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TD Cowen lowered its price objective on Thermo Fisher Scientific to $683 from $696 while retaining a Buy stance. The change follows a fourth-quarter beat but conservatively guided organic growth for the coming quarter and fiscal 2026, with first-quarter EPS falling well below analyst expectations. Other broker notes and a strategic AI partnership w…
DA Davidson raised its price target on Modine Manufacturing (MOD) to $255 from $200 while retaining a Buy rating, citing an expanded data center revenue outlook through fiscal 2028, a planned PT spinoff via a Reverse Morris Trust, and robust quote-to-order metrics. The new target implies additional upside from Modine's recent trading near a 52-week…
TD Cowen has reiterated a Buy rating on Visa Inc. and set a $416.00 price target following the company's first-quarter fiscal 2026 results. The target implies roughly 28% upside from Visa's prevailing share price of $324.39. The research firm highlighted solid results across Value-Added Services and commercial segments, resilient consumer trends an…
Alphabet ($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 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 has raised its price target on ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD) to $314 from $311 and kept an Outperform rating after the company reported quarterly results that slightly beat both RBC and consensus estimates. The firm pointed to broad market growth, gross margin improvement and operating leverage as drivers behind small forecast increases and t…
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…
Craig-Hallum initiated coverage of Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) with a Buy rating and a $10.00 price target, implying 174% upside from the current $3.65 share price. The firm highlighted Aclaris’s transition toward immunology-centered assets, led by ATI-052, and noted the company’s healthy balance sheet. The analyst view comes alongside posit…
The Minnesota Timberwolves released a statement appealing for unity and compassion after two separate shootings in Minneapolis this month involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that resulted in the deaths of two U.S. citizens. The incidents have prompted large protests and led to the postponement of an NBA game.
Parazero Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:PRZO) saw its shares increase 5.8% on Friday after the company disclosed that it had received a second significant order from the same major global defense corporation for operational interception net-pods. The systems are intended to kinetically neutralize aerial drone threats while minimizing collateral damage, a…
Netflix is down sharply from its 2025 highs after the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and a broader tech sell-off. The core streaming business remains profitable with strong cash generation and healthy margins; the market has largely priced in deal execution and leverage risk. For disciplined traders, this creates a defined-risk long…
RBC Capital analyst Rishi Jaluria identified a slate of software stocks he views as attractive buys after a broad sector sell-off following earnings reports from Microsoft and ServiceNow. The firm singled out names including CrowdStrike, Datadog and HubSpot, and reiterated interest in Intuit, MongoDB, Microsoft, ServiceNow and Snowflake. ServiceNow…
RBC Capital raised its price target on GE Vernova to $800 from $761 while maintaining an Outperform rating, citing another quarter that beat expectations, accelerating demand and favorable pricing trends. The bank highlighted earlier-than-expected benefits from the Prolec acquisition and backlog equipment margin expansion pointing to potential Powe…
RBC Capital has reaffirmed an Outperform rating on Diageo PLC and retained a GBP20.00 price target. The firm highlights an opportunity for the global spirits group to revive growth by shifting emphasis from premiumization toward its mainstream portfolio and adopting a more proactive approach to category expansion. RBC projects a 210 basis-point dec…
Williams Trading increased its price target for Deckers Outdoor to $160 from $135 and kept a Buy rating following fiscal third-quarter 2026 results that topped consensus. The firm pointed to conservative full-year guidance, resilient brand performance at UGG and Hoka, and limited tariff impact as reasons for the upgrade. Multiple other brokerages a…
JPMorgan raised its price target on Apple to $325 from $315 while maintaining an Overweight rating, citing robust product gross margins and iPhone revenue upside. The move follows fiscal first-quarter 2026 results that beat expectations, with broad strength across iPhone and Services revenue. Several other firms adjusted targets or ratings after th…
Orion Energy Systems Inc. said it will offer 500,000 shares at $14.00 per share in a public offering expected to raise roughly $7.0 million in gross proceeds. The company plans to use most of the funds to pay down debt under its existing credit agreement, with the remainder allocated to working capital and general corporate purposes. Following the …
Starbucks' 2026 investor day presented a roadmap toward fiscal 2028 objectives that analysts at Bernstein and Morgan Stanley judged credible and, in Bernstein's words, largely beatable. The company outlined a fiscal 2028 EPS range of $3.35 to $4, a $2 billion gross savings target and initiatives aimed at lifting customer checks through food and pro…
The U.S. dollar has weakened markedly year-to-date amid a string of political and geopolitical developments, but UBS cautions investors against assuming the decline will continue unchecked. While the Dollar Index has fallen roughly 1.5% this year and EUR/USD has climbed about 1.4%, UBS highlights that stronger U.S. labor data and rising growth expe…
Piper Sandler reduced its 12-month price target on AppFolio to $245 from $350 while retaining an Overweight rating, reflecting tempered expectations after the company's 2026 revenue-growth guidance came in below consensus. The new target implies roughly an 18% upside from the stock's recent level near $207.10. Analysts pointed to a sizable post-gui…
Piper Sandler reduced its price target on PennyMac Financial to $137 from $168 while keeping an Overweight rating after the mortgage lender reported a notable operating shortfall. The downgrade follows weaker servicing income driven by higher prepayment speeds and elevated amortization, and comes amid negative free cash flow and downticked return-o…
Piper Sandler lowered its price target on Tractor Supply Company to $59 from $67 while keeping an Overweight rating after the retailer missed fourth-quarter expectations on comparable sales, margins, and EPS. The company’s 2026 guidance also came in below Street expectations and under its long-term comparable sales target of 3-5%, prompting several…
Wolfe Research increased its Nvidia price target to $275 from $250, based on supply-chain checks and modeling that emphasize rack-scale deployments, rising average selling prices and persistent gross margins. The firm projects substantial Blackwell and Rubin rack volumes, strong GPU unit growth through 2027, and very large data center revenue figur…
Jiuzi Holdings saw its Nasdaq-listed shares decline in premarket trading after announcing a $30 million investment from Xinhui Solar Technology Group to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new energy vehicle service networks across Southeast Asia. The capital will be paired with co-development efforts and local resources aimed at a…
Nuwellis Inc. shares fell about 17% in premarket trading after the company named Carisa Schultz as its new chief financial officer, effective February 2, 2026. The cardiorenal-focused medtech firm also disclosed an agreement to acquire Israeli kidney-monitoring company Rendiatech Ltd., announced Thursday evening.
