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Stifel raised its price target on XPO to $206 from $166 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that exceeded expectations. The quarter featured an EPS beat that included real estate gains, stronger-than-expected LTL revenue trends and continued productivity improvements. Multiple other brokerages also increased…
Bernstein SocGen Group increased its price target on Lockheed Martin to $654 from $586 while keeping a Market Perform rating, following a fourth-quarter performance that topped estimates and guidance for 2026 that exceeded both Bernstein and consensus projections. The firm pointed to improving execution, expanding backlog across divisions and a hig…
KeyBanc reduced its price objective on Coursera Inc. to $10 from $12 while retaining an Overweight rating. The move follows fourth-quarter results that beat revenue expectations and initial 2026 revenue guidance that also topped estimates, even as margin guidance and an expected Enterprise slowdown temper enthusiasm. Share price sits near its 52-we…
Benchmark raised its price target on XPO to $210 from $165 and kept a Buy rating after the company posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and continued LTL margin improvement. Multiple other brokerages also increased targets following XPO’s results, which included adjusted diluted EPS of $0.88 and an LTL adjusted operating ratio of 84…
Bernstein SocGen has reduced its 12-month price target for Boston Scientific to $112 from $130 but retained an Outperform rating following a weaker-than-expected quarter in U.S. electrophysiology sales. The company’s Q4 EP revenue of $606 million fell short of the $643 million consensus, coinciding with an 18% slide in the stock amid heightened inv…
NexGen Energy Ltd. shares fell 10.5% after short seller Culper Research disclosed a short position and published a critique alleging the Rook I project's net present value is overstated by 43% to 62% and that the company's 29.7 million-pound peak annual production forecast is "impossible to achieve." The report also contests geological continuity i…
Bernstein SocGen Group raised its price target on Hershey to $250 from $192 and maintained a Market Perform rating after the confectioner issued 2026 EPS guidance well above consensus. The stock has already rallied sharply, while other firms also increased targets following stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and an improved fiscal 2026 o…
Bernstein SocGen Group lowered its 12-month price target for Sea Ltd. to $170.00 from $185.00 while retaining an Outperform rating. The move comes as the stock trades well below that target, near a 52-week low, after shedding roughly half its value. The firm’s analyst called the AI-related decline excessive and pointed to on-the-ground proprietary …
Benchmark increased its price target on Patrick Industries to $150 from $140 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported results Benchmark described as a 'clean beat.' The stock climbed following an upbeat conference call, and BMO Capital separately raised its target to $155 after Patrick Industries exceeded Q4 2025 revenue and earnings foreca…
Two major research firms downgraded Crown Holdings, arguing that recent operational improvements and balance sheet repair have been largely priced into the stock, and that earnings growth will likely slow in 2026 as capacity expansion and rising costs weigh on margins in some regions. Both firms see a more balanced risk-reward profile following a s…
The TA 35 finished the session up 0.32% on Friday, driven by advances in Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors. Tower Semiconductor, Camtek and Nova were the top performers, while Ormat Technologies, ICL Israel Chemicals and Amot Investments registered the largest declines. Broad market breadth favored decliners, and commodities including crude,…
Piper Sandler trimmed its price target on Amazon to $260 from $300 while retaining an Overweight rating, pointing to a $200 billion capital expenditure forecast for 2026 that it called meaningfully above expectations. The move follows fourth-quarter results showing AWS growth of 24% year-over-year and $716.92 billion in annual revenue, but it comes…
Piper Sandler reduced its price target for Impinj Inc. to $180 from $230 while retaining an Overweight rating following mixed quarterly results and a logistics-customer inventory overhang. The firm flagged roughly two weeks of excess inventory at a second logistics customer and said a ramp of a custom chip will need to drive depletion of the older …
Piper Sandler lowered its price target for Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) to $200 from $280 while retaining an Overweight rating. The move follows Atlassian’s second fiscal quarter results, which the firm called "solid," and reflects the stock’s steep decline over the past year. Other brokerages have also adjusted targets following the earnin…
Piper Sandler raised its price objective on ConocoPhillips to $111 from $108 and kept an Overweight rating, citing the company’s resource quality and a projected multi-year increase in free cash flow. The move follows a quarter in which ConocoPhillips posted adjusted EPS of $1.02 and revenue of $13.82 billion, results that missed some Street foreca…
Stifel has maintained a Buy rating and a $155.00 price objective on Illumina (ILMN) after the company pre-announced stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The research house sees upside to full-year figures driven by a favorable clinical versus research revenue mix supporting mid-single-digit consumables growth, while noting that upcoming i…
Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (TIRX) saw its stock surge 16.8% after the company disclosed advanced discussions with government authorities and financial regulators in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand to launch a regulated stablecoin. The proposed token would be pegged to a basket of major fiat currencies, incorporate the company's AI tool…
Mexico's president announced plans to send humanitarian aid, including food and basic supplies, to Cuba by Monday, while her administration pursues diplomatic channels to restore oil shipments suspended in mid-January. The move comes after Washington warned of tariffs on nations supplying fuel to Cuba and described the island as an extraordinary se…
Microsoft's recent post-earnings sell-off looks harsh relative to the company's underlying growth drivers. The stock closed at $394.54 on heavy volume, trading as low as $392.92 intraday. We view the move as a buying opportunity for a swing trade and a position trade: enter at current levels, protect with a clear stop, and target a reversion to $42…
Carbon Revolution PLC saw its shares tumble 65.2% on Friday after receiving notice from Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Department that its request for continued listing was denied. Nasdaq cited the company’s failure to meet minimum shareholders’ equity requirements and its failure to file its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the period ended June 30…
Pulse Biosciences saw its stock rise after releasing late-breaking results from a first-in-human feasibility study of the nPulse Cardiac Catheter System presented at the AF Symposium. The data reported 100% procedural success in evaluable patients at six months and 96% at 12 months, with rapid procedures, low complication rates and average treatmen…
Stifel reiterated a Buy rating and a $300.00 price target on Amazon.com (AMZN) after the company delivered stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The firm incorporated Amazon's aggressive 2026 capital expenditure guidance into its forecasts but still cited several durable positives, including accelerating AWS growth, improving North America…
Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an Overweight rating and a $100.00 price target on Microchip Technology (MCHP) after the company's fiscal third-quarter 2026 results, highlighting stronger bookings, margin expansion, healthy channel inventories and growing backlog that point to a cross-market recovery. The target implies roughly 35.6% upside from the c…
RBC Capital reduced its price target on O’Reilly Automotive to $109 from $111 while leaving its rating intact after the parts retailer reported quarterly results that fell short of heightened investor expectations. The firm raised its Q1 comparable-sales assumption but trimmed near-term EPS estimates, pointing to persistent elevated costs and softe…
RBC Capital reduced its price target on Ralliant Corp. to $41 from $52 while keeping its rating, following 2026 guidance that landed about 15% below consensus. The bank attributed the shortfall to unexpected segment-level operating costs after the spin rather than loss of market share or weak demand. Ralliant also recorded a $1.4 billion impairment…
