U.S. Professional Services Stock News

Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) just delivered a Q3 update that combined steady growth with a busier store rollout, lifting full-year guidance even as sales came in slightly below expectations. See our latest analysis for Academy Sports and Outdoors. The Q3 beat on profits, brisk store openings, and a fresh dividend declaration have helped flip sentiment. A strong 30 day share price return of 24.11% contrasts with a muted 1 year total shareholder return of 1.98%, suggesting momentum is...

Citizens Financial Group (CFG) just cut its prime lending rate from 7% to 6.75% while also getting downgraded by Baird to Neutral, a pairing that gives investors plenty to unpack. See our latest analysis for Citizens Financial Group. Those moves come after a strong run, with Citizens Financial Group’s share price up solidly so far this year and its three year total shareholder return above 70%. This suggests momentum is still intact even as expectations cool a little. If this shift in bank...

Woodward (WWD) just moved to update its corporate rulebook, proposing to scrap some supermajority voting thresholds while also eliminating cumulative voting in director elections. This governance tweak could subtly reshape shareholder influence. See our latest analysis for Woodward. These governance moves come after a powerful run, with the share price up 73.85% year to date and a 1 year total shareholder return of 71.02%. This hints that momentum is still firmly on Woodward's side despite a...

Savara (SVRA) just picked up a meaningful intellectual property win, with the European Patent Office signaling its intention to grant a patent on the liquid formulation of MOLBREEVI for autoimmune PAP. See our latest analysis for Savara. That backdrop helps explain why investors have leaned in, with the stock logging a roughly 61 percent 1 month share price return and a powerful multi year total shareholder return while momentum continues to build around MOLBREEVI. If this kind of rare...

On December 11, 2025, NiSource Inc. entered into a Seventh Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, lifting its revolving credit capacity by US$650 million to US$2.50 billion, extending the facility’s maturity to December 11, 2030, and increasing standby letter of credit capacity to US$175 million. The agreement not only enhances NiSource’s liquidity but also removes ESG-linked rate adjustments, signaling a shift toward simpler, more conventional financing terms that could influence...

In recent weeks, insiders and major beneficial owners, including media and internet group IAC, have purchased substantial additional stakes in MGM Resorts International, reflecting internal conviction about the company’s prospects in areas such as online gaming and digital sports betting. This wave of insider buying, coming alongside MGM’s ongoing push into higher-margin digital offerings and premium resort experiences, offers investors a fresh window into how key stakeholders view the...

Recent commentary highlighted Nelnet’s past two years of approximately 18% annual revenue growth and earnings expansion supported by share buybacks, reflecting growing market share across its student loan servicing, education technology, payment processing, and banking activities. An interesting angle for investors is management’s track record of allocating capital into profitable ventures, reflected in a five-year return on equity of about 10.7%, which reinforces confidence in how the...

Earlier this month, Agilent Technologies released new 21 CFR Part 11 compliance software for its xCELLigence RTCA eSight system, adding secure user authentication, electronic signatures, and full audit trails so the live-cell analysis platform can be used in GMP-regulated manufacturing and quality control as well as research and development labs. This upgrade extends the same real-time cell analysis platform across the pharma and biopharma value chain, aligning with growing demand for...

Earlier this month, Mission announced on AWS Marketplace six integrated multi-product cloud solutions built with partners including CDW, CrowdStrike, New Relic, Nutanix, Vega Cloud, and Mission’s own managed services to streamline cloud governance, security, and operations for enterprise customers. The launch positions CDW more firmly as an orchestrator of complex, multi-vendor cloud and security stacks, tying its enterprise technology expertise directly into AI-ready and compliance-focused...

Earlier today, J.P. Morgan initiated coverage on SouthState Bank with an Overweight rating, reflecting a positive view of the bank’s prospects and positioning. This new coverage introduces a fresh institutional lens on SouthState’s growth potential, which can meaningfully shape how investors assess the bank’s longer-term trajectory. We’ll now explore how J.P. Morgan’s favorable initiation fits with SouthState’s existing growth narrative and what it might mean for the story ahead. Trump has...

Erasca, Inc. recently secured U.S. patent protection through 2043 for its pan-RAS molecular glue candidate ERAS-0015, advanced ERAS-0015 and ERAS-4001 through Phase 1 trials in RAS/KRAS-mutant solid tumors, promoted Robert Shoemaker, Ph.D., to chief scientific officer, and reported US$362,000,000 in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of September 30, 2025. This combination of extended patent life, progressing RAS-targeted programs, strengthened scientific leadership, and...

Earlier this month, Dexcom launched Dexcom Academy across several EMEA markets, offering personalised, app-based training for healthcare professionals on its CGM products and broader diabetes care. This education platform, co-created with clinicians and focused on practical, consultation-ready content, signals Dexcom’s effort to deepen CGM adoption while easing clinical workloads. We’ll now examine how this push into clinician-focused education could influence Dexcom’s longer-term investment...

Post Holdings has recently completed a private offering announcement for US$1.30 billion of unsecured senior notes due 2036 and moved to redeem the remaining US$1.24 billion of its 5.50% senior notes due 2029 at a small premium, ending interest accrual on those securities from December 17, 2025. This refinancing reshapes Post’s debt profile by extending maturities, potentially altering interest costs and freeing up flexibility for future capital allocation priorities. We’ll now examine how...

Wondering if LPL Financial Holdings at around $380 a share is still worth buying, or if the big gains are already behind it? You are not the only one trying to figure out what is really priced in. The stock has climbed 2.7% over the last week, 2.8% over the past month, and is now up 16.1% year to date, building on a powerful 277.3% gain over five years that signals investors have been willing to pay up for its story. Behind those moves, the big narrative has been LPL's continued expansion of...

Madison Square Garden Sports recently reported Q1 Fiscal 2026 results that beat earnings expectations despite a revenue miss and amended credit facilities for its subsidiaries, including a US$425 million revolving credit line for the New York Knicks. At its December 2025 annual meeting, the Dolan family’s control was reinforced through Class B voting support, while shareholders backed executive pay and the company’s 2026 auditor, underscoring enduring governance influence over the Knicks and...

On December 11, 2025, Kinsale Capital Group announced board approval for a new US$250,000,000 share repurchase program, coinciding with amendments to its note purchase and credit agreements that loosen restrictions on returning capital to shareholders when no default exists. This combination of a sizable new buyback and more flexible debt covenants highlights management’s emphasis on capital returns alongside growth and underwriting discipline. Next, we’ll examine how this expanded share...

In recent years, Howmet Aerospace has grown annual revenue by 11.4% and lifted earnings per share by a very large 42.7%, helped by active share repurchases and rising market share for its lightweight, multi-material components across transportation applications. This combination of solid top-line expansion and aggressive capital return suggests management has been effective at turning operational progress into faster per-share earnings growth. Now we’ll explore how this powerful...

Earlier this month, SS&C Technologies Holdings announced that Houston-based Voss Capital selected SS&C GlobeOp as fund administrator across two funds with US$375 million in assets and its separately managed accounts, highlighting the breadth of SS&C’s integrated Eze Eclipse and GlobeOp offering. The win with Voss Capital, a contrarian value investor focused on special situations, showcases SS&C’s ability to support sophisticated managers through a scalable, end-to-end operations,...

Earlier in December 2025, Rush Enterprises’ board approved second amended and restated articles of incorporation and authorized a new share repurchase program of up to US$150 million in class A and/or class B shares, running through December 31, 2026. The combination of refreshed corporate governance documents and a renewed buyback authorization signals management’s commitment to capital return while retaining flexibility in how it allocates resources between its dual share classes. We’ll...

Boise Cascade has announced that CEO Nate Jorgensen will retire on March 2, 2026, with current COO Jeff Strom stepping into the top role the next day while Jorgensen remains on the board. The decision not to replace the COO position, alongside elevating a 19-year company veteran with deep distribution experience, could meaningfully influence how Boise Cascade organizes leadership and executes its operations agenda. We’ll now examine how elevating Jeff Strom from COO to CEO, while leaving the...

In December 2025, Curbline Properties Corp. declared a past fourth-quarter cash dividend of US$0.16 per share and a special dividend of US$0.03 per share, both payable on January 7, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 22, 2025. The combination of a regular and special dividend can be read as a signal about management’s confidence in the company’s current cash-generating ability. Next, we’ll examine how the combination of a regular and special dividend shapes Curbline Properties’...

In December 2025, BlackLine, Inc. expanded its global cloud footprint by launching a locally hosted cloud region in Saudi Arabia with Google Cloud Platform, offering lower latency and compliance with the Kingdom’s NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls and Cloud Cyber Security Controls. This move allows Saudi organizations to use BlackLine’s unified, AI-powered financial operations platform while keeping data within the country, deepening its links to major partners like SAP, EMEA, and...

ProPetro Holding (PUMP) has quietly outpaced many energy peers over the past 3 months, with the stock up around 118%, even as recent daily and weekly moves have turned negative. See our latest analysis for ProPetro Holding. That surge sits against a more modest backdrop, with a year-to-date share price return of 3.75%, a 12.28% one-year total shareholder return and a 40.66% five-year total shareholder return, suggesting momentum is building but still vulnerable to pullbacks at the current...

Aftermath Silver (OTCPK:AAGF.F) just dropped a fresh Mineral Resource Estimate for its Berenguela project in southern Peru, updating the geological model and resource mix in a way that could shift how the market values the asset. See our latest analysis for Aftermath Silver. The new Berenguela resource update lands after a strong run, with the stock delivering a year to date share price return of roughly 108 percent and a 3 year total shareholder return above 200 percent, even though momentum...