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Evercore ISI lowered its price target for Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) to $83 from $130 and placed the stock on its Underperform TAP List with a near-term fair value of roughly $60, suggesting an 8-12% downside into the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on February 19. The firm pointed to a choppy consumer backdrop and difficult early-year comparis…
Evercore ISI lowered its price target for Energizer to $28 from $30 while keeping an Outperform rating, highlighting the battery maker’s uneven quarterly demand driven by weather and holiday seasonality. The firm notes private label gains have mainly affected Duracell, not Energizer, and points to inventory tightening that produced an 8% North Amer…
Credo Technology's sharp pullback cleared froth near the 52-week high and left a high-conviction entry zone. Strong fundamentals - triple-digit revenue growth, positive free cash flow and a clean balance sheet - back a long trade with clear stop placement and two realistic upside targets. This is a mid-term trade (45 trading days) with defined risk…
Canaccord Genuity reduced its 12-month price target for Pagaya Technologies to $32 from $39 while keeping a Buy rating. The company reported modestly lower sequential network volume but year-over-year growth, strong liquidity and improving profitability metrics. Quarterly EPS beat expectations but revenue missed forecasts, and other analysts trimme…
Guggenheim increased its price target on Praxis Precision Medicines to $800 from $760 and kept a Buy rating, pointing to a large, underpenetrated market for ulixacaltamide in essential tremor. The firm models about $6 billion in U.S. peak sales for the drug, while other analysts have raised price targets sharply. Shares trade notably above a Fair V…
H.C. Wainwright has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $12.00 price target on Knightscope Inc (NASDAQ:KSCP), highlighting potential acquisitions as a central component of the company’s near-term growth plan. The firm points to the company’s decision to retain a buy-side investment bank and believes a transaction could occur as early as this year. Knight…
H.C. Wainwright has reiterated a Buy rating on Opko Health with a $3.00 price target, citing progress in the company’s biologics collaborations. The target implies nearly 146% upside from the stated $1.22 market price and aligns with a consensus Buy rating that lists targets from $1.60 to $8.50. Recent partnership developments with Entera Bio and u…
Canaccord Genuity raised its price target on Sally Beauty Holdings to $20 from $19 and kept a Buy rating following the company's fiscal 2026 first-quarter results. The upgrade follows modest sales growth, an EPS beat, stronger-than-expected adjusted EBIT margins, and a decision by management to broaden its store remodel program.
Needham has maintained a Hold rating on Chegg following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results, which outperformed lowered expectations. The research house noted a strategic pivot toward business-to-business growth in the Chegg Skilling unit while treating legacy Chegg Study mainly as a cash generator. Despite strong gross margins, Needham said …
A Ralliant Corp director filed a Form 4 disclosing a purchase of 2,000 common shares on February 9, 2026, at $41.25 per share, a transaction totaling $82,500. The buy comes after the stock fell about 24.76% over the prior week. The company disclosed a $1.44 billion goodwill impairment tied to its EA Elektro-Automatik business and trimmed 2026 guida…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Fox Business Network that negotiations over the USMCA are active with Mexico but have been more difficult with Canada. Greer said talks will continue in bilateral channels with both countries and stressed that discussions about the Gordie Howe International Bridge are a distinct negotiation. His comment…
Shares of Moody's, FactSet and MSCI dropped after S&P Global posted quarterly results and a fiscal 2026 outlook that missed analyst expectations. S&P Global’s EPS range and revenue growth guidance were below consensus, triggering a selloff that extended across the financial information services sector and left investors watching upcoming earnings r…
LATAM has emerged from restructuring as a leaner, more profitable airline. Improved unit economics, a large 787 buildout and a still-recovering South American demand backdrop justify an upgrade to Strong Buy. Trade plan: enter at $64.82, target $80, stop $58, horizon 46-180 trading days.
Saudi Arabia's equities closed modestly higher on Tuesday, with the Tadawul All Share rising 0.17%. Strength in the Hotels & Tourism, Agriculture & Food and Industrial Investment sectors underpinned the advance, while individual large swings among mid- and small-cap names produced a mixed breadth reading. Commodities and currency benchmarks showed …
Guggenheim has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $312 price objective on Humana (HUM) in advance of the insurer’s fourth-quarter 2025 results. The research house flagged a potentially turbulent market response when earnings arrive, driven largely by uncertain Medicare Advantage enrollment trends and profit dynamics that could shape 2026 guidance. Despi…
Needham increased its price objective for Amkor Technology (AMKR) to $65.00 from $50.00 while retaining a Buy rating after the packaging and test services provider reported quarterly results that topped expectations and raised guidance. The firm highlighted the company’s record fiscal 2026 capital expenditure plan of $2.5 billion to $3 billion and …
Guggenheim reaffirmed its Buy rating and $65.00 price target on Tractor Supply Company after meetings with the retailer’s executive team in New York City. The target implies roughly 21% upside from the stock’s $53.78 quote, while other brokerages have cut targets following a disappointing fourth quarter and concerns about the rural economy and prom…
Needham has reaffirmed its Buy rating on Upwork Inc. (UPWK) and maintained a $25.00 price target following the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The target implies roughly 32% upside from a reference price of $18.89. Needham adjusted its near-term forecasts only modestly but now anticipates a sharper acceleration in Marketplace Gross Services …
Brazil's inflation rate rose in January, nudging above market expectations and underscoring a cautious stance from monetary policymakers as they prepare to begin cutting interest rates. Consumer prices climbed 4.44% year-on-year and 0.33% month-on-month, with transportation and fuels leading the monthly increase. Central bank officials, led by Gove…
Target has elevated Lisa Roath, a company veteran who joined in 2006, to the role of chief operating officer as part of a broader leadership reorganization led by new CEO Michael Fiddelke. The move accompanies cost-cutting steps and additional executive changes while the retailer maintains its prior near-term financial outlook.
Paylocity is trading near its 52-week low after a sharp pullback. Valuation looks reasonable versus growth profile: market cap about $6.1B, P/E ~25, EV/EBITDA ~14 and free cash flow of roughly $461M. Low leverage and a string of product and partnership catalysts make a tactical long attractive with a defined risk plan targeting a bounce back to $14…
Alibaba on Tuesday introduced RynnBrain, an artificial intelligence model created to help robots interpret their physical environment and perform object-level tasks. A DAMO Academy demonstration shows a robot identifying fruit and placing it in a basket. The move places Alibaba in competition with firms such as Nvidia, Google DeepMind and those dev…
RH shares fell 1.3% in premarket trading after the company’s Senior Vice President of Real Estate, Steve Rouman, resigned to take a senior real estate role at Crate & Barrel. Rouman’s exit adds to recent departures of other senior leaders and prompted analyst concern about the speed of turnover in key functions.
Hugo Boss (BOSSY) trades at modest multiples with a meaningful dividend yield and room for margin recovery. Current technicals are constructive but not stretched. This trade idea recommends waiting for a defined pullback to $7.50 as the best risk/reward entry for a long position into key 2026 operational catalysts; stop at $6.80, target $10.00 over…
Goldman Sachs increased its price target on Plains All American (PAA) to $17.00 from $16.00 but kept a Sell rating following the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm's assessment described the quarter as mixed, with crude strength offset by softer NGL results. Management set 2026 EBITDA guidance of $2.675 billion to $2.825 billion, which…
