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Needham reduced its 12-month price target for Universal Display to $145 from $150 but left its Buy rating intact after the company issued a 2026 revenue outlook below Street expectations. Universal Display posted fourth-quarter revenue in line with consensus and earnings per share that exceeded estimates. Management projects 2026 revenue to be flat…
Bernstein SocGen Group cut its price target on Molson Coors Beverage Co. to $45 from $50 while retaining a Market Perform rating, citing fiscal 2026 guidance that met revenue expectations but fell short on profit. The brewer reported mixed quarterly results, announced cost savings and increased share-buyback authorization, and flagged commodity inf…
Needham reduced its price target for Etsy to $65 from $76 while keeping a Buy rating following Etsy's Q4 results and the announced sale of Depop. The research house flagged Depop's mixed role as a growth contributor but an adjusted EBITDA drag, and noted that sale proceeds equal a material portion of Etsy's valuation. Management is prioritizing fre…
Needham increased its price target for Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE: ONTO) to $275 from $260 while retaining a Buy rating, citing stronger 2026 cadence, solid quarterly results and growth in Advanced Packaging and Advanced Nodes. Cantor Fitzgerald also raised its view and target to $275, forecasting higher revenue and notable upside to earnings estim…
Bernstein SocGen Group lifted its price target on Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) to $200 from $185 and kept an Outperform rating, pointing to nearly 50% visibility in the confirmed touring pipeline and management’s reiterated path to double-digit AOI growth independent of Ticketmaster. The firm trimmed its weighted average cost of capital and high…
Needham cut its price objective for Axon Enterprise to $600 from $870 while retaining a Buy recommendation. The downgrade in target reflects valuation pressure after a 42% share decline over six months, but independent channel checks and recent contract wins point to continued bookings strength and ecosystem-driven upsell opportunities. Other broke…
Needham reduced its 12-month price objective for N-Able Inc. (NABL) to $8.00 from $10.00 while retaining a Buy rating. The move reflects broader multiple compression across the market even as the company reported ARR growth and set guidance that implies accelerating growth in the second half of calendar 2026. N-Able’s latest quarter showed revenue …
Bernstein SocGen Group increased its price objective for Quanta Services to $515 from $471 while retaining a Market Perform rating. The company reported stronger-than-expected Q4 results, a growing backlog and multiple acquisitions that Bernstein said will boost sales, backlog and EPS, even as the stock trades materially above the analyst target an…
Envirotech Vehicles Inc. (NASDAQ: EVTV) saw premarket gains after Azio AI Corp. disclosed receipt of a purchase order for 28 next-generation ASIC compute systems from EVTV, with payment for the initial tranche completed. Azio AI plans to begin shipments in the coming weeks for installation inside EVTV's leased liquid-immersion-cooled modular contai…
President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform shortly before the Bureau of Economic Analysis released fourth-quarter GDP figures, suggesting the data would show weakness. The BEA reported a 1.4% annualized increase in inflation-adjusted GDP for Q4, below the 2.8% consensus and down from 4.4% in the prior quarter. The government estimat…
Main Street Capital (MAIN) is trading at about 1.77x book with a ~5.25% trailing dividend yield and a sub-10x P/E. Recent price weakness has pushed technicals into oversold territory and created a tactical long entry for investors who want monthly income plus modest capital appreciation. This trade plan defines a clear entry, stop and target while …
Core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation excluding food and energy climbed 0.4% in December after a 0.2% rise in November, lifting the 12-month core PCE rate to 3.0%. The advance GDP report included the data, which, together with sticky services inflation and outsized legal-services moves, reinforces expectations that the Federal Rese…
Spain's foreign minister has urged the European Union to lift sanctions imposed on Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, following the approval of a narrowly tailored amnesty by Venezuela's legislature. Madrid argues the move signals a potential path toward normalisation and that sanctions should be calibrated to support peaceful, democra…
Bank of America's latest valuation review finds the S&P 500 broadly overvalued, with the index 'statistically expensive on 18 of 20 valuation metrics' and four measures near record highs. Analyst Savita Subramanian says the firm still expects earnings-driven multiple compression and maintains a year-end 2026 target of 7,100 for the benchmark, notin…
Retail sales in Canada declined 0.4% in December to $70.0 billion as shoppers pared back on large purchases during the holiday period. The drop was led by motor vehicle and parts dealers, while online sales advanced and full-year 2025 figures posted growth driven by automotive gains. Early estimates point to a rebound in January.
Tata Starbucks Pvt. is accelerating its store rollout in India and testing menu innovations such as protein foam coffee even as the unit reports widening losses. Company leadership says investment and growth are the priority over near-term profit, noting the business has returned to cash-positive operations but offering no timeline for reaching ful…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the United States did not demand zero uranium enrichment during recent negotiations in Geneva, and Iran did not propose suspending enrichment. Araqchi said the talks are centered on mechanisms to ensure Iran's nuclear activities remain peaceful in return for unspecified steps on sanctions, and he signaled…
The Commerce Department's advance estimate showed U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 1.4% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, well below the 3.0% pace economists had expected. The shortfall reflects disruptions from a record 43-day government shutdown and a slowdown in consumer spending. Forecasters note that tax cuts and investment related t…
Needham has increased its price target on Harmonic Inc. shares and reaffirmed a Buy stance, citing stronger-than-expected performance in the company's Broadband unit, robust book-to-bill metrics and large customer transitions. The company is also proceeding with a sale of its Video business and participating in significant broadband upgrades for cu…
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies on Friday approved a labor reform bill supported by President Javier Milei, voting 135-115 after prolonged debate. The measure, championed by the ruling party and center-right allies, heads back to the Senate for a final vote next week. Unions mounted a nationwide 24-hour strike on Thursday, and maritime workers disr…
Cantor Fitzgerald reduced its price objective on Five9 to $26 from $32 while leaving an Overweight rating intact following the company's Q4 2025 results. Five9 beat revenue expectations, delivered stronger margins and produced free cash flow equal to 22% of revenue. The move reflects compressing software-sector multiples despite robust bookings and…
Cantor Fitzgerald trimmed its 12-month price target for Etsy to $51 from $55 while keeping a Neutral stance. The firm highlighted fourth-quarter results that saw gross merchandise sales roughly in line with expectations, EBITDA topping estimates by 4%, and trailing twelve-month gross profit margin at 72%. Management forecasts early-year GMS tailwin…
U.S. equity futures fell after Commerce Department data showed GDP growth slowed to a 1.4% annualized pace in the fourth quarter, below consensus, while the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditure index, rose 0.4% in December. Core PCE also increased 0.4% month-over-month. Index futures traded lower in earl…
Morgan Stanley began coverage of GE Aerospace with an Overweight rating and a $425 price target, arguing the market is underestimating the company’s long-term free cash flow and pricing power. The jet engine maker’s shares rose 1.5% in Friday premarket trading. The bank’s projections show free cash flow rising materially through 2030 and a valuatio…
Vineet Kshirsagar, Standex International's Chief Strategy Officer, sold 400 shares of common stock on February 18, 2026, realizing $104,040 at $260.1 per share. The transaction occurred as the stock traded close to its 52-week high and after the company reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that topped expectations. Separately, a research ass…
