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Bank of America strategists led by Michael Hartnett say recent pressure on risk assets is unlikely to subside until President Donald Trump’s approval rating improves. In a Flow Show note, the team described markets as undergoing a painful but necessary unwind caused by 'peak positioning, peak liquidity, peak politics.' The report identifies technic…
BofA Securities reduced its price objective on OneMain (OMF) to $74 from $75 while retaining a Buy rating following the company's fourth-quarter results. The quarter delivered an EPS beat driven largely by lower provisions. OneMain issued initial 2026 guidance that forecasts solid loan growth but does not show improvement in the consumer and indust…
Citizens reiterated a Market Outperform rating and a $310 price target on Dave Inc (NASDAQ: DAVE), saying the stock's valuation - roughly 8.3x EV/2026E adjusted EBITDA - understates the company’s growth history and addressable market potential. The firm highlighted lower-than-appreciated credit risk and capital intensity as positives and attributed…
Guggenheim reduced its price objective on Genius Sports Ltd. to $12 from $17 while leaving a Buy rating in place after the company disclosed plans to acquire Legend for up to $1.2 billion. The deal and Genius Sports' preliminary fourth-quarter 2025 results and initial 2026 outlook have drawn mixed responses from analysts, with attention focused on …
Elon Musk told the Dwarkesh Podcast that power generation is becoming the primary constraint on scaling artificial intelligence, and he proposed orbital solar arrays and space-based data centers as a solution. Musk said SpaceX's low-cost, high-capacity launch capabilities and mass production of space solar arrays could eventually make space the che…
APA Corporation generates strong free cash flow, trades at single-digit multiples, and pays a dependable dividend. This trade idea buys APA near $26.50 with a disciplined stop and a target that assumes modest multiple expansion and continued cash generation over the next 180 trading days.
Needham Capital raised its price target on Kulicke and Soffa Industries to $70 from $64 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported quarterly revenue near the top of guidance and better-than-expected margins. Management provided strong forward guidance, and Needham updated its longer-term earnings model and valuation multiple in response to im…
Evercore ISI raised its price target on Cardinal Health to $260 from $250 and kept an Outperform rating following the company’s recent quarterly report. The firm increased fiscal 2026 and 2027 EPS estimates and cited continued confidence in earnings growth driven by operating discipline, specialty exposure and measured capital deployment. Multiple …
Needham increased its price target on Lantronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRX) to $8.50 from $7.50 and kept a Buy rating following the company's fiscal second-quarter 2026 results. The upgrade reflects growing confidence in drone-related System on Module (SoM) products and a recently approved defense budget expected to underpin substantial unit tranches thro…
Goldman Sachs reduced its 12-month price objective for Amazon.com to $280 from $300 while retaining a Buy recommendation. The firm cited the company’s extensive investment cycle across cloud and eCommerce and expects investors to scrutinize how the planned capital spending will translate into revenue and backlog growth. Amazon’s AWS unit showed re-…
Wolfe Research downgraded Crown Holdings (CCK) from Outperform to Peerperform, citing a narrowing valuation gap with peers after a strong share-price run. The packaging company has shown sustained fundamental progress, including deleveraging and robust cash generation, but recent multiple compression reduces near-term upside. Crown reported Q4 2025…
India's Power Ministry has removed a proposed exemption for small petrol cars from forthcoming fuel-efficiency regulations, according to a government draft. The earlier September proposal would have treated petrol cars weighing 909 kg (2,004 lb) or less differently - a move seen as advantageous to the dominant small-car maker controlling roughly 95…
Amazon shares fell sharply in premarket trading after the company outlined expansive capital expenditure intentions, fueling investor unease about Big Tech’s sizable investments in artificial intelligence. Market participants are questioning the near-term payoff from such large outlays and are wary of competitive shifts that could compress software…
Li Auto’s Hong Kong-listed shares climbed 3.6% on Friday after the automaker introduced the L9 Livis, a six-seat flagship full-size SUV. The top-trim model carries a price of 559,800 yuan and is promoted as the product of the company’s embodied AI robotics effort, equipped with dual in-house M100 5-nanometer chips delivering 2,560 TOPS of compute. …
BofA Securities raised its price objective on XPO to $209 from $160 and kept a Buy rating, citing above-seasonal January performance and ongoing operational progress. XPO shares have climbed well off their 52-week low and were trading near their yearly high. The company reported stronger-than-expected adjusted normalized Q4 earnings and outlined a …
TD Cowen raised its price objective on XPO to $192 from $158 and kept a Buy rating after the logistics company posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and saw tonnage outpace normal January seasonality. Market data show the shares trading above fair value with a high price-to-earnings multiple, while other brokerages offer mixed views …
The U.S. dollar held close to two-week highs on Friday and was positioned for a solid weekly gain as a broad selloff in global equities, driven by worries over heavy AI-related spending, pushed investors toward safe-haven assets. Major European currencies posted modest recoveries after central banks left policy unchanged.
Stifel raised its price target on MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI) to $255 from $215 and kept a Buy rating following fiscal Q1 2026 results that beat expectations on both revenue and adjusted EPS. Quarterly revenue of $271.6 million marked sequential and year-over-year growth, and management raised fiscal Q2 guidance to a $285.0 million midpoint. …
Oppenheimer raised its price target on AGCO Corporation to $132 from $128 while maintaining an Outperform rating. The revision follows a fourth-quarter report that showed record global market share, robust pricing, and North American dealer inventory improvement, even as the company outlined a muted forward outlook.
TD Cowen has increased its price target on Phillips 66 to $155 from $151 while retaining a Buy rating. The firm points to falling refining operating costs and the company’s capture of an extra 45,000 barrels per day of refining capacity as drivers. Analysts also highlighted seasonal and differential tailwinds for refining, offset by modest gross ma…
Jefferies has reiterated a Buy rating and a $300.00 price target on Snowflake Inc. (SNOW), highlighting the company as a prominent public software beneficiary of AI adoption. The firm points to product launches, improving sales productivity, expanding partnerships and accelerating revenue performance obligations as drivers supporting a bullish view…
Cantor Fitzgerald has started coverage of Jumia Technologies (JMIA) with an Overweight rating and an $18 price target, implying a roughly 72% upside from the stock's most recent price. The research note frames Jumia as a high-risk, venture-capital style public equity opportunity, highlights a recent operational shift toward a leaner e-commerce mode…
UBS interprets the Bank of England's decision to hold the policy rate at 3.75% and the narrow 5-4 Monetary Policy Committee vote as a clear shift toward easier policy. A steeper-than-expected downgrade to the BoE's inflation forecast, plus evidence of slowing wage and price dynamics, underpins UBS's call for a 25 basis point cut in March and anothe…
Mark N. Tompkins, previously a 10% owner of Aeluma, Inc. (ALMU), sold $507,653 worth of common stock in two tranches on February 4, 2026. The trades occurred at prices between $13.94 and $15.50. The stock is trading below those sale levels and faces an upcoming earnings release on February 11. Recent company results showed a modest non-GAAP loss an…
BofA Securities trimmed its price target on Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) to $205 from $210 while keeping a Neutral rating, pointing to multiple compression across the online media sector. The adjustment comes even as Reddit posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, raised forward revenue guidance, and saw BofA lift its 2026 and 2027 revenue and EB…
