U.S. Professional Services Stock News

Earlier this month, Scotts Miracle-Gro expanded its partnership with Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew, securing naming rights to the team’s stadium as part of a broader push to boost brand presence through sports and community engagement. This move signals an effort to reinforce Scotts Miracle-Gro’s core outdoor and lawn-care identity at a time when the company is working through financial and operational challenges. We’ll now explore how this expanded Columbus Crew stadium naming...

In December 2025, The Western Union Company announced a new partnership with Deutsche Post that will bring cross-border money transfer services to the majority of Deutsche Post partner branches across Germany starting in the second quarter of 2026. This collaboration expands Western Union’s physical distribution reach in a major European remittance market, reinforcing its push to blend digital capabilities with a broad in-person network for cross-border payments. Next, we’ll examine how the...

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) has been a roller coaster for investors this year, with the stock climbing strongly year to date but sliding sharply over the past 3 months as sentiment cools. See our latest analysis for Paramount Skydance. The latest pullback, including a 30 day share price return of minus 11.67 percent and a 90 day slide of minus 22.71 percent, comes after a strong year to date share price return of 30.91 percent and a 1 year total shareholder return of 29.02 percent. This...

If you are wondering whether ASML Holding is still worth buying after its huge run, or if you would be paying top dollar for yesterday's story, you are not alone. That is exactly what this breakdown will tackle. The stock has slipped 3.2% over the last week, but is still up 6.9% over the past month and 53.6% year to date, with a 47.6% gain over the last year, 95.6% over three years and 134.8% over five years. Those moves come as ASML keeps reinforcing its role at the heart of advanced...

Wondering if PepsiCo at $150.37 is a solid long term buy or quietly overpriced? You are not alone. This is exactly the kind of stock where valuation really matters. Over the last week the share price has climbed 4.0%, adding to a 3.1% gain over 30 days. Zooming out shows a flat 0.2% return over 1 year and 21.8% over 5 years, after a bumpy 3 year stretch at -8.4%. Recently, investors have been reacting to PepsiCo's ongoing push into higher margin snacks, its portfolio reshaping in...

Nuvation Bio (NUVB) has quietly turned heads after a sharp rebound over the past month, with the stock surging as traders reassess its oncology pipeline and long term upside relative to earlier expectations. See our latest analysis for Nuvation Bio. That rebound sits on top of a powerful run, with the share price returning 78 percent over the past month and 234 percent year to date, while three year total shareholder return exceeds 340 percent, signaling strong momentum as investors re rate...

Earlier this month, AST SpaceMobile postponed the launch of its BlueBird 6 satellite from December 15 to December 21, heightening concerns about execution risk and potential delays to its direct-to-smartphone service rollout. The pushback has sharpened investor focus on whether AST SpaceMobile can translate its commercial agreements and contracted revenue commitments into timely, scalable deployment. We’ll examine how this BlueBird 6 delay shapes AST SpaceMobile’s investment narrative,...

If you are wondering whether L3Harris Technologies is still worth buying after such a strong run, or if the upside has already been priced in, you are not alone. This is exactly what we are going to unpack here. The stock is up 36.4% year to date and 32.0% over the last year, even after a recent 2.3% dip over the past month that followed a 2.0% gain in the last week. Investors have been reacting to a steady drumbeat of defense contract wins and heightened geopolitical tensions, both of which...

Wondering if Comfort Systems USA is still worth buying after that massive run up in price, or if most of the upside is already baked in? This breakdown will help you evaluate whether the stock still offers value or is leaning into hype. The share price has pulled back around 1.5% over the last week, but it is still up 6.5% over the past month, 126.0% year to date, and an eye catching 1,748.4% over 5 years. This trajectory naturally raises questions about how much future growth is already...

American Water Works Company, Inc. recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.8275 per share, payable on March 3, 2026, to shareholders of record as of February 10, 2026. Alongside this, the company highlighted plans to invest over US$46.00 billion in water infrastructure over the next decade, responding to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ poor grades for West Virginia’s drinking water and wastewater systems. We’ll now explore how American Water’s very large decade-long...

Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) has quietly become one of the standout fintech stories in Latin America, and its recent share performance has investors weighing how much growth is already priced into the stock. See our latest analysis for Nu Holdings. At around $16.20 per share, Nu’s recent pullback contrasts with a powerful trend. Its year to date share price return above 50 percent and three year total shareholder return above 300 percent suggest momentum is still very much intact. If Nu’s run has...

Adobe recently reported its fiscal 2025 results, with revenue rising to US$23.77 billion and net income to US$7.13 billion, alongside issuing upbeat fiscal 2026 guidance and completing a large share repurchase program. The company also launched Photoshop, Express and Acrobat as integrated ChatGPT apps and highlighted accelerating AI adoption across Firefly and its broader creative and productivity suite, underscoring how generative AI is becoming central to Adobe’s product usage and...

Viking Holdings (VIK) just picked up a Buy upgrade from Jefferies, with the firm highlighting its European exposure, luxury focused business model, and easing fuel and geopolitical headwinds as key supports for the stock. See our latest analysis for Viking Holdings. That bullish call lands after a strong run, with Viking’s share price delivering a 60.21% year to date share price return and a 53.09% one year total shareholder return, as recent media praise and analyst upgrades reinforce...

Ameren (AEE) is drawing fresh attention after launching its Site Acceleration Program, a push to make key downstate Illinois sites shovel ready for investment, job creation, and clean energy aligned growth. See our latest analysis for Ameren. The Site Acceleration Program lands at a time when Ameren’s $97.99 share price has cooled off in the short term. However, its double digit year to date share price return and solid five year total shareholder return of 48.22 percent suggest that long...

If you are wondering whether Take Two Interactive Software is still worth buying after its huge run, you are not alone. This article is going to unpack what the current share price is really implying. The stock now trades around $244.53, drifting 1.7% lower over the last week but still up 4.0% over the past month and 33.6% year to date, with a 149.2% gain over three years shaping how investors see its potential and risk. Recent price moves have come alongside growing optimism around Take...

If you have been wondering whether Flowers Foods is starting to look like a bargain or a value trap, you are not alone. This breakdown will give you the context you need before making a move. Despite a rough longer term stretch, with the stock down 43.6% over the last year and 46.4% year to date, the recent 4.1% gain over the past week after a 3.2% dip in the last month hints that sentiment may be trying to find a floor. Recent coverage has focused on Flowers Foods as a defensive consumer...

Coupang recently disclosed a major data breach that exposed the personal information of about 33.7 million customers, prompted executive resignations, triggered police raids on its Seoul headquarters, and left the company facing potential regulatory fines that could reach roughly US$0.77 billion under South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act. While the incident has intensified scrutiny of Coupang’s data security and governance, it also comes at a time when the company has been...

Constellation Energy (CEG) has quietly been rewarding patient shareholders, with the stock up about 51% year to date and roughly 57% over the past year, handily beating the broader utilities space. See our latest analysis for Constellation Energy. That strength has not come out of nowhere, with a steady 30 day share price return of about 8 percent and a three year total shareholder return of roughly 328 percent pointing to investors repricing Constellation as a higher growth, lower risk...

Kroger (KR) has quietly slipped about 7 % over the past month, even as its long term returns still look solid. That pullback has investors asking whether the grocery giant is drifting or resetting. See our latest analysis for Kroger. At around $62.10 a share, Kroger’s recent 1 month share price return of roughly negative 7 percent looks more like a breather than a breakdown. This is especially the case given its 5 year total shareholder return above 120 percent, which suggests the longer term...

Wondering if Phibro Animal Health is still good value after its huge run, or if most of the upside is already priced in? This is where we break that down in plain English. The stock has climbed 5.5% over the last week and 94.9% year to date, even after a recent 10.4% pullback over the past month, leaving longer term holders with gains of 83.7% over 1 year and 243.1% over 3 years. Those swings have come as investors refocus on companies tied to animal health and food supply chains, lifting...

B of A Securities’ recent upgrade of Schrödinger (SDGR) to Buy, together with a broadly upbeat brokerage consensus, has pushed this computational drug discovery name back onto many investors’ radar. See our latest analysis for Schrödinger. The upbeat call from B of A comes after a choppy stretch, with the share price now at $17.94 and a year to date share price return of minus 12.06 percent alongside a one year total shareholder return of minus 16.01 percent. This suggests sentiment may be...

American Electric Power Company (AEP) has been drifting lower over the past month even as its year to date return stays comfortably positive, a setup that often makes utilities investors recheck the fundamentals. See our latest analysis for American Electric Power Company. That recent 5.55% one month share price pullback to about $114.57 looks more like a pause within a strong year to date share price return of 24.61%, backed by a nearly 29% one year total shareholder return that suggests...

Wondering if Allstate at around $209 a share is still a smart buy or if the easy money has already been made? This breakdown will help you decide whether the current price matches the company’s true value. After a 4.2% gain over the last week, Allstate is still up 9.1% year to date and 10.5% over the past year, adding to an already strong 68.1% 3 year and 123.1% 5 year run that has shifted how the market views its growth and risk profile. Much of this move has been underpinned by improving...

Criteo (CRTO) has quietly slid about 47% this year, even as its underlying ad tech business remains cash generative. That disconnect is prompting some investors to revisit the stock’s risk reward tradeoff. See our latest analysis for Criteo. Despite a steep year to date share price return of negative 46.9 percent, recent trading has steadied, with modest positive 1 day and 7 day share price returns hinting that heavy selling pressure may be easing while long term total shareholder returns...