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BofA Securities upgraded Texas Instruments from Underperform to Neutral and raised its price target to $235 from $185 after the company reported in-line fourth-quarter results and provided a first-quarter revenue outlook that exceeded expectations. The bank cited improving backlog and order trends, robust data center demand, and potential for susta…
Morgan Stanley increased its price target on RTX Corp. to $235 from $215 and kept an Overweight rating, pointing to the company’s positioning for continued revenue expansion, margin improvement and potential re-rating by the market. The upgrade follows a robust fourth-quarter performance and a string of price-target adjustments by other brokers, al…
Baird raised its price objective for Texas Instruments to $225 from $195 while maintaining an Outperform rating, pointing to an above-seasonal, unit-driven first-quarter outlook and the company’s exposure to direct customers as reasons it could benefit from an early cycle recovery. Other firms have issued differing updates following Texas Instrumen…
Palladyne AI Corp. (NASDAQ:PDYN) saw its shares climb 13% after the Air Force Research Laboratory granted the company a contract named HANGTIME. The program will deploy Palladyne’s SwarmOS™ platform to connect autonomous systems across multiple domains, integrating satellites for the first time and aiming to enable faster, coordinated decision-maki…
Israel’s parliament moves to cast an initial vote on the 2026 state budget draft amid deepening rifts within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. With the law requiring full approval by the end of March or a snap election being triggered, disputes over military conscription for ultra-Orthodox seminary students and sharp differences over w…
Eli Lilly has entered into a collaboration worth as much as $1.12 billion with Germany-based Seamless Therapeutics to develop and commercialize gene-editing therapies aimed at certain forms of hearing loss. The arrangement grants Lilly access to Seamless' proprietary enzyme platform, which engineers programmable recombinases designed to make large,…
UBS moved Intershop Holding AG (SIX:ISN) from a 'buy' to a 'neutral' rating while increasing its 12-month price target to CHF170. The brokerage says the stock's strong run has restored its valuation to historical norms, leaving scant upside from recent levels. UBS also trimmed revenue and adjusted EPS forecasts for fiscal 2025-27 and highlighted ti…
JFrog has re-established a credible growth narrative with recent results showing mid-20% revenue growth and outsized cloud strength, and the stock is coiling just under key moving averages after a major 2025 breakout. With a clean balance sheet (no debt-to-equity) and improving momentum signals, FROG offers a mid-term long trade setup into potentia…
ThriveCart will roll out ThrivePay Installments later on Wednesday, a feature that lets customers divide purchases into 3, 6, or 12 monthly payments by using available capacity on their existing credit cards rather than creating new loans. The company says the product targets both one-time digital and physical purchases as well as subscriptions, an…
UBS raised its price target on Texas Instruments (TXN) to $260 from $245 and kept a Buy rating, citing stronger revenue trends, improved bookings and constructive backlog commentary. UBS also designated TXN a Top Pick for 2026 and flagged rising free cash flow potential. The stock is trading near $196.63, while other analysts such as Mizuho have ad…
GE Vernova on Wednesday raised its revenue outlook for 2026 to a range of $44 billion to $45 billion, topping the average analyst estimate of $41.97 billion. The company reported a 34% jump in quarterly orders to $59.3 billion and saw sizable gains in core profits for its electrification and power segments, driven by rising demand from data centers…
UBS increased its price target for Boeing to $285 from $275 while maintaining a Buy rating, pointing to improving free cash flow and management's emphasis on quality and stability as production ramps. Boeing reported a robust fourth quarter with earnings and revenue that beat expectations, prompting several other analysts to raise their targets.
UBS raised its price objective on RTX to $208 from $199 while retaining a Neutral recommendation after the company reported strong fourth-quarter results. The investment bank pointed to better-than-expected free cash flow in 2025 and 2026 guidance, margin progress across RTX’s businesses and improvements in core cash generation despite higher capit…
UBS increased its 12-month price target on UPS to $125 from $116 while retaining a Buy recommendation, even as it reduced its Q1 earnings-per-share estimate because of near-term margin pressures. UBS and other analysts expect margin headwinds to ease through 2026, with a notable improvement anticipated in the domestic package business in the second…
UBS increased its price target on Nextpower (NXT) to $140 from $125 and kept a Buy rating, citing the company’s leading position in solar trackers, strong customer relationships and its shift toward a broader electric hardware platform. The upgrade follows robust quarterly results and additional positive analyst actions from JPMorgan and KeyBanc, r…
The dollar steadied on Wednesday following a steep decline to a four-year low overnight, a move that President Donald Trump publicly welcomed as the currency being "great" and that it should "just seek its own level." Markets are weighing whether the administration prefers a weaker dollar while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has remained tight-li…
On Jan. 28, Eikon Therapeutics filed to pursue a U.S. initial public offering that would value the company at as much as $908.2 million and raise up to $317.7 million by selling 17.65 million shares at $16 to $18 apiece. The Millbrae, California-based drug developer is advancing a cancer pipeline led by EIK1001, being evaluated in combination with …
On Jan 28 the FTSE 100 declined as losses in healthcare and bank shares offset gains in miners and energy names. The domestically focused FTSE 250 rose, hitting its highest level since January 2022 earlier in the session. Market attention centred on corporate earnings and an awaited U.S. Federal Reserve policy update.
Bank of America reported that its clients were net buyers of U.S. equities last week for the first time in eight weeks, with single-stock inflows driving the shift. Buying was widespread across client categories, sector flows favored Communication Services and Technology, and ETF activity was mixed - equity ETF outflows contrasted with fixed-income…
UBS downgraded Finnish renewable fuels producer Neste to Neutral from Buy, citing a roughly 30% share-price rise over the past two months that it says already reflects a more favorable regulatory backdrop. The broker lifted its price target modestly but says upside from current levels appears limited, and expects mixed near-term results as maintena…
Relay Therapeutics is catching a bid as optimism builds around zovegalisib (RLY-2608). With shares back near the top of the 52-week range and short interest still heavy, the next move likely comes down to whether price can hold above key moving averages and push through recent resistance. Here’s a defined long trade with a tight invalidation level …
Walmart has reclassified 3,000 pharmacy technician positions to operations team lead roles, raising the average hourly pay for those roles and expanding top-end wage eligibility for pharmacy technicians as it grows digital healthcare services and delivery options across its 4,600 stores. The move coincides with competitive pressure in the pharmacy …
AT&T said it expects 2026 adjusted earnings per share to exceed analyst forecasts, attributing the upbeat outlook to planned network investments including the acquisition of Lumen’s consumer fiber assets and EchoStar’s spectrum licenses. The company reported healthy fiber and wireless additions in the fourth quarter and will consolidate 5G and fibe…
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Emmanuel Bonne, the diplomatic adviser to the French president, that China and the European Union are partners rather than rivals during a telephone conversation on Wednesday. Wang said Beijing and the EU share positions on promoting a multipolar world, advocated resolving trade disputes through dialogue, and u…
Stellantis said it will step up price reductions on new cars in France, accelerating a program that began in late 2025. The move, announced by the head of Stellantis France, aims to rebuild vehicle sales volumes in the company's largest European market, with discounts already applied to several small car models.
