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S&P Global shares slid more than 18% in pre-market trading after the company reported a slight fourth-quarter earnings miss and issued 2026 guidance below Wall Street consensus. Revenue marginally topped expectations, and full-year adjusted EPS rose, but guidance for 2026 and softer growth in Ratings prompted analyst concern about momentum across k…
UniFirst Corp. shares climbed sharply after reports that Cintas Corp. has entered active talks to acquire the uniform-services company, having resubmitted a $275-per-share offer in December. That figure is well above UniFirst's prior close of $199.84 and shares were trading at $235.80 in pre-market activity following the news. The talks follow earl…
Zimmer Biomet reported fourth-quarter sales and adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by continued demand for hip and knee implants and stable procedural volumes. The company raised revenue guidance for the year but provided 2026 profit guidance slightly below analysts' consensus, citing a near-term drag from changes to its U…
Polyrizon Ltd. shares rose about 2% in premarket trading after the Israel-based, pre-clinical-stage biotechnology company disclosed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire a 51% stake in Arrow Aviation. The proposed deal would involve a cash investment of roughly $5.8 million, the transfer of a Hawker 800 aircraft valued at $3.5 millio…
Incyte projected 2026 sales well below analyst expectations, citing Opzelura underperformance even after a strong fourth quarter. The company also provided Jakafi sales guidance that tops estimates but highlights looming patent expiration risks for its top-selling product in 2028. Shares slipped in premarket trading following the forecast.
Autozi Internet Technology (NASDAQ:AZI) said it has closed a negotiated purchase of roughly $1.87 billion in digital assets for $1.1 billion from an unnamed global crypto-asset institution. The company framed the transaction as a discounted acquisition executed during a period of market adjustment, and announced a broader strategic partnership to d…
Yext, Inc. said it will conduct a modified Dutch auction to repurchase up to $180 million of its common stock, offering $5.75 to $6.50 per share in cash. The announcement prompted an 11% intraday increase in the company's shares. The offer is set to expire on March 12, 2026, unless extended or terminated, and is designed to provide stockholders wit…
UBS moved the U.S. Information Technology sector to neutral, warning that recent gains conceal growing risks tied to hyperscaler capital expenditure and lingering uncertainty in the software landscape. The bank said hyperscaler capex could hit $700 billion this year - a more than fourfold rise over three years - and noted that this investment pace …
Jefferies is maintaining a Buy rating and $860 price target on AppLovin (APP) after a steep year-to-date decline, arguing the pullback overstates near-term risks and creates an attractive entry given the companys growth trajectory and expected upside into Q4 results. Analysts led by James Heaney point to limited fundamental damage from recent marke…
Citi Research has downgraded Nordex SE (ETR:NDXG) to "neutral" from a prior recommendation, pointing to valuation concerns even as it expects earnings to exceed consensus. The German wind-turbine maker has logged a powerful 2025 rally and robust order momentum, but Citi says current multiples - roughly 15x 2027 P/E and 8x EV/EBITA on its forecasts …
Shares of Moody's, FactSet and MSCI dropped after S&P Global posted quarterly results and a fiscal 2026 outlook that missed analyst expectations. S&P Global’s EPS range and revenue growth guidance were below consensus, triggering a selloff that extended across the financial information services sector and left investors watching upcoming earnings r…
Saudi Arabia's equities closed modestly higher on Tuesday, with the Tadawul All Share rising 0.17%. Strength in the Hotels & Tourism, Agriculture & Food and Industrial Investment sectors underpinned the advance, while individual large swings among mid- and small-cap names produced a mixed breadth reading. Commodities and currency benchmarks showed …
Target has elevated Lisa Roath, a company veteran who joined in 2006, to the role of chief operating officer as part of a broader leadership reorganization led by new CEO Michael Fiddelke. The move accompanies cost-cutting steps and additional executive changes while the retailer maintains its prior near-term financial outlook.
Alibaba on Tuesday introduced RynnBrain, an artificial intelligence model created to help robots interpret their physical environment and perform object-level tasks. A DAMO Academy demonstration shows a robot identifying fruit and placing it in a basket. The move places Alibaba in competition with firms such as Nvidia, Google DeepMind and those dev…
RH shares fell 1.3% in premarket trading after the company’s Senior Vice President of Real Estate, Steve Rouman, resigned to take a senior real estate role at Crate & Barrel. Rouman’s exit adds to recent departures of other senior leaders and prompted analyst concern about the speed of turnover in key functions.
U.S. stock futures were largely flat Tuesday as investors absorbed a heavy slate of corporate earnings and retail sales data. Individual movers spanned consumer staples, leisure, semiconductors and industrials, with Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson and Under Armour among notable decliners and Spotify, Ferrari and DuPont among gainers.
Unity Software shares climbed 5% following an Oppenheimer upgrade to Outperform from Perform and a $38 price target. Analyst Martin Yang rejects the notion that world models such as Google's Project Genie will supplant Unity’s game engine, instead framing them as asset-generation tools that feed into the engine. Oppenheimer cited improving fundamen…
Morgan Stanley keeps Société Générale at the top of its French bank list, citing stronger-than-expected earnings positioning and reliable capital returns. The broker has grown more constructive on BNP Paribas after management outlined a meaningful cost reduction plan and clearer capital targets, but litigation linked to Sudan restrains a full upgra…
Nektar Therapeutics said patients who continued treatment with rezpegaldesleukin after induction sustained high response rates at week 52 in the Phase 2b REZOLVE-AD trial, with both monthly and quarterly maintenance regimens. The stock rose modestly on the news as the company prepares to advance to a pivotal Phase 3 program and targets a Biologics …
A survey of German automotive suppliers indicates a widespread pullback of investment within Germany, with many companies planning to move, delay, or cancel spending. Industry leaders warn the trend is already affecting employment and could have broader social and political consequences, while urging policy changes at national and EU levels to pres…
UBS has downgraded 1&1 AG from buy to neutral and slightly reduced its price target to €27.6, arguing that the stock at roughly €26.75 already reflects an expectation of a curtailed mobile network build and a related improvement in free cash flow. The bank outlines a path to positive cash generation if 1&1 limits coverage ambitions, but warns of co…
Harley-Davidson reported a wider fourth-quarter loss and sharply lower revenue as reduced consumer spending on recreational vehicles and import tariffs on key components weighed on results. The company is responding with cost adjustments and plans to expand its model lineup with a lower-priced entry-level bike slated for 2026.
Citi identified a subset of software firms that have declined at least 10% in the past month yet show rising consensus EPS estimates for 2025-2027 and reduced implicit terminal multiples. The bank screened roughly 90 software names and flagged 22 that meet its criteria, including Dynatrace, Microsoft, Cloudflare and Rubrik. Citi argues the recent w…
Futures on Canada’s principal stock gauge inched higher Tuesday as investors positioned ahead of a heavy U.S. economic calendar. Gains in the materials sector, helped by firmer gold, supported the S&P/TSX, while U.S. futures were largely subdued as the market awaited corporate results and rescheduled labor and inflation data. Oil advanced on geopol…
UBS downgraded German web hosting provider Ionos SE to neutral from buy and reduced its price target to €28 from €40. The brokerage cited persistent risks from AI-enabled website builders that could undermine Ionos' Web Presence and Productivity segment, alongside expectations for slowing revenue growth into 2025 and 2026.
