U.S. Basic Materials Stock News

In late November 2025, United Therapeutics reported a 7% year-over-year revenue increase in its third-quarter fiscal 2025 results, alongside advancing clinical trials and guidance for up to US$4.00 billion in revenue by 2027, while also seeing heightened institutional demand and bullish investor inflows. Around the same time, company officer Martine A. Rothblatt sold 8,000 shares for about US$3.89 million, adding an insider activity lens to an otherwise growth-focused story. We’ll now...

Exponent (EXPO) has been lagging the broader market this year, and that underperformance is grabbing attention. With shares down about 17 % year to date, investors are reassessing what they are really paying for. See our latest analysis for Exponent. The recent drift lower in the share price, including a roughly 22% one-year total shareholder return decline, suggests momentum is fading as investors question how much they should pay for Exponent’s steady but unspectacular growth profile. If...

Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) just delivered a mixed third quarter, with revenue topping forecasts while earnings per share lagged. A director quietly bought 1,500 shares, a combination that deserves a closer look. See our latest analysis for Northwest Bancshares. Those mixed results and the director’s recent share purchase come after a choppy run, with the latest 1 month share price return of 1.50% contrasting with a weaker year to date share price performance and a more reassuring 5 year...

News (NWSA) has extended its authorization to repurchase up to $1 billion of its Class A and Class B shares, which indicates that management sees long term value in the current stock price. See our latest analysis for News. That confidence is coming after a choppy stretch, with the share price at $26.04 and a weak 90 day share price return contrasting with a strong three year total shareholder return that still points to solid long term momentum. If this buyback has you revisiting the media...

StepStone Group (STEP) just laid out its next chapter in private equity leadership, naming longtime partner Lindsay Creedon as Head of Private Equity starting January 2026, while CEO Scott Hart stays closely involved. See our latest analysis for StepStone Group. The leadership shuffle lands at a time when the stock is trading around $62.85, with modest positive short term share price returns but a standout three year total shareholder return of 137.02 percent, suggesting longer term momentum...

Xenia Hotels & Resorts recently completed a long-running share repurchase program launched in 2015, retiring about 28.23 million shares for US$377.5 million, after buying back a further 3.72 million shares between July and early December 2025. Alongside these repurchases, the company reported that its hotels delivered solid RevPAR gains and a stronger 2026 group bookings pace, with non-rooms revenue again expected to grow faster than rooms revenue. We will now examine how Xenia’s robust...

Bank of New York Mellon (BK) has quietly put together the kind of performance long term investors appreciate, with the stock up roughly 5% over the past month and nearly 10% in the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Bank of New York Mellon. That steady climb sits on top of a much stronger backdrop, with a year to date share price return north of 45% and multi year total shareholder returns comfortably outpacing the broader financials sector. This suggests momentum is still firmly on...

Harley-Davidson, Inc. ( NYSE:HOG ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.18 per share on the 22nd of...

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Unfortunately for some shareholders, the Atlantic International Corp. ( NASDAQ:ATLN ) share price has dived 33% in the...

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Quest Resource Holding Corporation ( NASDAQ:QRHC ) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a...

Investors who take an interest in Energizer Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:ENR ) should definitely note that the Independent...

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Jeremy Jameson, the EVP & Chief Credit Officer of...

It hasn't been the best quarter for World Acceptance Corporation ( NASDAQ:WRLD ) shareholders, since the share price...

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What Is Moving Leggett & Platt Stock Right Now Leggett & Platt (LEG) has quietly climbed about 27% over the past month, even as its one year return is still slightly negative. This setup has bargain hunters wondering if this rebound has more room to run. See our latest analysis for Leggett & Platt. At a share price of $11.17, Leggett & Platt has seen momentum improve recently, with a 30 day share price return of roughly 27%. However, the 3 year total shareholder return remains deeply...

Molina Healthcare (MOH) is under heavy pressure, with multiple securities class actions accusing management of downplaying medical cost trends just as the company cut its 2025 earnings outlook and warned on Medicaid headwinds. See our latest analysis for Molina Healthcare. Those legal and earnings setbacks have come after a sharp rerating, with the share price at $151.86 and a year to date share price return of negative 47.13 percent. The three year total shareholder return of negative 55.49...

Coca-Cola (KO) has quietly climbed about 15% over the past year, even after a mild pullback this week, and that kind of steady, low drama performance always gets income focused investors paying attention. See our latest analysis for Coca-Cola. That recent 7 day share price pullback sits against a much sturdier backdrop, with a year to date share price return of 13.2% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 15.3%, suggesting momentum is still gently building rather than fading. If Coca-Cola’s...