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Daqo New Energy rallied intraday after an initial sell-off following its pre-market release of Q2 2026 results. The polysilicon producer reported a loss per ADS of -$1.20 and revenue of $62.7 million, both missing analyst expectations, but shares found support amid sequential revenue improvement and an active share buyback program.
Micron Technology announced a planned $10 billion investment to build a research laboratory in Boise, Idaho over the next ten years. The Micron Research Labs campus is intended to accelerate memory technologies, advance compute systems and support future chip manufacturing while linking to Micron’s research operations worldwide. The investment supp…
Citi downgraded TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) from Buy to Neutral after a disappointing comparable sales print at Marmaxx. The bank said the 2Q Marmaxx comp of +1% fell short of expectations and underlines that even off-price retailers can miss on fashion. While overall comparable sales for TJX rose 4% and beat plan, Citi warned that Marmaxx is losing …
Super Micro Computer's stock jumped about 4.6% in morning trading after an independent board review closed an export-control investigation without finding participation by current senior management. The governance development coincides with robust fiscal fourth-quarter results, higher-than-expected gross margins, a record order backlog exceeding $6…
Barclays moved American Tower and Crown Castle to Overweight from Equal Weight, arguing that U.S. tower companies are trading at decade-low valuations despite multiple potential catalysts that could support a recovery in organic growth and investor sentiment. The firm also adjusted price targets and maintained its stance on SBA Communications while…
Sypris Solutions Inc saw its stock rise 4.6% in premarket trading following an announcement that its subsidiary, Sypris Electronics, secured a contract to engineer, procure materials for, and mass-produce power processing units for a next-generation satellite constellation. The program includes protoflight and pilot builds beginning in the third qu…
Amentum’s stock climbed in pre-open trading after the company said it secured the Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering II (CMOE II) contract at NASA’s Langley Research Center, a roughly $974 million, 10-year engagement. The award expands Amentum’s service obligations for wind tunnels, labs and research utilities and adds engineering resp…
Fluence Energy shares fell in pre-market trading as investors continue to react to a sizable guidance reduction announced with fiscal third-quarter results, including a revenue cut and a swing to negative adjusted EBITDA driven by roughly $400 million of project deliveries pushed into fiscal 2027 due to production problems at new contract manufactu…
Walmart reported Q2 FY2027 results that beat consensus on both earnings and revenue, driven by robust eCommerce and advertising growth. Despite the beat and a raise to full-year guidance, shares fell sharply premarket after management delivered muted Q3 guidance and flagged a timing-related headwind from Flipkart. The company now trades at roughly …
Amentum's stock rose in premarket trading after the company won a $974 million NASA contract to provide maintenance, engineering and infrastructure modernization services at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The work under the Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering II (CMOE II) contract covers research systems support, prev…
Indian authorities are reportedly exploring a program of low-cost loans to renewable energy producers to cover revenue losses caused by inadequate transmission infrastructure. Rapid solar expansion, concentrated in states such as Rajasthan and Gujarat, has outpaced the national grid’s capacity to absorb generation, resulting in significant curtailm…
Qtrex Quantum Ltd. shares fell 16% in premarket trading after the company revealed a $10 million registered direct offering. The Israel-based firm agreed to sell 11,111,111 ordinary shares to institutional investors, with closing expected on or about August 21, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Proceeds are intended for working capital…
Rosenblatt Securities initiated coverage of Etsy, eBay and Chewy, assigning Buy ratings to Etsy and eBay and a Neutral rating to Chewy. The firm highlighted improving execution, strategic moves and AI integrations for Etsy and eBay, while saying Chewy’s valuation already reflects operational progress and offers constrained upside. Rosenblatt publis…
ScanSource shares jumped sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2026 results that topped Wall Street forecasts and disclosed a $220.5 million cash acquisition of IT integrator MicroAge. The combination of an earnings beat that overcame recent downward estimate revisions and a deal that broadens …
Goldman Sachs has singled out Diamondback Energy and Viper Energy as notable opportunities in the oil and gas sector, praising their capital efficiency, cash-flow generation and management moves. The bank cites Diamondback's Permian execution and Viper's no-capex model and dividend strategy, while noting programmatic and macro uncertainties that co…
BofA Securities upgraded Etsy from Neutral to Buy and increased its price objective to $105 from $88, arguing that recent growth trends look structural. The firm highlighted improving mobile engagement, higher lifetime value for mobile users, and the prospect of over $1 billion in buybacks following the Depop sale to eBay. BofA also raised several …
Shein has postponed its Hong Kong market debut until September after a modest delay in taking investor orders for an IPO that reflects a significantly lower valuation. The company plans to include multiple cornerstone investors, largely sourced from existing shareholders, and intends to start book-building on August 24, having originally hoped to c…
S&P 500 companies are closing out a notably strong second-quarter earnings period, driven in substantial part by large mark-to-market profits at AI-related firms. Aggregate S&P 500 earnings are on track for a 52% year-over-year rise, buoyed by a 74% jump in the technology sector. However, removing unrealized investment gains narrows the estimate to…
Target recorded a 7% increase in food and beverage sales in the quarter ended Aug. 1, its fastest grocery growth in three years, as management refocused the grocery offer and store presentation. The retailer is expanding private-label assortments and repositioning high-growth categories like protein snacks to draw shoppers more frequently. While tr…
SSAB AB ser. B fell 6.8% to 97.60 SEK from a previous close of 104.75 SEK after a strong year-to-date rally pushed the stock close to its 52-week high. Investors cited expectations of lower Q3 steel shipment volumes and repeated construction interruptions at the Lulee5 electrified steel mill as primary drivers of the sell-off, while wider market we…
Snowflake is trading at $325.01 with a market capitalization of $112.65 billion. While revenue growth has accelerated to 31.1% and strategic AI partnerships have bolstered bookings, the stock is trading at a forward P/E of 157.3x and a fair-value model places intrinsic value at $251.81 - 22.5% below the current price. Technical indicators show stro…
Shares of FreeCast Inc A rose in pre-market trading after the company announced it has taken full ownership of the Investor News Channel and intends to relaunch it as a 24/7 global free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network in November 2026. The new channel will emphasize long-form, evergreen financial content and is intended to integrat…
Coinbase shares climbed sharply in pre-market trading after a combination of a historic Bitcoin short squeeze and a White House meeting with crypto executives improved the company’s regulatory outlook. The stock rose to $170.96, up 6.7% pre-open, while Bitcoin topped $70,000 and roughly $2.7 billion in crypto short positions were liquidated in 24 h…
Pony.ai shares rose 2.4% in pre-market trading to $8.02 following the startup's first live autonomous ride-hailing service in Europe in partnership with Verne and Uber in Zagreb. Investors are re-evaluating the stock after robust Q2 2026 results and a fresh upgrade from BNP Paribas Exane, despite the shares remaining far below their 52-week high.
Kimberly-Clark has lost over 20% of its market value in the past year amid investor pushback to its agreed $48.7 billion purchase of Kenvue. Even so, the company’s standalone metrics - expanding gross and net margins, steady cash generation, a 4.8% dividend and a low beta - paint a profile of a lower-volatility consumer staples compounder trading a…
