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UBS raised its 12-month price target for Portland General Electric (POR) to $55 from $53 while retaining a Neutral rating, pointing to cost reductions, stronger ratebase growth and progress on balance-sheet repair as key drivers. The firm also lifted its EPS growth forecast for 2026-2030 and highlighted a range of company actions including a public…
UBS raised its price target for Carter’s Inc. to $40 from $33 while keeping a Neutral rating, pointing to improved underlying fundamentals under CEO Doug Palladini. The stock is trading above the new target and has posted notable gains over recent weeks and months. UBS provided updated EPS estimates and highlighted options-implied volatility around…
Director Vinod M Khilnani sold $595,456 of Materion Corp stock on February 17, 2026, across two transactions reported on a Form 4 filing with the SEC. After the sales, Khilnani retains both direct and indirect holdings in the company. Separately, Materion reported fourth-quarter 2025 results in which revenue exceeded expectations while earnings per…
Google has introduced Gemini 3.1 Pro, an updated AI model focused on advanced reasoning for science, research and engineering use cases. The model more than doubled reasoning performance over the previous Gemini 3 Pro on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark, scoring 77.1%. The release is entering a preview phase for developers, enterprises and selected consumer…
Wolfe Research characterizes the recent swings in AI-related equities as a market recalibration of expectations rather than evidence of a lasting change in the economic environment. The firm highlights a rotation in sector leadership, divergent signals from software sentiment and bond yields, and early-stage adoption of AI among large firms, while …
Morgan Stanley has upgraded Aramis Group to Overweight from Equal-weight and set a new price target of €5 after cutting forecasts to reflect softer market conditions, leadership changes and disappointing guidance. The bank projects fiscal 2026 as a transition year with volumes near 121,000 vehicles and adjusted EBITDA of €56 million, and expects th…
UBS reiterated its Buy rating on Hasbro with a $99.00 price target, citing the franchise strength of Magic the Gathering and potential digital expansion. The call comes as Hasbro reported robust fourth-quarter results and multiple firms adjusted price targets afterward. Key questions remain about the sustainability of Magic's growth, the scope of d…
Nikos Theodosopoulos, a director at Hercules Capital, purchased 6,165 shares of the company's common stock on February 17, 2026, spending $98,208 at an average price of $15.93 per share. The transaction raises his direct holdings to 18,923 shares. The move comes alongside preliminary NAV improvement for year-end 2025, a conditional financing amendm…
The publication of millions of records connected to Jeffrey Epstein has unsettled political and business circles and reached the British royal family, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll finding most Americans view the disclosures as evidence that powerful figures are rarely held to account and that the U.S. government is still concealing information about a…
Hercules Capital director Thomas J. Fallon purchased 20,000 shares of the company's common stock on February 17, 2026, paying an average of $15.88 per share for a total of $317,600. The transaction occurs as the stock trades near its 52-week low and after the firm disclosed preliminary fourth-quarter 2025 NAV estimates. Separate developments includ…
David M. Rothenstein, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer at Ciena Corp, sold 2,500 shares on February 17, 2026, for roughly $750,498 under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 plan. The trade occurred while Ciena shares have been trading near all-time highs, and comes amid contrasting analyst views that reflect differing takes on AI-related networking demand …
Benchmark increased its price target for Halozyme Therapeutics to $90 from $75 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported a 52% year-over-year revenue gain in fourth-quarter 2025. The quarter delivered $451.8 million in revenue, but non-GAAP results were weighed down by acquisition-related charges that produced a $0.24 loss per diluted share.…
Benchmark reaffirmed its Buy rating on Cinemark Holdings (CNK) and set a $35.00 price target, pointing to what it views as a structurally stronger business as the company moves into 2026. The price target implies roughly 31% upside from the current share price of $26.63. While management has driven margin and cash returns through buybacks and conce…
Benchmark reiterated a Buy rating and $190 price target on Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) ahead of the company’s earnings release, while legal challenges and a high valuation keep investor attention focused on both growth and risk. InvestingPro data shows the stock trading modestly below its fair value and highlights mixed signals on profitability…
Benchmark reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $320.00 price target on Wingstop (WING) after the company reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 results that outperformed consensus on same-store sales and profitability metrics. Management flagged two strategic priorities - broader use of its Wingstop Smart Kitchen platform and a mid-year launch of the Club Wi…
Benchmark has kept a Buy rating and a $30.00 price target on Lucid Group Inc. (LCID) ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The broker highlighted margin improvement tied to Gravity volume growth and continued discipline on operating expenses, while also flagging cash burn and funding sensitivity into late 2026. …
Gary B. Smith, President and CEO of Ciena Corp (NASDAQ: CIEN), sold 2,952 shares on February 17, 2026, in a transaction valued at $884,157. The sale, carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated October 4, 2025, was executed at a weighted average price of $299.5113 per share with trade prices ranging from $287.74 to $307.58. After the sale, S…
Benchmark increased its DoorDash Inc. (DASH) price objective to $285 from $280 and kept a Buy rating, citing the companys shift from pure food delivery toward a wider local commerce platform. DoorDash reported nearly 28% revenue growth over the past 12 months and is expanding into merchant software, B2B products, fulfillment infrastructure and adv…
Benchmark has lowered its price target on Booking Holdings (BKNG) to $5,600 from $6,400 while keeping a Buy recommendation. The firm points to valuation pressures despite robust fourth-quarter results where gross bookings topped consensus by $1 billion and room nights rose 9%. Near-term risks include surprise marketing deleverage and first-quarter …
Benchmark raised its price target on eBay Inc. to $115 from $110 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results and fiscal 2026 guidance that topped expectations. The company announced a $1.2 billion acquisition and a new $2 billion share repurchase authorization, reported solid growth metrics including 6% FX-neutral r…
Benchmark increased its price target on Global-E Online Ltd (GLBE) to $60 from $52 and kept a Buy rating following stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter gross merchandise volume and revenue. Management cited healthy demand across geographies and verticals while analysts weighed robust growth metrics against valuation concerns.
Moroccan equities closed higher on Thursday, driven by strength in Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors. The Moroccan All Shares index rose 0.26% at the Casablanca close. Afric Industries Sa, Cartier Saada and Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA were among the top gainers, while M2M Group, Stokvis Nord Afrique and Jet Contractors recorded the larg…
Raymond James upgraded Chewy to Outperform from Market Perform after a significant share-price decline, arguing that the stock now trades at a materially lower enterprise-value-to-2027-EBITDA multiple than its recent average. The firm set a $28 price target and outlined revenue, margin and customer-growth assumptions that support upside while notin…
Touya Gael, Segment President at AptarGroup, reported the sale of 3,500 shares of common stock on February 18, 2026 via a Form 4 filing, realizing $494,738. The disposition came as AptarGroup disclosed fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat consensus estimates for both revenue and earnings per share. Post-transaction, Gael retains 27,963 shares.
Shares of Corcept Therapeutics plunged after the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that Teva Pharmaceuticals did not infringe Corcept’s U.S. patents related to methods for safely administering Korlym with potent CYP3A4 inhibitors. The decision undermines patent protection that helped preserve Korlym’s market exclusivi…
