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The U.S. Treasury announced a $125 billion quarterly refunding for February-April 2026 that aims to raise $34.8 billion in new cash from private investors. It will hold coupon and floating rate note auction sizes steady for the near term, publish specific next-week auction sizes, and expects to reduce short-dated bill auctions around the April 15 t…
Bernstein SocGen Group raised its price target for WW Grainger to $1,052 from $975 while retaining a Market Perform rating, pointing to the companys robust guidance for fiscal 2026. Grainger reported mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results with a slight EPS miss and a modest revenue beat. Oppenheimer also raised its price target following the earnings r…
Bernstein increased its 12-month price objective for Northrop Grumman (NOC) to $765 from $727 while retaining a Market Perform rating, pointing to constructive trends extending into 2026. The defense contractor beat fourth-quarter 2025 earnings and revenue expectations, provided revenue guidance for 2026 slightly below consensus, and reported solid…
BofA upgraded Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) to Buy from Underperform, citing improvements in execution following leadership changes and a merchant-led strategic shift. The bank raised its price target to $233 from $158, and the stock traded higher in premarket activity. BofA expects headwinds in 2025 tied to tariffs and incentives to be temporary an…
Feb 4 - Clear Street is pursuing an initial public offering that would value the securities and derivatives broker at as much as $11.8 billion. The New York-based firm plans to offer 23.8 million shares at $40 to $44 apiece to raise up to $1.05 billion and intends to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol CLRS. The move comes as U.S. IPO issuance gain…
Kingstone Companies Inc reported preliminary, record fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that included substantial improvements in GAAP net combined ratios, higher operating net income per diluted share and growth in direct premiums written. The Kingston, New York-based regional insurer's stock rose 10% on Wednesday following the announcement…
Baird has reaffirmed an Outperform rating on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and held a $300 price target, pointing to accelerating demand for AI-related x86 server CPUs and renewed traction in the company's AI GPU business. The research house highlighted resumed sales of Mi308 chips, an on-track Mi450 ramp alongside an OpenAI partnership, and project…
Jefferies has identified a group of European capital-goods companies that it believes are well positioned to capture growth from data center expansion, power-infrastructure investment and industrial automation. The broker highlights expected revenue drivers, margin improvements and capital allocation dynamics across Legrand, Siemens, Siemens Energy…
Novo Nordisk's stock fell sharply after the company warned that both sales and operating profit would decline in 2026, citing lower drug prices in the United States. The 16% drop in shares erased roughly $50 billion in market value and marked a significant reversal for the obesity drug maker's market position.
Live Nation Entertainment has entered an agreement to acquire Italy-based venue operator ForumNet from holding company Bastogi in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of 90 million euros. The purchase, centered on Milan's Unipol Forum, carries a theoretical equity value near 103 million euros after a positive net adjustment of …
Advanced Micro Devices reported a modest beat and raised guidance for the quarter, but its stock fell about 8% in after-hours trading. Investors and analysts highlighted concerns over the company’s exposure to the OpenAI project, the quality of a China-driven portion of the revenue beat, and potential bottlenecks in the MI450 ramp. Management reite…
BetMGM said it paid $270 million to parent companies MGM Resorts and Entain after reporting 2025 results that exceeded its initial expectations. Growth in online sports betting and iGaming drove annual revenue to $2.8 billion for the year ended December 31. The joint venture issued 2026 guidance for net revenue of $3.1 billion to $3.2 billion and p…
Confidential calculations by economists tied to a government think tank indicate Russia's budget shortfall could widen to 3.5-4.4% of GDP in 2026, far above the government's 1.6% target. The projected deterioration reflects an assumed 18% fall in energy revenues, lower total budget receipts and a potential rise in spending, while fiscal reserves ma…
Zeta Network Group (ZNB) is assessing the tokenization of real-world assets as an addition to its institutional digital asset treasury approach. The company frames tokenization as an extension of existing digital asset activities - including Bitcoin mining and a digital asset treasury position - and says any move toward tokenized assets will be jud…
Boston Scientific projected moderate revenue growth and set 2026 adjusted EPS guidance just below Wall Street consensus, prompting a premarket share decline of more than 11% despite quarterly results that beat expectations. The company cited an anticipated slowdown in organic growth as it prepares to integrate its recently announced $14.5 billion a…
Union Pacific and Wabtec have agreed to a $1.2 billion program to modernize the railroad’s AC4400 locomotives, with deliveries slated to start in 2027. The companies describe the agreement as the largest locomotive modernization investment in rail industry history and say the upgrades will cut fuel use, boost tractive effort and substantially impro…
Needham lowered its price target on Varonis Systems to $30 from $55 while holding a Buy rating, citing fresh disclosures about the companys shift toward Software-as-a-Service. The firm highlighted solid SaaS metrics but said uncertainty over how much non-SaaS annual recurring revenue will convert to SaaS and projected non-SaaS ARR churn could weig…
Mizuho reduced its 12-month price target for Advanced Micro Devices to $275 from $285 while retaining an Outperform rating, pointing to rising operating expenses tied to AI hardware and software investment. AMD reported quarterly results roughly in line with expectations, raised March-quarter revenue guidance above consensus, and highlighted a robu…
Currency strategists surveyed between Jan. 30 and Feb. 4 expect the recent U.S. dollar recovery to be temporary. While a nomination to lead the Federal Reserve trimmed some dollar losses, the overarching view is that the dollar will remain choppy near term and then gradually weaken later in the year as markets cling to expectations for rate cuts an…
AbbVie raised its adjusted 2026 earnings-per-share guidance above analyst estimates after a fourth-quarter performance that surpassed expectations. Strong sales of Skyrizi and Rinvoq, a less-than-anticipated drop in Humira revenue and a rebound in cosmetic Botox sales supported the results. The company continues to invest heavily through acquisitio…
Mizuho raised its price target on Emerson (EMR) to $173 from $155 and maintained an Outperform rating after the company reported quarterly results that outpaced expectations. Orders grew 9% overall and roughly 18% in North America, supported by project wins across LNG, Power, Semiconductors, Life Sciences and Aerospace and a sizable project funnel …
Northland has reiterated an Outperform rating and a $260 price target on Advanced Micro Devices, citing stronger-than-expected quarterly results and guidance driven by AI-related product momentum and resilient PC demand. The firm remains cautious on longer-term forecasts versus consensus and highlights specific financing uncertainty tied to Oracle/…
Needham lowered its 12-month price objective for Super Micro Computer (SMCI) to $40 from $51 but kept a Buy rating after the company posted fiscal Q2 2026 results that beat revenue expectations and raised full-year guidance. Management cited a large customer data center deployment and growing traction for the company’s DCBBS technology. Other broke…
Raymond James upgraded Colliers International (CIGI) from Outperform to Strong Buy and nudged its price target to $200 from $195 after the company agreed to acquire Ayesa. The move comes as Colliers shares trade below recent levels, and follows a 6% drop on Tuesday amid broader market headwinds for data, technology and professional services stocks.…
Mizuho has raised its price target on Hubbell Inc. to $575 from $500 while maintaining an Outperform rating, pointing to stronger utility-related demand and rapid expansion in the company's data center business even as metering and AMI remain weak. The firm held its 2026 EPS estimate steady and nudged its 2027 forecast higher amid a mixed margin-gr…
