Goldman Sachs says a period of underperformance for LivaNova stock could be ending and see shares gain more than 20%. “As the business produces consistent results and the margin profile is enhanced, we think this period of underperformance fades into the rear view mirror,” analyst David Roman wrote on Friday. Roman initiated coverage of the medical device stock with a buy rating and a $65 per share price target. The analyst’s forecast implies 22% upside from Thursday’s $53.21 close. LivaNova is primarily focused on producing devices used for cardiac surgery and neuromodulation, the ladder of which being a method of…
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The fourth quarter is just getting started, and RBC Capital Markets sees some stocks slated for growth in the months ahead. October has been off to a shaky start. While the first session of the month was a losing one for stocks, that changed on October’s second day of trading, with the indexes closing marginally higher. All three major averages are still in the red week to date, however. This comes after September marked the fifth straight winning month for both the S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average . Looking ahead, RBC unveiled a list of…
TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 1: Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the prime minister’s office on October 1, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Yuichi Yamazaki | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he has asked ministers to formulate an economic relief package to ease the bite of inflation.”We would need to support people suffering from rising costs right now until a positive growth cycle with wage increases outpacing inflation and driving capital expenditures is established,” Ishiba said Friday in his first policy speech to parliament as the country’s prime minister, according to…
Well, that was unexpected. The U.S. economy added a whopping 254,000 jobs in September, nearly 100,000 more than economists expected. The unemployment rate, which was expected to hold steady at 4.2%, slipped to 4.1%. Wages also rose more than expected month over month. Stock futures rallied following the news. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures popped 255 points, or 0.6%. S & P 500 futures were up 0.8%, and Nasdaq-100 futures soared 1.3%. The S & P 500 was headed for a weekly decline before the report and may now finish the week in the green. Many on the Street cheered…
U.S. Treasury yields jumped Friday as investors digested a better-than-expected September jobs report.The 10-year Treasury yield was higher more than 9 basis points at 3.946%, while the yield on the 2-year Treasury was 14 basis points higher at 3.85%. Yields and prices have an inverted relationship. One basis point equals 0.01%.Nonfarm payrolls grew by 254,000 in September, significantly exceeding the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 150,000.The report points to a solid economy, but it also signals to the market that the Federal Reserve is more likely to move forward with smaller rate reductions ahead. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool shows…
The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment rate edged lower, the Labor Department reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls surged by 254,000 for the month, up from a revised 159,000 in August and better than the 150,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, down 0.1 percentage point.With upward revisions from previous months, the report eases concerns about the state of the labor market and likely locks in the Federal Reserve to a more gradual pace of interest rate reductions. August’s total was revised up by 17,000…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Spirit Airlines , JetBlue – Spirit plunged more than 38% following a report from The Wall Street Journal that the discount airliner is considering filing for bankruptcy. Shares of peer airline firm JetBlue, which was previously in talks to merge with Spirit, advanced nearly 6%. Summit Therapeutics – Shares of the biopharmaceutical company rose more than 9% after the Food and Drug Administration granted Summit’s cancer drug, ivonescimab, a fast track designation. Zim Integrated Shipping Services – The international shipping company’s stock fell more than 9% after U.S. dockworkers and the…
There are several key stocks in the U.S. that investors need to be mindful of when navigating the current market environment, according to Bank of America. “The combination of an improving global earnings cycle, easier monetary policy in the U.S. as inflation returns to the target level, and China’s recent multifaceted stimulus appears supportive of equity markets and cyclicals,” strategist Nigel Tupper said in a Monday note to clients. “Seasonality also provides a positive backdrop,” he added, noting that global equities have rallied in the last ten weeks of the calendar year in 86% of years going back to1988. Despite…
Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez | ReutersShares of Rivian Automotive dropped about 8% during premarket trading Friday after the electric vehicle startup delivered fewer vehicles in the third quarter than analysts had expected and lowered its annual production forecast for 2024.The company said the lower production target — down from 57,000 units to between 47,000 and 49,000 — was because of a “production disruption due to a shortage of a shared component” for its R1 vehicles and commercial van.”This supply shortage impact began in…
A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal in Iran on March 12, 2017.Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesSatellite imagery revealed a number of oil tankers vacating the waters around Iran’s key Kharg Island oil loading terminal, amid fears of an Israeli counterattack on Tehran’s energy infrastructure.”The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) appears to be fearing an imminent attack by Israel. Their empty VLCC supertankers vacated the country’s largest oil terminal, Kharg Island, yesterday,” tracking firm TankerTrackers.com wrote in a post on the X social media platform on Thursday evening.Markets have been on edge over…
