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The earnings season is winding down, but there are some names slated to report that could see big moves — in either direction. Already, more than 80% of companies in the S & P 500 have already posted quarterly results this earnings season as of Monday morning. Against that backdrop, CNBC Pro screened for names reporting this week — with market caps of $1 billion or more — that could experience sharp up- or downside moves, based on trading activity in the options market. Here are the names that made the list: Upstart Holdings is the reporter this week that could be in for the biggest move at nearly 19%. Rideshare stock Lyft also made the list.

Persons: Uber, America's Mihir Bhatia, Bhatia, Lyft, LSEG, Jefferies, John Colantuoni, Colantuoni, Bank of America's Jessica Reif Ehrlich, Ehrlich, WBD Organizations: Disney, CNBC Pro, Holdings, LSEG, Bank, America's, Warner Bros, Bank of America's Locations: California

CNBC Pro screened to find the stocks that have moved most in line with bitcoin over the last 50 trading days. We looked at the relationship between the stocks and the flagship crypto over that period, as well as the average rolling correlation over the same time period. Here are the top seven names with the highest rolling correlations: The stocks with the highest correlations should come as no surprise. Further down the list, the connections between the stocks and bitcoin are less immediately clear. The electric vehicle maker has a rolling correlation of 0.31, clinching the sixth spot on the screen.

Persons: bitcoin, QuantumScape, FactSet Organizations: CNBC Pro, Marathon, Riot

Some stocks could post sizable moves this week on the back of corporate earnings reports this week. Wall Street expects more steam ahead, with the typical analyst surveyed by FactSet holding a buy rating and price target reflecting nearly 10% in upside. His price target of $2 implies shares can add almost 190%. Meanwhile, the average analyst polled by FactSet has a hold rating on the penny stock, but the same price target as Kallo. But he cut his price target by $3 to $80 on Friday ahead of the report.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, it's, Raymond James, Srini Pajjuri, Pajjuri, Nikola, Baird, Ben Kallo, NKLA, Kallo, FactSet, Christopher Horvers, bullish Organizations: Nvidia, Moderna, Berkshire, CNBC Pro, CNBC Locations: Lucid

Short interest in Beyond Meat rose almost 30% to about 25 million shares between April 28 and May 15, according to the data. Short interest similarly climbed even more for software firm Cvent , with investors increasing shorts just over 33% to nearly nine million shares. That's almost 40% of the stock's float. Short interest grew almost 10% to nearly 25 million shares, now accounting for 36.5% of float. The table shows all names with short interest accounting for more than 25% of float.

Persons: Terence Malone, Cvent, it's, Reginald Smith Organizations: Barclays, FactSet, JPMorgan, CNBC Pro, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq

By comparison, less than 5% of companies mentioned AI in analyst calls held during the first quarter of 2016. Big Tech mentions jump AI has been a growing theme in Big Tech as companies try to capitalize on the wave following 2022's selloff. In calls from Big Tech companies alone, AI was mentioned 265 times. Executives at real estate company UDR said its AI chat has a 10% higher closing rate than normal call centers. Interpublic Group of Companies CEO Philippe Krakowsky noted the advertising company brought on a chief AI officer two years ago.

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