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Carnival showed improving operations and had a decent tape into June 23: the last reported quarter beat on both EPS and revenue, the 5-day move was positive, and volume improved on at least one session. But the available evidence still fell short of this screen’s stricter standard because the upside-revision signal was modest, the most recent volume snapshots were below the 1.5x threshold, and the risk/sector checks were not completed tightly enough pre-event.

Fervo had an operational growth story and a confirmed June 22 premarket report, but the available pre-event public estimate trail was too thin for this schema’s required EPS-and-revenue consensus discipline. Without credible street estimate sources and with limited tape verification, it remained a thin-data reject.

Sunbelt had a good-looking operating backdrop from its prior quarter and an official June 23 event, but the public pre-event estimate trail was thin in the sources I could verify quickly. Without credible consensus EPS plus revenue sources and a fuller tape stack, it stayed a thin-data reject despite a decent underlying business tone.

Korn Ferry had a confirmed event date, but the quick pre-event public estimate trail I could verify was too sparse to satisfy the schema’s EPS-plus-revenue consensus requirement. That made it a thin-data reject rather than a true setup call.

FedEx had decent fundamentals into the quarter, with a strong prior report and a respectable Q4 consensus, but the tape was not favorable enough for this screen. Five-day performance was negative, the most direct June 18 volume read was below average, and the required sector/risk checks were not completed with enough confidence to call for a pre-earnings upside surprise.

Cerebras had a compelling AI narrative and a visible June 23 release, but the pre-event setup was too noisy and too thin for this screen. Consensus revenue and EPS were available, yet the business carried meaningful concentration and profitability risk, and I did not verify the required recent accumulation-volume and price-stack details cleanly enough to frame it as a skeptical upside-surprise candidate.

General Mills was also mismatched in the supplied universe. Official company investor-relations materials posted fiscal Q4 and full-year 2026 earnings for July 1, 2026, not June 23, 2026, and recent guidance and revenue trends were weak anyway. That pushed GIS out of the requested window and out of consideration.

KB Home had an officially confirmed June 23 print, a close-location pass, and at least one 1.5x volume session. The issue was that the underlying operating backdrop was weak: the prior quarter had steep year-over-year revenue pressure, preview estimates still called for a large year-over-year EPS drop, and homebuilder fundamentals did not show the kind of positive inflection this screen needs.

Paychex had real positives into June 24: official conference-call timing, an above-average prior quarter, and a strong June 20 volume/close snapshot. But the 5-day tape was weak, prior marketwatch sessions showed only ordinary volume, and I did not confirm a clean positive revision/sector-risk stack, so the stock stayed below the qualifying threshold.

McCormick had one of the clearest recent volume spikes in the universe, and its June 25 timing was officially posted. But the tape trend was poor, the stock had been in a multi-day slide, and the available setup looked more like event-driven churn than constructive accumulation ahead of an upside surprise.

NOVAGOLD is not suitable for this screen because checked public materials did not provide a credible current-quarter revenue consensus and the company remains a project-development story rather than a normal operating earnings setup. That makes surprise probability hard to measure using the rules required here.

Micron had the best fundamental pre-print setup in the window: consensus Q3 EPS and revenue were high and the prior quarter plus company guidance pointed to another AI-memory-led beat, while the stock had strong 5-day and 1-month momentum. The setup still failed this screen because the available pre-event tape checks did not confirm the required 1.5x accumulation-volume signal and I did not find a clean sector-tape/risk source strong enough to upgrade it from a near miss to a qualifying pre-earnings surprise candidate.

Nike was in the supplied universe for June 24, but official Nike investor-relations materials posted the fiscal Q4 2026 earnings release for Tuesday, June 30, 2026 after the close. Because that date sits outside the requested June 22 to June 26 window and conflicts with the supplied calendar, the name is disqualified from this screen run.

Jefferies had okay tape into June 24 and the official release date was clear, but the last reported quarter missed EPS and only met revenue, making the setup less favorable than the better cyclical candidates. The stock’s volume pickup and 1-month performance were positive, yet I lacked a strong revision/whisper edge and did not complete a direct risk/sector check, leaving it as a watch-only reject.

H.B. Fuller had published preview estimates, but the checked earnings-date source explicitly treated June 24 as estimated rather than confirmed. Under this screen’s hard rules, the name must be disqualified because the earnings date could not be independently confirmed pre-event.

Darden had a credible restaurant setup with an official/credible June 25 date, positive revenue and EPS history, and at least one recent above-average volume session. Still, the pre-event tape was only mildly strong and the close-location evidence was mixed, while revision and risk/sector confirmation were not strong enough to meet this screen’s stricter upside-surprise standard.

TD SYNNEX had a solid technical setup into June 25, including official earnings timing, strong recent volume, and prior revenue growth tied to the technology distribution ecosystem. What kept it out was the lack of a clear positive EPS revision/whisper signal and the absence of a completed sector/risk confirmation pass before the event.

Acuity had a respectable industrial-tech setup: official June 25 timing, positive 5-day and 1-month price action, near-high close location, and a clear volume pickup. The problem was that the estimate evidence looked more like steady expectations than a sharp positive revision signal, and I did not complete a clean pre-event sector/risk check, so it remained a decent near miss rather than a qualified upside-surprise pick.

Commercial Metals had enough estimate coverage and a solid volume spike, but the setup was fighting weak near-term price action. With 5-day performance negative and the prior quarter missing EPS, the name looked more like a choppy materials trade than a clean underappreciated upside-surprise candidate.

This remains a cautious post-earnings monitoring view. The company source confirms a strong Q1 print, raised FY27 guidance, and dated June investor-conference follow-ups, but recent news tone included a stock-tumbles framing despite the beat. Post-print analyst-revision evidence is still incomplete in the packet, and the direct peer set is thin beyond NTAP, so missing revision data should not be treated as positive evidence.

This is a company-sourced earnings update with a better forward guide, and recent headline flow framed the print around AI demand and FY2027 outlook improvement. The peer set is improved but still not clean: AVGO is the closest comparator, while AMD, QCOM, and INTC are useful only as broader semiconductor and AI-infrastructure references. Because verified post-print analyst revisions are unavailable in the packet and the anchor price already reflects substantial AI optimism, the memo remains cautiously positive but tentative rather than a high-conviction rerating call.

Post-print tone is cautious but not panicked. The primary filing confirms a weak quarter on mark-to-market losses, but April 30, 2026 NAV improved to $10.57 and management reset the common distribution down to $0.20 per month for July-September 2026, which argues for a monitoring view rather than a strong bearish call. I did not find a clean, directly verified consensus surprise table or original analyst revision note in the checked sources; secondary aggregators mention post-print target trims, but the reaction picture remains thin, so confidence stays low.

The post-print tape was constructive: NTNX was indicated about +4% after-hours and closed 2026-05-28 at $48.81 versus $46.57 the prior session, consistent with a beat-and-raise reaction. T3 analyst coverage was also supportive, but the debate is still about conversion timing and supply-chain friction rather than demand collapse, so this remains a positive-but-monitorable setup.

Primary-source coverage remains thin and stale: the latest confirmed company materials are the March 2 Q4/FY25 release and the December 16 Eco Wizard update, while I could not confirm a May 2026 company earnings release or a meaningful post-print analyst revision set from trusted sources. That keeps this as a low-conviction monitoring name despite the stock trading below the packet's $14.0 median target.

Post-earnings tone is strongly positive: the company delivered a record beat-and-raise quarter, and the packet's headlines point to a sharp rerating after the release. The caveat is that the packet does not yet show analyst target or estimate revisions, so the move should be treated as a strong-news, moderate-confidence setup rather than a fully confirmed longer-term upgrade.