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JPMorgan raised its price target on Alphabet to $395 from $385 while keeping an Overweight rating after the company reported robust fourth-quarter results. The update follows strong year-over-year revenue gains led by Search and Google Cloud, a materially larger 2026 capital expenditure outlook and a substantial Cloud backlog, all supported by a ca…
RBC Capital cut its price objective on Equifax Inc. to $222 from $250 while keeping an Outperform stance, noting both near-term market concerns and business drivers that could support revenue growth into 2027. The revised target is said to be close to InvestingPro's Fair Value assessment. RBC highlighted the Online Brand Building Business as a cata…
BMO Capital reduced its price objective on PTC Inc. to $189 from $219 while retaining an Outperform rating after the company's first-quarter fiscal 2026 report. The firm described the quarter as "okay," highlighted sizable contracted deferred ARR as reassurance for back-half revenue acceleration, and pointed to strong profitability and revenue grow…
A regional court in Munich has ordered Renault to cease sales of its Megane and Clio models after determining the automaker does not hold the required license to use specific ethernet network cable connections, the court's decision said. The order will not take effect unless Broadcom, the U.S. technology group that brought the suit, posts a deposit…
ConocoPhillips is trading near recent highs but still looks attractive as a cash-generative upstream operator. Strong free cash flow, modest leverage and an explicit plan to prioritize returns to shareholders make a case for a long trade sized for upside from steady fundamentals rather than a commodity call. Trade plan included for a 180-trading-da…
uniQure NV’s stock rose modestly in premarket trading after the company released preliminary Phase I/IIa results for AMT-191, a gene therapy candidate for Fabry disease. All 11 treated patients demonstrated raised α-galactosidase A activity, with the highest-dose cohort achieving 27.7- to 223.7-fold increases over normal. Six patients met criteria …
A Palestinian woman who left Gaza with her children for medical treatment returned through the recently reopened Rafah crossing to reunite with her husband, only to find large-scale destruction, no electricity and plans to live in a tent. The limited reopening of Rafah has allowed only a small number of people to cross, and those returning report i…
Gordon Douglas S, a director at Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ: WSBF), disposed of 33,716 common shares in two transactions totaling $619,832. The trades took place on February 4 and 5, 2026, as the stock traded near its 52-week high. Following the sales, the director's direct stake stands at 566,418 shares. Waterstone carries a market capitalization…
Hub Group's shares plunged 23% in premarket trading after the logistics firm disclosed an accounting mistake that understated purchased transportation costs and accounts payable. The error, pegged at $77 million for the first nine months of 2025, has prompted the company to delay full fourth-quarter results and restate prior quarters. Stifel and Ba…
TD Cowen increased its price target on Bloom Energy Corp. (BE) to $160 from $105 while keeping a Hold rating, pointing to accelerating power demand from data center and commercial and industrial customers that has helped drive a 140% backlog increase. The company's 2026 revenue guidance sits 25% above consensus, and recent quarterly results topped …
BMO Capital reduced its price target for FirstService Corp (FSV) to $202 from $209 while retaining an Outperform rating. The adjustment follows the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results, which BMO described as a beat driven by stronger-than-expected adjusted EBITDA in the FirstService Residential segment and in-line performance from FirstService Br…
BMO Capital reduced its price target on Novo Nordisk to $45.00 from $57.00 while keeping a Market Perform rating, citing a "challenging quarter" and "very real headwinds." The stock has tumbled sharply in recent trading and faces guidance pointing to a year-over-year sales decline at constant exchange rates, even as recent quarterly results beat ex…
Goldman Sachs has downgraded Atlas Copco AB from Buy to Neutral and cut its price target to SEK184.00 from SEK186.00. The bank points to foreign exchange and tariff pressures that it expects will counterbalance growth in the company’s Vacuum Technique unit, even as that division benefits from a projected semiconductor recovery. Valuation metrics an…
SmartKem Inc. reported that it has settled roughly $2.0 million of outstanding accounts payable by issuing equity securities, a move that sent the company's stock up 11.5%. The liabilities were converted into a mix of common shares and pre-funded warrants at an implied conversion price of $2.75 per share, and the securities were issued in a private…
UBS has raised its projection for Eurozone growth in 2026 to 1.3% from an earlier estimate, responding to a stronger GDP outturn in 2025. The bank points to unexpectedly resilient fourth-quarter momentum, driven in part by domestic demand, and expects fiscal stimulus for defence and infrastructure - notably in Germany - to provide a further boost t…
Roivant Sciences reported robust Phase 2 findings for brepocitinib in cutaneous sarcoidosis, prompting a 15% rise in its stock. The 45 mg dose produced a 22.3-point mean improvement on CSAMI-A at Week 16 versus 0.7 points for placebo, a statistically significant difference of 21.6 points. The company plans a Phase 3 program in 2026 and reported $4.…
Cantor Fitzgerald reduced its price objective for Snap Inc. to $7 from $9 while keeping a Neutral rating, following a volatile week in which shares fell more than 26%. Snap reported fourth-quarter revenue and EBITDA that marginally outpaced expectations, but daily active users lagged forecasts and the company remains loss-making on a trailing-12-mo…
Cantor Fitzgerald cut its price target on Uber Inc. (UBER) to $92 from $99 but kept an Overweight recommendation following the company's fourth-quarter report. The revised target aligns closely with InvestingPro's Fair Value view. The note highlights progress across Uber's core businesses while flagging unresolved questions around autonomous vehicl…
BMO Capital has trimmed its 12-month price target for Gartner to $188 from $258 while maintaining a Market Perform rating, highlighting persistent weakness in contract value (CV) expansion driven by federal government client turnover and a tough sales environment. The firm also lowered its estimates for the research and advisory company after manag…
TD Cowen raised its price target on Alphabet to $365 from $355 and maintained a Buy rating after the company reported results that beat expectations on revenue and operating income. Cloud outperformance offset a modest YouTube revenue shortfall, while management signaled AI-driven momentum and issued significantly higher 2026 capex guidance. The fi…
Cantor Fitzgerald increased its 12-month price target for Powell Industries to $481 from $427 while leaving its rating at Neutral. The adjustment follows Powell’s fiscal first-quarter 2026 results, which included an EPS beat and revenue growth, and reflects modest upward estimate revisions driven by stronger orders, backlog and operating execution.…
A Cavco Industries director bought stock as several corporate insiders across Royalty Pharma, UWM Holdings, Riley Exploration Permian, Rush Street Interactive and Adaptive Biotechnologies sold large blocks of shares. The transactions, filed with the SEC and disclosed this week, include a noteworthy $136,869 purchase by Cavco director Steven W. Most…
Canada’s January labour report showed a net drop in employment of 24,800 positions even as the unemployment rate fell to 6.5%. The fall in participation - concentrated in Ontario - and a large reduction in part-time work contrasted with gains in full-time jobs and pockets of sectoral strength, producing ambiguous signals for the Bank of Canada.
European Central Bank policymaker Gabriel Makhlouf identified two primary risks to the euro zone outlook: a slowing of economic growth and the possibility that inflation remains below the ECB’s 2% target in a more persistent way. He noted that long-term inflation expectations remain anchored at 2% but said wage growth trends will be watched closely…
A Reuters poll of leading brokerages finds broad optimism for U.S. equities in 2026, with the S&P 500 consensus target clustered between roughly 7,100 and 8,100, driven by continued investor interest in artificial intelligence-linked stocks and expectations of Federal Reserve easing. At the same time, analysts caution that inflation, lofty valuatio…
