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Unnatural Products has entered a licensing agreement with Novartis to advance macrocyclic peptide therapies targeting a cardiovascular program. The California-based company will receive an upfront payment and is eligible for substantial milestone payments and tiered royalties, while Novartis will manage clinical development, manufacturing and globa…
Mizuho raised its price objective on Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (OEC) to $5.25 from $4.50 while retaining an Underperform rating, attributing the target increase to higher market multiples. Orion shares trade at $5.74, inside a 52-week range of $4.34 to $16.63, and InvestingPro Fair Value metrics still indicate the stock may be undervalued. The …
French authorities have launched multiple investigations into alleged human trafficking and financial crimes linked to associates of the late Jeffrey Epstein after a large release of files about his activities. Prosecutors will use public material and complaints from child protection groups to probe possible involvement by French nationals in sexua…
Mister Car Wash Inc agreed to be acquired by majority owner Leonard Green & Partners in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at $3.1 billion. LGP, which already holds roughly 67% of outstanding shares, will buy the remaining shares for $7.00 per share, a 29% premium to the 90-day volume-weighted average through Feb. 17, 2026. The deal, appro…
Cisco Systems and startup Qunnect reported the successful operation of a quantum communications link between Brooklyn and Manhattan that transmits quantum signals over existing fiber optic infrastructure. The demonstration relied on Qunnect's hardware and Cisco's software to address practical obstacles in urban and data center cabling, including vi…
BMO Capital trimmed its price target on Republic Services to $248 from $251 while keeping an Outperform rating after the company issued initial 2026 guidance that fell below expectations. The stock trades at a P/E of 33.09 and a market capitalization of $68.47 billion. Analysts cite a range of potential upside drivers even as peers and some firms p…
Mizuho increased its price target on Celanese Corp. to $55 from $45 and retained a Neutral rating. The new target equates roughly to the stock's recent trading level, and the firm's valuation is anchored to an 8.6 times price-to-earnings multiple on a next-twelve-months-plus-one EPS projection of $6.40. Recent company results missed expectations on…
BMO Capital cut its price target on Palo Alto Networks to $200 from $230 but maintained an Outperform rating. The firm left its fiscal 2026 core estimates unchanged and is forecasting 13% to 15% year-over-year organic net new next-generation security ARR growth over the next two quarters. Palo Alto reported a modest fiscal Q2 beat driven by hardwar…
Mizuho increased its price target for Element Solutions Inc. to $35 from $29 and kept an Outperform rating after the company issued guidance and reported December quarter results. Element Solutions reported a December quarter EBITDA of $136 million, guided 2026 adjusted EBITDA and EPS in line with consensus ranges, and completed two acquisitions th…
RBC Capital raised its price target on Cenovus Energy to Cdn$31.00 from Cdn$29.00 and reiterated an Outperform rating, pointing to the company’s strengthened portfolio following the MEG Energy acquisition and the WRB disposition. The firm highlighted management alignment with shareholders, free cash flow generation and a conservative balance sheet …
Needham trimmed its price target on Palo Alto Networks to $200 from $230 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to the carrying costs from recent acquisitions as the driver. The cybersecurity vendor reported organic beats for fiscal Q2 2026 and reaffirmed multi-year cash flow and next-generation security ARR goals even as several other brokerages rev…
BMO Capital increased its price target on Element Solutions (ESI) to $37 from $35 while keeping an Outperform rating, citing stronger electronics and semiconductor end-markets. The company reported 13% organic growth in Q4, provided a 2026 outlook above expectations, completed multiple acquisitions and outlined capital and leverage targets, prompti…
BMO Capital cut its price target on Waystar Holding to $30 from $47 while retaining an Outperform rating, pointing to broad uncertainty over artificial intelligence’s effect on software sector valuations. The healthcare technology company's recent operating results beat expectations, but multiple compression across the sector has weighed on its mar…
Rosenblatt reduced its price target on Hive Digital Technologies to $4.50 from $6.50 while retaining a Buy rating. The firm points to improved mining economics from a Paraguay expansion and emerging GPU deployment and recurring revenue targets that support a transition toward AI infrastructure. Hive’s shares trade well below analyst targets and dat…
Arista Networks stock fell 2.9% in premarket trading following Meta Platforms' announcement of a long-term partnership with Nvidia to support AI-optimized data centers. The agreement includes extensive deployment of Nvidia's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, prompting renewed market focus on potential competitive implications for Arista desp…
Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation reported a substantial expansion in its mineral resource inventory, filing an independent Technical Report with an effective date of January 21, 2026. The update raises the company’s measured and indicated gold and silver totals by 55%, and the stock rose 4.2% in premarket trading following the announcement.
PayPal is trading at bargain multiple levels after a bruising earnings cycle and management turnover. With market cap near $37.6B, EV/EBITDA around 5.4x, free cash flow of $5.56B and a P/E near 7x, the risk/reward favors a long position over a 180-trading-day horizon. Technicals show an oversold RSI and compressed multiple; catalysts include a new …
Sweden's inflation is expected to fall significantly in the year ahead, driven in part by a temporary reduction in the value-added tax on food and signs of weaker inflationary pressures even when that measure is excluded, First Deputy Governor Aino Bunge said. While some cyclical indicators are mixed, the central bank finds overall real-economy dev…
Parazero Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:PRZO) saw its stock rise about 2% in premarket trading after announcing a successful trial of its DefendAir system, which used net-launching technology to intercept a drone moving at 70 mph. The company described the event as a first for net-based interception performance at that speed and said the test simulated a…
Analysts at Wolfe Research say U.S. equity volatility is likely to persist in the near term as investors react to fears about artificial intelligence-driven disruption across multiple industries, alongside technical selling pressure and shifting fund flows. While some areas such as consumer staples have rallied early in the year amid an improving U…
Pinterest raised its first-quarter revenue guidance to $958 million-$978 million from a previous $951 million-$971 million range, attributing the revision to the partial-quarter contribution of its recently acquired connected-TV advertising platform, tvScientific. The deal, announced in December 2025, is Pinterest's first major acquisition since 20…
Garmin projected annual revenue and adjusted earnings above Street expectations after reporting a quarterly revenue beat and a sharp increase in fitness sales, citing robust demand for recently launched high-end smartwatches and a diversified sales and manufacturing model that helped preserve margins amid uneven consumer demand.
Rackspace Technology's stock more than doubled after the company announced a strategic alliance with Palantir Technologies to help customers deploy and operate Palantir’s Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). Rackspace will supply implementation expertise, cloud hosting, and data migration support aimed at moving AI projects into prod…
Recent satellite photographs indicate Iran has been actively concealing and reinforcing several sensitive military and nuclear facilities, including the construction of a concrete cover at a newly built structure at the Parchin complex and the backfilling of tunnel entrances at the Isfahan nuclear site. Imagery analysts report fortification work ne…
RBC Capital increased its 12-month price target for EastGroup Properties to $195 from $183 and maintained a Sector Perform rating after the REIT’s fourth-quarter 2025 report. The move reflects a brighter leasing backdrop and disclosed development leasing activity, even as RBC trimmed a longer-term development-starts forecast for 2025. Other brokera…
