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Stifel maintained a Buy rating on Meta Platforms Inc. and set a $785.00 price target following the company’s fourth-quarter results. Meta reported revenue, operating income and GAAP EPS that beat consensus, alongside strong user and ad impression growth. The company's outlook for early 2026 implies higher revenue expectations but also substantially…
Spot gold climbed above $5,400 an ounce, extending a record-setting rally as investors sought refuge from intensifying geopolitical strains and shifting expectations on U.S. monetary policy. Metals across the board posted gains or held near highs, while traders adjusted bets on the timing of Federal Reserve rate cuts following a decision to keep ra…
The Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, a move widely anticipated by markets. Chair Jerome Powell indicated the central bank is prepared to maintain a hold on policy following 75 basis points of cuts at the end of last year. Powell declined to comment on a White House inquiry into a Fed office renovation, referring reporter…
L3Harris Technologies has been granted a $62.7 million modification - designated P00353 - to an existing Department of War contract covering radar and optical space surveillance systems and sustainment work. The change represents Option Year Seven and lifts the contract's total value to $1.51 billion. Performance is slated for Colorado Springs and …
BofA Securities raised its price target on NVR Inc. to $8,600 from $8,400 and kept a Buy rating following the homebuilder's fourth-quarter 2025 results. NVR reported EPS of $121.54, beating both BofA and consensus forecasts, and homebuilding revenue of $2.64 billion, which was down 5% year-over-year but topped BofA's projection. BTIG initiated cove…
Jefferies has increased its 12-month price target on CAE Inc. to $34.00 from $30.00 while retaining a Hold rating. The move follows an analysis of foot traffic at a subset of CAE's U.S. civil training centers used as a proxy for simulator utilization. Jefferies' updated estimates point to slightly stronger EPS and margin outcomes versus consensus f…
Okta sits squarely at the intersection of identity and emergent enterprise AI agents. Identity is a prerequisite for secure agent actions; that makes Okta a natural beneficiary if customers adopt agentic workflows widely. Valuation already reflects a pullback from the 52-week high and a $1 billion buyback set to cushion share count. This trade targ…
Ally Financial Inc. Chief Financial Officer Russell E. Hutchinson bought 11,566 shares of common stock on January 27, 2026, for a total of $499,306. The transaction raised his direct common stock holdings to 225,336 shares in addition to 6,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The move comes after Ally reported fourth-quarter 2025 adjusted earnin…
A U.S. House committee chairman says internal Nvidia documents show the chipmaker provided technical assistance that helped Chinese firm DeepSeek cut the GPU hours needed to train advanced AI models. The models later surfaced in applications tied to China's military, raising questions about export controls and end-use assurances for semiconductors …
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and leaders of the country’s trade community expressed growing alarm over the dollar’s recent slide to a four-year low, saying the currency move is adding pressure to Germany’s export sector. The government has renewed calls for rapid agreement on a digital euro, arguing it would bolster the euro’s role alongside th…
Williams Blair has reiterated an Outperform rating on Scotts Miracle-Gro, pointing to ahead-of-plan shipments, margin improvement, and reaffirmed fiscal 2026 guidance. The company reported a modest quarterly earnings and revenue beat, announced a $500 million share repurchase authorization, and plans to divest its Hawthorne business while maintaini…
Alico (ALCO) is a small-cap agricultural holding that is quietly pivoting from pure citrus production toward land management and real estate monetization. With a newly expanded $95M credit facility, a dedicated EVP of Real Estate, and management guidance for ~$20M in land sales this fiscal year, the stock looks positioned for a re-rating if managem…
Steel Partners Holdings LP has submitted an offer to buy a 51% controlling interest in InMode Ltd. at $18 per share, planning to fund the transaction with cash and borrowings under its existing credit facility. The firm, which currently holds about 1.3% of InMode’s stock, has attempted multiple meetings with company leadership but reports say it ha…
The S&P 500 rose above 7,000 for the first time even as the Federal Reserve held rates steady and cautioned that inflation risks remain elevated. A stronger dollar, volatile FX swings, mixed tech results in after-hours trade and rising Treasury yields all contributed to a jittery trading session. Market participants continue to weigh the odds of fu…
Raymond James raised its price target on Tyra Biosciences to $55 from $35 and kept a Strong Buy rating, after adding upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) estimates for dabogratinib to its financial model. The firm projects substantial combined revenues from UTUC and non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) through 2032 and expects near-term da…
Jefferies increased its price target for ASML to €1,260 from €1,020 but retained a Hold rating after the chip-equipment maker reported unusually large Q4-25 orders. The upgrade follows record bookings and strong quarterly revenue, though much of the new backlog is slated for shipment in 2027 and analysts warn valuations may be challenged by the tim…
BMO Capital reduced its price target on Brown & Brown to $81 from $88 while retaining a Market Perform rating. The firm trimmed EBITDA estimates by about 3.0% and projects 2026 organic growth of roughly 2.4%, below consensus. Recent fourth-quarter results showed a slight EPS beat but revenue missed expectations. Other analysts have also dialed back…
Yelp Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman sold 59,000 shares worth about $2.5 million between January 26 and January 28 under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, and exercised options to acquire 90,000 shares at $20.47. The transactions follow Yelp's solid third-quarter 2025 performance, a planned acquisition of Hatch, and an expanded revolving credit facilit…
StepStone Group Inc. CEO Scott W. Hart sold 10,000 shares of Class A common stock on January 26, 2026, generating proceeds of $725,176. The sale was completed in two tranches and leaves Hart with direct and indirect holdings across Class A and Class B shares. The transaction comes ahead of an upcoming earnings release and amid a string of corporate…
Bruce Springsteen released a protest song titled "Streets of Minneapolis" that honors Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two 37-year-old Minneapolis residents killed amid recent federal immigration raids. The song criticizes the crackdown, praises local resistance tactics and culminates with a chorus chanting "ICE out now!" The White House responded by sa…
Evercore ISI has reiterated an Outperform rating and set a $165.00 price target on Amphenol Corporation after the company posted quarterly results that beat consensus. Amphenol delivered record sales and orders, marked margin improvement, and offered March-quarter guidance that includes revenue from its newly closed CCS acquisition.
Truist Securities raised its price target for Tronox (NYSE:TROX) to $8.00 from $7.00 and kept a Buy rating after the company's January 26 pre-announcement showed stronger-than-expected volumes tied to market share gains. The firm warned that cost and product-mix weakness flagged in preliminary fourth-quarter results will likely affect the first qua…
Mercado Libre (MELI) is the dominant e-commerce and fintech platform across Latin America. With rising transaction take-rates, accelerating fintech adoption, and $8.61B in free cash flow, MELI offers a compounding growth story. This trade idea lays out an actionable long trade with entry at $2270.23, a $2850 target and a $2000 stop loss over a long…
After the market close, Meta Platforms climbed sharply after delivering better-than-expected results and raising guidance for the next quarter, while Microsoft slipped despite strong earnings as spending rose. A mix of beats and misses across large-cap names including IBM, ServiceNow, Las Vegas Sands, Joby Aviation and United Rentals produced diver…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she will continue assuring international travelers that they are welcome in the city for this summer’s FIFA World Cup, but she urged the White House to repeat that message. Her remarks come as questions swirl about whether U.S. immigration enforcement and recent federal deployments could deter fans, and as calls fo…
