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Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded Intuit Inc to Buy from Neutral and lifted its price target to $700 from $670, arguing that Intuit’s flagship products possess structural advantages that make them difficult for AI-only competitors to displace. The broker projects mid-teens growth in revenue and free cash flow over the next five years and notes broad…
U.S. corporate insiders sold substantially more shares than they bought in February, producing the widest net selling gap since July 2024. Data show a sharp rise in the seller-to-buyer ratio, a surge in recorded selling instances and large dollar volumes tied to executive sales, particularly among S&P 500 companies. Observers caution that while som…
Exxon Mobil has evacuated non-essential personnel from its Middle East operations and trimmed certain activities to manage inventories, CEO Darren Woods said in an interview. The company, a minority partner in projects across the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, has taken these steps as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is under pressure amid…
President Javier Milei is scheduled to address investors at JPMorgan’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters as part of an Argentina Week roadshow intended to convince financiers that Buenos Aires’ economic overhaul can endure amid a spike in oil prices, a stronger dollar and increased investor caution toward emerging markets.
B. Riley Securities initiated coverage of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) with a Buy rating and a $175 price target, citing the company's market-leading Bitcoin treasury, diversified capital structure and cash reserves. The firm also began coverage on Strive with a Buy and $12 target. The analyst noted sector-wide stress after Bitcoin's sharp cor…
Deutsche Bank has moved to a more positive stance on software shares, upgrading tech from Underweight to Neutral and taking an overweight position on software within the sector. The bank said worries about AI-induced disruption have diminished, while recent earnings trends and valuation gaps support a reconsideration of software equities for growth…
Spirit Airlines has recalled close to 500 pilots who were furloughed last year as the ultra-low-cost carrier prepares to emerge from its second Chapter 11. The recall follows a restructuring agreement with lenders and comes amid higher-than-expected pilot attrition, prompting the airline to refocus operations on core routes and peak travel periods.
Amazon.com Inc. has begun marketing one of the largest corporate debt offerings on record, aiming to raise between $37 billion and $42 billion in combined dollar and euro bond markets. The proposal includes a U.S. high-grade sale across as many as 11 tranches and a potential eight-part euro debut, with proceeds earmarked for artificial intelligence…
Amazon.com is marketing a major bond package valued at roughly $37 billion to $42 billion, selling securities denominated in U.S. dollars and euros across multiple tranches to support spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. The offering, which includes U.S. high-grade bonds in up to 11 tranches according to a regulatory filing, is the l…
Morgan Stanley upgraded CrowdStrike to Overweight and designated the company a Top Pick, raising its price target to $510 from $487. Analysts pointed to AI-driven security capabilities, expanding platform adoption across cloud and identity security, and improving endpoint win rates as drivers that could sustain revenue growth above 20% for several …
British equities advanced on Tuesday as comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that the Middle East conflict could be drawing to a close prompted a relief rally and a drop in oil prices. At 13:21 GMT the FTSE 100 was up 1.5% and the pound strengthened to 1.3461 against the dollar. Major European benchmarks also rose, while a string of UK corpora…
Henkel AG shares gave back earlier gains and were up 0.3% on Thursday as investors awaited the company's fiscal 2025 results. Morgan Stanley warned of a muted organic sales growth outlook for fiscal 2026, citing a range of headwinds across the Adhesives and Consumer Goods divisions, weaker peer guidance, rising gas costs and regional exposure in th…
Vertex Pharmaceuticals saw its stock climb in premarket trading after reporting positive Phase 3 results for povetacicept in IgA nephropathy. The RAINIER trial met its primary interim endpoint with a near 50% placebo-adjusted reduction in proteinuria at 36 weeks and a meaningful share of patients reaching KDIGO proteinuria targets. Safety signals a…
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser told attendees at an RBC conference that the bank’s investment banking fees and markets business are tracking mid-teens percentage growth year-over-year for the first quarter. Fraser reiterated confidence in reaching a 10% to 11% return on tangible common equity by the end of 2026, described the global economy as "just fin…
Thinking Machines Lab has entered a multi-year agreement with Nvidia that includes a significant investment and guarantees the startup at least one gigawatt of the chipmaker's next-generation processors. The computing capacity, to be delivered via Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems beginning early next year, will be used primarily to train the company's A…
Insider filings disclosed Monday show a mix of sizeable insider purchases and large executive sales across a range of U.S.-listed companies. The largest reported buy was Vice President Alan Waxman's $5.53 million acquisition of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares, executed through a trust in two tranches. Other notable buys include Broadridge's C…
J.P. Morgan identifies several European suppliers of mining equipment as attractive exposures within capital goods, citing robust order backlogs, clearer demand visibility and long-term spending tied to electrification and the energy transition. The broker singles out FLSmidth, Sandvik, Metso and Weir Group for their respective product portfolios a…
Legora, a Sweden-headquartered developer of artificial intelligence tools for the legal industry, announced a $550 million Series D financing at a $5.55 billion valuation to speed its rollout across the United States. The company said the capital will fund talent and infrastructure investments, additional U.S. hubs, and plans to expand its U.S. wor…
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share index finished the session higher on Tuesday, supported by gains in Insurance, Financial Services and Real Estate Development sectors. The index rose 0.92% as a number of individual stocks posted double-digit percentage moves, while crude oil prices fell and gold futures advanced.
Shares of Rivian Automotive climbed about 5% on Tuesday morning after TD Cowen upgraded the stock from hold to buy and set a $20 price target. The upgrade followed a detailed assessment of demand for Rivian's forthcoming R2 model and revisions to 2027 financial assumptions that point to a narrower EBITDA loss and a higher terminal multiple.
Jefferies projects mixed February credit outcomes for major card issuers: net charge-offs are expected to tick up month-over-month while delinquency rates should modestly improve, reflecting normal seasonal patterns. Company-level forecasts from Jefferies show variation in the magnitude and direction of changes across American Express, Bread Financ…
Barclays analysts say Unum Group and Equitable Holdings present appealing entry points for investors seeking life insurance exposure, following a review of insurers' cash flow projections and private debt holdings. The bank cautions for selectivity amid macro and geopolitical uncertainty and emphasizes cash-flow durability and statutory stress-test…
Prosus shares rallied more than 8% in early European trade, briefly reaching €46.49, driven almost entirely by a sharp advance in Tencent Holdings following comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that the war in Iran would be coming to an end. Tencent closed up 7.3% in Hong Kong. Prosus remains heavily exposed to Tencent, which accounts for 75.9…
Bank of America analysts warn that Asia faces a material risk of liquefied natural gas shortages if disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and potential halts in Qatari output persist. With about 85% of LNG transiting Hormuz destined for Asia, inventories that typically cover only several weeks of demand, rising spot and shipping costs, and limited re…
U.S. stock futures pared earlier advances on Tuesday as uncertainty over the outlook for the Iran war weighed on sentiment. By 07:47 ET, futures for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were all lower. Energy names retreated as oil eased from recent highs, while a range of corporate headlines from vaccine forecasts to AI-related hardware demand produced…
