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Lake Street Capital Markets has increased its price target on Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) to $35 from $26 and reaffirmed a Buy rating, citing upside to revenue forecasts and continued organic growth in the company’s core segments. The stock trades near its 52-week high, while some valuation tools flag the shares as potentially overvalued ve…
Lake Street Capital Markets cut its price target on Backblaze Inc. to $8.00 from $10.00 while retaining a Buy rating, pointing to slower-than-expected growth in the company's B2 cloud storage business. Backblaze reported B2 growth of 24% for the quarter, below its guided 25%-28% range, and signaled that some contract closings shifted later than ant…
Lake Street Capital Markets has reiterated a Buy rating and set a $5.00 price target on InspireMD (NSPR), signaling almost 180% upside from the recent share price of $1.79. The firm cites a growing endovascular treatment market, superior clinical outcomes for InspireMD's CGuard stent, and an acquisition scenario valuing the company at roughly 10 ti…
SanDisk shares fell on Tuesday after Citron Research revealed a short position in the memory-chip maker, citing cyclical headwinds and mounting pressure from Samsung. The stock initially dipped about 1% on the announcement but later traded up roughly 1% as buying resumed. Citron pointed to Western Digital selling SanDisk holdings at much lower pric…
The Trump administration is pursuing an increase in the temporary global tariff to 15% from the 10% rate that U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently published, a White House official said. The higher rate reflects President Trump's stated preference after he issued a formal order that established a 10% duty to run for 150 days. The temporary l…
CrowdStrike was swept up in a short-lived AI-driven market rout that has little to do with its core Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) growth story. With the EPP market forecast to climb to $29.0 billion by 2029 and continued enterprise demand for cloud-native, telemetry-rich security, this pullback is an opportunity. We upgrade to BUY and present …
Home Bancshares Inc. director John W. Allison II sold 5,000 shares on February 23, 2026, for $28.19 per share, generating proceeds of $140,950. The transaction leaves Allison with substantial direct and indirect holdings. The bank reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that matched EPS expectations and topped revenue forecasts, while its board kept t…
Morgan Stanley moved its view on the global gas and LNG industry from In-Line to Cautious ahead of a projected move into oversupply. The bank expects margin pressure on open cargo sales, weaker appetite for new long-term contracts, and a slowdown in final investment decisions and growth. Against this backdrop, Morgan Stanley highlighted Excelerate …
RBC Capital maintained an Outperform rating on Primo Brands Corp. (PRMB) with a $26.00 price target, citing confidence in the company's recovery even as near-term revenue and delivery operations face pressure. The stock trades at $19.20 and, by InvestingPro analysis, appears undervalued versus its Fair Value. The company announced a quarterly divid…
RBC Capital increased its price target on Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) to $222 from $219 while keeping an Outperform rating, following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report. The upgrade reflects continued strength in Auvelity sales, a high gross margin, and updated modeling after discussions with management. Multiple other firms also rais…
RBC Capital increased its price target on Monster Beverage (MNST) to $88 from $83 while keeping an Outperform rating, citing top- and bottom-line momentum and robust innovation driving market share. The stock trades near its 52-week high ahead of earnings due in two days, and multiple Wall Street firms have also raised targets, reflecting broad ana…
RBC Capital increased its price target on Clearway Energy Inc. (NYSE:CWEN) to $42 from $38 while retaining an Outperform rating, pointing to growing clarity around the company’s 2030 target of roughly $3.00 in cash available for distribution per share. The analyst highlighted additional project developments supported in part by demand from hypersca…
RBC Capital Markets increased its price target on Gildan Activewear to $79 from $71 and kept an Outperform rating after rolling forward estimates to reflect the earlier-than-expected close of the HanesBrands acquisition. Other firms including Scotiabank and BMO Capital also raised their targets. The stock is approaching its 52-week high ahead of Gi…
On Tuesday Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI lab, introduced 10 new enterprise-focused plug-ins for its Claude model that target investment banking, wealth management, human resources and other corporate functions. The company also announced integrations with commonly used business tools and said partners and clients are already deploying AI ag…
ONEOK (OKE) offers a compelling income-and-value trade after Q4: mid-single-digit growth in cash flow, a 4.7% yield, and valuation metrics that imply upside if economic activity and NGL throughput normalize. This trade idea lays out entry, stop, target, catalysts and risks for a long position over the next 180 trading days.
Ideal Power Inc. (IPWR) saw its shares decline 16.9% following the announcement of an underwritten public offering and a concurrent private placement expected to generate roughly $14.0 million in gross proceeds. The company priced 4,458,736 shares or pre-funded warrants in the public tranche for about $12.3 million and a private placement of pre-fu…
Piper Sandler reaffirmed an Overweight rating and a $130 price target for Walmart Inc. following a follow-up buy-side call with CFO John David Rainey. The firm pointed to sustained EBIT expansion, strong stock returns, a sharp acceleration in U.S. advertising growth, and robust e-commerce performance, while noting valuation metrics suggest limited …
Advanced Micro Devices said on Tuesday it agreed to sell as much as $60 billion in artificial intelligence chips to Meta Platforms over five years, in a deal that also gives Meta the option to acquire up to a 10% stake in the chipmaker. The arrangement follows a similar agreement AMD signed last year with OpenAI and is being read by analysts as ano…
Amy Rochelle Davis, vice president and president of Accelera and Communications at Cummins Inc. (CMI), sold 1,863 shares of common stock on February 23, 2026, generating proceeds of $1,093,504. The disposition was disclosed alongside the company’s fourth-quarter results, which showed adjusted earnings per share of $5.81, EBITDA of $1.4 billion, and…
MacroGenics Inc (NASDAQ: MGNX) saw its stock decline 7.4% in premarket trading after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a partial clinical hold on the LINNET study of lorigerlimab in gynecologic cancer patients. The hold stops new patient enrollment, while allowing those already dosed to continue receiving the investigational drug. The ac…
The White House reiterated that diplomacy is President Trump's first option in dealings with Iran, while also stressing his willingness to employ lethal U.S. military force if required. The comment came as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to brief top congressional leaders on Iran, and as a significant U.S. naval presence has been posit…
Bank of America told clients that Arm Holdings is well positioned to capture a larger slice of the expanding AI inference market as central processing units play a growing role in data-center workloads. The bank raised its price target on Arm and updated its long-term CPU share outlook while reiterating a Neutral rating.
Larimar Therapeutics saw a sharp premarket gain after the FDA awarded Breakthrough Therapy Designation to nomlabofusp for Friedreich's ataxia, citing preliminary open-label data showing increased skin frataxin and directional improvement across multiple clinical outcomes. The company and the agency remain aligned on key endpoints and analyses as La…
JPMorgan upgraded Domino's Pizza from Neutral to Overweight and set a $450 price target, pointing to consistent share gains, a resilient franchise-heavy business, and visible international expansion as reasons to buy around current levels. The bank emphasized steady U.S. unit growth, strong carryout sales and a cost-efficient delivery network while…
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said the U.S. central bank is taking a careful, coordinated approach to adopting artificial intelligence, stressing robust security, model validation and human accountability. Speaking at a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston conference, Waller outlined specific guardrails and said the Fed will align system-wi…
