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Raymond James downgraded Toro Co. (NYSE:TTC) from Outperform to Market Perform, saying recent share appreciation has pushed the stock above its prior $90 target. The firm cites valuation normalization toward the 10-year median and expects a modest fiscal 2026 outlook despite a beat in fourth-quarter results. Market indicators and industry dealer su…
Piper Sandler upgraded Goosehead Insurance Inc. (NASDAQ: GSHD) to Overweight from Neutral and left its $69.00 price target intact after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that outperformed revenue expectations. The stock has dropped about 57% over the past year and, according to InvestingPro data cited by analysts, is trading below it…
TD Cowen downgraded IHS Holding from Buy to Hold and cut its price target to $8.50 from $17.00 after IHS agreed to be acquired by MTN Group Limited for $8.50 per share in an all-cash transaction. The deal values IHS at an enterprise value of about $6.2 billion, includes rollovers from MTN and IHS debt, and is expected to close in 2026. The board un…
Stifel has maintained a Buy rating and a $250.00 price target on Nvidia following the chipmaker’s announcement of a broader, multi-year partnership with Meta to jointly develop on-premises, cloud and AI infrastructure. The pact highlights large-scale deployments of Nvidia CPUs, GPUs and Spectrum-X Ethernet networking, and is tied to Meta’s Vera Rub…
Morgan Stanley lowered its price target on Palo Alto Networks to $223 from $245 while keeping an Overweight rating. The new target implies roughly a 36% upside from the stock's current price of $163.50. The firm said the business remains well aligned with long-term security trends, even as near-term results and services revenue modestly missed expe…
JPMorgan has reaffirmed an Overweight rating and a GBP44.00 price target on Antofagasta, citing the company’s copper growth profile and lower-capital brownfield options. The call comes as peers disclose rising capital requirements and other brokers alter ratings and targets amid a rally in copper prices.
Baird reaffirmed a Neutral rating on Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) and maintained a $190 price target after the company released its fourth-quarter financials. The report showed slight misses on adjusted EPS and revenue, declines in segment volumes, and guidance for 2026 that aligns with Street expectations. Baird highlighted factors behind the stock's rec…
Puig reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results, with 9.8% organic sales growth beating consensus. Makeup led the quarter with a 26.5% like-for-like jump, aided in part by Amazon inventory loading. Fragrance, representing 72% of sales, grew 6.2% like-for-like, while skincare lagged. Full-year operating margin improved and management gui…
Kambi Group reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that largely tracked market expectations for revenue while showing notable pressure on reported EBITA. Management provided EBITA guidance for fiscal 2026 excluding foreign exchange revaluations, and highlighted commercial momentum, AI-driven trading adoption and completed share buybacks…
JPMorgan Chase intends to open more than 160 retail branches across over 30 U.S. states during 2026 as part of a multibillion-dollar investment in its physical network and a broader pledge to add over 500 branches within three years. The expansion emphasizes markets such as the Carolinas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Massachusetts and Tennessee a…
Perplexity, an AI start-up based in San Francisco, has halted its advertising experiments and removed sponsored content from its chatbot, saying ads risk undermining user trust. Executives confirmed on Tuesday that advertising will no longer be part of the companys revenue strategy, which currently includes paid subscriptions. The move contrasts w…
Sunrise Communications reported a 1.4% drop in fourth-quarter core profit, with lease-adjusted EBITDAaL of 242.7 million Swiss francs, missing the average analyst forecast of 245 million francs. The company attributed the shortfall to changed seasonality in operating costs. Quarterly revenue rose slightly thanks to stronger business-to-business and…
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia reconvened in Geneva for a second day of U.S.-mediated talks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he felt undue pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to make concessions. Ukraine's lead negotiator described deliberations as focused on practical mechanics, while Russian sources characterized session…
Tokyo's equity benchmark ended higher, propelled by strength in real estate, banking and textile names. The Nikkei 225 rose 1.00% at the close, with GS Yuasa leading gains and several industrial and advertising names among the session's heaviest decliners. Commodity and currency markets moved modestly alongside equities.
Berenberg moved Unilever plc from Buy to Hold while increasing its price objective to GBP58.40 from GBP56.00, citing a stretched valuation that reflects the company's recent operational transformation. The broker trimmed its fiscal 2026 EPS forecast by 1.4% after incorporating the latest 2025 results, adjusted key assumptions and noted technical in…
Bitcoin extended its recent pullback on Wednesday, trading below $68,000 as investors awaited key U.S. economic releases and Federal Reserve commentary. Corporate buyer Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) disclosed another sizable purchase of bitcoin, but broader market appetite for risk assets remained subdued, leaving most altcoins nursing losses.
Barclays analysis indicates several European transportation firms are advancing their share repurchase programs faster than planned. Ryanair and Jet2 are notable examples, with both airlines running buybacks that are materially ahead of schedule and reflecting strong liquidity metrics that managements are using to return capital to shareholders.
Goldman Sachs upgraded Snam SpA to Buy from Neutral and lifted its price target to EUR6.90 from EUR6.50, citing Italy's changing role in European gas flows and continued infrastructure investment. The bank projects roughly 5% EPS compound annual growth over the next five years and forecasts Snam trading at about 11.5 times earnings by 2030 under it…
JPMorgan Chase intends to open more than 160 bank branches across over 30 states in 2026, continuing a multi-year, multibillion-dollar investment in its physical retail network. The move is presented as part of a previously stated commitment to add more than 500 branches over three years and is framed as a strategy to increase the bank’s share of U…
At her first Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy meeting, Governor Anna Breman opted for continuity in monetary policy, holding the official cash rate steady and signalling no plans to raise rates absent stronger inflation and economic momentum. Her opening press conference emphasised clearer messaging and featured a longer slide-led presentation, w…
Ministers from Nordic governments are set to convene in Denmark to discuss granting equal status within the regional forum to Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Finland's Aland, advancing cooperation after a recent diplomatic dispute tied to U.S. interest in Greenland. The meeting will examine modernising the Helsinki Treaty to extend full participat…
Meta is seeing renewed conviction from big investors while its core advertising engine and Reality Labs investments are benefiting from AI-driven monetization. With a $1.62T market cap, high free cash flow, and manageable leverage, the risk/reward favors a long position here. This piece lays out an entry, stop, and target with catalysts, valuation …
BofA Research's February note finds consumer spending diverging across European IT Hardware markets, with gaming-related purchases significantly outpacing other categories while smartphones remain weak. The bank singles out a small group of companies with material exposure to consumer end-markets - notably Logitech, Soitec, Mycronic and Nordic Semi…
Yotta Data Services announced plans to invest over $2 billion to create an AI processing hub powered by 20,736 liquid-cooled NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra processors. The supercluster, to be hosted at Yotta's New Delhi campus with supplemental capacity in Mumbai, is expected to be operational by August and will include a cloud cluster run by Nvidia under …
Eni is evaluating a return to oil and gas trading after ending such activities in 2019. CEO Claudio Descalzi said the move aims to capture trading profits that peers have earned during periods of price volatility. Preliminary talks with commodity traders, including Mercuria, are under way to form a joint venture, with any new trading arm to operate…
