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Safran's aftermarket business is accelerating, margins are improving, and momentum indicators are bullish. With elevated short interest and constructive technicals, we upgrade to Strong Buy and recommend entering at $404.11 with a $480 target and a $368 stop. We expect the trade to play out over the next 180 trading days as recurring services and m…
Byline Bancorp General Counsel Brian F. Doran bought 750 shares on February 17, 2026, at $33.1299 per share for a total of $24,847. The transaction coincides with the bank trading near its 52-week high and follows a quarter in which Byline posted earnings and revenue above expectations and received a price-target increase from Piper Sandler.
Hasbro Chief Executive Christian P. Cocks executed a package of transactions on February 12, 2026, selling 254,581 shares of the company’s common stock for roughly $18.86 million and exercising options to acquire 191,571 shares. The moves leave Cocks with 249,861 shares directly owned. The activity comes after Hasbro reported stronger-than-expected…
CS Disco (LAW) shares fell roughly 20% on Tuesday after reports that legal AI startup Legora is in discussions to raise $400 million at a valuation exceeding $5 billion. The move underscores a broader pattern of market volatility as well-funded AI startups attract private capital and prompt re-evaluation of established companies in adjacent sectors…
Peru's Congress voted to remove President Jose Jeri from office after four months amid controversy over a secret meeting with a Chinese businessman. Lawmakers passed a censure motion that strips Jeri of his role as head of Congress and, because of his interim succession status, removes him from the presidency. Legislators must now elect a new head …
Donald J. Smith, Senior Vice President - Operations at Waste Management Inc (NYSE:WM), sold 12,194 shares on February 17, 2026, for $2,847,055 and exercised options to acquire 4,842 shares valued at $573,997 the same day. The company recently reported Q4 2025 results that narrowly missed consensus on both earnings and revenue.
Hasbro President, Toy, Lic & Ent Timothy J. Kilpin sold 7,773 shares on February 13, 2026, for $103.00 per share, totaling $800,619. After the sale, Kilpin retains 36,528 shares. The transaction comes on the heels of Hasbro's fourth-quarter 2025 results, which beat consensus on both earnings and revenue and prompted several firms to raise price tar…
Danaos (DAC) looks cheap on headline multiples and has a $4.3B contracted backlog and strong charter coverage for 2026. Management's $90 per-share special dividend and an announced stake in the Alaska LNG project complicate the capital-allocation picture. This trade favors a disciplined long exposure that expects the market to look past a temporary…
Global banking regulators have flagged a rapid expansion in synthetic risk transfers - transactions in which banks pass credit risk to private investors - and called for heightened supervision as the market creates new links between banks and non-bank intermediaries that could impair credit flows if strained.
Darrell W. Schuh, senior vice president and president and general manager of Lochinvar at A. O. Smith Corporation, sold 356 shares of company stock on February 13, 2026, and exercised restricted stock units for 1,460 shares the same day. The company reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings per share above expectations while revenue came in below conse…
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said Tuesday that the Fed must rigorously examine the data to determine whether artificial intelligence is materially increasing productivity and allowing faster economic growth without producing inflationary pressure. While some in government and portions of the economics profession argue AI is alr…
Wayfair shares rose about 3% after Evercore ISI added the stock to its Tactical Outperform List, highlighting an 'asymmetric' risk-reward profile with the focus on sustained margin improvement rather than revenue acceleration. The retailer has seen a roughly 18% year-to-date decline and is due to report fourth-quarter results on Thursday; Evercore …
Julie G. Castle, a member of Sierra Bancorp's board, sold 250 shares of company common stock on February 13, 2026, for $37.52 per share, totaling $9,380. The filing shows Castle retains direct ownership of 7,806 shares and holds additional shares indirectly through family trust structures. Separately, Sierra Bancorp reported a solid quarter that pr…
ChoiceOne Financial Services director Gregory A. McConnell purchased a total of $45,005 of company stock in open-market transactions on February 13, 2026, increasing his direct holdings to 35,950 shares. The Michigan-based regional bank trades at $28.86, with a market capitalization of $429 million, a P/E of 14.23 and a 4.03% dividend yield. Analys…
Espey MFG & Electronics Corp. reported that President and CEO David A. Oneil sold 8,856 shares on February 13, 2026 for $50.00 per share and separately exercised options to acquire 7,675 shares in three transactions. The company also declared a quarterly dividend payable December 26, 2025 and named Nancy Patzwahl as Chair of the Audit Committee, wi…
Build-A-Bear (BBW) has shifted from turnaround to growth, delivering record revenue and stronger margins while sitting on a clean balance sheet and healthy free cash flow. With a market cap near $660M, PE around 11x, and an oversold technical backdrop, I like a controlled long swing trade that targets continued franchise rollouts, commercial/licens…
Goldman Sachs disclosed a concentrated position of nearly 15 million shares in Sunrun, a move that coincides with the opening of the board nomination window and follows governance changes that make the full board vulnerable to a slate challenge. Management transactions and the company’s recent operational progress add context as investors await Sun…
Daniel D. Woodland, Entegris Inc.'s SVP and President of the MS Division, sold 30,474 shares on February 12, 2026, generating approximately $3.98 million. The transaction followed the exercise of options to acquire the same number of shares, and a separate acquisition of 10,694 shares at no cost. The moves come as Entegris reported Q4 2025 results …
Tuesday's trading session produced notable divergences across market-cap segments. Large technology and industrial names such as Apple and General Electric recorded gains, while select retailers and enterprise software firms moved lower. Market activity spanned mega-caps down to small-caps, with individual stock moves driven by earnings updates, an…
Earnings season continues with a high-volume slate of quarterly reports due in the next trading session. Notable names expected to report include Priceline.com (BKNG), Carvana (CVNA), DoorDash (DASH), Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and CRH PLC (CRH). The calendar is split between results due before the open and an extensive list slated after the close,…
Investors face a packed economic calendar on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, led by January building permits and housing starts, January durable goods orders and the Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes. The data and policy notes are expected to shed light on housing-market momentum, manufacturing demand and the Federal Reserve’s recent disc…
PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, is selling a portfolio of natural gas, wind generation and transmission and distribution assets in central and southern Washington to Portland General Electric for $1.9 billion. The deal, which includes a 49% investment by Manulife Investment Management in the Washington utility business, is being …
Glen Taylor, identified as a 10% holder in Envoy Medical, purchased 18,750,000 Class A shares at $0.40 apiece for a total of $7.5 million, according to a Form 4 filing. The buy occurred while the stock was trading at $0.67 and after a 53.89% week-over-week gain. Taylor also received a package of warrants and holds additional indirect stakes through…
Guggenheim has reaffirmed a Buy rating and $68.00 price target on EyePoint Inc. following encouraging Phase III data from a rival’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for wet age-related macular degeneration. The firm says the competitor’s success reduces risk across the TKI class and strengthens the case for EyePoint’s DURAVYU program, which now has …
Four New York City public pension funds filed a federal lawsuit accusing AT&T of improperly preventing shareholders from voting on a proposal that would compel disclosure of the company’s workforce composition by race, ethnicity and gender. The funds argue AT&T’s reliance on a recent SEC allowance to exclude proposals is unfounded and seek to block…
