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Guggenheim has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $312 price objective on Humana (HUM) in advance of the insurer’s fourth-quarter 2025 results. The research house flagged a potentially turbulent market response when earnings arrive, driven largely by uncertain Medicare Advantage enrollment trends and profit dynamics that could shape 2026 guidance. Despi…
Needham increased its price objective for Amkor Technology (AMKR) to $65.00 from $50.00 while retaining a Buy rating after the packaging and test services provider reported quarterly results that topped expectations and raised guidance. The firm highlighted the company’s record fiscal 2026 capital expenditure plan of $2.5 billion to $3 billion and …
Guggenheim reaffirmed its Buy rating and $65.00 price target on Tractor Supply Company after meetings with the retailer’s executive team in New York City. The target implies roughly 21% upside from the stock’s $53.78 quote, while other brokerages have cut targets following a disappointing fourth quarter and concerns about the rural economy and prom…
Needham has reaffirmed its Buy rating on Upwork Inc. (UPWK) and maintained a $25.00 price target following the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The target implies roughly 32% upside from a reference price of $18.89. Needham adjusted its near-term forecasts only modestly but now anticipates a sharper acceleration in Marketplace Gross Services …
Brazil's inflation rate rose in January, nudging above market expectations and underscoring a cautious stance from monetary policymakers as they prepare to begin cutting interest rates. Consumer prices climbed 4.44% year-on-year and 0.33% month-on-month, with transportation and fuels leading the monthly increase. Central bank officials, led by Gove…
Target has elevated Lisa Roath, a company veteran who joined in 2006, to the role of chief operating officer as part of a broader leadership reorganization led by new CEO Michael Fiddelke. The move accompanies cost-cutting steps and additional executive changes while the retailer maintains its prior near-term financial outlook.
Paylocity is trading near its 52-week low after a sharp pullback. Valuation looks reasonable versus growth profile: market cap about $6.1B, P/E ~25, EV/EBITDA ~14 and free cash flow of roughly $461M. Low leverage and a string of product and partnership catalysts make a tactical long attractive with a defined risk plan targeting a bounce back to $14…
Alibaba on Tuesday introduced RynnBrain, an artificial intelligence model created to help robots interpret their physical environment and perform object-level tasks. A DAMO Academy demonstration shows a robot identifying fruit and placing it in a basket. The move places Alibaba in competition with firms such as Nvidia, Google DeepMind and those dev…
RH shares fell 1.3% in premarket trading after the company’s Senior Vice President of Real Estate, Steve Rouman, resigned to take a senior real estate role at Crate & Barrel. Rouman’s exit adds to recent departures of other senior leaders and prompted analyst concern about the speed of turnover in key functions.
Hugo Boss (BOSSY) trades at modest multiples with a meaningful dividend yield and room for margin recovery. Current technicals are constructive but not stretched. This trade idea recommends waiting for a defined pullback to $7.50 as the best risk/reward entry for a long position into key 2026 operational catalysts; stop at $6.80, target $10.00 over…
Goldman Sachs increased its price target on Plains All American (PAA) to $17.00 from $16.00 but kept a Sell rating following the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm's assessment described the quarter as mixed, with crude strength offset by softer NGL results. Management set 2026 EBITDA guidance of $2.675 billion to $2.825 billion, which…
Mizuho has lowered its price target on Prudential Financial (PRU) to $113.00 from $126.00 and kept a Neutral rating after the company announced a 90-day suspension of new sales in its Prudential of Japan unit related to employee misconduct. Management estimates the pause will reduce pretax earnings by $300-350 million and shave roughly $0.70 from E…
Stephens trimmed its price target on Pagaya Technologies to $25.00 from $33.00 but kept an Overweight rating after the company's fourth-quarter results. Although net income and EPS beat expectations and credit metrics showed no incremental write-downs, Pagaya reported weaker volumes and revenue, and its 2026 guidance fell short of market forecasts …
Rosenblatt raised its price objective on Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) to $165 from $140 while retaining a Neutral rating ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings. The firm pointed to recent industry checks that uncovered several large contract wins with hyperscalers and cloud AI players, and highlighted Arista’s continued revenue strength and …
Stephens raised its price target for Simpson Manufacturing (SSD) to $200 from $187 while keeping an Equal Weight rating after the company reported fourth-quarter results that outperformed both Stephens’ and consensus estimates. The quarter was marked by higher North American pricing, favorable foreign exchange effects and an adjusted EBITDA margin …
Goldman Sachs raised its price target on Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (PAGP) to $17.00 from $16.00 while retaining a Sell rating following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results. The company reported a mixed quarter with weaker natural gas liquids (NGL) results offset by stronger crude oil performance. Management guided 2026 EBITDA to $2.675-2.825 b…
Super Micro (SMCI) just demonstrated it can scale at AI speed - Q2 sales jumped to $12.68B and management now points to at least $40B for fiscal 2026. That growth sets up a high-conviction swing trade on a breakout, but compressed gross margins and customer concentration make this a high-risk, high-reward idea. Entry $34.50, stop $30.00, target $50…
U.S. stock futures were largely flat Tuesday as investors absorbed a heavy slate of corporate earnings and retail sales data. Individual movers spanned consumer staples, leisure, semiconductors and industrials, with Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson and Under Armour among notable decliners and Spotify, Ferrari and DuPont among gainers.
Unity Software shares climbed 5% following an Oppenheimer upgrade to Outperform from Perform and a $38 price target. Analyst Martin Yang rejects the notion that world models such as Google's Project Genie will supplant Unity’s game engine, instead framing them as asset-generation tools that feed into the engine. Oppenheimer cited improving fundamen…
Tejon Ranch (TRC) offers exposure to California master-planned development optionality at a sub-$500M market cap. With entitlements, a recent industrial JV, supportive local leaders and a balance sheet that is light on debt, TRC looks attractive as a long-term trade that pays to front-run value realization from commercial and mixed-use projects.
Olympic Steel (ZEUS) is a small-cap, cash-generative steel processor whose pending stock-for-stock merger with Ryerson has drawn activist and plaintiff-lawyer attention. That attention raises the odds of a negotiated bump to consideration or added disclosure that could re-rate the stock from its bargain EV/sales and unlock 15-25% upside. Fundamenta…
Goldman Sachs increased its 12-month price target for Roivant Sciences to $38 from $36 and maintained a Buy rating, pointing to a string of 2026 clinical catalysts and a notable opportunity for mosliciguat in PH-ILD. Despite a recent earnings miss, the company’s cash-rich balance sheet and pipeline progress have driven significant stock gains and a…
Needham increased its price target for Ichor Holdings to $48 from $36 and reiterated a Buy view, pointing to expected revenue growth, margin improvements and capacity shifts to higher-profitability regions. The upgrade follows a quarter the firm described as the trough of the current cycle and comes alongside company guidance that forecasts sequent…
Morgan Stanley keeps Société Générale at the top of its French bank list, citing stronger-than-expected earnings positioning and reliable capital returns. The broker has grown more constructive on BNP Paribas after management outlined a meaningful cost reduction plan and clearer capital targets, but litigation linked to Sudan restrains a full upgra…
Nektar Therapeutics said patients who continued treatment with rezpegaldesleukin after induction sustained high response rates at week 52 in the Phase 2b REZOLVE-AD trial, with both monthly and quarterly maintenance regimens. The stock rose modestly on the news as the company prepares to advance to a pivotal Phase 3 program and targets a Biologics …
