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Mizuho increased its price target on Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. (MGY) to $30.00 from $29.00 while keeping an Outperform rating, citing quarterly results that beat EBITDX consensus by roughly 2% thanks to lower cash costs and slightly stronger oil volumes. Other major brokers have also adjusted views, with upgrades from BofA Securities and Wells Fargo…
Mizuho reduced its price target for Fluence Energy (FLNC) to $13 from $15 and held an Underperform rating after the company disclosed $20 million in cost overruns across two international projects in the first fiscal quarter. The bank shifted revenue and EBITDA estimates toward the midpoint of guidance, cited heavier second-half weighting for resul…
Canaccord Genuity has reiterated its Buy rating and $50.00 price target on Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), citing the company’s expanding business lines, robust margins in the fourth quarter, and significant revenue growth driven by its options platform and liquidity services. The stock trades near its 52-week low, while trading volumes and corporate develop…
BTIG raised its price target on Bloom Energy Corp. to $165 from $145 and kept a Buy rating after the fuel-cell provider reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat estimates and issued 2026 guidance above Street expectations. The company showed higher-than-expected revenue, improved non-GAAP gross margins and a sizeable forecast for both top-lin…
Canaccord Genuity raised its price target on Spectrum Brands (SPB) to $94 from $84 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported first-quarter results that beat expectations on revenue, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS. The upgrade comes alongside Oppenheimer raising its target to $85 and maintaining an Outperform rating. Spectrum Brands sustain…
Truist Securities reduced its price target for Gartner (NYSE: IT) to $170 from $300 while retaining a Buy rating, after fourth-quarter contract value results disappointed. Gartner shares have slid roughly 71.55% over the past year and are trading well below their 52-week high. Management commentary on a tough selling environment and changes to the …
Timothy R. White, President of Graco's Expansion Division, exercised options to buy 1,469 shares at $23.85 and sold 1,469 shares on February 4, 2026, at prices between $90.69 and $90.71 for proceeds of $133,233. A Form 4 filing details the transactions and White's remaining direct and indirect holdings. The disclosure comes amid Graco's fourth-quar…
A Bank of England Market Participants Survey finds investors anticipate the central bank will reduce its Bank Rate from 3.75% to 3.0% by the March 2027 meeting. The survey, conducted Jan. 21-23 with 92 respondents, also left the median forecast for 12-month quantitative tightening unchanged at 50 billion pounds and lifted the 10-year gilt year-end …
Mizuho raised its price target on WEC Energy Group to $121 from $117 and retained an Outperform rating, citing expanded corporate demand and a heavier capital program. The utility reported full-year 2025 EPS modestly above estimates, set a 2026 guidance range, and flagged multi-state regulatory events and a sizeable customer-driven capex increase. …
Mizuho lowered its 12-month price target for O’Reilly Automotive to $105.00 from $110.00 while retaining an Outperform rating, following the company’s recent earnings call. The bank adjusted its financial models to reflect management commentary about rising self-insurance and other operating expenses, even as revenue growth and gross margins remain…
Wells Fargo raised its price objective on XPO to $205 from $147 and reiterated an Overweight rating, pointing to an improving operating ratio and conservative 2026 assumptions. The stock has jumped sharply in recent days and now trades near its 52-week high, while multiple other brokerages have also increased targets amid better-than-expected resul…
Benchmark has maintained its Buy rating and $705.00 price target on Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), basing the valuation on a multi-part sum-of-the-parts analysis through year-end 2026 that incorporates bitcoin holdings, a 10x multiple of estimated bitcoin dollar gains for fiscal 2026, and the projected value of the company’s software operations. The decis…
Wells Fargo lowered its price target on OneMain Holdings (NYSE: OMF) to $70 from $75 but kept an Equal Weight rating, citing persistent inflation and a cloudy macroeconomic outlook that have prompted OneMain to retain conservative underwriting. The stock trades well below the revised target, and the company’s financial metrics remain constructive, …
Stephens Inc. highlights three technology companies it views as particularly well-positioned to benefit from an anticipated acceleration in AI adoption and a recovery in corporate IT budgets entering 2026. The research note emphasizes enterprise software, identity-security platforms and large-scale payments infrastructure firms whose business model…
On Feb. 6, Cboe Global Markets reported a substantial increase in fourth-quarter profit, driven by higher options trading volumes amid a period of elevated market volatility. The exchange saw a marked rise in net revenue from options and reported increased net income per share year over year. At the same time, Cboe is refocusing its business by exi…
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill warns that Palantir's lofty trading multiple leaves the stock vulnerable to further declines even after a significant pullback this year. While Palantir reported strong fourth-quarter results and improving fundamentals, Jefferies says valuation compression may outweigh those gains and maintained an Underperform rating …
Otis Worldwide has pulled back from its 52-week high into a zone that restores upside skew for long-term investors. The core service business generates steady free cash flow ($1.323B trailing), the company just raised its quarterly payout to $0.42, and technicals show constructive momentum. Valuation is not deeply cheap - EV/EBITDA ~21 and P/E ~26 …
H.C. Wainwright resumed coverage of NovaBridge Biosciences with a Buy rating and raised its price target to $9 from $7 following encouraging Phase 1b topline results for givastomig in combination with nivolumab and chemotherapy in first-line HER2-negative metastatic gastric cancer. The data show high objective response rates across dosing cohorts w…
H.C. Wainwright increased its price objective for Imunon (NASDAQ: IMNN) to $25 from $14 while retaining a Buy rating, citing the company’s shift to concentrate resources on its Phase 3 OVATION 3 study in newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer patients. The move follows a strategic restructuring to reduce operating expenses, a December registered d…
Stephens reduced its price target for Affirm Holdings Inc. to $65 from $75 and kept an Equal Weight rating, attributing the move to compression in peer multiples even after Affirm delivered fiscal Q2 results that beat estimates and lifted fiscal 2026 guidance. Other broker moves were mixed, with UBS, Needham and Citizens issuing varied targets and …
Cantor Fitzgerald reduced its price target on Iris Energy (IREN) to $82 from $136 but maintained an Overweight rating, following a quarter that saw revenue and adjusted EBITDA decline as the company transitions capacity from Bitcoin mining to AI compute. Management has secured major financing for GPU procurement and reiterated multi-billion-dollar …
Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal raised his price target on Bristol-Myers Squibb to $60 from $55 and kept an Equal Weight rating, citing upside to 2026 guidance and a pipeline of readouts. The stock trades near the new target and recent quarterly results beat expectations, while competing clinical data attracted additional analyst endorsement.
UBS Global Research upgraded Orior AG to a 'neutral' rating from 'sell', arguing that the market has already incorporated the company's soft operating momentum and elevated leverage. The bank lowered its 12-month price target to CHF11.50 from CHF12, adjusted earnings forecasts, and flagged a possible Culinor divestment as a partial balance-sheet mi…
Dave Inc. reported preliminary fourth-quarter results that outperformed analyst expectations, sending the stock up 16% in morning trading. The company recorded $164 million in Q4 revenue, a 62% year-over-year increase and its third straight quarter above 60% growth. Preliminary Adjusted EBITDA and full-year 2025 results also topped prior guidance, …
Bank of America says a 25% year-to-date decline in the software sector has produced selective buying opportunities. Analyst Koji Ikeda singled out Snowflake, MongoDB, Datadog and JFrog as the first candidates to recover, citing each company’s positioning around AI data, observability, and binary management.
