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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has been knocked down by a January rotation that punished growth multiples despite a clean quarter: Q4 revenue of $2.9B (+19%), procedure growth near 18%, and a recurring revenue base that now represents roughly 75% of sales. Technicals are deeply oversold (RSI ~20) and short interest is moderate, creating a tactical swing…
Rush Street Interactive COO Mattias Stetz sold 20,000 Class A shares on February 2, 2026, for $353,386 under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan. The online gaming operator, valued at about $4 billion, trades below InvestingPro's Fair Value even as its stock is up nearly 17% over the past year. Analysts' price targets range from $20 to $29; Benchmark reaffi…
A man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., was hit with four additional terrorism charges in an indictment unsealed Wednesday. The expanded indictment brings the total to nine counts, including previously filed hate crime charges. Prosecutors say the suspect fired roughly 20 rounds outside a gatheri…
The European Central Bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged and signal no imminent change to policy, reflecting stable inflation near the 2% target, growth close to potential and a neutral interest rate stance. While officials are likely to describe policy as being in a 'good place', recent currency moves, commodity price swings and geop…
Dean A. Foate, chairman of Plexus Corp, sold 5,000 shares on February 2, 2026, at $204.8935 for a total of $1024467, lowering his indirect holdings to 15,000 shares held in trust. The next day, 1,370 shares were recorded as acquired through the vesting and settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Separately, Plexus reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 r…
A 26-year-old Illinois resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston after prosecutors say he used social engineering to obtain Snapchat security codes from nearly 600 women, accessed at least 59 accounts and downloaded nude or semi-nude images that he kept, sold or traded. He faces sentencing in May following a plea deal that includes a recom…
Investors and traders executed historic hedges in January to secure U.S. crude prices as concerns over Iranian supply and an influx of Venezuelan barrels to the U.S. Gulf Coast elevated market risk. ICE data show record activity in WTI Midland at Houston and Western Canadian Select contracts, while severe winter weather temporarily knocked offline …
Oracle plunged into early 2026 on fears around massive AI capex and a messy OpenAI narrative. Recent moves - including a $50B bond plan to fund SMRs and clearer financing signals - reduce the tail risk from an unbounded capex surprise and open a tactical mid-term long. Technicals are deeply oversold and valuation is tempered by high leverage; this …
A director of Great Southern Bancorp executed a share sale and option exercises on February 4, 2026, while the company reported Q4 2025 results that topped forecasts and an analyst firm nudged up its price target. Valuation metrics remain low and the company continues a long streak of dividend payments.
Mizuho downgraded Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) from Outperform to Neutral and reduced its 12-month price target to $75 from $80. The research firm cited continued weakness in carbon black demand from tire and rubber products and trimmed its fiscal 2026 and 2027 EPS estimates. The move follows Cabot’s December quarter 2025 report, which included gu…
Bitcoin erased the gains it had accrued since the U.S. election in early November 2024 and continued to weaken into Wednesday, briefly dipping below $72,000. The cryptocurrency is down roughly 42% from its October record above $126,000 and is now firmly in a bear market. Analysts cite reduced inflows to U.S. spot ETFs, sensitivity to equity and geo…
Allogene Therapeutics SVP and Chief Technical Officer Benjamin Machinas Beneski sold 7,549 shares on February 2, 2026, for roughly $13,059 to meet tax-withholding obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The same day he recorded large option and restricted stock unit grants. The company is characterized by recent analyst coverage, clinica…
Stifel increased its price target on Civeo to $33.00 from $28.00 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to growth potential in both Australia and North America. The firm built the new target by applying a 5-6x multiple to estimated 2027 EBITDA and highlighted the company’s available mobile rooms, solid liquidity, recent contract awards, and board cha…
Alphabet reported record revenue and breakout Cloud growth that underpin a mid-term long trade. The shares have pulled back into support near the 20-day SMA on heavy volume; momentum indicators are mixed but fundamentals and cash flow remain extremely strong. This trade targets a move back above the recent 52-week high while limiting downside with …
Evercore ISI reiterated an Outperform rating on Cisco and maintained a $100 price target after the company’s AI Summit, citing Cisco’s ability to address AI deployment bottlenecks through networking, optics and integrated security. The target implies roughly 23% upside from the prevailing share price, with the stock trading near its 52-week high an…
Nvidia continues to negotiate with U.S. authorities over licensing conditions required to export its H200 AI chips to Chinese firms. Although the Trump administration signaled roughly two weeks ago that it would approve a license allowing ByteDance to buy H200s, Nvidia has balked at some stipulated conditions, notably Know-Your-Customer (KYC) oblig…
DA Davidson upgraded Varonis Systems (VRNS) from Neutral to Buy and increased its price target to $30.00 from $25.00, citing improved analyst estimates and company performance metrics. The move follows upward revisions from six analysts and comes amid mixed signals: robust ARR growth and high gross margins versus recent share-price weakness and pri…
The U.S. administration has indicated it will permit ByteDance to purchase Nvidia's H200 AI chips, but Nvidia has not agreed to the conditions the U.S. has proposed, including a Know-Your-Customer (KYC) requirement designed to prevent access by China's military. Negotiations between Nvidia and U.S. officials continue over the licensing terms for sh…
Generate Biomedicines has submitted paperwork for a proposed initial public offering on the Nasdaq. The clinical-stage firm says its integrated Generate Platform combines computational methods with scalable biohardware to design and advance protein therapeutics, and has progressed three computationally engineered proteins into human testing, includ…
Clear Street reiterated a Buy rating and a $200.00 price target on Palvella Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PVLA) after the company provided an update on its Phase 3 SELVA trial in microcystic lymphatic malformation (mLM). The price target implies substantial upside from the current trading level, fitting with a broadly optimistic analyst consensus and recent…
Lineage Inc. stock climbed more than 5.1% on Wednesday, outpacing the RMZ index, after Barclays reaffirmed an Equalweight rating and a $38.00 price target. The move follows the company’s announced partnership with Gruve to monetize unused facility capacity, but Barclays and other analysts remain cautious about the magnitude of any earnings uplift. …
After the market closed, shares in major technology and chip-related companies moved sharply as investors digested a wide-ranging set of quarterly results and forward guidance. Alphabet reported solid results but startled markets with a 2026 capital expenditure forecast far above estimates, lifting chip names. Results and guidance from Qualcomm, Sn…
Alphabet outlined plans to sharply increase capital expenditure to a target range of $175 billion to $185 billion this year, roughly double recent spending levels, as it prioritizes AI infrastructure. The announcement came alongside quarterly results that beat revenue and profit estimates and showed strong growth in Google Cloud, prompting volatile…
Mexico's main stock gauge closed lower on Wednesday, with the S&P/BMV IPC slipping 1.49% as losses clustered in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. A handful of names posted gains, led by Orbia Advance Corporation, while heavyweights such as Cemex and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico registered notable declines. Commodity a…
Colombia's stock market finished the session lower, with the COLCAP index retreating 2.29%. Losses were concentrated in Financials, Investment and Public Services, while select names such as Mineros SA and Grupo Cibest posted gains. Commodities and FX moves included declines in coffee and cocoa, a rise in gold futures, and a firmer US Dollar Index …
