July 09, 2026 16:05 ET | Source: Option Care Health, Inc.
BANNOCKBURN, Ill., July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Option Care Health Inc. (“Option Care Health”) (NASDAQ: OPCH), the nation’s largest independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services, today announced that the company will release results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2026 on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 before the market opens. In conjunction, the management team will host a conference call to review the results at 8:30 a.m. E.T. on the same day.
Conference Call Details
Participants can pre-register for the conference call at the following link: https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI808c970d451b4e5ba580364e7e07d20a. The call can also be accessed via a live audio webcast that will be available online at investors.optioncarehealth.com. A replay of the call will be available via webcast for on-demand listening shortly after the completion of the call, at the same web link, and will remain available for approximately 90 days.
About Option Care Health
Option Care Health is the nation’s largest independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services. With over 8,000 team members including more than 5,000 clinicians, we work compassionately to elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions in all 50 states. Through our clinical leadership, expertise and national scale, Option Care Health is reimagining the infusion care experience for patients, customers and team members. To learn more, please visit our website at optioncarehealth.com.
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SummarySabra Health Care REIT remains a Buy, driven by its aggressive pivot into the Seniors Housing Operating Portfolio model.SBRA's SHOP transition offers direct exposure to demographic tailwinds from the 'Silver Tsunami,' positioning for significant potential occupancy and AFFO growth.Q1 results were strong, with AFFO at $0.39/share, nearly reaching the annual investment target, and a 77% dividend payout ratio supporting a ~6% yield.Despite near-term macro headwinds and increased operational risk, SBRA's intrinsic value estimate of $23.41/share implies re-rating potential above current levels. Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty Images
Introduction The last time I covered Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (SBRA), I reiterated its Buy rating, highlighting how the company was rapidly pivoting into SHOP (Seniors Housing Operating Portfolio) in order to better position
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FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) today announced that it will release its second quarter 2026 results on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, after the close of the market. Acadia will host a conference call with institutional investors and analysts on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available at www.acadiahealthcare.com in the “Investors” section of the website, and the archived webcast will be availabl.
BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $rng #agenticvoiceAI--RingCentral will report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 after market close on July 23, 2026.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (NASDAQ:OCSL) (“Oaktree Specialty Lending” or the “Company”) today announced that it will report its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2026 before the opening of the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Management will host a conference call to discuss the results on the same day at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (.
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE:RGA) plans to release second quarter earnings on Thursday, August 6, at approximately 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. The release will be issued via newswire and will also be available through RGA's website, www.rgare.com.RGA will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter results beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 7. Interested parties may access the call by dialing 1-844-481-2753 (412-317-0669 inter.
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CompaniesNEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC.O), opens new tab is exploring a sale of the company, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The Chicago-based company, which provides software and AI-powered workflow tools, has hired Morgan Stanley (MS.N), opens new tab to advise on a sale process and has reached out to prospective buyers, including private equity firms, the sources said.
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CCC and Morgan Stanley did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
CCC provides software used by auto insurers, collision repair shops, automakers and parts suppliers to manage accident claims, vehicle repairs and related workflows. The company says its platform connects more than 35,000 businesses across the property-and-casualty insurance ecosystem.
The company's market value has fallen to roughly $3.3 billion from about $6.4 billion a year ago as investors grew concerned about slowing growth, weaker industry claims volumes and slower-than-expected adoption of some of its newer software products. The company's shares have declined about 44% over the past 12 months.
CCC has explored a sale before. Reuters reported in 2022 that the company was considering strategic options including a potential sale after attracting takeover interest, though no transaction materialized.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR) will host a conference call on Thursday, July 30, 2026 to discuss second quarter 2026 earnings.
Earnings Release: The earnings release for Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. will be available at approximately 8:00 a.m. Central Time (CT) on the internet at https://investor.frostbank.com/.
Conference Call and Live Webcast: The conference call will begin at 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. Eastern) and will be hosted by Phil Green, Chairman and CEO, Dan Geddes, Group Executive Vice President and CFO and A.B. Mendez, Senior Vice President and Director of Investor Relations.
Following the prepared remarks there will be a question and answer session for the analyst community. Media and other interested individuals are invited to listen to the call using the webcast link or telephone number as follows:
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The webcast will be archived and available for playback after 5:00 p.m. CT on the day of the call, and can be accessed on our investor relations website.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- Edgewell Personal Care Company [NYSE: EPC] will report its financial results for the third quarter fiscal year 2026 before the market opens on August 5, 2026. Edgewell will discuss its results during an investor conference call that will be webcast on August 5, 2026, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call will be hosted by President and Chief Executive Officer Rod Little and Chief Financial Officer Francesca Weissman.
All interested parties may access a live webcast of this conference call at www.edgewell.com, under "Investors," and "News and Events" tabs or by using the following link:
http://ir.edgewell.com/news-and-events/events
For those unable to participate during the live webcast, a replay will be available at www.edgewell.com, under "Investors," "Financial Reports," and "Quarterly Earnings" tabs.
About Edgewell Personal Care:
Edgewell is a leading pure-play consumer products company with an attractive, diversified portfolio of established brand names such as Schick® and Wilkinson Sword® men's shaving products; Schick® and Billie® women's shaving products; Edge® and Skintimate® shave preparations; Banana Boat®, Hawaiian Tropic®, Bulldog®, Jack Black® and Cremo® sun and skin care products; and Wet Ones® moist wipes. The Company has a broad global footprint and operates in more than 50 markets, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, the U.K. and Australia, with approximately 6,200 employees worldwide.
ST. GEORGE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) (“SkyWest”) today announced that Wade Steel has been named president and chief operating officer of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. As president and chief operating officer of SkyWest Airlines, the company's largest operating entity, Steel will be responsible for the airline's operational and fiscal success. He will oversee SkyWest Airlines leadership and continue reporting to Chip Childs, SkyWest.
, /PRNewswire/ -- MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA), a global leader in the development of advanced industrial safety technology products and solutions that protect people and facility infrastructure, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Autronica Fire and Security in a transaction valued at approximately $555 million. Based in Trondheim, Norway, Autronica is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of fire detection, gas detection and alarm systems, and reported approximately $160 million in sales in 2025. The acquisition aligns with MSA's mission and Accelerate profitable growth strategy.
"We are excited to officially welcome Autronica to the MSA family," said Steve Blanco, MSA Safety President and CEO. "The addition of this highly complementary business accelerates MSA's fixed detection growth strategy by enhancing our ability to deliver integrated safety solutions across critical infrastructure, energy and marine applications.
"Autronica's geographic footprint is also complementary to MSA's current market reach and, together with its expertise and leadership in fire and gas safety systems, positions us well to expand into an attractive, growing $3 billion-plus addressable market while delivering on our mission," Mr. Blanco added.
The transaction is expected to be accretive to MSA Safety's adjusted earnings per share in the first full year of ownership, and was financed using cash on hand and borrowings under MSA's existing credit facility.
About MSA Safety
MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) is the global leader in advanced industrial safety technology products and solutions. Driven by its singular mission of safety, the company has been at the forefront of safety innovation since 1914, protecting workers and facility infrastructure around the world across a broad range of diverse end markets while creating sustainable value for shareholders. With 2025 revenues of $1.9 billion, MSA Safety is headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, and employs a team of approximately 5,300 associates across its more than 40 international locations. For more information, please visit www.MSASafety.com.
About Autronica
Autronica, headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, is a leading innovator and provider of fire and gas detection systems. Serving the maritime, oil & gas, infrastructure, and industrial sectors, Autronica's mission is to protect life, environment, and property through cutting-edge safety technology and dependable service. For more information, please visit www.autronicafire.com.
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Except for historical information, certain matters discussed in this press release may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to all projections and anticipated levels of future performance, benefits and synergies of the transaction, future opportunities for the combined company and any other statements about MSA's and Autronica's managements' future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed herein. Any number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from projections or forward-looking statements, including without limitation the ability of MSA to successfully integrate Autronica's operations and employees, unexpected costs, changes or expenses resulting from the transaction, risks that the transaction disrupts the current plans and operations of MSA and Autronica, the ability to realize anticipated synergies, MSA's ability to successfully grow Autronica's business, potential adverse reactions or changes in business relationships resulting from the announcement of the transaction, the retention of key employees, global economic conditions, spending patterns of government agencies, competitive pressures, product liability claims, the success of new product introductions, currency exchange rate fluctuations and the risks of doing business in foreign countries. A full listing of these risks, uncertainties and other factors are detailed from time-to-time in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our most recent Form 10-K filed on February 12, 2026. You are strongly urged to review all such filings for a more detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties. MSA's SEC filings are readily obtainable at www.sec.gov, as well as on its own investor relations website at http://investors.MSAsafety.com. MSA undertakes no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements contained herein, except as required by law.
Why Levi's Digital Strategy Is Paying Off in a Big WayLevi Strauss & Co. NYSE: LEVI reported stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results and raised its full-year outlook, citing broad-based growth across channels, geographies, genders and product categories.
President and CEO Michelle Gass said the quarter showed that the company’s strategy to become a “DTC-first lifestyle company” is gaining traction. On an organic basis, net revenue rose 6% in the quarter, with direct-to-consumer revenue up 8% and comparable sales up 6%. Gass said the quarter marked the company’s 17th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth.
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Levi Strauss Gains as DTC Continues to Fuel Revenue Growth“Quarter after quarter, our results demonstrate that our strategies are working and momentum is building,” Gass said.
Revenue Growth Led by DTC, Asia and Women’s The company said international markets continued to show momentum, with Asia revenue up 12% and the U.S. up 6%. Global wholesale increased 3%, led by strength in the U.S. wholesale channel.
Calvin Klein's Parent May Be the Market's Best BargainWomen’s remained a standout category, with revenue up 11% in the quarter. Gass said Levi’s gained market share in both men’s and women’s bottoms, supported by brand strength, marketing and product innovation.
Gass said the company’s push beyond denim bottoms contributed roughly one-third of top-line growth in the quarter. Bottoms revenue increased 6%, while tops were up 5%, or 7% excluding the impact of last year’s European distribution center transition. Shorts rose 11%, and white denim in women’s grew 70%.
The company highlighted continued demand for looser silhouettes, including the 501 ’90s for women and 501 Loose for men, while noting that core fits such as skinny, slim, boot cut and straight still make up the majority of the bottoms business.
Margins Improve Despite Tariff and Currency Pressure Chief Financial and Growth Officer Harmit Singh said reported net revenue increased 8%, while organic revenue rose 6%, despite a two-point drag tied to last year’s European distribution center transition. Gross margin expanded 10 basis points to 62.7%, helped by lower product costs and pricing actions, while tariffs and foreign exchange were headwinds.
Adjusted SG&A increased 6.5%, primarily due to higher selling expenses and unfavorable foreign exchange, but leveraged 80 basis points as a percentage of revenue. Adjusted EBIT margin expanded 70 basis points to 9%, while adjusted EBIT dollars grew 18%. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.28, up 27% from a year earlier and ahead of guidance.
Inventory ended the quarter down 7%, and adjusted free cash flow increased nearly 60% year over year to $231 million. Singh said the company is increasing its third-quarter dividend by $0.02 to $0.16 per share.
Full-Year Outlook Raised for Second Consecutive Quarter Levi Strauss raised its fiscal 2026 outlook, with Singh saying the company is “passing the entire Q2 beat” into full-year guidance. The company now expects reported net revenue to increase 7% to 7.5% and organic net revenue to rise 5.5% to 6%.
The company raised its adjusted diluted EPS outlook to a range of approximately $1.46 to $1.52, up from its prior range of $1.42 to $1.48. Gross margin is expected to expand approximately 10 basis points for the full year, while adjusted EBIT margin is expected to be 12%.
The guidance assumes incremental U.S. tariffs of 30% on imports from China and 20% on imports from the rest of the world. Singh said the guidance does not include any potential benefit from tariff refunds, which total approximately $80 million paid to date.
For the third quarter, the company expects reported and organic net revenue to increase 4% to 5%, with adjusted diluted EPS of approximately $0.34 to $0.36.
Regional Performance and Infrastructure Updates By segment, the Americas delivered 7% growth, with the U.S. up 5% on momentum in both DTC and wholesale. Europe declined 1% in the quarter due to last year’s distribution center transition, but first-half revenue grew mid-single digits. Singh said Europe’s DTC business grew 7%, and the company is encouraged by high single-digit wholesale pre-order growth for the second half.
Asia revenue increased 12%, with double-digit growth in both DTC and wholesale. Singh said performance was strong across markets, and Gass noted progress in China under new leadership.
The company also provided updates on operational initiatives. Singh said Levi Strauss completed the remap of Europe to an omnichannel distribution network, consolidating e-commerce fulfillment into distribution centers in Germany and the U.K. In the U.S., the company remains on track to transition its Hebron distribution center to Maersk by the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Levi Strauss also migrated Asia and Beyond Yoga onto its new global ERP platform, following North America. Europe and the remaining Latin American countries are expected to move to the platform by mid-2027. Singh said the ERP system is intended to unlock better data access, faster decision-making and the ability to scale AI and automation.
Management Cites Brand Momentum and Consumer Resilience During the call, Gass emphasized marketing initiatives including the company’s “Behind Every Original” campaign and collaborations tied to music, sports and fashion. She also discussed the company’s soccer-related product collaborations and a viral marketing moment involving Levi’s Stadium, which she said generated approximately 1 billion press impressions.
Beyond Yoga revenue rose 16%, led by e-commerce. Gass said the brand is expanding beyond traditional activewear into lifestyle categories such as casual pants, travelwear, linen, tops, sweaters and dresses. She said the company has fewer than 20 Beyond Yoga stores and is still learning from that format.
In response to analyst questions, management said the consumer remains resilient across value, core and premium price points. Signature, the company’s value-focused brand, grew at a low single-digit rate in the quarter and 9% in the first half. Gass said the company expects Signature to accelerate in the second half.
Singh said two-thirds of second-quarter revenue growth came from units and one-third from average unit retail, with the company expecting a more balanced contribution for the full year. He cited full-price selling, DTC growth, premium offerings such as Blue Tab and women’s category expansion as factors supporting average unit retail growth.
Gass said the company remains optimistic about the denim category and its broader move into head-to-toe denim lifestyle offerings. “We have more ways to win than we’ve ever had,” she said.
About Levi Strauss & Co. NYSE: LEVILevi Strauss & Co is a global apparel company best known for its denim jeans and casual wear. Founded in 1853 in San Francisco by Bavarian immigrant Levi Strauss, the company pioneered the modern blue jean with the introduction of rivet-reinforced work pants. Over its more than 160-year history, Levi Strauss has evolved into a lifestyle brand, offering a broad portfolio that includes denim for men, women and children, as well as tops, outerwear, footwear and accessories.
The company's flagship label, Levi's®, is recognized worldwide for its iconic styles such as the 501® Original Fit Jeans, while additional brands, including Dockers®, Target core metric, and Denizen® by Levi's, cater to diverse price points and consumer segments.
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VKTX monthly chart shows consolidation following 88.6% retracement of prior upswing. Source: TradingView Breakout Signals Gain Momentum Across Time Frames Since the bottom of the bearish correction was established in early April 2025 at $18.92, completing an 88.6% Fibonacci retracement at $18.85 of the prior upswing, VKTX has traded within a range capped by the $43.15 high. The range further narrowed heading into May. Range compression was also reflected in the convergence of three major moving averages, including the 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages. Subsequently, several key upside breakouts were confirmed in June, including moves above a prior lower swing high and the 200-day moving average.
On a monthly basis, the breakout occurred above a six-month high of $39.99 on the strongest volume in four months, and VKTX finished June at its highest monthly closing price in 20 months. In recorded the highest monthly closing price of the entire consolidation phase. That is confirmation of strengthening on the higher time frame.
Healthy Pause Could Strengthen Breakout Potential In the near-term, a pullback or consolidation before another breakout attempt would establish a more reliable launch pad for a significant breakout. As of Tuesday’s high, VKTX had advanced 57.6% from the most recent higher swing low of $27.16 set in June 11 over just 16 days. Moreover, previous measured moves within the consolidation formation indicate that the current advance may be due for a rest. Whether that pause comes first or buyers generate enough momentum for a near-term breakout above the long-term resistance zone will likely determine how the next phase of this developing bottom unfolds.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reddit, Inc. (NYSE: RDDT), announced today that the company's second quarter 2026 financial results will be released after market close on Thursday, July 30, 2026.Reddit will host a conference call to discuss its results at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET the same day.The live webcast of the conference call and related earnings materials can be accessed at Reddit's Investor Relations website at investor.redditinc.com and investor relations subreddit r/RDDT. A replay o.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Oxford Industries, Inc. ("Oxford" or the "Company") (NYSE: OXM). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton at [email protected] or 646-581-9980, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Oxford and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On June 10, 2026, Oxford Industries slashed its FY 2026 revenue guidance midpoint to $1.49 billion and projected Q2 sales roughly 5.8% below consensus estimates, representing a material reduction from prior guidance.
On this news, Oxford Industries' stock price fell $7.36 per share, or 17.01%, to close at $35.92 per share on June 11, 2026.
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Regions Financial Corporation gets a buy rating after outperforming my prior bullish and neutral views over the last 3 years and continuing with a compelling growth case and dividend story. Its recent acquisition of an investment bank in its region further boosts the growth case in the wake of favorable metrics in Q1 results as well. Loan performance has improved in Q1, while investment-grade ratings were maintained by the major agencies.
VAUGHAN, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO), a leading global eye health company dedicated to helping people see better to live better, today announced topline results from its Phase 2 study evaluating BL1107 in patients with glaucoma. The study did not achieve its primary endpoint of replicating visual function improvements observed in a smaller Phase 1/2a study following 28 days of topical administration. Based on the totality of the data, the company has dec.
CompaniesJuly 9 (Reuters) - Bausch + Lomb (BLCO.TO), opens new tab said on Thursday its glaucoma eye drop had missed the main goal in a mid-stage trial of replicating visual function improvements observed in a smaller study.
The company said it will discontinue development of the eye drops for glaucoma-related vision improvement.
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Bausch acquired the eye drop BL1107 through a buyout of Whitecap Biosciences last year.
U.S.-listed shares of the company were down 2.8% in extended trading.
The company said it will continue pursuing a sustained-release implant for the treatment of vision-threatening diseases, with a primary focus on geographic atrophy, an advanced, late stage of dry age-related macular degeneration.
Bausch expects clinical trials of the implant to begin in 2028.
"We’ve intentionally built a diversified pipeline ... not every program will succeed, but every study helps us make smarter decisions about where to invest,” said Bausch's medical chief Yehia Hashad.
Reporting by Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid
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Oklo (OKLO +4.42%) stock has fallen below $50 a share, continuing a downward slide that began in mid-October of 2025. Not that long ago, investors were paying four times today's price for a nuclear energy company whose vision hasn't fundamentally changed.
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The sharp sell-off naturally raises an important question: Is this a buying opportunity for long-term investors?
What has changed since Oklo peaked? To get at the question, let's look at what has actually changed for Oklo since it peaked at all-time highs. Frankly, the change has been overwhelmingly positive.
In October 2025, just as the stock was sliding, Oklo entered a strategic partnership with a European reactor developer, newcleo (get it?), to develop fuel fabrication and manufacturing infrastructure in the U.S. Since nuclear fuel could become a huge bottleneck for nuclear energy in the future, this partnership could give Oklo greater control over that most critical part of the nuclear supply chain.
It didn't advance Oklo any closer to commercializing its Aurora powerhouse -- and apparently didn't do anything for the stock -- but I'd still give the move an A- for strategy.
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Then, at the start of 2026, Oklo announced a major deal with Meta (META +4.75%), probably one of its most momentous. In this deal, Oklo agreed to support Meta's 1.2 gigawatt (GW) power campus in Ohio, ultimately to power its data centers in the region. The agreement allows Meta to prepay for power, which could provide Oklo with funding to build Aurora powerhouses there.
Again, it's not guaranteed commercial revenue in the coffers, but it's one of the clearest signs yet that major tech companies are interested in its technology.
Lastly, the Department of Energy (DOE) recently approved the final safety analysis for Oklo's Grove Isotope Test Reactor in Texas. This approval puts the reactor in the last stages before it can begin start-up testing. Oklo is aiming to demonstrate criticality -- that is, achieve a self-sustaining chain reaction -- before the end of July 2026.
Is Oklo the buying opportunity of a lifetime? The three developments mentioned above are positive signs from pre-revenue Oklo that it's moving forward, even as its stock moves in the opposite direction. But do they constitute a big enough change to make Oklo a buy today?
One thing is for certain: None of these changes eliminate Oklo's most pressing challenges. It still needs regulatory approval to commercialize its reactors, and it still needs to prove that its technology works in real-world settings. It could take years before Oklo has successfully put these challenges behind it, if it ever does.
The stock carries a much more favorable valuation than it once did, though its $8 billion market cap is still pricey by traditional standards. I wouldn't call Oklo the buying opportunity of a lifetime, but at today's price, I think it's worthy of a small position for patient investors willing to think a decade ahead.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $FUBO--FuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO) (“Fubo” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed veteran media executive Alisa Bowen as chief executive officer of the Company, effective as of July 10. Bowen succeeds David Gandler. Bowen is a seasoned media executive with decades of experience in leadership roles at several prominent global media organizations in major markets spanning New York, Los Angeles, London and Sydney. She has held lea.
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: DOC) ("Healthpeak"), a leading owner, operator, and developer of real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery, announced that on July 9, 2026, its Board of Directors declared a monthly common stock cash dividend of $0.10167 per share for the third quarter of 2026, payable on the payment dates set forth in the table below to stockholders of record as of the close of business on the corresponding record date in the table below. The.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of SailPoint, Inc. ("SailPoint" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SAIL). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton at [email protected] or 646-581-9980, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether SailPoint and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On June 9, 2026, SailPoint reported its financial results for the first quarter of its 2027 fiscal year. Although SailPoint reported adjusted EPS above consensus expectations and strong year-over-year revenue growth, management's outlook for future quarters was more cautious and warned that foreign-exchange headwinds would dampen annual recurring revenue growth.
On this news, SailPoint's stock price fell $2.03 per share, or 11.48%, to close at $15.66 per share on June 9, 2026.
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Rio Grande Resources Ltd. (CSE:RGR)(OTCQB:RGRLF) ("Rio Grande" or "RIO" the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has granted a total of 775,750 stock options (the "Options") and 776,795 restricted share units (the "RSUs"), collectively, (the "Awards"), to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan. The grants were approved by the Board of Directors on July 8, 2026. The Awards are intended to align the interests of management, directors, employees and consultants with those of shareholders while supporting the Company's long-term growth strategy.
The Options are exercisable at $0.235 subject to applicable the Canadian Securities Exchange and a have a term of five years. A portion of the Options and RSUs are subject to vesting provisions. All Awards are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day. All Awards are subject to the terms of the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan and applicable securities law hold periods.
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Rio Grande Resources (CSE:RGR)(OTCQB:RGRLF) is a burgeoning mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the high-grade gold and silver potential within its 3,000-acre drill-ready property in the Black Range of Sierra County, New Mexico. The company holds 100% interest in the Winston project group, which includes the 2 patented historic Ivanhoe & Emporia Claims, and Little Granite mines, all known for their past production of high-grade precious metals. Rio Grande Resources is led by a team of experienced professionals with expertise in mineral exploration and development, who are targeting large-scale precious metal discoveries within the property's well-documented low-sulfidation epithermal setting.
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BICKFORD RANCH, Calif., July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced its newest Sacramento-area community, Hillside at Bickford by Toll Brothers, is coming soon to Bickford Ranch in Placer County, California. Site work is underway at 4721 Eagle Ridge Court in Bickford Ranch, and the community is anticipated to open for sale later this summer 2026.
Located within the gated Bickford Ranch master-planned community, Hillside at Bickford by Toll Brothers will offer home shoppers the opportunity to own a luxury home in a serene natural setting with sweeping views from select home sites. This highly anticipated community will feature a collection of single-story and two-story home designs offering 4 to 5 bedrooms, 3.5 to 4.5 bathrooms, and 2- to 3-car garages. Homes will range from 2,543 to over 3,600 square feet and will be priced from the mid-$900,000s.
Alongside its neighboring Toll Brothers community, Ridgeline at Bickford, this exceptional community will offer a thoughtfully curated selection of home designs surrounded by the preserved beauty of native oak woodlands, rolling slopes, and scenic ridges. Residents will enjoy access to walking trails, parks, and open space, all seamlessly integrated into the community's picturesque landscape.
Hillside at Bickford by Toll Brothers is ideally situated in the southwestern portion of Placer County, between the established communities of Loomis, Lincoln, and Rocklin. The community offers convenient proximity to Interstate 80, providing easy access to Sacramento just 24 miles away. Residents will also enjoy nearby restaurants, golf courses, wineries, breweries, and upscale retail destinations such as Westfield Mall and The Fountains. For outdoor enthusiasts, Folsom Lake and Lake Tahoe are within easy reach, offering year-round recreational opportunities including boating, hiking, and skiing.
"Hillside at Bickford by Toll Brothers is designed for home shoppers seeking a blend of luxury, natural beauty, and convenience," said Scott Esping, Division President of Toll Brothers in Sacramento. "With thoughtfully designed homes, stunning views, and access to exceptional amenities, this community offers the best of luxury living in a great location."
Home shoppers will experience one-stop shopping at the Toll Brothers Design Studio. The state-of-the-art Design Studio allows home shoppers to choose from a wide array of selections to personalize their dream home with the assistance of Toll Brothers professional Design Consultants.
For more information on Hillside at Bickford by Toll Brothers and to join the interest list, call (844) 849-5263 or visit TollBrothers.com/CA.
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Toll Brothers, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company, is the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. The Company was founded in 1967 and became a public company in 1986 with common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” Toll Brothers builds new homes and communities in over 60 markets across the United States, serving first-time, move-up, active-adult, and second-home buyers. The Company also operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development, smart home technology, landscape, and building components manufacturing businesses.
Toll Brothers was named the #1 Most Admired Home Builder in Fortune magazine’s 2026 list of the World’s Most Admired Companies®, the ninth year the Company has achieved this honor. Toll Brothers has also been named Builder of the Year by Builder magazine and is the first two-time recipient of Builder of the Year from Professional Builder magazine. For more information visit TollBrothers.com.
Meta publicly launched a new version of Muse Spark on Thursday, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic coding that aims to compete with similar products offered by OpenAI and Anthropic.
Spark 1.1, the first version of which was announced in April, can engage in multistep reasoning and handle complex processes, manage digital workflows, and deploy new features in enterprise systems, the company says.
Meta is a bit behind its competitors here; Anthropic and OpenAI have offered similar models for quite some time. But that doesn’t mean Meta’s entry into the market isn’t a threat.
An ongoing source of competitiveness within the AI industry remains the cost of usage, and Meta appears to be offering a competitive rate. Reuters reports that the company will charge $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens. That puts it in line with (albeit slightly above) Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna.
Meta’s pitch to users is Spark’s ability to handle large agentic workloads, fix bugs, and help with large code migrations — the kind of automation that enterprises are increasingly turning to AI companies to provide.
“Muse Spark 1.1 delivers exceptional performance in personal agentic tasks that require planning and orchestration across a range of external apps and services,” the company wrote in a blog post.
Meta has released a handful of foundation AI models over the past few years. The Muse Spark release was apparently important enough to compel CEO Mark Zuckerberg to post on X for the first time in three years. Zuckerberg’s last post was in July 2023, around the time the platform rebranded from Twitter to X.
In his post, Zuckerberg called Spark “a strong agentic and coding model at a very low price,” noting that the model was “strongest at agentic performance, tool use, and computer use.”
Zuckerberg also noted that there was “more to come soon” — implying that the company plans to release additional models.
It’s been a big week for AI announcements — particularly for Meta, which also unveiled a new AI image-generation model on Tuesday, dubbed Muse Image. Other releases this week have included a new version of Grok from SpaceXAI and a new family of models from OpenAI, GPT-5.6, that also dropped Thursday. Suffice it to say that the competition within the AI industry is as healthy as ever, and companies that wish to stand out from their peers have their work cut out for them.
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HomeInvestingETFsOne expert doubts that new ETFs from Subversive will catch on in a meaningful wayJuly 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m. ET
A pair of new ETFs are betting that investors will ditch typical index funds to avoid having exposure to Elon Musk’s companies.
On Wednesday, Subversive ETFs filed to launch two new “Ex-Elon” actively managed exchange-traded funds. Each would exclude companies determined by fund managers to be “founded, controlled or led by” Musk, or which he is “primarily associated” with as a major shareholder or founder. For now, that’s just SpaceX SPCX and Tesla TSLA.
Amazon (AMZN +1.38%) turned heads when it said it plans to raise at least $25 billion in corporate bonds to scale its AI build-out. It's major news for companies that have integrated themselves into AI infrastructure and can ripple across several parts of the bottleneck.
Investors can position themselves to benefit by gaining more exposure to the AI trade, but some opportunities are better than others.
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Hyperscaler spending continues to accelerate Amazon is one of several hyperscalers that are committed to accelerating AI spending. Big tech has shown no signs of slowing down, and as their revenue and profits continue to increase each year, they end up with more capital to deploy toward AI infrastructure.
Investors have already seen the effects of this spending in other companies. For instance, Micron Technology more than quadrupled its revenue year over year as its memory chips continue to gain momentum. Those memory chips are just as important as Nvidia's GPU chips, and many investors have spotted the opportunity.
Sandisk is another memory chip beneficiary, and went from trading at $40 to exceeding $2,000 per share earlier in the year. This price movement happened in a single year, showing how much momentum a stock can generate if it finds itself at the center of elevated hyperscaler spending.
Where is the money going? Amazon's $25 billion in corporate bonds is actually a small drop in the budget compared to where AI investments are going. Four of the largest hyperscalers -- Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet -- are projected to have 5.3 trillion in capital expenditures through fiscal 2030. That came from a Goldman Sachs analysis that anticipates a 77% year-over-year increase in capital expenditures this year.
That spending is expected to flow into compute, data centers, and power. While hyperscalers and recent winners like Micron and Sandisk capture headlines, the highest returns may come from smaller companies that most investors do not know about quite yet.
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AI data center constructors, neoclouds, and CPU chips are some of the opportunities that have not received as much widespread attention. Nvidia's AI chips formed the backbone of the AI boom, and the company's 85% year-over-year revenue growth in its fiscal 2027 first quarter shows that demand is still accelerating for its chips.
Hyperscalers like Amazon are also delivering higher revenue and net income growth rates. Net sales increased by 17% year over year in the tech giant's first quarter, while operating income jumped by 30% year over year. Those numbers highlight the sustainability of AI spending and demonstrate tangible returns on those investments.
Competition will continue to heat up The four listed hyperscalers all compete with each other in multiple industries. Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft are all in the cloud computing industry, with Meta Platforms expressing its desire to become a neocloud.
Each of these companies is also using artificial intelligence to enhance its core products and services. All four of these tech leaders use online advertising to generate revenue. Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms also have their own social networks. Alphabet and Microsoft own YouTube and LinkedIn, respectively, while Meta Platforms has a family of apps that includes Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Hyperscalers are also looking at physical AI. Meta Platforms recently launched smart glasses, and other hyperscalers are anticipating their own AI glasses to come out in late 2026 or sometime in 2027. That doesn't even include AI models. All four companies have their own large language models and continue to invest in them.
The competition is intense among the hyperscalers to gain extra percentage points of market share. They're willing to spend this much money because AI can create new industries and accelerate existing ones.
Amazon is happy with the results of AI and was eager to throw another $25 billion on the table. Other hyperscalers may follow suit, and all of that money will flow into companies that produce key components of AI infrastructure.
ToplineMicrosoft on Thursday reported its carbon emissions swelled last year as the software giant built new data centers, marking a setback for its climate goals as booming AI demand is expected to drive a sharp increase in global emissions over the next decade.
Demand for AI is expanding, but sustainability solutions are “not scaling fast enough,” Microsoft reported.
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Key FactsMicrosoft emitted 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent—a measurement of all greenhouse gases as if they were carbon dioxide—last year, a 25% increase from the 16 million metric tons emitted in 2024, the company said in its annual sustainability report.
Microsoft President Brad Smith and Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa said in the report that while AI infrastructure is driving demand for energy, water, land and materials, “sustainability solutions are not scaling fast enough to meet demand,” noting, “This tension is real, and it is also productive.”
The company also said its reported emissions were affected by a decision to pause purchases of renewable energy credits, which firms use to offset emissions associated with electricity use.
big number300 million metric tons. That’s the amount of global carbon dioxide emissions from data center electricity use the International Energy Agency expects by 2035, nearly doubling from 180 million tons today.
tangentOfficials in Cheyenne, Wyoming, have reportedly traced the construction of a Wyoming-based data center for Meta to a rare bacterium found in the city’s wastewater treatment center. The bacterium did not enter the city’s drinking supply, and the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities said it would pause accepting industrial water discharge from any data center.
key backgroundMicrosoft pledged in 2020 to pull more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2030, but its goal has seemingly hit a roadblock in recent years as companies sparked a frenzy building AI infrastructure. Microsoft has announced several data center projects over the last year, including a $3 billion site in Wisconsin the company claims will be the most advanced AI data center in the world, the Wall Street Journal reported. Other tech giants have pointed to surging AI demand as driving an increase in carbon emissions: Alphabet reported a 48% increase in emissions from 2019 to 2024, citing an uptick in data center operations and growing demand for AI products. The Google parent acquired the clean energy startup Intersect Power in December as it planned to rely on renewable energy for data center projects.
further readingForbesAlphabet Buys Clean Energy Startup For AI Data Centers In $4.75 Billion DealBy Ty Roush
Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 27% in its latest fiscal year, the tech giant disclosed Thursday, adding to a wave of worsening environmental reports from an industry racing to build AI infrastructure.
4:20pm: S&P 500 and Dow also advance Wall Street finished higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq leading the gains as investors piled back into semiconductor stocks while easing oil prices helped improve risk appetite.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 336 points, or 1.3%, to 26,207. The S&P 500 added 61 points, or 0.8%, to 7,544, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 139 points, or 0.3%, to 52,487.
Chipmakers bounced back after recent weakness, giving the broader technology sector a lift and helping drive the market higher.
Meanwhile, oil prices retreated, giving back part of Wednesday's sharp gains as traders reassessed the uncertain path toward peace in the Middle East. The pullback eased concerns that higher energy costs could add to inflationary pressures.
On the economic front, weekly initial jobless claims were little changed from the previous week, offering few surprises as investors continue to gauge the strength of the labour market and what it could mean for the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rates.
Attention now turns to the start of earnings season, with Delta Air Lines set to report quarterly results before the opening bell on Friday, providing an early read on consumer travel demand and corporate spending trends.
3:50pm: Proactive news headlines G Mining Ventures Corp (TSX:GMIN, OTCQX:GMINF) (G Mining Ventures Corp (TSX:GMIN, OTCQX:GMINF), G Mining Ventures Corp (TSX:GMIN, OTCQX:GMINF)) reported a 16% quarter-over-quarter increase in gold production at its Tocantinzinho mine in Brazil, keeping the company on track to achieve its full-year production target. Varon Corp (OTCID:OZSC) announced that its Ballislife joint venture has signed NBA player Coby White as a brand ambassador and equity partner for Ballislife Drink. Trillion Energy International Inc. (CSE:TCF, OTCQB:TRLEF, FRA:Z620) has extended and restructured payment terms under its earn-in agreement for the M47c,d oil block in Türkiye to support increased drilling and development activity. American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for award negotiations under a program to expand domestic recovery of rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal-based industrial byproducts. Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd (TSX-V:GMG, OTCQX:GMGMF) announced that its THERMAL-XR ENHANCE coating successfully passed 30,000 hours of salt spray testing at an independent laboratory. Gunnison Copper Corp (TSX:GCU, OTCQB:GCUMF, FRA:3XS0) has submitted certification to the U.S. Department of Energy confirming its Arizona mine qualifies for a $13.9 million Section 48C tax credit supporting domestic critical minerals production. 2:50pm: Market movers SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) could see further upside after Wedbush Securities raised its price target to $2,000 from $1,200 ahead of the company's fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 earnings report. Forte Biosciences (NASDAQ:FBRX) shares surged about 55% after the company reported positive Phase 1b trial results for its investigational vitiligo treatment, FB102. The Simply Good Foods Company (NASDAQ:SMPL) shares rose nearly 5% after the company reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings and revenue that exceeded Wall Street expectations. G Mining Ventures Corp (TSX:GMIN, OTCQX:GMINF, FRA:W97) reported a 16% quarter-over-quarter increase in gold production at its Tocantinzinho mine in Brazil, keeping the company on track to meet its full-year production target. Varon Corp (OTCID:OZSC) announced that its Ballislife joint venture has signed NBA player Coby White as a brand ambassador and equity partner for Ballislife Drink. PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP, XETRA:PEP) shares fell about 4% after the company reported fiscal second-quarter adjusted earnings that narrowly missed analyst estimates despite posting stronger-than-expected revenue and reaffirming its full-year guidance. 1:55pm: Micron goes on a run Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) (Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU)) shares rose 7% on Thursday after the company announced plans to invest up to $3 billion to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and support future manufacturing capacity.
The investment includes $500 million in strategic financing support for GlobalWafers to advance development of its GlobalWafers America 300mm raw silicon wafer manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas.
The companies also plan to enter into a 10-year supply agreement that would provide Micron with access to additional raw silicon wafer capacity.
The news also lifted shares across the broader semiconductor sector, with Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, XETRA:AMD) (Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, XETRA:AMD), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, XETRA:AMD)) gaining 7%, Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM, XETRA:QCI) (Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM, XETRA:QCI), Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM, XETRA:QCI)) rising 4%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (ADR) (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (ADR) (NYSE:TSM)) advancing 3%, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO, XETRA:1YD) (Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO, XETRA:1YD), Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO, XETRA:1YD)) up 2% and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, XETRA:AP2) (Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, XETRA:AP2), Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, XETRA:AP2)) climbing 6%.
12:30pm: Little drama Stocks are bouncing back from yesterday’s losses, though the recovery remains cautious, according to Chris Beauchamp, Chief Market Analyst at online trading and investing platform IG.
“While the attacks in the Middle East appeared to intensify overnight, there has been little dramatic rhetoric today, leading to hopes that any renewed conflict can be avoided," Beauchamp noted.
"But the weekend is not far off, and the US has shown a preference for strikes over a weekend, leading to some caution in markets despite a stronger open for the US."
11:05am: Oil upside may be limited US crude prices have climbed about 13% since last week’s lows, testing the $75-per-barrel level and its 200-day moving average, with the possibility of a move above $80 growing, according to Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Analyst at Swissquote. Brent crude briefly traded above $80 per barrel, though both benchmarks eased slightly on Wednesday as markets continued to weigh geopolitical risks.
Ozkardeskaya said the immediate upside pressure on oil may be less severe than during the early stages of the conflict, as markets have become more accustomed to disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and the initial shock has faded. Several vessels have also continued transiting the key shipping route, while Saudi Arabia has cut oil prices for Asian buyers to support demand.
She noted that the oil market has recently shifted quickly between supply shortages and surpluses, meaning a restoration of Hormuz traffic could quickly bring supply back into balance. China’s significant reserves and cautious approach to replenishment could also limit a sharp price spike.
However, Ozkardeskaya warned that prolonged tensions could create renewed supply concerns. A sustained disruption, attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure, or further depletion of global oil inventories could quickly eliminate the existing supply cushion and push prices significantly higher.
10am: Chipmakers help Nasdaq rally continue Chipmakers and other AI stocks have led Wall Street to a positive open, with another bout of rotation back into the semiconductor sector.
The Nasdaq rolled 0.7% higher in initial trades, with the S&P 500 up 0.4%. After an initial wobble in the red, the Dow edged 0.1% higher, held back by losses in heavyweight technology and consumer names including IBM, Salesforce and Microsoft, as well as consumer giants like Coca-Cola, Disney and Procter & Gamble.
On the Nasdaq and S&P, semis dominated the leaderboard, with Lam Research, Applied Materials and KLA all jumping more than 7%.
Micron buzzed up over 6% after plans mentioned below to invest up to $3 billion in the US semiconductor supply chain, while Arm, AMD, Marvell and Western Digital also posted strong gains as the AI infrastructure trade is in investors' good books again.
8.15am: Mixed session expected as oil volatile after Iran strikes continue US stock futures pointed to another mixed Wall Street session on Thursday, as investors weighed fresh developments in the Middle East against signs that chip stocks could extend their recent rally.
Dow Jones futures were down 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.8%.
This comes a day after the Dow fell 577 points or 1.1%, the S&P declined or 0.3% to 7,483, while the Nasdaq gained 0.2% to finish at 25,871.
Asian and European markets traded mostly higher in the early hours, with London's FTSE an exception as it was hit by a large fall for AstraZeneca on the back of a failed drug trial.
Oil prices remained volatile, as more strikes and words were exchanged between the US and Iran.
WTI crude, which topped $75 a barrel on Wednesday, briefly dropped below $72 before recovering to around $74.
The latest moves came as the US said it had struck another 90 Iranian targets, taking the total to 170 over the past 48 hours, while Iran launched retaliatory attacks on US military sites in Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.
President Trump was reported as saying Iran had been in touch with the US and "want to make a deal", although he questioned whether Tehran would honour any agreement.
The White House was reported by Axios to be preparing for the possibility of fighting around the Strait of Hormuz lasting days or even weeks.
Kathleen Brooks at XTB said markets were "normalizing to the latest flare up of tensions in the Middle East".
"Although the events of recent days are another sign that the path to a long-term peace will have many twists and turns, the market seems well placed to absorb the current tensions," Brooks added.
She noted that despite the angst about the Iran war, there was a rotation out of broader tech stocks and back into chip stocks.
"Ahead today, we could see a continued rally in chip stocks. SanDisk and Nvidia are pointing to further gains today, while the hyperscalers like Microsoft and Alphabet are declining in the pre-market, suggesting that the rotation within the AI trade continues," she said.
In economic data, initial jobless claims and existing home sales are scheduled.
With AI spending in Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (META) not showing any signs of slowdown, Melissa Otto makes the case that there's much more room for the AI trade to run. One of the biggest beneficiaries she sees from the boom: AMD Inc. (AMD).
SK Hynix is set to make its U.S. IPO Friday, and Evan Scholssman expects rampant demand for the debut as AI memory supply constraints remain in focus. He explains how the company fits into the greater AI trade alongside chipmakers like Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD Inc. (AMD).
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz continues its investigation of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (“Alibaba” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BABA) on behalf of investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of federal securities laws.
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On November 14, 2024, Financial Times published an article entitled “White House memo claims Alibaba is helping Chinese military target US.” According to the article, the memo provided declassified intelligence about how Alibaba provides “the People’s Liberation Army with capabilities that the White House believes threaten US security.” Moreover, “Alibaba also provides the Chinese government and PLA with access to customer data that includes IP addresses, WiFi information and payment records, as well as different AI-related service.”
On this news, Alibaba’s shares fell $6.04, or 3.78%, to close at $153.80 per share on November 14, 2025.
Then, on February 13, 2026, the Pentagon added Alibaba to a list of companies aiding the Chinese military before withdrawing the list only minutes later without explanation.
On this news, Alibaba’s stock price fell $3.00, or 1.9%, to close at $155.73 per share on February 13, 2026.
Then, on March 19, 2026, Alibaba reported weaker-than-expected financial results, with revenue missing consensus estimates “primarily due to weaker transaction activities and phase-out of the impact of software service fee implementation.”
On this news, Alibaba’s stock price fell $9.53, or 7.1%, to close at $124.90 per share on March 19, 2026.
Then, on June 11, 2026, Bloomberg News reported that the Beijing branch of State Administration for Market Regulation summoned Alibaba representatives "over what officials said was false advertising during the annual '618' midyear online shopping festival."
On this news, Alibaba’s stock price fell $1.64, or 1.4%, to close at $112.69 per share on June 11, 2026.
Then, on July 1, 2026, the US Department of Justice published a press release stating that Alibaba had “entered a non-prosecution agreement to pay $600 million to resolve the Justice Department’s allegations that they violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) by failing to prevent merchants from selling and importing illegal pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, listed chemicals, and pill presses into the United States” through its e-commerce platforms.
On this news, Alibaba’s stock price fell $1.85 or 1.9%, to close at $96.14 per share on July 2, 2026, thereby injuring investors further.
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Investors are just a few weeks removed from digesting the SpaceX (SPCX) initial public offering (IPO), but another big IPO is coming on Friday, July 10, in the form of South Korean memory semiconductor giant SK Hynix.
To be clear, that chip stock already trades in its home country. Now it’s reportedly looking to raise $26.5 billion in U.S. share sales that will see the stock trade on the Nasdaq under ticker “SKHY.” The company’s U.S. listing could be an ideal time for tactical short-term traders to consider the Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU).
The reasoning is simple. KORU attempts to deliver 300% of the daily returns of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index. That index allocates 19% of its weight to SK Hynix, making the stock the gauge’s second-largest holding, behind only Samsung.
How SK Hynix Could Affect KORU As noted above, KORU is a leveraged ETF that should be treated as short-term instrument. KORU and its brethren are often useful around short-term events, of which Friday’s SK Hynix U.S. listing is certainly one. With those disclaimers out of the way, traders mulling KORU have some important points to consider.
Namely, SK Hynix is up eight-fold in 12 months, but off 25% in less than two weeks. That puts it in a bear market. Still, U.S. demand for the stock is high, with some reports suggesting, as of Thursday, that offering is 7x oversubscribed.
“For investors in SK Hynix and other memory stocks, the tailwind of intense demand for products that led to steep price increases and big profits is turning into a headwind, amid warnings about a coming supply surge in chip production that will alleviate shortages and likely drive prices down,” noted Morningstar’s Tom Lauricella.
KORU could be in focus on Friday due to the sheer size of the SK Hynix IPO. It’s the second-largest behind SpaceX and is the largest U.S. share sale by a foreign company, eclipsing Alibaba’s (BABA) 2014 IPO, according to Lauricella. Speaking of size…
“SK Hynix is the second-largest memory semiconductor manufacturer in the world. Recently, the firm has had particular success with high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI servers. Like other companies specializing in AI hardware, huge demand has created bottlenecks and resulted in surging prices for SK Hynix’s products,” observed the Morningstar analyst.
KORU could be useful on Friday, but memory is a notoriously cyclical, volatile corner of the semiconductor market. That said, it’s best to not make a long-term commitment to this leveraged ETF.
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The Company makes history as the first and only cannabis company to ever receive this recognition
, /PRNewswire/ - Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NASDAQ: ACB) (TSX: ACB) ("Aurora" or the "Company"), the Canadian-based leading global medical cannabis company, has been awarded on TIME Canada's Best Companies 2026 list. This win reflects the Company's differentiated performance and commitment to industry excellence. To view the full award list, visit TIME.com.
Aurora named to TIME Canada's Best Companies 2026 list. This prestigious award is presented by TIME in collaboration with Statista, the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Canada's Best Companies of 2026 were identified through a multi-step evaluation of Canadian companies with at least US$100 million in revenue (2024 or 2025) and positive revenue growth over three years, with both relative and absolute growth assessed. The ranking was based on employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability transparency - with only 125 companies earning a place on the final list.
"This is a proud milestone for Aurora and a meaningful recognition of our leadership strength in Canada," says Miguel Martin, CEO & Executive Chairman of Aurora. "Above all, this recognition belongs to our people. Every day, our teams bring deep expertise, care and commitment to advancing medical cannabis globally, and being named to TIME's Canada's Best Companies 2026 list is a powerful signal of the progress we've made, the credibility we've earned, and the standard we continue to set."
Being recognized on this list reflects the strength of Aurora's people-first culture and the Company's continued investment in creating a workplace where employees are supported and empowered to contribute. Through unique leadership development programs, wellness initiatives and purposeful opportunities to give back to local communities, Aurora has built a culture grounded in its values and driven by its purpose of Opening the World to Cannabis™. As the first and only cannabis company ever to be named to TIME's Canada's Best Companies list, this recognition underscores Aurora's ongoing commitment to investing in its people and advancing the global medical cannabis industry.
About Aurora
Aurora is a global leader in medical cannabis, dedicated to improving lives through scientific expertise, proven performance, and a deep commitment to patient care. Aurora serves medical markets across Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand with a portfolio of trusted, leading brands including Aurora®, MedReleaf®, Pedanios®, IndiMed™, San Raf®, and Whistler Medical Marijuana Corporation®. With world-class GMP-certified manufacturing facilities in Canada and Germany, and a team of industry-leading professionals, Aurora continues to expand its global footprint and deliver consistent, high-quality cannabis products with the purpose of Opening the World to Cannabis™.
Learn more at www.auroramj.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
Aurora's common shares trade on the NASDAQ and TSX under the symbol "ACB".
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PANAMA CITY, July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tilray Medical, a division of Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY; TSX: TLRY) and a leading global medical cannabis company, today announced the commercial launch of its first medical cannabis product in Panama, marking a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing global expansion and commitment to improving patient access to pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoid medicines worldwide.
The launch follows the successful shipment of Tilray Oral Solution CBD100 from Tilray Medical’s EU-GMP-certified production facilities in Portugal through its joint venture with Solana Life Group S. de R.L. The product is intended to be distributed through Farmacias Arrocha, one of Panama’s leading pharmacy networks, where patients will be able to access Tilray Oral Solution CBD 100 under medical prescription. This is expected to provide patients and healthcare professionals with access to regulated, pharmaceutical-quality medical cannabis through established healthcare channels.
The milestone reinforces Tilray Medical’s position as one of the most geographically diversified medical cannabis companies globally. Today, Tilray Medical serves patients across more than 20 countries spanning Europe, Australia, Canada, Latin America, and other emerging international markets, helping advance access to safe, high-quality cannabinoid-based medicines through regulated healthcare systems.
Rajnish Ohri, President, International, Tilray Brands, stated, “At Tilray Medical, we believe every patient deserves access to safe, consistent, pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis products. Our commercial launch in Panama reflects our broader vision to expand access to cannabinoid-based medicines through trusted healthcare systems around the world. As medical cannabis frameworks continue to advance, we are committed to working alongside healthcare providers, regulators, pharmacists, and patients to help shape the future of responsible access, advance medical education, and deliver high-quality treatment options that improve lives.”
The launch supports Panama’s emerging medical cannabis framework established under Law 242 of 2021 and follows important regulatory advancements by the Ministry of Health, including Resolution No. 0406 of May 12, 2026, which established key requirements for patient access. The Ministry also recently introduced the Medical Cannabis Users and Authorized Caregivers Identification System (SIUCMAA), creating a structured pathway for physician authorization and patient registration.
Manufactured in Portugal in accordance with rigorous European Union Good Manufacturing Practice (EU-GMP) standards, Tilray Oral Solution CBD100 is intended for use, where authorized, in patients with qualifying medical conditions authorized under Panamanian legislation. The product reflects Tilray Medical’s longstanding commitment to pharmaceutical quality, product consistency, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.
Tilray Medical’s advanced cultivation and manufacturing facilities in Portugal serve as a strategic global export hub, supplying EU-GMP-certified medical cannabis products to regulated markets around the world. The platform enables Tilray Medical to efficiently support growing international demand while maintaining the highest pharmaceutical manufacturing standards across its global operations.
The Panama launch represents another step in Tilray Medical’s broader strategy to expand access across Latin America, an emerging medical cannabis region. As governments across the region continue to establish regulatory pathways for cannabinoid-based medicines, Tilray Medical is well-positioned to support healthcare systems with trusted products, scientific expertise, and a proven track record of operating in highly regulated international markets.
As global acceptance of medical cannabis continues to accelerate, Tilray Medical remains focused on advancing patient care, supporting clinical education, investing in research, and expanding access to high-quality medical cannabis products that help address unmet patient needs worldwide.
For further information, please visit: www.Solana.pa
About Tilray Medical
Tilray Medical is dedicated to transforming lives and fostering dignity for patients in need through safe and reliable access to a global portfolio of medical cannabis brands, including Tilray Medical, Good Supply, Redecan, ARX, and Broken Coast. Tilray grew from being one of the first companies to become an approved licensed producer of medical cannabis in Canada to building the first GMP-certified cannabis production facilities in Europe, first in Portugal and later in Germany. Today, Tilray Medical is one of the largest suppliers of medical cannabis to patients, physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, researchers, and governments, in 20 countries and across five continents.
For more information on Tilray Medical, visit Tilray Medical Europe, Tilray Medical Canada, Tilray Medical Australia-New Zealand and Solana.pa in Panama.
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Tilray Brands, Inc. (“Tilray”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), is a leading global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Latin America that is leading as a transformative force at the nexus of cannabis, beverage, wellness, and entertainment, elevating lives through moments of connection. Tilray’s mission is to be a leading premium lifestyle company with a house of brands and innovative products that inspire joy and create memorable experiences. Tilray’s unprecedented platform supports over 40 brands in over 20 countries, including comprehensive cannabis offerings, hemp-based foods, and craft beverages.
For more information on how we are elevating lives through moments of connection, visit Tilray.com and follow @Tilray on all social platforms.
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Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX, XETRA:NFC) heads into its second quarter earnings report with Jefferies reiterating its ‘Buy’ rating and $110 price target, while writing that it sees limited scope for a sustained near-term re-rating despite maintaining a positive long-term outlook on the streaming company.
The brokerage expects investors to remain focused on subscriber trends, engagement, operating margins and management's outlook, arguing that even stronger-than-expected results may not be enough to shift market sentiment given ongoing concerns around subscription growth, potential merger and acquisition activity and the perceived impact of artificial intelligence.
Jefferies does not expect a meaningful upside surprise in second quarter or full-year revenue guidance, forecasting constant-currency revenue growth of 12% year-over-year for both the second and third quarters, broadly in line with Wall Street expectations. The firm also does not expect Netflix to raise its full-year revenue outlook this quarter, citing soft third-party subscription data.
The analysts are somewhat more constructive on margins, writing that consensus estimates may be underestimating the benefit of Netflix's US price increase introduced in late March while overstating the impact of Brazil-related tax comparisons. Although Jefferies believes the company's full-year operating margin guidance of 31.5% could be increased later this year, it noted that visibility on the timing remains limited.
Engagement will also be a closely watched metric. Jefferies expects first-half 2026 viewing hours to improve from the roughly 2% year-over-year growth recorded in the second half of 2025, with third-party web traffic data suggesting engagement has stabilized rather than weakened further.
However, the brokerage does not believe a modest improvement would materially change the investment debate, pointing to difficult content comparisons in the second half of 2026 and the FIFA World Cup as potential headwinds.
On the earnings call, Jefferies expects investors to seek updates on US subscriber churn following recent price increases, explanations for softer engagement trends, whether second quarter subscriber additions met internal expectations, and management's outlook for content spending beyond fiscal 2026.
Despite its cautious near-term view, Jefferies maintained its ‘Buy’ rating, writing that it continues to view Netflix as "an approximately 20% multi-year EPS compounder" trading below its historical valuation.
Netflix shares traded hands at $75 on Thursday afternoon, down about 20% so far this year. The company will report its Q2 earnings on July 16.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America, N.A. announced today that it will redeem on July 17, 2026 all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 5.526% Senior Bank Notes, due August 2026 (CUSIP No. 06428CAA2) (the "Fixed Rate Notes"), and all $600,000,000 principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Bank Notes, due August 2026 (CUSIP No. 06428CAB0) (the "Floating Rate Notes" and, together with the Fixed Rate Notes, the "Notes").
The redemption price for each series of the Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such series, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of July 17, 2026. Interest on each series of the Notes will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
Payment of the redemption price for the Notes will be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company. Citibank, N.A. is the U.S. registrar and paying agent for the Notes.
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Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving nearly 70 million clients with approximately 3,500 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 59 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. As the #1 small business lender in the United States (FDIC), Bank of America offers industry leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Retail is getting a first-principles upgrade at the hands, or lack of them, of artificial intelligence.
The shopping transformation looks less like a better eCommerce search bar and more like something out of science fiction. It’s a bot-filled operating layer that autonomously mediates between consumer intent and transaction execution.
Headlines this week from Amazon and Walmart underscore that AI shopping and its next-generation cousin, agentic commerce, are moving retail innovation from customer convenience to discovery programmability.
Amazon, for example, used Alexa for Shopping to help consumers find Prime Day deals, compare products, track prices, set deal alerts and automatically buy items when they hit a target price. Walmart and Google, meanwhile, connected Gemini’s conversational interface to Walmart and Sam’s Club products, store inventory, membership benefits, account history and fulfillment options.
The next retail platform shift may not be about better search, faster delivery or lower prices. It may be about which company can make its inventory, loyalty logic, payments and fulfillment promises readable to AI agents before a shopper ever opens a cart.
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AI Is Shifting Retail Competition to Before the Cart Even Exists For decades, retailers optimized for physical shelves, Google search results, Amazon marketplace ranking, mobile apps and social feeds. AI shopping changes the surface. A consumer may not search “paper towels” or “headphones.” They may ask a question.
“What do I need for a backyard party?”
“How do I cut my weekly grocery bill?”
“What should I buy before a trip with kids?”
Those prompts are not SKUs. They are situations.
The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Basket Breakaway: How Amazon Is Turning Walmart’s Store Traffic Into a Retail Weakness” put hard numbers around retail’s ongoing shift. As of the first quarter of 2026, Amazon held 9.3% of U.S. consumer retail spending, up from 8.6% a year earlier, while Walmart held 7.8%, unchanged from the prior year. Amazon led in four out of seven major retail categories, including sporting and hobby goods, music and books, electronics and appliances, furniture and home furnishings, and clothing and apparel. Walmart’s strength remained concentrated in food and beverages and auto parts.
Amazon’s AI shopping push is built around a closed-loop advantage. Alexa for Shopping can help consumers discover deals, compare products, track price history, set alerts and automatically buy an item when it reaches a customer’s target price. That last feature is the signal. Auto-buy turns a shopper’s preference into an executable rule.
Walmart’s move with Google points in a different direction. The Walmart-Gemini integration is designed to surface Walmart and Sam’s Club products when relevant inside a conversational AI experience. Customers can encounter items during a back-and-forth conversation, with linked accounts bringing in purchase history, membership benefits, local availability and delivery options.
Amazon wants the assistant to become the cart. Walmart wants its retail network to be visible wherever consumer intent begins. That distinction matters.
Amazon’s model is vertically integrated with assistant, marketplace, Prime, payments credential, fulfillment, reviews, ads and post-purchase service. Walmart’s model is becoming more distributed with stores, clubs, grocery, local inventory, Walmart+, Sam’s Club and third-party AI discovery.
The retail shelf is becoming an API.
Read also: Amazon and Walmart Battle to Become Retail’s Most Powerful Data Broker
Agentic Shopping Makes the Evidence Trail More Important When a purchase starts inside an AI conversation or is agentically handled at one or all legs of the shopper journey, that creates a new kind of retail infrastructure problem. Product data must answer questions, not just populate product pages. Inventory has to be local and current, substitution rules have to be clear, and offers have to be explainable. Loyalty benefits must be portable, while payments have to support transactions that begin in conversation and end in a retailer-controlled checkout.
That is not back-office trivia. It affects disputes, chargebacks, fraud claims, returns, marketplace accountability and regulatory scrutiny.
Amazon’s edge: If consumers let Alexa monitor prices, replenish staples or execute purchases based on pre-set rules, Amazon captures intent before the transaction exists. The cart becomes less important than the instruction. Walmart’s edge: If Gemini can understand Walmart’s store inventory, club pricing, grocery availability, delivery speed and membership benefits, Walmart can win situational commerce, including dinner tonight, household stock-up, event shopping, pharmacy runs and urgent replenishment. The risks: Amazon’s closed loop may be less portable if consumers start more shopping journeys in third-party AI environments. Walmart could become the fulfillment endpoint while Google owns the discovery layer. PYMNTS Intelligence data showed that 47% of eCommerce shoppers used AI during their latest purchase. ChatGPT’s share as a product research tool climbed from 2% to 30% in two years, the same data showed.
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The second quarter was supposed to be a severe test for airlines but Delta's earnings Friday will likely signal that U.S. carriers passed with flying colors.
Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options: https://bit.ly/2v9tH6D. Tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz hit the energy trade once again, though Kevin Hincks considers United Airlines' (UAL) leadership in travel formidable against the volatility.
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CompaniesJuly 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs (GS.N), opens new tab and Morgan Stanley (MS.N), opens new tab have barred employees from trading on prediction-market contracts linked to financial markets and political events, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
A memo was issued some time back for Goldman, in which the policy prohibits staff from participating in event-based contracts that could create real or perceived conflicts of interest with the bank, its clients or the broader financial industry.
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Bloomberg News, which first reported the policy, said repeated violations could result in disciplinary action, including termination, and that employees may be required to forfeit gains from prohibited trades.
The restrictions do not apply to prediction-market contracts related to sports and entertainment, the source said.
For Morgan Stanley, the person familiar with the matter said the bank's code of conduct for employees covers trading and investing topics, including prediction markets.
The person declined to specify the policies related to each market, saying the details are not public.
Prediction-market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket have grown rapidly, raising concerns about regulatory oversight ahead of U.S. midterm elections.
Reporting by Pragyan Kalita in Bengaluru, Saeed Azhar and Tatiana Bautzer in New York; Editing by Maju Samuel
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Release Date: July 09, 2026For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Positive Points PepsiCo Inc (PEP
PepsiCo’s Dividend Could Turn Patience Into Real ProfitPepsiCo NASDAQ: PEP executives reaffirmed the company’s full-year outlook during its 2026 second-quarter earnings question-and-answer session, pointing to strong international momentum and improving global volumes while acknowledging that North America, particularly impulse channels tied to gasoline purchases, performed below expectations in the quarter.
Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta said PepsiCo’s first-half results showed “almost 7% revenue growth,” with global volumes up 3% in foods and 2% in beverages, which he described as the company’s fastest volume growth since 2022. CFO Steve Schmitt said reported EPS grew 6% in the first half, while constant-currency EPS rose 3%.
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These 5 Companies Just Made a Massive Bet on ThemselvesStill, management repeatedly cited a softer-than-expected North American environment in the second quarter, with higher gasoline prices affecting consumer behavior and convenience-store purchasing. Laguarta said the company continues to see strong international performance and expects North America to gradually improve in the second half, though at “a more moderate pace” than previously anticipated.
North America Focuses on Affordability, Portfolio Changes A key topic on the call was PepsiCo Foods North America, where volume was flat in the quarter despite stepped-up affordability initiatives and innovation. Laguarta said the company had two main goals for its U.S. foods business: get the salty-snacks category back to volume growth and regain volume share. He said PepsiCo has made progress on both.
Campbell's Soup Stock: Deep Value and a 7% Dividend Yield“A category that was negative in volume now is positive in volume,” Laguarta said. “We were losing share in volume. We’re gaining share in volume.”
Management said the turnaround is being driven by two pillars: price and affordability investments, and growth in “permissible” products and portion-control offerings. Laguarta said the permissible foods portfolio is already a $3 billion business and is growing “almost double digit.” He also pointed to portion-control formats and opening price points in multipacks and variety packs as areas that are working well.
At the same time, Laguarta said PepsiCo needs to improve the return on some of its pricing investments in the second half. He described the work as customer-by-customer and channel-by-channel, with different approaches needed for high-low retailers versus everyday-low-price retailers.
“It’s trying to get more volume from the investments,” Laguarta said in response to a question about what optimizing return on investment means.
Gas Prices Weigh on Convenience and Impulse Channels Executives said higher gasoline prices following the Iran war had a meaningful impact on consumers, not just in the U.S. but globally. Laguarta said the U.S. effect has been most visible in impulse channels such as convenience stores and independent outlets, where PepsiCo is seeing slower conversion of store traffic into food and beverage purchases.
To address the issue, PepsiCo is working with retail partners on offers such as bundles, meal-linked promotions and combined food-and-beverage solutions. Laguarta said the company sees benefits when it has “good offers and bundles” in the channel.
He also said PepsiCo is not trying to raise prices in single-serve products to pay for investments in take-home formats.
“That’s not what we’re trying to do,” Laguarta said.
Asked about test-market work that supported the company’s affordability strategy, Laguarta said the consumer is “worse than what we had anticipated,” largely because of gasoline prices, and that some price investments at certain customers experienced execution delays for commercial reasons. He said those issues have been addressed and should support acceleration in the second half.
Guidance Reaffirmed, Tariff Refunds to Offset Cost Pressure Schmitt said PepsiCo reaffirmed its full-year guidance, though he noted results may trend toward the low end of the EPS range the company had previously provided. He said management expects international net revenue to remain strong, North America to gradually improve and commodity pressures to increase.
PepsiCo also expects refund claims for tariffs paid last year to provide about 1 full point of EPS growth for the year. Schmitt said those refunds will help offset commodity pressure and allow the company to continue investing in the business.
“We’re not making decisions that hurt the top line in our assessment,” Schmitt said. He added that North America advertising and marketing expense is projected to increase in the second half compared with the prior year.
Schmitt said third-quarter results are expected to benefit from international strength and approximately 1 point of EPS benefit from tariff refund claims, but also face a higher year-over-year tax rate and timing of certain costs and investments. He said PepsiCo expects more productivity in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter.
International Business Remains a Growth Driver Management emphasized the strength of PepsiCo’s international business throughout the call. Laguarta said the international business is expected to cross $40 billion this year and has become a major contributor to company volume, revenue and profit. He said international beverage volumes represent about two-thirds of PepsiCo’s total company beverage volume, while international foods volumes represent more than half.
Laguarta said markets in Asia and the Middle East remained resilient despite concerns about elevated gasoline prices. He also cited strong performance in Europe, where World Cup sponsorship activity in the food business is helping activate the category, and said Latin America was growing somewhat less than the rest of the business but remained positive.
Schmitt said international operating margin increased by a full point in the second quarter, showing not only top-line growth but improved flow-through on the profit and loss statement. He noted that PepsiCo expects some commodity inflation in the second half, particularly in EMEA, but said teams have been proactive in mitigation efforts.
PBNA Margins, M&A and U.S. Productivity Initiatives In PepsiCo Beverages North America, Schmitt said operating margin declined about 90 basis points in the quarter, driven by gross profit rate. He attributed about half of the gross profit rate decline to the company’s Alani commercial arrangement, with additional pressure from softness in convenience and gas channels and product mix.
Laguarta said PepsiCo continues to see momentum in no-sugar beverages, functional hydration and energy, as well as innovation expected to scale in the second half.
On recent acquisitions, Laguarta said both Siete and poppi are “doing well.” He said poppi experienced some transition impact as it moved from its prior distributor system into PepsiCo’s system, but that issue is “pretty much solved.” Siete had ingredient-related issues in April and May, which he said have also been resolved. He also cited partnerships such as Celsius and Alani Nu as ways PepsiCo is expanding consumer offerings.
Executives also discussed productivity initiatives in the U.S., including automation, digitalization and efforts to combine scale across the company’s North American food and beverage businesses. Laguarta said PepsiCo is testing combined mixing centers, combined delivery and combined fleet concepts in Texoma, with more detail expected later this year or early next year.
Laguarta said the objective is to fund U.S. transformation without reducing investment in international markets, which he described as PepsiCo’s largest long-term growth opportunity.
About PepsiCo NASDAQ: PEPPepsiCo, Inc NASDAQ: PEP is a multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Purchase, New York. The company develops, manufactures, markets and sells a broad portfolio of branded food and beverage products, including carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks, bottled water, sports drinks, juices, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, salty snacks, cereals, and other convenient foods. Its leading consumer brands include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana, Quaker, Lay's, Doritos and Cheetos, among others.
Formed through the 1965 merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay, PepsiCo has grown into a global business with integrated manufacturing, distribution and marketing operations.
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