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Benchmark Lifts Brunswick 12-Month Target to $90 After Q4 Results

Benchmark Lifts Brunswick 12-Month Target to $90 After Q4 Results

Benchmark raised its price target on Brunswick Corp to $90 from $75 and maintained a Buy rating after the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results, which Benchmark characterized as broadly in line with expectations. Sales outperformed forecasts, operating income came in below, and EPS matched analyst estimates. The stock dipped in pre-market trading e…

Netflix Faces Margin, Engagement and WBD Decision as Shares Slip from Peak

Netflix Faces Margin, Engagement and WBD Decision as Shares Slip from Peak

Netflix shares are trading more than 35% below their June 2025 high, prompting investor scrutiny around near-term profitability, user engagement trends and the strategic implications of a possible Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Bernstein frames the debate around three core issues: 2026 margin expectations, changes in viewer consumption, and the poten…

DA Davidson Sticks With Buy on Snowflake, Sees Nearly 50% Upside

DA Davidson Sticks With Buy on Snowflake, Sees Nearly 50% Upside

DA Davidson has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW), maintaining a $300 price target that implies roughly 50% upside versus the current market price of $200.54. The firm cites selective opportunities in the software sector and highlights Snowflake as better positioned than many peers to withstand sector headwinds. Snowflake repor…

DA Davidson Lifts Cullen/Frost Price Target to $144, Keeps Neutral Rating

DA Davidson Lifts Cullen/Frost Price Target to $144, Keeps Neutral Rating

DA Davidson increased its price objective for Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) to $144 from $136 following fourth-quarter results that outpaced both the firm's forecast and consensus. The broker raised its 2026 EPS estimate, highlighted the bank's sustained record of beating estimates and noted attractive near-term valuation metrics, but left its ra…

Morgan Stanley Identifies Application Software Leaders to Watch in 2026

Morgan Stanley Identifies Application Software Leaders to Watch in 2026

Morgan Stanley highlights a set of application software firms it views as well-positioned for 2026, citing resilient growth, platform momentum, and potential upside from AI-enabled product engagement. While broad estimate upgrades remain limited, the firm points to specific opportunities where multiple expansion, product adoption, or operational le…

Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust: Insider Michael Fierman Increases Stake as Trust Trades Below Peers

Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust: Insider Michael Fierman Increases Stake as Trust Trades Below Peers

Michael Fierman, Investment Adviser Principal at Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (NYSE: FINS), reported a series of purchases that increased his direct stake to 125,420 shares. The trust, with a $439 million market capitalization and a P/E ratio of 8.34, recently traded near its 52-week high as the board postponed the annual shareh…

Alphabet Q4 Setup - Upgrade to Long as Quantum & AI Momentum Converge

Alphabet Q4 Setup - Upgrade to Long as Quantum & AI Momentum Converge

Alphabet ($GOOGL) looks positioned to outperform into and through its upcoming Q4 report. The stock trades near $338 with a ~$4.08 trillion market cap, robust free cash flow of $73.6B and a clean balance sheet. Recent headlines around AI, AR hardware, and cloud traction make this a sensible upgrade to a long trade into earnings, paired with a stric…

Rohingya Survivors Anticipate ICJ Finding of Genocide Against Myanmar

Rohingya Survivors Anticipate ICJ Finding of Genocide Against Myanmar

Rohingya survivors of Myanmar's 2017 military campaign say they expect the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to find that Myanmar committed genocide. The court heard three weeks of testimony and legal argument, and a judgment is due within three to six months. The case, brought by Gambia, has implications beyond Myanmar, including p…

RBC Capital Lifts AXIS Capital Price Target After Strong Q4 2025 Results

RBC Capital Lifts AXIS Capital Price Target After Strong Q4 2025 Results

RBC Capital raised its price objective for AXIS Capital to $130 from $125 while keeping an Outperform rating following the insurer's robust fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm cites strong underwriting returns, substantial capital returns and attractive growth guidance for 2026, and sees the shares as undervalued based on multiple valuation metri…