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Goldman Sachs increased its 12-month price target for DT Midstream to $108 from $102 while keeping a Sell rating ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report scheduled for February 13. The new target remains below DT Midstream’s prevailing share price of $122.31. Goldman forecasts near-term EBITDA roughly in line with consensus, proje…
Goldman Sachs reiterated a Buy rating and an $80.00 price target on Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS), naming it the firm's preferred gaming-sector stock even as leisure demand softened in Las Vegas and investor interest in Macau remains muted. Analysts are watching fourth-quarter results and 2026 guidance closely, with attention on whether estimates have…
Goldman Sachs has lifted its price objective for Kinetik Holdings Inc to $42 from $40 while retaining a Buy rating ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results. The bank trimmed near-term EBITDA expectations on Waha price and volume impacts and projects lower 2026 EBITDA driven by a weaker year-end 2025 exit rate. Other broker activity has pr…
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to apologise after Trump said NATO allies in Afghanistan stayed "a little off the front lines" and that the U.S. had "never needed" the alliance. Pistorius called the comments disrespectful to those who died and said he will raise the issue with U.S. Defence Secretary Pet…
DiaSorin announced that Group CFO Piergiorgio Pedron will depart on March 31, 2026 to become CFO at payment firm Nexi, prompting a 2.3% fall in the company's shares. Alberto Donati, a 14-year DiaSorin veteran who most recently served as Group Controller and CFO of Luminex, will assume the CFO role on April 1, 2026 as the company pushes to expand it…
Goldman Sachs lifted its 12-month price target for Antero Midstream Partners LP to $18.00 from $17.50 while retaining a Neutral rating ahead of the company's fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release. The firm expects largely flat operational volumes and consensus-matching EBITDA for the quarter, and highlights temporary leverage pressure tied to an upc…
Inficon reported preliminary FY 2025 results modestly ahead of market expectations, with sales near $673.7 million and operating income around $112.3 million. The company said Q4 EBIT margin improved to about 17.5%, marking a material recovery from the prior quarter, yet its update omitted details on Q4 order intake and offered no guidance for 2026…
An official probe into General Zhang Youxia, a long-term ally and senior figure on the Central Military Commission, signals President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has penetrated his closest political circle. Analysts say the move concentrates authority in Xi’s hands, increases opacity in military command, and likely reduces the prospect of…
Shares of EssilorLuxottica fell about 1% after reports that Solos Technology filed a patent infringement suit against the eyewear conglomerate and Meta Platforms. The complaint centers on multimodal sensing, audio processing, intelligent assistance and integrated-system architectures used in smartglasses, and seeks billions in damages plus an injun…
A UBS report released Monday shows Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) have kept full equity exposure despite recent market turbulence. The bank projects a modest adjustment to flows if realized volatility eases in February, notes heavy short positioning in rates, and anticipates a reversal in dollar positioning after recent buybacks. In commodities,…
Gold extended its rally to a fresh record above $5,100 an ounce as investors sought shelter from geopolitical risks and market turbulence linked to U.S. policy uncertainty. Prices were buoyed by robust central bank buying, heavy inflows into exchange-traded funds, a softer dollar and speculation around shifts in U.S. monetary policy direction.
Berenberg has initiated coverage of Greencore Plc with a Buy rating and set a price target of GBP3.51. The research house points to structural growth drivers and the transformational acquisition of Bakkavor as key catalysts, forecasting a 14% three-year EPS compound annual growth rate and projecting a fiscal 2027 P/E of 11x alongside a 7.3% free ca…
RBC Capital Markets downgraded Hugo Boss to 'sector perform' from 'outperform' and reduced its price target to €38, citing a risk that the German fashion group's planned reset and margin recovery may extend beyond market expectations. The brokerage trimmed earnings estimates for 2026-27, forecast lower sales in 2026 tied to a deliberate reduction i…
Salesforce has been repriced as if its best days are behind it, yet the company still throws off substantial free cash flow and trades at valuations that look more like a mature software utility than a platform with multiple re-acceleration levers. With CRM sitting near recent lows, oversold technicals, and reasonable balance sheet leverage, this i…
BofA Securities has reaffirmed its Buy rating on Meta Platforms Inc. and kept a $810 price target ahead of the company’s January 28 earnings release. The firm models fourth-quarter revenue and earnings per share above Street estimates, forecasts 2026 revenue and EPS modestly higher than consensus, and outlines expected ranges for 2026 expenses and …
Danone's stock fell sharply after the company announced on Friday it would pull a limited set of infant-formula batches from several markets following food-safety alerts over a potentially contaminated ingredient. The recall, linked to an ARA oil supplier in China contaminated with cereulide, has prompted regulatory actions in multiple countries an…
The U.S. dollar declined sharply and the Japanese yen strengthened markedly on Monday amid market speculation that U.S. and Japanese authorities have coordinated, or may coordinate, intervention in currency markets. The Dollar Index fell to its weakest level since mid-September, while USD/JPY extended a steep decline that began on Friday. The euro …
Shares of Fnac Darty jumped sharply after Czech investor Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group presented a friendly cash offer valuing the French retailer at about €1.1 billion. The proposal, set at €36 per share and representing a 19% premium to the pre-announcement close, aims to lift Kretinsky's holding from 28.5% to above 50% while preserving the company…
London’s FTSE 100 opened largely unchanged after a volatile spell that included a tariff threat tied to Greenland. Sterling strengthened above $1.36, while European peers showed modest divergence. Ryanair reported an 80% plunge in third-quarter profit following an €85 million regulatory charge in Italy. S4 Capital beat revised guidance, Costain del…
Shares of USA Rare Earth climbed sharply after reports that the U.S. administration plans to invest $1.6 billion in the Oklahoma-based rare earths company, a move that would see the government acquire a 10% stake through equity and warrants. A concurrent $1 billion private financing is also expected to be announced, strengthening the company's cash…
Jefferies upgraded Hermès International SCA to a "buy" from "hold" and increased its price target to €2,400 from €2,250. The brokerage emphasized the company’s strong exposure to higher-spending customers, particularly in China, and a margin profile that outperforms many listed luxury peers. Jefferies also flagged evidence of stabilization in China…
Crocs (CROX) is down near the lower end of its 52-week range despite still screening like a serious cash-flow business. With EV/EBITDA around 5.5 and price-to-free-cash-flow near 6.2, the stock looks priced for disappointment. The trade idea is to buy near $85.82 with a defined stop under recent support, targeting a move back toward the mid-$90s to…
GoTo's stock climbed intraday after Citigroup highlighted a stronger profitability trajectory and the company raised its fiscal 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance. Management reported positive group-level adjusted EBITDA for the first time and positive operating cash flow, while cautioning that reported earnings are affected by equity-accounted Tokopedi…
Equity positioning has stayed largely unchanged overall even as active investors reduce exposure to mega-cap growth and technology stocks in favor of cyclical sectors. Deutsche Bank strategists, led by Parag Thatte, cautioned that the rotation's durability depends on sustained market broadening, noting that prior increases in cyclical bets have oft…
Hedge funds accelerated net sales of U.S. single stocks to a four-week high, with short positions exceeding long buys by a ratio of 1.7 to 1, according to Goldman Sachs' Prime Trading desk. Information technology was the most net sold sector, led by persistent selling in software, while energy experienced its quickest pace of buying since October b…
