Centralized cryptocurrency exchange BitMart announced it has decided to gradually shut down its trading platform following an assessment of operating conditions, the market environment, and future strategy. This announcement marks another notable development in the centralized exchange sector, following the closure of BitMEX.
According to the schedule shared by BitMart, new user registrations, deposits, and new buy/sell orders were stopped as of July 26, 2026, at 04:30. All trading services on the exchange are planned to end on August 26, 2026, at 04:00. The platform is officially scheduled to close on January 31, 2027, at 18:59.
BitMart, which gained particular popularity among altcoin investors in 2021, at one point ranked among the top 10 cryptocurrency exchanges in the world in terms of daily trading volume. That same year, investment firms such as Fenbushi Capital and Hack VC invested in BitMart at a valuation of approximately $300 million.
However, at the end of 2021, the exchange faced a major security breach in which approximately $200 million worth of crypto assets were stolen. Following that attack, it was claimed that the company experienced various operational and financial difficulties.
The closure announcement also created strong selling pressure on BitMart’s native token, BMX. The price of BMX lost approximately 63 percent of its value in the last 24 hours.
This chart shows the decline in the value of BitMart’s native token, BMX, over the past 24 hours. *This is not investment advice.
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Key Takeaways SHIB price climbed 36% to reach $0.0000057 on Sunday, boosting market capitalization by approximately $1 billion The rally occurred without any significant project announcement or fundamental catalyst Trading on South Korea’s Upbit exchange (SHIB/KRW pair) represented more than 10% of worldwide volume A dormant whale wallet reactivated after six months, deploying $125,000 to acquire 30 billion SHIB tokens Token burn activity exploded by more than 3,200% within 24 hours, contracting available supply Shiba Inu experienced a dramatic 36% price increase on Sunday, rocketing from under $0.0000042 to peak at $0.0000058. This represents SHIB’s strongest price level in more than two months.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) Price The meme token’s market capitalization currently sits at approximately $3.4 billion, with daily trading volumes reaching roughly $380 million. This performance pushes SHIB back into the top 30 digital assets by market cap.
This surge occurred during an otherwise uneventful weekend when most cryptocurrency markets traded sideways. Dogecoin increased only 6% during the same timeframe. PEPE posted a 9% gain while DOGE added 5.5%, indicating SHIB’s dramatic movement wasn’t part of a wider memecoin trend.
The price advance unfolded in two separate phases. An initial surge occurred late Saturday night, followed by approximately nine hours of consolidation. The second upward leg developed throughout Sunday’s Asian trading hours.
Korean Exchange Activity Dominates Trading Upbit, South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, saw its SHIB/KRW trading pair become the largest individual market globally. The pair processed approximately $62 million in volume — representing over 10% of total SHIB trading worldwide. Price quotes on this pair also displayed a modest premium relative to Binance and other USD-based platforms.
South Korean market participants have a documented history of fueling volatile price movements in speculative tokens. The two-phase rally structure aligns perfectly with this established pattern.
Traders holding short positions suffered significant losses throughout the rally. Approximately $6 million in SHIB and 1000SHIB futures contracts were liquidated across roughly 2,300 individual traders, with about $5 million stemming from bearish positions.
Major Holder Emerges From Six-Month Dormancy A notable on-chain development involved the reactivation of a substantial SHIB holder’s wallet that had remained dormant for over half a year. This address deployed $125,000 to accumulate more than 30 billion SHIB tokens.
While a single transaction of this magnitude cannot independently generate a 36% price surge, it often serves as a confidence signal that attracts additional market participants.
SHIB’s token burn rate simultaneously exploded by over 3,200% during the previous 24 hours, while weekly burns increased 500%. Reducing circulating token supply typically functions as a bullish supply-side indicator.
Exchange reserve data from CryptoQuant revealed that SHIB balances held on centralized platforms have been declining in recent weeks, indicating tokens are being withdrawn into self-custody wallets.
SHIB previously encountered resistance at $0.0000067 in May, which led to a pullback toward $0.000004 — representing a multi-year support level at that juncture.
The project debuted in August 2020 as an Ethereum-based token created by an anonymous founder using the pseudonym Ryoshi. The ecosystem has expanded to include Shibarium, a layer-2 scaling solution, along with additional supporting tokens.
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SHIB Rallisi Meme Coin’leri Harekete Geçirdi Hafta sonunun yıldızı ise meme coin’ler oldu.
Shiba Inu (SHIB), son 24 saatte %35’in üzerinde değer kazanarak son iki ayın en yüksek seviyesine ulaştı. PEPE aynı dönemde yaklaşık %9,6, son bir ayda ise %26 yükseldi.
Dogecoin (DOGE) günlük bazda %5,8, VVV ise %12 prim yaptı. Büyük hacimli altcoin’lerden Avalanche (AVAX) da yaklaşık %9 yükseliş kaydetti.
Ethereum (ETH) yüzde 1,5 artışla 1.900 dolar seviyesine yaklaşırken, XRP yeniden 1,10 doların üzerine çıktı. Hyperliquid’in HYPE tokeni yüzde 2,5 yükselse de 60 doların altında işlem görmeye devam etti.
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BitMart has started a phased shutdown of its global cryptocurrency exchange after reviewing its operating conditions, market environment, and future strategy.
Summary
BitMart stopped new registrations, deposits, and orders before ending all trading services on August 26. BMX lost about 63% in 24 hours as traders reacted to the exchange’s shutdown announcement. Withdrawals remain available, but BitMart advised users to submit requests before August 26’s recommended deadline. According to the official shutdown notice, the exchange stopped new registrations, cryptocurrency and fiat deposits, and new spot orders from 01:30 UTC on July 26. Futures accounts entered reduce-only mode, while copy trading, grid trading, API trading, and other automated services began winding down.
The exchange will end all spot, futures, and other trading services at 01:00 UTC on August 26. However, the full platform will not close on that date. BitMart plans to terminate trading-platform operations at 15:59 UTC on January 31, 2027. Users will retain limited account access for a period after that date to review records and submit withdrawals.
Important Notice
After a careful evaluation of the Company's operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction, BitMart has made the difficult decision to commence an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations. We deeply regret having to make… pic.twitter.com/KX3zczIrAh
— BitMart (@BitMartExchange) July 26, 2026 BitMart sets withdrawal and position deadlines BitMart told users to close all positions before 01:00 UTC on August 26 and recommended submitting withdrawals before 05:00 UTC the same day. Withdrawals remain open, but requests may face identity, source-of-funds, wallet ownership, sanctions, Travel Rule, and security reviews. Heavy demand or network congestion may extend processing times.
The exchange asked customers to cancel open orders, redeem eligible Earn, staking, and lending products, and download account records. BitMart may settle any futures positions still open when trading ends using its mark price, index price, or other applicable rules. Users who miss the recommended withdrawal period will enter a separate process that BitMart plans to explain later.
BMX falls as traders react to the shutdown BMX, the exchange’s platform token, fell by around 63% during the 24 hours surrounding the announcement. BitMart’s own market page showed a decline of about 64.9% at one stage, while CoinGecko’s BMX page placed the token near $0.164 on July 26 with about $6.1 million in daily volume. The sharp move reflected the token’s close link to exchange activity.
BMX provides trading-fee discounts and other platform benefits. The planned end of trading removes much of that direct use. Price readings varied across trackers because the market moved quickly and platforms used different update times. CoinGecko data placed the token’s market value near $55.6 million on July 26, down from more than $100 million earlier in the week.
Closure follows recent service restrictions BitMart did not identify a single event behind the shutdown. Its notice referred only to “operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction.” The exchange did not state that it had entered insolvency, and it did not connect the decision to a security incident, regulatory order, or lack of customer assets. Users therefore still lack a detailed financial explanation.
The decision followed several service changes. BitMart suspended its automated market-making bot on July 24 and returned users’ principal and earnings to spot accounts. It also ended spot margin trading, with forced liquidation scheduled for July 26. On July 23, the exchange told remaining U.S.-linked users to close positions and withdraw by August 8 during a compliance review.
BitMart follows other crypto platform closures The announcement came three days after BitMEX said it would close its derivatives exchange on September 23 following a strategic review. BitMEX stopped new registrations and set August 26 as the date when customers could no longer open new positions. Odos also announced plans to shut its decentralized exchange aggregator on July 30, although the platforms gave different reasons and timelines.
BitMart entered the market in 2017 and grew through a wide selection of smaller tokens. A 2021 Series B round led by Alexander Capital Ventures valued the company at more than $300 million. Fenbushi Capital had made an earlier investment in 2019. Days after the Series B announcement, attackers compromised two hot wallets and stole assets valued at about $150 million by BitMart, while outside estimates reached $196 million.
BitMart said at the time that it would use its own funds to compensate affected customers. The shutdown notice did not link the wind-down to that breach, which occurred nearly five years earlier. In May 2026, BitMart said “all platform operations are running normally” while responding to online concerns about withdrawals and risk controls. It also said it planned to publish proof of reserves after completing security preparations.
The exchange now warns that scammers may exploit the shutdown. BitMart said it will not charge an expedited withdrawal fee or ask for passwords, two-factor codes, private keys, or recovery phrases. It advised users to rely on its official website, app, registered emails, and support system. Customers must also check networks and addresses before transferring funds.
Crypto exchange BitMart to shut down after nine years. (Tim Mossholder/Unsplashed, modified by CoinDesk)Summary
Cryptocurrency exchange BitMart will wind down its trading platform after nine years, halting all trading by Aug. 26 and fully ceasing operations on Jan. 31, 2027.The closure, attributed vaguely to operating conditions, the market environment and future strategy, sent BitMart’s BMX token down about 58% in 24 hours, extending a yearlong slide of roughly 70%.BitMart, which recently reported about $1.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume, is keeping withdrawals open but warns of extra identity and security checks that could delay processing as users rush to exit.Cryptocurrency exchange BitMart said Sunday it will wind down its trading platform, ending nine years of operation and sending its exchange token down almost 60% after the announcement.
It is the second crypto exchange to announce a closure in the same week, with perpetuals trading powerhouse BitMEX saying Thursday it would shut down after 11 years, as CoinDesk reported.
The exchange stopped accepting new registrations, deposits and new trading orders from 01:30 UTC on Sunday, it said, with futures accounts moving to reduce-only mode.
All trading, spot and derivatives, ends on Aug. 26, and the platform formally ceases operations on Jan. 31, 2027. Withdrawals stay open throughout, though BitMart urged users to complete identity checks, close positions and submit withdrawal requests before the August cutoff.
Important Notice
After a careful evaluation of the Company's operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction, BitMart has made the difficult decision to commence an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations. We deeply regret having to make… pic.twitter.com/KX3zczIrAh
— BitMart (@BitMartExchange) July 26, 2026 The company attributed the decision to its "operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction," offering no further detail on which of those forced the closure.
CoinDesk has reached out to BitMart for further comment.
BMX, the platform's token, fell to about 8 cents, down 58% over 24 hours, cutting its market value to roughly $27 million. The token was already down about 70% over the past year, so Sunday's drop extended a long decline rather than starting one.
The exchange's trading figures are significant, despite the closure. BitMart reported about $1.6 billion in 24-hour volume, up 51% from the previous period, with bitcoin accounting for nearly half of it. That jump more plausibly reflects users unwinding positions and moving funds out than any fresh demand, but it leaves open why a platform still clearing that kind of flow is closing.
Meanwhile, the withdrawal terms carry more friction than a routine exit. BitMart said requests may face additional review covering identity verification, device and IP checks, withdrawal-address screening, source-of-funds questions and sanctions checks, and warned that processing could stretch if request volumes spike.
BitMart lost about $196 million to a hot-wallet breach in December 2021, one of the larger exchange hacks of that cycle, and covered customer losses at the time.
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Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.
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Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.
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Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.
BitMart will wind down its cryptocurrency exchange, ending all trading services on Aug. 26 before ceasing operations entirely on Jan. 31, 2027.
“After a careful evaluation of the Company’s operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction, BitMart has made the difficult decision to commence an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations,” it said in a Sunday notice.
Under the shutdown plan, BitMart has stopped accepting new user registrations and deposits, while futures trading has entered reduce-only mode and spot markets no longer accept new orders.
BitMart joins a growing list of crypto trading platforms that have announced plans to close shop in recent months. Among them are BitMEX and Dango, which both said this week they would shut down their respective trading platforms.
BMX sinks amid withdrawal complaintsBitMart’s native token, BMX, lost nearly 70% of its value while users reported delayed withdrawals from the exchange.
BMX traded at about $0.09464 at the time of writing, down nearly 70% from about $0.31 late Friday. The token fell as low as $0.1058 early Saturday before extending its losses.
Several users on X reported that withdrawals were taking longer than usual, with some claiming that Tether USDt (USDT) withdrawal requests remained pending for hours.
Arkham data showed wallets attributed to BitMart held about $71 million in crypto assets on Sunday, down from roughly $102 million on July 6. About $41.5 million was in stablecoin banking platform WeFi’s WFI tokens, while the tracked wallets held about $91,000 in USDT.
BitMart’s USDT balance over the past month. Source: Arkham
In its wind-down announcement, BitMart said some withdrawal requests could be subject to additional compliance and security reviews, potentially extending processing times.
BitMart did not respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment before publication.
BMX? BMEX? BitMEX?Some users on X also appeared to confuse BitMart and its BMX token with BitMEX.
On Saturday, an X user in the Mandarin-speaking crypto community who goes by “Brother Lu” drew attention to BMX’s price drop while speculating about its cause.
“The whole internet was posting yesterday that it was shutting down on Sept. 30. Did you just wake up?” another X user replied, according to a machine translation.
The reference to Sept. 30 did not match BitMEX’s Sept. 23 shutdown date announced Thursday. BitMEX’s own token, BMEX, fell 90% shortly after the notice.
Several other users in the Mandarin-speaking community also mixed up BMX with BitMEX.
It was not immediately clear whether the confusion had any impact on BMX trading.
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Kripto para borsası BitMart, yaklaşık dokuz yıllık faaliyetinin ardından işlem platformunu kademeli olarak kapatma kararı aldığını açıkladı. Şirket, faaliyet koşulları, piyasa ortamı ve gelecekteki stratejik planlarını gerekçe göstererek aldığı karar kapsamında alım-satım hizmetlerini durduracağını duyurdu. Günlük yaklaşık 1,6 milyar dolarlık işlem hacmine sahip olan borsanın bu kararı, piyasada da sert yankı uyandırdı.
BitMart’ın açıklamasının ardından borsanın yerel tokeni BMX sert değer kaybederken, şirket kullanıcılarına açık pozisyonlarını kapatmaları ve varlıklarını mümkün olan en kısa sürede platformdan çekmeleri çağrısında bulundu.
BitMart hangi tarihlerde hizmetlerini durduracak? BitMart tarafından yayımlanan takvime göre platform üç aşamada faaliyetlerini sonlandıracak:
26 Temmuz 2026 – 01.30 UTC: Yeni kullanıcı kayıtları, para yatırma işlemleri ve yeni alım-satım emirleri durdurulacak. 26 Ağustos 2026 – 01.00 UTC: Spot ve vadeli işlemler dahil tüm alım-satım hizmetleri sona erecek. 31 Ocak 2027 – 15.59 UTC: Platformun tüm operasyonları resmi olarak sonlandırılacak. Şirket, para çekme hizmetlerinin ise kapanış süreci boyunca devam edeceğini belirtti.
Important Notice
After a careful evaluation of the Company's operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction, BitMart has made the difficult decision to commence an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations. We deeply regret having to make… pic.twitter.com/KX3zczIrAh
— BitMart (@BitMartExchange) July 26, 2026
BitMart kullanıcılarına kritik uyarı yaptı BitMart, kullanıcıların mağduriyet yaşamaması için açık pozisyonlarını kapatmalarını, gerekiyorsa KYC (kimlik doğrulama) işlemlerini tamamlamalarını ve dijital varlıklarını mümkün olan en kısa sürede çekmelerini tavsiye etti.
Şirket ayrıca, kapanış süreci nedeniyle para çekme taleplerinde yoğunluk yaşanabileceğini ve ek güvenlik kontrolleri ile kimlik doğrulama süreçlerinin işlem sürelerini uzatabileceğini bildirdi.
BitMart, Telegram, WhatsApp veya sosyal medya üzerinden kendilerini şirket çalışanı olarak tanıtıp ücret talep eden kişilere karşı da kullanıcıları dolandırıcılık girişimlerine karşı uyardı.
BMX token sert değer kaybetti Kapanış kararının ardından piyasa da anında tepki verdi. BitMart’ın yerel tokeni BMX, pazar günü 0,11016 dolar seviyesine gerileyerek yaklaşık %46,08 değer kaybetti.
Böylece BMX, 5 Haziran 2024’te ulaştığı 0,61905 dolarlık tüm zamanların en yüksek seviyesine göre yaklaşık %82 aşağıda işlem görmeye başladı. Günlük fiyat hareketini takip eden bazı platformlarda ise kaybın %58’e kadar ulaştığı görüldü.
BitMart, faaliyetlerini sonlandırma kararının arkasında şirketin operasyonel koşulları, mevcut piyasa ortamı ve gelecekteki stratejik planlarının bulunduğunu açıkladı. Şirket, kapanış kararına ilişkin daha ayrıntılı bir gerekçe paylaşmadı.
Son haftalarda marjin işlemleri, AMM hizmetleri ve bazı işlem çiftlerini sonlandıran BitMart’ın, son duyurusuyla birlikte işlem platformunu tamamen kapatma sürecini resmen başlattığı görüldü.
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BitMart will shut down its crypto trading platform through an orderly wind-down process after determining that current operating conditions, market circumstances and its long-term strategy no longer support continuing operations, the company said this week.
Important Notice
After a careful evaluation of the Company's operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction, BitMart has made the difficult decision to commence an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations. We deeply regret having to make… pic.twitter.com/KX3zczIrAh
— BitMart (@BitMartExchange) July 26, 2026
In a statement, the exchange said it will gradually stop accepting new users, suspend fiat and crypto deposits, prevent new futures positions and spot orders, and phase out copy trading, grid trading, API trading and other automated services beginning July 26, 2026.
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Trading across spot and futures markets will cease on Aug. 26, while investment products including Earn, staking, lending and Launchpad will be retired separately. The exchange expects to officially cease platform operations on Jan. 31, 2027, although users will temporarily retain access to their accounts for withdrawals and historical records afterward.
Users are advised to withdraw assets as early as possible by completing KYC verification, closing open positions and submitting withdrawal requests before the Aug. 26 deadline.
The firm said withdrawals will remain available but may be subject to identity verification, blockchain risk analysis, Travel Rule compliance, sanctions screening and source-of-funds checks, with processing times potentially extended during periods of heavy demand.
Established in 2017 by founder and CEO Sheldon Xia, BitMart has grown to support a wide range of crypto trading products and investment services. Its wind-down comes amid a prolonged crypto market downturn that has forced several companies to shut down, restructure or scale back operations.
Earlier this week, BitMEX, co-founded by Arthur Hayes, announced it would shut down on Sept. 23, ending one of crypto’s longest-running derivatives exchanges.
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BitMart will wind down its cryptocurrency exchange, ending all trading services on Aug. 26 before ceasing operations entirely on Jan. 31, 2027.
“After a careful evaluation of the Company’s operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction, BitMart has made the difficult decision to commence an orderly wind-down of its trading platform operations,” it said in a Sunday notice.
Under the shutdown plan, BitMart has stopped accepting new user registrations and deposits, while futures trading has entered reduce-only mode and spot markets no longer accept new orders.
BitMart joins a growing list of crypto trading platforms that have announced plans to close shop in recent months. Among them are BitMEX and Dango, which both said this week they would shut down their respective trading platforms.
BMX sinks amid withdrawal complaintsBitMart’s native token, BMX, lost nearly 70% of its value while users reported delayed withdrawals from the exchange.
BMX traded at about $0.09464 at the time of writing, down nearly 70% from about $0.31 late Friday. The token fell as low as $0.1058 early Saturday before extending its losses.
Several users on X reported that withdrawals were taking longer than usual, with some claiming that Tether USDt (USDT) withdrawal requests remained pending for hours.
Arkham data showed wallets attributed to BitMart held about $71 million in crypto assets on Sunday, down from roughly $102 million on July 6. About $41.5 million was in stablecoin banking platform WeFi’s WFI tokens, while the tracked wallets held about $91,000 in USDT.
BitMart’s USDT balance over the past month. Source: Arkham
In its wind-down announcement, BitMart said some withdrawal requests could be subject to additional compliance and security reviews, potentially extending processing times.
BitMart did not respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment before publication.
BMX? BMEX? BitMEX?Some users on X also appeared to confuse BitMart and its BMX token with BitMEX.
On Saturday, an X user in the Mandarin-speaking crypto community who goes by “Brother Lu” drew attention to BMX’s price drop while speculating about its cause.
“The whole internet was posting yesterday that it was shutting down on Sept. 30. Did you just wake up?” another X user replied, according to a machine translation.
The reference to Sept. 30 did not match BitMEX’s Sept. 23 shutdown date announced Thursday. BitMEX’s own token, BMEX, fell 90% shortly after the notice.
Several other users in the Mandarin-speaking community also mixed up BMX with BitMEX.
It was not immediately clear whether the confusion had any impact on BMX trading.
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Trump Team deposits $21.94 million worth of tokens into a centralized exchange (CEX)
According to YuEjin Monitoring, tokens unlocked and transferred from the TRUMP meme coin’s team address yesterday have entered centralized exchanges (CEXs). Specifically, 13.8 million TRUMP tokens, valued at $21.94 million, were transferred into Binance, OKX, and Kucoin 15 minutes ago.
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Following Bain Capital's exit, SK Hynix may become Kioxia's actual second-largest shareholder, while Toshiba regains its position as the largest shareholder.
According to South Korean media outlet Daum, U.S. investment firm Bain Capital is expected to generate around 2.5 trillion yen in investment proceeds from selling most of its stake in Japanese storage chip maker Kioxia, marking one of the highest returns on a private equity (PE) deal in Japan. With Bain Capital’s exit, Kioxia’s largest shareholder has reverted to Toshiba, which holds a roughly 15% stake; SK Hynix, via convertible bonds held by a special purpose company (SPC), has become the de facto second-largest shareholder, with an approximate 14% stake. However, since SK Hynix has not yet converted the convertible bonds into shares, it does not currently hold formal shareholder voting rights, and the conversion will only be completed after obtaining antitrust approvals from relevant countries. SK Hynix previously invested around 395 billion yen in the relevant SPC via convertible bonds, and has committed to not holding more than 15% of Kioxia’s voting rights by 2028. Market observers note that amid intensifying global competition in the storage chip sector, Kioxia’s complex shareholding structure and potential changes to SK Hynix’s stake will be key variables in Japan’s semiconductor industry strategic layout.
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China Asset Management disclosed that some of its ETFs may face net asset value (NAV) difference risks on the first day of Changxin Technology’s listing.
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3 minutes ago
Iran pauses retaliatory strikes.
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3 minutes ago
Viewpoint: The successive shutdowns of BitMEX and BitMart reflect intense competition among centralized exchanges (CEXs) under the compliance trend, marking an active reshuffle in the sector.
In response to the successive closures of BitMEX and BitMart, crypto researcher Haotian stated that this is not a simple case of centralized exchange (CEX) implosions signaling a bull market, but rather an active reshuffle driven by fierce competition among CEXs under the global compliance trend. Haotian pointed out that CEXs’ competition has shifted to compliance requirements such as licensing, proof of reserves, and KYC/AML, while actively expanding TradFi (Traditional Finance) assets like tokenized US stocks to open up new revenue streams—but this also means the gradual erosion of pricing power in traditional crypto trading. "Small and medium-sized exchanges must find a differentiated positioning to survive: either deepening regional licensing and localized services to exploit regulatory arbitrage, focusing on specific niche products such as TradFi assets, perpetual contracts (Perps), and RWAFi (Real-World Assets Finance), or fully embracing crypto-native innovation narratives—including DeFi, the Agentic Economy, and MEMEs—with the support of crypto-native communities to weather market cycles. In any case, continuing homogeneous cutthroat competition will only accelerate the elimination wave, though it’s not all bad to clear out some less competitive players."
3 minutes ago
Binance conducts monthly red team testing for its employees, with those who repeatedly fail potentially facing termination.
Binance’s Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su stated that the crypto exchange conducts internal red team testing on a monthly basis to evaluate employees’ overall security awareness. Test scenarios include impersonating recruiters, sending free meeting invitations, and tricking staff into submitting personal information. Employees who fail the tests are required to complete corrective training, and the results will be factored into their performance evaluations. Those who fail multiple times seriously may face termination. Note: Red team testing (or red teaming) is a security assessment method that simulates real attackers, mainly used to verify the overall defense capabilities of organizations, systems, networks or personnel against advanced, persistent threats. (Cointelegraph)
Not financial or tax advice. PANews content is strictly educational and informational and is not investment advice, financial advice, tax advice, legal advice, or a solicitation to buy or sell any digital asset, security, or financial product. Do your own research and consult qualified advisers.
Disclosure. PANews may publish sponsored content, partner content, advertisements, affiliate links, event promotions, and market commentary involving Web3 projects, service providers, or financial products. PANews personnel, contributors, or affiliates may hold digital assets or other interests related to covered topics. See our Terms of Service.
BitMart, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, has announced that it will begin an orderly shutdown of its trading platform operations.
The trading platform said it made the decision after evaluating its “operating conditions, market environment, and future strategic direction.” The exchange stressed that the wind-down process would be conducted in an orderly manner.
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BitMart is not a small crypto platform. According to exchange rankings by daily trading volume, it has consistently ranked among the top global exchanges alongside industry giants such as Binance, Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, and others. The platform supported hundreds of cryptocurrencies and served users across multiple regions, which is why its sudden demise is rather notable. It boasts a 24-hour derivatives trading volume of $8.4 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data.
The shutdown process Starting July 26 at 01:30 UTC, BitMart will stop accepting new user registrations. Fiat deposits will be suspended and all trading activity will be halted. The exchange warned users not to send assets after deposits are disabled.
Full trading services, including spot and futures markets, will end on Aug. 26 at 01:00 UTC. Any remaining futures positions may be settled according to the platform’s settlement rules.
This is already the second major trading platform to announce that it is shutting down this year amid the ongoing bear market.
Earlier this week, as reported by U.Today, another veteran crypto exchange, BitMEX, announced that it would shut down operations after more than 11 years in business. The exchange will cease operations on Sept. 23. It has urged users to close positions and withdraw funds before the deadline.
Trump Team deposits $21.94 million worth of tokens into a centralized exchange (CEX)
According to YuEjin Monitoring, tokens unlocked and transferred from the TRUMP meme coin’s team address yesterday have entered centralized exchanges (CEXs). Specifically, 13.8 million TRUMP tokens, valued at $21.94 million, were transferred into Binance, OKX, and Kucoin 15 minutes ago.
3 minutes ago
Following Bain Capital's exit, SK Hynix may become Kioxia's actual second-largest shareholder, while Toshiba regains its position as the largest shareholder.
According to South Korean media outlet Daum, U.S. investment firm Bain Capital is expected to generate around 2.5 trillion yen in investment proceeds from selling most of its stake in Japanese storage chip maker Kioxia, marking one of the highest returns on a private equity (PE) deal in Japan. With Bain Capital’s exit, Kioxia’s largest shareholder has reverted to Toshiba, which holds a roughly 15% stake; SK Hynix, via convertible bonds held by a special purpose company (SPC), has become the de facto second-largest shareholder, with an approximate 14% stake. However, since SK Hynix has not yet converted the convertible bonds into shares, it does not currently hold formal shareholder voting rights, and the conversion will only be completed after obtaining antitrust approvals from relevant countries. SK Hynix previously invested around 395 billion yen in the relevant SPC via convertible bonds, and has committed to not holding more than 15% of Kioxia’s voting rights by 2028. Market observers note that amid intensifying global competition in the storage chip sector, Kioxia’s complex shareholding structure and potential changes to SK Hynix’s stake will be key variables in Japan’s semiconductor industry strategic layout.
3 minutes ago
China Asset Management disclosed that some of its ETFs may face net asset value (NAV) difference risks on the first day of Changxin Technology’s listing.
China Asset Management announced that Changxin Technology will list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market on July 27, 2026. Some of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will participate in the company’s online and offline share subscriptions, and will value the stock at an issue price of RMB 8.66 per share ahead of listing. As the first five trading days of listing carry no price fluctuation limits, resulting in sharp stock price swings, and the ETF’s Indicative Optimized Portfolio Value (IOPV) only reflects the issue price, not market price fluctuations, there may be a gap between the IOPV and the fund’s net asset value on the first trading day. The firm reminds investors to pay attention to related risks.
3 minutes ago
Iran pauses retaliatory strikes.
Iran has announced it is suspending retaliatory strikes after the U.S. halted its own military operations for the second consecutive night. An Iranian military spokesperson warned that any renewed U.S. attacks would escalate the conflict, as fighting has spread to the Strait of Mandeb.
3 minutes ago
Viewpoint: The successive shutdowns of BitMEX and BitMart reflect intense competition among centralized exchanges (CEXs) under the compliance trend, marking an active reshuffle in the sector.
In response to the successive closures of BitMEX and BitMart, crypto researcher Haotian stated that this is not a simple case of centralized exchange (CEX) implosions signaling a bull market, but rather an active reshuffle driven by fierce competition among CEXs under the global compliance trend. Haotian pointed out that CEXs’ competition has shifted to compliance requirements such as licensing, proof of reserves, and KYC/AML, while actively expanding TradFi (Traditional Finance) assets like tokenized US stocks to open up new revenue streams—but this also means the gradual erosion of pricing power in traditional crypto trading. "Small and medium-sized exchanges must find a differentiated positioning to survive: either deepening regional licensing and localized services to exploit regulatory arbitrage, focusing on specific niche products such as TradFi assets, perpetual contracts (Perps), and RWAFi (Real-World Assets Finance), or fully embracing crypto-native innovation narratives—including DeFi, the Agentic Economy, and MEMEs—with the support of crypto-native communities to weather market cycles. In any case, continuing homogeneous cutthroat competition will only accelerate the elimination wave, though it’s not all bad to clear out some less competitive players."
3 minutes ago
Binance conducts monthly red team testing for its employees, with those who repeatedly fail potentially facing termination.
Binance’s Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su stated that the crypto exchange conducts internal red team testing on a monthly basis to evaluate employees’ overall security awareness. Test scenarios include impersonating recruiters, sending free meeting invitations, and tricking staff into submitting personal information. Employees who fail the tests are required to complete corrective training, and the results will be factored into their performance evaluations. Those who fail multiple times seriously may face termination. Note: Red team testing (or red teaming) is a security assessment method that simulates real attackers, mainly used to verify the overall defense capabilities of organizations, systems, networks or personnel against advanced, persistent threats. (Cointelegraph)
Not financial or tax advice. PANews content is strictly educational and informational and is not investment advice, financial advice, tax advice, legal advice, or a solicitation to buy or sell any digital asset, security, or financial product. Do your own research and consult qualified advisers.
Disclosure. PANews may publish sponsored content, partner content, advertisements, affiliate links, event promotions, and market commentary involving Web3 projects, service providers, or financial products. PANews personnel, contributors, or affiliates may hold digital assets or other interests related to covered topics. See our Terms of Service.
Trump Team deposits $21.94 million worth of tokens into a centralized exchange (CEX)
According to YuEjin Monitoring, tokens unlocked and transferred from the TRUMP meme coin’s team address yesterday have entered centralized exchanges (CEXs). Specifically, 13.8 million TRUMP tokens, valued at $21.94 million, were transferred into Binance, OKX, and Kucoin 15 minutes ago.
3 minutes ago
Following Bain Capital's exit, SK Hynix may become Kioxia's actual second-largest shareholder, while Toshiba regains its position as the largest shareholder.
According to South Korean media outlet Daum, U.S. investment firm Bain Capital is expected to generate around 2.5 trillion yen in investment proceeds from selling most of its stake in Japanese storage chip maker Kioxia, marking one of the highest returns on a private equity (PE) deal in Japan. With Bain Capital’s exit, Kioxia’s largest shareholder has reverted to Toshiba, which holds a roughly 15% stake; SK Hynix, via convertible bonds held by a special purpose company (SPC), has become the de facto second-largest shareholder, with an approximate 14% stake. However, since SK Hynix has not yet converted the convertible bonds into shares, it does not currently hold formal shareholder voting rights, and the conversion will only be completed after obtaining antitrust approvals from relevant countries. SK Hynix previously invested around 395 billion yen in the relevant SPC via convertible bonds, and has committed to not holding more than 15% of Kioxia’s voting rights by 2028. Market observers note that amid intensifying global competition in the storage chip sector, Kioxia’s complex shareholding structure and potential changes to SK Hynix’s stake will be key variables in Japan’s semiconductor industry strategic layout.
3 minutes ago
China Asset Management disclosed that some of its ETFs may face net asset value (NAV) difference risks on the first day of Changxin Technology’s listing.
China Asset Management announced that Changxin Technology will list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market on July 27, 2026. Some of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will participate in the company’s online and offline share subscriptions, and will value the stock at an issue price of RMB 8.66 per share ahead of listing. As the first five trading days of listing carry no price fluctuation limits, resulting in sharp stock price swings, and the ETF’s Indicative Optimized Portfolio Value (IOPV) only reflects the issue price, not market price fluctuations, there may be a gap between the IOPV and the fund’s net asset value on the first trading day. The firm reminds investors to pay attention to related risks.
3 minutes ago
Iran pauses retaliatory strikes.
Iran has announced it is suspending retaliatory strikes after the U.S. halted its own military operations for the second consecutive night. An Iranian military spokesperson warned that any renewed U.S. attacks would escalate the conflict, as fighting has spread to the Strait of Mandeb.
3 minutes ago
Binance conducts monthly red team testing for its employees, with those who repeatedly fail potentially facing termination.
Binance’s Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su stated that the crypto exchange conducts internal red team testing on a monthly basis to evaluate employees’ overall security awareness. Test scenarios include impersonating recruiters, sending free meeting invitations, and tricking staff into submitting personal information. Employees who fail the tests are required to complete corrective training, and the results will be factored into their performance evaluations. Those who fail multiple times seriously may face termination. Note: Red team testing (or red teaming) is a security assessment method that simulates real attackers, mainly used to verify the overall defense capabilities of organizations, systems, networks or personnel against advanced, persistent threats. (Cointelegraph)
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A little over a month ago, Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX -2.85%) completed the largest IPO in history. Initially, SpaceX stock surged, briefly touching an intraday high above $225 per share and eclipsing Amazon's market capitalization.
However, over the last few weeks, SpaceX stock has witnessed significant pressure. As of the closing bell Thursday, shares were down by 48% from their post-IPO high, and off 21% from their opening price on the first day of trading. With SpaceX's first earnings report as a public company scheduled for Aug. 4, is now an opportunity to buy the dip?
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What does Wall Street expect for SpaceX earnings? The consensus estimate among analysts is that SpaceX will report revenue of roughly $6.9 billion and a loss of $0.28 per share for the second quarter. While this would represent a 47% increase from the company's first-quarter revenue, the bottom line is expected to remain deeply negative -- underscoring the capital-intensive nature of SpaceX's various businesses.
Keep an eye out for these issues on the earnings call Analysts will likely press management for information on a number of operational issues. For starters, they will want details about Starship Flight 13, which SpaceX was forced to scrub at launch earlier this month.
Wall Street will almost certainly ask questions about SpaceX's AI roadmap as well. Specifically, management should touch on progress around its $82 billion worth of capacity contracts with Google Cloud, Anthropic, and Reflection AI, and also address the integration of the company's recent $60 billion Cursor acquisition.
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Smart investors understand that timing stock purchases around a single event is a fool's errand. Employing a long-term horizon and a steady investing cadence remains the most reliable approach to creating wealth.
Currently, it is simply too difficult to know whether SpaceX stock is a falling knife or simply undergoing a temporary correction. Prudent investors would be best off sitting on the sidelines until the company reports earnings. Then, they can digest the numbers and management's commentary before making a decision about whether to buy shares.
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Alphabet has just sold-off by ~14% in less than 2 weeks. Which created a great opportunity. The market is afraid of rising CAPEX and negative free cash flow. But it fails to realize that Google Cloud is the fastest-growing player, with a $514B backlog and operating margins now exceeding 35%, rivaling AWS.
Alphabet (GOOG +0.21%)(GOOGL +0.58%) released its operating results for the second quarter of 2026 (ended June 30) after the market closed on Wednesday. Once again, artificial intelligence (AI) fueled strong revenue growth in important businesses like Google Search and Google Cloud.
However, Alphabet said it plans to spend even more on AI data centers during 2026 than originally expected, which made investors uneasy. These capital expenditures (capex) could seriously hurt the company's earnings power over the next few years, and thus lead to sluggish returns in its stock.
Alphabet stock immediately fell by around 7% following the release of the Q2 report, and it's now down 20% from its recent all-time high. Could this be the ultimate buying opportunity for long-term investors?
Image source: Alphabet.
Another strong quarter for Google Search and Google Cloud Google Search's advertising business is Alphabet's largest source of revenue. The company has infused AI-powered features into the search engine to fight off the competitive threat from chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, and the strategy is working.
First, AI Overviews use text, images, and links to third-party sources to provide AI-generated answers to queries in Google Search. They appear above the traditional search results, so users no longer have to dig through web pages to find the information they need. Then there is AI Mode, which opens a chatbot-style interface where users can expand on their original query by asking follow-up questions. AI Mode already has 1 billion monthly active users, despite only launching globally last October.
Alphabet said these features are driving increased search usage overall. This is great news because it means users are seeing more ads, and the company is making more money. On that note, Google Search generated a record $63.3 billion in revenue during Q2, up 17% from the year-ago period.
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Google Cloud also had a very strong quarter. The cloud platform operates data centers all over the world that house thousands of specialized AI chips, and it rents the computing power to other businesses. It also offers a platform called Gemini Enterprise, where businesses can turn that computing capacity into finished AI chatbots, agents, and other applications. Alphabet says 90% of the Fortune 100 companies are using it already.
Google Cloud has consistently been the fastest-growing piece of Alphabet's business over the last couple of years, purely because of demand for AI-related services. Its revenue surged by 82% during Q2, to $24.8 billion.
Alphabet raised its capital expenditures forecast While Google Cloud is already growing at a blistering pace, it had a staggering $514 billion order backlog as of June 30, a $50 billion increase from the first quarter of 2026 just three months earlier. Most of that backlog was from AI customers who were waiting for more data center capacity to come online. In order to meet their needs, Alphabet has to spend a truckload of money to build more infrastructure.
When discussing the company's Q2 operating results, management said capex was on track to come in somewhere between $195 billion and $205 billion during 2026. That forecast was revised higher from $180 billion to $190 billion in management's previous update, and it followed $91 billion in spending last year.
Data centers and chips usually have a useful life of several years, so Alphabet doesn't account for these costs up front. Instead, it depreciates the infrastructure over time, which means these enormous capex sums could erode Alphabet's profits for years to come. That won't be a problem if AI computing capacity and enterprise tools remain in high demand, but that isn't a guarantee.
That's why investors wince every time a hyperscaler like Alphabet ramps up its capex plans even further. Every misallocated dollar today could reduce the company's earnings and dent its stock price for a very long time.
Alphabet stock looks cheap, so should investors buy the dip? On the surface, Alphabet's Q2 earnings soared by 294% year over year to $9.11 per share. But that's only because the company experienced a staggering $98 billion increase in the value of its investment holdings in companies like Anthropic and Space Exploration Technologies, which had nothing to do with its operating performance.
If we exclude those gains and also factor in Alphabet's capex, the company actually generated negative free cash flow of $5.8 billion during Q2.
Alphabet stock is trading at a much lower price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio than the Nasdaq-100 index (24.3 versus 33.4), suggesting it's cheaper than a basket of its big-tech peers. However, the stock might be far more expensive than it appears at face value after accounting for investment gains and capex, as demonstrated above.
I'm not saying Alphabet is a bad investment. It's a brilliant company with loads of long-term potential. But as an investor who doesn't already own it, I plan to wait on the sidelines for some of the dust to settle. If management adopts a more cautious approach to capex over the next couple of quarters, I might consider buying the stock.
Under Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway built a substantial stake in Apple. It still ranks as the company's largest equity investment, accounting for 22% of its U.S. stock portfolio. But Buffett's successor, Greg Abel, added a second megacap stock in the first quarter: Alphabet (GOOGL +0.58%) (GOOG +0.21%).
Berkshire initially had 2% of its U.S. stock portfolio in Alphabet, but Abel tripled the stake in the second quarter. Alphabet now accounts for 6% of Berkshire's domestic equity investments, a noteworthy change because the company's $263 billion U.S. stock portfolio accounts for a large percentage of its $1 trillion market value.
Here's what investors should know about Alphabet.
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Alphabet monetizes AI at multiple layers of the value chain Alphabet stock is compelling not only because the company has reported strong financial results in several consecutive quarters, but also because it has strong growth prospects tied to cloud computing and artificial intelligence, not to mention its dominant position in internet search and advertising.
Alphabet reported encouraging financial results in the second quarter, despite missing Wall Street's consensus estimate on the bottom line. Revenue climbed 24% to $119.8 billion, the sixth straight acceleration, driven by particularly strong sales growth in the cloud segment. Operating income (which excludes unrealized gains from its investment in SpaceX) increased 31% to $40.8 billion.
"It's clear that our AI investments and full-stack approach are driving performance across our business," CEO Sundar Pichai explains. That full-stack approach -- meaning Alphabet develops products at every layer of the value chain -- creates cost efficiencies and lets the company innovate more quickly than competitors that rely on third-party suppliers.
Beyond that, Alphabet's full-stack strategy means it can monetize AI in several different ways. Revenue streams include custom chips (tensor processing units or TPUs), cloud infrastructure services, proprietary models (Gemini), and applications like Google Search, YouTube, and Gemini Enterprise. No other company touches every layer of the value chain to the same degree as Alphabet.
Custom silicon, in particular, is important because it represents a relatively nascent growth opportunity. Alphabet's TPUs are the second-most popular AI accelerators behind Nvidia's GPUs. Alphabet is unlikely to dethrone Nvidia, but it is well positioned to gain market share as companies search for more cost-efficient AI infrastructure solutions.
Indeed, Pichai recently told analysts, "As TPU demand grows from AI labs, capital markets firms, and high-performance computing applications, we will begin to deliver TPUs to a select group of customers in their own data centers." In other words, Alphabet is now selling custom chips directly to customers, in addition to renting TPUs through its cloud computing platform.
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Alphabet stock trades at a very reasonable valuation after its post-earnings drawdown Alphabet stock is down 7% since the company announced second-quarter financial results on July 22, and shares currently trade 21% below the record high they hit in May. The recent drawdown reflects anxiety about the company raising its capital expenditure (capex) outlook for the year.
"We are updating our full-year 2026 capex guidance range to $195 billion to $205 billion, up from our previous estimate of $180 billion to $190 billion," explained CFO Anat Ashkenazi on the earnings call. Demand for AI infrastructure continues to exceed supply, so Alphabet is trying to address that problem as quickly as possible.
I think the market overreacted. Alphabet's cloud revenue increased 82% during the second quarter, the fifth straight acceleration. Admittedly, the company has spent a tremendous amount of money to fund that growth, but investments in AI infrastructure are paying off. Neither Amazon nor Microsoft has reported cloud sales growth anywhere close to that figure in recent quarters.
Looking ahead, the Wall Street consensus says Alphabet's earnings will increase at 14% annually during the next three years. That makes the current valuation of 16 times earnings look quite reasonable. Investors should be comfortable purchasing a stake in this AI stock today, especially after the recent sell-off.
Alphabet (GOOGL +0.58%) (GOOG +0.21%) continues to ramp up its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending, once again increasing its 2026 capital expenditure (capex) budget when it reported its Q2 earnings. It is now looking to spend between $195 billion and $205 billion building out AI data centers, up from earlier projections of between $180 billion and $190 billion. On top of that, it plans to significantly increase capex next year.
That type of spending will help drive growth at various AI infrastructure companies, both this year and next. Let's look at eight AI infrastructure stocks that should directly benefit from this increased spending.
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As the co-developer of Alphabet's tensor processing units (TPUs), which are designed for specific AI tasks, Broadcom (AVGO -2.88%) is poised to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the company's increasing infrastructure spending. It manages the physical design and handles the supply chain for these custom AI ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits), and is the one that records the revenue when they are delivered. In addition, Broadcom also has a large networking business that will benefit from Alphabet's AI data-center spending.
Celestica Celestica (CLS -8.90%) is Alphabet's main hardware integration partner. It makes custom printed circuit boards (PCBs) and builds the physical server enclosures for Alphabet's systems. It also connects the server trays into racks and provides network switches that help handle traffic between TPU pods. Celestica's top three hyperscaler customers make up more than 50% of its revenue, with Alphabet believed to be its largest customer (at about 28% of total revenue in Q1).
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Unlike traditional data centers that convert light back into electrical signals to route data, Alphabet's TPU architecture uses direct optical circuit switches (OCS). By keeping the data entirely in the form of light, Alphabet reduces both power consumption and latency. Lumentum (LITE -8.47%) benefits from this as it is just one of only two global suppliers that can produce the high-speed 200G laser chips (EMLs) that generate these light signals at scale.
Nvidia While much of Alphabet's spending will go toward custom TPUs, it also buys Nvidia's (NVDA -1.01%) graphics processing units (GPUs), as well. While TPUs are very good for things like pre-training and inference, GPUs are often better at things like research, custom kernels, sparse models, and many small models. This means Nvidia will still get a slice of this larger spending pie. It also likely ups the ante for other hyperscalers, which are likely to follow in Alphabet's footsteps and raise their own capex budgets in response.
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SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron With increased spending on TPUs and GPUs will also come the need for more high-bandwidth memory (HBM). HBM is a special form of DRAM (dynamic random access memory) that is packaged with these chips to optimize their performance. Samsung (SSNLF +0.00%) is the primary HBM supplier for Alphabet, where it works directly with Broadcom. According to reports, it supplies more than 60% of Alphabet's HBM needs for its TPUs. The rest is largely provided by SK Hynix (SKHY -8.81%). The Korean company is also the main HBM supplier for Nvidia's GPUs.
Although Micron (MU -7.24%) isn't a big Alphabet HBM supplier, it likely provides the company with other solutions, like high-density enterprise solid storage devices (eSSDs) for Google Cloud storage and DDR5 server DRAM.
More HBM demand will also help keep overall DRAM prices high, which has been fueling revenue and gross margin gains at the big three DRAM makers.
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Geoffrey Seiler has positions in Alphabet and Broadcom. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Broadcom, Celestica, Intel, Lumentum, Micron Technology, Nvidia, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Three years ago, Satya Nadella catapulted Microsoft to the front of the AI race and became "like a superhero," one recent former Microsoft executive said.
In February 2023, after betting early on OpenAI, the CEO unveiled Microsoft's AI-powered Bing search engine before a packed audience outside Seattle, and declared a war on Google's search dominance. "A race starts today," he said. Waves of adulation followed. When Nadella helped navigate OpenAI's board crisis later that year, Bill Gurley called it an "amazing shift in corporate reputation." CNN Business chose Nadella as the CEO of the Year.
Inside Microsoft and across the tech industry, Nadella was hailed for seizing the future. Now, his legacy is at stake.
Microsoft's stock is down more than 24% from 12 months ago, significantly worse than the rest of the Magnificent 7. Investors have grown increasingly skeptical that the company's multibillion-dollar AI bet will deliver. Copilot, Microsoft's flagship AI product, lags behind other AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. LinkedIn has drawn criticism for becoming flooded with AI-generated hustleporn. Xbox's business is "not healthy," its CEO recently said, and undergoing layoffs and restructuring as it tries to justify the company's record-breaking $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition.
And inside the company, employees are questioning Microsoft's plans to spend a record $190 billion this year to build AI infrastructure. As generative AI changes how people work, write software, and consume information, three of the company's core businesses hang in the balance: Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure. Investors will get a report card on these challenges on Wednesday, when the company releases its fourth-quarter earnings results.
As AI adoption spreads through corporate America, every software company is fighting to fend off the so-called SaaSpocalypse. But the battle is particularly fraught for Nadella's Microsoft, which made an early and loud bet on AI to propel the company's future. Now the company's north star has also become a potential noose.
For decades, Microsoft's productivity software has been the default homeroom where knowledge workers start their day. They opened Word to write, Excel to analyze data, and PowerPoint to build presentations. Now, millions of those workers are beginning to do all these things directly inside AI tools. Gartner analysts earlier this year predicted AI would threaten to dethrone traditional productivity suites like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace in a $58 billion market shakeup.
Microsoft executives point to continued growth in Microsoft 365 and increasing Copilot adoption as evidence customers still want Microsoft's products at the center of their workdays. "The M365 business is seeing tons of new adoption and M365 Copilot usage," one executive said, who said the company is specifically chasing computing capacity to meet the demand.
GitHub faces a similar challenge. Since acquiring the software development platform in 2018, the company has held a dominant position with developers and had an early advantage in AI coding through GitHub Copilot. And it continues to grow: The platform recently had its "best month ever," an executive told employees in internal meeting comments viewed by Business Insider, though he didn't say by what measure.
But upstarts have swarmed in, as millions of engineers have adopted Cursor — which SpaceX recently announced plans to acquire for $60 billion — and Anthropic's Claude Code. As Business Insider previously reported, executives have discussed internally the need to overhaul GitHub to better compete with those AI-native coding tools. AI demand has also strained Github. As AI usage surged GitHub has experienced dozens of major outages this year.
The company is also struggling broadly to keep up with the demand for compute capacity. Despite this crunch, Microsoft is raising salespeople quotas for selling its cloud computing platform, Azure, some by 30% this year, according to people familiar with the change.
Azure remains Microsoft's fastest-growing strategic business, but internally executives say it has become a constant balancing act. Demand for computing infrastructure has outpaced the company's ability to build new capacity, forcing Microsoft to make difficult decisions about where its resources go. Even with this year's $190 billion capital expenditures — largely to expand data-center capacity for AI workloads — executives say the company is still constrained.
Earlier this year, Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood suggested Microsoft was prioritizing scarce computing resources for its own AI products before allocating the remaining capacity to Azure customers.
"The first thing we're doing is solving for the increased usage in sales and the accelerating pace of M365 Copilot, as well as GitHub Copilot, our first-party apps," Hood said during Microsoft's January earnings call. "Then we make sure we're investing in the long-term nature of R&D and product innovation... Then what you end up with is the remainder going towards serving the Azure capacity that continues to grow in terms of demand."
Why would Satya prioritize growing Adobe over growing M365?Microsoft executiveIf Microsoft had allocated the GPUs that came online during the first half of its fiscal year to Azure instead of its own AI products, Azure growth would have exceeded 40% instead of 39%, Hood said. Microsoft previously reported $75 billion in Azure revenue for its 2025 fiscal year.
That earnings report triggered one of Microsoft's biggest post-earnings stock declined by more than 10% as investors questioned the company's slower Azure outlook despite record AI spending and growing concerns that Microsoft was diverting capacity away from cloud customers.
Executives who spoke to Business Insider say those tradeoffs have intensified.
Microsoft is so desperate for capacity that it's turning to competitors to help relieve some of those constraints. Following a series of GitHub outages, Amazon bailed Microsoft out. The company also explored leasing Oracle cloud infrastructure but Microsoft walked away due to security and compliance concerns.
Microsoft is now seeking additional cloud capacity from other providers, including evaluating Amazon and Google, according to people familiar with the discussions. "We are shopping for capacity everywhere," one of those people said.
While prioritizing internal services has a mixed reception on Wall Street, the strategy is clear within Microsoft.
"All of the supply is gone once you solve for frontier labs and our internal businesses like M365 and Microsoft AI," one executive said.
Those decisions have created difficult conversations internally.
"Why would Satya prioritize growing Adobe over growing M365?" the person said. "I have no idea how we're going to land that message with customers."
As the pressure on Microsoft's core businesses mounts, Nadella has been bearing that pressure down on his workforce, and reshaping the structure of the company and its leaders.
As Business Insider previously reported, Nadella promoted Judson Althoff to CEO of Microsoft's commercial business to free himself and the company's engineering leaders to focus more directly on AI. Althoff was previously Microsoft's longtime sales boss but the role gave him a bigger profile. In an internal memo viewed by Business Insider at the time, Nadella described the moment as "a tectonic AI platform shift."
The mounting pressure on Nadella has trickled down through Microsoft's ranks from the executive suite to the rank-and-file employee.
At the same time, Nadella has remade his inner circle. Business Insider previously reported that Microsoft effectively retired its traditional senior leadership team structure in favor of smaller, flatter leadership groups. AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has narrowed his focus to Microsoft's superintelligence efforts, top Nadella lieutenant Rajesh Jha retired, longtime product and marketing leader Yusuf Mehdi is preparing to leave the company, and more executive changes are expected.
According to people familiar with the succession planning, Hayete Gallot, who recently returned to Microsoft from Google to lead the company's security business, is viewed internally as the long-term successor to Althoff as sales chief. Gallot previously worked for Althoff and left in what one executive told Business Insider was "not an amicable departure." Nadella recruited Gallot back to replace Charlie Bell, who moved into an individual contributor role focused on engineering quality. Rodrigo Kede Lima, who Microsoft just put in charge of a $2.5 billion AI sales unit, is also a rising star, one of the people said.
The changes extend beyond the executive suite. Business Insider has learned that Microsoft overhauled its performance review system this year, simplifying ratings into five categories while making performance distinctions significantly sharper.
Executives say the new process feels like a return to "stack ranking," the controversial system that evaluated employees relative to one another during the Steve Ballmer era. At the same time, managers have been instructed to reduce the number of employees in higher-level engineering roles as Microsoft continues flattening parts of the organization, emblematic of a broader hardcore work culture that's spread across Big Tech in the last few years.
"It's almost like the old era of Microsoft is back," one former executive said. "The old Windows era where you lead with a lot of fear and a billy club in your hand."
For years, Microsoft's greatest strength was that it owned where people worked and where developers built software. AI is beginning to challenge both assumptions at once. Now Nadella's legacy won't be defined by whether Microsoft can build the best AI, but by whether it can keep AI from eroding the businesses that made it one of the world's most valuable companies.
Ashley Stewart is a chief technology correspondent at Business Insider.
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Perhaps one of the more notable surprises is the fact that Microsoft (MSFT +0.02%) and Nvidia (NVDA -1.01%) have become perceived by some as value plays. Although each company plays a critical role in AI, Nvidia has struggled to outperform the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.05%) this year, while Microsoft stock has pulled back.
Each company will almost certainly continue to play a crucial role in AI and tech at large, so investors should not expect massive stock price declines. Nonetheless, only one of these is likely to stand out as the better value stock in today's market.
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The case for Nvidia One could argue that Nvidia is the most surprising value stock in existence today. Since hitting a low in the fall of 2022, the stock has increased by more than 1,700% as its AI accelerators have powered the generative AI boom. That took its market cap to $5.1 trillion, the largest among publicly traded stocks.
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However, amid that growth, Nvidia trades at a P/E ratio of 32. That is barely above the S&P 500 average of 29, and its recent price action makes it the cheapest it's been since 2019. This is unusual since investors tend to pay a premium for growth. In the first quarter of fiscal 2027 (ended April 26), revenue increased by 85% yearly while net income rose by 211% over the same period.
Knowing that, it is surprising that Nvidia is so cheap. Perhaps growth investors are pulling back, as a $5.1 trillion market cap will make it difficult for Nvidia to be a 10-bagger. Others might feel leery about the massive capital expenditures (capex) spending of the hyperscalers and wonder how long it can last.
Whatever the reason, Nvidia is an inexpensive stock with considerable growth potential. Even if that growth slows significantly, it would likely not undermine the value proposition in Nvidia stock. Moreover, with more than $80 billion in liquidity and the ability to innovate at low cost (it spent just $6.5 billion on capex in the last 12 months), Nvidia is well positioned to outperform the market over time while keeping investor capital safe.
Why investors might consider Microsoft Despite the aforementioned pullback this year, Microsoft has long been a popular choice for capital preservation. Even though its current $2.9 trillion market cap is well below Nvidia's, Microsift's dominance in PC operating systems, strength in productivity software, and later success as a cloud company have made it one of the market's largest companies.
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Moreover, its 23 P/E ratio places it well into value stock territory, and while it cannot match Nvidia's growth, its financial performance is solid. In the third quarter of fiscal 2026 (ended March 31), revenue rose by 17% annually, while net income surged 23% higher during the same period.
However, the company's challenges arguably make the low earnings multiple and falling stock price more understandable. The company's plan to spend $190 billion on capex this year has made some investors uneasy. Furthermore, AI's ability to perform many software functions has made investors leery of SaaS stocks. Also, a close relationship with OpenAI has made some investors skeptical about the strength of Microsoft's AI.
Despite these challenges, Microsoft's earnings multiple could make the stock a safe bet, given its prominent role in the tech industry. Even with heavy capex spending, Microsoft still maintains about $78 billion in liquidity. Additionally, given concerns about its capex spending, it is likely using some of those funds to invest in AI, separate from OpenAI.
Thus, investors should not count it out as an AI company. When considering its valuation and continued growth, Microsoft stock is probably a buy at current levels.
Of the two choices, Nvidia looks like the better value among the two tech giants right now.
Admittedly, 23 times earnings is an extremely low multiple for Microsoft, and the market may have gone too far in pricing the company's troubles into Microsoft stock.
Nonetheless, the margin of safety Nvidia provides right now is too obvious to ignore. Even if Nvidia's 85% revenue growth slows significantly, it will take considerable growth deceleration to make its 32 P/E ratio seem expensive.
Moreover, Nvidia reached this position by leading and dominating the AI accelerator market. Even with more companies entering this market, they are unlikely to unseat Nvidia anytime soon. That means that even if Nvidia's days as a potential 10-bagger are over, it is likely to outperform both Microsoft and the S&P 500 for the foreseeable future.
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NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share of $1.15, while adjusted EPS for the first six months of the year rose 9.8% from a year earlier. Chairman, President and CEO John Ketchum said the results reflected continued execution at Florida Power & Light Co. and NextEra Energy Resources amid rising electricity demand.
The company maintained its 2026 adjusted EPS outlook of $3.92 to $4.02 and said it is targeting the high end of that range. Chief Financial Officer Mike Dunne said NextEra continues to expect adjusted EPS growth of at least 8% annually through 2032 and is targeting the same growth rate through 2035, using 2025 adjusted EPS of $3.71 as the base.
FPL customer growth and capital investment Florida Power & Light’s EPS increased $0.05 year over year in the second quarter, driven in part by approximately 9.3% growth in regulatory capital employed, Dunne said. FPL invested about $2.8 billion during the quarter and expects full-year capital investments of $12 billion to $13 billion.
FPL added more than 90,000 customers compared with the prior-year quarter. Retail sales rose approximately 0.4%, or roughly 0.6% on a weather-normalized basis, supported primarily by population growth, according to Dunne.
Ketchum said FPL’s typical residential bill remains about 30% below the national average and is projected to rise by an average of 2% annually through the end of the decade. He also said FPL’s non-fuel operations and maintenance costs are more than 70% below the industry average on a dollar-per-megawatt-hour basis, while reliability is more than 60% better than the national average.
FPL placed four solar sites into service during the quarter and remains on track to install approximately 900 megawatts of solar capacity and more than 1.4 gigawatts of battery storage this year. The company said about 90% of FPL’s generation mix is anchored by baseload natural gas and nuclear generation.
Large-load demand and Energy Resources backlog NextEra raised its forecast for large-load demand at FPL to 8 gigawatts by 2032 from 6 gigawatts previously. Ketchum said FPL has roughly 21 GW of large-load interest and is in advanced discussions involving 12 GW, with some potential service beginning as early as 2028. The company expects to announce at least one transaction under FPL’s large-load tariff by year-end.
FPL President and CEO Scott Bores said legislation enacted in Florida in May provides greater certainty for customers planning multibillion-dollar investments. He said the utility’s baseload generation fleet allows it to integrate new generation quickly to meet customers’ speed-to-market requirements.
At NextEra Energy Resources, adjusted earnings increased approximately 18% year over year. New investments added $0.09 per share, primarily reflecting growth in the power-generation portfolio, while other items were roughly flat on a net basis, Dunne said.
Energy Resources added 3.6 GW of renewable and storage projects to its backlog in the quarter, including 2 GW of battery storage. Its backlog totaled about 35.1 GW after accounting for 1.1 GW of projects placed into service since the prior earnings call. The company said it has secured solar panels and domestic battery-storage supply through 2029, as well as transformer capacity to support its development forecast through the end of the decade.
The company also recontracted more than 500 MW of existing projects since the prior call, bringing year-to-date renewable recontracting activity above 1,100 MW. Ketchum said the quarter’s recontractings were priced at an average premium of about $20 per megawatt-hour above recent realized pricing, with average contract terms of about 15 years.
Energy Resources is pursuing large-load and data-center opportunities through 30 potential hubs, a figure it expects to increase to 40 by year-end. The company has a base-case goal of securing 15 GW of new generation to serve large-load customers by 2035, with an upside case of 30 GW or more.
Transmission, nuclear and gas development NextEra Energy Transmission energized a 137-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line in New Mexico ahead of schedule and on budget. Ketchum said an independent Southwest Power Pool study projected that the project could reduce typical residential electric bills in 2031 by about $13 per month. The company said the line was completed 31 months after it was awarded.
In the Midwest, MISO selected NextEra Energy Transmission as part of a consortium for two 765-kilovolt transmission projects in Illinois. NextEra would hold a 43% interest in the approximately $1.6 billion project.
The company remains on track to recommission the Duane Arnold nuclear plant no later than the first quarter of 2029. During the quarter, the Iowa Utilities Commission approved a generating certificate for the plant, and NextEra acquired the remaining 30% minority interest held by two cooperative partners.
NextEra is also advancing up to 9.5 GW of gas-fired generation projects in Texas and Pennsylvania, though Ketchum said discussions on definitive agreements with the U.S. and Japanese governments are still progressing. He said the company is evaluating small modular reactor technologies but would require commercial terms and risk-sharing arrangements that limit its exposure to cost overruns.
Dominion Energy transaction NextEra and Dominion Energy filed for merger approval during July with regulators in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The companies expect shareholder meetings in early September and continue to anticipate closing the transaction in the second half of 2027.
Ketchum said the proposed combination includes $2.25 billion in shareholder-funded bill credits for Dominion customers in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The companies project that the combined business would support about 11% annual growth in regulatory capital employed through 2032 and adjusted EPS growth of more than 9% through 2032 and through 2035, based on 2025 results.
Management said discussions with state and local stakeholders have been constructive. Ketchum said the company intends to retain dual headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, and Juno Beach, Florida, along with an operational headquarters in Cayce, South Carolina.
About NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) NextEra Energy, Inc (NYSE: NEE), headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, is a leading clean energy company with both regulated utility operations and competitive renewable generation businesses. The company’s principal operating subsidiaries include Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a regulated electric utility serving customers in Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, which develops, constructs, owns and operates a large portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects. Together these businesses provide electricity supply, transmission and distribution services as well as utility-scale renewable generation and related services.
NextEra’s activities cover the full lifecycle of power assets, from project development and construction to operation, maintenance and asset optimization.
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS – Get Free Report) is expected to announce its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Tuesday, July 28th. Analysts expect United Parcel Service to announce earnings of $1.66 per share and revenue of $21.8581 billion for the quarter. Parties can check the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning results page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET.
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The transportation company reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $21.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.99 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 5.94% and a return on equity of 35.95%. The business’s revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.49 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect United Parcel Service to post $7 EPS for the current fiscal year and $8 EPS for the next fiscal year.
United Parcel Service Price Performance UPS stock opened at $114.60 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 1.21 and a current ratio of 1.21. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $108.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $106.62. The company has a market capitalization of $97.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.05. United Parcel Service has a 52-week low of $82.00 and a 52-week high of $122.41.
United Parcel Service Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 18th were issued a $1.64 dividend. This represents a $6.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 18th. United Parcel Service’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 106.15%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup lifted their target price on United Parcel Service from $127.00 to $132.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded United Parcel Service from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Friday, July 10th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on United Parcel Service from $125.00 to $123.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore reduced their target price on shares of United Parcel Service from $115.00 to $113.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, Susquehanna raised their price target on shares of United Parcel Service from $116.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $111.50.
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Institutional Trading of United Parcel Service A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of UPS. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of United Parcel Service by 175.7% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 5,200,135 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $515,801,000 after buying an additional 3,314,166 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its holdings in United Parcel Service by 56.9% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 2,857,643 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $283,450,000 after buying an additional 1,036,435 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of United Parcel Service by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 32,092,627 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $3,183,268,000 after purchasing an additional 1,029,377 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of United Parcel Service by 17.3% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,724,265 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $561,678,000 after buying an additional 993,461 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its stake in United Parcel Service by 160.0% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,403,300 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $139,193,000 after purchasing an additional 863,574 shares in the last quarter. 60.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company that provides a broad range of transportation, logistics and e-commerce services. Its core business centers on small-package delivery and last-mile distribution for business and individual customers, supported by a network of ground transportation, air cargo operations (UPS Airlines) and sorting facilities. In addition to parcel delivery, UPS offers freight transportation, contract logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage and reverse-logistics solutions designed to support domestic and international commerce.
The company traces its roots to 1907 when it began as a small messenger service in the United States and later evolved into the United Parcel Service.
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Shares of M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB – Get Free Report) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-two brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, fourteen have issued a hold recommendation and seven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $251.4250.
A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut M&T Bank from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $250.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Thursday. Evercore set a $260.00 price objective on M&T Bank in a report on Monday, July 6th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on M&T Bank from $235.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of M&T Bank from $236.00 to $267.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of M&T Bank from $231.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th.
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M&T Bank Trading Up 1.4% NYSE:MTB opened at $249.36 on Thursday. M&T Bank has a 12 month low of $174.76 and a 12 month high of $255.00. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $230.22 and its 200 day moving average is $220.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $36.52 billion, a PE ratio of 13.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 0.57.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 15th. The financial services provider reported $5.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.66 by $0.69. M&T Bank had a return on equity of 11.80% and a net margin of 22.72%.The business had revenue of $2.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.46 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $4.28 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that M&T Bank will post 19.42 earnings per share for the current year.
M&T Bank announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, March 31st that allows the company to repurchase $5.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the financial services provider to buy up to 16.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Insider Activity at M&T Bank In related news, EVP Christopher E. Kay sold 3,105 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.50, for a total transaction of $672,232.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 6,753 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,462,024.50. This represents a 31.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On M&T Bank Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bogart Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of M&T Bank by 233.3% during the first quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 120 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of M&T Bank in the third quarter valued at $32,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of M&T Bank in the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust raised its stake in shares of M&T Bank by 38.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust now owns 215 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Finally, FNY Investment Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of M&T Bank during the 2nd quarter valued at $51,000. Institutional investors own 84.68% of the company’s stock.
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M&T Bank Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, that provides a broad range of banking and financial services to individuals, businesses and institutions. The company operates a commercial and retail banking franchise that includes deposit-taking, lending, and payment services delivered through branch networks, digital channels and commercial banking teams. M&T serves customers across the northeastern and mid‑Atlantic United States and has expanded its geographic footprint through strategic acquisitions.
Its core businesses include commercial banking for middle‑market and community businesses, consumer and retail banking, mortgage origination and servicing, treasury and cash management, and wealth management and trust services.
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Enbridge Inc (NYSE:ENB – Get Free Report) (TSE:ENB) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $66.50.
A number of brokerages have weighed in on ENB. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Enbridge in a research note on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Enbridge from $76.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Enbridge in a report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Enbridge in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Enbridge from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, July 12th.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ENB. Bogart Wealth LLC raised its position in Enbridge by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 8,904 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $483,000 after buying an additional 371 shares during the last quarter. TCV Trust & Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in Enbridge by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. TCV Trust & Wealth Management Inc. now owns 13,342 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $723,000 after acquiring an additional 277 shares during the last quarter. CRA Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in Enbridge during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $201,000. Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC grew its stake in shares of Enbridge by 11.0% during the 2nd quarter. Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC now owns 10,476 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $568,000 after acquiring an additional 1,034 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Enbridge by 15.2% during the 2nd quarter. Trinity Legacy Partners LLC now owns 5,471 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $309,000 after acquiring an additional 720 shares in the last quarter. 54.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Enbridge Trading Up 0.8% NYSE:ENB opened at $56.84 on Thursday. Enbridge has a fifty-two week low of $44.58 and a fifty-two week high of $58.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 0.81 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $124.13 billion, a PE ratio of 26.68 and a beta of 0.58. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $55.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $53.24.
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB – Get Free Report) (TSE:ENB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 8th. The pipeline company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.02. Enbridge had a return on equity of 11.21% and a net margin of 9.83%.The business had revenue of $9.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.03 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Enbridge will post 2.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Enbridge Announces Dividend The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th were issued a $0.97 dividend. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 15th. Enbridge’s payout ratio is 133.80%.
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Enbridge Inc is a Calgary, Alberta–based energy infrastructure company that develops, owns and operates a diversified portfolio of energy transportation, distribution and generation assets. Its core activities include the operation of crude oil and liquids pipelines, natural gas transmission and distribution systems, and energy storage facilities. In addition to midstream transportation and storage, Enbridge has expanded into renewable power generation and energy transition projects, including wind, solar and utility-scale generation assets.
The company serves customers primarily in Canada and the United States and has interests in other international energy projects.
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Palantir Technologies (PLTR -0.30%) is scheduled to release its second quarter earnings on Aug. 3. Throughout 2026, Palantir stock has endured a difficult stretch -- falling about 30% as investors rotate out of enterprise SaaS names amid new model features from Anthropic and OpenAI.
While the decline in Palantir stock has already reset some of the optimism that supported shares in prior years, the upcoming report still carries the potential for another drop. Read on to learn why.
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What should investors expect from Palantir's Q2 report? Wall Street's consensus estimates for Palantir's second-quarter revenue and earnings per share (EPS) are $1.8 billion and $0.35, respectively. This implies annual revenue growth of 80% and a 169% jump in earnings year over year.
During the company's first-quarter report, management guided toward a similar trajectory: Revenue of roughly $1.8 billion and adjusted operating margins that would support earnings near the $0.35 level.
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Looking at proxies for Palantir's upcoming earnings report Given earnings season has just started, there aren't too many comparable SaaS companies to benchmark Palantir against. For now, International Business Machines (IBM +3.65%) and ServiceNow (NOW +7.38%) provide timely comparisons.
IBM actually pre-announced its second quarter results on July 14, specifically citing softer demand in software. Shares fell roughly 25% that day, making it IBM's worst day in the stock market since 1987. The company's full Q2 report was later published on July 22. As of July 24, IBM has traded roughly flat compared to its historic sell-off earlier this month.
ServiceNow also reported its latest earnings on July 22. Shares initially dropped as much as 4% in the hours after the release, reflecting concern that a respectable quarter still fell short of the elevated bar plaguing the entire SaaS landscape this year. Of note, ServiceNow has since recovered and now trades roughly 2% higher than pre-report levels.
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What's interesting is that Palantir stock actually rose as ServiceNow dropped following news of IBM's prelim report. However, since IBM and ServiceNow both published their full results for the second quarter, each stock witnessed incremental signs of recovery while Palantir stock has actually started showing some weakness.
Why Palantir stock could continue selling off The obvious point to make is that there have only been a limited number of trading sessions since ServiceNow and IBM reported earnings -- limiting the amount of reliable data. The immediate sell-offs followed by a modest rebound leaves a mixed signal rather than a decisive trend.
With that said, even if Palantir meets or modestly exceeds expectations, the stock remains vulnerable to a further decline. Some investors regard Palantir as richly valued on both a price-to-sales (P/S) and price-to-earnings (P/E) basis, and the valuation drop so far this year has not fully erased the sense that expectations are elevated.
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Compounding these views is the reality that agentic AI is still in the early stages of enterprise production deployment, creating uncertainty about how quickly Palantir can translate new applications into consistent, high-margin revenue.
In my eyes, a reasonable outcome for Palantir is a post-earnings decline around 5%, which would bring the shares from their recent level near $123 down to about $117. Such a move would reflect more of a continued recalibration of risk rather than a large-scale rejection of the company's long-term story, acknowledging that near-term catalysts remain clouded by both valuation premiums and execution questions.
Shares of Sea Limited Sponsored ADR (NYSE:SE – Get Free Report) have earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $155.5364.
SE has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of SEA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Barclays upped their target price on SEA from $120.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on SEA from $168.00 to $163.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on SEA from $100.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of SEA in a research note on Monday, July 20th.
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Insider Buying and Selling In other SEA news, insider Yanjun Wang sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $112.35, for a total transaction of $168,525.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 37,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,156,950. This trade represents a 3.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, COO Gang Ye sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.62, for a total transaction of $2,252,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,048,000. This trade represents a 4.76% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 409,200 shares of company stock valued at $38,198,424 over the last quarter. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On SEA Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SE. Charles Lim Capital Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of SEA by 172.7% in the 4th quarter. Charles Lim Capital Ltd now owns 750,000 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $95,678,000 after buying an additional 475,000 shares during the period. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd grew its holdings in SEA by 24.4% during the fourth quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 1,791,660 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock worth $228,549,000 after acquiring an additional 350,840 shares during the period. PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new stake in SEA during the fourth quarter worth about $26,282,000. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury raised its position in SEA by 32.4% during the fourth quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 718,949 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $83,750,000 after acquiring an additional 175,746 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in SEA by 5.7% during the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,642,304 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $135,999,000 after acquiring an additional 88,431 shares in the last quarter. 59.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
SEA Price Performance Shares of SE stock opened at $100.71 on Thursday. SEA has a fifty-two week low of $77.05 and a fifty-two week high of $199.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.65, a PEG ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.55. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $98.43.
SEA (NYSE:SE – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 12th. The Internet company based in Singapore reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.75 by ($0.08). The company had revenue of $7.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.46 billion. SEA had a net margin of 6.41% and a return on equity of 14.12%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 46.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.65 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that SEA will post 3.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) is a Singapore-based consumer internet company that operates a trio of interconnected businesses across digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services. Founded in 2009 as Garena and later rebranded as Sea, the company is headquartered in Singapore and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Sea positions itself as a technology platform focused on enabling online consumers, merchants and developers primarily across Southeast Asia and adjacent markets.
Sea’s digital entertainment arm, Garena, is a game developer and publisher that also organizes esports initiatives and operates online gaming platforms.
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Shares of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL - Get Free Report) have been given an average rating of "Hold" by the twenty-one research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have issued a hold recommendation, eight have given a buy
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE – Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Reduce” from the sixteen research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $51.0769.
ARE has been the topic of several research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $52.00 price target on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $57.00 to $47.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Mizuho decreased their price target on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Zacks Research lowered Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $60.00 to $50.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th.
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Insider Buying and Selling In related news, Chairman Joel S. Marcus bought 7,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $42.72 per share, with a total value of $320,400.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chairman owned 587,724 shares in the company, valued at $25,107,569.28. This represents a 1.29% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Marc E. Binda sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $54.00, for a total transaction of $108,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 188,264 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,166,256. This trade represents a 1.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 1.35% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alexandria Real Estate Equities A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $805,429,000. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 21.8% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 1,415,876 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $69,293,000 after buying an additional 253,402 shares during the period. Monaco Asset Management SAM acquired a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 4th quarter worth approximately $6,582,000. Thompson Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 53.0% during the 4th quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. now owns 172,094 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $8,422,000 after acquiring an additional 59,613 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 708.2% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 155,420 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $7,606,000 after acquiring an additional 136,190 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.54% of the company’s stock.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Price Performance NYSE:ARE opened at $50.98 on Thursday. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a one year low of $39.41 and a one year high of $88.24. The company has a market cap of $8.88 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.13, a P/E/G ratio of 6.21 and a beta of 1.17. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $50.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.20 and a quick ratio of 0.20.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.73. The firm had revenue of $671.02 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $684.78 million. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a negative net margin of 36.03% and a negative return on equity of 5.21%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.30 earnings per share. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.300-6.500 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Alexandria Real Estate Equities will post 6.36 earnings per share for the current year.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Announces Dividend The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th were issued a dividend of $0.72 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.6%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s payout ratio is -45.93%.
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc (NYSE: ARE) is a real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, development and management of collaborative life science and technology campuses. The company’s properties are designed to support research and innovation by providing specialized laboratory, office and manufacturing space tailored to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, academic and related industries.
Since its founding in 1994, Alexandria has cultivated a diversified portfolio of campuses across leading innovation clusters in North America and Europe.
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Shares of Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGN – Get Free Report) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fifteen brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eight have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $206.3571.
ALGN has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Leerink Partners raised their price target on Align Technology from $225.00 to $230.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Zacks Research cut Align Technology from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Evercore increased their target price on Align Technology from $200.00 to $220.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Wall Street Zen raised Align Technology from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 4th. Finally, Citigroup began coverage on Align Technology in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $240.00 price target on the stock.
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Hedge Funds Weigh In On Align Technology A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Align Technology by 37.2% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 247 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. grew its position in Align Technology by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 1,896 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $296,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Align Technology by 77.5% during the 1st quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 158 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the period. Comerica Bank increased its holdings in shares of Align Technology by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 13,656 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $2,132,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Finally, First Bank & Trust raised its position in shares of Align Technology by 5.0% during the second quarter. First Bank & Trust now owns 1,599 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock valued at $270,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 88.43% of the company’s stock.
Align Technology Trading Down 0.7% NASDAQ:ALGN opened at $167.01 on Thursday. Align Technology has a 1 year low of $122.00 and a 1 year high of $208.30. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $173.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $175.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.96 billion, a PE ratio of 28.02, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.67.
Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The medical equipment provider reported $2.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.26 by $0.32. Align Technology had a net margin of 10.50% and a return on equity of 15.82%. The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.13 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Align Technology will post 9.48 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Align Technology announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 29th that allows the company to repurchase $200.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the medical equipment provider to repurchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.
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Align Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: ALGN) pioneered the use of digital technology in orthodontics through the development of the Invisalign system, a series of clear, removable aligners that provide an alternative to traditional metal braces. Since its founding in 1997 by Zia Chishti and Kelsey Wirth, the Tempe, Arizona–based company has expanded its focus to include intraoral scanners, CAD/CAM software for dental laboratories and comprehensive digital dentistry solutions.
The company’s signature Invisalign system leverages 3D imaging and computer-aided design (CAD) to create customized aligners that gradually reposition teeth, improving patient comfort and treatment predictability.
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SLB Limited (NYSE:SLB – Get Free Report)’s stock price gapped up before the market opened on Friday following a better than expected earnings announcement. The stock had previously closed at $47.22, but opened at $50.07. SLB shares last traded at $51.4390, with a volume of 5,213,298 shares trading hands.
The oil and gas company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.04. SLB had a net margin of 9.26% and a return on equity of 15.54%. The company had revenue of $8.97 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.67 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.74 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
SLB Announces Dividend The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 2nd will be issued a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 2nd. SLB’s dividend payout ratio is currently 51.53%.
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Positive Sentiment: SLB reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.55, ahead of estimates of $0.51, on revenue of $8.97 billion versus expectations of $8.67 billion. SLB (NYSE:SLB) Beats Expectations in Strong Q2 CY2026 Positive Sentiment: Management pointed to higher offshore activity and growth in Digital and Production Systems, which helped drive the quarter and support the outlook. SLB Posts Higher Revenue on Increased Offshore Activity, Data-Center Demand Positive Sentiment: SLB’s expanding data-center power and infrastructure push is being viewed as an additional growth vector, adding to investor optimism. What SLB (SLB)’s AI Data Center Power Push and Baleine Win Means For Shareholders Neutral Sentiment: Revenue still declined year over year, so the quarter was solid but not a return to broad-based growth. Top US oilfield services firm SLB beats quarterly profit estimates Neutral Sentiment: Middle East disruptions remain a headwind, but resilient demand in other regions is currently outweighing that pressure. SLB Stock Rises on Earnings Beat as Strong Activity Offsets Middle East Disruption Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of research firms have commented on SLB. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of SLB from $69.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Citigroup cut their price target on SLB from $68.00 to $63.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Raymond James Financial reduced their price target on SLB from $62.00 to $61.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on SLB from $54.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Finally, Susquehanna dropped their price objective on SLB from $65.00 to $55.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, SLB presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $60.30.
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Insider Buying and Selling In other SLB news, EVP Steve Matthew Gassen sold 53,379 shares of SLB stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.18, for a total value of $2,998,832.22. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 47,421 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,111.78. The trade was a 52.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director La Chevardiere Patrick De sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.33, for a total transaction of $108,660.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 16,953 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $921,056.49. This trade represents a 10.55% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On SLB Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Abel Hall LLC raised its stake in shares of SLB by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. Abel Hall LLC now owns 7,535 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $387,000 after purchasing an additional 198 shares during the period. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of SLB by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 5,041 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $193,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its position in shares of SLB by 9.3% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 2,503 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $129,000 after buying an additional 214 shares during the period. Ballentine Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of SLB by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 10,288 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $395,000 after buying an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Davis Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of SLB by 1.0% during the first quarter. Davis Capital Management now owns 21,968 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $1,129,000 after buying an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. 81.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
SLB Stock Performance The stock has a 50-day moving average of $51.16 and a 200-day moving average of $50.55. The firm has a market cap of $78.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.34.
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SLB (NYSE: SLB), historically known as Schlumberger, is a leading global provider of technology, integrated project management and information solutions for the energy industry. Founded by Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger in 1926, the company develops and supplies products and services used across the exploration, drilling, completion and production phases of oil and gas development. Its offerings are intended to help operators characterize reservoirs, drill and complete wells, optimize production and manage field operations throughout the asset lifecycle.
SLB’s product and service portfolio spans reservoir characterization and well testing, wireline and logging services, directional drilling and drilling tools, well construction and completion technologies, production systems, and subsea equipment.
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Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD – Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $153.7778.
A number of brokerages have issued reports on EXPD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Expeditors International of Washington from $135.00 to $139.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Stephens raised shares of Expeditors International of Washington to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Barclays raised their price objective on Expeditors International of Washington from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Zacks Research raised Expeditors International of Washington from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on Expeditors International of Washington from $181.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st.
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Expeditors International of Washington Price Performance EXPD stock opened at $175.37 on Thursday. Expeditors International of Washington has a 1-year low of $110.48 and a 1-year high of $183.52. The company has a market capitalization of $22.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.66, a PEG ratio of 5.00 and a beta of 1.04. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $165.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $156.04.
Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The transportation company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.38. Expeditors International of Washington had a net margin of 7.64% and a return on equity of 36.16%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Expeditors International of Washington will post 5.39 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Expeditors International of Washington Dividend Announcement The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.81 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 101.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. Expeditors International of Washington’s dividend payout ratio is 26.21%.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Expeditors International of Washington Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of EXPD. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Expeditors International of Washington by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 16,168 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,944,000 after buying an additional 623 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in Expeditors International of Washington by 75.4% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 2,324 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $279,000 after acquiring an additional 999 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP increased its stake in Expeditors International of Washington by 40.7% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 11,826 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,422,000 after acquiring an additional 3,420 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in Expeditors International of Washington by 33.9% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 5,227 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $628,000 after purchasing an additional 1,324 shares during the period. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Expeditors International of Washington by 29.7% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,113 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $127,000 after purchasing an additional 255 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.02% of the company’s stock.
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Expeditors International of Washington is a global logistics and freight forwarding company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm specializes in providing tailored supply chain solutions that encompass air, ocean and ground transportation. Through an integrated service model, Expeditors coordinates and manages the movement of goods for a diverse customer base, including manufacturers, retailers and technology companies.
The company’s core offerings include customs brokerage, cargo insurance, distribution and warehousing services, as well as vendor consolidation and inventory management.
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Shares of Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE:RITM – Get Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eleven ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $13.20.
RITM has been the subject of several research reports. JonesTrading restated a “buy” rating and set a $13.50 price target on shares of Rithm Capital in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Citizens Jmp lifted their price objective on shares of Rithm Capital from $12.50 to $13.50 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Compass Point began coverage on shares of Rithm Capital in a research note on Monday, June 8th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $14.00 target price on the stock. UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Rithm Capital from $15.00 to $14.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 10th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of Rithm Capital from $14.00 to $12.50 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd.
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Rithm Capital Stock Performance Shares of Rithm Capital stock opened at $9.11 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $9.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.02. Rithm Capital has a 12 month low of $8.43 and a 12 month high of $12.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.35 and a beta of 1.14.
Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by ($0.02). Rithm Capital had a net margin of 14.44% and a return on equity of 19.48%. The business had revenue of $1.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.27 billion. As a group, analysts anticipate that Rithm Capital will post 2.23 EPS for the current year.
Rithm Capital Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 2nd. Rithm Capital’s dividend payout ratio is 91.74%.
Insider Transactions at Rithm Capital In other Rithm Capital news, Director David Saltzman sold 80,922 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.25, for a total value of $748,528.50. Following the sale, the director directly owned 44,248 shares in the company, valued at $409,294. The trade was a 64.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Rithm Capital Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Rithm Capital by 99.2% in the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 2,295 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 1,143 shares in the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Rithm Capital in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Rithm Capital in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Rithm Capital in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Altshuler Shaham Ltd raised its holdings in Rithm Capital by 100.0% during the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 3,600 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 1,800 shares during the period. 44.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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Rithm Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company that originates, acquires and manages structured credit investments collateralized by real estate assets in the United States. The company focuses primarily on senior floating-rate loans secured by multifamily, commercial, industrial and single-family rental properties, aiming to deliver attractive risk-adjusted yields through a diversified portfolio of floating-rate real estate debt.
In addition to senior loans, Rithm Capital invests in residential mortgage-backed securities, including agency and non-agency pools, as well as other real estate-related credit instruments.
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Shares of Camping World (NYSE:CWH – Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $5.52 and last traded at $5.6150, with a volume of 2495273 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $6.27.
Analyst Ratings Changes A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Raymond James Financial set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Camping World in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of Camping World from $12.00 to $10.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Camping World from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Sunday. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Camping World from $15.00 to $14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Camping World from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $14.33.
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Camping World Trading Up 1.7% The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $589.62 million, a P/E ratio of -3.84 and a beta of 2.04. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $7.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $8.50.
Camping World (NYSE:CWH – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported ($0.21) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.31) by $0.10. Camping World had a negative return on equity of 4.06% and a negative net margin of 1.49%.The business had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.16) earnings per share. Camping World’s revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate that Camping World will post 0.33 EPS for the current year.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Camping World A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Walleye Capital LLC lifted its stake in Camping World by 995.1% in the 1st quarter. Walleye Capital LLC now owns 447,737 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,058,000 after purchasing an additional 406,852 shares during the last quarter. Burney Co. grew its stake in shares of Camping World by 107.8% during the fourth quarter. Burney Co. now owns 201,614 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,962,000 after buying an additional 104,569 shares during the last quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP bought a new stake in shares of Camping World during the fourth quarter worth $898,000. KBC Group NV acquired a new position in shares of Camping World during the first quarter worth $2,003,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Camping World by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,021,036 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,585,000 after buying an additional 190,557 shares in the last quarter. 52.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Camping World Holdings, Inc (NYSE: CWH) is a leading specialty retailer of recreational vehicles (“RVs”), RV parts and services, and outdoor lifestyle products. The company operates an extensive network of full-service RV dealerships, providing new and pre-owned RV sales alongside comprehensive maintenance, repair and warranty services. In addition to its dealership operations, Camping World offers a broad assortment of RV parts, accessories and gear through both its physical retail locations and e-commerce platform.
Beyond RV sales and service, Camping World’s offerings encompass outdoor cookware, apparel, camping and towing accessories under various proprietary and third-party brands.
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Stabilis Solutions (NASDAQ:SLNG – Get Free Report) and Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership 3.8% of Stabilis Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.2% of Stabilis Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility Stabilis Solutions has a beta of -0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation This table compares Stabilis Solutions and Texas Pacific Land”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Stabilis Solutions $68.25 million 1.25 -$1.35 million ($0.20) -23.00 Texas Pacific Land $798.19 million 36.24 $481.38 million $7.30 57.46 Texas Pacific Land has higher revenue and earnings than Stabilis Solutions. Stabilis Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Pacific Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability This table compares Stabilis Solutions and Texas Pacific Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Stabilis Solutions -6.25% -5.85% -4.16% Texas Pacific Land 60.03% 35.52% 31.95% Analyst Recommendations This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Stabilis Solutions and Texas Pacific Land, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Stabilis Solutions 1 1 0 0 1.50 Texas Pacific Land 2 1 1 0 1.75 Stabilis Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 117.39%. Texas Pacific Land has a consensus target price of $639.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.34%. Given Stabilis Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stabilis Solutions is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.
Summary Texas Pacific Land beats Stabilis Solutions on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Stabilis Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, an energy transition company, provides clean energy production, storage, transportation, and fueling solutions primarily using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to various end markets in North America. The company offers LNG solutions to customers in aerospace, agriculture, energy, industrial, marine bunkering, mining, pipeline, remote power, and utility markets. It also provides engineering and field support services, as well as rents cryogenic equipment. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Stabilis Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of LNG Investment Company LLC.
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Texas Pacific Land Corporation engages in the land and resource management, and water services and operations businesses. The company owns a 1/128th nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest (NPRI) under approximately 85,000 acres of land; a 1/16th NPRI under approximately 371,000 acres of land; and approximately 4,000 additional net royalty acres, total of approximately 195,000 NRA located in the western part of Texas. The Land and Resource Management segment manages surface acres of land, and oil and gas royalty interest in West Texas. This segment also engages in easements, such as transporting oil, gas and related hydrocarbons, power line and utility, and subsurface wellbore easements. In addition, this segment leases its land for processing, storage, and compression facilities and roads; and is involved in sale of materials, such as caliche, sand, and other material, as well as sells land. The Water Services and Operations segment provides full-service water offerings, including water sourcing, produced-water treatment, infrastructure development, and disposal solutions to operators in the Permian Basin. This segment also holds produced water royalties. Texas Pacific Land Corporation was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) reported second-quarter 2026 free cash flow of $682 million and cash flow per share of $4.46, with both measures exceeding consensus estimates, according to executives on the company’s earnings call. The company also raised its full-year oil and condensate production outlook after production from its Permian operations surpassed expectations.
President and CEO Brendan McCracken said the company generated more than $1.3 billion in free cash flow during the first half of the year and returned approximately 63% of second-quarter free cash flow to shareholders through share repurchases and its base dividend. Ovintiv expects full-year shareholder returns to exceed 60%, following returns of about 45% year to date.
Production Guidance Raised on Permian Outperformance Second-quarter oil and condensate production averaged 206,000 barrels per day, above the high end of Ovintiv’s guidance, while total production was 615,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Chief Financial Officer Corey Code said the production beat was driven by both new-well productivity and stronger-than-expected base production in the Permian Basin.
The company raised its full-year oil and condensate production guidance to between 210,000 and 212,000 barrels per day. Ovintiv also increased the go-forward Permian oil production run rate to 125,000 barrels per day from 120,000 barrels per day previously, without adding capital spending or drilling activity.
Code said the revised outlook, combined with year-to-date repurchases, represents about 4% oil production growth on a per-share basis. Ovintiv maintained its full-year capital guidance and expects third-quarter capital spending of approximately $575 million, in line with second-quarter spending. Third-quarter total production is expected to average roughly 628,000 BOE per day, including about 208,000 barrels per day of oil and condensate.
Natural gas production came in below guidance during the quarter because of planned Montney plant turnarounds, although Ovintiv said the revenue impact was limited by weak AECO natural gas prices. The company maintained the midpoint of its prior full-year natural gas outlook at 2.05 billion cubic feet per day and increased full-year NGL guidance to about 84,000 barrels per day.
Debt Reduction and Buyback Focus Ovintiv reduced net debt by about $3.4 billion during the quarter, using proceeds from its Anadarko disposition and a portion of free cash flow. Quarter-end net debt stood at $2.995 billion, resulting in a leverage ratio of 0.6 times.
Code said the lower debt balance represented a key milestone for the company, while Fitch upgraded Ovintiv’s credit rating to BBB from BBB low. McCracken said the company views its capital structure as appropriately sized and plans to balance additional debt reduction, share repurchases and smaller land-focused transactions.
During the question-and-answer session, McCracken said Ovintiv sees value in repurchasing shares but does not have a “crystal ball” on commodity prices. He said the company expects its “ground game” acquisitions to be in the low hundreds of millions of dollars range and focused on modest-sized deals in the Permian and Montney.
Operational Technology and Montney Developments Chief Operating Officer Greg Givens attributed Permian outperformance to improved new-well results, base-production optimization and the company’s development approach, which includes co-developing stacked zones from a single pad and timing adjacent development projects to limit pressure depletion.
Givens said Ovintiv has completed approximately 400 Permian wells with surfactant treatments since 2019 and has seen about a 9% improvement in oil productivity compared with wells that did not receive the treatment. The company estimates the surfactants account for roughly half of its productivity uplift over the past several years. Ovintiv said the treatment costs about $100,000 per well.
The company is beginning to evaluate surfactant use in the Montney, where McCracken said it remains in the early stages. Ovintiv also cited the use of AI, automation and its Permian Operations Control Center as contributors to reduced downtime, improved artificial-lift performance and stronger base production.
In the Montney, planned plant turnarounds were completed in the second quarter. Ovintiv said it prioritized production from its most liquids-rich wells during the outages, limiting the effect on condensate volumes. Based on current strip prices, the company expects second-half Montney condensate production of 80,000 to 85,000 barrels per day.
Canadian condensate realizations averaged about $94 per barrel during the quarter, at a premium to WTI, Givens said. Ovintiv also reported that its Montney gas realization was 187% of AECO, supported by physical sales arrangements, financial contracts and approximately $40 million of sulfur revenue. Sulfur, a byproduct from certain Montney gas operations, benefited from historically high prices during the period.
Inventory, Sand Supply and Market Access McCracken said Ovintiv has added more than 3,200 Permian and Montney drilling locations since 2023 at an average cost of $1.4 million per net 10,000-foot location. The company estimates it has nearly 15 years of premium inventory in the Permian and close to 20 years of premium oil inventory in the Montney.
Ovintiv said it has already replaced its planned 2026 drilling locations in both regions through organic additions. In the Permian, the company is evaluating approximately 100,000 acres of Barnett potential on acreage it has held for more than a decade. Givens said Ovintiv has drilled and cored the vertical section of its first Barnett well in Martin County and expects the well to begin production late this year.
In the Montney, Ovintiv said completion speeds have averaged more than 4,900 feet per day year to date, about 20% faster than its 2023 pace. The company recently completed more than 7,000 lateral feet per day in a simul-frac operation and completed Canada’s first 100% domestic wet-sand pad, according to management. Domestic wet sand is roughly 20% less expensive than imported dry sand, the company said, though Ovintiv expects broader adoption to depend on local supply infrastructure and could take until around 2028.
Management also said it continues to diversify its natural-gas pricing away from AECO and Waha. Ovintiv reported total company gas price realizations, including hedging, of $1.99 per Mcf during the quarter, or about 70% of NYMEX pricing.
About Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) Ovintiv Inc is a North American energy company focused on the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Formerly known as Encana Corporation, the company rebranded as Ovintiv in January 2020 and established its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Ovintiv’s upstream portfolio spans multiple unconventional resource plays, reflecting a strategy centered on high-return projects and disciplined capital allocation.
The company’s core business activities include the acquisition and development of acreage in major shale basins across the United States and Canada.
Shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM – Get Free Report) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-two analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $256.7368.
WM has been the subject of several research reports. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Waste Management from $266.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of Waste Management from $235.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Waste Management from $265.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, April 10th. Oppenheimer dropped their price target on Waste Management from $264.00 to $263.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price objective on Waste Management from $270.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th.
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Positive Sentiment: Analysts expect WM to report higher revenue and earnings, supported by stronger collection and disposal pricing plus a sharp increase in renewable energy sales. WM Is Set to Report Q2 Earnings: Here’s What Investors Should Know Positive Sentiment: WM was highlighted as a stock that can benefit from inflation because its contracts allow it to pass rising costs through to customers, which supports margins and earnings resilience. 2 Stocks Built to Thrive If Inflation Refuses to Fade Positive Sentiment: The company was also cited as one of several waste firms using AI to improve efficiency and expand margins, reinforcing the long-term growth narrative. 3 Waste Stocks Turning AI Investments Into Growth Neutral Sentiment: Several articles published ahead of earnings focused on Wall Street estimates and key operating metrics, suggesting investors are mainly waiting for the actual Q2 report before making a bigger move. Curious about Waste Management (WM) Q2 Performance? Explore Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics Neutral Sentiment: One broad S&P 500 article mentioned WM among companies worth investigating, but it did not provide a specific new catalyst for the stock. 1 S&P 500 Stock Worth Investigating and 2 Facing Challenges Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Broadway Wealth Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Waste Management by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Broadway Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 1,588 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $349,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Bey Douglas LLC raised its position in Waste Management by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Bey Douglas LLC now owns 1,233 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $271,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Waste Management by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,922 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $422,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Waste Management by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,104 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,341,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Waste Management by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,398 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $527,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. 80.40% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Waste Management Stock Performance NYSE:WM opened at $238.86 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $95.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.57, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.44. Waste Management has a 1 year low of $194.11 and a 1 year high of $248.13. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $224.17 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $227.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.22, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.89.
Waste Management (NYSE:WM – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The business services provider reported $1.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.06. Waste Management had a return on equity of 31.90% and a net margin of 10.99%.The firm had revenue of $6.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.28 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Waste Management will post 8.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Waste Management Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 5th were given a dividend of $0.945 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 5th. This represents a $3.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. Waste Management’s payout ratio is currently 54.70%.
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Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) is a leading provider of integrated waste management and environmental services in North America. The company offers end-to-end solutions that span collection, transfer, disposal and recycling, along with landfill operations and related infrastructure. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Waste Management serves a broad customer base that includes residential, commercial, industrial and municipal clients.
Core services include curbside and commercial waste collection, roll-off and temporary container services, materials recovery and recycling, and engineered landfill disposal.
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Wise plans to submit a new application for a U.S. national trust bank charter under the GENIUS Act after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency rejected its first bid.
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Wise plans a fresh U.S. charter application under the GENIUS Act after the OCC rejection. The OCC cited weak AML controls, management gaps, and limited national banking experience in denial. William Blair expects Wise to remain rail-agnostic rather than make stablecoins its core business model. The July 21 decision ended the payments company’s effort to create Wise National Trust in Austin, Texas. Wise disclosed the outcome on July 24 and said its current U.S. services continue without change. The company still operates through money-transmitter licences across 48 states and four territories.
The new filing will use the federal framework for payment stablecoins rather than the structure in Wise’s original June 2025 application. Wise said the earlier plan relied on access to Federal Reserve payment systems that is no longer practical. Its London-listed shares fell as much as 10% after the denial became public. Wise said it had strengthened financial-crime controls since filing the original plan and would address the regulator’s findings in its next submission.
OCC rejects Wise application over compliance concerns The OCC’s decision said Wise did not show that the proposed trust bank could meet U.S. legal and regulatory requirements. The regulator focused on weaknesses in anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism controls. It also said Wise U.S. had a record of failing to meet rules that apply to money services businesses. The proposed bank planned to rely heavily on Wise U.S. and other group companies for compliance work.
The regulator also questioned the experience of the proposed directors and managers. It said the team did not show enough knowledge of national banking rules, fiduciary services, or AML/CFT operations. Wise National Trust had planned to offer multi-currency stored-value accounts, payment processing, and fiduciary services. The OCC stated that approval would conflict with its charter policies. However, the decision does not stop Wise from filing another application after addressing the issues.
Wise shifts its plan toward the GENIUS Act Wise gave a separate reason for changing course. The company said the Federal Reserve has generally paused account access for uninsured trust banks while it develops a new payment-account policy. “With the Federal Reserve generally pausing account access for an uninsured trust bank, the approach in our application became non-viable,” Wise said. The original plan aimed to let Wise settle U.S. dollar payments more directly and reduce its reliance on partner banks.
Wise now plans to apply under the GENIUS Act, which created a federal licensing and supervision system for payment stablecoin issuers. The company has not said it will launch its own stablecoin. William Blair analysts also said they do not expect a major change in Wise’s position. They described the company as “agnostic of the rail,” meaning it remains focused on lowering cross-border payment costs whether transfers use traditional systems or digital assets.
Stablecoin rules remain unfinished The GENIUS Act became law in July 2025. It sets reserve, redemption, reporting, consumer protection, and compliance requirements for approved payment stablecoin issuers. The law is due to take effect on January 18, 2027, or 120 days after regulators publish final rules, whichever comes first. The OCC published its main proposed rule in March, while Treasury later proposed AML and sanctions standards.
Final rules were still pending when Wise announced its new plan. As crypto.news reported, regulators missed the July 18 rulemaking deadline, leaving key details unresolved. Wise will need to explain what activities its new entity would conduct, how it would use stablecoins, and how it would meet the stricter AML/CFT standards planned for permitted issuers. A new application must also explain how the charter would work without the unrestricted Federal Reserve access assumed in the earlier model.
Wise joins a wider U.S. charter race Wise is entering a crowded federal licensing process. The OCC has approved several digital asset companies for national trust charters during the past year.Circle received final approval in July 2026 after gaining conditional approval in December. Ripple, Paxos, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, Crypto.com, Bridge, and Coinbase have also received conditional decisions or entered the process.
The approvals have drawn opposition from banking groups and some lawmakers. Crypto.news reported that the Bank Policy Institute retained outside lawyers while considering a challenge to the OCC’s trust-charter policy. Wise’s case differs because the regulator issued a direct denial tied to its compliance record and management plan. The new GENIUS Act filing may offer a different route, but it will still require Wise to satisfy the OCC’s standards before gaining a charter.
Shares of IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX – Get Free Report) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nine ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $244.00.
A number of analysts have commented on IEX shares. Seaport Research Partners reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of IDEX in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on IDEX from $250.00 to $257.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on IDEX from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $257.00 price objective on IDEX in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised IDEX from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th.
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IDEX Trading Up 0.4% NYSE:IEX opened at $223.13 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $219.14 and its 200-day moving average price is $206.95. IDEX has a 52 week low of $157.25 and a 52 week high of $231.70. The company has a quick ratio of 2.40, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The stock has a market cap of $16.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.01, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 0.98.
IDEX (NYSE:IEX – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $886.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $845.58 million. IDEX had a net margin of 14.38% and a return on equity of 15.29%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.75 earnings per share. IDEX has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.070-2.120 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.350-8.550 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that IDEX will post 8.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
IDEX Announces Dividend The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 6th were paid a $0.73 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 6th. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. IDEX’s payout ratio is currently 43.20%.
Insider Buying and Selling at IDEX In other news, CEO Eric D. Ashleman sold 15,385 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.22, for a total transaction of $3,311,159.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 66,658 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,346,134.76. The trade was a 18.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On IDEX A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of IDEX in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Optiver Holding B.V. purchased a new stake in IDEX during the first quarter valued at $27,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its position in IDEX by 104.1% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 149 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in IDEX by 41.1% in the fourth quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 199 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the period. Finally, CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new position in IDEX in the second quarter valued at about $35,000. Institutional investors own 97.96% of the company’s stock.
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IDEX Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer specializing in the design, production and distribution of highly engineered fluidics systems, measurement technologies and safety solutions. The company’s core offerings include positive-displacement pumps, flow meters, valves, sampling systems and analytical instruments that serve a wide range of end markets such as water treatment, chemical processing, energy, food and beverage, and life sciences. Through its focus on precision engineering and proprietary material science, IDEX delivers products designed for reliability in demanding applications.
Operations at IDEX are organized into three principal segments.
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