Společnost 8x8 jmenovala Jamieho Snaddona novým senior viceprezidentem a strategickým ředitelem. Nerea Gandarias ho s okamžitou platností nahradí v čele regionu EMEA.
Nerea Gandarias replaces Snaddon to lead EMEA as leadership appointments sharpen focus on growth opportunities, strategic execution and long-term value creation
CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), a leading global business communications platform provider, has announced two leadership appointments designed to strengthen execution of the company’s strategy and sharpen its focus on growth opportunities. Jamie Snaddon has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Samuel Wilson, and Nerea Gandarias has been named Managing Director, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), succeeding Snaddon.
Advancing the CEO’s strategic plans
In the newly-created Chief Strategy Officer role, Snaddon will work with Wilson and the executive leadership team to advance 8x8’s strategy, evaluate growth opportunities, and help prioritize initiatives and investments across the business. His focus will include identifying opportunities where 8x8’s technology, global communications capabilities, customer base, and partner ecosystem can create additional value, and translating those opportunities into actionable priorities.
Snaddon brings broad operating and functional experience to the role from more than a decade at 8x8. Most recently, as Managing Director of EMEA, he was responsible for 8x8’s business across the region, with a focus on strategy, profitability, market share, and customer growth. Earlier in his 8x8 career, Snaddon led the company’s European legal team, giving him experience across commercial, regulatory, and operational matters.
“Jamie has proven he can turn strategy into results,” said Samuel Wilson, Chief Executive Officer at 8x8, Inc. “He understands our technology, our customers, and the markets in which we compete, and he’s been the lead on some really successful launches such as 8x8 Small Business and international expansions. As communications and AI reshape our industry, Jamie will work with me and our leadership team to see where 8x8 is best positioned to win, and help translate our strategy into growth and long-term value creation.”
“8x8 has meaningful opportunities ahead of us, and capturing them requires focus and disciplined execution,” said Snaddon. “I look forward to working with Sam and the leadership team to sharpen our priorities, evaluate opportunities across the business, and help ensure we are focusing our resources where we can create the greatest value for customers, partners, and shareholders.”
Nerea Gandarias Named Managing Director, EMEA
Gandarias brings extensive knowledge of 8x8’s customers, partners, and go-to-market organization to the position. During her time at 8x8, she has served as Global Vice President of Field and Channel Marketing and UK Country Lead, working closely with customers and partners across the region. Before joining 8x8, she spent 13 years at SS&C Advent.
“Nerea knows our business, our customers, and our partners, and brings deep go-to-market experience to the role,” said Wilson. “Her appointment also reflects the depth of leadership talent we have developed within 8x8. She is well positioned to build on the momentum Jamie and the EMEA team have created, while maintaining continuity for our customers and partners and continuing to grow the business across the region.”
Both appointments are effective immediately.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) connects people and organizations through seamless communication on one of the industry’s most integrated platforms for Customer Experience – combining Contact Center, Unified Communications and CPaaS APIs. The 8x8® Platform for CX integrates AI to enable personalized customer journeys, drive operational excellence and insights, and facilitate team collaboration. As a business communications leader, the company helps customer experience and IT leaders around the world become the heartbeat of their organizations, empowering them to unlock the potential of every interaction. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or follow 8x8 on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
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HCA Healthcare výrazně snížila celoroční výhled zisku poté, co změna struktury plátců snížila čtvrtletní tržby přibližně o 400 milionů USD. Akcie 14. července 2026 klesly o 6,95 %.
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On July 14, 2026, HCA issued a press release reporting its preliminary financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026. Among other items, HCA sharply lowered its full-2026 profit guidance, citing an unfavorable shift in the Company's payer mix, which impacted revenue by approximately $400 million in the quarter.
On this news, HCA's stock price fell $27.14 per share, or 6.95%, to close at $363.60 per share on July 14, 2026.
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Mercury Systems rozšířila výrobní závod ve Phoenixu o 50 000 čtverečních stop, aby zvýšila kapacitu pro klíčové obranné programy. Rozšířený závod má během příštího roku vytvořit více než 50 pracovních míst.
PHOENIX, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a global leader in aerospace and defense electronics, today celebrated the expansion of its Phoenix production facility, adding 50,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space that allows the company to increase production capacity and accelerate delivery timelines through vertical integration to support critical U.S. and international defense programs.
As the United States and its allies accelerate military hardware production across all battlefield domains, Mercury is taking steps to increase manufacturing capacity and efficiency in its operations. The company has invested to build out a new, highly automated manufacturing facility on the company’s existing Phoenix campus, which is expected to create more than 50 jobs in the next year, with significant capacity for future growth.
Mercury’s Phoenix campus is already the company’s largest manufacturing center, with more than 400 employees. The existing facility manufactures printed circuit board assemblies used across Mercury’s product lines and delivers cutting-edge memory solutions, high-performance space drives, and advanced packaging technologies built to operate in extreme environments. Operations in Mercury’s new building in Phoenix began in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 and will allow the company to ramp up production for a number of critical products and programs, including its Common Processing Architecture programs.
“We are excited to expand our presence in Phoenix and bring more capacity online to meet customer demand for high-performance processing capabilities that ensure mission dominance for the warfighter at the edge,” said Tod Brindlinger, Mercury’s Senior Vice President of Operations. “We see strong demand signals across our portfolio, ending fiscal year 2026 with record bookings and backlog that our expanded production facility will help us to execute against.”
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Mercury Systems is a global leader in aerospace and defense electronics, providing breakthrough capabilities in signal and data processing. With a four-decade legacy of innovation that spans silicon to systems and RF front ends to effectors, Mercury accelerates commercial technology adoption to deliver powerful and secure mission-critical processing solutions to the edge. Mercury is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, and has multiple locations worldwide. To learn more, visit mrcy.com. (Nasdaq: MRCY)
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Společnost Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) integrovala zobrazovací systém Endeavor od společnosti Araceli Biosciences do své autonomní laboratoře Nebula pro vysokokapacitní zobrazování buněk a analýzu v reálném čase.
Mit dem Endeavor® wird die rund um die Uhr stattfindende Forschung bei Ginkgo um die schnellste Erzeugung von zellulären Hochdurchsatzdaten erweitert
, /PRNewswire/ -- Araceli Biosciences und Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) gaben heute die Integration des Endeavor®-High-Content-Imaging-Geräts von Araceli in „Nebula", das autonome Labor von Ginkgo in Boston, bekannt. Das Endeavor, das weltweit schnellste High-Content-Imaging-System, ergänzt die bestehenden Technologien von „Nebula" um zelluläre Bildgebung mit Echtzeitanalyse und stellt Forschern die umfangreichen, kuratierten Datensätze zur Verfügung, die für das Training und die Validierung von KI-Modellen zur Wirkstoffforschung erforderlich sind.
Nebula basiert auf den „Reconfigurable Automation Carts" (RACs) von Ginkgo. Jedes RAC ist eine modulare Einheit, die Roboterarme, automatisierten Probentransport und eine einheitliche Steuerungssoftware vereint, sodass Geräte je nach Änderung der Arbeitsabläufe hinzugefügt oder neu angeordnet werden können. Täglich nutzen Dutzende von Wissenschaftlern die über 100 RACs auf Nebula für echte Forschungsarbeiten, reichen Protokolle ein und erhalten ihre Daten bereits am nächsten Tag. Nebula erledigt die Arbeit vieler Wissenschaftler autonom und parallel, läuft Tag und Nacht und benötigt dabei nur etwa ein Drittel des Platzes, den ein herkömmlicher Labortisch für dieselbe Arbeit benötigen würde.
Das Endeavor-System, das eine 1536-Well-Platte in weniger als vier Minuten abtastet, ist in das RAC-basierte System von Nebula integriert und läuft kontinuierlich neben den ständig aktiven Experimenten. Mithilfe der ClaireRT™-Software von Araceli analysiert das Endeavor-System jede Vertiefung bereits während der Bildaufnahme. Wenn eine Vertiefung die festgelegten Kriterien nicht erfüllt, kann das System das Bedienpersonal oder Nebula benachrichtigen oder die Bildaufnahme unterbrechen, damit etwaige Probleme behoben werden können, bevor das Experiment fortgesetzt wird.
„Die nächste Generation der KI in der Wirkstoffforschung erfordert biologische Daten in einer völlig anderen Größenordnung", erklärte Matt Beaudet, President und CEO von Araceli Biosciences. „Das Labor selbst befindet sich im Wandel. Es generiert nun zelluläre Daten, interpretiert das Gesehene und reagiert in Echtzeit. Ginkgo setzt dies mit Nebula um, und Araceli integriert hochauflösende Bildgebung und Echtzeitanalyse in großem Maßstab in diesen Prozess."
„Ein autonomes Labor gewinnt jedes Mal an Wert, wenn man es um ein erstklassiges Gerät erweitert", sagte Jason Kelly, Mitbegründer und CEO von Ginkgo Bioworks. „Mit Ihrem eigenen autonomen Labor kann jeder Ihrer Wissenschaftler auf die branchenführende High-Content-Bildgebung von Endeavor zugreifen und diese mühelos mit all Ihren anderen Geräten verbinden. Genau das bietet Ihnen ein autonomes Labor: die besten Werkzeuge der Biologie, vereint in einem System mit einheitlicher Software, das Ihre Experimente rund um die Uhr durchführt."
Informationen zu Araceli Biosciences: Araceli Biosciences entwickelt die weltweit schnellsten High-Content-Imaging-Geräte sowie KI-gestützte Analysesoftware für automatisierte, KI-gesteuerte Labore. Die integrierten Lösungen des Unternehmens liefern zelluläre Erkenntnisse in Echtzeit, die es automatisierten Arbeitsabläufen ermöglichen, in jeder Phase eines Experiments die Qualität zu überprüfen und Entscheidungen zu treffen. Dadurch unterstützen sie Biotech- und Pharmaunternehmen dabei, ihre Forschungsergebnisse schneller und mit größerer Sicherheit zu skalieren. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter aracelibio.com.
Informationen zu Ginkgo Bioworks: Ginkgo Bioworks entwickelt Werkzeuge, die es jedem erleichtern, biologische Prozesse technisch zu gestalten. Das Unternehmen bietet autonome Labore an, die manuelle Laborarbeiten durch Robotik ersetzen und so die Produktivität von Wissenschaftlern erheblich steigern. Das firmeneigene autonome Labor von Ginkgo ist zudem als „Cloud-Labor" über unsere Auftragsforschungsdienste „Datapoints" und „Solutions" verfügbar. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter ginkgo.bio oder folgen Sie uns auf sozialen Medien wie X (@Ginkgo und @Ginkgo_Biosec), Instagram (@GinkgoBioworks), Threads (@GinkgoBioworks) oder LinkedIn. Ginkgo Bioworks entwickelt autonome Laborinfrastrukturen und Dienstleistungen zur Generierung biologischer Daten, um die experimentelle Wissenschaft skalierbarer und zugänglicher zu machen. Ginkgo Bioworks ist die führende horizontale Plattform für die Zellprogrammierung und bietet flexible, ganzheitliche Dienstleistungen, die Unternehmen in verschiedenen Märkten – von der Lebensmittel- und Agrarindustrie über die Pharmabranche bis hin zur Industrie- und Spezialchemie – bei der Bewältigung ihrer Herausforderungen unterstützen.
Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen von Ginkgo Bioworks: Diese Mitteilung enthält bestimmte zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen im Sinne der US-amerikanischen Wertpapiergesetze, darunter Aussagen zu den Fähigkeiten und dem potenziellen Erfolg der Partnerschaft sowie zu den autonomen Labors von Ginkgo. Diese zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen sind in der Regel an Begriffen wie „glauben", „können", „prognostizieren", „potenziell", „erwarten", „voraussehen", „schätzen", „beabsichtigen", „Strategie", „Zukunft", „Chance", „planen", „könnte", „sollte", „wird", „würde", „wird sein", „wird fortbestehen", „wird wahrscheinlich dazu führen" und ähnliche Ausdrücke. Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen sind Vorhersagen, Projektionen und andere Aussagen über zukünftige Ereignisse, die auf aktuellen Erwartungen und Annahmen beruhen und daher Risiken und Ungewissheiten unterworfen sind. Zahlreiche Faktoren könnten dazu führen, dass die tatsächlichen zukünftigen Ereignisse wesentlich von den zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen in dieser Mitteilung abweichen, darunter unter anderem: (i) unsere Fähigkeit, kurz- und langfristige Kosteneinsparungen im Zusammenhang mit unseren Standortkonsolidierungsplänen zu realisieren, einschließlich der Fähigkeit, Mietverträge zu kündigen oder Untermieter für ungenutzte Einrichtungen zu finden, (ii) Kursschwankungen der Ginkgo-Wertpapiere aufgrund verschiedener Faktoren, darunter Veränderungen in den wettbewerbsintensiven und stark regulierten Branchen, in denen Ginkgo tätig ist und tätig sein will, Leistungsschwankungen bei Wettbewerbern sowie Änderungen von Gesetzen und Vorschriften, die sich auf das Geschäft von Ginkgo auswirken, (iii) die Fähigkeit, Geschäftspläne, Prognosen und sonstige Erwartungen umzusetzen sowie zusätzliche Geschäftsmöglichkeiten zu identifizieren und zu realisieren, unter anderem im Hinblick auf unser Angebot an Lösungen und Tools, (iv) das Risiko eines Nachfragerückgangs bei Produkten, die synthetische Biologie nutzen, (v) die Unsicherheit hinsichtlich der Nachfrage nach passiven Überwachungsprogrammen und Biosicherheitsdienstleistungen, (vi) Veränderungen in der Biosicherheitsbranche, unter anderem aufgrund technologischer Fortschritte, neu auftretender Wettbewerber sowie der Weiterentwicklung von Branchenanforderungen, Standards und Vorschriften, (vii) der Ausgang etwaiger anhängiger oder potenzieller Gerichtsverfahren gegen Ginkgo, (viii) unsere Fähigkeit, die erwarteten Vorteile aus unseren Plattformprogrammen und Vermögenswerten zu realisieren und deren Erfolg sicherzustellen, (ix) unsere Fähigkeit, gentechnisch veränderte Zellen, Bioprozesse, Datenpakete oder andere Leistungen erfolgreich zu entwickeln, (x) der Erfolg unserer Kunden bei der Produktentwicklung, Produktion oder Fertigung, (xi) unsere Anfälligkeit gegenüber den Volatilitäts- und Liquiditätsrisiken, die mit dem Halten von Beteiligungen an anderen operativen Unternehmen und anderen nicht zahlungswirksamen Gegenleistungen, die wir für unsere Dienstleistungen erhalten können, verbunden sind, (xii) die potenziellen negativen Auswirkungen unserer Umstrukturierung auf unser Geschäft oder das Ausbleiben der damit verbundenen erwarteten Einsparungen, (xiii) die Unsicherheit hinsichtlich der Haushaltsprioritäten der Regierung und der den Regierungsbehörden zugewiesenen Mittel, einschließlich potenzieller nachteiliger Auswirkungen durch den Stillstand der US-Regierung, (xiv) unsere Fähigkeit, unser autonomes Labor (einschließlich Nebula) innerhalb der von uns vorgesehenen Zeitrahmen und in dem von uns erwarteten Umfang zu skalieren, dessen Kapazität zu erweitern und dessen Fähigkeiten weiterzuentwickeln, (xv) das Tempo und das Ausmaß, in dem die Infrastruktur für autonome Labore in den breiteren Märkten der Biowissenschaften und der industriellen Biotechnologie eingeführt wird und manuelle Laborarbeiten dort verdrängt, (xvi) die tatsächliche Größe, Zusammensetzung und das Wachstum der von uns angestrebten Zielmärkte, die erheblich von unseren Schätzungen abweichen können, (xvii) unsere Fähigkeit, unsere autonome Laborplattform mit KI-Modellen von Drittanbietern und anderen Technologien zu integrieren, sowie das Tempo der Entwicklung und Einführung solcher Technologien, und (xviii) unsere Fähigkeit, strategische Partnerschaften und Kundenbeziehungen aufrechtzuerhalten und auszubauen, einschließlich derjenigen mit den in dieser Mitteilung genannten Partnern. Die vorstehende Liste von Faktoren ist nicht erschöpfend. Sie sollten die vorstehenden Faktoren sowie die weiteren Risiken und Ungewissheiten, die im Abschnitt „Risikofaktoren" des Jahresberichts von Ginkgo auf dem Formular 10-K beschrieben sind, der am 26. Februar 2026 bei der US-Börsenaufsichtsbehörde (der „SEC") eingereicht wurde, sowie in anderen Dokumenten, die Ginkgo von Zeit zu Zeit bei der SEC einreicht, sorgfältig abwägen. In diesen Unterlagen werden weitere wichtige Risiken und Ungewissheiten aufgezeigt und erörtert, die dazu führen könnten, dass die tatsächlichen Ereignisse und Ergebnisse wesentlich von den in den zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen enthaltenen abweichen. Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen gelten ausschließlich zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Veröffentlichung. Die Leser werden darauf hingewiesen, sich nicht in unangemessener Weise auf zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen zu verlassen, und Ginkgo übernimmt keine Verpflichtung und beabsichtigt nicht, diese zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen zu aktualisieren oder zu revidieren, sei es aufgrund neuer Informationen, künftiger Ereignisse oder aus anderen Gründen. Ginkgo gibt keine Zusicherung, dass das Unternehmen seine Erwartungen erfüllen wird.
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Proti společnosti Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) byla podána hromadná žaloba jménem investorů kvůli údajnému poskytování zdravotních údajů třetím stranám a zavádějícím informacím pro investory.
NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC, a nationally recognized investor-rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE: HIMS) and certain of its officers.
This lawsuit seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Hims securities between August 4, 2025 and July 29, 2026, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm’s site: bgandg.com/cases/hims-hers-health-inc-hims-class_action_lawsuit.
Hims Case Details
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that:
Hims shared consumers’ health information with third-party advertising platforms; Hims charges consumers for prescriptions almost immediately after they submit an intake form, despite telling consumers that they will be able to consult with a medical provider to find a treatment that is “right for them;” the foregoing conduct subjected Hims to regulatory scrutiny; as a result of the foregoing, Hims was reasonably likely to incur fees and penalties; and as a result of the foregoing, defendants’ positive statements about Hims' business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint, you can visit the firm’s site: bgandg.com/cases/hims-hers-health-inc-hims-class_action_lawsuit. or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Client Relations Manager, Nathan Miller, of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 917-590-0911. If you suffered a loss in Hims you have until November 1, 2026, to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as lead plaintiff.
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Rubrik rozšířřil Project Hourglass o nástroj Code Guardian, který využívá Claude Mythos 5 k izolovanému testování zdrojového kódu na vícekrokové kybernetické hrozby.
Rubrik GSI Summit – October 9, 2026 – Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, today announced the expansion of Project Hourglass, broadening its partner alliance to deliver Rubrik Code Guardian alongside Rubrik Agent Cloud. Rubrik welcomed additional partners AHEAD, Trace3, and WWT into Project Hourglass, joining Cognizant, Deloitte, LTM, HCLTech, NTT DATA, and Wipro.
According to Rubrik Zero Labs, 86% of cybersecurity and IT leaders anticipate that the proliferation of AI agents will outpace their organization's security guardrails within the next year. Rubrik Code Guardian aims to provide partners the capability to proactively red-team client code within air-gapped environments, prioritize realistic attack chains, and maintain instant codebase recovery.
"Engineering teams are turning to AI models to accelerate software delivery, but speed cannot compromise security or architectural integrity," said Alok Agrawal, Chief Solutions Officer, Rubrik. "By incorporating Rubrik Code Guardian into Project Hourglass, we are ensuring engineering teams are able to conduct red-team analysis, prioritize business impact and reduce risk."
Securing Customer Source Code with Rubrik Code Guardian
Rubrik Code Guardian harnesses Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 through a specialized security harness to evaluate code repositories against sophisticated, multi-step threat scenarios. Rather than operating on live production environments, the system tests a cloned, air-gapped copy of customer repositories.
Key capabilities Rubrik aims to deliver to Project Hourglass partners include:
Isolated Red-Team Analysis: Claude Mythos 5 operates inside Rubrik's security harness.Attack Chain Discovery: The engine will reason across files, services, identity roles, and cloud perimeters to uncover chained vulnerabilities that conventional static tools miss.Business Impact Prioritization: To eliminate alert fatigue, findings are verified for actual exploitability and scored by business criticality.Equipping Our Partners with Agentic Cyber Resilience
Project Hourglass originally launched to operationalize Rubrik Agent Cloud for Anthropic's Claude Code, introducing runtime behavioral guardrails, prompt context protection, and Agent Rewind to reverse unintended actions.
By adding Rubrik Code Guardian, Project Hourglass offers an end-to-end security architecture. The program provides participating partners with joint go-to-market resources, dedicated technical certification tracks, and direct engineering access to accelerate client deployments.
AHEAD
“Customers want to adopt AI coding without inheriting AI-speed attack surface. By expanding our Rubrik partnership through Project Hourglass and Code Guardian, AHEAD helps clients close that gap, from architecture through deployment. Code is attacked, tested, and validated in a safe environment before it ships, so teams move faster with confidence, and Rubrik's recovery capabilities remain in place as the safety net.” – Steven Sorensen, Specialty Solutions Engineer, Cyber Resiliency at AHEAD
Trace3
“Our clients are moving quickly to adopt agentic AI, and securing those environments requires a new approach to resilience. At Trace3, we are not only using Rubrik Agent Cloud internally to help protect our own agentic AI initiatives, but we are also bringing that hands-on experience to our clients. Trace3’s Resiliency Practice and AI risk and Governance practice is ready to help clients secure, observe, protect, and recover their agentic AI environments as they scale. That perspective and experience, as both a user and a partner of Rubrik, gives us a unique understanding of what it takes to build more secure and resilient agentic AI environments.” – Sandy Salty, Chief Marketing Officer at Trace3
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“WWT uses our Advanced Technology Center to test and validate innovative security solutions, making isolated threat testing a core part of our DNA. Integrating Rubrik Code Guardian through Project Hourglass perfectly complements this approach. The end-to-end security architecture ensures our clients achieve business resilience as they deploy new AI agents." – Chris Konrad, Vice President of Global Cyber at World Wide Technology
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Thursday took a shot at Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, a day after he accused certain "oligarchs" of stalling the launch of his company's Starlink internet service in the country.
Musk said Starlink was not being allowed to launch in India despite having spent "five years complying with every single law and requirement" of the government.
"Is Ambani the real boss of India?" Musk questioned in a post, having blamed a day earlier "oligarchs" in the country for maintaining a "monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people."
Ambani's Jio is the largest telecom and internet service operator in India and, along with the other major operator, Airtel, controls about 80% of the market.
Musk's comment against Ambani caused a political stir in India, eliciting a response from India's leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, who has consistently alleged that the government is being influenced by powerful businessmen in India.
"Wait till you meet the other one," Gandhi said in a veiled reference to India's wealthiest businessman Gautam Adani, who has been a key target of the politician. "This is indeed troubling," Musk said in response to Gandhi.
Reliance Industries, Ambani's flagship company, did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
Frozen approvalsIn March last year, Starlink signed pacts with Ambani's Jio Platforms and India's second-largest telecom company Airtel to explore cross-selling the products and services of the U.S. company in India.
Following the interim deals, Musk's satellite internet business in July last year got a license to launch its services in India.
But Starlink could not launch. Bloomberg reported earlier this year that New Delhi had frozen approvals for Starlink over concerns that its terminals could be used despite the service not being licensed.
Meanwhile, Akash Ambani, the son of Mukesh and managing director of Jio Platforms, told shareholders in June that his company was planning to roll out low-orbit satellite communications in the country.
Jio is looking to set up set up a satellite network of around 1,600 LEO satellites and 23 ground stations to expand connectivity across India, according to local media reports. Starlink, on the other hand, has 11,000 satellites in orbit that provide service to people in over 170 countries and territories.
Akash Ambani on Thursday told Moneycontrol, a platform owned by the Reliance Group, that the company believes "India needs its own indigenous stack of technologies."
Satellite communication is not the only space where Musk's business plans in India have failed to take off. Tesla, which was launched last year in the South Asian country, has received an underwhelming response, with the company reportedly selling just a little over 1,000 cars since launch.
Meta okamžitě zakázala reklamy společnosti ByteDance a kampaně třetích stran odkazující na TikTok na Facebooku a Instagramu v USA a dalších sedmi zemích.
Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has banned advertisements by ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, on its platforms in the United States and a handful of other countries, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.
The move marks an escalation in the long-running rivalry between Meta and ByteDance, whose video-sharing app TikTok has emerged as one of Meta’s most formidable competitors for user engagement, creators and advertising dollars.
Meta’s ban takes effect immediately in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam, and extends to third-party advertisers running campaigns that link to TikTok and other ByteDance properties in those countries, Meta said.
Meta has banned advertisements from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance on Facebook and Instagram in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Askar – stock.adobe.com “We don’t have to run ads from a competitor whose goal is to pull people off our apps,” Meta said.
“Declining promotional services to a competitor is a normal business practice across industries. We will continue to compete on product quality and user experience.”
TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment on Meta’s move.
TikTok’s website shows that it does not support links that open or log users into other social media apps.
However, users can still add links to their profiles that direct people to those platforms’ websites.
The controversial move comes amid a heated rivalry between Meta and ByteDance as TikTok is seen as one of Meta’s most formidable competitors to draw user engagement, influencers, and advertising money. chathuporn – stock.adobe.com Meta has been urging TikTok and YouTube to follow steps it agreed to take on teen safety in August following a settlement of up to $18 billion with US states over social media harms to children.
Meta in August agreed to impose daily usage limits and restrict nighttime usage by children who use Facebook and Instagram, and enhance measures to prevent children from accessing age-restricted content.
TikTok has not publicly commented on Meta’s campaign, but it reached a settlement with Alabama in September that requires the social media platform to impose new usage limits and enhance age-verification measures for users in the state, resolving claims that it endangered children and misled consumers about its safety.
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TikTok operates in the US as a majority American-owned joint venture after a deal aimed at safeguarding US user data and averting a US ban on an app used by more than 200 million users in the country.
Bloomberg News first reported Meta’s ban earlier on Thursday.
Trumpova administrativa pozastavila pro Microsoft, Adobe a další firmy přijímání nových i vyřizování rozpracovaných žádostí v programu PERM, který je klíčový pro získání zaměstnaneckého imigračního víza.
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Business Insider dialed up immigration attorneys on Thursday to get their reaction to the Trump administration's latest move. Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration's Thursday declaration that it was suspending Microsoft and Adobe from a federal visa sponsorship program is reverberating through the tech industry.
Immigration attorneys told Business Insider that employees on H-1B visas working at Microsoft, Adobe, and the other named tech companies should seek counsel and get clarity about their status in light of the suspensions.
Individual cases may vary, and the attorneys spoke in general terms about the advice they would give without knowing a client's specific circumstances or status.
"This is a time where immigrants, high-skilled immigrants, really need to pay attention to laws," said Tahmina Watson, a business immigration attorney at Watson Immigration Law in Seattle. "Things are changing on a dime," she added.
Business Insider spoke to eight immigration attorneys on Thursday in the wake of the announcement, as part of our ongoing series, "H-1B Fallout: 1 Year Later," which explores how foreign workers are navigating a rapidly changing US immigration landscape.
Some of the immigration attorneys said the suspensions were likely to be challenged in court. Others said they were the latest in a series of US measures targeting foreign workers. One attorney suggested they would only impact a relatively small group of workers.
"Most people will either be able to wait it out or have time to switch jobs," said Loren Locke, an attorney at Locke Immigration Law in Atlanta.
The Permanent Labor Certification, or PERM, program is an initial step that employers generally must complete before sponsoring a worker for an employment-based visa, requiring them to show that no qualified and available US workers could fill the role.
Vice President JD Vance said at a press conference on Thursday that Microsoft had "abused" this system by laying off American workers and using it to hire foreign ones, who he said were paid less. "If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants," Vance said.
A Microsoft spokesperson pointed Business Insider to a blog post the company published Thursday, which said "the vast majority of Microsoft employees in the United States are Americans." The company said it pays its H-1B employees "the same as any other employees doing comparable work."
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Donald Trump on Thursday — hours after Microsoft's suspension from a visa program. Win McNamee/Getty Images Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said at the press conference that the government would not accept any new PERM applications or process any pending ones for the named companies, which, in addition to Microsoft and Adobe, also include tech outsourcing firms Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini.
The importance of knowing your statusIn suspending new and pending PERM applications, the Trump administration left a very specific group of H-1B visa holders in limbo, said Matthew Maiona, an immigration attorney at Maiona Ward in Boston.
Maiona said that a hypothetical employee at Microsoft or Adobe, six years into an H-1B visa, could now, in theory, be ordered to appear in immigration court under this new suspension.
"You could be in trouble if you cannot qualify for another non-immigrant visa classification," Maiona said. "You may have to leave the United States."
But Locke said workers would only face potential removal if they exhausted their H-1B eligibility and could not secure an extension or another legal basis — of which there are several — to remain in the country.
Though H-1B visas have a statutory maximum of six years before expiring, they can be extended past that number if workers have made sufficient progress toward obtaining a green card, she said.
"If the goal is to crush H-1B workers, it's not great, but it's not really crushing them either," Locke said.
Todd Pomerleau, an immigration attorney based in Boston, said that with uncertainty around the extent and enforcement of the suspensions, "anybody who's concerned about their immigration status needs to seek competent counsel."
'We will start seeing lawsuits'Some immigration attorneys who spoke with Business Insider said they expected the Trump administration's move to be challenged in a lawsuit that would argue the suspensions are outside the Labor Department's legal authority.
"I assume, by next week, we will start seeing lawsuits," said Kripa Upadhyay, the co-chair of Buchalter's Immigration & Global Mobility Practice, a Seattle firm.
Ted Chiappari, the head of immigration law at Duane Morris LLP, said federal statute only allows the Department of Labor to unilaterally suspend an employer from using the PERM program for 180 days.
"That gives the employer notice that there's an investigation going on, and at the end of that investigation, if they find something inappropriate, they have six years to decide whether to debar an employer," he said.
And even then, Chiappari said, they can only debar an employer for up to three years.
Only the latest H-1B broadsideFew attorneys interviewed by Business Insider said they were surprised by the measure. Mostly, they saw it as another salvo in what they described as the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown on foreign workers.
Upadhyay said that just the day before, she had spoken with a Microsoft employee on an H-1B whose spouse also was on an H-1B.
The person's H-1B extension was running out, and they now faced the "impossible decision" of moving to their home country, leaving behind their spouse and two US citizen children.
"I have children to support," Upadhyay recalled the worker saying. "What happens now?"
Upadhyay expects to get more of these calls.
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Lyft zaplatí 272,5 milionu USD v rámci urovnání žaloby státu Kalifornie kvůli údajnému krácení mezd řidičů; přibližně 237 milionů USD z této částky má připadnout řidičům.
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle claims that it committed wage theft against California drivers in the six-year lawsuit the Golden State brought against the rideshare company.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco sued Lyft in 2020 on allegations the company misclassified drivers as independent contractors between 2016 and 2020, meaning drivers were paid well below minimum wage and denied other workplace protections required under state law.
The majority of the money Lyft has agreed to pay, around $237 million, will be put in a third-party fund to be allocated to drivers. Drivers' eligibility and compensation will be based on the hours and total miles driven between April 2016 and December 2020.
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Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle claims that it committed wage theft against California drivers. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
"We are proud to announce this landmark win for workers, the largest misclassification settlement in California’s history," Bonta said in a statement. "Rideshare companies like Lyft have enjoyed massive growth and profits on the backs of drivers over the past decade, many of whom are from immigrant communities and communities of color. Lyft’s success would not be possible without the drivers Lyft sought to unfairly short-change. Hard-working employees deserve full compensation for their labor."
Ticker Security Last Change Change % LYFT LYFT INC. 16.13 +0.53 +3.40% "We have not and will not stand by when companies attempt to shirk their legal responsibilities and deprive employees of their wages and benefits as required under California law," he continued. "We will continue to fight to empower workers, combat unfair and deceptive practices, and ensure all Californians can thrive from the fruits of their labor."
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The majority of the money Lyft has agreed to pay, around $237 million, will be put in a third-party fund to be allocated to drivers. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The settlement still needs to be approved by the court.
Once the court approves the settlement and Lyft begins making payments to the settlement fund, eligible drivers will be notified through the third-party administrator about when they can send in their information for restitution.
"When companies misclassify their workers, they deny them critical protections and shift the burden onto taxpayers," Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said in a statement. "This historic settlement sends a clear message: companies must follow the law, pay their fair share and play by the rules."
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco sued Lyft in 2020. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Despite Lyft agreeing to pay the settlement to bring an end to the lawsuit, the rideshare giant still maintains it did not engage in any wrongdoing.
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Between 2016 and 2020, Lyft reported a total revenue of $9.5 billion. Most Lyft drivers take home between $11 and $18 an hour after expenses, according to data compiled by ShiftTracker.
Společnost DICK's Sporting Goods snížila výhled tržeb na rok 2026 po nižších tržbách Foot Locker ve výši 1,73 mld. USD; akcie 25. srpna 2026 klesly o 30,68 %.
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DICK's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) shareholders since November 12, 2024 should email [email protected] or see www.fmoorelaw.com The allegations involve the Company's acquisition of Foot Locker, touting the acquisition as a strategic opportunity to drive growth and profitability while assuring investors that Foot Locker's longstanding inventory and promotional challenges had been resolved. However those problems may have persisted, as Foot Locker remained heavily dependent on legacy footwear products that were exposed to intensifying promotional pressures across the athletic footwear industry.
The truth was allegedly revealed to investors before markets opened on August 25, 2026, when Dick's Sporting Goods reported disappointing second-quarter 2026 results, which included revenue of $1.73 billion from Foot Locker that fell well short of analysts' estimates of $1.81 billion. Dick's Sporting Goods also reduced its net sales guidance for full-year 2026 and disclosed that it expected Foot Locker's proforma comparable sales to yield a range of negative 2.0% to 0.0% for the year—down from Dick's prior forecast of 1.5% to 3% growth.
On this news, the price of Dick's Sporting Goods stock fell $55.02 per share, or 30.68%, to close at $124.31 per share on August 25, 2026.
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RPM International očekává další rekordní fiskální rok 2027 poté, co v prvním čtvrtletí zvýšila tržby o 4,8 % a naředěný zisk na akcii o 5,3 % na 1,98 USD.
RPM International’s Dividend King Status Just Got StrongerRPM International NYSE: RPM shareholders elected 12 directors, approved executive compensation on an advisory basis and ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2027 at the company’s 2026 annual meeting.
Approximately 114 million shares, or about 89% of outstanding shares, were represented by proxy at the meeting. The 12 director nominees received support from an average of about 98% of shares voting, according to a preliminary proxy tabulation. Shareholders also approved the company’s Say-on-Pay proposal with approximately 93% of voting shares in favor, while Deloitte’s appointment was supported by approximately 99% of shares voting.
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Record Fiscal 2026 Results RPM International's Blowout Quarter Sparks a 15% Rally Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frank Sullivan said fiscal 2026 produced record results despite what he described as volatility in the company’s markets. RPM reported fiscal-year revenue of $7.9 billion, while adjusted EBIT rose 4.4% to a record $1.019 billion. Adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 4.3% to a record $5.53.
Cash provided by operating activities rose 17% to $899 million, Sullivan said, representing the company’s second-highest annual operating cash flow.
RPM International Thrives in Rate-Cut Driven Construction RallyNorth America accounted for 77% of the company’s fiscal 2026 revenue, while Europe represented 15%. Sales in Southern Hemisphere and developing markets totaled nearly $600 million, or 8% of consolidated revenue, up from less than 5% several years ago, according to Sullivan.
RPM said it continues to invest in expansion through acquisitions and manufacturing capacity. The company completed the acquisition of Kalzip, a Germany-based producer of specialty aluminum and metal roofing, during the summer. Sullivan said the business complements Tremco Roofing’s North American operations and that RPM intends to bring Kalzip technology to the U.S. market.
He also highlighted the prior-year acquisition of Ready Seal by RPM’s Rust-Oleum subsidiary, saying distribution of its wood stain and protective products has continued to expand across North America. In addition, RPM plans to open a manufacturing facility in Mumbai, India, this year, following the opening of a facility in Malaysia during the past year.
Efficiency Programs and Fiscal 2027 Outlook RPM’s operating-improvement initiatives, launched in 2018, remain in place. Sullivan said the company’s focus on selling, general and administrative expense efficiencies is expected to deliver $75 million of improvements in fiscal 2027.
The company’s Green Belt programs have delivered more than $50 million during its MAP periods, with an additional $25 million of projects in the pipeline, he said. RPM is expanding those improvement efforts into other functional areas.
RPM plans to hold an investor day in Maple Shade, New Jersey, on Nov. 9 to discuss a new long-term strategic plan extending through 2030.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2027, which ended in August, Sullivan said sales rose 4.8% to an all-time record. Adjusted EBITDA increased 4.5% to a record level, while diluted earnings per share grew 5.3% to $1.98. The company expects another record year for sales and earnings in fiscal 2027.
Dividend Raised for 53rd Consecutive Year RPM’s board voted to increase the annual cash dividend to $2.28 per share, or $0.57 quarterly. The increase represents a 5.6% rise from the prior dividend and marks the company’s 53rd consecutive annual dividend increase.
Sullivan said the company is among fewer than 40 of more than 5,000 U.S. public companies that have increased their cash dividends for at least as long.
Waterproofing and Data Center Opportunities During the shareholder question-and-answer session, RPM discussed its Volteco acquisition. The Italy-based waterproofing company operates throughout Europe and its products have been used in Venice, Sullivan said. Tremco had been Volteco’s sole U.S. distributor during the past several years.
RPM sees an opportunity to expand Volteco’s below-grade waterproofing systems in U.S. construction markets through Tremco and believes it can double the size of the business by continuing growth in Europe and introducing its product lines more broadly in the U.S.
Sullivan also said RPM’s Euclid Chemical, Tremco, Carboline and Stonhard businesses are on track to supply more than $100 million on an annualized basis of products to data centers being built globally. He said the company expects data centers to remain a growth area in coming years.
Board Changes Newly elected directors Jeffrey D. Rowe and Thomas C. Gentile III joined the board. Rowe is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and formerly served as chief executive officer of Saint-Gobain Group. Gentile is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hexcel Corp. and previously served as president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems.
RPM also recognized the retirements of directors Bruce A. Carbonari and William B. Summers Jr. Carbonari joined the board in 2002, while Summers joined in 2004. Sullivan said that during their tenures, RPM’s annual sales rose from $1.9 billion to $7.9 billion, quarterly dividends increased by more than 330%, and market capitalization grew from roughly $2 billion to $14 billion.
About RPM International (NYSE:RPM)RPM International Inc is a multinational manufacturer of specialty coatings, sealants, building materials and related products. The company serves the construction, industrial, automotive, marine and consumer markets through a portfolio of businesses that develop products for protecting, repairing, maintaining and enhancing surfaces and structures.
Its brands and businesses include Rust-Oleum consumer and industrial coatings, DAP caulks and sealants, Tremco and Euclid Chemical construction products, Carboline protective coatings, Stonhard seamless flooring systems and Flowcrete flooring products.
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Rosen Law Firm podala hromadnou žalobu proti společnosti The Ensign Group (ENSG) a obviňuje ji z poskytování klamavých informací a zatajení údajného zanedbávání pacientů a podvodů v programech Medicaid a Medicare.
EQUITY ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Files Securities Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of The Ensign Group, Inc. Investors -- ENSG Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) between February 10, 2022 and June 18, 2026, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for Ensign investors under the federal securities laws.
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A Concentrated Bet on Auto Retail On Sept. 30, 2026, Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) executed a purchase of 402,303 shares of AutoNation Inc
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at a price of $157.44 per share. The transaction increased the position by 26.40%, bringing the total shares held by the firm to 1,926,427. Following the trade, AutoNation represents 6.52% of Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio)'s equity portfolio, while the holding accounts for 5.83% of the company's outstanding shares. The trade had a 1.36% impact on the firm's overall portfolio. This move signals continued conviction in the automotive retailer, which has faced a challenging year-to-date performance. The acquisition was made through Brave Warrior Advisors, the investment firm led by Greenberg, and reflects a strategic decision to capitalize on current market valuations.
Guru Profile: Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) of Brave Warrior Advisors Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) co-founded Chieftain Capital Management in 1984 with partner John Shapiro, compounding accounts at 22.5% before management fees from 1984 through 2004, compared to 12.9% for the S&P 500. Chieftain Capital later split into two entities, with Greenberg leading Brave Warrior Advisors. The firm maintains a highly concentrated portfolio, describing it as a "defense against ignorance," and emphasizes return on invested capital while favoring companies with limited competition. Brave Warrior Advisors holds 41 stocks with total equity of $4.59 billion, with top holdings including Icon PLC
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Company Profile: AutoNation Inc
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AutoNation is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States, operating hundreds of new-vehicle franchises and used-vehicle stores across numerous states, primarily in Sunbelt metropolitan markets. The company sells new and used cars and light trucks through dealerships representing domestic and imported brands, and also operates collision centers, auction sites, and parts distribution businesses. Revenue streams include vehicle sales, finance and insurance products arranged through captive lending operations, and parts and service work. AutoNation serves retail consumers as well as fleet and wholesale customers, and was formerly known as Republic Industries before focusing on auto retailing. The stock has a market cap of $5.19 billion and is currently trading at $157.07.
Valuation and Financial Metrics AutoNation trades at a PE ratio of 7.28 and is considered "Modestly Undervalued" based on the GF Value of $218.56, with a price-to-GF Value ratio of 0.72. The stock has a GF Score of 81/100, indicating good outperformance potential, with ranks of 8/10 for GF Value Rank, 7/10 for Profitability Rank, 7/10 for Growth Rank, and 7/10 for Momentum Rank. Financial strength metrics show a Balance Sheet Rank of 4/10, a cash-to-debt ratio of 0.01, and interest coverage of 3.46. Profitability metrics include a ROE of 32.80% and ROA of 5.33%, with a three-year revenue growth of 15.10% but a three-year earnings growth of -8.40%. The stock has an Altman Z Score of 2.78 and a Piotroski F-Score of 4.
Market Performance and Technical Indicators Since the transaction date, the stock has declined 0.24%, and year-to-date the stock is down 23.93%. Since its IPO in 1951, the stock has gained 5,254.88%. Technical indicators show RSI values of 31.61 (5-day), 29.23 (9-day), and 29.58 (14-day), suggesting oversold conditions. The Momentum Index for 6-1 month is 6.29, while the 12-1 month Momentum Index is -3.22. These figures indicate that while short-term momentum has been weak, there may be signs of stabilization. The oversold RSI readings often attract value investors looking for entry points in fundamentally sound companies. The significant year-to-date decline contrasts with the long-term appreciation since the IPO, highlighting the cyclical nature of the automotive retail sector.
Other Guru Activity and Ownership First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) Management, LLC is the largest guru holder of AutoNation shares. Other gurus holding the stock include Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio), Jefferies Group (Trades, Portfolio), and Brandes Investment Partners, LP (Trades, Portfolio). The presence of multiple value-oriented investors may indicate broader institutional interest in the stock. According to GuruFocus's Premium Guru 13F Ownership data, 10 gurus currently hold the stock, with 6 adding and 6 trimming positions in recent quarters. This proprietary ownership signal, which is not available on platforms like Simply Wall St or Morningstar, provides unique insight into how notable investors are positioning themselves. The mixed activity suggests a divergence in opinion, yet the net interest from value-focused firms remains notable.
Key Considerations for Value Investors Greenberg's concentrated investment approach and emphasis on return on invested capital align with the profile of a value-oriented investor. AutoNation's modest undervaluation relative to GF Value, combined with a low PE ratio and high ROE, may present an attractive opportunity for value investors. However, the company's low cash-to-debt ratio and declining earnings growth warrant attention. The stock's oversold technical condition and significant year-to-date decline could signal a potential entry point for long-term investors. The transaction's influence on the portfolio is meaningful, given the 1.36% impact and the increased position size. As of Oct. 9, 2026, all data and rankings are accurate, offering a snapshot of a stock that balances deep value characteristics with operational challenges.
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Bloom Energy ve 2. čtvrtletí poprvé překonala hranici čtvrtletních tržeb 1 mld. USD; meziročně vzrostly o 166 % na 1,07 mld. USD a čistý zisk dosáhl 196 mil. USD.
Bloom Energy (BE -6.34%) passed $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in the second quarter of 2026. Sales climbed 166% year over year to $1.07 billion, and the fuel cell maker earned $196 million for common stockholders, compared to a loss of around $43 million a year before.
And management expects the growth to keep coming. In July, Bloom upped its 2026 revenue guidance again, and the latest range of $3.9 billion to $4.2 billion has a midpoint around double 2025's $2.02 billion.
But can Bloom keep making money while it doubles in size? I think the profit looks solid. The margin behind it, though, is weaker than its 33.4% headline number suggests.
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A refund boosted the marginBloom's second-quarter gross margin (the share of revenue left after the direct costs of what it sells) was 33.4%, versus 26.7% a year before. At first glance, that's just what investors like to see from a manufacturer ramping up volume.
Still, part of that rise came from a court decision. In February, the Supreme Court found that some tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were illegal.
Bloom flagged around $37.4 million of those already paid tariffs as recoverable. And it booked the full amount as a recovery against its cost of product revenue in the second quarter, but only around $5 million had actually been refunded by June 30.
Pull that refund out, and Bloom's second-quarter gross margin was about 30%. The first quarter landed at 30%, and the fourth quarter of 2025 at 30.8%, so the underlying number has stayed flat for three straight quarters. In the same span, quarterly revenue rose from around $778 million to $1.07 billion. In other words, Bloom sold much more, but each dollar of sales didn't get any more profitable.
Does the profit hold up without the refund?It does. Taking out the refund cuts Bloom's second-quarter operating income from $182 million to around $145 million, versus an operating loss of $3.5 million the year before.
Net income for common stockholders would have been around $159 million.
Most of the profit is from scale. Bloom's operating expenses climbed 57% year over year as revenue jumped 166%, so they shrank to around 16% of revenue, down from about 28%.
Even without the refund, Bloom's operating margin was about 14%, up from 9.6% in the first quarter.
Part of the business behind the systems is improving, too. Service gross margin rose to 19%, up from 9% the year before, boosted by more revenue from maintenance contracts for Bloom's installed fleet. Bloom also credits manufacturing improvements and more automation with cutting its production costs.
Tariffs are backOf course, tariffs also squeezed Bloom's margins before. In its third-quarter 2025 filing, Bloom said it expected tariffs to dent its gross margin by around 1% in 2025.
And new ones already apply. In late July, the U.S. Trade Representative put tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 economies. Bloom's annual report also says it expects 50% tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, and copper to hurt its costs.
That ups the stakes for management's margin target. Bloom still guides for a non-GAAP (adjusted) gross margin of around 34% in 2026, the same target it gave in April, before the refund.
Bloom's adjusted gross margin was 31.5% in the first quarter, and the second quarter's would have been around 31% without the refund. Meeting the full-year target, then, probably means more like 35% for the second half.
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Meanwhile, Bloom has now had three straight profitable quarters, but the fourth quarter of 2025 barely counted at $1.1 million. A profitable third quarter would mean four in a row -- a full year of profits, and the bar I've been waiting for with this stock.
As I write this, Bloom's stock is near $276, about 21% off its 52-week high of $351.28. But the price is about 56 times the earnings analysts expect for Bloom in 2027. A price-to-earnings ratio that high arguably assumes margins keep expanding as Bloom grows.
In the end, can Bloom stay profitable as it doubles? I think so, refund or no refund. But its underlying gross margin hasn't budged from around 30% for three quarters, and this valuation needs it to rise. Until it does, I'd hold off buying shares.
JLL vidí dlouhodobé růstové příležitosti v outsourcingu služeb v oblasti správy pracovišť, projektů a nemovitostí, který podporuje fragmentace trhu a silné strukturální trendy.
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) Discusses Outsourcing Trends and Strategic Growth Opportunities in Real Estate Management Services October 8, 2026 2:00 PM EDT
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Sean Coghlan - Head of Investor Relations
Neil Murray - CEO of Real Estate Management Services & Member of Global Executive Board
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Head of Investor Relations
Welcome. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today for a live webcast with Neil Murray, CEO of our Real Estate Management Services business or REMS, as you'll hear throughout the program today.
During today's session, we're going to talk about outsourcing and the outsourcing opportunity for JLL. We're going to talk about the strategic evolution of the businesses. We're going to talk about our clients, and we're also going to talk about the long-term outlook.
As a reminder, today's presentation includes forward-looking statements about JLL's future performance. Actual results may differ materially. Please see our SEC filings for more details and refer to the slide for additional disclaimer information. We'll also reference non-GAAP financial measures throughout the discussion with reconciliations available on the Investor Relations page of JLL's website at ir.jll.com.
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So Neil, thank you for being with us today. We really appreciate you taking out the time and I'm very excited to talk about REMS, but also what we're hearing from clients and the future opportunity.
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Sure. Glad to be here.
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As part of your role as CEO of REMS, you oversee JLL's largest resilient business lines, the workplace management business, project management, property management. Each of these benefit from strong outsourcing tailwinds, industry fragmentation and significant white space for long-term growth. And these secular drivers have been durable, if not, they've actually strengthened when we reflect on the past 6 years
When a consumer taps to pay for a new winter coat or a flight home, they likely don't think about the global financial infrastructure moving their money. Klarna Group (KLAR +1.58%) acts as that silent bridge, functioning as a technology-driven payments provider that has evolved from a niche tool for deferred payments into a comprehensive digital banking ecosystem.
Despite this reach, the stock has struggled, falling to $13.46 as of Oct. 8, 2026, marking a 65% decline over the past year as the market weighed the company's aggressive growth against its path to sustained profitability.
Our proprietary Hidden Gems scoring system assigns Klarna Group an overall Superscore of 70 out of 100, placing it in the Above Average category. The Superscore is an AI-powered score that evaluates a company's overall strength by combining financial performance, product market position, technological capabilities, leadership quality, and relative valuation. It represents the unification of all our scores into a single score for public companies, with five rating bands: Exceptional (90-100), Strong (75-89), Above Average (60-74), Average (40-59), and Cautious (0-39).
A 70 Superscore places Klarna in the Top ~31% of every company we score, representing a signal that invites deeper investigation into the company's operations and risks.
Why KLAR Has a 70 SuperscoreRobust revenue growth: The company reported 27% year-over-year revenue growth in Q2 2026, reaching $1.04 billion as its expanded network of 1.2 million merchants drove higher payment volumes.Operational efficiency: Integration of an AI assistant to handle 80% of customer service chats allowed the company to keep service costs flat despite a 32% surge in total transaction volume during the fourth quarter of its 2025 fiscal year.Deposit-led funding: Roughly 90% of the company's funding currently originates from low-cost consumer deposits, providing a structural cost advantage that shields its margins from volatile wholesale financing markets.Strong network effects: A two-sided ecosystem connecting 120 million active consumers with over 1.2 million merchants creates a data-rich environment that lowers the cost of acquiring new users and merchants.Why Is KLAR's Superscore Not Higher?Persistent net losses: Despite improving operating metrics, the company posted a net loss of $273 million for the full-year 2025, underscoring the challenge of balancing global expansion with a bottom-line profit.Credit-provision volatility: The shift toward higher-risk Fair Financing products caused credit loss provisions to spike by 60% in fiscal 2025, creating immediate margin pressure that offsets gains in payment processing.Valuation risk: The stock's trailing price-to-sales ratio has steadily declined over the past year, dropping to 1.3x as of Oct. 8, but shares could drop further if growth cools or if credit losses accelerate beyond current expectations.Klarna benefits from high capital efficiency, with a return on net tangible assets ranking in the top 20% of our universe. Because the company earns outsized profits on a relatively small base of hard tangible assets, the market often assigns a premium to its ability to turn revenue growth into meaningful long-term value, though this efficiency must still compete with the risks inherent in its credit-heavy model.
Table 1: Hidden Gems Database Scores for Klarna Group (KLAR)ScoreScore (out of 100)RankSupporting Data PointProduct (1Y)82Top ~16%Successful pivot to a global default PSP strategy with the Klarna Card crossing 5 million users.Product (5Y)61Top ~49%Transition from niche BNPL provider to a comprehensive digital commerce network with a 21% 5-year revenue CAGR.Financial (1Y)60Top ~45%Revenue grew 32% in fiscal 2025, but operating cash flow turned negative at -$1.032 billion.Financial (5Y)64Top ~34%Consistently high revenue growth offset by volatile cash flow and historical dependence on external financing.Leaders73Top ~36%Management demonstrates transparency through granular KPIs and a well-defined AI-driven roadmap.AI22Bottom ~24%Heavy reliance on traditional lending moats leaves the company vulnerable to commoditization by major AI platforms.Valuation Risk67Top ~24%The stock trades at a trailing price-to-sales ratio of 1.50x, reflecting its current market valuation.Is KLAR Right For Your Portfolio?This stock warrants a closer look if...
You are seeking exposure to an evolving digital banking model comparable to leading best bank ETFs in the payments space.You believe that AI-driven automation will continue to lower operating costs and lead the company toward sustainable profitability.You may want to keep researching before buying if...
You are concerned about the sustainability of a business model reliant on consumer credit in a shifting economic cycle.You prefer to wait for proof that the company can achieve consistent GAAP profitability without relying on one-time financial adjustments.This Superscore is just one data-driven signal worth investigating, and you should weigh it against your own research, financial goals, and risk tolerance before making any investment decisions.
My 5-year prediction for KLAR stockThe key to Klarna's ability to produce business growth over the long haul relies on its ecosystem. That's what gives me optimism about the company's long-term success. It exited the second quarter with 120 million active consumers, representing 8% year-over-year growth, and 1.2 million merchants, which is a whopping 54% year-over-year increase.
Klarna's stock has plunged significantly from its September IPO price of $40 per share, as the company cut its 2026 guidance amid softness in the German market, Klarna's largest market by volume. However, the U.S. market is its fastest growing region, and that's a positive sign for its business growth.
The company's core buy now, pay later offering is key in an environment of persistent inflation, helping consumers to make purchases. Over the long run, Klarna is moving toward becoming a full-scale digital neobank. Its Fair Financing product, which is its long-term, interest-bearing lending segment, saw 82% year-over-year growth in Q2 gross merchandise volume. This segment should help it fuel margin growth. In fact, it achieved Q2 net income of $9 million, a substantial turnaround from a net loss of $53 million in the prior year.
Klarna's trailing price-to-sales ratio is down to 1.3x, its lowest level since the IPO. While it could drop further, I think there's greater potential for shares to rebound considering how far it's fallen, making now a good entry point into the stock.
The Hidden Gems Superscore reflects The Motley Fool's proprietary AI-driven evaluation of a company across product, financial, leadership, and valuation pillars as of the article date and may change over time. Performance figures are point-in-time. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.92%)(BRKB +0.95%) has a share price few investors can afford. Its Class A stock costs around $759,000 as I write, about 6% under its 52-week high of about $806,000.
The leader who kept it that way has stepped back, too. Greg Abel became CEO on Jan. 1. Later, on Sept. 18, Berkshire made Warren Buffett chairman emeritus and elected his son, Howard Buffett, board chairman.
With Buffett no longer running the business or chairing its board, could the A shares finally be split? As far as I can find, neither Abel nor the board has said anything publicly about it. And I don't think the leadership change matters here as much as it might seem.
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Buffett's objectionBuffett explained his thinking in his annual letter for 1983, when one Berkshire share was around $1,300. He worried that a lower price would draw owners less focused on the company's intrinsic value.
"Were we to split the stock or take other actions focusing on stock price rather than business value, we would attract an entering class of buyers inferior to the exiting class of sellers," he wrote.
Instead of a split, Buffett proposed a second class of stock in early 1996, with each A share convertible into 30 Class B shares.
He aimed the B shares at high-fee unit trusts pitching themselves as low-priced "clones" of Berkshire. But he also pointed out that shareholders wanting a split had "gained a do-it-yourself method of bringing one about."
The 2010 split was about a railroadBerkshire did split its stock in 2010 -- but not the A shares.
Its board approved a 50-for-1 split of the Class B stock on Nov. 3, 2009, the same day Berkshire announced a deal to buy the rest of railroad BNSF. Splitting the B shares let even the smallest BNSF owners swap into Berkshire stock in a tax-free exchange.
Shareholders approved the split on Jan. 20, 2010. The A shares were left alone, and each became convertible into 1,500 B shares rather than 30.
The lower B share price also helped Berkshire enter the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.47%), where it replaced BNSF once the deal closed in February 2010. Index funds tracking the S&P 500 had to buy the B shares.
In short, the B split served the deal and left Buffett's argument about the A shares intact.
A split wouldn't change Berkshire's valuation. It just slices the same company into more pieces. Berkshire's market cap would still be around $1.09 trillion, and its price-to-earnings ratio wouldn't move.
The company already reports its profits both ways. Second-quarter net income was $17,868 per average equivalent A share and $11.91 per B share. Both more than doubled from a year ago, mainly because of swings in Berkshire's investments.
Access wouldn't change much, either. Divide the A share's price by 1,500 and you get around $506 -- almost identical to the B shares' price of about $507 as I write.
I'd say the bigger difference between the two classes is voting power. Every B share has 1/1,500 of an A share's economic rights but just 1/10,000 of its vote. As of June 30, Berkshire had 501,101 A shares and almost 1.4 billion B shares outstanding. By my math, that leaves the A shares with around 35% of the company's economic interest but about 78% of its votes.
That matters because, if the 2010 split is any guide, a Class A split would probably need a shareholder vote, too. And Buffett owned 188,290 A shares as of mid-July, around 38% of the class and about 30% of the company's total voting power. Of course, he no longer runs the company. But his vote would still count more than anyone else's.
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Meanwhile, the do-it-yourself split Buffett described keeps going on its own. In the first half of 2026, owners converted 14,223 A shares to around 21.3 million B shares. Including buybacks, the A share count dropped almost 3% over that stretch, to 501,101 from 515,835.
So, is a Class A split finally coming? I doubt it, at least not soon. Sure, a new CEO and a new chairman could see it differently someday. But nothing Berkshire has said since the leadership change points to one.
For investors who just want to own a piece of Berkshire, a split wouldn't add much anyway. The B shares already do the job, at around $507 each.
Akcie Intelu letos vzrostly o více než 200 %, ale rok 2027 bude zkouškou schopnosti společnosti získávat zákazníky pro svou divizi výroby čipů. Konsenzus pro příští rok očekává růst tržeb o pouhých 15 %.
Intel (INTC -5.34%) has had a strong 2026, rising over 200% this year. That has made it one of the S&P 500's top 10 performers, but with 2027 around the corner, is it still a good investment now?
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2027 will be a "show me" year for Intel Intel is on shaky ground. The stock rallied from its late 2025 lows after the U.S. government and Nvidia (NVDA -2.94%) bought stakes in the company. Both want to see Intel succeed, as it is important to have a wider array of options in the chip foundry and central processing unit (CPU) marketplaces. While Intel's CPU products are still solid and are seeing widespread adoption in data centers, the biggest questions about its future surround its chip foundry segment.
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Most companies that design computer processors don't do their own manufacturing in-house. They contract with a chip foundry that takes their orders and produces the chips to their specs.
Intel is one of the few that did both the design and manufacturing, but over the years, its production lines had fallen behind the leading foundries in performance and technology. It got close to the point of closing down that segment of the business before outside investors stepped in. This gave Intel the funds necessary to work toward catching up to the cutting-edge with new, smaller process nodes.
Now, it's able to produce its 18A series -- 1.8-nanometer chips that are among the most powerful in the world. And the strong yields it can deliver with that feature-dense process node have gotten Intel back into the foundry game.
These developments caused a monster rally for the stock this year, and as a result, it now trades at an expensive forward price-to-earnings valuation.
INTC PE Ratio (Forward) data by YCharts. PE = price-to-earnings.
A price tag that lofty indicates that investors are expecting a lot of growth over an extended period, and that's where 2027's projections come in.
I think 2027 will be a "show me" year for Intel. It has the technology; now it has to demonstrate what that does for the business. Can it attract new clients? Can it become a secondary supplier of chip manufacturing to already successful big tech companies? If it can, Intel will be able to grow into its current valuation and be a reasonable stock. If it can't, then it may give up some of the gains it has made this year.
Right now, Wall Street isn't bullish on its near-term prospects; the consensus outlook is only for 15% revenue growth next year. If that view proves accurate, I wouldn't be surprised to see Intel's stock lose some value and end up in the $85 to $89 per share range. But if Intel can sign some big clients and start to produce chips for them, a further rally could be possible, although it won't be a large one because of the massive amount of growth already priced into the stock.
Projecting Intel to stay flat in the neighborhood of $110 per share seems like the most logical conclusion to me, which is why I don't think it's a great stock to continue owning from here.
In the latest trading session, Tyson Foods (TSN - Free Report) closed at $52.34, marking a +1.24% move from the previous day. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.47%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.1%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.25%.
Heading into today, shares of the meat producer had lost 0.08% over the past month, outpacing the Consumer Staples sector's loss of 4.53% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
The upcoming earnings release of Tyson Foods will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on November 16, 2026. In that report, analysts expect Tyson Foods to post earnings of $0.65 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 43.48%. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $13.88 billion, indicating a 0.12% upward movement from the same quarter last year.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $3.49 per share and a revenue of $56.29 billion, indicating changes of -15.29% and +3.39%, respectively, from the former year.
Additionally, investors should keep an eye on any recent revisions to analyst forecasts for Tyson Foods. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 8.84% downward. Right now, Tyson Foods possesses a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell).
In the context of valuation, Tyson Foods is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 13.27. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 12.89, which means Tyson Foods is trading at a premium to the group.
It's also important to note that TSN currently trades at a PEG ratio of 0.82. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The Food - Meat Products industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.56 as trading concluded yesterday.
The Food - Meat Products industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 247, putting it in the bottom 1% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Keep in mind to rely on Zacks.com to watch all these stock-impacting metrics, and more, in the succeeding trading sessions.
Akcie společnosti Affirm Holdings za poslední měsíc vzrostly o 10,51 %. Společnost má 5. listopadu 2026 zveřejnit hospodářské výsledky; analytici očekávají zisk na akcii (EPS) ve výši 0,34 USD a tržby 1,21 mld. USD.
Affirm Holdings (AFRM - Free Report) closed at $76.28 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.29% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.47%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.1%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.25%.
The operator of digital commerce platform's stock has climbed by 10.51% in the past month, exceeding the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 6.08% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Affirm Holdings in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on November 5, 2026. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are projected to be $0.34, reflecting a 47.83% increase from the same quarter last year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $1.21 billion, indicating a 29.95% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $1.87 per share and revenue of $5.51 billion. These totals would mark changes of -66.18% and +29.34%, respectively, from last year.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Affirm Holdings. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts' positivity towards the business operations and its ability to generate profits.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained steady. As of now, Affirm Holdings holds a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
From a valuation perspective, Affirm Holdings is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 40.19. This expresses a premium compared to the average Forward P/E of 20.39 of its industry.
It is also worth noting that AFRM currently has a PEG ratio of 3.08. The PEG ratio bears resemblance to the frequently used P/E ratio, but this parameter also includes the company's expected earnings growth trajectory. The Internet - Software industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.19 as trading concluded yesterday.
The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 102, placing it within the top 42% of over 250 industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the vigor of our specific industry groups by computing the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks incorporated in the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Keep in mind to rely on Zacks.com to watch all these stock-impacting metrics, and more, in the succeeding trading sessions.
Tokenizace státních dluhopisů, akcií a fondů peněžního trhu by podle šéfky Nasdaq Adeny Friedmanové mohla uvolnit desítky miliard dolarů kapitálu vázaného v podobě zajištění.
Tokenization could free up tens of billions of dollars in capital tied up in assets used as collateral across the global financial system, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said.
Tokenizing assets such as Treasurys, equities and money market funds, along with the flow of money, could make collateral more liquid, Friedman told CNBC's Joanna Ossinger, managing editor and head of APAC Digital News, at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore.
"If you tokenize all those instruments along with the flow of money, then the collateral becomes very fluid," Friedman said.
Tokenization involves representing financial assets, such as stocks and bonds, as digital tokens that can be transferred using blockchain technology.
Friedman said institutional interest in tokenization has grown over the past year, pointing in part to the passage of the Genius Act in the U.S., which established a regulatory framework for stablecoins.
"If we can tokenize money, then we can tokenize the flow of capital," she said.
That growing institutional interest is converging with demand from retail investors, who have long sought the ability to trade around the clock, according to Friedman. The retail ecosystem "has been about 10 years ahead," she said.
The push toward 24/7 tradingMoving to a fully 24/7 market would be a major undertaking for the financial industry, Friedman said.
"The easiest part is the exchange infrastructure," she said.
Friedman said that financial institutions have traditionally had periods when markets are closed to update systems and manage risk. But operating around the clock would require those processes, including risk and collateral management, to take place continuously.
"Everything has to be real time all the time," she said.
Artificial intelligence could help financial institutions manage that transition. Nasdaq has launched a series of digital agents within its risk management platform that initially provide recommendations, Friedman said.
Over time, banks could use those agents to take more direct action, she added.
"AI is critical for 24/7," Friedman said.
Bridging crypto and traditional financeCompanies outside the U.S. are showing interest in tokenization and access to American capital markets, Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, told CNBC.
Sethi pointed to a company generating roughly $25 million in revenue that was exploring ways to access capital markets, as well as larger international companies interested in tokenization and U.S. public listings.
He said tokenization could help expand access to capital markets for companies around the world.
However, round-the-clock trading may not be suitable for everything, according to Friedman.
"Not every asset is liquid enough to support a 24/7 environment," she said.
Still, greater connectivity across the global financial system could also open up access to asset classes that were previously out of reach for some investors, Friedman said.
Proti společnosti AppLovin (APP) byla podána kolektivní žaloba kvůli údajným zavádějícím tvrzením o AI; lhůta pro přihlášení vedoucího žalobce je 16. listopadu 2026.
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) between February 12, 2026 and August 5, 2026, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important November 16, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased AppLovin securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the AppLovin class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/applovin-corporation-2026/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 16, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered billions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the generative AI video creative feature for AppLovin's AppLovin Ads platform was subject to significant development delays, making its release on AppLovin's timeline unlikely; (2) defendants overstated the constancy with which AppLovin was improving its AI models; (3) for these reasons, among others, AppLovin had significantly overstated the benefits and reliability of the purportedly "virtuous cycle" and "compounding" value proposition that its AI models provided to customers and to AppLovin; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the AppLovin class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/applovin-corporation-2026/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Proti společnosti Celsius Holdings (CELH) byla podána hromadná žaloba kvůli údajnému nedostatečnému informování o kardiovaskulárních rizicích nápojů Alani Nu a jejich marketingu zaměřenému na osoby mladší 18 let.
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELH) between February 21, 2025 and June 3, 2026, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 3, 2026.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Celsius securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/celsius-holdings-inc-2/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 3, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered billions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants’ products failed to adequately disclose the cardiac risks of consuming Alani Nutrition LLC (“Alani Nu”) products; (2) by marketing Alani Nu drinks to consumers under the age of 18, Celsius was marketing its products to individuals who were particularly susceptible to known health risks posed by those products; (3) the foregoing created a non-speculative risk that Alani Nu consumers would suffer potentially fatal adverse health events; (4) the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a significant negative impact on Celsius’ business and reputation; and (5) as a result, defendants’ public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/celsius-holdings-inc-2/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Společnost Kinder Morgan má ve svých příštích hospodářských výsledcích vykázat zisk na akcii (EPS) ve výši 0,33 USD, meziročně o 13,79 % více, a tržby ve výši 4,38 mld. USD (+5,73 %).
Kinder Morgan (KMI - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $32.25, demonstrating a +1.35% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock exceeded the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 0.47% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.1%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 1.25%.
The oil and natural gas pipeline and storage company's stock has climbed by 1.31% in the past month, falling short of the Oils-Energy sector's gain of 1.58% and outpacing the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
The upcoming earnings release of Kinder Morgan will be of great interest to investors. The company is predicted to post an EPS of $0.33, indicating a 13.79% growth compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $4.38 billion, showing a 5.73% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $1.56 per share and a revenue of $18.34 billion, demonstrating changes of +20% and +8.26%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Kinder Morgan. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts' positivity towards the business operations and its ability to generate profits.
Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.57% higher. Currently, Kinder Morgan is carrying a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Looking at its valuation, Kinder Morgan is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 20.46. This valuation marks a premium compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 18.04.
Meanwhile, KMI's PEG ratio is currently 2.24. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The Oil and Gas - Production and Pipelines industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.84 as trading concluded yesterday.
The Oil and Gas - Production and Pipelines industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 39, positioning it in the top 16% of all 250+ industries.
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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds persons or entities that: (a) sold shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNB) (“D&B”) common stock in the open market from May 13, 2025 through August 26, 2025; (b) exchanged shares of D&B common stock into the August 26, 2025 merger of D&B with affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. for $9.15 per share in cash (the “Merger”); and/or (c) held shares of D&B common stock as of the May 9, 2025 Record Date for the special meeting of stockholders and whose shares were voted on, or entitled to vote on, the Merger, of the important November 10, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you sold Dun & Bradstreet common stock, held shares of D&B common stock on May 9, 2025, or exchanged shares of D&B common stock as a result of its merger, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Dun & Bradstreet class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/dun-bradstreet-holdings-inc/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 10, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered billions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: The lawsuit seeks to recover damages on behalf of investors that were damaged as a result of allegedly false and misleading statements and omissions of material facts in D&B’s March 23, 2025 announcement of the Merger and the May 13, 2025 definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy”). Among other things, the complaint alleges the Proxy and other solicitation materials misled investors regarding the true value of D&B and the subject transaction, including portraying the Merger as the product of an ordinary-course strategic review and organic arm’s-length interest in D&B, while omitting Executive Chairman Foley’s personal interest in a quick sale. The complaint also alleges the Proxy omitted Bank of America Securities’ valuations of superior alternatives to a whole-company sale, misstated that D&B’s Board of Directors had approved downward revisions to D&B’s financial projections and failed to disclose long-standing, material ties between Foley and D&B’s financial and legal advisors.
To join the Dun & Bradstreet class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/dun-bradstreet-holdings-inc/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Na společnost Fluence Energy (FLNC) byla podána hromadná žaloba investorů kvůli údajným zavádějícím tvrzením o výrobních kapacitách a tržbách zahrnutých ve výhledu pro fiskální rok 2026.
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2026) - WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Fluence Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNC) between November 24, 2025 and September 16, 2026, inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 30, 2026.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Fluence Energy securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Fluence Energy class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/fluence-energy-inc-2026-09/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 30, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered billions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Fluence Energy's ability to deliver its backlog and recognize the revenue underlying its fiscal 2026 guidance depended on new contract manufacturing facilities, including facilities that were not completed, not operational, and/or not capable of producing at the volumes the guidance assumed; (2) the corrective measures Fluence Energy had implemented to address production problems at its contract manufacturers were not remediating those problems, which persisted and extended to Fluence Energy's new facilities; (3) as a result, a material portion of the backlog that defendants represented as "securing" or "covering" Fluence Energy's fiscal 2026 revenue guidance were likely to be delivered and recognized in fiscal 2026; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Fluence Energy's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Fluence Energy class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/fluence-energy-inc-2026-09/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Simply Good Foods čelí hromadné žalobě kvůli údajnému nezveřejnění problémů značky OWYN; po snížení výhledu tržeb akcie během dvou dnů klesly o více než 27 %.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until October 13, 2026 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against The Simply Good Foods Company (“Simply Good” or the “Company”) (NasdaqCM: SMPL), if they purchased Simply Good shares between October 24, 2024 and April 8, 2026, inclusive (the “Class Period”). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Simply Good and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On October 23, 2025, the Company announced its Q4 and YE August 30, 2025 financial results, disclosing that its OWYN (Only What You Need, Inc.) segment, acquired in 2024 for $280 million, had suffered a slowdown in sales growth due to a previously undisclosed product quality issue, specifically, that “a raw material sourcing decision for pea protein,” which predated the close of the OWYN acquisition but was implemented shortly thereafter, had “resulted in taste and texture issues” as the products aged, leading to negative product ratings and reviews and depressed sales for OWYN. The Company also disclosed disappointing 2026 net sales guidance in the range of negative 2% to positive 2%, a decline in the rate of growth of at least 75% from the 9% net sales growth it had reported for fiscal 2025. On this news, the price of Simply Good shares fell more than 17%.
Then, on April 9, 2026, the Company announced its Q2 2026 earnings results, disclosing that OWYN’s quarterly sales had contracted by nearly 17% year-over-year, as well as a $187 million impairment charge against its OWYN brand intangible assets and reduction of 2026 net sales outlook to a range of negative 7% to negative 10%. On this news, the price of Simply Good shares fell more than 27% over a two-day trading period.
The case is Monroe County Employees’ Retirement System v. The Simply Good Foods Company, No. 26-cv-06971.
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Proti společnosti GoDaddy byla podána hromadná žaloba kvůli údajným zavádějícím tvrzením o růstu průměrné hodnoty objednávky a dopadu propagační akce na objem rezervací.
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) between September 3, 2025 and February 24, 2026, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important October 20, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline
SO WHAT: If you purchased GoDaddy common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the GoDaddy class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/godaddy-inc/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 20, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered billions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that while GoDaddy was telling investors that its strategy “isn’t to grow customers just for the sake of growing customers” and that “[w]e’ve seen the average order size go up,” GoDaddy had implemented a promotion that directly contradicted those representations by focusing on short term contracts with smaller valuations, which in turn led to a decrease in total bookings and deceleration of bookings growth for both the fourth quarter and full year 2025. In fact, when the truth was ultimately revealed, GoDaddy admitted that the promotion “reduced” the average order size, directly contradicting the representation that the average order size was going up. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the GoDaddy class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/godaddy-inc/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Proti společnosti AST SpaceMobile byla podána hromadná žaloba investorů kvůli údajným zavádějícím informacím o kapitálu, likviditě a konkurenční pozici. Akcie 16. července 2026 klesly o 17,04 % na 55,01 USD.
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Who: AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) What: Securities fraud class action lawsuit filed Class Period: March 4, 2025 through July 15, 2026 Deadline to Seek Lead Plaintiff Status: November 13, 2026 Key Lawsuit Allegations: Material misstatements and/or omissions concerning the company's capital and liquidity position. Investor Action: Contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) for recovery options , /PRNewswire/ -- Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com), a nationally recognized securities litigation law firm, informs investors that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (AST) (NASDAQ: ASTS) on behalf of those who purchased or acquired AST securities between March 4, 2025 and July 15, 2026, inclusive. The lawsuit is filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and is captioned Hunter v. AST SpaceMobile, Inc., No. 7:26-cv-00378 (W.D. Tex.). Investors have until November 13, 2026, to file for lead plaintiff status.
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AST SPACEMOBILE, INC. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT - COMPLAINT ALLEGATION SUMMARY:
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material facts about the company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) AST's increasing capital requirements were likely to increase the company's debt load and share dilution with greater frequency and at greater scale than Defendants had signaled to investors; (2) accordingly, AST had overstated the sufficiency of the company's capital and liquidity position to achieve its strategic and business goals; (3) AST likewise overstated the durability of its competitive position in the satellite D2C market; (4) even following the EchoStar Transaction, Defendants continued overstating AST's competitive position in the satellite D2C market; (5) AST was experiencing slow user adoption in the U.S. and Japan; (6) the foregoing was likely to have a significant negative impact on AST's business and financial prospects; and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Why did AST's Stock Drop?
Between September 8, 2025 and July 15, 2026, a series of stock downgrades and company disclosures caused AST's stock price to fall significantly. Specifically, on January 7, 2026, Scotiabank downgraded AST to sell, citing, among other things, significant competition from SpaceX's Starlink, slow customer adoption, and delays in launching AST's satellites. Then, on July 15, 2026, AST issued a press release "announc[ing] the pricing of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.625% convertible senior notes due 2034". Following these disclosures, AST's Class A common stock price fell $11.30 per share, or 17.04%, to close at $55.01 per share on July 16, 2026.
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File to be lead plaintiff by November 13, 2026. Contact KTMC for a free case evaluation. All representation is on a contingency fee basis, there is no cost to you. Retain counsel of choice or take no action. THE LEAD PLAINTIFF PROCESS FOR AST SPACEMOBILE, INC. INVESTORS:
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Akcie společnosti On Holding (ONON) vzrostly za poslední měsíc o 23,77 %. Trh před zveřejněním výsledků očekává čtvrtletní tržby ve výši 1,14 miliardy USD, což představuje meziroční nárůst o 14,85 %.
On Holding (ONON - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $34.04, demonstrating a +2.47% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.47%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.1%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.25%.
Coming into today, shares of the running-shoe and apparel company had gained 23.77% in the past month. In that same time, the Retail-Wholesale sector lost 2.73%, while the S&P 500 gained 1.15%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of On Holding in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are projected to be $0.51, reflecting a 2% increase from the same quarter last year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $1.14 billion, showing a 14.85% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $1.73 per share and a revenue of $4.28 billion, demonstrating changes of +78.35% and +17.55%, respectively, from the preceding year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for On Holding. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the business outlook.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 2.63% higher. Right now, On Holding possesses a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).
Valuation is also important, so investors should note that On Holding has a Forward P/E ratio of 19.2 right now. This signifies a premium in comparison to the average Forward P/E of 13.88 for its industry.
Investors should also note that ONON has a PEG ratio of 0.57 right now. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The average PEG ratio for the Retail - Apparel and Shoes industry stood at 1.22 at the close of the market yesterday.
The Retail - Apparel and Shoes industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 98, finds itself in the top 40% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank evaluates the power of our distinct industry groups by determining the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks forming the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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PANAMA CITY, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA) today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for September 2026:
Copa Holdings (Consolidated)September
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2025% ChangeASM (mm) (1)3,041.0 2,628.2 15.7% RPM (mm) (2)2,674.4 2,283.1 17.1% Load Factor (3)87.9% 86.9% 1.1p.p. Available seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown.Revenue passenger miles - represents the number of miles flown by revenue passengersLoad factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is utilized
For September 2026, Copa Holdings' capacity (ASMs) increased by 15.7%, while system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased by 17.1% compared to 2025. As a result, the system load factor for the month was 87.9%, 1.1 percentage points higher than in September 2025.
Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. For more information, visit ir.copaair.com.
Tom Lee's BitMine is weeks away from controlling 5% of all Ethereum in circulation, and what the company does after crossing that threshold could reshape demand for the entire network.
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BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSEAMERICAN:BMNR | BMNR Price Prediction), chaired by Tom Lee, now holds approximately 4.9% of all ether (CRYPTO:ETH) in circulation. In its latest update on October 5, 2026, BitMine reported owning 6,016,414 ether, valued at about $14.7 billion based on ether’s October 8 price. This figure has increased by around 15,100 coins in just one week. Lee has set the ambitious goal of reaching 5% of the total supply, meaning BitMine is now just about 88,600 ether short of that target.
Unfortunately for Ethereum holders, ether’s price has dipped recently. As of October 8, it trades around $2,448, down nearly 9% over the past week, and roughly 50% lower than its peak of $4,946 reached in August 2025. So what does it mean for Ethereum holders when a single company like BitMine owns 5% of the total supply?
BitMine Is About 88,600 Ether Short of 5% of Ethereum
Ethereum has a total circulating supply of about 122.1 million coins, which means 5% equates to roughly 6.1 million Ether. With BitMine needing about 88,600 more coins to reach this milestone, and at its current purchasing rate of about 15,100 ether per week, it could reach this goal in about six weeks.
A significant portion of BitMine’s ether is staked. Staking involves locking coins to help secure the Ethereum network; in return, participants earn rewards paid in more ether. BitMine has staked about 5,067,309 ether, about 84% of its total holdings, and expects to earn about $363 million a year in staking rewards.
However, staked coins can’t be sold immediately. To retrieve its staked ether, BitMine must join the exit queue, the mechanism the network uses to gradually release staked ether. Currently, about 800,000 ether are already waiting in that queue, and BitMine’s staked amount alone is more than six times the current exit line.
BitMine Keeps Buying Ethereum, but Ether’s Price Keeps Falling
BitMine supporters may see the company’s consistent buying as a positive sign. By buying Ether every week, regardless of price, BitMine removes coins from the market, and it has sustained this buying activity for over a year.
However, remember that pulling coins off the market does not automatically attract more buyers. The price of ether is determined by trades occurring on exchanges, where buyers and sellers interact. BitMine is just one buyer among many, and ether’s 9% price drop over the past week shows that this steady buying hasn’t been enough to offset selling pressure from others.
Additionally, most Ether transactions happen on exchanges and don’t directly involve the blockchain. Thus, public data doesn’t reveal who sold those coins to BitMine or if other buyer interest is increasing.
Why One Company Holding 5% of Ethereum Carries Risk
For perspective, Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, had reported holding 843,775 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) in July, which is around 4% of Bitcoin’s total supply. BitMine’s Ethereum stake is already larger, raising concerns about a single company holding too much of one network’s coins.
This concentration comes with its own set of risks. A large holder like BitMine could push prices up when buying, but the opposite could happen if it decides to sell. Traders are aware of BitMine’s substantial position, and because most of its Ether is staked and cannot be sold quickly, any selling action would take weeks due to the exit queue.
Moreover, BitMine’s updates do not disclose its average purchase price or future plans after reaching the 5% target. Without this information, outside investors cannot determine the price at which BitMine might feel compelled to sell.
What Happens to Ethereum When BitMine Reaches 5%? Crossing the 5% threshold may not immediately change the landscape for Ethereum, as it only adds about 88,600 more coins to BitMine’s holdings. The more pressing question is what will happen to BitMine’s purchasing activity. Since Lee set 5% as a target, if BitMine reaches it, there’s no clear goal beyond that, which could signal the loss of a reliable source of market demand.
Two outcomes will help clarify the situation. First, if BitMine continues to report weekly purchases of around 15,000 ether after hitting 5%, that would indicate sustained demand. Conversely, if buying stops and Ether remains below about $2,450, it may suggest other buyers haven’t stepped in to fill the gap left by BitMine. A rise in Ether’s price without BitMine’s involvement would signal a growing demand beyond this single entity.
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Akcie Sandisk ve čtvrtečním obchodování klesly o 4,9 % poté, co OpenAI potvrdila, že její roční opakované tržby ke konci září dosáhly 50 miliard USD, oproti dříve uváděným 68 miliardám USD.
Sandisk (SNDK -4.90%) stock tumbled in Thursday trading, closing the day down 4.9%. And why?
Bond yields declined Thursday, and minutes released from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee suggest there's little appetite for continued interest rate hikes. Both these developments should be good news for Sandisk if they help lower the cost Sandisk customers pay when financing their purchases of computer memory chips.
Unfortunately for Sandisk investors, that wasn't all the news that came out Thursday. As CNBC reports, OpenAI just confirmed that its annual recurring revenue as of the end of September was only $50 billion -- not the $68 billion previously posited.
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What that means for Sandisk stockIf OpenAI's not making as much money as investors thought it was, then Sandisk's AI customers might actually need to take on more loans to buy the company's memory chips. Because if they're anything like OpenAI, their revenues may not be generating enough cash to pay for those chips out of cash flow alone!
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What's next for Sandisk stockShould Sandisk shareholders panic now? Not necessarily.
OpenAI fell short of the revenue mark in September, but the company still grew its revenue run rate 77% in the September quarter -- not too shabby. And a new report out of Lynx Equity Strategies lends further support to the theory that memory chip revenue will keep booming for years.
Tight supply of memory chips has driven up the prices Sandisk can charge for its wares, and according to Lynx analyst KC Rajkumar, memory supply in 2027 and 2028 will be "significantly tighter than in fiscal 2026." The longer supply remains tight, the longer Sandisk's profits should keep rising.
Trading at just 8x next year's earnings, Sandisk stock still looks like a buy to me.
Rich Smith has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Zeta Global představila AthenaOS, platformu AI propojující zákaznická data, pracovní postupy a marketingové aplikace. Beta program začíná nyní, přičemž všeobecná dostupnost se očekává v prvním čtvrtletí roku.
Palantir’s Valuation Problem Just Met 2 New Growth CatalystsZeta Global NYSE: ZETA unveiled AthenaOS, an AI-focused operating system intended to bring together customer data, intelligence, workflows and business applications across marketing and other enterprise functions.
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At the company’s Zeta Live event, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product Christian Monberg said the platform is designed to address the challenge of disconnected AI tools. “Disconnected tools produce disconnected outcomes,” Monberg said, arguing that businesses need systems that can connect data, governance, collaboration and execution rather than adding isolated AI products.
As Digital Ad Spend Hits a High, These Firms Could Reap RewardsMonberg described AthenaOS as a layered system consisting of context and data, AI infrastructure, orchestration, applications and user experiences. The platform is intended to use business and user context to coordinate AI agents, create customized applications and allow work to continue across different tools and environments.
AthenaOS Demonstrations Focus on Intent and Workflow Roman Gun, Zeta Global’s vice president of product, demonstrated how AthenaOS could turn a user request into a marketing workflow. In one example, an airline marketer asked Athena to optimize flights to Spain while keeping spending flat and prioritizing bookings.
The Next Market Leaders? 5 Growth Stocks to Watch in 2026According to the demonstration, Athena identified relevant campaigns, audiences, customer context and performance data, then generated a growth plan covering demand, targeting, forecasting, creative readiness, activation and measurement. The system forecast 2,180 bookings, or roughly 9% above a 2,000-booking target, with spending held flat after recommendations were applied.
Gun said the platform is intended to let users work across previously separate functions, including performance recommendations and forecasting, while retaining approval controls before actions are executed. “That is how we go ahead and take marketing from singular jobs to be done to intent and outcome that you can measure,” he said.
A separate retail-oriented demonstration showed Athena creating a demand forecasting application in response to an anticipated heat wave. The app combined purchases, browsing, loyalty behavior, category affinity, programmatic intent, weather, inventory, margin and media information, according to the presentation.
In the scenario, Athena recommended moving 14,000 units into a market, maintaining pricing, reducing unnecessary promotions, adding $62,000 in programmatic acquisition spending and increasing regional allocation by 8%. The system projected a network-wide strategy that would add $4.8 million in sales at a $310,000 transfer cost. In a subsequent simulated update, Athena said the plan prevented projected stock-outs in 34 stores, moved $4.1 million of inventory into stronger-demand locations, avoided $1.2 million in markdowns and generated $2.7 million in incremental media revenue.
Integrations and Custom Applications Zeta executives said Athena is designed to be accessible beyond its core platform. Gun demonstrated an Athena interaction within Outlook, while Monberg said the company is working to make its intelligence available in customers’ preferred applications and systems.
Monberg said Zeta can now build customized user interfaces in minutes, compared with approximately a week when the company introduced its generative UI capability at the prior Zeta Live event. He also said a midsize agency had asked Zeta to make its intelligence and activation capabilities available through the agency’s own platform.
Among integrations discussed at the event were Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, ChatGPT, Slack and Microsoft Teams. Chief Data Officer Neej Gore said Palantir’s business ontology and Zeta’s customer ontology could be combined for marketing use cases. He also said Zeta data will be available in aggregate form through Snowflake’s Model Studio, allowing customers to develop models in Snowflake and push them back to Zeta.
Data Cloud, Advertising and Loyalty Gore said the Zeta Data Cloud is intended to provide the “living intelligence” behind AthenaOS, including customer memories, current moments and future motives. He said the company processes more than $100 billion in transactions through its Data Cloud each quarter and that intent signals across its owned-and-operated properties and publisher network had increased 1,200% year over year.
The company also discussed applications for advertising, loyalty, retail and B2B marketing. Monberg said an agentic advertising workflow could connect intelligence, forecasting, creative tools, activation and measurement in one environment, reducing the need for marketers to move among multiple vendors.
For loyalty, he said organizations need connected data rather than separate loyalty and email identifiers. Gore also highlighted share-of-occasion analytics, commerce diagnostics, upgraded CustomerPulse and CompetitorPulse offerings, and enhancements to its Buyer Pulse B2B product through a partnership with ZoomInfo.
Gore said Zeta had acquired Senso, whose technology will be incorporated into the company’s generative engine optimization, or GEO, offerings. He also referenced the company’s acquisition of Digital Audience, a European company that Zeta said would expand audience marketplace and syndication capabilities.
Beta Program Planned Before General Availability Monberg said AthenaOS is entering beta and that Zeta plans to admit users in cohorts to gather feedback and refine the product. The company expects general availability in the first quarter, he said.
“AI without data is just kind of a blank vessel,” Monberg said. “AI purpose-built around data makes for really stunning outcomes that are vastly differentiated.”
About Zeta Global (NYSE:ZETA)Zeta Global is a technology company that provides data-driven marketing and customer-experience solutions to brands and agencies. Its platform helps organizations acquire, grow and retain customers by combining consumer data, artificial intelligence and marketing automation across digital channels.
The company's offerings include the Zeta Marketing Platform, which supports audience discovery, campaign planning, activation, personalization and measurement. Zeta also provides data-management and analytics capabilities through its proprietary data assets, helping marketers develop customer insights and deliver coordinated campaigns across channels such as email, online advertising, connected television and other digital media.
Founded in 2007, Zeta Global serves enterprise marketers and agencies, primarily in the United States and other markets where digital advertising and customer-engagement services are in demand.
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Nano Nuclear’s Air Force Contract Puts Its Short-Squeeze Setup in FocusNano Nuclear Energy NASDAQ: NNE is advancing preparations for construction of its planned 15-megawatt KRONOS microreactor project at the University of Illinois while pursuing supply-chain contracts, potential project financing and customer development opportunities, Director of Investor Relations and Capital Markets Matt Barry said during a TD Cowen discussion.
Barry said the company expects the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s safety evaluation of its construction permit application to be completed in September 2027, with approval anticipated afterward. The company is seeking to begin non-nuclear and nuclear construction as soon as the permit is approved, though Barry said there could be a one- to two-month lag.
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Construction and supply-chain preparations MarketBeat Week in Review – 06/29 - 07/03To prepare for construction, Nano Nuclear is holding discussions with engineering, procurement and construction management firms, construction partners and vendors. Barry said the company is developing its final construction schedule, expanding its team and conducting request-for-information and request-for-proposal processes.
The company is targeting definitive vendor contracts in the next one to two quarters. Barry said Nano Nuclear could award an EPCM contract in the fourth quarter and could complete its construction-management and general-contractor RFP process, with a potential award, in the first quarter.
SMRs Spark a Chain Reaction for Nano NuclearOn procurement, the company is advancing discussions for key long-lead items, including TRISO fuel, graphite, a reactor pressure vessel, helium circulators and fuel-handling systems. Barry said Nano Nuclear is targeting a fourth-quarter contract for enriched uranium, TRISO fuel and graphite for the University of Illinois project. A reactor pressure vessel contract could follow in the first or second quarter, he said.
“A lot of moving pieces” remain, Barry said, but the company expects the agreements to show its progress toward a target of beginning construction in the second half of 2027.
Operating timeline and capital-cost update Barry said Nano Nuclear is aiming to submit an operating license application around the end of 2027 or early 2028. Based on that timetable, the company expects an approval in 2029 and could begin fueling and commissioning the reactor in 2029 or 2030.
He added that the NRC’s schedule could potentially move faster, noting that the agency has beaten targets for some other companies’ construction permit applications.
Nano Nuclear has previously estimated gross capital expenditures for the project at $300 million to $350 million. Barry said the company is working with its EPCM partner on an updated estimate, which he described as potentially a Class Five estimate with much of the work completed to Class Four standards. The company could provide an update around year-end or in January, potentially on its February earnings call.
The company is also evaluating potential mechanisms that could reduce the project’s cost, including:
Investment tax credits of 30% to 40%; Potential State of Illinois funding; University of Illinois funding; and The Department of Energy’s university fuel services program, which may pay for or lease enriched uranium to a university. Barry said the ownership and operating structure of the Illinois project could affect tax-credit eligibility because the University of Illinois is expected to own and operate the assets and the project is classified as a research reactor. Nano Nuclear is working with legal counsel and University of Illinois tax specialists and may seek a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, he said.
Data-center development and future reactor orders Barry also discussed Nano Nuclear’s previously announced non-binding commercial framework with Tillman Global Holdings and its portfolio company, Tillman Digital Gateway. Under that framework, Tillman is considering a $100 million investment in Nano Nuclear, with the majority tied to firm purchase orders and a minority tied to development milestones, Barry said.
Nano Nuclear and Tillman are working on definitive warrant and restricted stock agreements. Barry said Tillman, which is pursuing gigawatt-scale U.S. data-center development, views Nano Nuclear as its preferred nuclear vendor.
The companies disclosed targets of 2 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by the mid-2030s and potentially 6 gigawatts around 2040. Potential milestones before firm purchase orders could include a joint development agreement for an initial site, site characterization and drilling, and initiation of the formal NRC licensing process.
Barry said such steps could occur before the University of Illinois reactor enters service. While successful commissioning of the first unit could accelerate orders, he said the company would not rule out purchase orders before the Illinois project is online.
Regarding KRONOS’ 15-megawatt-electric size, Barry said Nano Nuclear is not currently discussing an uprate, although he said the reactor could potentially reach 20 megawatts electric using HALEU fuel, subject to engineering considerations. He said the smaller design is intended to provide customers with earlier power delivery, less on-site construction and a model that could support repeat manufacturing and deployment.
Acquisitions expand fuel-services capabilities Barry said Nano Nuclear’s acquisitions of Radnostix and STS support its vertical-integration strategy. The company acquired an NRC-licensed Radnostix facility and related intellectual property and engineering documentation for approximately $13.5 million, according to Barry.
He said the site, located about 30 miles from Urenco’s enrichment facility, could provide future optionality for a deconversion facility and potentially shorten licensing timelines through amendments to an existing NRC license.
STS, meanwhile, provides transportation and coordination services involving enriched fuel, HALEU, TRISO fuel and spent fuel, and also supports reactor refueling work, Barry said. He said the business currently generates about $7 million and has relationships with companies including Orano, NAC International and Holtec.
Nano Nuclear plans to outline potential service-revenue streams as customers own and operate reactor assets. Barry said refueling and transportation services could create additional revenue opportunities over a project’s life, particularly as the company considers deployments involving multiple reactor units.
About Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ:NNE)Nano Nuclear Energy, Inc is an advanced nuclear energy technology company developing portable microreactors and related nuclear-fuel capabilities. The company's objective is to provide compact, transportable power systems for applications that may not be well served by conventional nuclear plants or electrical grids.
Its principal reactor concepts include ZEUS, a solid-core battery reactor designed for off-grid power generation, and ODIN, a molten-salt reactor concept intended to produce electricity and industrial heat.
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Investment ThesisThis recent pullback in Celestica Inc. (NYSE:CLS) stock, caused by a massive $3B Secondary Public Offering (SPO) — which involved a significant discount on the shares offered –, gave investors an attractive entry point to buy this promising asset. Market focus on the dilution of shareholders’ equity is a short-term issue, but in the long term, it remains relevant to continue strengthening the company’s moat.
Now, looking at the rapid expansion of the CCS segment, with record revenue and an operating margin of 8.7%, it’s clear that Celestica’s leadership continues to strengthen. And that allows the company to continue its transition to becoming an AI infrastructure systems integrator. Moreover, significant PEG discount and revenue growth while maintaining the EV/Sales multiple suggest a potential 65% increase in the company’s value over the next 12–18 months.
Growth in the CCS Segment Strengthens Celestica’s MoatCelestica’s strategy is centered on transforming its previous business model, which saw the Connectivity & Cloud Solutions (CCS) and Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) segments account for approximately 60% and 40% of revenue, respectively. Starting in 2023, with the onset of the AI supercycle, that ratio began to shift in favor of the CCS segment, which is a sign of the parabolic growth in demand for server equipment.
In Q1 2023, according to the data, revenue in the ATS segment totaled $792M, compared to $1.045B in the CCS segment. Still, over time, the electronics segment is becoming less significant relative to networking equipment, necessary for data center operators, cloud providers, and hyperscalers. According to data for Q2 2026, revenues from the ATS segment increased only to $888M, whereas the CCS segment reached a record $3.81B. Moreover, compared to the operating margin figures by segment, we should note the clear advantage of CCS over ATS (8.7% vs. 6.3%, as of Q2 2026).
I believe that the focus on the CCS segment will continue to grow, since network equipment manufacturing supports the operation of cloud applications and AI models. Within its product portfolio, Celestica is also expanding its offerings in the high-speed network switches and data storage systems subsegments. These moves help strengthen Celestica’s competitive moat, because they enable the company to offer increasingly comprehensive services to customers, which are tailored to their individual needs.
However, there is a fly in the ointment: Celestica is facing increasing competition from diversified Asian players that offer similar service portfolios. They include Foxconn, the leader in the AI server segment (working closely with Nvidia), along with the Taiwanese giant Quanta Computer, working with hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms. Therefore, one of Celestica’s strategic moves is to seek new partners among these giants, enabling it to bring new, meaningful products to market.
The most significant example is the new partnership with AMD (announced on March 16, 2026), enabling the launch of the Helios AI platform, a computing solution that uses the entire rack as its basic unit (volume production is expected in early 2027). Further implementation of the plans listed above should help Celestica strengthen its role as a provider of full-rack solutions. Apart from AMD, the management announced during the most recent conference call a partnership with OpenAI (OPENAI), which the company plans to begin supplying with specialized racks.
The Phenomenon of Repeated Forecast Upward Revisions for 2026–2027Celestica recorded another increase in revenue in Q2 2026 (+62% YoY), achieving $4.7B. The adjusted operating margin for the year rose from 7.4% to 8.2%. In light of strengthening customer demand and the partial resolution of previous component supply issues, management increased its previous full-year revenue forecast for 2026 from $19.0B to $20.5B, along with an adjusted operating margin forecast from 8.1% to 8.4%. In addition, ongoing implementation of new projects (most notably in collaboration with AMD and OpenAI) will drive revenue growth in 2027 as well.
Consensus forecasts from analysts predict that annual revenue growth in 2027 will be 72.4% (revenue growth of 65.94% is expected in 2026), increasing the figure to $35.45B. Even though this growth will slow down starting in 2028, revenue is projected to reach $70.55B by 2030.
A Large-Scale SPO Worth $3B: Necessity or Mistake?Looking at the reasons behind CLS’s decline in value over the past quarter, one thing worth mentioning right away is the large-scale SPO announced on August 5, 2026. The quarterly report indicates that the number of shares outstanding at the end of Q2 2026 was 115.0M. Within the framework of the $3B SPO, a further 9.677M common shares were issued at a price of $310. One day before the offering, at the market close, share price stood at $362.76, then dropped to $314.53 the following day. The significant decline in market capitalization was due to a discount of more than 14% in the pricing of the recently issued shares relative to the market value at the time of the SPO.
Considering that the number of shares outstanding automatically increased from 115.0M to 124.677M, share dilution amounted to 8.41%. Moreover, in the context of this SPO, Celestica additionally granted the underwriters an option to purchase 1.451M common shares. Thus, share dilution could potentially increase to 9.68%.
Certainly, the terms of the SPO represented a steep discount to the current value of CLS shares, resulting in bearish pressure. This significant dilution of shareholders’ equity in a single transaction caused a wave of profit-taking among institutional investors, which led to a sharp price correction. But the negative impact of this news ends there, plus it’s already old news that won’t increase selling pressure, neither in the short term nor in the long term.
However, analyzing the reasons behind this transaction, its great importance for maintaining the business’ previous growth rate should be highlighted. The management of Celestica has confirmed the need to raise additional funds ($536M as of Q2 2026), the proceeds of which will be used to finance CapEx (spending is projected to rise to $1B in 2026) and replenish working capital. Given that customer demand is showing parabolic growth, the company’s operational capabilities must be scaled up through investments in fixed assets. Doing so will enable Celestica to realize its corporate goals of consolidating its leadership in the server equipment market. The reasons for raising these funds also include the realization of new projects with AMD and OpenAI.
CLS ValuationTo analyze the attractiveness of CLS stock, let’s take a look at the forward PEG, EV/Sales, and EV/EBITDA ratios relative to other competitors: Jabil Inc. (JBL), Flex Ltd. (FLEX), Sanmina Corporation (SANM), and Plexus Corp. (PLXS).
These are the average multiples: 0.78x, 1.26x, and 15.00x. As a result, CLS is trading at a 21.8% discount based on Non-GAAP PEG (FWD), whereas based on EV/Sales (FWD) and EV/EBITDA (FWD), their shares are trading at premiums of 62.7% and 47.3%, respectively.
But when lumping CLS together with its competitors listed above, we should keep in mind the fundamental difference between the companies themselves. This is because virtually all of its competitors trade at lower multiples but lack the competitive moat that CLS possesses. With regard to Celestica, the company is a market leader and is expanding its roster of strategic partners. In addition, its comprehensive suite of services for organizing AI clusters in the CCS segment is also expanding.
Based on the results for 2027, revenue is expected to grow to $35.45B, which I believe will keep the EV/Sales multiple around 2.00x as operating margins continue to rise. Thus, using this multiple on the projected revenue, the projected valuation of the business is estimated to grow from the current $43B to $71B. Based on current stock prices, that implies a 65.1% upside potential over the next 12–18 months.
According to Wall Street estimates, analyst consensus forecasts indicate an average price target of $473.91, suggesting a 27.02% increase. Out of 22 Wall Street analysts, everyone has a positive rating on the stock (17 at “Strong Buy” and 5 at “Buy”). Recently, for example, the analysts at UBS revised their neutral rating, increasing it from “Hold” to “Buy” with a target price of $430. Their main reason for the revision is an upward revision of forecasts for the CCS segment, showing that Celestica’s management strategy to increase the share of full-rack solutions is on the right track.
Supply Chain Disruption RisksLike before, I think that potential supply chain disruptions remain the main risk for Celestica. Company management also mentioned this during their latest conference call. These disruptions could lead to delays in the delivery of certain components needed to build complete solutions. One negative consequence of this could be the deferral of revenue to subsequent quarters, resulting in volatility in financial metrics in future quarterly reports.
But this risk was already known based on the results of Q1 2026. The result was that revenue exceeded forecasts, but operating margins, actually, improved. The main reason for this is Celestica’s partnership model with its customers, which shifts most of the costs onto the customers themselves. These factors reduce pricing risks and help maintain the positive trend of growing operating margins. As a result, whereas last time I would have rated this risk at 6 out of 10, now I am lowering its significance to 4.
ConclusionThus, CLS’s recent correction is temporary, because the company maintains strong fundamental momentum, which allows us to reaffirm its “Buy” rating. The $3B raised will be used to scale Celestica’s operational capabilities, helping it solidify its position as a market leader. Its plans with AMD and the new partnership with OpenAI provide an opportunity to increase sales in the CCS segment, with a record operating margin of 8.7%. Based on my valuation of CLS shares, I forecast a 65% upside potential for the company’s value, in line with the high valuations from Wall Street.
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SpaceX kupuje celostátní portfolio nízkopásmového spektra v pásmu 800 MHz, které má Starlink Mobile umožnit lepší pokrytí a prostupnost signálu v budovách. Transakce ještě podléhá schválení Federální komise pro komunikace (FCC).
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SummaryCompaniesFCC approves Starlink Mobile Gen2 application for 15,000 satellitesLow-band airwaves improve range and indoor penetration through walls and tree coverT-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T shares each down nearly 7% after hoursOct 8 (Reuters) - SpaceX (SPCX.O), opens new tab struck a deal on Thursday to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum portfolio, positioning Elon Musk's satellite venture to mount a direct, orbital challenge to legacy wireless giants across the United States.
While Starlink Mobile's existing global 2 GHz mid-band spectrum will provide high-bandwidth capacity, the new spectrum will enable its signal to pass through obstacles. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Low-band frequencies are prized for their ability to travel longer distances and penetrate dense structures such as walls and tree cover, addressing a major technical hurdle previously faced by satellite-based mobile networks.
By pairing nationwide low-band airwaves with high-frequency space capacity, SpaceX is positioning Starlink Mobile to bypass conventional cell towers entirely and challenge the wireless oligopoly on both broad coverage and in-building reliability.
The deal also raises the stakes for legacy carriers, transforming satellite direct-to-device connectivity from a supplementary safety feature for remote dead zones into a full-scale commercial rival capable of unseating terrestrial cellular networks.
Shares of T-Mobile US (TMUS.O), opens new tab, Verizon (VZ.N), opens new tab and AT&T (T.N), opens new tab fell nearly 7% in extended trading.
"The incumbent wireless carriers have been vocal in expressing skepticism that SpaceX's network will be able to match the quality of their networks," William Blair analysts said.
"We expect SpaceX to offer a very compelling Starlink broadband and Starlink Mobile bundle. The company may also include Grok in the package."
The transaction, which involves acquiring 100% of private-equity firm Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio, remains subject to regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission. Grain had acquired the airwaves from T-Mobile earlier this year.
Crucially, most existing, unmodified mobile handsets already support the 800 MHz frequency band, eliminating the need for consumers to purchase proprietary satellite phones.
The Federal Communications Commission also approved Starlink Mobile's Gen2 constellation application this week, authorizing SpaceX to launch 15,000 satellites that are optimized for 2 GHz spectrum globally.
The new orbital fleet will operate in very low Earth orbit, delivering expanded bandwidth and low-latency connections to standard handsets.
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AI divize SpaceX ve 2. čtvrtletí dosáhla tržeb 2,56 miliardy USD, což představuje meziroční nárůst o 247 %, díky pronájmu výpočetní kapacity společnostem včetně Google a Anthropic.
SpaceX is quietly renting computing power to the very companies trying to outcompete its own AI chatbot, and the landlord strategy is pulling in billions. The question is whether Google and Anthropic will keep paying rent or build their own…
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SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) runs two AI stories in opposite directions. Its Grok chatbot trails the leaders. A Momentic Marketing report published August 18, 2026, built on May 2026 Similarweb data, ranked Grok fifth of seven major assistants by worldwide web visits, behind ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek, and found it lost worldwide share over the past quarter. SpaceX rents computing power to Grok’s rivals. Gwynne Shotwell said on the August 4 earnings call:
“We’re rapidly expanding our compute capacity to meet our own needs as Grok expands, as well as those for other leading companies such as Google and Anthropic.”
Shares traded at $164.47 this morning, down 1.87% on the day and up 11.17% over the past month.
What SpaceX Actually Sells in AI The AI unit bundles cloud compute, Grok development and the X platform. It brought in $2.56 billion in Q2, up 247% from a year earlier. AI Solutions & Infrastructure generated $2.194 billion, while advertising declined to $367 million. Starlink’s Connectivity unit led at $4.29 billion. Launch services brought in $962 million.
Cloud Services Agreements total $14.1 billion in signed sales, with the first phase contributing $1.6 billion of incremental AI infrastructure revenue in the quarter.
Landlords Collect Rent Whoever Wins A landlord collects rent regardless of which tenant wins. Elon Musk suggested Grok will occupy only a minority of SpaceX’s compute:
“I would expect maybe 10% of our compute to be used for grok training, something like that.”
Management claimed a less than one-year payback on new capital deployments for compute. The AI segment’s adjusted EBITDA turned positive for the first time at $1.1 billion.
SpaceX joins Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) as GPU landlords. Much of Oracle’s backlog is attributable to OpenAI. CoreWeave’s revenue has historically come mostly from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and OpenAI, Hyperframe Research noted.
Capital Costs and Concentration Could Break the Model Q2 capex hit $18.37 billion, with $15.83 billion for AI computing power. Management said the next two quarters to be very similar to the current quarter from a CapEx level perspective. The AI unit posted a $1.3 billion operating loss, and the company lost $541 million overall.
The tenant list is concentrated. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) runs its own data centers. If Google and Anthropic build sufficient capacity, they stop leasing. Musk said SpaceX expects a very small percentage of its chip supplier’s GPUs next year. The stock trades at a forward P/E of 200, leaving little room for disappointment.
Next Quarterly Report Will Test the Landlord Thesis Management signed an additional $6.7 billion of cloud services revenue over six months starting in October. The next quarterly report should push AI Solutions & Infrastructure revenue above $2.194 billion, Cloud Services Agreements above $14.1 billion, and capacity above 1.4 GW on track for over 2 gigawatts by year-end. If all three occur, the landlord thesis holds. If infrastructure revenue stalls while AI capex stays near $15.8 billion quarterly, it breaks.
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Why Meta is winning the micro drama wars By and Lucia Moses You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has become a huge beneficiary of the micro drama boom by harvesting ad dollars and free content at the same time. Finn Gomez/Getty Images Micro dramas are booming outside the US. They're beginning to see traction stateside too, with lots of startups trying to convince American consumers to pay a few dollars to watch soapy stories on their phones.
But right now, there's one clear winner in the US micro drama industry: Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg's Meta is by far the most popular place for micro drama producers to market their stuff, industry players tell us. Some estimate that startups are directing up to 75% of their marketing budgets to Meta's various properties, in the hopes of getting Facebook or Reels users to come to their sites.
"What I hear consistently from apps is, Meta gets more than half of the customer acquisition spend by most micro drama apps," said Hernan Lopez, founder of research firm Owl & Co. He pegs micro drama ad spending at $1.5 billion globally — excluding China, where the genre started.
But Meta isn't just harvesting ad dollars from the micro drama business. It's also getting tons of free content: Micro dramas advertise themselves by showing users multiple episodes of their shows for free — and sometimes they'll show them many, many episodes. Some micro drama producers, including ReelShort, Flareflow, and ShortMax, have uploaded clips as long as 20 minutes to Meta's ad hub.
So Meta gets the best of both worlds: Micro drama producers give them money and they give Meta engaging videos that keep their audiences on Meta's properties.
Meta declined to comment.
GammaTime, a year-old micro drama company, spends some 55% of its marketing budget on Meta, said cofounder Slava Mudryk. Very long ads are part of the mix when GammaTime launches a series or has a series with a particularly strong story arc within the series, he said.
Mudrykh said these long ads give Meta an advantage over TikTok and YouTube, which don't offer them.
"We always use it with launches," he said. "What we see is that this long sequence just brings people in to watch. And when it's done, the desire to continue watching on the app is strong."
You'd expect that TikTok, which exists solely to show users short clips and whose Chinese roots have made it very familiar with micro dramas, would be a big player in micro drama ads. But people in the industry say Meta's ad infrastructure and targeting abilities make it easier to find viewers and convert them into paying customers.
It also helps that Facebook's aging user base is more likely able and willing to spend money on apps, says Ali Albazaz, whose Inkitt startup runs micro drama app Candy Jar.
"If the story is enticing enough, and grabs the user's attention, that person who comes to our app has a very high likelihood of converting to a paid user."
But that also seems like it will set up a long-term tension between Meta and its new breed of customers: If micro drama players are able to get real traction, that means they'll eventually be pulling eyeballs away from Meta. It's also not a new tension for Meta: A few years ago, when TikTok was entering the market, Meta made billions selling ads promoting the app to its users — and now TikTok is a giant competitor.
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CompaniesOct 8 (Reuters) - Coca-Cola (KO.N), opens new tab is seeking to unwind its $5 billion acquisition of British coffeehouse Costa Coffee after a sales process failed earlier this year, Semafor reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Coca-Cola had scrapped its plans to sell Costa earlier this year after the offers from private equity firms came in below expectations, the Financial Times reported in January.
The beverage giant acquired Costa in 2018 for $5.1 billion in an effort to extend its push into healthier drinks.
At least one strategic acquirer mulled what a deal for Costa would look like before passing due to valuation and strategic issues, the Semafor report added.
Coca-Cola did not immediately respond to a request for comment
It could not be determined what price Coca-Cola might seek for Costa if it were to put the coffee chain back on the market, the report added.
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Coca-Cola (KO - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $87.77, moving +2.27% from the previous trading session. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 0.47%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.1%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.25%.
The stock of world's largest beverage maker has fallen by 1.98% in the past month, leading the Consumer Staples sector's loss of 4.53% and undershooting the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Coca-Cola in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on October 27, 2026. The company is forecasted to report an EPS of $0.87, showcasing a 6.1% upward movement from the corresponding quarter of the prior year. At the same time, our most recent consensus estimate is projecting a revenue of $12.91 billion, reflecting a 4.04% rise from the equivalent quarter last year.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $3.29 per share and a revenue of $49.81 billion, indicating changes of +9.67% and +4%, respectively, from the former year.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Coca-Cola. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To take advantage of this, we've established the Zacks Rank, an exclusive model that considers these estimated changes and delivers an operational rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which varies between #1 (Strong Buy) and #5 (Strong Sell), carries an impressive track record of exceeding expectations, confirmed by external audits, with stocks at #1 delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. Coca-Cola presently features a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
In terms of valuation, Coca-Cola is presently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 26.07. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 17.76, so one might conclude that Coca-Cola is trading at a premium comparatively.
It is also worth noting that KO currently has a PEG ratio of 3.34. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Beverages - Soft drinks industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 1.9 as of yesterday's close.
The Beverages - Soft drinks industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 192, which puts it in the bottom 22% of all 250+ industries.
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SummaryAlphabet faces a pivotal tension: Gemini AI could disrupt its core search ad business, yet also drive future growth.GOOGL posts accelerating top-line growth—four quarters of 16–24% sales increases—while reported earnings are distorted by large unrealized investment gains.Despite strong long-term outperformance, GOOGL has underperformed the market year-to-date, with technicals signaling recent selling pressure and momentum weakness.Analysts maintain a Strong Buy consensus and $429.36 average target, but valuation views diverge widely, reflecting uncertainty around AI monetization and capital intensity.This idea was discussed in more depth with members of my private investing community, Best Stocks Now! Premium. Learn More » Getty Images
Alphabet, Inc. (GOOGL) (GOOG) (Google's parent company) earns a substantial portion of its revenue from search advertising—ads shown when someone types a question into a search box. The company's most important AI product, Gemini, answers questions directly, which may
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Verizon zveřejní výsledky 26. října 2026; analytici očekávají zisk na akcii (EPS) ve výši 1,28 USD a tržby 34,8 miliardy USD, což představuje meziroční růst o 5,79 %, respektive o 2,89 %.
Verizon Communications (VZ - Free Report) closed at $46.35 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.27% move from the prior day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.47%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.1%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.25%.
The stock of largest U.S. cellphone carrier has fallen by 7.98% in the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 6.08% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Verizon Communications in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on October 26, 2026. On that day, Verizon Communications is projected to report earnings of $1.28 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 5.79%. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $34.8 billion, showing a 2.89% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $5.04 per share and revenue of $140.94 billion, which would represent changes of +7.01% and +1.99%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Verizon Communications. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As a result, upbeat changes in estimates indicate analysts' favorable outlook on the business health and profitability.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 0.1% upward. As of now, Verizon Communications holds a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Digging into valuation, Verizon Communications currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 9.09. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 11.09, which means Verizon Communications is trading at a discount to the group.
Meanwhile, VZ's PEG ratio is currently 1.55. Comparable to the widely accepted P/E ratio, the PEG ratio also accounts for the company's projected earnings growth. The average PEG ratio for the Wireless National industry stood at 1.55 at the close of the market yesterday.
The Wireless National industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 180, placing it within the bottom 27% of over 250 industries.
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PepsiCo ve 3. čtvrtletí překonala odhady, ale kvůli slabším výsledkům v Severní Americe a vyšším nákladům snížila celoroční výhled růstu upraveného zisku na akcii na 2,5–3,5 %.
PepsiCo (PEP +3.73%) is coming off an interesting quarter in which the company beat Wall Street consensus estimates but lowered its full-year profit guidance.
Shares rose over 3.7% on Oct. 8.
In its third quarter of fiscal 2026, Pepsi reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.34, $0.05 ahead of estimates. Revenue of $25.27 billion also topped expectations by about $310 million.
On the plus side, Pepsi grew volume in its convenience foods division by 1% year over year, while beverage volume grew by 3%. Management also raised its net revenue guidance for fiscal 2026 from a range of 4% to 6% to roughly 6%.
But not everything was positive. Management cut the company’s full-year fiscal 2026 core earnings per share guide from 5% to 7% growth to 2.5% to 3.5%.
Here's why Pepsi experienced some pressure in the third quarter, despite the volume growth and top- and bottom-line beat.
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North America laggingPepsi has been trying to revamp its business in the wake of shifting consumer preferences, GLP-1 drugs, high costs, and pressure from the activist investor Elliott Management, which has built a $4 billion stake in the company.
Earlier this year, Pepsi slashed prices on some of its key snack brands, such as Lay's and Doritos. Management has also been trying to make snacks healthier by increasing their protein and fiber content.
But during the quarter, the North America division continued to struggle, with beverage volume down 2% year over year, while convenient foods volume was flat.
The company also experienced an increase in operating expenses and marketing and advertising costs, which led to the core operating margin contracting 0.35% to 16.9%. Tariff refunds also lifted core operating profit 4%, which otherwise would have been down year over year.
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"Our business in North America performed below our expectations and represents a meaningful opportunity for improvement," PepsiCo's CEO Ramon Laguarta said during a CNBC interview following the release of earnings.
In light of these struggles, Laguarta said the company would cut corporate and overhead costs across the organization, which could be reinvested in the North American business. This could be one reason to explain the solid rise in shares on Oct. 8 following the earnings report.
Reuters also reported in late September that the company is planning to raise prices on some of its snacks to keep pace with inflation. A company spokesperson at the time said the hikes will be on certain chip brands in the low- to mid-single-digit percentage range.
A complex road aheadPepsi is not the only large food and beverage company struggling. Kraft Heinz has also been looking into strategic alternatives, and nearly split the business into two companies in 2025, until that plan was shelved.
Elliott Management has also been looking for ways to unlock shareholder value, and has previously urged Pepsi to explore alternatives such as cutting costs, eliminating underperforming brands, and even spinning off the company's bottling network.
During the recent CNBC interview, Laguarta said the company currently has no plans to split the snacks and beverage businesses.
Ultimately, the quarter wasn't all bad, with some bright spots. Investors were also likely pleased to hear the company is planning to cut costs.
However, price cuts from earlier this year may have contributed to higher volume, and there are other sources of pressure, whether from inflation or industrywide challenges. The company still has much work ahead.
Američtí regulátoři udělili společnosti American Express pokutu ve výši 350 milionů USD za nedostatky v programu proti praní peněz; podle OCC banka nezachytila podezřelé transakce v hodnotě zhruba 13 miliard USD.
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SummaryCompaniesOCC says lender failed to identify, evaluate and report roughly $13 billion in suspicious activityOCC cites insufficient resources, inexperienced staff, weak training and internal control gapsWASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - American Express was fined $350 million by US bank regulators after they determined the lender's programs to identify potential money laundering were insufficient and the company potentially missed billions of dollars in suspicious activity.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve announced the enforcement action Thursday, saying the company, primarily via its national bank, failed to maintain a sufficient anti-money laundering compliance program, including inadequate resources, inexperienced staff, weak training, and internal control gaps.
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A spokesperson for American Express, which did not admit or deny the regulators' findings, did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
The OCC said "systemic breakdowns" in its monitoring and reporting meant the lender failed to identify, evaluate and sufficiently report roughly $13 billion in suspicious activity over the past decade.
"The OCC expects banks of American Express’s size and complexity to devote sufficient resources to ensure compliance with laws and regulations designed to detect and prevent money laundering, which are critical to both economic and national security,” said Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould in a statement.
Specifically, the OCC said American Express focused on risks in its relatively narrow deposit products, while not devoting sufficient attention to its much larger credit card business. The regulator also identified shortcomings in customer due diligence and identification programs.
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Akcie společnosti Cisco Systems při posledním obchodování klesly o 2,13 % na 114,89 USD. Společnost má za čtvrtletí vykázat zisk na akcii (EPS) ve výši 1,32 USD a tržby ve výši 18,09 miliardy USD.
In the latest close session, Cisco Systems (CSCO - Free Report) was down 2.13% at $114.89. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.47%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.1%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.25%.
Shares of the seller of routers, switches, software and services have appreciated by 7.27% over the course of the past month, outperforming the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 6.08%, and the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Cisco Systems in its upcoming release. The company is expected to report EPS of $1.32, up 32% from the prior-year quarter. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $18.09 billion, indicating a 21.52% upward movement from the same quarter last year.
For the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $5.11 per share and a revenue of $73.03 billion, representing changes of +18.01% and +15.32%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Cisco Systems. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained steady. At present, Cisco Systems boasts a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).
Looking at its valuation, Cisco Systems is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 22.97. This signifies a discount in comparison to the average Forward P/E of 23.35 for its industry.
It's also important to note that CSCO currently trades at a PEG ratio of 2.12. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The average PEG ratio for the Computer - Networking industry stood at 1.53 at the close of the market yesterday.
The Computer - Networking industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 107, this industry ranks in the top 44% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the strength of our separate industry groups by calculating the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks contained within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.
SpaceX kupuje od společnosti Grain Management celostátní portfolio spektra v pásmu 800 MHz, což má Starlink Mobile otevřít cestu k tomu, aby se stal významným americkým mobilním operátorem.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX) announced a deal to acquire low-band spectrum from Grain Management Thursday. News of the deal has stocks of U.S. mobile carriers trading lower as SpaceX could become a major competitor moving forward.
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The Spectrum DealSpaceX is acquiring the nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio from Grain Management for an undisclosed amount.
"We announced an agreement to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio that will pave the way for Starlink to become a major mobile carrier in the US. With this new spectrum and our Gen2 constellation, Starlink Mobile can ensure Americans have access to high-speed mobile broadband no matter where they are," SpaceX tweeted.
In a blog post, SpaceX said the acquisition addressed a key technical gap for Starlink Mobile to become a major U.S. mobile carrier.
SpaceX said when it receives final FCC approval, Starlink Mobile will deploy and connect devices everywhere.
The company highlighted that the new low-band spectrum will help Starlink Mobile signal penetrate walls and other obstacles.
"Starlink Mobile can now become the first network operator to deploy both satellite and terrestrial spectrum. One network that provides Americans with a reliable service indoors, outdoors, in cellular dead zones, and everywhere between."
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared the news on social media and said this is a "very big deal."
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UPS zveřejní výsledky 27. října 2026; analytici očekávají EPS ve výši 1,63 USD, což představuje meziroční pokles o 6,32 %, a tržby ve výši 22,22 miliardy USD, meziročně vyšší o 3,75 %.
United Parcel Service (UPS - Free Report) closed at $94.13 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.99% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.47% loss on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.1%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 1.25%.
Heading into today, shares of the package delivery service had lost 6.98% over the past month, lagging the Transportation sector's loss of 5.3% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.15%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of United Parcel Service in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on October 27, 2026. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at $1.63, signifying a 6.32% drop compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $22.22 billion, showing a 3.75% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of $7.22 per share and a revenue of $91.6 billion, signifying shifts of +0.84% and +3.32%, respectively, from the last year.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for United Parcel Service. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts' positivity towards the business operations and its ability to generate profits.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.08% lower. United Parcel Service is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
From a valuation perspective, United Parcel Service is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 12.79. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 15.05, so one might conclude that United Parcel Service is trading at a discount comparatively.
It is also worth noting that UPS currently has a PEG ratio of 1.69. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The average PEG ratio for the Transportation - Air Freight and Cargo industry stood at 1.54 at the close of the market yesterday.
The Transportation - Air Freight and Cargo industry is part of the Transportation sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 107, positioning it in the top 44% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Ensure to harness Zacks.com to stay updated with all these stock-shifting metrics, among others, in the next trading sessions.
Goldman Sachs zvýšila doporučení pro Palantir na „kupovat“; akcie 8. října vzrostly o 3,8 %. Tržby ve 2. čtvrtletí meziročně stouply o 93 % na 1,94 mld. USD.
The $230 target implies roughly 16% upside as Palantir's revenue growth already approaches 100%. Summary
Goldman sees a wider market; Palantir must defend its premium.
Palantir Technologies PLTR, the data-platform and AI software provider, rose approximately 3.8% to $201.37 on Oct. 8 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the shares to Buy from Neutral, according to Barron's. Its $230 target implies another 14.2% upside. That gives buyers a fresh reason to chase the stock—but an analyst target still needs earnings to back it up.
The business has been delivering plenty of those. Palantir reported second-quarter revenue of $1.94 billion, up 93% year over year, while U.S. commercial sales surged 149% to $764 million. Its GAAP operating margin reached 47%. The punchline: rapid growth is translating into substantial operating profit, strengthening the case for AI software that customers put to work across their operations.
The valuation picture adds some friction: shares sit 8.97% above the $184.79 GF Value estimate, suggesting buyers are already paying a premium. Customized deployments and customers' demand for control over their data could expand Palantir's opportunity. The next test is turning early projects into larger, recurring commitments. Strong numbers support the rally; sustaining that pace will determine whether the premium holds.
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