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Astec Industries is delivering above-peer growth in its Materials segment and guiding to materially higher adjusted EBITDA for 2026. The market has not fully priced that improvement: while the trailing P/E sits elevated, the company's $1.61B enterprise value implies an attractive ~9x EV/EBITDA on management's 2026 midpoint. We lay out an actionable…
RGC Resources, Inc., a provider of energy and related services in Virginia, has scheduled its fiscal third quarter 2026 earnings call on August 7, 2026. The company will discuss its financial results and business outlook during the call, with presentation materials available in advance on its website.
Nu Holdings is the dominant digital challenger bank in Latin America, growing customers rapidly while maintaining strong returns on equity and improving operating efficiency. The stock trades around $14 with a market cap near $71B and a trailing P/E near 21x — an attractive entry for investors who believe growth and margin expansion will continue. …
A Russian ballistic missile strike on a defence industry event north of Kyiv killed 10 people and wounded nearly 100, Ukrainian authorities said. The blast occurred at a site adjacent to residential buildings and prompted rescue operations, a regional day of mourning and an investigation into possible failures in organising the event. Separately, R…
Alphabet is delivering outsized AI-driven growth in Search and Cloud while guiding materially higher capex. The market punished shares on headline spending, but fundamentals - 17% Search growth, 82% Google Cloud growth, $64.4B free cash flow and a $514B backlog - argue for buying the dip. This trade idea outlines a long-term (180 trading days) plan…
DigitalOcean shares declined sharply after the company completed a repurchase of approximately $472 million of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2030, a move financed entirely through a registered direct offering of about 12.5 million new common shares priced at $117.54 each. The structure of the transaction, in which note holders received equity …
Lightspeed Commerce stock climbed after the company announced a new integration linking its point-of-sale platform to Meta's Conversions API, enabling brick-and-mortar merchants to sync in-store product catalogs and securely send POS transaction data to Meta for ad attribution. The product news arrived ahead of Q1 FY2027 results and helped the shar…
Surgery Partners shares rose after the company said it had put binding signature pages into escrow for the sale of its interests in Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital to Intermountain Health. The combined Idaho Falls assets were valued at about $1.15 billion, with Surgery Partners expected to receive roughly $795 million in c…
Vir Biotechnology shares fell after Chief Financial Officer Jason O’Byrne said he will leave to pursue another opportunity. Brent Sabatini, the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as Interim Principal Financial Officer while the company searches for a permanent successor. The move arrives with an earnings report…
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to extend a pause on their proposed $111 billion merger until June 1, 2027, or until a federal court issues a ruling on a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general seeking to block the deal. A temporary restraining order from a federal judge in Northern California, which initially put a 14-day hold …
Robert C. Abernethy, a director at Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc., executed a transaction involving the sale of 5,000 shares of the company's common stock on July 23, 2026. The sale, valued at $210,700, occurred at a price of $42.14 per share, reducing his direct ownership position. The transaction takes place as the stock trades near its 5…
Piper Sandler analyst John Royall began coverage of large-cap independent refiners with a modestly positive stance, ranking Marathon Petroleum and Valero Energy as top picks. Royall points to an unusually tight supply backdrop, significant refinery downtime and strong fundamentals extending into next year, while noting mid-cycle valuation pressures…
A federal appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing a provision of the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act that required social media platforms to monitor and filter user content tied to self-harm, abuse and other harms. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act pree…
Exelixis is a liquid, profitable oncology company trading near $55.40 with a $13.9B market cap. Recent pipeline progress for zanzalintinib and durable cash flow from Cabometyx create a compelling mid-term long trade: entry at $55.50, stop at $50.00, target $64.00 over ~45 trading days. The balance sheet and free cash flow ($912M) underpin execution…
Uber shares fell sharply after reports that Alphabet-owned Waymo is weighing an exit from its partnership with the ride-hailing company. Waymo is reportedly discussing terminating agreements that underlie joint operations in Austin and Atlanta, and has notified Uber that it could operate independently in those markets once contracts permit in Janua…
Globalfoundries Chief Strategy Officer Michael James Hogan has executed a transaction involving the sale and gift of company shares, as disclosed in a recent SEC Form 4 filing. The move, conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, occurred amid a period of stock price fluctuation and follows several significant corporate developments for the semico…
Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman once close to Venezuela's ousted leader Nicolas Maduro, pleaded not guilty to U.S. money laundering charges at a hearing in Miami. Saab's legal team entered the plea on his behalf. Venezuelan authorities deported him in May to face the accusations, which include alleged theft from a welfare program intended to buy…
Liberty Justice Center brought a lawsuit Friday in the Court of International Trade contesting President Trump's recently announced tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on several major trading partners. The group says the duties exceed the authority granted under the Trade Act of 1974 and represent an effort to restore a broader tariff policy previously struck…
Alibaba is trading well below its 52-week high despite improving technical momentum and a clear pathway to monetize large-language-model assets through Alibaba Cloud and product integrations. This trade idea takes a constructive view on Qwen-driven AI adoption while defining risk with a tight stop and a realistic mid-term target.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the United States will lift the 35% tariffs on Serbian goods, cutting the rate to zero effective Friday evening. The tariffs, imposed last year, hit mainly small and medium-sized firms across several sectors. Vucic also indicated the rate could later be set between 10% and 12%, and said the change should help…
Scribe Therapeutics jumped roughly 48.6% in afternoon trading on its first day as a public company after pricing an upsized IPO at $15 per share. Strong institutional demand, including a Sanofi private placement and Eli Lilly's move to sustain its stake, combined with the company's epigenetic gene-regulation platform and a lead cardiometabolic cand…
TXO Partners (TXO) offers a favorable risk-reward into Q2 earnings: strong free cash flow, an attractive distribution ($0.36 quarterly), reasonable leverage, and constructive technicals. Enter around $13.10 with a $12.20 stop and a primary target at $15.50 (52-week high) over a mid-term (45 trading days) horizon.
Outlook Therapeutics announced FDA approval of LYTENAVA™ (bevacizumab-vikg), the first ophthalmic bevacizumab specifically developed for intravitreal administration to treat neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This approval grants the company 12 years of market exclusivity and positions LYTENAVA as a new standard in retina car…
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law late Thursday banning both the production and sale of foie gras in Brazil. The move, described by advocates as a firm stance against animal cruelty, will halt imports of the product and makes Brazil the first Latin American country to prohibit both stages of the foie gras supply chain.
Two former Volkswagen AG engineers were arrested on insider trading charges after federal prosecutors say they used confidential information about Volkswagen’s $5 billion joint venture with Rivian Automotive Inc. to trade profitably. The indictment names Michael Stamp and Michael Plank and details financial gains and internet searches that prosecut…
