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UBS reiterated its Buy rating on Walmart with a $135 price target, citing confidence that the retailer's upcoming fourth-quarter results will underpin its investment case despite elevated valuation metrics and recent price appreciation. Several other brokerages have also lifted targets to $140, while Walmart continues store expansion and hiring as …
Chefs' Warehouse reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations on revenue, adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA. Benchmark retained its Buy rating and $84.00 price target, keeping the company on its Best Idea list and pointing to continued strong performance into fiscal 2026. Management described sales trends as robust in Ja…
NexGen Energy is moving from exploration toward accelerated development at its Arrow uranium complex in Saskatchewan. Market enthusiasm for nuclear as a baseload solution and a tightening supply outlook create a favorable backdrop. We outline a mid-term (45 trading days) long trade with clear entry, stop and target, plus the catalysts and risks tha…
Investor optimism that artificial intelligence would buoy a wide range of stocks is giving way to a more selective market reaction. While AI adoption underpinned gains in technology and infrastructure-linked names, recent product releases and concerns over heavy capital spending have prompted sharp sectoral sell-offs and forced investors to re-eval…
Jaguar Uranium Corp. raised $25 million through an initial public offering of 6.25 million Class A common shares priced at $4.00 each. The financing, which closed on February 11, 2026, positions the company to advance exploration and development work across its Argentina and Colombia uranium projects, with proceeds earmarked for exploration, develo…
Lululemon Athletica Inc. shares fell 2% on Thursday after a report said customers are again complaining that certain leggings become transparent when bending or squatting. The fresh complaints mirror a recent episode that prompted the company to temporarily withdraw another line and later relist it with sizing and underwear guidance. The recurrence…
Ensign (ENSG) combines a fast-growing operations footprint with a growing owned-real-estate base that supports predictable cash flow and low leverage. At $215.12 the stock sits near a 52-week high but fundamentals - $370.7M in free cash flow, debt/equity ~0.06, and ROE ~15% - argue for a continued rerating if acquisitions and occupancy hold. This t…
Stifel reduced its price objective on HubSpot Inc (NYSE: HUBS) to $375 from $500 while retaining a Buy rating following the companys fiscal 2026 constant currency revenue guidance of 16%. The firm described market reaction to the guidance as mixed and attributed the lower target primarily to broader SaaS group multiple compression rather than comp…
Stifel reduced its price target on Inspire Medical Systems (INSP) to $95 from $110 while retaining a Buy rating, citing the company's recently revised 2026 guidance and ongoing reimbursement challenges. The firm warned that a worst-case billing scenario involving code 64582 with a -52 modifier could further depress physician payments. Despite the t…
Benchmark has reiterated a Hold rating on Unity Software following a fourth quarter that beat revenue and adjusted EBITDA expectations. Unity reported $503 million in Q4 revenue and $125 million in adjusted EBITDA, outperforming consensus, but provided first-quarter guidance that signals a reset. Analysts' consensus hovers nearer to Buy with a 1.85…
Benchmark reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $295.00 price target on T-Mobile US after the carrier's Capital Markets Day, pointing to structural advantages in its mid-band 2.5GHz spectrum and a denser network grid that it says delivers superior 5G capacity and a three-to-four-year architectural lead. The firm acknowledged a modest market reaction to a s…
Wolfe Research raised its price target for T-Mobile US to $255 from $253 while keeping an Outperform rating, citing a combination of solid financial results, an updated reporting metric from subscribers/ARPU to accounts/ARPA, an accelerated buyback program and paused share sales by Deutsche Telekom. The move follows T-Mobile's Q4 2025 earnings beat…
Stifel reduced its price objective on Parsons Corp. to $89 from $90 while keeping a Buy rating after the company missed fourth-quarter revenue and EPS estimates. The cut arrives amid worse-than-expected transitory headwinds in Parsons' Federal Solutions segment and a weak initial revenue guide for 2026 that sent the stock sharply lower. Other analy…
Benchmark reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $775 price objective on AppLovin following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results. AppLovin reported robust top-line growth, record adjusted EBITDA margins and very high conversion of EBITDA to free cash flow. First-quarter guidance prompted some investor disappointment and a pullback in the share price, a…
Stifel raised its price objective on Generac Holdings (NYSE: GNRC) to $235 from $210 and maintained a Buy rating, pointing to accelerating sales in residential products and stronger Commercial & Industrial demand led by data center orders. The firm moved its valuation base from 2026 to 2027 EBITDA at a 14-15x multiple, even as the shares currently …
Benchmark has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Shopify (SHOP) and retained a $145 price target derived from a discounted cash flow analysis, implying roughly 36% upside from the current share price of $106.26. The firm frames the company's current free cash flow reset as a deliberate investment phase, citing robust revenue growth and healthy financial me…
Jefferies increased its price objective for Smurfit Westrock (SW) to $58 from $52 and kept a Buy recommendation, noting the packaging company's plan to reach $7 billion of EBITDA by 2030. The firm highlighted that the growth framework should improve results over the coming years without a material rise in capital spending, creating excess cash that…
Getty Realty is a niche net-lease REIT concentrated in convenience and automotive retail properties. The stock is trading near its 52-week high after a string of dividend updates and steady operational cadence. With a market cap of roughly $1.9B, a forward yield in the high single digits depending on price, and conservative valuation ratios for a s…
Clear Street reduced its planned U.S. IPO fundraising target by 65%, trimming both the number of shares offered and the expected valuation range amid heightened investor caution toward recent listings. The New York-based firm now aims to raise up to $364 million by selling 13 million shares priced between $26 and $28 each, with pricing expected lat…
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) plunged 20% on Thursday, sparking losses across freight and logistics stocks as investors moved away from labor-heavy, high-fee models perceived to be vulnerable to AI-driven disruption. Several industry peers posted double-digit drops while announcements from AI companies and data on wasted truckload capacity highlig…
Shares of major European cement makers slid after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested the European Union could postpone tougher carbon rules, a move that could blunt the competitive edge of firms that have invested in low-emission production methods. Heidelberg Materials led losses, followed by Holcim and Buzzi Unicem, amid renewed debate ov…
Norway's equity benchmark closed higher on Thursday, with the Oslo OBX up 0.37% to an all-time high. Strength in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities powered the session, led by a notable rise in Orkla. Decliners nevertheless outnumbered advancers on the Oslo exchange. Oil and gold prices slipped and key NOK…
Tel Aviv's benchmark rose modestly at Thursday's close, driven by advances in Financials, Insurance and Real Estate. Enlight Renewable Energy and First International Bank of Israel reached all-time highs, while several technology and industrial names declined. Commodities and currency moves included lower crude and Brent prices, a small drop in gol…
Stifel raised its price target on Ascendis Pharma to $325 from $256 and maintained a Buy rating after the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm highlighted the Yorvipath launch and favorable key opinion leader feedback as drivers for 2026 growth, adjusted its financial model around the firm's guidance for €500 million of operating cash fl…
Cantor Fitzgerald lowered its price target for Paycom Software (PAYC) to $115 from its prior target while keeping a Neutral rating, citing a weaker-than-expected 2026 guidance. The stock has fallen substantially in recent months and now trades near its 52-week low, even as Paycom reports robust gross margins and small improvements in retention and …
