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Truist Securities has reiterated a Buy rating on JFrog (FROG) and kept a $70.00 price target following the company's fiscal 2025 results. The firm cited robust cloud revenue growth, steady security revenue, and improving enterprise sales momentum as drivers of a "solid FY25 finish." JFrog reported a 22.69% year-over-year revenue increase and strong…
RBC Capital lowered its 12-month price target for Dutch Bros Inc. (BROS) to $75 from $80 while retaining an Outperform rating. The move follows a fourth-quarter performance that beat expectations and fiscal 2026 guidance that modestly exceeded investor concerns. Despite robust revenue growth and a stronger same-store sales outlook, RBC cited a pull…
Guggenheim lowered its price target for Pinterest to $25 from $38 and kept a Buy rating after the company's fourth-quarter results. Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA fell short of expectations, with management pointing to tariff-related pressures and a larger share of big retail advertisers. Pinterest remains profitable with strong margins and a solid ba…
Anthropic has named Chris Liddell, a former Microsoft and General Motors executive, to its board of directors. The appointment comes as the developer of the Claude chatbot signals to partners that it may pursue an initial public offering by the end of 2026. Liddell brings experience from GM’s post-bankruptcy IPO effort and prior government service.
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued two broad general licenses allowing major oil companies to resume operations in Venezuela and enabling firms to negotiate contracts for new energy investments. The licenses open the door to Chevron, BP, Eni, Shell and Repsol to restart oil and gas activity in the OPEC member, while maintai…
Par Pacific (PARR) is a cash-generative, niche refiner with a durable advantage in distillates for Hawaii and parts of the U.S. West. With a market cap near $2.13B, EV/EBITDA ~5.6x and free cash flow of roughly $167M, the stock looks reasonably priced. I recommend a mid-term long (45 trading days) to capture a potential re-rating if refinery throug…
Bernstein upgraded Zscaler to Outperform and set a $228 price target, arguing the stock is underpriced relative to other cybersecurity vendors despite earlier worries about decelerating growth, reduced net new customer contribution and competitive pressure. The firm highlighted durable customer retention, net revenue retention above 115% and positi…
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said she agrees with U.S. calls to reform the global trading system, noting the system's resilience but lack of robustness. Her comments come ahead of a major WTO meeting in Cameroon next month and follow U.S. tariffs imposed by executive order last year that are awaiting a U.S. Supreme …
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday unveiled an online portal for whistleblower tips related to fraud, money laundering and sanctions breaches. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department will offer monetary awards if tips lead to successful enforcement actions. The move follows scrutiny over federal funds administered by nonprofit grou…
Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG) saw its stock decline roughly 7% after releasing fourth-quarter results that narrowly missed earnings expectations while modestly exceeding revenue estimates. Piper Sandler retained a Neutral rating and a $12 price target, calling the sell-off exaggerated and attributing it to new investor volatility. Key valuation metri…
Piper Sandler reduced its price objective for Coinbase Global Inc. to $150 from $270 while retaining a Neutral rating. The revision follows the exchange's fourth-quarter 2025 results and softer-than-expected first-quarter 2026 guidance, prompting large downward revisions to 2026 and 2027 EPS estimates and a reassessment of valuation multiples.
RBC Capital reduced its price objective for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to $450 from $465 but kept an Outperform rating, citing potential short-term revenue pressure including a $25 million sequential reduction in ex-US guidance tied to price erosion and softer-than-expected U.S. growth. The company posted mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results and remains …
RBC Capital raised its price objective on Applied Materials to $430 from $385 while maintaining an Outperform rating, citing robust wafer fabrication equipment demand and the company’s leadership positions across DRAM/HBM, advanced logic and packaging. Management expects Systems revenue growth of more than 20% in calendar 2026, and other broker act…
BMO Capital reduced its 12-month price target on TransUnion to $85 from $105 while keeping an Outperform rating, citing guidance headwinds tied to FICO pass-through costs and softer segment outlooks despite a solid quarterly beat. TransUnion reported stronger-than-expected Q4 2025 results, prompting Needham to lower its target as well but retain a …
Cantor Fitzgerald reduced its price target for TripAdvisor to $10.00 from $14.00 and maintained an Underweight rating after the travel-platform reported mixed fourth-quarter results and issued cautious near-term guidance. Management flagged continuing demand headwinds in its hotels business and plans to invest in the Experiences segment, while also…
Piper Sandler reduced its 12-month price target for Pinterest Inc to $21 from $33 and kept a Neutral rating after the company's quarterly results and first-quarter guidance missed expectations. The decision follows a sharp after-hours share drop and is part of a broader wave of analyst repricing amid user growth that has not fully translated into r…
Craig-Hallum upgraded Applied Materials from Hold to Buy and bumped its price target to $450, arguing that sustained demand tied to AI advanced node chips, high bandwidth memory and advanced packaging underpins a multi-year equipment cycle. The research house's forecast for equipment growth in 2026 outpaces Applied Materials' own revenue guide, and…
Roth/MKM initiated coverage of Lifetime Brands (LCUT) with a Buy rating and a $5.00 price target, implying roughly 47% upside from the stock's $3.40 level. The firm points to potential growth, margin expansion and stronger free cash flow following cyclical and tariff-related headwinds, while Canaccord Genuity recently cut its rating to Hold and tri…
Craig-Hallum downgraded SPS Commerce from Buy to Hold and trimmed its target to $70, citing acquisition underperformance, a subdued 2026 outlook and delays to planned enablement activities. The firm also raised concerns that artificial intelligence could exert downside pressure despite management’s positives. The move follows a quarter with an EPS …
Cosmos Health Inc. Chief Executive Officer Grigorios Siokas received 388,532 common shares on February 12, 2026, under a debt exchange arrangement, according to a Form 4 filing. The shares were recorded at $0.3732 each, representing a $145,000 transaction. The move comes while COSM shares trade around $0.40, the company shows signs of financial str…
Morocco's benchmark fell at Friday's close in Casablanca, with the Moroccan All Shares dropping 0.39% as declines in Utilities, Banking and Mining outweighed gains in several individual stocks. Miniere Touissit led advances, hitting an all-time high, while Douja Prom Addoha fell to a 52-week low. Commodity and currency benchmarks moved only margina…
DoorDash is trading well below its moving averages and 52-week high despite positive operational momentum: $2.29B in free cash flow, modest leverage and expanding retail partnerships. Technical indicators are deeply oversold, presenting a high-probability rebound trade. Reiterate Buy with a clear entry, stop and target for a swing (45 trading days)…
Cantor Fitzgerald trimmed its price objective on Pinterest Inc. to $18 from $34 but retained an Overweight rating after the company's fourth-quarter results fell slightly short of estimates. Pinterest forecasted slower first-quarter revenue growth and cited tougher-than-expected headwinds from large advertisers alongside a sales-team reorganization…
KeyBanc has boosted its price target on Cognex to $70 from $50 and kept an Overweight rating after the machine vision company delivered strong fourth-quarter results and an above-consensus outlook for the first quarter. The firm highlighted operating expense efficiencies and management's goal of roughly 25% adjusted EBITDA margins on a run-rate bas…
Cantor Fitzgerald reduced its price objective for Instacart to $47 from $54 while retaining an Overweight rating. The revised target still implies more than 20% upside from the current share price. The analyst note also contains analysis of Rivian's stronger-than-expected quarterly metrics. Separately, Needham raised its Instacart target to $55 and…
