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Bank of America reduced its 12-month price target for Airbus to €255 from €259 while retaining a Buy rating, pointing to rising costs after missile and drone strikes damaged major Gulf aluminum smelters. The attacks on facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have squeezed supply, pushed LME aluminum prices higher, and led the bank to low…
Palantir has migrated from niche analytics vendor to a mission-critical platform for parts of the U.S. defense apparatus. That move increases revenue visibility, raises switching costs and creates a multi-year runway of sticky government spending. This trade idea outlines an actionable entry at $18.50, a primary target of $27.00 and a stop at $14.8…
Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to the United States in late April, a long-planned trip tied to the 250th anniversary of American independence and followed by a visit to Bermuda. The British government views the high-profile visit as an opportunity to mend tensions with U.S. President Donald T…
Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) has slipped back from its 52-week high but still sits on a durable multi-year growth runway driven by e-infrastructure and transportation work. Fundamentals — $11.7B market cap, $9.46 EPS, strong free cash flow of $362.7M and conservative leverage — support a Buy-on-weakness trade with defined entry, stop and target l…
Nielsen Food scanner figures for the four weeks ending March 21, as released by Bank of America, show Lotus Bakeries leading European food companies in US sales growth with a 48.4% increase driven almost entirely by higher unit volumes. Danone registered the weakest performance among tracked names, with near-flat sales supported by price and mix ga…
Huawei posted 2025 revenue of 880.9 billion yuan, a 2.2% increase year-on-year, marking a significant slowdown from the prior year's 22.4% growth. Growth was driven by modest gains in consumer devices and ICT infrastructure, while cloud revenue fell and the intelligent automotive unit posted a large jump. The company boosted R&D spending to 192.3 b…
Barclays analysts say Verizon faces elevated expectations for its first-quarter performance after recent pricing moves and a stock reset. The firm views Q1 as an important checkpoint for the company’s plan to deliver 750,000 to 1 million postpaid phone net additions, noting promotional carryover, Frontier-related broadband initiatives, and a roughl…
Major European power companies are accelerating plans to expand in the United States, driven by surging electricity demand from data centers and large infrastructure needs. While past investments have led to multibillion-dollar writeoffs and asset sales, firms including Iberdrola, RWE and Siemens Energy are committing substantial capital to U.S. ge…
Unilever’s European works council has raised alarms about potential staff reductions and widespread uncertainty tied to a proposed combination of Unilever’s food business with U.S. spice maker McCormick. The council said it may coordinate with trade unions and consider industrial action if adequate protections for affected employees are not agreed.
Marvell Technology experienced an 11% rise in its stock price after NVIDIA announced a $2 billion investment and a strategic alliance to integrate Marvell into NVIDIA’s AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem using the NVLink Fusion rack-scale platform. Under the agreement Marvell will supply custom XPUs and NVLink Fusion-compatible networking, while NVIDI…
UK grocery market expansion accelerated to 4.4% in the four weeks ending March 22, while sector inflation remained steady at 4.3%. Tesco, Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer registered faster market share increases in the most recent period, Aldi lost share and Ocado's recent momentum slowed, Barclays said.
Citi reduced its price target for Micron Technology on Tuesday, citing a roughly 6% fall in mainstream DDR5 16GB spot pricing since Micron's last report. The bank cut its target by 17% to $425 from $510, while leaving its earnings estimates unchanged and retaining a Buy rating. Citi highlighted ongoing negotiations between memory suppliers and hype…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority will begin a Strategic Market Status investigation in May to determine whether Microsoft holds dominance in business software markets. The probe examines an ecosystem that includes Windows, Word, Excel, Teams and Copilot and follows findings of a prior cloud market inquiry that raised licensing and market …
Agios Pharmaceuticals shares climbed 12% on Tuesday after the company disclosed progress in discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aimed at securing accelerated approval for mitapivat in sickle cell disease. Agios has submitted a proposal for the confirmatory clinical trial the FDA recommended and expects to file a supplemental New …
A Russia-flagged tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying roughly 700,000 barrels of Russian Urals crude entered the anchorage of Cuba's Bay of Matanzas at daybreak on Tuesday. The vessel, subject to U.S. sanctions, reached Cuban territorial waters late on Sunday near Guantanamo Bay and was allowed to proceed for humanitarian reasons, according to U.…
Western Digital ($WDC) is a direct beneficiary of the multi-year AI memory supercycle. Recent weakness offers a way to add exposure to a company with strong profitability, recurring free cash flow, and sold-out capacity across key product lines. This trade idea lays out an entry at $255.49, a stop at $220.00 and a primary target of $375.00 over a 1…
Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK) saw its stock jump 12% after the company resubmitted a Biologics License Application for apitegromab, a therapy for spinal muscular atrophy. The resubmission names Catalent Indiana LLC, part of Novo Nordisk, and an additional U.S.-based fill-finish facility. The company expects FDA acceptance within 30 days and a review …
Bank of America Securities upgraded Shake Shack to Neutral from Underperform and raised its price target to $101 from $88, pointing to menu innovation and supply-chain improvements as central to its more constructive outlook. The analysts highlighted new test items and a value app menu as drivers of steadier same-store traffic, and identified suppl…
U.S. futures moved higher early Tuesday as markets reacted to reports that the U.S. President told aides he would be open to exiting the war in Iran without a large reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Energy names showed mixed performance while consumer staples, technology and healthcare software drew attention after company-specific news ahead of t…
Alkermes shares surged 13% after Eli Lilly disclosed plans to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals. The transaction will pay $38.00 in cash per Centessa share plus one non-transferable contingent value right (CVR) with up to $9.00 of additional potential consideration, making the total possible payment $47.00 per share. The upfront cash values Centessa…
Solo Brands President and CEO John P. Larson purchased 4,073 shares of Class A common stock on March 30, 2026, for a total of $14,999. The purchase occurred at a weighted average price of $3.6826 per share, with prices paid between $3.57 and $3.819. The transaction increases Larson's direct holdings to 84,616 shares. Solo Brands provided fiscal 202…
Elisabeth Vanzura, Chief Marketing Officer of Solo Brands, Inc. (NYSE: SBDS), bought 1,500 shares of the company’s Class A common stock on March 30, 2026, spending $5,655 at $3.77 per share. After the purchase she directly holds 8,947 shares. The transaction coincides with a stock that has been highly volatile and with company guidance that points …
Gold Fields (GFI) yields ~1.5% today but offers leveraged exposure to gold prices through operating scale, short-covering potential and a valuation that looks reasonable at a $37.8B market cap and a P/E of ~10.6. We lay out a long trade at $44.00 with a $55.00 target and a $38.50 stop for a defined-risk, event-driven position over the next several …
Geely Holding and Volvo Cars chair Li Shufu called on Volvo Cars to expand collaboration with related brands such as Polestar and Geely Autos and to reinforce its research and development presence in China. Speaking at the automaker's annual general meeting, Li warned that operating alone risks obsolescence and pointed to the company's recent asset…
Nebius Group announced plans to construct a 310 MW AI factory in Lappeenranta, Finland, with initial capacity slated to be available to customers in 2027. The project strengthens the company’s push toward more than 3 GW of contracted power by the end of 2026, follows a recent expansion in Mäntsälä, and includes a closed-loop liquid cooling design w…
