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Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) said it has agreed to acquire WildFire Energy for approximately $4.06 billion, a transaction management described as a strategic bolt-on that will substantially expand Magnolia’s position in the Giddings field and create what it called the premier Eagle Ford/Austin Chalk operator in South Texas.

Chris Stavros, Magnolia’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said on a conference call that the WildFire acquisition “more than doubles” Magnolia’s existing acreage position in the Giddings field and reflects the company’s long-standing acquisition criteria, including operational overlap, financial attractiveness and resource upside.

“The WildFire acquisition greatly enhances Magnolia’s position by extending our runway of advantage to high return profitability and significant free cash flow generation,” Stavros said.

Deal Structure and Acreage Expansion The company said the purchase price will be funded with a mix of cash and equity, including 32.2 million shares of Magnolia Class A common stock issued to WildFire’s owners. Magnolia will also assume WildFire’s $600 million of outstanding notes due in 2029. The remaining amount is expected to be funded through cash on hand and a balanced mix of debt and new common equity.

Magnolia said it has obtained committed financing and amended and increased its secured credit facility to a $2 billion borrowing base, with elected commitments of $1.75 billion contingent upon closing. The transaction has been unanimously approved by Magnolia’s board and is expected to close late in the third quarter.

The acquisition adds roughly 810,000 net acres, bringing Magnolia’s pro forma acreage position to nearly 1.3 million net acres across more than 1.5 million gross acres. Stavros said the deal effectively consolidates most of the Giddings field and surrounding area. He added that, on a pro forma basis, Magnolia’s acreage position would be the largest in the South Texas Eagle Ford/Austin Chalk trend and almost 80% larger than the second-place operator.

Production, Reserves and Synergies WildFire’s assets produced approximately 53,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the second quarter of 2026, including 37,000 barrels per day of oil. Magnolia said total pro forma second-quarter production would have been 159,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, including 79,000 barrels per day of oil, with an oil mix of about 50%.

Stavros said WildFire’s production carries an estimated low base decline rate of approximately 29%. He also said Magnolia’s pro forma oil production increases by 89% to nearly 80,000 barrels per day, while total proved developed reserves rise 84% to more than 300 million barrels of oil equivalent. Proved developed oil reserves increase approximately 155%, with the overall proved developed oil mix rising to roughly 54%.

Magnolia expects annual cost savings and synergies of at least $100 million on a run-rate basis by the end of 2027, with an estimated present value of approximately $700 million. Stavros said the expected improvements fall into three areas:

Drilling, completions and facilities, representing about 60% of expected synergies; Field operations, representing about 20%; Corporate G&A, representing about 20%. He said corporate G&A and field operations savings are expected to approach their full run rate by mid-2027. Additional operational benefits are expected from longer lateral lengths, Magnolia’s supply chain and logistics pricing, shared infrastructure and Magnolia’s drilling and completion expertise.

The WildFire assets also include approximately 500 miles of gas gathering pipelines in Giddings and a local sand mine. Stavros said the sand mine currently supplies frac sand consumption for both Magnolia’s Giddings operations and WildFire, while also supporting third-party sales.

Capital Returns and Debt Reduction Magnolia said the transaction is expected to be highly accretive to key financial metrics, including cash flow and free cash flow per share, operating margins, earnings per share and net asset value. Citing the expected increase in free cash flow, Magnolia raised its quarterly dividend by 9% to $0.18 per share, payable in the third quarter. Stavros said this is the company’s second dividend increase of the year, following a 10% increase announced in January.

The company expects to continue repurchasing at least 1% of outstanding shares per quarter after the transaction closes. Stavros said Magnolia has returned approximately $2 billion to shareholders since its inception eight years ago, or roughly 40% of its market value.

Management said leverage will initially rise because of the acquisition, but Magnolia expects to use free cash flow beyond its shareholder return program to reduce debt. Stavros said the company expects to reach roughly 1x or less net debt to EBITDA by year-end 2027 and plans further debt reduction over time.

At recent strip prices, Magnolia estimates the combined business could generate more than $4.5 billion in cumulative free cash flow over the next 4.5 years through 2030.

Operational Outlook and Analyst Questions During the question-and-answer session, Stavros said Magnolia expects to initially take on WildFire’s two rigs and one completion crew after closing, effectively doubling Magnolia’s activity level in that respect. He said the company will evaluate whether it can improve efficiencies after the deal closes.

Asked about development targets, Stavros said Magnolia expects a broad mix of Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford activity, with Woodbine development potentially added later. He said WildFire’s Eagle Ford wells are shallower and lower cost, which should benefit Magnolia’s capital program.

On lateral lengths, Stavros said WildFire’s average laterals have been around 8,000 to 8,500 feet, while Magnolia expects many future wells could move toward 10,000 to 15,000 feet where acreage adjacency allows.

Stavros also said Magnolia inherited some hedges on a portion of WildFire’s oil production that provide “a comfortable floor” into 2027. He said Magnolia may opportunistically add hedges given recent oil-price volatility and the company’s increased debt position after the deal.

Magnolia also reported preliminary second-quarter standalone production of approximately 106,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with oil production of roughly 42,000 barrels per day. Drilling and completion capital for the quarter was $125 million, and the company ended the quarter with $296 million in cash. Based on stronger second-quarter production, Magnolia raised its full-year 2026 standalone production growth guidance to 6% from 5%.

About Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (NYSE: MGY) is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition, development and optimization of onshore oil and gas assets in South Texas. Headquartered in Houston, the company concentrates its efforts on the Eagle Ford Shale, where it holds significant working interests in key producing counties.

The company’s core operations center on horizontal drilling and multi-stage completions designed to extract light crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs).

Posted by Defense World Staff on Jul 22nd, 2026

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI – Get Free Report) announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, July 21st, RTT News reports. The company plans to buyback $800.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the construction company to reacquire up to 12.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Armstrong World Industries Trading Down 0.6% NYSE AWI opened at $151.35 on Wednesday. Armstrong World Industries has a 1 year low of $150.28 and a 1 year high of $206.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 1.04. The company has a market capitalization of $6.46 billion, a PE ratio of 21.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.17. The company has a fifty day moving average of $156.57 and a 200 day moving average of $171.58.

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The construction company reported $1.69 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.82 by ($0.13). Armstrong World Industries had a return on equity of 36.71% and a net margin of 18.59%.The company had revenue of $409.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $409.46 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.66 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. Armstrong World Industries has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.450 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Armstrong World Industries will post 8.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Armstrong World Industries Announces Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th were given a dividend of $0.339 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 11th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Armstrong World Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 19.29%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets Several research firms have recently commented on AWI. UBS Group reduced their price target on Armstrong World Industries from $200.00 to $195.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Armstrong World Industries from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Bank of America cut their target price on Armstrong World Industries from $216.00 to $210.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Evercore set a $200.00 target price on shares of Armstrong World Industries in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Armstrong World Industries currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.86.

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Armstrong World Industries, Inc is a leading global manufacturer of commercial ceiling and wall solutions. The company offers a diverse portfolio of acoustical, decorative and specialty ceiling systems designed to enhance interior environments in offices, healthcare facilities, schools, retail outlets and other non-residential settings. Through its focus on performance, aesthetics and sustainability, Armstrong World Industries addresses both functional and design requirements for architects, contractors and building owners.

Armstrong’s product range includes mineral fiber, fiberglass, wood wool, metal and stone wool ceiling panels, as well as suspension and grid systems.

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Doximity (NYSE:DOCS – Get Free Report) and OBOOK (NASDAQ:OWLS – Get Free Report) are both services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations This is a summary of current ratings for Doximity and OBOOK, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Doximity 3 13 6 2 2.29 OBOOK 1 0 1 0 2.00 Doximity presently has a consensus target price of $29.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.73%. OBOOK has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 101.83%. Given OBOOK’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OBOOK is more favorable than Doximity.

Profitability This table compares Doximity and OBOOK’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Doximity 30.40% 20.40% 17.43% OBOOK N/A N/A N/A Institutional and Insider Ownership 87.2% of Doximity shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Doximity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation This table compares Doximity and OBOOK”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Doximity $644.86 million 5.95 $196.05 million $0.99 21.21 OBOOK $7.86 million 61.25 -$31.85 million N/A N/A Doximity has higher revenue and earnings than OBOOK.

Summary Doximity beats OBOOK on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Doximity (Get Free Report)

Doximity, Inc. operates a cloud-based digital platform for medical professionals in the United States. The company’s cloud-based platform provides its members with tools built for medical professionals, enabling them to collaborate with their colleagues, coordinate patient care, conduct virtual patient visits, stay up-to-date with the latest medical news and research, and manage their careers. It primarily serves pharmaceutical companies and health systems. The company was formerly known as 3MD Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Doximity, Inc. in June 2010. Doximity, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Our mission is to use blockchain technology to provide businesses with more reliable and transparent data management, to reinvent global flow of funds for businesses and consumers and to lead the digital transformation of business operations. We believe in the power of blockchain technology and have focused on leveraging it to optimize and in some cases transform the way enterprises operate. Established in 2010 in Taiwan, we operate as the OwlTing Group and have delivered solutions to various industries and are expanding actively into multiple markets including the United States, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as jurisdictions in South America and the EU. Through our e-commerce, hospitality and payments offerings, we are committed to serving businesses and individuals whose commercial activities involve cross-border transactions. From our earliest days with our product OwlTing Market™, our e-commerce platform that was designed to connect local Taiwanese farmers and merchants with their customers, we have worked closely with the merchants on our platform and come to understand their business pain points. Our OwlTing Blockchain Services™ emerged from such business understanding, and we have aimed to build a blockchain traceability solution that empowers organic farmers with better transparency of their business and operations, which can be extended to other use cases. By building our expertise in blockchain ledger transaction models, we concluded that the prevention of double spending with the use of timestamps and proof of work could also be utilized in the hospitality industry, which faces the need to address double-booking problems. We thus expanded into the hospitality sector in 2018 by offering innovative solutions to hotels and other hospitality industry customers through our platforms, including the OwlNest™ hotel property management system, or PMS, that leverages blockchain technology to prevent double bookings. We also launched the OwlJourney™, an online travel agency, or OTA, platform that benefits from accurate real-time inventory data from integration with OwlNest’s inventory system, to empower travel service providers with optimized efficiencies. In addition, our OwlTing Experiences™, also an OTA, focuses on offering curated local activity and tour options for lodging guests, enriching their travel experiences beyond accommodations. As we further developed our presence in the hospitality industry, we also gained a first-hand understanding of the challenges of cross-border payments faced by our hospitality clients. We saw the issues faced by our hospitality clients and their two most prominent pain points in the payment process: high processing costs from cross-border transactions and delayed settlement from the payers, including large OTAs. In response, we launched OwlPay™ in 2023 intending to enable businesses in the hospitality sector and beyond to use stablecoins and/or fiat currency in payouts to global suppliers. OwlPay is an application programming interface, or API, based payment suite with secure, real-time and cost-effective one-stop payment solutions covering a range of services from payment gateway to business payout. Using blockchain technology and developer-friendly APIs for integration, OwlPay aims to payments for both businesses and consumers. OwlPay is a full-stack payment service suite that supports multiple payout settlement routes, not only in fiat currency but also in stablecoin USD Coin (“USDC”) backed by U.S. dollar-denominated assets, through various product offerings. We currently offer various solutions for both platform solutions that provide user interfaces to our end users and infrastructure solutions that support third-party providers, through OwlPay Payment, OwlPay Wallet Pro and OwlPay Harbor within the OwlPay suite. OwlPay Payment provides user interfaces that offer services ranging from payment gateway to various payout solutions in stablecoin and fiat currencies. OwlPay Wallet Pro is a platform product that provides a hosted wallet for business customers and an unhosted wallet for individual users, supporting stablecoin on/off-ramp services and enabling both business and individual customers to receive and send money both domestically and internationally within minutes, with stablecoins over the public blockchain ledgers Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum and Stellar. In addition, OwlPay Wallet Pro recently introduced a digital gift card service in the U.S., allowing users to purchase and redeem gift cards directly with USDC, thereby extending the everyday utility of stablecoins in retail and consumer payments. We also provide an infrastructure solution: OwlPay Harbor—our proprietary API packages—provides the functionalities of payment gateway collection of customers fund via stablecoins, on/off-ramp between fiat currencies and stablecoins, cross-chain transactions between USDC across different blockchains, and payout capabilities, empowering third-party wallet providers, financial institutions, and platform operators requiring cross-border payment solutions to offer stablecoin-based payment gateways, on/off-ramp services, cross-chain transactions, and payouts to their end users by leveraging our infrastructure. We currently provide these API packages across multiple blockchains, including EVM-compatible networks, the Solana network, and the Stellar network, where we serve as a “Stellar Anchor”. We also plan to provide Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS), allowing enterprises to customize and deploy wallets for their end users. For our end customers holding a wallet with our OwlPay Wallet Pro, we provide the on/off-ramp services to facilitate conversion between USDCs and U.S. dollars, both directly interfacing our products and through our third-party collaborators and service providers, MoneyGram and MoonPay. For business customers that wish to leverage USDC, we offer on/off-ramping services via wire transfers and automated clearing houses (“ACH”). For individual customers, we offer on/off-ramping services via wire transfers and ACH, as well as via cash and credit card leveraging our collaborations with MoneyGram and MoonPay, respectively. We plan to further expand our on/off-ramping capabilities via debit cards using VISA Direct. Such conversion services are also available to customers of third-party wallet providers or financial institutions using OwlPay Harbor, our proprietary API package that enables third-party users to access our conversion capabilities, between fiat currencies and stablecoins, as well as between USDC across different blockchains (which also integrates stablecoin-based payment gateway solutions and payout capabilities). All transactions are within standard security and compliance infrastructure on par with a traditional financial institution. To make transactions more convenient for our OwlPay Wallet Pro customers on supported blockchains, we handle the payment of the gas fees (which are transaction fees paid for executing transactions on a blockchain network, typically paid in the digital asset native to such blockchain network) incurred on these blockchains on behalf of our OwlPay Wallet Pro customers for certain types of customers and transactions, so that these customers do not need to hold the native digital assets of the transaction chain. We currently support OwlPay Wallet Pro’s customers to send, receive and hold USDC, EURC, ZUSD, and GYEN and the conversion between USD and USDC. Additionally, for individual customers, we also support sending, receiving and holding native digital assets. OwlPay Wallet Pro recently introduced a digital gift card service in the U.S., allowing users to purchase and redeem gift cards directly with USDC, thereby extending the everyday utility of stablecoins in retail and consumer payments. OwlPay’s customers are currently able to access various fiat currency and USDC payment options and perform these payment transactions within OwlPay suite. We plan to expand OwlPay Wallet Pro services to support more blockchains, including Base, and plan to diversify our stablecoin offering to enable a broader set of conversion corridors between fiat currencies and stablecoins, as well as to facilitate foreign exchange transactions using stablecoins in the future. We have also rolled out our OwlPay Harbor services to other participants in the digital asset economy and payment industry, including serving as a “Stellar Anchor” for on/off-ramping USDC on Stellar to third parties on the Stellar Network and supporting EVM-compatible blockchains and Solana. OwlPay is designed to simplify backend financial operations and cross-border transactions. For potential business clients without in-house technical teams to support system integration but requiring payment gateway and cross-border payout services, we offer OwlPay Payment—an user interface solution that seamlessly connects with their bank accounts/wallets, facilitating vendor and order management, mass payouts, real-time exchanges and automated payment processes using fiat currency and USDC. The payout transactions are signed using hardware security module technology, a specialized security device used to manage, process and store digital keys securely, in order to ensure cryptographic operations are performed within a tamper-resistant environment. All of these features enhance the payment experience for businesses, especially SMEs that have limited scale of operations but still require efficient cross-border payment solutions. Beyond business clients, we expect to further develop and release services for individual customers that would integrate payment services offered by card networks, such as VISA Direct, to provide our individual customers a convenient way to send funds from a bank or card account to another party’s card or bank account within the same card network. Within the OwlPay suite, our customers can access various fiat currency and USDC payment options and seamlessly perform transactions through different solutions, and we believe we are an early mover to provide the one-stop service framework which enables businesses to collect payments from end-users and make payments to vendors, with the flexibility to settle transactions in either fiat currency or USDC and enables individuals a simpler, more convenient and faster way to perform cross-border transactions and remittances. According to CB Insights’ latest Stablecoin Market Map, OwlTing is ranked among the top 2 global players in the “Enterprise & B2B” category, earning a high Mosaic score of 832—underscoring its leadership in blockchain-powered financial infrastructure for businesses. OwlPay for its business customers supports B2B stablecoin transactions via a hosted wallet infrastructure and a comprehensive suite of services, including stablecoin payment gateway services, on/off-ramp capabilities, cross-chain transfers and payout services. These services enable key use cases such as e-commerce payments, cross-border remittances, payroll, and treasury management. The Mosaic score—CB Insights’ proprietary metric evaluating market opportunity, momentum, and financial strength—highlights OwlTing’s strong market positioning and growth potential in the enterprise stablecoin ecosystem. OwlPay continues to build multi-jurisdictional capabilities and aims to expand its service offerings internationally. For example, we currently hold money transmitter licenses, or MTLs, in 35 states in the United States and the Virtual Asset Service Provider, or VASP, registration in Poland, and the Electronic Payment Instrument Service Provider, or EPISP, registration in Japan. We are in the process of applying for MTLs in remaining states in the United States, an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in the EU, a fund transfer service license and a stablecoin license in Japan, a major payment institution license in Singapore and a money service operator license in Hong Kong; and we expect to upgrade the qualification as a Crypto Asset Service Provider, or CASP, under Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) in the EU. We also plan to further expand to Brazil, Argentina and other markets in South America where we could provide virtual asset services without being subject to licensing requirements. We believe our payment business powered by blockchain technology will be the most significant driver of our future business expansion plans. Our OwlPay services have historically been focused on processing transactions in fiat currencies, and no revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024 were generated from OwlPay Harbor and OwlPay Wallet Pro. As we continue to roll out OwlPay Harbor and OwlPay Wallet Pro and expect market adoption of stablecoins to increase, we believe OwlPay Harbor and OwlPay Wallet Pro would enhance the breadth of our OwlPay services and strengthen our market position in digital asset payment solutions. We further believe our expansion into new products and markets from our current customer-centric businesses will enable us to capture cross-selling opportunities with our existing relationships in the e-commerce and hospitality industries, and to grow into a comprehensive cross-border payment solution suite and business ecosystem. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our company’s total revenue was comprised of our operations in the following main business segments: (i) Payments contributed to 53% of our total revenue; (ii) Hospitality (which include software services and platform services) contributed to 37% of our total revenue; and (iii) E-commerce contributed to 10% of our total revenue. Obook Holdings Inc. is located in Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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Posted by Defense World Staff on Jul 22nd, 2026

Williams Industries (OTCMKTS:WMSI – Get Free Report) and Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA – Get Free Report) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation This table compares Williams Industries and Granite Construction”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Williams Industries N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Granite Construction $4.42 billion 1.23 $193.00 million $3.47 35.96 Granite Construction has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Industries.

Profitability This table compares Williams Industries and Granite Construction’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Williams Industries N/A N/A N/A Granite Construction 3.99% 24.90% 7.64% Analyst Recommendations This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Williams Industries and Granite Construction, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Williams Industries 0 0 0 0 0.00 Granite Construction 1 2 2 1 2.50 Granite Construction has a consensus target price of $161.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.01%. Given Granite Construction’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Granite Construction is more favorable than Williams Industries.

Summary Granite Construction beats Williams Industries on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Williams Industries, Incorporated manufactures and sells welded steel plate girders, rolled steel beams, stay-in-place bridge decking, and light structural and other metal products in the United States. The company also offers steel, precast concrete and miscellaneous metals erection and installation services, as well as rigging and specialized hauling services. It also rents cranes. The company provides its services and products for industrial, governmental, commercial, and institutional construction markets. Williams Industries, Incorporated was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Manassas, Virginia.

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Granite Construction Incorporated operates as an infrastructure contractor in the United States. It operates through two segments: Construction and Materials segments. The Construction segment engages in the construction and rehabilitation of roads, pavement preservation, bridges, rail lines, airports, marine ports, dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, infrastructure, and site development for use by the public and water-related construction for municipal agencies, commercial water suppliers, industrial facilities, and energy companies; and construction of various complex projects, including infrastructure/site development, mining, public safety, tunnel, solar storage, and power related projects. The Materials segment is involved in the production of aggregates, asphalt concrete, liquid asphalt, and recycled materials production for internal use in our construction projects and sale to third parties. It also offers site preparation, mining, and infrastructure services for residential development, energy development, commercial and industrial sites, railways, residential development, and energy development; and provides construction management professional services. It serves federal agencies, state departments of transportation, local transit authorities, county and city public works departments, school districts and developers, utilities, contractors, landscapers, manufacturers of products requiring aggregate materials, retailers, homeowners, farmers, brokers, and private owners of industrial, commercial, and residential sites. Granite Construction Incorporated was incorporated in 1922 and is headquartered in Watsonville, California.

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Posted by Defense World Staff on Jul 22nd, 2026

Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) executives said the company’s planned acquisition of Personalis is intended to strengthen its position in minimal residual disease, or MRD, testing, while expanding its biopharma data and profiling capabilities.

On a call with analysts, Tempus said it agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Personalis not already owned by Tempus at $16.25 per share. The company said the price represents a 6% premium to Personalis’ Friday closing price and a 28% premium to its unaffected 30-day volume-weighted average price.

The consideration is structured as 100% stock, though Tempus has the option to pay up to 50% in cash. Personalis shareholders would receive a floating exchange ratio of Tempus common stock for each Personalis share held at closing, subject to a maximum exchange ratio of 0.3356. Tempus said any cash portion could be financed with cash on hand and additional borrowing procured between signing and closing. The companies expect the transaction to close in late 2026 or early 2027.

Tempus Points to MRD Growth and Reimbursement Momentum Tempus said Personalis’ NeXT Personal offering has seen strong adoption, with quarter-over-quarter growth of 38%. The company said volumes could become “even more material and higher” as additional sales representatives are equipped to sell the offering and as more indications secure reimbursement.

In response to a question from Kallum Titchmarsh of Morgan Stanley, an executive identified as Eric said Tempus is “quickly gaining market adoption,” citing both overall growth in the MRD market and the performance of Personalis’ assay. He said Tempus expects to embed more of its technology into the MRD offering over time, including hospital connectivity, AI-enabled ordering tools and AI-derived insights.

Eric said Tempus has so far been selective in allowing its sales force to carry the MRD product, with roughly 10% of sales representatives currently involved. He said the company expects to expand that access as more indications receive reimbursement.

Why Tempus Says the Timing Is Right Asked by Kyle Mikson of Canaccord Genuity why Tempus is pursuing the acquisition now, Eric said the company had reviewed Personalis in 2023 but opted at that time for a commercial agreement because Personalis still faced several years of heavy investment. He said Personalis has since advanced the assay and is entering a phase in which coverage and reimbursement should improve the economics of the tests.

Eric said MRD assays can move from generating little or no revenue in certain uses to producing significant revenue after analytic validity, clinical validity, publication and MolDX approval requirements are met. He said Personalis is now entering that part of the cycle, and Tempus expects its financial profile to improve.

Jim Rogers, CFO and Treasurer of Tempus AI, said the company’s core business has “good tailwinds” from therapy selection volume growth and average selling price improvements. He said Tempus is generating incremental gross profit dollars and had already intended to reinvest a portion of that into the business, with MRD as a major investment area.

Data and Biopharma Opportunities Tempus said the Personalis portfolio also enhances its biopharma offering through profiling and immuno-oncology capabilities. The company highlighted the potential value of de-identified longitudinal MRD data, saying serial measurements can reveal disease dynamics, treatment response, resistance and recurrence, which may support biomarker discovery, patient selection and trial optimization.

Eric said the prior relationship between the companies gave Tempus broad clinical distribution rights, while Personalis retained its own biopharma business and data rights. After closing, he said Tempus expects to more tightly combine those capabilities, which he said could be “catalytic” to both companies’ pharma businesses.

Rogers added that Tempus already has a large biopharma data business and does sequencing for biopharma customers. He said integrating Personalis’ biopharma business with Tempus’ current offering could help expand overall relationships with biopharma clients.

Financial Targets Remain in Place Tempus said it will provide more detail on the transaction’s financial impact and outlook during its second-quarter earnings call on July 30. Despite the acquisition, the company said it intends to be adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow positive in 2027.

Asked about margins and reimbursement by Mark Massaro of BTIG, Eric said Tempus was not ready to provide extensive detail on Personalis’ business before a future update, but said Personalis is collecting clinical-side reimbursement dollars. He added that Tempus would not have agreed to the acquisition if it did not believe the margin profile would become “super healthy.”

Elizabeth Krutoholow, Tempus AI’s Vice President of Investor Relations, closed the call by thanking participants and said the company expects to speak with investors again on its July 30 second-quarter call.

About Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) Tempus is a technology-driven healthcare company that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to clinical and molecular data in order to advance precision medicine. Its primary focus lies in oncology, where the company offers comprehensive genomic profiling, digital pathology services and data-driven insights to inform personalized cancer care. By integrating DNA and RNA sequencing with structured clinical information, Tempus enables clinicians and researchers to identify targeted treatment options for patients based on the genetic characteristics of their tumors.

The company’s core offering centers on a scalable, cloud-based analytics platform that aggregates vast amounts of molecular and clinical data.

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GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) will release its second quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Wednesday, July 22.

Analysts expect the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company to report quarterly earnings of $3.19 per share, up from $1.86 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for GE Vernova’s quarterly revenue is $10.76 billion. It reported $9.11 billion last year, according to Benzinga Pro.

On July 7, GE Vernova, Hitachi, Samsung C&T and SGE signed an agreement over deployment of BWRX-300 SMR throughout Europe.

Shares of GE Vernova slipped 0.1% to close at $1,078.81 on Tuesday.

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July 22, 2026 00:46 ET  | Source: Equinor ASA

Key information relating to the cash dividend to be paid by Equinor ASA (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) for second quarter 2026.

Cash dividend amount: 0.39

Announced currency: USD

Last day including rights: 12 November 2026

Ex-date Oslo Børs: 13 November 2026

Ex-date New York Stock Exchange: 16 November 2026

Record date: 16 November 2026

Payment date: 25 November 2026

Date of approval: 21 July 2026.

Other information: The cash dividend per share in NOK will be communicated 20 November 2026.

This information is published in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Obligations and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Second-quarter adjusted operating income jumped over 75% as the Norwegian energy major captured higher oil and gas prices triggered by the conflict in the Middle East.

Ceny českých potravin letos pokračují v jízdě plné překvapení. Společně s nápoji a tabákem v červnu meziročně klesaly o více než 1 %, přičemž samotné potraviny zlevnily o více než 3 %. Právě tento vývoj byl jedním z hlavních důvodů, proč celková inflace zpomalila z 2,1 % na 1,5 %. Pro nás to představovalo důvod k mírnému snížení odhadu inflace pro rok 2026. Z pohledu roku 2027 však nadále zůstáváme spíše pesimističtí. Další zlevňování potravin považujeme za neudržitelné a nízké ceny v letošním roce podle nás pouze vytvářejí prostor pro výraznější meziroční zdražování v roce příštím. Proč?

Za prvé, za letošním poklesem cen stojí především mléčné výrobky, tuky a některé vybrané masné produkty. Jednoznačným premiantem jsou mléko a máslo, kde Česko s určitým zpožděním kopíruje vývoj v Německu a cenové výkyvy navíc často ještě zesiluje. Mléko i máslo totiž bývají v českých obchodech pravidelně součástí slevových akcí. Jejich letošní zlevnění však nemá strukturální charakter. Jde především o důsledek předchozího výrazného růstu cen v letech 2024–2025, na který reagovala vyšší produkce, podpořená zároveň levnějšími krmivy. Nic z toho však není trvalého charakteru.

Za druhé, situaci zásadně mění i stále uzavřený Hormuzský průliv. Inflační šok spojený s Hormuzem by se časem měl promítnout také do cen potravin. Jednak prostřednictvím dražších hnojiv a vyšších nákladů rostlinné výroby, jednak skrze růst cen krmiv, který se následně přenese do cen masa a mléčných výrobků. K tomu je třeba připočíst i ceny plynu a elektřiny, které v posledních týdnech v návaznosti na novou eskalaci konfliktu na Blízkém východě začaly citelně růst. Cena zemního plynu se již pohybuje kolem 60 EUR/MWh. Procesy, jako je pasterace nebo sušení mléka, jsou přitom energeticky náročné a vyžadují dodávky plynu za rozumnou cenu.

I proto v příštím roce předpokládáme růst cen potravin minimálně kolem 4 %, tedy mírně nad historickým průměrem. Pokud k tomu připočteme dražší energie, které letos naopak stále zlevňují, a přetrvávající zvýšenou inflaci ve službách, dostáváme se na začátku příštího roku k celkové inflaci v pásmu 3–4 %. Možná i proto finanční trhy současnou nízkou inflaci v zásadě přehlížejí a poslední eskalace napětí na Blízkém východě je vedla ke zvýšení sázek na další růst úrokových sazeb.

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Koruna

Česká koruna se drží v blízkosti 24,20 bez sebemenších nových impulsů k obchodování. Silný dolar a drahá ropa ji berou vítr z plachet, na druhé straně ovšem ne natolik, aby se dostala do výraznější defenzivy. Hlavní událostí tohoto týdne pro ni bude čtvrteční zasedání ECB.

Eurodolar

Ropný trh se ocitá ve velmi choulostivé situaci, která může mít potenciálně významné dopady i na ostatní finanční trhy, včetně trhu eurodolarového. Problém, jak dostat ropu z Perského zálivu na světové trhy, se totiž posouvá do zcela jiné roviny. Húsiové podporovaní Íránem se rozhodli zablokovat průliv Báb al-Mandab, vstupní bránu z Rudého moře, kterou Saúdská Arábie využívá k přepravě ropy do světových oceánů.

Podle posledních zpráv již několik tankerů bylo nuceno změnit kurz, protože rejdaři nepovažují plavbu touto úžinou za dostatečně bezpečnou. Ceny ropy proto logicky rostou. Ropa Brent se dnes ráno obchodovala již nad 92 USD za barel. To vytváří tlak na oslabení eura vůči dolaru. Kurz EUR/USD se zatím drží nad hladinou 1,14, avšak pokud by ceny ropy zamířily směrem ke 100 USD za barel, je velmi pravděpodobné, že by se dostal pod tuto úroveň.

Forint

Maďarská centrální banka v souladu s očekáváním včera snížila svou základní úrokovou sazbu z 6,0 % na 5,75 % a vyslala poměrně jasný signál, že uvolňování měnové politiky bude během léta pokračovat. MNB to ve svém komentáři dokonce konkretizovala tím, že o dalším snížení sazeb rozhodne zářijová inflační zpráva. To by mělo implikovat, že na srpnovém zasedání ke snížení sazeb ještě nedojde. Forint v reakci na rozhodnutí MNB nepatrně oslabil.

The Pound to New Zealand Dollar (GBP/NZD) exchange rate slipped to a one-month low on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected New Zealand inflation reinforced expectations for further Reserve Bank of New Zealand interest rate hikes.

At the time of writing, GBP/NZD was trading around NZ$2.2939, down approximately 0.2% on the day.

Latest — Exchange Rates:
Pound to New Zealand Dollar (GBP/NZD): 2.295692 (+0.02%)
Euro to New Zealand Dollar (EUR/NZD): 1.956495 (+0.29%)
New Zealand Dollar to Dollar (NZD/USD): 0.5827 (-0.43%)

DAILY RECAP:

The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) appreciated through Tuesday's Asian trading session as markets digested New Zealand's latest consumer price index.

According to the CPI figures published by Stats NZ, annual inflation accelerated to 4.1% in the second quarter, up from 3.1% previously and above market forecasts of 4.0%.

Perhaps more importantly, the Q2 inflation print also outpaced the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s previous 3.9% forecast.

This prompted NZD investors to increase their bets on further monetary tightening after the RBNZ's recent decision to lift the Official Cash Rate to 2.5%.

However, the ‘Kiwi’ was unable to sustain its best levels for long, with NZD exchange rates falling back by the start of the European session as market risk appetite was sapped by the continued escalation of tensions in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, trade in the Pound (GBP) was broadly flat on Tuesday as the UK's latest jobs report helped to calm concerns over turbulence in the UK bond market at the start of the session.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that unemployment held steady at 4.9% in May, against forecasts it would rise to 5.0%, while employment growth accelerated from 100,000 to 147,000 against consensus estimates it would drop to 85,000.

The surprisingly robust jobs data was welcomed by GBP investors as it increased the chances of the Bank of England (BoE) tightening monetary policy later in the year.

However, Sterling's upside potential remained capped after the start of Andy Burnham's premiership triggered a rise in UK gilt yields as he signalled his willingness to exercise flexibility while still adhering to fiscal rules.

Near-Term GBP/NZD Forecast: Slowdown in UK Inflation to Sap Sterling? Looking ahead, the next catalyst for the Pound to New Zealand Dollar exchange rate will be the UK's latest inflation figures.

Economists expect UK inflation to have cooled further in June, with Sterling likely to come under pressure if the data weakens expectations for further Bank of England interest rate hikes.

Meanwhile, the ‘Kiwi’ could face headwinds if New Zealand's latest credit card spending figures point to a slowdown in consumer spending last month.

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WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cornelis, a leading provider of high-performance networking solutions, unveiled a new reference architecture that pairs its CN6000 SuperNIC with AMD 6th Gen EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ MI400 series GPUs. Designed for disaggregated AI inference, large-scale training, and HPC simulation, the architecture provides infrastructure operators with a blueprint for building high-performance systems on an integrated compute and networking platform.Cornelis plans to deta.

Nike will shift online sales to its official website and app, as well as its flagship stores on e-commerce platforms Tmall, JD.com and Douyin from January.

V Česku vzbudily pozornost výroky premiéra Andreje Babiše o možné cukrové dani, která by mohla ovlivnit akcie Kofoly. Na globální scéně pokračuje napětí mezi USA a Íránem, které podporuje ceny ropy a udržuje pozornost na klíčových přepravních trasách na Blízkém východě.

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The Japanese Yen (JPY) hovers near a multi-decade high at around 163.24 against the US Dollar (USD) during the early European trading session on Wednesday. The USD/JPY pair reflects significant strength as the Japanese currency underperforms due to surging Oil prices.

Oil prices have increased further as global energy supply risks have escalated due to the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis.

Higher oil prices bode poorly for currencies from economies, such as Japan, which rely heavily on energy imports.

Sheer weakness in the Japanese Yen has increased hopes of Japan’s intervention in the FX market. Earlier in the day, Japan’s Finance Minister (FM) Satsuki Katayama said that the authorities will take necessary steps on the foreign exchange if necessary. However, she declined to comment on specific forex levels.

Going forward, investors will focus on Japan's National Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for June, which will be released on Friday.

USD/JPY technical analysis

Bias: USD/JPY trades firmly at around 163.20 at press time. The overall bias is bullish as the 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) slopes higher at around 162.15 and the reclaimed upward support trend line around 162.16, which both now underpin the bullish near-term bias.

Momentum: The Relative Strength Index (14) stands at 65.94, staying in positive territory just shy of classic overbought thresholds and suggesting that upside momentum remains constructive, though increasingly stretched.

Pattern: There is a Rising Wedge formation on the daily chart, which generally leads to a bearish reversal after a strong rally. However, the pair could extend the rally if it breaks the chart pattern on the upside above the upper border, which is around 163.50.

Resistance: USD/JPY could extend its advance towards 164.00 once it breaks above the immediate hurdle of 163.50.

Support: On the downside, initial support is clustered in the 162.15–162.16 area, where the 20-day EMA and the former breakout point of the rising trend line converge as a key demand zone before any deeper correction can develop.

(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool. Know more.)

The Japanese Yen (JPY) is one of the world’s most traded currencies. Its value is broadly determined by the performance of the Japanese economy, but more specifically by the Bank of Japan’s policy, the differential between Japanese and US bond yields, or risk sentiment among traders, among other factors.

One of the Bank of Japan’s mandates is currency control, so its moves are key for the Yen. The BoJ has directly intervened in currency markets sometimes, generally to lower the value of the Yen, although it refrains from doing it often due to political concerns of its main trading partners. The BoJ ultra-loose monetary policy between 2013 and 2024 caused the Yen to depreciate against its main currency peers due to an increasing policy divergence between the Bank of Japan and other main central banks. More recently, the gradually unwinding of this ultra-loose policy has given some support to the Yen.

Over the last decade, the BoJ’s stance of sticking to ultra-loose monetary policy has led to a widening policy divergence with other central banks, particularly with the US Federal Reserve. This supported a widening of the differential between the 10-year US and Japanese bonds, which favored the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen. The BoJ decision in 2024 to gradually abandon the ultra-loose policy, coupled with interest-rate cuts in other major central banks, is narrowing this differential.

The Japanese Yen is often seen as a safe-haven investment. This means that in times of market stress, investors are more likely to put their money in the Japanese currency due to its supposed reliability and stability. Turbulent times are likely to strengthen the Yen’s value against other currencies seen as more risky to invest in.

The British Pound (GBP) consolidates losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, as a string of UK inflation figures provided some leeway for the Bank of England to maintain its “wait-and-see” stance through the coming months. The GBP/USD pair remains pinned near weekly lows, below 1.3400 following a nearly 1.2% decline in the last four days.

Data released by the UK National Statistics Office on Wednesday revealed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) moderated to a 2.6% year-over-year (Y-o-Y)  growth in June, from 2.8% in May, below the 2.7% forecasted by market analysts. The Core CPI, however, remained steady at 2.6% against expectations of a 2.5% reading.

Beyond that, the Input Producer Price Index (PPI) contracted 2% on the month, its sharpest decline in more than six years, while the Output PPI remained flat, undershooting expectations of a 0.4% advance. Year on year, input PPI eased to 7.3% from 9.3% while the Output PPI slowed down to 3.5% in June from 3.7% in May.

In the US, the calendar has been thin this week, but the US Dollar maintains a bid tone, buoyed by market concerns about the war in the Middle East and higher US Treasury yields. The US military pounded targets in Iran for the 11th consecutive day on Wednesday, and US President Donald Trump threatened to attack nuclear facilities, which, according to Tehran, would expand the war in the region.

UK Pound slides amid PM Burnham’s early fiscal signalsRabobank’s FX team notes that “UK markets have now had a few hours to react to PM Burnham’s new cabinet, many of whom have been involved in UK politics for years,” and the initial response has been cautious. They highlight that “10-year gilt yields are currently above the 5% level, which is a sign of some anxiety,” while “the Pound is the worst performing G10 currency on a 1-day view,” underscoring investor unease around the new administration’s fiscal direction.

In the near term, Rabobank points out that “Burnham has promised measures to ease cost-of-living pressures,” with the policy push already underway. “He kicked this off this morning with the news that VAT on household electricity bills will be cut from October,” the bank observes, adding that “the market is now bracing itself for a list of further announcements” as investors assess how these initiatives will be funded and what they might mean for UK assets.

Economic Indicator Consumer Price Index (YoY) The United Kingdom (UK) Consumer Price Index (CPI), released by the Office for National Statistics on a monthly basis, is a measure of consumer price inflation – the rate at which the prices of goods and services bought by households rise or fall – produced to international standards. It is the inflation measure used in the government’s target. The YoY reading compares prices in the reference month to a year earlier. Generally, a high reading is seen as bullish for the Pound Sterling (GBP), while a low reading is seen as bearish.

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The Bank of England is tasked with keeping inflation, as measured by the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) at around 2%, giving the monthly release its importance. An increase in inflation implies a quicker and sooner increase of interest rates or the reduction of bond-buying by the BOE, which means squeezing the supply of pounds. Conversely, a drop in the pace of price rises indicates looser monetary policy. A higher-than-expected result tends to be GBP bullish.

Economic Indicator Consumer Price Index (MoM) The United Kingdom (UK) Consumer Price Index (CPI), released by the Office for National Statistics on a monthly basis, is a measure of consumer price inflation – the rate at which the prices of goods and services bought by households rise or fall – produced to international standards. It is also the inflation measure used in the government’s target. The MoM figure compares the prices of goods in the reference month to the previous month. Generally, a high reading is seen as bullish for the Pound Sterling (GBP), while a low reading is seen as bearish.

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PARIS, July 22 (Reuters) - CMA CGM will impose an emergency fuel surcharge ​following the renewed escalation ‌of hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz effective August 1, the ​French shipping firm said ​in a notice posted on its ⁠website.

"Following the renewed escalation ​of hostilities in the Strait ​of Hormuz over the past days, fuel prices have surged sharply again, ​reversing the easing observed in ​recent weeks. As a result, bunker ‌costs ⁠have significantly increased across all regions and trades, impacting the overall cost of ocean transportation," ​the firm ​said.

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The ⁠surcharge, which will range from $65 to $165 per container, ​will be in place ​until ⁠further notice. The notice was dated on Tuesday but was ⁠sent ​in an email ​to reporters on Wednesday.

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BOX (NYSE:BOX – Get Free Report) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability This table compares BOX and StoneCo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BOX 10.35% -24.19% 4.66% StoneCo 23.82% 21.05% 4.17% Institutional and Insider Ownership 86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of BOX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk BOX has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings This table compares BOX and StoneCo”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio BOX $1.18 billion 3.53 $115.38 million $0.65 46.16 StoneCo $13.62 billion 0.21 $425.73 million $2.50 4.50 StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than BOX. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for BOX and StoneCo, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BOX 1 5 3 0 2.22 StoneCo 0 5 4 0 2.44 BOX currently has a consensus price target of $35.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.77%. StoneCo has a consensus price target of $14.92, suggesting a potential upside of 32.47%. Given StoneCo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than BOX.

Summary StoneCo beats BOX on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BOX (Get Free Report)

Box, Inc. engages in the provision of an enterprise content platform that enables organizations to securely manage enterprise content while allowing easy, secure access and sharing of this content from anywhere, on any device. Its products include cloud content management, IT and admin controls, Box Governance, Box Zones, Box Relay, Box Shuttle, and Box KeySafe. The company was founded by Aaron Levie, Dylan Smith, Jeff Queisser, and Sam Ghods in March 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

About StoneCo (Get Free Report)

StoneCo Ltd. provides financial technology and software solutions to merchants and integrated partners to conduct electronic commerce across in-store, online, and mobile channels in Brazil. It distributes its solutions, principally through proprietary Stone Hubs, which offer hyper-local sales and services; and sells solutions to brick-and-mortar and digital merchants through sales team. The company served small-and-medium-sized businesses; and marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, and integrated software vendors. StoneCo Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in George Town, the Cayman Islands.

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AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) reported what executives described as the strongest quarterly results in the company’s 106-year history, with record revenue, record adjusted EBITDA and sharply improved free cash flow in the second quarter of 2026.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Adam Aron said more than 71 million guests visited AMC and Odeon theaters worldwide during the April-to-June period, up 13.5% from a year earlier. Total revenue increased 14.2% year over year to approximately $1.6 billion, while adjusted EBITDA rose 70% to $321.4 million, surpassing $300 million in a quarter for the first time, according to the company.

“In AMC’s entire 106-year history, there has never been a quarter like this one,” Aron said on the company’s earnings call. He added that both revenue and adjusted EBITDA exceeded Wall Street expectations.

Free cash flow for the quarter was $190.1 million, and AMC ended June with $778 million of cash on hand, excluding restricted cash.

Box Office Strength Boosts Results AMC executives pointed to a stronger theatrical slate as a key driver of the quarter. Aron said the domestic industry box office reached $2.99 billion in the second quarter, the highest second quarter in seven years and, based on his review of the data, the fifth-best quarter in the past 50 years.

Six films from Universal, Lionsgate, A24 and Disney each opened domestically to more than $75 million during the period, Aron said. AMC’s domestic ticket revenue rose 11.4%, ahead of the 10.7% increase in the overall domestic box office, while European attendance increased 18% year over year.

Chief Financial Officer Sean Goodman said AMC’s performance was broad-based across its global circuit. In the United States, adjusted EBITDA increased 57.5% to $285.6 million. In Europe, adjusted EBITDA increased 337% to $35.8 million. Goodman noted that international revenue and EBITDA benefited by about 2% from European currency appreciation against the U.S. dollar.

Food and beverage and merchandise sales increased 15.3% globally, while “other revenues” increased 16.1%, Aron said. Goodman added that food and beverage revenue per patron and total revenue per patron reached all-time highs in both the domestic and international businesses.

Margins Improve as Costs Remain Contained AMC’s adjusted EBITDA margin rose to 20.1% in the second quarter from 13.6% a year earlier. Goodman said roughly $200 million of incremental revenue generated $131.9 million of additional adjusted EBITDA, representing about 66% flow-through.

Aron attributed the margin expansion to rising revenue and cost controls across AMC’s theaters and corporate operations. In response to an analyst question, Aron said the company may not repeat the same level of expense containment every quarter, but management intends to remain focused on keeping costs down.

“We’re going to be maniacal in continuing to try to keep our costs down,” Aron said.

Goodman said second-quarter 2026 general and administrative expenses benefited from an approximately $5.5 million credit related to insurance recoveries.

Balance Sheet Actions Reduce Debt and Interest Expense Executives also highlighted progress on AMC’s balance sheet. Aron said the company has $1.7 billion less debt than it had at the end of 2020 and does not expect significant debt maturities before 2029.

Goodman said AMC refinanced $400 million of debt due in 2027, extending the maturity by four years. The company also eliminated approximately $155.8 million of exchangeable debt due in 2030 through conversion into equity.

AMC completed a $150 million at-the-market equity offering, raising more than $85 million of gross proceeds during the second quarter, Goodman said. The company also recently completed a $200 million registered direct equity offering with several institutional investors. Following that transaction, AMC exercised its right to redeem the remaining $125.5 million of 6.8% senior subordinated notes due in 2027, with redemption scheduled for July 24, 2026.

Goodman said the refinancing and repayment actions reduced go-forward annual cash interest expense by approximately $16 million. He added that lower leverage ratios are expected to trigger interest-rate reductions on about 75% of AMC’s debt, lowering annual interest expense by approximately $51 million.

In response to a question about leverage, Goodman said AMC ultimately would like to reach around a three-times leverage level, though he acknowledged the company is not there yet. He said leverage has improved from a double-digit level to less than 6.5 times.

Premium Formats, Loyalty Programs Remain Strategic Focus AMC executives said loyalty programs and premium formats remain central to the company’s strategy. Aron said more than 40 million U.S. households have participated in AMC Stubs, and Stubs members accounted for just over 50% of AMC’s U.S. guest count in the second quarter.

AMC’s A-List subscription program ended the quarter with more than 1.1 million members, more than double its membership five years earlier, Aron said. A-List members accounted for about 20% of AMC’s U.S. patronage in the quarter.

Goodman said AMC closed seven theaters during the quarter and added six new premium large format auditoriums and 25 new XL auditoriums. Since 2020, AMC has closed 225 locations and opened 66, reducing its global theater count by 159 locations, or about 16% of its circuit. Over the same period, the company has added 77 premium large format auditoriums and 193 XL auditoriums.

Aron said AMC and Odeon now operate about 750 premium or enhanced auditoriums globally, including IMAX, Dolby, iSENSE, PRIME, ScreenX, 4DX and XL screens. He said those auditoriums represent about 8% of AMC’s screen count but generated more than 50% of AMC’s ticket gross for “The Odyssey” over the weekend discussed on the call.

AMC expects 2026 net capital expenditures of $200 million to $235 million. Goodman said the company will remain disciplined and that future capital spending will depend on box office expectations and project-level returns.

Management Expresses Optimism for 2026 Slate Looking ahead, Aron cited the opening of Universal Pictures and Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which he said had a media-reported $124 million domestic opening weekend. AMC also said 4.3 million guests attended AMC and Odeon theaters from Thursday to Sunday during that weekend.

Aron said upcoming releases including Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Warner Bros.’ “Dune: Part Three” and Disney’s “Avengers: Doomsday” support management’s view that 2026 could be the strongest post-pandemic year yet for the domestic and global box office.

Executives said AMC’s annual free cash flow breakeven box office level is currently around $10.4 billion. Aron said the company is “within sight” of being free cash flow positive on a 12-month basis, but is not there yet.

About AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc operates as a leading movie exhibition company, specializing in the presentation of theatrical motion pictures across a network of multiplex cinemas. The company’s core business activities encompass ticket sales, concession and refreshment services, and the licensing of premium viewing formats. AMC offers a variety of auditorium experiences, including IMAX®, Dolby Cinema™, and Cinemark’s RealD 3D systems, designed to enhance audience engagement through superior sound, visual clarity, and seating comfort.

Originally founded in 1920 with its first theatre in Kansas City, AMC has evolved into one of the largest theater chains in the world.

Pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture advanced semiconductors in the U.S. is increasing costs and squeezing margins at TSMC, the world's leading chipmaker.

Following Trump's return to power in 2025, the president has repeatedly threatened tariffs on companies that don't make their products in America.

Since then, TSMC has announced a total of $200 billion in commitments to the country, including last week's unveiling of a $100 billion investment into advanced semiconductor manufacturing and packaging facilities in the U.S.

While buoyed by the AI boom — TSMC's market cap has risen more than 100% in the past 12 months — blockbuster earnings this quarter were hit by overseas expansion, the company said.

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Gross margin increased ahead of guidance, but that was offset by dilution from overseas fabs, CFO Wendell Huang said on an earnings call. Margins will be further diluted over the next "several years" as overseas fab projects "ramp-up", he added.

"President Trump's leadership is driving companies to invest in American manufacturing," said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in a statement.

"TSMC's announcement of an additional $100 billion investment following our historic deal on trade and investment with Taiwan will create tens of thousands of American jobs and bring advanced semiconductor manufacturing back to America."

While other Asian chipmakers, including SK Hynix, are developing U.S. facilities, TSMC has made by far the largest commitment. Its aggressive U.S. expansion exposes it to higher production costs, creating a potential headwind for margins.

Political pressureTSMC on Thursday reported a 77.4% jump in second-quarter profit year on year, soaring past estimates and marking another record-breaking quarter for the world's largest contract-chipmaker.

It's also expanding aggressively in the U.S., as the company continues to see a "multi-year demand mega trend" from its customers, TSMC's Huang told CNBC.

Political pressure is another key driver of that overseas expansion.

"Trillions of dollars in investments by TSMC and other semiconductor companies are a result of President Trump's trade and economic policy, from a historic trade deal with Taiwan to renegotiated CHIPS program investments," a White House spokesperson told CNBC.

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Building in the U.S. is considerably more expensive.

"Broadly, we estimate TSMC's US chips to cost 20-50% more than those produced in Taiwan, depending on subsidy timing, tax credit recognition and other cost fluctuations," Phelix Lee, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, told CNBC. Lee added he expected customers to bear more of the higher costs of production.

TSMC is set to raise prices for both advanced and mature chip production by up to 10% in 2027, Nikkei reported on Tuesday. TSMC told CNBC it doesn't comment on pricing.

"What helps TSMC is lack of any material competition," Gaurav Gupta, VP analyst at Gartner, told CNBC.

Because of TSMC's dominance in the leading-edge node market, "a large part of the increased costs would have to be absorbed by its clients, who are looking to diversify or have mandates from the U.S government to purchase local chips," Gupta said.

Margins The company forecasts the gross margin dilution from the ramp-up of overseas fabs in the next several years to be 2% to 3% in the early stages, widening to 3% to 4% in the latter stages, Huang said.

"This is a margin difference TSMC can afford because of its very high overall margins," said Gil Luria, head of technology research at D.A. Davidson. TSMC's second-quarter gross margin was 67.7%, up slightly from 66.2% in the first quarter.

While Trump has doubled down on calls for homegrown manufacturing, "customers have increasingly sought geographical diversification after Covid disrupted the global supply chain," said Morningstar's Lee.

"Customers are bracing for geopolitical, logistical, and other disruptions to the supply chain," he added. "We expect made-in-US pressure to persist beyond Trump, although it is less clear how carrot-and-stick will be distributed."

Brings GTF order backlog to more than 8,000 engines

, /PRNewswire/ -- Farnborough International Airshow – Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received more than 800 GTF engine orders and commitments since the beginning of 2026. Airlines and lessors that have announced orders so far this year include Abra Group, AirAsia, Azorra, Binter, British Airways, Finnair, Jackson Square Aviation, Luxair, Scoot, Tigerair Taiwan and VietJet. In total, more than 14,000 GTF engine orders and commitments have been placed by more than 90 customers worldwide.

"We see strong demand for the GTF engine and continued confidence in the value it delivers to customers," said Rick Deurloo, president of Commercial Engines at Pratt & Whitney. "The GTF Advantage engine will enter into service later this year and will provide up to twice the time on wing, industry-leading fuel efficiency and even more range capability."

The GTF is the most fuel efficient engine for the single aisle market, delivering up to 20% lower fuel consumption and a 75% smaller noise footprint compared to the prior generation of engines. The engine's revolutionary geared architecture will serve as the foundation for next-generation propulsion technologies and is expected to have accumulated more than 300 million hours of flying time by the mid-2030s.

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Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units for military, commercial and civil aviation customers. Since 1925, our engineers have pioneered the development of revolutionary aircraft propulsion technologies, and today we support more than 90,000 in-service engines through our global network of maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities.

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With more than 180,000 global employees, RTX pushes the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. With industry-leading capabilities, we advance aviation, engineer integrated defense systems for operational success, and develop next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges. The company, with 2025 sales of more than $88 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley Wealth Management today announced the results of its quarterly retail investor pulse survey: Bullishness ticks up. Over three in five (62%) investors are bullish this quarter, up from 56% last quarter, while 66% expect markets to move higher by quarter-end compared to 55% in Q2. Concern for volatility remains pronounced, but eases slightly. Fewer investors expect volatility to rise this quarter, with 61% anticipating an increase compared to 63% last qua.

Bitmine possiede il 4,8% dell'offerta totale di ETH pari a 120,7 milioni

Bitmine ha raggiunto il 96% dell'obiettivo "Alchemy of 5%" in soli 12 mesi

Nell'ultima settimana, Bitmine ha riacquistato 5,5 milioni di azioni ordinarie, autorizzate nell'ambito del programma di riacquisto di azioni da 4 miliardi di dollari comunicato in precedenza

Bitmine è stata aggiunta all'indice Russell 1000 Large-cap il 26 giugno 2026

Le azioni privilegiate di Serie A di Bitmine saranno negoziate sul NYSE con il simbolo BMNP

Bitmine detiene 4.917.189 ETH in staking, pari a 9,2 miliardi di dollari al prezzo di 1.879 dollari per ETH MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) è una delle principali destinazioni di staking Ethereum per BMNR e investitori istituzional

Bitmine possiede 58 milioni di dollari di Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS), attualmente uno dei pochi titoli quotati in borsa al mondo che offre agli investitori un'esposizione diretta a OpenAI

Bitmine Crypto + totale disponibilità in contanti + "Moonshots" ammontano a 11,5 miliardi di dollari, inclusi 5,78 milioni di token ETH, liquidità totali e titoli negoziabili pari a 385 milioni di dollari, e altre disponibilità in criptovalute

Bitmine continua a essere sostenuta da un gruppo di investitori istituzionali di primario livello, tra cui ARK di Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital e l'investitore privato Thomas "Tom" Lee a sostegno dell'obiettivo di Bitmine di acquisire il 5% di ETH

, /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. ("Bitmine" o la "Società"), una società attiva nelle reti Bitcoin ed Ethereum e specializzata nell'accumulo di criptovalute per investimenti a lungo termine, ha annunciato oggi che le sue partecipazioni in criptovalute + liquidità totale e titoli negoziabili + "moonshot" ammontano complessivamente a 11,5 miliardi di dollari.

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STAKING: BMNR now staking over 4.9 million ETH as of July 19, 2026

ALCHEMY OF 5%: BMNR ranked #187 by 5D avg daily $ volume Alle 20:30 ET del 19 luglio 2026, le partecipazioni in criptovalute della Società comprendono 5.777.468 ETH al prezzo di 1.879 dollari per ETH (NASDAQ: COIN), 207 Bitcoin (BTC), una partecipazione di 180 milioni di dollari in Beast Industries e una di 58 milioni di dollari in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) ("moonshots"), e una liquidità totale e titoli negoziabili pari a 385 milioni di dollari. Le partecipazioni in ETH di Bitmine rappresentano il 4,8% dell'offerta di ETH (pari a 120,7 milioni di ETH).

"Nell'ultima settimana, Bitmine ha riacquistato circa 5,5 milioni di azioni ordinarie a un prezzo medio di 15,6156 dollari. Riteniamo l'acquisto delle nostre azioni ordinarie come un elemento che incrementa il valore per gli azionisti", ha affermato Thomas "Tom" Lee, Presidente di Bitmine.

Bitmine ha eseguito il riacquisto di 5,5 milioni di azioni ordinarie nell'ambito del programma di riacquisto di azioni da 4 miliardi di dollari autorizzato in precedenza. 

"Nell'ultima settimana, abbiamo acquisito 7.430 ETH. Il ritmo ridotto degli acquisti riflette il fatto che Bitmine ha riacquistato 5,5 milioni di azioni ordinarie. Bitmine ha acquistato ETH ogni settimana sin dall'inizio della strategia di tesoreria ETH, il 30 giugno 2025", ha affermato Lee.

Il 16 luglio 2026, Bitmine ha pubblicato l'ultimo messaggio del presidente (link qui) per il mese luglio 2026. Il titolo del messaggio è "ETH è la cura per la Valle perturbante della ricchezza".

All'inizio del 2026, Bitmine ha lanciato MAVAN (Made in American VAlidator Network), la piattaforma di staking di livello istituzionale. Sebbene sia stata originariamente sviluppata per supportare il tesoro Ethereum di Bitmine, MAVAN intende ampliarsi per raggiungere investitori istituzionali, custodi e partner dell'ecosistema alla ricerca della migliore infrastruttura di staking. Una parte degli ETH di Bitmine è già in staking sulla piattaforma MAVAN.

Al 19 luglio 2026, il totale di ETH in staking su Bitmine ammonta a 4.917.189 (9,2 miliardi di dollari al prezzo di 1.879 dollari per ETH). "Bitmine ha messo in staking più ETH di qualsiasi altra entità al mondo. Su larga scala (quando l'ETH di Bitmine è interamente messo in staking da MAVAN e dai suoi partner di staking), il rendimento previsto dallo staking di ETH è di 290 milioni di dollari all'anno (utilizzando un rendimento BMNR a 7 giorni del 2,67%)", ha dichiarato Lee.

"I ricavi annuali derivanti dallo staking sono attualmente pari a 247 milioni di dollari. E questi 4,9 milioni di ETH rappresentano oltre l'85% dei 5,78 milioni di ETH detenuti da Bitmine. Le operazioni di staking di Bitmine hanno generato un rendimento su 7 giorni del 2,67% (su base annua)", ha proseguito Lee.

La holding in criptovalute Bitmine è al 1° posto delle tesorerie Ethereum e al 2° posto delle tesorerie globali, dietro a Strategy Inc., che secondo quanto riferito possiede 843.775 BTC per un valore di circa 55 miliardi di dollari. Bitmine si conferma la più grande tesoreria di ETH al mondo. 

Bitmine è uno dei titoli più scambiati negli Stati Uniti. Secondo i dati di Fundstrat, il titolo ha registrato un volume medio giornaliero di negoziazioni pari a 579 milioni di dollari (media a 5 giorni, al 17 luglio 2026), classificandosi al 187° posto negli Stati Uniti, dietro AirBnB (186° posto) e davanti a Fastenal (188° posto) tra 5.704 titoli quotati negli Stati Uniti (statista.com e ricerca di Fundstrat).

Il management di Bitmine ritiene che il GENIUS Act e il Project Crypto della Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rappresentino, per i servizi finanziari nel 2025, una trasformazione pari a quella determinata dall'azione intrapresa dagli Stati Uniti il 15 agosto 1971, che pose fine al sistema di Bretton Woods e al gold standard del dollaro statunitense 54 anni fa. Questo evento del 1971 fu il catalizzatore della modernizzazione di Wall Street, dando vita agli iconici titani di Wall Street e alle infrastrutture finanziarie e di pagamento odierne. Questi investimenti si sono rivelati più efficaci dell'oro.

Il messaggio del Presidente è disponibile qui:
https://www.Bitminetech.io/chairmans-message

La presentazione degli utili dell'intero esercizio 2025 e la presentazione aziendale sono disponibili qui: https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/

Per tutti gli aggiornamenti, è possibile registrarsi all'indirizzo: https://Bitminetech.io/contact-us/

Informazioni su Bitmine
Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR) è un miner di Bitcoin con attività negli Stati Uniti. La società sta utilizzando il proprio capitale in eccesso per diventare la principale società di tesoreria di Ethereum al mondo, implementando un'innovativa strategia di asset digitali per investitori istituzionali e operatori del mercato pubblico. Guidata dalla sua filosofia della "alchimia del 5%", la Società è impegnata a utilizzare ETH come principale asset di riserva di tesoreria, sfruttando attività native a livello di protocollo, tra cui lo staking e i meccanismi di finanza decentralizzata. Nel 2026, la società ha lanciato MAVAN (Made-in America VAlidator Network), un'infrastruttura di staking dedicata per gli asset Bitmine.

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Dichiarazioni previsionali
Il presente comunicato stampa contiene dichiarazioni che costituiscono "dichiarazioni previsionali" ai sensi del Private Securities Litigation Reform Act del 1995. Le dichiarazioni contenute nel presente comunicato stampa che non sono puramente storiche sono dichiarazioni previsionali che comportano rischi e incertezze. Queste dichiarazioni previsionali possono essere identificate da termini quali "prevede", "progetta", "progettato", "intende", "crede", "anticipa", "stima" ed espressioni simili. Il presente documento contiene dichiarazioni previsionali riguardanti, in particolare: (i) gli obiettivi della Società in merito all'acquisizione di ETH, tra cui l'iniziativa "Alchemy of 5%" e la dichiarazione, secondo cui Bitmine ha raggiunto il 96% di tale obiettivo; (ii) la strategia della Società di accumulo di asset digitali e le operazioni di staking, incluso il dato relativo ai 4.917.189 ETH in staking detenuti da Bitmine (pari a 9,2 miliardi di dollari), le ricompense annualizzate previste per lo staking di ETH (circa 290 milioni di dollari, quando MAVAN e i partner di staking hanno totalmente in staking l'ETH di Bitmine) e gli attuali ricavi annualizzati previsti dallo staking (circa 247 milioni di dollari); (iii) l'espansione prevista da MAVAN per servire investitori istituzionali, custodi e partner dell'ecosistema che cercano la migliore infrastruttura di staking; (iv) il costante impegno della Società nell'acquisizione settimanale di ETH nell'ambito della propria strategia di tesoreria in ETH; (v) la convinzione del management che il GENIUS Act e il SEC Project Crypto abbiano per i servizi finanziari una portata trasformativa analoga a quella del provvedimento statunitense del 15 agosto 1971 che pose termine a Bretton Woods e al gold standard del dollaro USA; (vi) le aspettative relative al programma di riacquisto di azioni da 4 miliardi di dollari e al valore incrementale per gli azionisti; (vii) le dichiarazioni, secondo cui l'investimento della Società in Eightco Holdings offre un'esposizione indiretta a OpenAI; e (viii) la crescita e il progresso futuri della strategia di tesoreria Ethereum della Società. Nel valutare tali dichiarazioni previsionali, occorre considerare vari fattori, tra cui: la capacità di Bitmine di stare al passo con le nuove tecnologie e le mutevoli esigenze del mercato; la capacità di Bitmine di finanziare la propria attività attuale, le operazioni di tesoreria di Ethereum, le operazioni di riacquisto delle azioni, e le attività future proposte; il contesto competitivo in cui opera Bitmine; le condizioni di mercato che influenzano il prezzo di negoziazione delle azioni ordinarie e delle azioni privilegiate di Serie A della Società; gli sviluppi normativi che riguardano gli asset digitali, tra cui l'emanazione e l'attuazione definitiva della legislazione in corso e delle iniziative della SEC; la volatilità e l'imprevedibilità dei prezzi degli asset digitali; le prestazioni, l'affidabilità e la sicurezza delle operazioni di staking della Società; i rischi riguardanti i sistemi di IA e il relativo impatto sui mercati delle criptovalute; e il valore futuro di Bitcoin ed Ethereum. Le prestazioni future e i risultati futuri effettivi potrebbero differire notevolmente da quelli espressi nelle dichiarazioni previsionali. Le dichiarazioni previsionali sono soggette a numerose condizioni, molte delle quali esulano dal controllo di Bitmine, comprese quelle indicate nella sezione "Fattori di rischio" del modulo 10-K di Bitmine depositato presso la SEC il 21 novembre 2025, nonché in tutti gli altri documenti depositati presso la SEC, modificati o aggiornati di volta in volta. Le copie dei documenti depositati da Bitmine presso la SEC sono disponibili sul sito web della SEC all'indirizzo www.sec.gov. Bitmine non si assume alcun obbligo di aggiornare tali dichiarazioni in seguito a revisioni o modifiche successive alla data del presente comunicato, salvo quanto previsto dalla legge.

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