Gilead stock is flashing "buy" in bright green letters.Biopharmaceuticals stock Gilead Sciences (GILD 2.70%) jumped 2.5% through 12:30 p.m. ET Friday after Needham & Co. upgraded the shares to a buy rating and slapped a $133 price target on the $116 stock.Key to the analyst's analysis is Gilead's new Yeztugo prescription medication for pre-exposure prevention of HIV-1. What Needham says about GileadCiting a survey of physicians, Needham reports in a note covered on The Fly this morning that the market for ...

Kinsale rocketed past analysts' expectations, but its share price has taken a round trip back to where it closed yesterday.Shares of specialty insurer Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL 1.52%) were flat as of 1 p.m. ET on Friday, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.Kinsale, the only publicly traded insurer focused exclusively on the excess and surplus market (coverage for hard-to-place small and mid-size business risks), reported second-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts' expectations ...

Halliburton (HAL -0.11%), one of the world’s largest oilfield services providers, released its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 on July 22, 2025. The main news from the report was a revenue beat, with the company posting $5.51 billion in GAAP revenue for Q2 2025—1.7% above expectations. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) landed at $0.55, almost exactly matching consensus. However, the quarter highlighted fresh margin pressures and signaled a more cautious outlook for the oilfield services market ...

About Coursera and Its Recent Business Focus Coursera provides online courses, professional certificates, and degree programs in partnership with over 350 universities and leading industry partners. It aims to make top-tier education accessible globally through a wide- ranging course catalog. The company's business revolves around its broad content offerings, delivered through a proprietary technology platform that supports scalable, personalized learning. Recently, Coursera has concentrated on three core a ...

Philip Morris International (PM -2.17%), a global tobacco and nicotine products company, reported its Q2 2025 results on July 22, 2025. The standout news was robust adjusted earnings per share—$1.91 versus a $1.86 estimate—surpassing forecasts by 2.7%. However, GAAP revenue of $10.1 billion fell 2.1% short of expectations. Despite the revenue shortfall, the company continued to advance its smoke-free strategy, raised its outlook for full-year 2025 adjusted EPS. Overall, the period showed strong profit progr ...

Integer (ITGR -7.11%), a leading medical device contract manufacturer, released financial results for Q2 FY2025 on July 24, 2025. The headline news was GAAP revenue reaching $476 million, up 11.4% from Q2 2024 and beating analyst estimates by $11.63 million. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $1.55, matching expectations and representing a 19.2% increase year over year. Management raised profit guidance for the rest of the year, reflecting ongoing robust performance, especially in its main Cardio ...

Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE -0.34%), a real estate investment trust focused on owning and managing a diversified portfolio of net leased retail and commercial properties, reported its second quarter results on July 24, 2025. The most notable news was a beat on GAAP revenue, which reached $14.86 million, surpassing analyst expectations of $14.42 million. However, earnings per share (EPS), as reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), disappointed at -$0.12 per share compared to co ...

Ford's savvy handling of the Trump administration's tariff curveball has boosted sales. Ford Motor Company (F -1.05%) approached the situation aggressively, marketing to its American roots and offering vehicle buyers employee-level pricing for a three-month period. It worked. Ford recently announced fantastic second-quarter vehicle sales, including an estimated 1.8-percentage-point gain in market share. Now, the company has followed it up with a new promotion aimed at lowering up-front costs for buyers. Wit ...

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Which of these next-gen nuclear power companies has a brighter future? Over the past few years, the explosive growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) market drove many investors toward chipmakers like Nvidia and software giants like Microsoft. However, that secular trend is also stirring up strong tailwinds for nuclear power companies that are addressing the soaring energy needs of those big cloud and AI data centers. Two smaller nuclear energy companies often associated with the AI market are NuScale Po ...