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Jefferies is framing Nike's ACG (All Conditions Gear) relaunch as a distinct outdoor performance franchise, highlighting new product introductions and retail initiatives. The move comes amid a recent revenue decline for Nike and follows company-level shifts including leadership changes, a Converse restructuring and a U.S. probe into alleged workpla…
Benchmark has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $35.00 price target on MarineMax (NYSE: HZO) amid an all-cash acquisition proposal from The Donerail Group. Donerail, which holds roughly 4% of the stock, has urged shareholders to oppose the CEO's re-election and is pressing for a sale at $35 per share. The offer, which MarineMax confirms it is reviewing…
Freedom Capital Markets raised Stellantis NV (NYSE:STLA) from Hold to Buy even as it cut its price target to $9.00 from $11.30. The firm cited sequential automotive delivery growth in the second half of 2025 and noted Stellantis has signaled the need to adjust its EV strategy amid weaker-than-expected demand. The upgrade comes against a backdrop of…
Wells Fargo expects loan growth in 2026 driven by expansion in credit cards and auto lending, while its mortgage business is projected to stabilize after recent declines. The bank is pursuing organic expansion after the Federal Reserve removed a $1.95 trillion asset cap, and executives reported continuing strong consumer spending and solid credit p…
Greek equities finished Wednesday's session in positive territory as sector gains in Construction, Travel and Banking supported a 0.72% advance in the Athens General Composite. Alumil led winners with a double-digit intraday jump to a five-year high, while select travel and technology names also posted notable gains. Broader market breadth was mixe…
Coherent's compound-semiconductor platforms and recent beat-guidance cadence suggest the company can capture outsized demand for high-speed optical modules. I like a mid-term long trade sized for alpha capture while respecting valuation and execution risks.
Wells Fargo anticipates loan growth this year, led by its credit card business and auto lending tied to dealer partnerships, while expecting mortgage activity to stabilize after prior declines. The bank is expanding organically following the Federal Reserve’s removal of a $1.95 trillion asset cap and reports steady credit performance across consume…
The European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust approval for Alphabet’s $32 billion takeover of cybersecurity firm Wiz, ruling the transaction raises no competition issues. Announced in March last year, the acquisition is expected to enlarge Google’s footprint in cybersecurity and cloud services where it faces Amazon and Microsoft. Regu…
Oppenheimer has reiterated an Outperform rating on Mobileye N.V. (MBLY) after the company won a Tier 1 role with Mahindra to supply Super Vision and Surround ADAS solutions. The stock trades at $9.66 and is flagged as undervalued by InvestingPro models, even after a drop of more than 33% over the past six months. While Mobileye expects minimal reve…
Benchmark increased its price target for General Motors to $90 from $65 and retained a Buy rating, pointing to better-than-expected operational execution in 2025. The firm cited disciplined pricing, tariff mitigation, a slower, more rational EV rollout, rebuilding North American margins and robust automotive free cash flow as drivers of the higher …
Benchmark has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $10.00 price target on Grupo Televisa SA (NYSE:TV) ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results, forecasting largely in-line to slightly down near-flat quarterly results but signaling clearer visibility for stronger 2026 performance. The stock trades at $3.26 and appears undervalued on InvestingPro'…
Texas Capital Securities has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $390.00 price target on Texas Pacific Land Trust (NYSE: TPL) amid reports that Bolt Data and Energy is in discussions with Alphabet's Google on a major West Texas data center. The talks and a new strategic agreement with Bolt reinforce revenue and development pathways for TPL, though Invest…
Coherent (COHR) has obvious risks: rich valuation, negative free cash flow, and cyclical end markets. Those risks are priced into the stock today, but accelerating demand for high-speed optical connectivity in AI/data centers and recent beat-and-raise results create an asymmetric trade. This plan lays out an entry at $231.00, a hard stop at $205.00…
The European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust approval to Google's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz, announced in March 2025. The regulator concluded the transaction will not reduce competition in cloud infrastructure or cybersecurity markets and said any data obtained by Google through the deal is not commercially se…
Warner Bros Discovery shares climbed after Paramount Skydance amended its acquisition proposal by adding a ticking fee of $0.25 per share for each quarter the transaction remains unsettled beyond this year, and by agreeing to assume any breakup fee Warner Bros Discovery would owe to Netflix under their existing arrangement.
RBC Capital Markets upgraded Thomson Reuters to outperform after a recent share-price decline, saying the pullback improved the stock’s risk-reward tradeoff even as agentic AI alters delivery models for legal and tax services. The firm highlighted valuation, balance-sheet capacity and projected net asset value growth as central to its thesis, while…
Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ:EVGN) saw its stock climb 4% on Tuesday after revealing an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud to embed AI Agents into its ChemPass AI platform. The initiative will use Google Cloud's Vertex AI to automate and scale parallel molecular discovery workflows with the aim of accelerating design-make-test-analyze cycles for smal…
European Wax Center Inc.'s stock climbed sharply after the company disclosed a definitive agreement for General Atlantic to acquire all remaining Class A shares in an all-cash transaction valued at about $330 million. The offer of $5.80 per share represents notable premiums to recent trading levels and must clear a vote of unaffiliated shareholders…
Benchmark cut its price target for Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) to $145.00 from $195.00, attributing the reduction to a higher weighted average cost of capital used in its discounted cash flow model. The research house retained a Buy recommendation. Analysts point to solid Black Friday/Cyber Monday gross merchandise volume and operational leverage from A…
Benchmark reduced its 12-month price target for Instacart to $53.00 from $60.00 while retaining a Buy recommendation ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings release scheduled for February 12. The research note adopts deliberately cautious assumptions for 2026 revenue and margin improvement, even as some industry metrics and recent commercial…
Brean Capital has resumed coverage of Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) with a Hold rating and a $55.00 price target following its acquisition of Janney Montgomery Scott’s Banking and Insurance capital markets teams on January 30. Brean’s financial model projects EPS of $0.69 in Q1 2026, $3.29 for full-year 2026 and $3.74 in 2027. The bank recently reported Q…
Brean Capital has opened coverage of ArcBest Corp (NASDAQ: ARCB) with a Buy rating and a price target of $97.50. The firm's initiation emphasizes ArcBest's superior return on assets and operating cash generation versus regional banking peers, but the stock is trading above the assigned target and shows overbought momentum indicators.
Brean Capital has initiated coverage of First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) with a Neutral rating and a $33.00 price target. The firm’s analyst, John Rodis, set fiscal 2026 and 2027 EPS estimates of $3.10 and $3.30, respectively, and tied the $33 target to specific earnings and tangible book multiples. The company also reported record fourth-quar…
Brean Capital has started coverage of Equity Bancshares (EQBK) with a Neutral rating and a $52.00 price target. The firm’s valuation assumes 10.5 times its FY2026 EPS estimate and a premium to tangible book value. The initiation comes after Brean’s recent acquisition of Janney Montgomery Scott’s Banking and Insurance capital markets teams, and foll…
Brean Capital initiated coverage of First Financial Bankshares (NASDAQ:FFIN) with a Neutral rating and a $36 price target. The broker's model applies a premium multiple to the bank's tangible book and projects FY26 EPS of $1.95 and FY27 EPS of $2.07, slightly below consensus. First Financial is trading at $34.29 and is up 15.63% year-to-date, with …
