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Bernstein SocGen Group has retained a Market Perform rating and a $175 price target on Philip Morris (PM), citing recent share gains and strong margins but flagging the lack of explicit guidance for the ZYN nicotine pouch and the risk that upcoming results could generate a "small negative response". The stock has posted solid year-to-date and one-y…
Bernstein SocGen Group increased its price target on Five Below to $206 from $195 while retaining a Market Perform rating. The firm points to strong comparable-sales momentum measured through debit card data and aligns this with the retailer's recent revenue gains. Multiple other brokerages have issued Buy ratings or raised targets, highlighting le…
Barclays reiterated an Equalweight rating and a $19.00 price target on Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) while the company guides for a fiscal 2026 split between early-year softness and a stronger back half driven by planned U.S. marketing and distribution initiatives. The stock trades above the target, and recent quarterly results and a strategic dives…
Senator Tim Scott has asked SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to scrutinize Warner Bros. Discovery’s disclosures about its proposed sale of streaming and studio assets to Netflix, saying shareholders lack crucial information to compare offers. The timing of any shareholder vote is uncertain until the SEC clears the company’s proxy filing, and the review com…
NetScout's mix of strong free cash flow, negligible debt, and incremental AI/ML enhancements to its nGeniusONE platform support a tactical long. Valuation looks reasonable (P/E ~20.8, EV/EBITDA ~8.6) and the balance sheet is clean; if management converts recent operational work into margin expansion, shares can re-rate toward consensus analyst upsi…
Brazil's central bank chief Gabriel Galipolo said policy 'calibration' is crucial as policymakers prepare to begin easing in March. While the inflation outlook has improved, he warned the labour market and broader economy remain more resilient than expected under restrictive rates of 15%, and flagged concern about inflation expectations staying abo…
We upgrade Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) to Buy. The story here is modest: a reasonably valued regional bank (market cap ~$595M) trading slightly above its longer-term moving averages, an attractive dividend yield (~3.5%), and consecutive quarter earnings beats that point to operating stability. Our trade is a mid-term swing targeting renewed P/E exp…
Transocean Ltd will acquire Valaris Limited in an all-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion, combining fleets to form a 73-rig offshore drilling leader. Valaris stock rose sharply in premarket trading while Transocean shares dipped. The deal sets a fixed exchange ratio, outlines expected cost synergies and preserves leadership under Transo…
Workday experienced a 6% drop in its stock after the company announced that co-founder Aneel Bhusri will return as chief executive officer effective immediately, replacing Carl Eschenbach, who is stepping down after three years and will stay on as a strategic advisor. The transition is framed around the firm’s focus on AI as it begins fiscal 2027. …
Bernstein says Oracle's proposed $45 billion to $50 billion capital raise to support AI data center expansion should meet the company's financing needs through fiscal 2028. The plan, which mixes equity-linked instruments, common equity and senior unsecured debt, reduces a key investor overhang and has prompted a premarket share gain of more than 4%…
Canaccord Genuity reduced its price target for Coty Inc. to $2.50 from $3.50 and maintained a Hold rating following a mixed second-quarter performance. The company posted modest revenue growth but missed adjusted EBITDA and earnings-per-share estimates, prompted the withdrawal of fiscal 2026 guidance, and drew a negative outlook from Moody's on ope…
Needham analyst Laura Martin kept a Buy rating and a $300 price target on Reddit (RDDT) after the company's Q4 2025 report, which showed revenue of $725.6 million, adjusted EBITDA of $327 million and non-GAAP EPS of $1.72. The results topped Needham's estimates on revenue and EBITDA and sparked a range of reactions from other brokers, with price ta…
Guggenheim raised its price target for Biogen to $246 from $185 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results. Biogen beat consensus revenue estimates, driven by resilience in its multiple sclerosis franchise, even as quarterly earnings and revenue fell year-over-year and sequentially. Management gave guidance for fis…
Canaccord Genuity increased its 12-month price target on Biogen to $230 from $220 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that topped expectations. Biogen delivered revenue of $2.28 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.99, outpacing both Canaccord’s internal forecasts and broader Street consensus. Management projected…
Canaccord Genuity reduced its 12-month price target for Energizer (ENR) to $19 from $20 while keeping a Hold rating after the battery maker reported first-quarter results that beat consensus on sales and adjusted EBITDA. The firm pointed to execution risk tied to back-half loaded guidance, even as Energizer delivered stronger-than-expected EPS and …
Wolfe Research upgraded Robinhood Markets (HOOD) from Peerperform to Outperform and set a $125.00 price target, arguing the stock offers an "unmatched" risk-reward profile following a recent selloff. Robinhood shares trade near $82.82 after a nearly 8% pullback over the last week, though the stock is up about 48% over the past year. Wolfe pointed t…
Evercore ISI has reaffirmed an Outperform rating and a $95.00 price target on Zillow Group (ZG) ahead of the company's fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report on February 10, calling the stock a Tactical Outperform based on intra-quarter signals, model sensitivity checks and Zillow's execution history. The firm points to an attractive valuation and sev…
Rosenblatt lowered its price target on Canaan Inc. to $2.50 from $4.00 but retained a Buy rating, citing weaker demand for new mining rigs amid falling Bitcoin prices. The firm trimmed 2026 revenue assumptions for both equipment sales and self-mining, basing its outlook on a $100,000 average Bitcoin price versus a prior $120,000 estimate. Canaan re…
Canaccord Genuity trimmed its 12-month price target on Udemy Inc. to $5.00 from $7.00 while retaining a Hold rating. The announcement comes as Udemy trades near a 52-week low and reports a modest outperformance in fourth-quarter revenue and profitability. Management withheld guidance and an earnings call because of the pending all-stock merger with…
China's Nio is initiating a recall of 246,229 electric vehicles because of a software flaw that can cause temporary loss of the instrument cluster and central control screen, the State Administration for Market Regulation said on Monday. The affected models - ES8, ES6 and EC6 - were built between March 16, 2018 and January 16, 2023. Nio will deploy…
Kepler Cheuvreux's sector report signals that European chemical firms may be poised for a recovery in 2026 after a difficult 2025 characterized by tariff questions, broad destocking and pressure on prices. While the first half of 2026 could stay muted, the research house sees signs of a cyclical turning point likely in the second half as demand sta…
VinFast announced a target to deliver 300,000 electric vehicles worldwide in 2026, up sharply from its nearly 197,000 deliveries in 2025. The company is prioritizing growth in India, Indonesia and the Philippines and expects a sizable increase in two-wheeler shipments. VinFast will publish its fourth-quarter and full-year results prior to market op…
Rubrik plunged with the broader software selloff but still shows double-digit ARR growth, positive free cash flow and an attractive risk/reward. I recommend buying RBRK with a tight stop and a clear target as sector sentiment normalizes and Zero Trust spending accelerates.
Stifel has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $127.00 price target for Arcellx Inc. following the company’s presentation of in vitro study results at the TANDEM meeting held February 4-7, 2026. The price target implies roughly an 87% upside from the cited share price of $68.03 and sits within the broader analyst range. Stifel and other firms point to me…
Once Upon a Farm continued its post-IPO advance Monday, with shares rising 9% in early activity after the company’s trading debut produced a 17% jump on Friday. Pre-market quotes reached $23.24, building on an opening price of $21 on the NYSE and an $18 IPO price. The Berkeley-based maker of organic children’s snacks raised about $197.9 million fro…
