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Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price objective on Texas Instruments to $250 from $225 while keeping a Neutral rating. The firm points to management's fiscal 2026 capital expenditure guidance, the company’s capacity to support roughly $25 billion in revenue next year, and a projected free cash flow trajectory toward more than $9 per share in fiscal 20…
Laurie Ann Pulatie-Hahn, Itron's senior vice president of human resources, sold 3,755 shares on February 19, 2026, for $99.5385 per share, generating $373,767. The transaction was disclosed on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Itron recently reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 results and announced a private …
Donald L. Reeves III, senior vice president of outcomes at Itron, sold 5,419 shares of the company on February 19, 2026, for $99.5385 per share, generating $539,399 in proceeds to satisfy tax withholding tied to a vesting performance-based restricted stock unit award. Itron recently reported fourth-quarter 2025 results above expectations, received …
Truist Securities raised its price target on Enhabit Home Health & Hospice to $13.80 from $10.50 while keeping a Hold rating after the company agreed to be acquired by Kinderhook Industries in an all-cash transaction at $13.80 per share. The transaction equates to an enterprise value of about $1.1 billion and is estimated by Truist to be roughly 10…
Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an Overweight rating and a $40.00 price target on Chime Financial (CHYM), pointing to meaningful upside from the current share price of $19.82. The bank is watching user additions, volume-per-user trends and credit product expansion while flagging a stronger profitability emphasis heading into 2026. Chime remains unprofita…
Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an Overweight rating and a $80 12-month price target on JFrog (FROG) after the stock plunged following Anthropic’s introduction of Claude Code Security. The firm framed JFrog as a software supply chain control plane with strong platform economics and 77% gross margins, arguing the new Claude capability looks more like a…
Norway's stock market ended the session lower, with the Oslo OBX index down 0.40% as weakness in Media, Transport and Diversified Financials pressured the market. Broad market declines outpaced gains, though several energy and industrial companies recorded gains. Oil and other commodity prices moved higher, while the euro and dollar both firmed aga…
Israel's equity market moved higher at Monday's close, with the TA-35 index rising 0.27% to a fresh all-time high. Gains were concentrated in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors while a handful of individual stocks recorded double-digit point moves. Broader market breadth showed more decliners than advancers, and commodities and FX market…
Cantor Fitzgerald trimmed its 12-month price target for Hive Digital Technologies to $5.00 from $7.50 while keeping an Overweight rating, citing deteriorating Bitcoin mining economics and reduced Bitcoin price assumptions. The adjustment follows Hive Digital's fiscal third-quarter results showing record revenue and rising hashrate, but continued tr…
Five EU member states - Finland, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia - have pushed back against proposals to relax EU merger rules. In a note to be discussed at an EU ministers' meeting on Feb. 26, the countries argue that existing competition law already permits the creation of larger European companies where economic evidence supports…
The State Department has ordered the departure of non-essential U.S. government employees and eligible family members from the embassy in Beirut, citing an elevated security assessment tied to growing concerns about a potential military conflict with Iran. The embassy remains operational with core staff in place, while some personnel and relatives …
Citrini Research's report, The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis, sketches a future in which swift AI adoption boosts productivity and corporate margins while displacing many high-earning white-collar workers and weakening household incomes. The study argues that declining labor expenses will be funneled into AI infrastructure, creating a reinforcing…
Itron Inc. senior vice president and general counsel Christopher E. Ware sold 4,486 shares on February 19, 2026, at $99.5385 per share to satisfy tax withholding obligations associated with a performance-based restricted stock unit award. The transaction, disclosed in a Form 4 filing, left Ware with 31,806 shares. Separately, Itron reported fourth-…
Blue Owl Capital (OWL) has taken a hit from headlines about halted BDC redemptions and a rumored financing shortfall, but recent institutional purchases of $1.4B of assets at near-par plus strong free cash flow and a double-digit short interest create a tactical long opportunity. Entry at $10.45 with a stop at $9.25 and a primary target of $14.00 o…
Nike is trading below key moving averages after a pullback that priced in tariff headwinds and softer China demand. With a $92.5B market cap, $2.48B of free cash flow and a 2.46% dividend yield, the balance sheet and brand give Nike room to recover. Catalysts over the next 3-6 months - including a Supreme Court ruling easing tariff risk (02/23/2026…
Students in Tehran staged protests for a third consecutive day, defying authorities in the wake of earlier mass unrest that left thousands dead. Demonstrations were reported at multiple universities across the capital even as U.S. diplomatic and military pressure on Iran intensified, and Iranian leaders signalled mixed signals on ongoing negotiatio…
DA Davidson raised its price target on Nordson to $335 from $290 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to stronger semiconductor-related demand in the ATS business and expecting synchronized organic growth across the company’s three segments. The firm modestly increased fiscal 2026 and 2027 estimates, highlighted healthy inbound orders in IPS and MF…
DA Davidson trimmed its 12-month price objective on Louisiana-Pacific Corp to $114 from $117 but kept a Buy rating, citing a disappointing siding destock in early 2026. The firm characterizes the current valuation on the siding segment as discounted, expects the destock to be temporary, and points to ExpertFinish momentum and potential builder wins…
DA Davidson increased its 12-month price target for Comfort Systems USA (NYSE: FIX) to $1,800 from $1,200 and maintained a Buy rating after the company delivered a markedly strong quarter across earnings, cash flow and bookings. The stock is trading substantially higher year-over-year and the firm published updated estimates and scenario analysis t…
Freedom Capital Markets reduced its price target on Snap Inc. to $8 from $10 but kept a Buy rating following mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results. Revenue and adjusted EBITDA beat consensus, supported by Snapchat+ subscriber gains and improved Direct Response advertising monetization, yet guidance for the first quarter of 2026 disappointed and daily a…
D.A. Davidson reiterated a Neutral rating on Columbus McKinnon, flagging a price target in firm commentary while updating its estimates after additional review of the Kito Crosby acquisition and an expected divestiture of the company's U.S. power chain hoist business. The firm adjusted operating expense assumptions to exclude certain nonrecurring c…
DA Davidson increased its price objective on Deere & Co. to $775 from $580 and kept a Buy rating, pointing to improving order trends across Deere’s businesses following the company's first-quarter fiscal 2026 results. Multiple other brokerages moved their targets and estimates in response to stronger shipments and bookings, while at least one firm …
Evercore ISI reaffirmed an Outperform rating on Duolingo Inc. with a $330 price target, while the stock trades near its 52-week low and has dropped roughly 70% over the past year. The firm expects a modest fourth-quarter beat but notes greater downside than upside risk for fiscal 2026 guidance, amid a range of analyst views on growth, AI-driven pro…
Oracle Corporation shares dropped 4.7% on Monday as weakness in the broader technology sector and a weekend report that cast doubt on the Stargate AI data center initiative weighed on investor sentiment. The Nasdaq 100 fell about 1% during the session. The report said the Stargate joint venture - a $500 billion-plus partnership announced in January…
JPMorgan downgraded V.F. Corporation to Underweight and lowered its price target to $18 from $19, citing slower-than-expected revenue growth and a protracted margin recovery for Vans. The bank revised down earnings estimates for fiscal 2027 and 2028, models lower revenue growth than consensus, and flagged regional softness and brand-specific headwi…
