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Summary: Piper Sandler reduced its price target for Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) to $205.00 from $290.00 while retaining an Overweight rating. The firm said the adjustment is driven by a contraction in valuation multiples rather than deterioration in Reddit’s reported operating performance. Reddit’s most recent quarter showed substantial top-line growth and…
RBC Capital raised its price target on Fortinet to $90 from $85 while keeping its rating unchanged, citing a quarterly result that was "much better than feared" and encouraging product-level growth. Fortinet reported Q4 2025 results that beat expectations and continues to deliver robust gross margins and revenue growth, though service revenues have…
A wave of workforce reductions has marked the opening weeks of 2026 across multiple U.S. sectors. Companies including Amazon, Autodesk, Dow, Nike, FedEx and others have announced staff cuts ranging from the hundreds to tens of thousands as they reallocate resources, restructure operations and pursue efficiency gains. Several organizations cited shi…
Turkey's main index, the BIST 100, closed lower on Friday, pressured by losses in the Holdings & Investments, Telecoms and Sports sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while select mid- and large-cap names posted notable gains. Commodity and currency markets moved higher, with gold and crude oil rising and the lira weakening slightly against t…
DA Davidson has raised its 12-month price target on Construction Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) from $120 to $130 but retained a Neutral rating. The firm cited the company’s stronger-than-expected first-quarter results and management’s updated guidance as reasons to increase estimates modestly, even as it noted slower organic growth in Q1 and potenti…
DA Davidson increased its 12-month price target for Hershey to $243 from $207 but left its rating at Neutral. The firm pointed to an accelerated path to earnings restoration supported by product elasticity and a healthy innovation pipeline, even as the company faces potential headwinds from MAHA, GLP-1 medications, and SNAP program changes. Recent …
Cantor Fitzgerald lowered its price objective on Reddit Inc. (RDDT) to $170 from $240 while retaining a Neutral rating. The downgrade in target reflects a reduction in the valuation multiple applied to FY26E/FY27E EBITDA as the firm flagged uncertainty around Reddit's user growth trajectory, even as the company delivered robust fourth-quarter resul…
DA Davidson reduced its price target for monday.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: MNDY) to $150 from $250 but kept a Buy rating, adjusting fiscal 2026 projections to reflect extended sales cycles. The firm reported mixed customer feedback on newer product adoption, flagged particular weakness in the Service offering, and reiterated that the core work management pr…
RBC Capital reiterated an Outperform rating and a $300 price target on Amazon (AMZN) after the company reported quarterly results. The firm praised AWS acceleration and highlighted strong revenue growth and rising chip sales, but flagged higher-than-expected 2026 capital expenditures of $200 billion and potential margin pressure from Project Leo as…
Alpha Modus, a retail-technology company that translates in-store shopper behavior into real-time commercial signals, has emphasized the centrality of its patent portfolio as brick-and-mortar retailers adopt more advanced AI-driven analytics. CEO William Alessi said the firm paused rapid rollouts to strengthen IP, now using enforcement and licensin…
The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index rose to 57.3 in early February from a revised 56.4 in January, marking a modest improvement. Short-term inflation expectations eased to 3.5% while five-year expectations inched up to 3.4%. Survey respondents continue to voice concerns about high prices and job security despite the modest uptick …
Brazil's Finance Ministry has flagged gaps in banking rules that allow suspects to shield assets in pooled and escrow accounts, urging the central bank to tighten regulation after recent police operations and internal reviews revealed continued vulnerabilities. Authorities say existing rule changes only reduce, but do not eliminate, the risk to ass…
Bernstein reiterated an Outperform rating and a $1,300 price target on Eli Lilly after the company reported fourth-quarter results that outpaced estimates on both revenue and earnings per share. The strong report and investor guidance sent the stock higher, and Bernstein highlighted the upcoming orforglipron (Orfo) launch and the growth trajectory …
TD Cowen trimmed its price target on Amazon.com (AMZN) to $300 from $315 while preserving a Buy rating, citing concerns tied to the company’s elevated 2026 capital expenditure guidance. The move sits within a broader analyst landscape that still favors Amazon, but several firms reduced targets after the quarterly report highlighted stronger-than-ex…
JPMorgan increased its price objective for Johnson Controls (JCI) to $158 from $138 and retained an Overweight rating following the company's fiscal first-quarter 2026 results. The stock, trading around $135.33, has rallied recently and sits near its 52-week high. Analysts have nudged earnings estimates higher for FY2026, and JPMorgan highlighted w…
TD Cowen has reissued a Sell rating and a $70 price target on Roblox Corp. following the company's fourth-quarter report. While bookings largely matched expectations and revenue has risen materially year-over-year, the research team warns that engagement metrics have softened since last summer and since December versus seasonal norms, creating an e…
TD Cowen increased its price target for Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) to $1,350 from $1,250 while retaining a Buy rating. The firm pointed to a stronger outlook for Enterprise Data, improving visibility in AI infrastructure, and upside to revenue estimates after Monolithic posted better-than-expected Q4 2025 results. Valuation metrics show a prem…
TD Cowen increased its price objective for Adeptus Biotechnologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ADPT) to $21.00 from $20.00 while leaving its rating unchanged. The revision follows the company's pre-announced fourth-quarter results and an upbeat investor call that emphasized ongoing demand and price resilience for the ClonoSEQ assay. The shares traded higher aft…
The European Union will propose mandating secure, tamper-resistant semiconductors in drone systems as part of a broader strategy to scale civilian and defense drone capabilities, improve resilience and coordinate member-state responses. The plan, expected next week, includes measures to accelerate a drone alliance with Ukraine, boost production, an…
The broad rally tied to artificial intelligence is fragmenting as investors confront rising capital expenditure, heavier debt burdens and uncertainty over which companies will actually profit. While hardware suppliers to AI data centres have held up better, software, data and analytics firms have taken a hit. The divergence is also visible within t…
Stifel raised its price target on Coherent (COHR) to $235 from $220 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported fiscal Q2 2026 results that outperformed consensus. Coherent posted $1.69 billion in revenue and adjusted EPS of $1.29, ahead of analyst estimates, while datacenter bookings paced a 34% segment growth and management reported a fourfo…
Truist Securities trimmed its price target for Snap Inc. to $8.00 from $11.00 while keeping a Hold rating after the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results and first-quarter 2026 guidance. The firm cited disciplined cost management against advertising growth that remains subdued, solid liquidity on the balance sheet, and mixed demand trends across cu…
Stifel increased its price target on Bio-Techne Corp. (NASDAQ:TECH) to $65 from $60 while retaining a Hold rating after the company reported quarterly results that exceeded expectations. The price target adjustment reflects an OEM order that was brought forward into the second quarter and a string of operational offsets to margin pressure, even as …
Stifel reduced its 12-month price target on Equifax to $235 from $253 while retaining a Buy rating, citing the potential for margin dilution tied to FICO’s planned price increase and Equifax’s decision not to pass that increase through to mortgage report customers. The company reported modest beats in fourth-quarter 2025 results and continues to de…
Truist Securities increased its price target on Old Dominion Freight Line to $225 from $185 and kept a Buy rating, citing an improved company tone and supportive Manufacturing PMI despite trimming 2026 EPS estimates. The stock trades near $200, while other brokerages offered varied responses to the carrier's latest quarter that mixed an EPS beat wi…
