U.S. Consumer Services Stock News

EMCOR Group, Inc. recently approved a 60% increase in its regular quarterly dividend to US$0.40 per share from US$0.25, with the higher payout expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026 alongside an expanded US$500.00 million share repurchase program and higher 2025 earnings guidance. This combination of a larger dividend, additional buyback capacity, and raised profit outlook highlights management’s confidence in EMCOR’s cash generation and long-term earnings power. We’ll now examine...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM) has quietly turned into one of this year’s stronger biotech performers, with the stock up about 87% year to date and roughly doubling over the past year. See our latest analysis for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals. That move has come with real momentum behind it, with a roughly 10% 1 month share price return feeding into an almost 87% year to date gain and a standout 1 year total shareholder return just over 100%. If Rhythm’s run has you rethinking your biotech exposure,...

Liberty Latin America (LILA) has quietly slipped about 5% over the past week and 3% over the past month, even though the stock is still up roughly 25% year to date. See our latest analysis for Liberty Latin America. That recent pullback in the share price, now around $7.98, comes after a strong year to date share price return of about 25%. However, the five year total shareholder return is still negative, suggesting momentum is improving from a low base but not yet fully convincing over the...

Earlier this month, Cloudflare and JD Cloud announced an expanded partnership to build a global platform for deploying and managing AI inference workloads, aiming to cut latency between China and the rest of the world while keeping developers’ existing code unchanged. This move extends Cloudflare’s edge footprint into one of the most complex internet markets, potentially deepening its role as an AI-era networking and security backbone. Now we’ll examine how this expanded JD Cloud...

Cadre Holdings (CDRE) just landed a meaningful win, with its Med-Eng subsidiary securing a five year, $50 million contract from the US Department of Defense for blast exposure monitoring systems. See our latest analysis for Cadre Holdings. The deal comes on top of a strong run, with the share price at $41.61 and a year-to-date share price return of about 29 percent, while the three-year total shareholder return of roughly 114 percent signals that momentum has been building rather than...

Sportradar Group AG recently held an extraordinary general meeting, where shareholders elected Breon Corcoran, a veteran technology and betting-industry executive and current IG Group CEO, to its board through the 2026 annual meeting. Corcoran’s track record in scaling international digital businesses and leading major betting platforms adds board-level expertise closely aligned with Sportradar’s data and wagering-focused growth ambitions. We’ll now assess how Corcoran’s appointment to...

In the third quarter of 2025, RH reported higher sales of US$883.81 million and net income of US$36.27 million, with earnings per share rising versus a year earlier despite tariff and housing market pressures. Management highlighted that international galleries such as RH Paris are surpassing traffic expectations and, along with a new long-term product collection, are intended to serve as significant growth drivers for the luxury-focused brand. We’ll now examine how RH’s stronger earnings...

Amprius Technologies (AMPX) just expanded its Korea Battery Alliance, adding three more contract manufacturers and pushing contracted capacity above 2 GWh. This is a strategic move aimed at defense-aligned, aerospace, and critical infrastructure customers. See our latest analysis for Amprius Technologies. That supply chain push comes after a huge run, with the share price up roughly 227 percent year to date and a 392 percent total shareholder return over 12 months, even as the stock has...

Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) just caught investors attention after landing new wins on both the retail and banking fronts, expanding its Autogrill partnership in Italy and rolling out advanced ATM software with Capital Bank in Jordan. See our latest analysis for Diebold Nixdorf. Those wins land against a backdrop of strong momentum, with a 30 day share price return of 11.1 percent and a 90 day share price return of 19.4 percent. This has helped lift the stock to 68.57 dollars and contributed to a...

Earlier this week, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CWST) was added to the S&P 1000 index, expanding its presence among small- and mid-cap U.S. equities. This index inclusion can increase Casella’s visibility with institutional investors and passive funds, potentially influencing trading liquidity and investor attention over time. We’ll now explore how Casella’s addition to the S&P 1000, and the increased index-linked demand it may bring, affects its investment narrative. Explore 28 top...

Everus Construction Group (ECG) has quietly outperformed the broader market this year, with the stock climbing about 29% over the past year and nearly 8% in the past month. Investors are starting to notice. See our latest analysis for Everus Construction Group. The latest leg higher, including a solid 1 month share price return of roughly 8% and a 1 year total shareholder return of about 29%, suggests momentum is still building as investors grow more comfortable with Everus Construction...

EPAM Systems (EPAM) just rolled out a suite of production ready AI agents on Google Cloud Marketplace, a strategic move that pushes its engineering focused AI strategy deeper into real world enterprise workloads. See our latest analysis for EPAM Systems. Despite this push into production ready AI, EPAM’s recent share price return paints a mixed picture, with a strong 30 day gain and 90 day rally contrasting with a weaker year to date move and negative one year total shareholder return. This...

In December 2025, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency selected Amentum as one of six prime contractors on its US$3.50 billion, 10-year CTRIC IV program to deliver chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threat reduction capabilities worldwide. This long-duration contract, alongside a separate US$120 million computing award from the Defense Information Systems Agency, underscores Amentum’s role in supporting critical U.S. defense and threat reduction missions across both physical and...

DTE Energy (DTE) just cleared a big regulatory hurdle, winning unanimous approval to power a huge Oracle and OpenAI backed data center in Saline Township. For shareholders, this is about long term load growth and capital deployment, not a one off headline. See our latest analysis for DTE Energy. Despite the noise around the new at the market equity program and leadership changes at DTE Vantage, the stock’s recent pullback, with a 30 day share price return of minus 5.99 percent and 90 day...

On December 10, 2025, EOG Resources appointed veteran energy finance executive John D. Chandler to its Board and Audit Committee, shortly after securing a new US$3.00 billion revolving credit facility maturing in 2030 that replaced its prior US$1.90 billion agreement. These moves, coupled with analyst focus on EOG’s Encino acquisition and growth-focused 2026 plan, underscore how governance depth and expanded liquidity are being aligned with a broader expansion agenda. We’ll now examine how...

Earlier in October 2025, MSCI proposed excluding companies whose digital assets make up at least 50% of total assets from its Global Investable Market Indexes, a move that could affect 39 firms with about US$113.00 billions in market value and trigger US$10.00–US$15.00 billions in passive outflows. This potential reshaping of benchmark eligibility has sparked criticism that MSCI’s approach could narrow index representativeness and push capital away from listed crypto-heavy balance sheets...

Wondering if Becton Dickinson is quietly turning into a value opportunity while most investors are looking elsewhere? Let us walk through what the current share price is really baking in. The stock now trades around $195.59, down 2.2% over the last week and 13.6% year to date, even though it has managed a modest 1.5% gain over the last month. Recent interest has been driven by Becton Dickinson sharpening its focus on higher margin medical technologies and continuing to integrate past...

In mid-December 2025, LifeStance Health Group saw fresh insider selling as Chief People Officer Ann Varanakis disposed of 50,000 shares, alongside additional sales by a Director, against a backdrop of 12 insider sells and only 1 insider buy over the past year. At the same time, BTIG and Barclays sharpened market focus on LifeStance by updating and initiating coverage, underscoring both growing mental health demand and the company’s role within broader healthcare services. With this recent...

Boise Cascade (BCC) has been grinding through a tougher stretch this year, with the stock down sharply from its highs, and that slide now has value focused investors taking a closer look. See our latest analysis for Boise Cascade. Over the past year, that tougher housing and construction backdrop has weighed heavily, with a year to date share price return of minus 36.2 percent and a one year total shareholder return of minus 38.2 percent. Even so, the five year total shareholder return is...

Earlier in December 2025, Vital Farms updated its 2025 earnings guidance to US$755 million–US$765 million in net revenue, citing temporary ordering disruptions following an ERP transition, and issued a 2026 outlook of US$930 million–US$950 million in net revenue. The company’s guidance reset and longer-term revenue ambitions highlight a tension between short-term demand softness in premium eggs and management’s confidence in capacity expansion and brand-driven growth. Next, we’ll explore how...

In December 2025, Erasca, Inc. was added to the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index after securing U.S. patent protection through 2043 for ERAS-0015, its potential best-in-class pan-RAS molecular glue, while advancing multiple RAS/KRAS-mutant solid tumor programs and promoting Robert Shoemaker, Ph.D., to chief scientific officer. These developments, supported by US$362,000,000 in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of September 30, 2025 and a reported US$30,600,000...

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has quietly rewarded patient investors, with the stock up about 34% over the past year and nearly 88% in the past 3 years, outpacing many consumer names. See our latest analysis for Chefs' Warehouse. With the share price now around $64 and a strong year to date share price return, recent gains suggest momentum is still building. This is supported by steady revenue and earnings growth as investors increasingly price in its niche, premium positioning. If Chefs' Warehouse...

Ingevity recently announced past and upcoming leadership changes, including the planned May 1, 2026 transition of CFO Mary Dean Hall to an advisory role, the appointment of internal finance leader Phillip J. Platt as her successor, and new responsibilities for operations executive Reid Clontz overseeing global operations, supply chain, procurement, and safety. At the same time, the company disclosed it has completed a share repurchase program totaling 3,103,186 shares, or 8.37% of its stock,...

In December 2025, Immunovant, Inc. completed a follow-on equity offering of approximately US$550.2 million, issuing 26,200,000 common shares at US$21 each, with a small discount on part of the deal. This sizeable capital raise, coming through both a completed and a filed follow-on offering, materially expands Immunovant’s financial resources while increasing equity dilution for existing shareholders. We’ll now examine how this large follow-on equity raise, and the resulting balance between...