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Options market pricing indicates NetApp Inc. shares could move roughly 9.7% on the company’s upcoming earnings announcement, which is scheduled for Sept. 2 after the market close. Historical comparisons show that in three of the last eight quarterly results the stock’s actual move exceeded the options-implied range, while in the other five instance…
Options-implied volatility suggests Five Below Inc. shares could move about 7.1% when the company reports earnings on Sept. 2 after the market close. Historical post-earnings moves for the discount retailer have both exceeded and fallen short of what options predicted, producing a mixed pattern of reactions.
Centrus Energy rallied roughly 6% in morning trading after Stifel left its Buy rating intact while trimming the 12-month price target to $216 from $246. Investors reacted to the combination of recent quarterly strength, a $4.5 billion commercial backlog with major financing contingencies removed, and an existing $900 million Department of Energy en…
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora engaged in acquisition discussions with Okta and Datadog before completing a $25 billion purchase of CyberArk. Talks with Okta stalled over price, while Datadog leadership declined engagement. Following those efforts, Palo Alto acquired CyberArk and Chronosphere, which together accounted for $338 million of the c…
L3Harris Technologies shares rose about 1% in morning trading to $264.50 after Jefferies initiated coverage with a Hold rating and a $315 price target. The firm highlighted uncertainty tied to a recent CEO change and the unclear timetable for the planned IPO of the Missile Solutions unit, Axyv. Fundamental metrics including a $42 billion backlog, r…
Biohaven Pharmaceutical fell in morning trading after announcing a global licensing pact with SK Biopharmaceuticals that grants exclusive worldwide rights to its Kv7 ion channel platform, including lead epilepsy candidate opakalim (BHV-7000). The transaction provides up to $795 million in total consideration, including $400 million in near-term cas…
Abercrombie & Fitch shares jumped sharply after the company reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that outpaced Wall Street expectations. A sizeable pre-tax tariff refund, stronger-than-expected sales and an elevated operating margin combined with raised full-year guidance to drive the stock to a session high and prompt analyst affirmation.
Parsons' stock climbed 1.4% in morning trading after the company announced a significant position on the COMET indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a combined ceiling of about $14 billion and a separate five-year, sole-source production contract for its SealingTech unit from U.S. Cyber Command worth up to $750 million. The awards s…
Telsey Advisory Group downgraded Dick's Sporting Goods to Market Perform from Outperform and reduced its price target to $145 from $255, attributing the move to a more difficult recovery trajectory at recently acquired Foot Locker. The action follows Dick's earnings report that missed expectations and included a lowered full-year outlook. Telsey hi…
Erste Group cautions that elevated energy prices and rising inflation risks may increase pressure on corporate credit spreads. The Austrian bank highlights the potential impact of higher German government yields and anticipates a further ECB rate increase in September. While STOXX 600 companies broadly beat Q2 2026 expectations and provided some su…
UBS upgraded Argenx from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target to $1,400 from $960, citing stronger-than-expected Phase 3 myositis results for Vyvgart and a pipeline that the bank views as underappreciated. The bank increased its probability-adjusted peak sales forecast for Vyvgart and highlighted potential launches beyond Vyvgart that could l…
Companies across multiple U.S. sectors have disclosed a steady stream of cyber incidents this year, many involving AI-driven tools, ransomware groups or social-engineering attacks. The White House has said it launched a coordination group last month to help AI developers and critical infrastructure operators share vulnerability information, but it …
Kohl’s stock plunged 6.7% in pre-market trading after the company reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that showed both net sales and comparable sales falling 0.9% year-over-year. While diluted earnings per share topped expectations at $1.28 and management lifted its full-year 2026 outlook while restarting a share repurchase program, investo…
Kohl’s reported second-quarter revenue that fell short of Wall Street expectations, reflecting cautious consumer demand for nonessential items. The retailer raised its fiscal 2026 adjusted earnings outlook after receiving $150 million in tariff refunds and said it will resume a roughly $100 million share buyback program this year, while its shares …
Thousands of Airbus employees across Spain returned to strike this week after rejecting the company's most recent pay and conditions proposal and mediation offer. Unions said roughly 90% of eligible staff joined Tuesday's stoppage, which they framed as the start of an indefinite work stoppage following previous action in July. A new mediation sessi…
Target Hospitality shares climbed sharply in pre-market trading after the company disclosed a multi-year lease and services agreement with a top-five hyperscaler to support a data center project in the Pecos region of West Texas. The contract, which calls for accommodations and full-service hospitality for about 1,100 people and targets initial occ…
Spyre Therapeutics shares tumbled in pre-market trading after topline data from the rheumatoid arthritis arm of its Phase 2 SKYWAY trial showed statistically significant activity but did not meet the company's internal bar to pursue SPY072 as a standalone RA treatment. The company will not advance SPY072 as monotherapy in RA, and investors sold the…
Hyundai Motor Company kept its 2030 sales volume goal at 5.55 million units while increasing its operating profit margin target to above 9% for 2030. Management expects an 11% rise in operating profit, citing a stronger emphasis on hybrid vehicles. The company also detailed product timing for new hybrid and extended-range electric models and provid…
Donaldson Company shares rose modestly in pre-market trading as the company prepares to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results before the opening bell, with an investor conference call scheduled for 9:00 a.m. CT. Street estimates call for $1.13 in EPS on roughly $1.04 billion of revenue. A recent price-target boost from Baird and Donaldson's tra…
Tisco Securities raised its rating on Thailand's food sector to overweight from neutral, forecasting a significant earnings recovery in the second half of 2026. The firm expects livestock revenues and margins to improve as chicken and swine prices rebound, supply tightens, corn costs ease and export demand remains robust.
Deutsche Bank says the Q2 reporting season for European MedTech and Life Sciences produced more earnings beats than misses, though results were partly supported by non-operational items such as tariff refunds. Consensus revisions for 2027 remain negative but the pace of cuts has slowed, prompting a small sector re-rating; further valuation improvem…
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume visited the Emden electric-vehicle plant and told staff the company must step up cost reductions to match the most efficient European locations. Blume highlighted that labor costs at Volkswagen are more than double those of comparable sites and said other plants maintain significantly lower factory costs. Emden is one of…
Ncino's stock fell sharply in pre-market trading after the cloud banking software company reported Q2 fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS of $0.05, well below the roughly $0.27 analysts expected. The earnings miss, which prompted selling beginning in after-hours trade the prior evening and continuing into the morning, outweighed a slight revenue beat and a ne…
Boston Scientific disclosed a cybersecurity incident that has impaired access to specific information technology systems and business applications used in its operations, including the ability to process and ship customer orders. The company has engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists and said the investigation is ongoing. The timeline for fu…
Citi analysts contend the Permian Basin is moving into a multi-year, infrastructure-led expansion for natural gas. New pipeline and related project announcements, combined with rising U.S. LNG exports and demand from data centers, are expected to ease deep price differentials at the Waha Hub and bolster oil-directed drilling economics through 2030.
