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BMO Capital reaffirmed its Market Perform rating on Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD) and held a $282.00 price target after the company reported a solid quarter that outpaced analyst forecasts. The research note highlighted management's pricing and efficiency controls, clarified balance-sheet exposure for the NEOM project, and assigned CBAM …
Benchmark has reaffirmed its Buy rating on APA Corp with a $33.00 price target, citing notable gas marketing gains that helped offset a downward revision to fourth-quarter EBITDA driven by mark-to-market commodity prices. APA has also reported significant curtailments domestically and foresees a temporary drop in Egyptian volumes due to a short pip…
BMO Capital has reiterated an Outperform rating on Canadian National Railway (CNI) with a $158.00 price target, reflecting confidence in the company’s margin profile and cash generation even as management warns of essentially flat freight volumes in 2026. Fourth-quarter adjusted results topped expectations on productivity gains, but analysts have t…
Benchmark Capital maintained a Buy rating on Permian Resources Corp with a $14 price target, noting expectations for a strong operational quarter and free cash flow in excess of $200 million despite a lowered Q4 EBITDA estimate. The firm highlighted ongoing cost declines and commodity-price driven adjustments, while other analysts offered mixed vie…
Benchmark reaffirmed its Buy rating and $31.00 price target on Schneider National (SNDR) after the company reported fourth-quarter results below estimates and issued 2026 EPS guidance that came in roughly 15% under analysts' expectations. The firm points to eventual cyclical improvement across Network, Dedicated and Intermodal businesses as the bas…
Amazon is set to report fourth-quarter results on Thursday, with Monness, Crespi, Hardt reaffirming a Buy rating and a $300 target. Analysts expect roughly $211.30 billion in Q4 revenue and near-13% year-over-year growth, while forecasts for AWS point to accelerating cloud revenue. Several brokerages have maintained optimistic ratings and a range o…
A newly launched social network intended for autonomous AI agents left sensitive information exposed, according to a cybersecurity firm. The platform, Moltbook, unintentionally made private agent messages accessible and revealed the email addresses of more than 6,000 owners along with over a million credentials. The issue was reported to the site o…
B2Gold's Goose Mine has moved from commissioning to commercial production and is slated to contribute roughly 300,000 ounces per year from 2026-2031. That ramp creates a clear path to a step-change in free cash flow relative to the company's current market capitalization. This trade idea outlines a long-biased position to capture the re-rating as o…
Benchmark has reaffirmed a Hold rating on Unity Software (NYSE:U), underscoring ongoing caution for the game development platform as the stock suffered a steep weekly decline. Analysts remain split on the company’s outlook, with bullish price targets from some firms offset by downgrades and warnings from others. Benchmark highlighted the structural…
Benchmark upgraded its price target for Charter Communications to $455 from $425 and kept a Buy rating, pointing to the recent Cox Communications acquisition and Liberty ownership roll-in as drivers of the $30 increase. The firm highlights pro forma OIBDA metrics, management commentary on EBITDA trends, and an improving free cash flow profile amid …
RBC Capital has reaffirmed its Outperform rating on Brookdale Senior Living and kept a $17.00 price target, citing stronger confidence in the company's ability to capture favorable supply-demand dynamics in senior housing. The stock has outperformed sharply over the past year and recent operational metrics, including rising occupancy, underpin anal…
RBC Capital maintained its Sector Perform rating and $230 price target on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ahead of the company's scheduled earnings report. The bank's analyst expects AMD to top estimates and raise guidance on robust server demand and market share gains, but remains cautious on valuation, wafer supply constraints, and longer-term compe…
Benchmark reaffirmed a Hold rating on Canadian National Railway following a fourth-quarter earnings performance that topped analyst expectations. The company posted adjusted quarterly earnings of C$2.08 per share, sustained strong gross profit margins, and signaled a cautious full-year 2026 outlook with flat revenue ton miles and only modest expect…
RBC Capital reiterated an Outperform rating on Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) with a $219 price target, placing emphasis on the commercial opportunity for AXS-05 in Agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease (ADA). The firm compared prescribing patterns for a competitor drug to assess market potential and flagged AXS-05’s safety and efficacy as competitive advan…
Craig-Hallum began coverage of Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE: THR) on Monday with a Buy recommendation and a $60 price objective. The research note highlights the company's transition away from primarily longer-cycle oil and gas exposure toward a more diversified and higher-margin portfolio, underscored by a Piotroski Score of 9 and recent strong qu…
RBC Capital reduced its price target for Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV) to $141 from $146 while retaining an Outperform rating. The move follows Autoliv's 2026 guidance, which RBC characterized as materially below consensus and featured a modest 1% outgrowth projection. The firm noted a favourable PEG and flagged a recent contract with a Chinese automak…
Capgemini announced it will sell its U.S. subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS), and begin a divestment process immediately after facing questions from French lawmakers over a contract CGS signed with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The group said U.S. legal constraints restricted its ability to govern certain CGS activit…
Story - the AI-native blockchain powered by the $IP token - has moved the initial unlock date for previously locked tokens from February 13, 2026 to August 13, 2026. The decision, announced by PIP Labs (Pen Technology Inc.) to the Story Foundation, accompanies recent protocol changes that reduce locked-token staking rewards, lower staking threshold…
ASML's monopoly on EUV lithography is powering another leg of compounding: record Q4 orders (€13.2bn), 2026 guidance raised to €34-39bn and a €12bn buyback underpin growth and capital returns. Technicals show bullish momentum, but a steep valuation (PE ~51, PB ~24.7) and China exposure create near-term jolt risk. Trade plan: go long at $1426.74, ta…
Piper Sandler raised its 12-month price target for Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) to $27.00 from $23.00 while retaining a Neutral rating. The move follows stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and several balance-sheet improvements, but material levels of criticized loans and a negative return on assets leave the stock's valuation recovery conditiona…
Bank of America Securities has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Walt Disney Co. and maintained a $140.00 price target after the company reported fiscal first-quarter results that outperformed key analyst estimates. Revenue and adjusted EPS exceeded forecasts, but operating income declined year over year and free cash flow was negative. Management reitera…
Recent data on home equity extraction and HELOC activity points to a nascent improvement in remodeling-related spending, supporting stronger big-ticket comps at major home improvement retailers. Home Depot, Lowe's and Floor & Decor have shown varying degrees of recovery in higher-ticket transactions, and several analysts have adjusted ratings and t…
Jefferies reduced its price target for Aon Corp to $408 from $413 while retaining a Buy rating, following Aon’s detailed 2026 guidance. The adjustment reflects management’s projection of mid-single-digit or better organic growth and 70-80 basis points of adjusted operating margin expansion, plus updated expectations around AAU cost savings and asso…
Stifel reduced its price objective on ArcBest Corp to $94.00 from $96.00 while keeping a Buy recommendation after the carrier reported fourth-quarter 2025 results. The quarter produced an adjusted EPS of $0.36, short of the $0.42 estimate, yet operational metrics outperformed Stifel’s expectations and revenue modestly beat forecasts. Other brokerag…
Mizuho has reaffirmed an Outperform rating and a $33.00 price target for EyePoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYPT) despite the stock's notable year-to-date decline. The firm emphasized that the share weakness has not been driven by changes in company fundamentals and highlighted upcoming clinical readouts across the sector - including a competitor's Phase 3 Axp…
