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Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) is close to becoming debt-free, following a period of strong free cash flow generation. The company has indicated that eliminating permanent debt could open the door to higher distributions to unitholders. NRP also holds a large portfolio of unleased carbon sequestration pore space that could offer additional long term growth options beyond its coal and royalty operations. Natural Resource Partners, trading at around $114.5, has posted very large 5 year...

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is keeping a cautious stance on potential operations in Venezuela despite shifts in U.S. diplomatic support for new leadership there. The company is weighing re entry against unresolved Venezuelan obligations of about US$12b tied to past asset nationalizations and legal claims. Comments around Venezuela highlight that any move back into the country would likely be gradual and closely linked to progress on legal and payment issues. For you as an investor, this...

Why MongoDB (MDB) is on investors’ radar right now MongoDB (MDB) is drawing attention after a period of mixed short term returns, with the share price roughly flat over the past day, weaker over the past month, yet positive over the past 3 months. For investors tracking software and data platform names, this uneven pattern, alongside the company’s current US$372.68 share price, is prompting closer scrutiny of MongoDB’s growth profile, profitability, and how its current valuation stacks up...

Fifth Third Bancorp has completed its merger with Comerica Incorporated, creating the ninth-largest U.S. bank. The combined company has expanded its board to include former Comerica directors, aligning leadership across the new entity. For you as an investor looking at NasdaqGS:FITB, this merger sits alongside a share price of $51.95 and multi year returns of 23.6% over the past year and 92.0% over five years. Those figures indicate that the market has been assigning meaningful value to...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NasdaqGS:KTOS) secured $65 million in new contracts for advanced warfighter training systems. The awards cover simulators and training solutions for major U.S. Army and Air Force helicopter platforms and allied nations. Kratos also opened a new 55,000 square foot hypersonic manufacturing and payload integration facility. For investors watching defense names, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NasdaqGS:KTOS) recently recorded a 1 year return of 189.6%...

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has adopted the fair value option for its loan accounting, changing how it recognizes revenue and credit costs across its platform. The company is combining this accounting shift with Board and executive changes, including the planned resignation of its independent Chairman of the Board. LendingClub has also announced the upcoming departure of its Chief Risk Officer and outlined a leadership succession plan for the risk function. LendingClub enters these changes with...

In recent weeks, several major banks including Mizuho, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and others upgraded Applied Materials, citing stronger wafer fab equipment demand and increased capital spending by key customers such as TSMC and Intel across the U.S., Japan, and Taiwan. Analysts argue that Applied Materials’ exposure to advanced foundry, logic, and memory tools positions it as a major beneficiary of AI-driven chip investment and evolving semiconductor architectures like Gate-All-Around...

In recent months, VICI Properties has faced a wave of analyst downgrades and more cautious ratings, even as it continues to grow its gaming-focused REIT portfolio, add tenants like MGM Northfield Park, and raise its dividend for an eighth consecutive year. This shift in sentiment highlights a tension between concerns over issues such as the Caesars Regional Master Lease and external growth prospects, and the company’s ongoing efforts to diversify into broader experiential real estate,...

Sea Limited, NYSE:SE, reported robust growth across e-commerce, digital financial services, and digital entertainment in its latest results. Shopee ad revenue and loan growth outside the core platform are emerging as higher margin opportunities within the business. Recent performance highlights both top and bottom line improvements, with multi segment strength supporting profitability. Sea, NYSE:SE, is drawing fresh attention after reporting broad based growth across all three main...

Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN) is back in focus after revising its agreement with Hansoh. The company has shifted to an exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-bearing, perpetual license for TERN-701 outside Greater China, alongside supportive interim Phase 1 data. See our latest analysis for Terns Pharmaceuticals. The agreement revision and positive interim Phase 1 data come after a sharp 90 day share price return of 102.42% and a very large 1 year total shareholder return. However, the 30 day share...

In the past week, Cardinal Health prepared to report earnings alongside other major companies, while markets also monitored key US labor data and a pending Federal Reserve leadership nomination. Attention on Cardinal Health has increased as its role in the healthcare supply chain and expectations for higher revenue highlight its negotiating strength in a tightly regulated market. Next, we will examine how anticipation of Cardinal Health’s upcoming earnings and healthcare supply chain...

Roper Technologies recently reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, with sales rising to US$2,058.6 million for the quarter and US$7.90 billion for the year, while net income edged lower and earnings per share from continuing operations softened versus 2024. Alongside these mixed figures, Roper completed a US$500 million buyback of 1,120,000 shares, underscoring management’s willingness to return capital even as it signaled a slower organic growth outlook, particularly at its...

TransDigm Group reported fiscal first-quarter 2026 results on February 3, 2026, with sales rising to US$2,285 million while net income and earnings per share declined year on year, and the company raised its fiscal 2026 guidance for net sales to US$9.85 billion–US$10.04 billion and earnings per share to US$32.47–US$34.39. Management also highlighted recent agreements to acquire Stellant Systems and Jet Parts Engineering with Victor Sierra Aviation for about US$3.20 billion, underscoring a...

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has appointed Joan Bottarini, a senior finance leader from Hyatt Hotels, to its board of directors. The company has amended its corporate bylaws, including procedures for director nominations and shareholder proposals. These governance changes are designed to update how the board is formed and how shareholders can formally engage with the company. General Mills, trading at $45.62, has seen a 2.2% gain over the past week, while returns over 1, 3 and 5 years have been...

If you are wondering whether Trade Desk is starting to look interesting on price, you are not alone. This article focuses squarely on what you might be paying for each dollar of its business today. The stock recently closed at US$29.75, with returns of a 7.6% decline over 7 days, 21.0% decline over 30 days, 21.0% decline year to date and 73.8% decline over 1 year, as well as a 43.5% decline over 3 years and 65.6% decline over 5 years. These moves have played out alongside ongoing attention...

If you are wondering whether Merck's current share price reflects its true worth, this article walks through what the numbers are actually saying about the stock. Merck shares most recently closed at US$113.37, with returns of 5.6% over 7 days, 6.5% over 30 days, 6.5% year to date, 17.9% over 1 year, 19.4% over 3 years and 85.7% over 5 years. These figures may signal shifts in growth expectations or perceived risk. Recent news coverage has focused on Merck's product pipeline, regulatory...

Wondering if APA at around US$25.89 is offering good value right now, or if the easy money has already been made. The stock has returned 1.9% over the last 7 days, 2.1% over the last 30 days and year to date, with a 26.8% return over 1 year, 31.0% over 3 years and 67.0% over 5 years. Together, these figures give you a mixed picture of recent momentum and longer term swings in sentiment. Recent coverage around APA has focused on how investors are reassessing energy names in light of commodity...

Genspark has adopted Twilio Programmable Voice to power its AI driven "Call for Me" agent. The integration uses NYSE:TWLO infrastructure to handle phone call based tasks in multiple languages. The partnership focuses on large scale, multilingual AI workflows that span both personal and enterprise use cases. For Twilio, the Genspark partnership puts a spotlight on its core communications platform as a tool for AI agents that have to operate over real world voice networks, not just text...

Why Remitly Global (RELY) is on investor watchlists today Remitly Global (RELY) has been drawing attention after a mixed stretch in its share price, with a recent close of US$13.33 and a 1-day return of 0.8% and a 17.6% decline over the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Remitly Global. At a share price of US$13.33, Remitly Global’s recent 1 day share price return of 0.83% sits alongside a 90 day share price decline of 17.61% and a 1 year total shareholder return decline of 44.09%...

Annaly Capital Management recently reported its full-year 2025 results, with net income rising to US$2.03 billion and basic earnings per share from continuing operations increasing to US$2.92 from US$1.62 a year earlier, alongside strong Q4 performance across agency MBS, residential credit, and mortgage servicing rights. An interesting angle for investors is management’s plan to shift more capital toward residential credit and mortgage servicing rights while maintaining conservative leverage...

MYR Group recently reported a strong third-quarter performance, with revenues rising year on year and key profitability metrics such as net income, consolidated gross profit, gross margin and EBITDA all improving versus analyst expectations. This combination of top-line growth and margin expansion highlights how the company is converting project activity into stronger underlying earnings quality. Next, we will examine how MYR Group’s better-than-expected revenue growth shapes the company’s...

DaVita (NYSE:DVA) has partnered with Elara Caring and Ares' Private Equity Group to develop kidney specific home based care models. The collaboration focuses on expanding in home services for patients with complex and acute kidney needs. The partners aim to reduce preventable hospitalizations by tailoring care to dialysis and kidney disease patients where they live. DaVita enters this partnership with Elara Caring at a time when its shares trade around $111.19 and recent performance has...

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. recently declared a US$0.15 per-share cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2025, payable on February 12, 2026, to shareholders of record as of February 3, 2026. This payout comes as the company undertakes a US$3.00 billion fleet investment program to become a pure-play carrier of LNG, LPG, ammonia, and liquid CO₂, underscoring its commitment to energy-transition cargoes backed by long-term charters. We will now examine how this US$3.00 billion...

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) announced a 19% increase in its quarterly dividend. The company is reshaping its leadership, combining wealth and banking under Neesha Hathi. Chief Information Officer Dennis Howard will lead a new technology, operations, and data division. These changes were announced alongside Schwab's recent focus on client engagement and operational scale. For investors watching NYSE:SCHW, the combination of a higher dividend and leadership changes comes with the stock trading...