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Market forecasters in a recent poll expect Brazil's annual inflation rate to have risen modestly to 4.44% in January from 4.26% in December, keeping it below the 4.50% upper bound of the central bank's target range for a third consecutive month. The median view, compiled from 20 economists polled between February 4 and 9, also points to a 0.32% mon…
UBS strategist Sunil Tirumalai notes that tightening global memory markets are creating a bottleneck in AI supply chains, driving higher prices and elevated free cash flow for Korean memory producers Samsung and SK Hynix. UBS projects these flows will represent a meaningful share of global and emerging-market free cash flow in 2027, prompting a mor…
Hapag-Lloyd moved into positive territory on Monday after the German container carrier reported preliminary full-year 2025 earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $1.1 billion, matching the upper bound of its prior guidance of $600 million to $1.1 billion. The result marks a sizeable decline from 2024's $2.8 billion and reflects an 8% rise in …
Francois Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Bank of France since 2015 and a member of the European Central Bank's Governing Council, has told staff he will step down in June, more than a year before his term was due to expire. He plans to take up leadership of a Catholic foundation serving vulnerable youth and families. The early departure creates…
Argentina has issued a dollar-denominated Treasury bill totaling $1.228 billion that will be issued on February 13, 2026 and mature on February 19, 2027. The instrument is zero-coupon, will be placed directly with the national public sector, is non-transferable and will not be listed on local or international markets.
Arab nomadic families who once moved seasonally with camels and livestock now find themselves stranded on the desert outskirts of al-Obeid in central Sudan. The 2023 war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has displaced nearly 14 million people, worsened ethnic violence and disrupted the land and livestock routes that susta…
Stephens increased its 12-month price target for Griffon Corp to $115 from $92 and kept an Overweight rating after the company reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results and disclosed a joint venture with ONCAP. Griffon posted results that beat EPS and revenue forecasts, produced a 20% EBITDA margin, and will receive $100 million in cash plus $161 …
Needham has kept a Hold rating on Hims & Hers (HIMS) as the telehealth company navigates regulatory pressure over its compounded semaglutide pill and faces a potential DOJ inquiry. The stock has plunged in recent months, and analysts warn the loss of an oral GLP-1 product removes a key growth engine even as the business posts strong recent revenue …
BTIG has trimmed its 12-month price target on Tyler Technologies (TYL) to $470 from $560 while keeping a Buy recommendation as the company prepares to report fourth-quarter results. The research team led by Allan Verkhovski highlights a difficult backdrop for shares, but points to strong revenue visibility in the government vertical, a claimed adva…
Guggenheim raised its price target for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to $975 from $865 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to strong 2025 Dupixent performance and several near-term clinical and regulatory catalysts that could drive further upside. The firm highlighted Dupixent’s leadership in Type 2 disease indications and noted potential inflection p…
Scotiabank raised its price target on Vale S.A. to $16.50 from $15.00 while retaining a Sector Perform rating, citing the miner's extended rally and attractive yield metrics. The bank said it still does not see the conditions for the rally to continue to levels that would justify a more positive rating, flagging iron ore oversupply risks and the ne…
Scotiabank raised its price target on Plains All American to $23.00 from $22.00 while keeping a Sector Outperform rating, noting a mixed quarterly report but an overall constructive view. The company provided 2026 EBITDA guidance of $2.75 billion at the midpoint, reported $150 million in expected synergies and efficiency gains over two years, and l…
Stifel raised its price target on SiteOne Landscape Supply to $144 from $134 while keeping a Hold rating, citing expected margin expansion in fiscal 2026 that could set the company apart from peers. The stock trades above that target, and other firms including BofA and Barclays have recently initiated or revised coverage, while SiteOne completed an…
Canaccord Genuity has held its Buy rating and $8.00 price target on Newell Brands Inc (NWL) after the company's fourth-quarter report, citing potential upside if sales show sustained recovery as soon as the second quarter. The stock has risen in recent months despite mixed results and uneven core sales trends, while the company moves ahead with a g…
Morgan Stanley lifted its price target on Newell Brands to $4.50 from $4.25 and kept an Equalweight rating, citing clear restructuring progress offset by ongoing topline weakness and margin visibility concerns. Other firms have issued mixed reactions as Newell pursues cost cuts and updated guidance while maintaining a small quarterly dividend.
Raymond James has left its Market Perform rating unchanged for RXO, Inc., noting that the company's gross margin and volume advantages have weakened since the 2024 acquisition of Coyote Logistics. While RXO shares have rallied 33.7% year-to-date to $16.90, the company remains unprofitable on a trailing 12-month basis and faces margin pressure from …
A broad equity rebound on Friday pushed the Dow above 50,000 for the first time while tech shares led gains after several tough sessions. Attention shifts to delayed U.S. employment and consumer price reports due later this week, and to a final tranche of fourth-quarter earnings that includes software names and major consumer brands.
Momentus saw a roughly 30% rise in its stock after unveiling a Space Act Agreement with NASA to cooperate on a joint mission that will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, formation flying, and inter-satellite data links using a CubeSat launched on the company’s Vigoride 7 vehicle. The project includes sensor demonstrations supported by…
WarrenAI’s recent screening of the utility sector singles out Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) and NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) as utilities offering a mix of income and meaningful earnings growth. Both firms present distinct investment profiles: CWCO with steady dividend growth and mid-teens EPS expansion, and NRG with substantial recent equity return…
Strategy Inc. sold 616,715 shares of its Class A common stock through its at-the-market program between February 2 and February 8, 2026, raising $89.5 million in net proceeds. The company applied those proceeds to purchase 1,142 bitcoin for approximately $90 million, including fees and expenses, at an average price of $78,815 per bitcoin. As of Feb…
Search and rescue teams concluded operations in Tripoli after two neighboring residential buildings collapsed, raising the confirmed death toll to 15. Civil defence officials said eight people were pulled alive from the rubble. Local officials described a wider pattern of aging, poorly maintained structures and urged central government action as di…
Eltek Ltd. (NASDAQ:ELTK) saw a 15% rise in its stock following the announcement that it will fulfill $12.2 million in purchase orders from a single U.S. defense customer. The orders, for components to be integrated into a defense project, will be delivered throughout 2026 and 2027 and are aligned with the company’s stated U.S. expansion strategy.
Deutsche Bank reports that Mega-Cap Growth and Technology stocks have bounced off the bottom of a decade-long performance channel versus the rest of the S&P 500 following a three-month investor rotation away from the sector. Despite the pullback, forward earnings estimates for these groups rose during the earnings season, and recent fund flow activ…
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) climbed 2.9% in early trading after Citizens analyst Devin Ryan upgraded the stock from Market Perform to Market Outperform and set a $30.00 price target. Ryan says recent selling reflects style and technical pressures rather than weakening macro fundamentals and points to member growth, product cross-sell and a shif…
Stifel has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Post Holdings with a $130.00 price target, a level that implies roughly 13% upside from the stock's recent price of $114.61 and is consistent with fair-value data indicating the shares may be undervalued. The firm left its fiscal 2026 EBITDA estimate unchanged at $1.564 billion while rephasing the timing of exp…
