedberg said. "We note again that PANW stopped guiding to billings last quarter given the noise the platformization strategy has introduced to the metric," he added.
Progress in platformization continued in the quarter and "the market is seeing a growing realization of the impact platformization can have," the analyst wrote. Although management raised the full-year guidance for NGS ARR, the extent was less than the first-quarter beat, he further stated.
Oppenheimer: Palo Alto generated strong results for the fiscal first quarter, beating estimates, driven by "sustained momentum on its platform push, broad product adoption, slight acceleration in RPO, and solid cost discipline," Kidron said. The company reported "standout" results for SASE, with 20% year-on-year growth in customers and over 40% growth in deals worth over $1M, and for Cortex, with 180% growth in over $1M XSIAM ARR customers, he added.
"Looking ahead, we see an attractive outlook, and believe easing firewall headwinds, an opportunity to leverage its SASE footprint to drive displacements in the upcoming firewall refresh cycle, and a &gt;$1.5B bookings opportunity with QRadar customers can deliver upside to the current outlook," the analyst further wrote.
WestPark Capital: Palo Alto Networks' revenue growth came in slightly above 14%, higher than the estimate of 12%-13%, Rodriguez said. The company's strong NGS ARR growth of 40% was helped by the inclusion of QRadar migrations, he added.
Management guided to revenues in the range of $2.22 billion to $2.25 billion for the fiscal second quarter and $9.12 billion to $9.17 billion for the full year, the analyst stated. Booking from QRadar to XSIAM transactions have already exceeded $80 million since the deal announcement in May, he further mentioned.
Price Action: Shares of Palo Alto Networkshad declined by 1.04% to $388.80 at the time of publication on Thursday.
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Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Seymore maintains NVIDIA (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>) with a Hold and raises the price target from $115 to $140.

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Macro investor Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, has sparked a heated debate on Twitter about the potential long-term value of Bitcoin and its implications for <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/10/41170398/bitcoin-gold-are-the-debasement-trade-in-uncertain-times-jpmorgan">the global economy.</a>
What Happened: Responding to the prediction of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSTR#NASDAQ">MSTR</a>) executive chairman Michael Saylor that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/btc/usd">BTC</a>) could hit $13 million by 2045, Bianco noted in a post on X on Thursday that this valuation would put Bitcoin&#8217;s market cap at around $250 trillion.
This would dwarf the current world GDP of $105 trillion and global stock markets valued at $125 trillion.
However, Bianco questions what $13 million would actually buy in 2045—perhaps only what $100,000 buys today. 
His answer was stark: &#8220;I&#8217;ll offer an answer: $13 million BTC, or adding $250 trillion to wealth, will create massive hyperinflation.&#8221;
The financial analyst argued that such a dramatic increase in Bitcoin&#8217;s value would likely coincide with &#8211; or result from &#8211; the collapse of fiat currencies. In this scenario, &#8220;$13 million in 2045 will only get you the same amount as $100k today, probably less (a used Honda),&#8221; Bianco stated.
While acknowledging that a $13 million Bitcoin price isn&#8217;t necessarily unrealistic, Bianco cautioned that the conditions leading to such a valuation would be far from ideal. &#8220;It is the destruction of all value as we currently know it. It is replaced by a new measure of account, BTC,&#8221; he explained.
Bianco also raised concerns about the societal implications of such a scenario. He pointed out that &#8220;60% of the US population owns no assets and cannot come up $1,000 in an emergency,&#8221; questioning what would happen to these individuals in a world of massive hyperinflation and sky-high Bitcoin prices.
Echoing Robert Kiyosaki's thoughts, Bianco concluded "This is not something to look forward to." Kiyosaki in his recent tweet <a href="https://x.com/theRealKiyosaki/status/1859058685403881798">advised</a> to buy Bitcoin today as with "$9,000 today…. you buy .01 Bitcoin today…you are a millionaire tomorrow."
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Why It Matters: Bianco isn't alone in his skepticism. Economists Erzo G.J. Luttmer and Amol Amol share a similar sentiment, describing Bitcoin as a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/10/41575813/is-bitcoin-a-dangerous-economic-threat-minneapolis-fed-researchers-propose-heavy-taxation-">disruptive force to government fiscal policies</a>, likening it to &#8220;an unruly guest at a carefully planned dinner.&#8221;
Peter Schiff, a long-time Bitcoin critic, also warns against such scenarios. He argues that if the U.S. were to hold Bitcoin reserves, it could trigger hyperinflation by forcing the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/11/41886523/peter-schiff-us-bitcoin-reserve-could-destroy-dollar-predicts-its-highly-unlikely-to-happen">government to print more dollars</a>, devastating both Bitcoin and the dollar's value.
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B of A Securities analyst Vivek Arya reiterates NVIDIA (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>) with a Buy and maintains $190 price target.

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Shares of Lowe&#8217;s Companies Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LOW#NYSE">LOW</a>) were trading higher Thursday after the company reported <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/24/11/42060077/lowes-q3-earnings-revenue-and-eps-beat-but-comp-sales-fall-amid-softness-in-bigger-ticket-diy-discretionary-demand">upbeat third-quarter results</a> on Tuesday.
The company reported its results amid an <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/earnings">exciting earnings season</a>. Here are some key analyst takeaways.
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<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/58580bcbee7bf60001bcfa29/kate-mcshane">Analyst Kate McShane</a> maintained a Buy rating, while raising the price target from $260 to $276.
Although Lowe's reported better-than-expected results for the third quarter, comparable sales contracted by 1.1%, McShane said in a note. While sales continued to be pressured by weaker DIY trends with consumers dealing with elevated interest rates, some of the headwinds were offset by "a stronger Pro business, online sales, and smaller-ticket outdoor DIY projects," she added.
Operating margin contracted by 86 basis points year-on year to 12.3%, coming in lower than consensus of 12.5%, "with the incremental storm impact having ~15bps negative impact," the analyst stated. "For 4Q, the company noted that excluding storm related impacts, operating margin will roughly be in line with prior year outlook reflecting benefits from ongoing PPI initiatives and incremental direct costs and lower gross margin profile," she further wrote.
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<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/59493ca670ed7a0001097213/scot-ciccarelli">Analyst Scot Ciccarelli</a> reiterated a Buy rating, while lifting the price target from $307 to $310.
Storm-related activity boosted comps by around 100 basis points, "but was a drag on margins," Ciccarelli said. Even excluding the storms, sales were "modestly better than mgmt and investor expectations coming out of 2Q," he added.
Transactions declined by 1.3%, partially offset by an increase in average ticket size, the analyst stated. "Finally, Pro sales posted an impressive +HSD comp, offset by continued softness in bigger-ticket DIY discretionary demand," the analyst further wrote.
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<a href="https://drupal-cloudfront.benzinga.com/topic/michael-baker">Analyst Michael Baker</a> reiterated Buy rating, while reducing the price target to $240.
Comps were down 1.1% in the third quarter, but beat consensus of a decline of 2.8% and represented an acceleration from the 5.1% decline in the previous quarter, Baker said. "Even excluding hurricane related sales, LOW would have beaten on the strength of a high-single digit positive comp in Pro, which is an acceleration from a mid-single digits increase last quarter," he added.
Relative to the industry data, Lowe's sales came in 300 basis points light, similar to the previous quarter's gap of 340 basis points, the analyst stated. Gross margins came in flat at 33.7%, short of consensus by 10 basis points, he added.
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<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/58ad8d48b85e930001f97170/robert-ohmes">Analyst Robert Ohmes</a> maintained a Buy rating and price target of $305.
Lowe&#8217;s reported adjusted earnings of $2.89 per share, "ahead of our $2.82 estimate driven by higher-than-expected comp sales," Ohmes said in a note. The decline in comps reflected "continued softness in DIY bigger-ticket discretionary demand projects, partially offset by storm-related sales positive comp sales in Pro &amp; online, and strength in smaller ticket outdoor DIY projects," he added.
Progress in Lowe's Total Home strategy will likely enable the company to "deliver on its commitment to grow its Pro business at 2x the market," the analyst stated. "We also expect DIY-focused strategic investments to support growth once the macro improves," he further wrote.
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<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/584847d9ee7bf6000154d225/christopher-horvers">Analyst Christopher Horvers</a> reaffirmed an Overweight rating and price target of $300.
Lowe&#8217;s raised its guidance for 2024 to a decline in comps of 3%-3.5%, from its previous projection of 3.5%-4%, Horvers said. Management raised their projection for earnings to $11.80-11.90 per share, from the prior estimate of $11.70-11.90 per share, he added.
"We continue to see a small project DIY recovery emerging," the analyst wrote. Management remained conservative on the fourth-quarter outlook, "assuming a smaller lift from the storms" and continued to project flat gross margins, "with benefits from vendor clawbacks continuing to build/accelerate into 4Q," he further stated.
LOW Price Action: Shares of Lowe&#8217;s Companies were up 0.5% to $264.29 at the time of publication Thursday.
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TransMedics Gr's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TMDX#NYSE">TMDX</a>) short percent of float has risen 29.68% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 8.43 million shares sold short, which is 30.54% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 3.14 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/">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>TransMedics Gr Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2024/1732203920_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for TransMedics Gr 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 TransMedics Gr'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://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>, TransMedics Gr's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 8.25%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
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Citigroup analyst Judy Zhang maintains Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/QFIN#NASDAQ">QFIN</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $31.44 to $37.5.

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Cencora's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/COR#NYSE">COR</a>) short percent of float has risen 3.45% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 9.96 million shares sold short, which is 6.89% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 9.26 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/">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>Cencora Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
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As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Cencora 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 Cencora'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://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Cencora's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 5.37%, 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/">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
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When it was announced in 2017, the Tesla Semi was supposed to be a game-changer. With promises of a greener future for the trucking industry and orders from big-name companies like PepsiCo, UPS and Sysco, Tesla&#8217;s electric truck generated a lot of excitement. But now, seven years later, many customers are still waiting. And some might wait a decade before they see their trucks roll in.
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Tesla deployed<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/05/38936949/tesla-semi-fleet-grows-as-pepsico-takes-delivery-of-another-50-ev-trucks"> around 100 trucks in the U.S.</a>, mainly to PepsiCo, with these vehicles racking up almost five million miles. The company says production is getting closer, with mass manufacturing expected to kick off &#8220;by the end of 2025&#8221; at its Nevada Gigafactory. But that means that for many customers, the wait could stretch to nearly 10 years from when they placed their orders.
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Why the delays? Building a heavy-duty electric truck isn&#8217;t easy and Tesla has faced significant challenges – everything from production hurdles to fine-tuning the vehicle&#8217;s reliability. While Tesla&#8217;s Megawatt charging station aims to make recharging as fast as diesel refueling, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/10/41566739/tesla-semi-charging-infrastructure-costs-can-undercut-competition-by-50-says-senior-company-executiv">building the needed infrastructure</a> takes time, especially when entering the notoriously tough Class 8 truck market.
Tesla&#8217;s competitors haven't been idle either. Chinese startup Windrose, for example, is making moves to set up an assembly plant in Georgia. According to the company, it hopes to compete directly with Tesla and already has 6,400 orders on the books – mainly from U.S. companies like Nike.&nbsp;
Windrose's electric semi has a range of 418 miles when fully loaded at 49 tons. By comparison, the Tesla Semi offers a range between 300 and 500 miles when loaded. Windrose recently completed a 1,600 km test in China and has started trials in Europe with Decathlon. They are determined to stake their claim, especially while Tesla struggles to get the Semi out to its long-waiting customers.
Tesla also <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/24/10/41349340/elon-musk-announces-tesla-semi-will-be-available-worldwide-amid-growing-skepticism-over-500-mile">plans to bring the Semi to Europe and even worldwide</a>, but it's not as simple as just shipping trucks overseas. The vehicle needs to comply with European regulations, which means design tweaks and new versions – like a shorter model to fit EU size requirements. Even then, European companies like Girteka, Fercam and others that placed orders nearly seven years ago are still waiting, with no clear end in sight.
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Is There Still Hope for Tesla Semi Customers?</h2>
The real question is whether Tesla can get production running at the scale needed to fulfill all these long-standing orders. Analysts remain skeptical, noting that Tesla will have to compete <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40686320/volvo-reveals-next-gen-electric-heavy-duty-truck-with-up-to-600-km-range-on-a-single-charge">with heavyweights like Volvo</a>, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/40872322/daimler-truck-to-start-production-of-battery-electric-heavy-truck-mercedes-benz-eactros-600-in-novem">Daimler</a> and Freightliner, who already have electric trucks in production. It's a tall order for Tesla to instantly grab a big share of the Class 8 market, especially considering the delays.
While it's been a rocky road, Tesla has a history of pulling off the improbable. Its past successes in passenger cars remind us that nothing is impossible, even if the timeline doesn't always go as planned.
Still, in October 2022, Elon Musk assured investors that Tesla would produce 50,000 Tesla Semi trucks by 2024 and that hasn't happened.
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ASML Holding's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ASML#NYSE">ASML</a>) short percent of float has risen 9.09% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.27 million shares sold short, which is 0.36% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.0 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/">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>ASML Holding Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2024/1732203910_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for ASML Holding 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 ASML Holding'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://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>, ASML Holding's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 8.01%, 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/">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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POSaBIT Systems Corporation (OTCQX:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/POSAF#OTCQX">POSAF</a>), a provider of payments and point-of-sale infrastructure for the cannabis industry, has integrated Metrc Connect reporting in its point-of-sale system for all states that utilize the track and trace system. Metrc, a U.S.-based provider of cannabis regulatory technology systems, combines software, radio-frequency identification (RFID), customer support, and a secure database to track cannabis from growth, harvest, and processing to testing and transport.
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Ryan Hamlin, CEO/co-founder of POSaBIT, commented, "We have partnered closely with Metrc over the years and we appreciate their industry leadership when it comes to compliance. This continued focus on compliance and regulatory requirements by POSaBIT has proven to be one of the main reasons so many merchants have migrated over from older legacy Point of Sale providers to a more innovative POSaBIT POS solution."
Earlier this month, Metrc <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/24/11/41689697/metrc-to-support-virginias-regulation-of-medical-marijuana-market-signs-new-track-and-trace-gove">signed a contract</a> with the Commonwealth of Virginia to support the regulation of its medical cannabis market. Metrc&#8217;s track-and-trace platform provides transparency to ensure regulatory compliance, help combat the illicit market and safeguard the health and well-being of Virginia&#8217;s patients. The Metrc system allows licensed operators to track activities affecting a plant&#8217;s status or the creation of cannabis-based products, including origin, testing results, handling, and chain-of-custody information via the company's RFID tracking model and software-as-a-service (SaaS) system. The information is then easily accessible to state regulators.
Metrc is engaged in 27 government contracts and serves more than 500,000 users, including growers, testing facilities, dispensaries, state regulators and law enforcement officials.
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POSaBit shares closed Wednesday&#8217;s market session flat at $0.081 per share. 
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