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In early January 2026, Motif Valve & Supply announced it had become an official distribution partner for SLB’s Cameron valve brands across Western Canada, supporting energy, infrastructure, and industrial projects in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. This agreement combines SLB’s engineered valve technologies with Indigenous-led project execution, highlighting how local partnerships can enhance access to complex oilfield equipment in key North American regions. We’ll now examine...

Recent commentary on TopBuild (BLD) spotlights how its installer distributor model is benefiting from the current construction boom, along with consistent earnings beats and shares trading near all time highs, which is drawing more investor attention. See our latest analysis for TopBuild. At a share price of $465.73, TopBuild has had a 6.84% 1 month share price return and a 47.76% 1 year total shareholder return. This suggests momentum has been building as investors weigh the construction...

On 8 January 2026, Lennox Residential HVAC announced the Dave Lennox Signature SLP99VK Gas Furnace, a high-efficiency unit featuring integrated refrigerant detection, dual-fuel compatibility, and smart thermostat and air purification connectivity. By embedding a Refrigerant Detection System directly into a furnace that reaches up to 99% efficiency, Lennox is tying regulatory-ready refrigerant safety and advanced comfort controls into a single, installation-friendly platform for dealers and...

Rigetti Computing: Stock Snapshot After Recent Moves Rigetti Computing (RGTI) has drawn attention after recent trading moves, prompting investors to reassess how its quantum computing as a service model and current financial profile line up with their risk tolerance and time horizon. See our latest analysis for Rigetti Computing. Recent trading has been choppy, with a 1-day share price return of a 2.10% decline and a 90-day share price return of a 55.95% decline. However, the 1-year total...

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) is back in focus after investors reacted to upbeat analyst commentary, strong buying signals in trading data, and fresh interest tied to AI related data center infrastructure ahead of upcoming quarterly results. See our latest analysis for Lumentum Holdings. Over the past year, Lumentum’s share price has swung sharply, with a 90 day share price return of 124.15% and a very large 1 year total shareholder return of 319.66%. This suggests momentum is still building...

Enact Holdings (ACT) has come onto investors’ radar after recent share moves, with the stock last closing at $40.54. That price now sits alongside a reported intrinsic discount of 63.56%. See our latest analysis for Enact Holdings. While the latest 1-day share price return of 0.34% decline may catch the eye, the 90-day share price return of 11.56% alongside a 1-year total shareholder return of 31.54% suggests momentum has been building over a longer stretch, even as the reported intrinsic...

PennyMac Financial Services recently reported strong third-quarter 2025 results, beating analyst expectations on both earnings per share and revenue and prompting favorable commentary from Wall Street analysts. This combination of better-than-expected profitability and increased confidence in the company’s GAAP book value and return on equity has strengthened the investment case many analysts see in PennyMac’s mortgage-focused business model. We’ll now examine how PennyMac’s...

Recent analyst commentary around Arista Networks (ANET) has sharpened focus on the company’s role in AI infrastructure, especially after an upgrade citing clearer business visibility and benefits tied to AI related networking demand. See our latest analysis for Arista Networks. The recent upgrade comes after a softer patch in the share price, with a 7 day share price return of a 10.42% decline and a year to date share price return of an 8.02% decline. At the same time, the 1 year total...

In recent months, Shopify expanded its AI-driven commerce capabilities by enabling direct product purchases through Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, while continuing to roll out tools such as Sidekick AI and Agentic Storefronts to help merchants run their businesses more efficiently. This push to embed commerce inside major AI platforms and deepen AI-assisted store management highlights Shopify’s ambition to become the underlying infrastructure for the next generation of online shopping...

In early January 2026, EMCOR Group, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.40 per common share, payable on January 30, 2026 to stockholders of record as of January 14, 2026. This dividend decision, coming alongside very large earnings per share growth supported by share buybacks, highlights management’s confidence in EMCOR’s financial position and cash generation. Next, we’ll examine how EMCOR’s regular US$0.40 dividend and capital...

Uber Technologies (UBER) is back in focus after recent share price swings, prompting investors to reassess how its current valuation lines up with its financial profile across Mobility, Delivery, and Freight operations. See our latest analysis for Uber Technologies. Recent swings sit against a mixed backdrop, with a 3.1% year to date share price return and a 90 day share price decline of 9.2%, while the 3 year total shareholder return of 190.2% points to strong longer term momentum. If Uber’s...

Perrigo is facing multiple securities class action lawsuits filed in the past by several law firms, alleging the company made materially false and misleading statements about underinvestment and manufacturing deficiencies in its Nestlé-acquired infant formula business, which allegedly overstated financial results. A key allegation is that persistent operational and quality issues in the infant formula unit were not fully disclosed, raising questions about how accurately this segment’s risks...

Conference spotlight and mixed analyst signals DexCom (DXCM) is set to present at the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 12, an event drawing extra attention after a recent mix of analyst rating changes. For you as an investor, that combination of a high profile conference appearance and differing analyst views creates an opportunity to reassess how DexCom’s current share price relates to its continuous glucose monitoring business. See our latest analysis for...

In early January 2026, Navient Corporation reshaped its leadership structure, appointing long-time executive Steve Hauber as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer while expanding COO Troy Standish’s remit and preparing for former CFO Joe Fisher’s departure during the first quarter. The consolidation of finance, legal, risk, internal audit, and compliance under Hauber’s leadership suggests a tighter, more centralized control over Navient’s...

Kite Realty Group Trust previously announced a special dividend of US$0.145 per common share, paid in cash on January 16, 2026, to shareholders of record as of January 9, 2026. This one-time cash distribution highlights management’s willingness to return capital directly to investors, adding an extra dimension to the REIT’s income profile ahead of its upcoming fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release. We’ll now examine how this special dividend decision may influence Kite Realty Group Trust’s...

NVIDIA (NVDA) is back in the spotlight after CES 2026, where it launched the Rubin AI supercomputing platform and announced partnerships across robotics, autonomous vehicles, industrial AI and media, reinforcing its central role in large scale AI deployments. See our latest analysis for NVIDIA. Despite the busy CES 2026 calendar and partnerships across autos, industrials and media, NVIDIA’s short term returns have cooled, with a 7 day share price return of 2.11% and year to date share price...

In recent days, Chevron has accelerated efforts to expand Venezuelan crude exports under its special U.S. license, loading more cargoes, lobbying for broader operating permissions, and positioning itself as the primary Western operator working with PDVSA after the change in Venezuela’s political leadership. While many peers still call Venezuela “uninvestable,” Chevron’s claim that it can quickly double production there highlights a potentially unique multi‑year advantage built on legal...

In recent days, Strategic Education attracted fresh analyst attention as Wall Street research firms highlighted its Education Technology Services segment and corporate partnerships as key growth drivers, supported by strong free cash flow funding dividends and share buybacks. This focus on the Sophia Learning portal and employer-linked programs underscores how digital platforms and corporate relationships are becoming central to the company’s business model. Now we’ll explore how the...

Oldfield Partners recently expanded its position in Lear (LEA), buying 33,313 additional shares in the fourth quarter and increasing the stock to the fund’s second-largest holding at 20.93% of reported assets. See our latest analysis for Lear. Lear’s share price has moved to US$124.42, with a 30 day share price return of 9.49% and a 90 day share price return of 24.61%, while the 1 year total shareholder return of 39.40% contrasts with weaker 3 and 5 year total shareholder returns. This...

AXT (AXTI) recently revised its fourth quarter 2025 revenue outlook to a range of $22.5 million to $23.5 million after receiving fewer export permits for indium phosphide from China’s Ministry of Commerce. See our latest analysis for AXT. The permit shortfall triggered a sharp 11% one day share price decline to $22.99, but that comes after a 37% 7 day and 55% 30 day share price return, alongside a 1 year total shareholder return of roughly 10x. This suggests momentum has been strong despite...

Plains GP Holdings, L.P. recently increased its quarterly cash distribution to US$0.4175 per Class A share (US$1.67 annualized), up US$0.0375 from the November 2025 payout for the fourth quarter of 2025, payable on February 13, 2026 to holders of record on January 30, 2026. This 10% annualized distribution increase can be interpreted as a signal of management confidence in Plains GP Holdings’ cash generation and capital-return framework. We’ll now examine how this higher quarterly...

Why Calumet’s New Bond Deal Matters For Stock Investors Calumet (CLMT) has just completed a fixed income offering of roughly $400.9 million in senior unsecured notes, a funding move that directly affects its capital structure and future interest obligations. See our latest analysis for Calumet. The senior notes come on the heels of fresh 2025 guidance indicating a net loss of between $69.0 million and $12.0 million and recent investor outreach at a Goldman Sachs energy conference, with the 90...

On 9 January 2026, Revvity, Inc. announced a collaboration with Eli Lilly to integrate Lilly’s TuneLab AI/ML predictive drug discovery models into the Revvity Signals platform via the Signals Xynthetica Models-as-a-Service framework, enabling federated learning while keeping participants’ proprietary data private. An interesting aspect is that Lilly and Revvity will jointly fund access to Signals One, Signals Xynthetica, and modeling credits, potentially widening AI adoption among smaller...

HubSpot (HUBS) is back in focus after an Oppenheimer note flagged mixed demand signals from a key partner, whose softer fourth quarter and expectation for slower 2026 growth have raised new questions about near term momentum. See our latest analysis for HubSpot. The latest concerns around partner demand come after a sharp reset in sentiment, with HubSpot’s 90 day share price return of 17.41% decline and 1 year total shareholder return of 47.25% decline contrasting with a still positive 3 year...