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Devon Energy climbed 3.3% to $44.08 in morning trading as investors built positions ahead of the company’s second-quarter 2026 report, due August 4 after the market close. Analysts forecast quarterly EPS near $1.30, about a 55% increase year over year, and Devon’s record of beating estimates in each of the last four quarters underpins investor conf…
Capitol Federal Financial Inc. (CFFN) slid roughly 0.6% in morning trading after releasing fiscal third-quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2026. The shares opened at $8.24, down from a prior close of $8.78. Analysts had been expecting EPS of about $0.17 to $0.19 and revenue near $58.7 million to $58.9 million. The company had also announ…
Willy Lee, a principal at Neostellar (NASDAQ: NSLR), says the traditional model in which retail investors waited for initial public offerings to capture the bulk of a fast-growing private company’s upside is changing. Publicly traded vehicles that provide access to late-stage private firms are proliferating, offering retail investors exposure befor…
Parsons Corp (PSN) plunged 40.5% to $36.91 intraday, triggering brief volatility halts, after the company reported a disappointing second quarter, announced $118 million of non-recurring charges and sharply trimmed full-year 2026 guidance. The market is reassessing the firm's near-term outlook following an EPS shortfall, a GAAP net loss, and a down…
Major U.S. technology firms have sharply increased U.S.-dollar bond issuance in 2026 to finance AI-related capital spending. The flood of new supply has pushed borrowing costs higher across maturities and weakened investor demand, forcing wider concessions and heavier pricing to place jumbo deals in the market.
DoorDash has launched DoorDash Air, an in-house drone-delivery program, after receiving U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification to conduct commercial drone deliveries in the United States. Developed by DoorDash Labs, the program will be integrated into the company’s app over time as DoorDash builds its own aircraft and supporting infrast…
Bloomberg LP has agreed to acquire Canoe Intelligence, a specialist platform that automates the collection of private markets data for institutional investors, wealth managers and family offices. The purchase, whose financial terms were not revealed, follows an earlier partnership this year to surface Canoe data on Bloomberg's platform. Canoe handl…
JPMorgan Chase strategists say the U.S. Treasury is likely to delay revising its bond sale guidance in next week's quarterly refunding statement to avoid disrupting markets before the November midterm elections. The bank projects a $3.7 trillion funding gap over the next four fiscal years and recommends modifying issuance language to support pruden…
PolyPid Ltd. shares climbed after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the company’s New Drug Application for D-PLEX100 and assigned priority review for use in preventing surgical site infections in abdominal colorectal surgery. The agency set a PDUFA target action date of November 28, 2026, moved up about one quarter from the company's p…
Allogene Therapeutics saw its stock rise after the FDA awarded Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) and Fast Track designations to its allogeneic CAR T therapy cema-cel for a specific minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive large B-cell lymphoma population. Interim ALPHA3 data cited by the agency showed a sizable absolute improvement in MR…
President Donald Trump is set to present a $22 billion proposal to rebuild Washington Dulles International Airport. The announcement, which will include participation from United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, envisions new concourses and wide-ranging modernization of the airport that serves the national capital r…
CXMT Corp (688825) staged a monumental market debut on Jul 27, 2026, surging 466% on Day 1 and adding another 12.66% in the latest session, bringing its share price close to a 52-week high. The listing and subsequent price action rattled global memory and equipment names and elevated questions about valuation, momentum and the timeline to sustainab…
BorgWarner shares climbed 2.3% in pre-market trading following an announcement that the company will supply its electrically assisted eTurbo technology to a major European automaker, with series production slated to start in 2029. The unit is built on BorgWarner's 400-volt platform, delivering 20 kW continuous and up to 30 kW peak power at rotation…
GE HealthCare reported second-quarter net income of $561 million, surpassing last year and beating analyst expectations. The quarter was supported by stronger demand for diagnostic and imaging equipment and a $129 million boost from tariff refunds. Revenue of $5.30 billion modestly exceeded estimates, while adjusted EPS came in at $1.13 versus an a…
Baird reduced its rating on Caterpillar to Neutral from Outperform and trimmed the price target to $900 from $1,200, warning that an expanding patchwork of state and local restrictions on data center development could dampen demand for power generation equipment starting in 2027. The firm still sees strong near-term fundamentals through the second …
Omnicom fell 4.3% in pre-open trading after reporting second-quarter 2026 results that beat on revenue and adjusted EPS but missed on adjusted EBITDA. Revenue was $6.56 billion and core organic revenue rose 6.1%. Management raised its full-year organic growth outlook to 5% and expects adjusted EPS growth above 15%, yet the EBITDA miss and concerns …
Avis Budget Group's stock tumbled in pre-market trading after the company reported second-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.98 versus a $2.07 consensus, and revenue of $3.0 billion compared with $3.1 billion expected. Operational measures - including a Q2-record 73.2% vehicle utilization in the Americas and adjusted EBITDA of $286 million - outperformed f…
Shares of Bausch + Lomb climbed in pre-market trading after the company reported second-quarter 2026 results that beat revenue expectations, matched adjusted EPS estimates, and prompted an upward revision to full-year revenue guidance. The quarter also featured a material swing to operating profitability and a large increase in operating cash flow,…
Johnson Controls reported fiscal third-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations on both sales and adjusted EPS, and raised its full-year 2026 guidance. The company cited continued strength from data centers and other mission-critical environments as the principal driver behind higher orders, backlog and margin improvement across regions.
Humana reported second-quarter results that exceeded adjusted earnings estimates and posted stronger-than-expected revenue growth, while its medical cost ratio stayed in line with company projections. Despite those positives, the insurer trimmed its net profit forecast and saw its shares fall in pre-market trading. The company also reported notable…
Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A shares fell 2.2% in pre-market trading after the company published its Q2 2026 results before the market opened. Investors and analysts had been closely watching for signs management might lower full-year guidance amid reports of rising attrition, softer utilization and pressure in the Health Sciences business…
Banco Santander Brasil reported a 17.6% drop in second-quarter net profit to 3.01 billion reais, below the 3.9 billion reais analysts had expected. The bank cited tighter spreads driven by reduced exposure to the mass income segment and noted higher provisions for loan losses. Return on average equity fell to 12.5% from 16.4% a year earlier.
New Oriental Education & Technology reported fourth fiscal quarter 2026 results that exceeded revenue expectations and converted a prior-year operating loss into operating income, sending shares higher in pre-open trading. Total net revenues rose 23.0% year-over-year to $1,529.5 million, while operating income reached $85.8 million. Net income attr…
Four Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to disclose whether his family received any financial benefit connected to a $50 million settlement Merck reached this year over Gardasil litigation. The letter questions possible conflicts of interest given Kennedy's prior role in some of the ca…
Options market pricing implies Microsoft could swing about $190 billion in market value after its upcoming quarterly report, reflecting increased investor focus on whether extensive AI-related capital expenditures are beginning to produce measurable returns. The implied move is notably larger than Microsoft’s recent earnings-cycle averages, and hea…
