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DA Davidson increased its 12-month price objective for Valmont Industries to $450 from $415 while maintaining a Neutral rating. The firm highlighted continued strength in the company's Infrastructure business - especially Utility - which is partially offsetting persistent weakness in Agriculture. Valmont's most recent quarter showed revenue in line…
DA Davidson has increased its price target on MSA Safety to $235 from $186 while reaffirming a Buy rating, citing a return to mid-single-digit organic growth and favorable product and segment dynamics following the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The stock is trading near its 52-week high and is viewed as close to fair value by InvestingPro …
Liberty Global said it will buy Vodafone’s 50% holding in the Dutch joint venture VodafoneZiggo for €1.0 billion in cash plus a 10% equity stake in a new Ziggo Group, driving an 8.6% rise in its stock. The deal, slated to close in the second half of 2026, will consolidate Liberty Global’s ownership of VodafoneZiggo and its Belgian business Telenet …
DA Davidson raised its Knife River Corp. price target to $105 from $95 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported solid fourth-quarter results and provided initial 2026 guidance. Knife River also drew a price-target increase from Stephens; the stock has rallied in recent weeks and continues to trade below the newly revised targets on valuatio…
Moderna announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will review a revised application for its seasonal influenza vaccine after the agency rejected the company's initial submission a week earlier. The revised filing requests full approval for adults 50-64 and accelerated approval for those 65 and older, and includes a commitment to a post-market…
IREN has swung from crypto-dependent volatility toward an AI infrastructure identity. Recent financing, a large Microsoft contract and a 1.4 GW facility coming online give the stock a tangible re-rating path. The trade: a long entry at current levels with a defined stop and target to ride a mid-to-long-term re-rating while respecting execution risk…
A leaked report circulating among macro and commodity traders said the Trump administration is preparing for potential military action against Iran while continuing diplomatic outreach. Markets showed cautious moves - equities largely flat, gold higher and crude oil up - as details emerged about a substantial U.S. military buildup in the Middle Eas…
Micron's latest SSD lineup — purpose-built for generative AI workloads — is creating durable demand from hyperscalers. Backed by robust fundamentals (market cap ~$462B, EPS $10.58, FCF $4.65B) and tightening memory supply, this is a tactical long for investors willing to accept cyclicality in exchange for asymmetric upside.
Lake Street Capital Markets began coverage of Allient Inc. (ALNT) with a buy recommendation and a $79 price objective, pointing to sustained margin expansion and strong cash generation after the company's 2023 portfolio reset. The analyst expects revenue acceleration and continued margin improvement, forecasting notable EPS growth in 2026 and 2027,…
Rio Tinto has increased its ownership of Nemaska Lithium to a 53.9% majority and will assume direct management of the company, while the Government of Quebec holds 46.1%. The move advances Rio Tinto's plan to create an integrated lithium supply chain in Quebec, spanning the Whabouchi spodumene mine to the lithium hydroxide processing facility in Be…
StoneX Group Inc. Chief Information Officer Abigail H. Perkins sold 8,000 shares on February 13, 2026, for $1,013,728 and exercised options to acquire 8,000 shares at $27.58 the same day. Following the transactions, Perkins holds 48,259 shares directly and 337 indirectly through her children. The moves come as StoneX trades close to a 52-week high …
A California trial opened as a 20-year-old plaintiff alleges Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube intentionally engineered social apps to addict children, fueling her depression and suicidal thoughts. Lawyers for the plaintiff say internal documents reveal purposeful design choices to capture young users; the tech companies deny the claims and say o…
Sai introduced Sai Perps, a perpetuals trading venue that seeks to combine the execution speed and user experience of centralized exchanges with the transparency and settlement guarantees provided by onchain infrastructure. The launch includes gasless transactions and a one-month trading competition running February 18 through March 19, 2026, with …
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it is rescinding an Energy Department provision called the 'fuel content factor,' which had let automakers count electric vehicles at elevated fuel-economy values when computing fleetwide Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) figures. The department cited a September appeals court decision in its rationa…
DraftKings director Harry Sloan purchased 100,000 Class A shares on February 17, 2026, at a weighted average price between $21.76 and $22.00, a transaction valued at about $2.18 million. The purchase leaves Sloan with 350,219 directly owned shares. The insider move comes amid multiple analysts lowering price targets following DraftKings' fourth-qua…
DraftKings shares rose modestly in premarket trading after company director Harry Sloan bought 100,000 Class A shares for roughly $2.19 million on February 17, 2026. The purchase, at $21.85 per share, brings Sloan's total stake to 350,219 shares and has been interpreted as a sign of insider confidence.
Capital Economics' market economist Elias Hilmer argues the AI-driven surge in tech stocks still has room to extend, even as U.S. tech underperforms emerging-market peers. The firm says any AI-related bubble in emerging markets looks smaller than past U.S. episodes and expects EM markets to be more resilient if a correction occurs.
MSA Safety Inc.'s Chief Accounting Officer, Jonathan D. Buck, disposed of 1,100 shares of company stock on February 17, 2026, at $203.48 per share, a transaction valued at $223,828. Buck also gifted 100 shares the same day. The moves come as MSA shares trade close to a 52-week high and after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that exc…
Rosenblatt upgraded Cadence Design Systems to Buy from Neutral following a quarterly report that exceeded Wall Street expectations. The brokerage highlighted steady demand associated with AI and advanced-node chip projects, a rising backlog that provides revenue visibility into 2026, and a recent pullback in the stock as reasons for the upgrade. Ro…
Contact lens manufacturers anticipate steadier expansion in 2026 as shoppers increasingly adopt premium daily disposable lenses and global myopia prevalence rises. Industry leaders are positioned to capture higher-margin sales and more frequent repurchases, although price sensitivity and regional weakness present risks to growth.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (NYSE: MSGS) saw a roughly 10% rise in premarket trading after announcing plans to explore a tax-free spin-off that would separate its New York Knicks and New York Rangers operations into two independent public companies. The proposed transaction would distribute 100% of the common stock of the new company pro-rat…
Humain, Saudi Arabia’s national artificial intelligence company, invested $3 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI as part of an upsized Series E round. The stake was classified as a "significant" minority holding and was converted into SpaceX shares following SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI. The move aligns with Saudi ambitions to expand AI capabilities and a pr…
Reports that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde may leave before her term ends have intensified attention on who could replace her, but markets have so far largely shrugged off the news. Investors continue to expect policy to remain on hold at 2% for the foreseeable future, while analysts say most likely successors would pursue simil…
Morgan Stanley's field trip in Riyadh underscores that competition among dark-store grocery delivery operators in the MENA region is escalating. The bank identified Careem and Talabat as standout public-market stories, noting a larger total addressable market for grocery than for food delivery, but with thinner margins per order. Both companies are…
Valley National Bancorp director Carlos Vazquez purchased 2,500 shares on February 17, 2026, spending $33,612 on the transaction. The bank, with a $7.47 billion market capitalization, is trading near its 52-week high after a roughly 40% rally over six months and reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat analysts' estimates on both EPS and reve…
