Analysts Have Conflicting Sentiments on These Communication Services Companies: Meta Platforms (META), AT&T (T) and Rogers Communication (RCI) The Globe and Mail
Analysts Have Conflicting Sentiments on These Communication Services Companies: Meta Platforms (META), AT&T (T) and Rogers Communication (RCI) The Globe and Mail
Hezbollah and Israel traded fire just hours after the ceasefire extension was announced, underscoring its fragility. (Image credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)
Hezbollah and Israel traded fire just hours after the ceasefire extension was announced, underscoring its fragility. (Image credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)
(Bloomberg) -- A US-sanctioned supertanker laden with Iranian oil appeared to halt its transit through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, with traffic through the waterway otherwise at a virtual standstill.Most Read from BloombergUS Reduces Marijuana Restrictions in Lift to Ailing IndustryMeta Tells Staff It Will Cut 10% of Jobs in Push for EfficiencyAnthropic’s Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unau...
(Bloomberg) -- A US-sanctioned supertanker laden with Iranian oil appeared to halt its transit through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, with traffic through the waterway otherwise at a virtual standstill.Most Read from BloombergUS Reduces Marijuana Restrictions in Lift to Ailing IndustryMeta Tells Staff It Will Cut 10% of Jobs in Push for EfficiencyAnthropic’s Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized UsersInside Alex Cooper’s Unwell: Tears, Screaming and Employees Looking for the ExitTrump’
Seer ( SEER ) on Friday received an improved unsolicited takeover offer from the Radoff-JEC Group, which raised its bid to $2.35 per share in cash, a 39% premium to the stock’s April 10 closing price, plus a contingent value right tied to asset sale proceeds. The latest non-binding offer follows an earlier April 13 proposal valuing Seer at $2.25 a share plus a contingent value right. According to ...
Seer ( SEER ) on Friday received an improved unsolicited takeover offer from the Radoff-JEC Group, which raised its bid to $2.35 per share in cash, a 39% premium to the stock’s April 10 closing price, plus a contingent value right tied to asset sale proceeds. The latest non-binding offer follows an earlier April 13 proposal valuing Seer at $2.25 a share plus a contingent value right. According to the offer, Seer stockholders would receive 80% of net proceeds from Seer assets through the contingent value right structure. Radoff-JEC also said it is prepared to invest $10M in Seer and criticized the company’s board for not engaging with its earlier acquisition proposal. The activist group, led by Bradley L. Radoff and Michael Torok, said it collectively owns about 7.6% of Seer’s outstanding shares The group said the revised offer will expire if Seer’s board does not respond by May 2. Shares of Seer, which develops proteomics and life-sciences tools, were up +3.6% in premarket trading. More on Seer Seer, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Seer, Inc. (SEER) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Key deals this week: American Express, Otis, Vertiv, Wipro and more Seer jumps 10% on $2.25 per share all-cash acquisition bid from Activist Group (update) Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Seer
Michael Vi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images I'm sticking to a 'Neutral' opinion on LG Display Co., Ltd. ( LPL ) (034220.KS). It remained loss-making in 1Q26 despite a jump in operating income. Management guidance points to flat revenues for the next quarter. I don't have the motivation to turn bullish or bearish based on this mixed showing. My earlier January 29, 2026 update highlighted LPL's 4Q2...
Michael Vi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images I'm sticking to a 'Neutral' opinion on LG Display Co., Ltd. ( LPL ) (034220.KS). It remained loss-making in 1Q26 despite a jump in operating income. Management guidance points to flat revenues for the next quarter. I don't have the motivation to turn bullish or bearish based on this mixed showing. My earlier January 29, 2026 update highlighted LPL's 4Q25 outperformance and memory-driven cost volatility. Q1 EBIT Surge Is Overshadowed By Wider Net Loss The group disclosed its most recent financial metrics on Thursday, April 23. I've observed a telling divergence between LPL's operating profitability and bottom-line. 1Q2026 EBIT-to-sales improved by 220bps to 2.7% on a YoY basis. My take is that its efforts to reshape the business portfolio have paid off. The share of its topline derived from OLED-linked solutions was 5ppts higher year-on-year at 60% for Jan-Mar '26. This helped to push up the firm's "Average Selling Price" or "ASP" by 54.7% to $1,244 during the same timeframe. LPL also drew attention to a "continued push by the company to streamline low-margin models" at the analyst briefing . In my late-Jan piece, I wrote about the enterprise's "tilt towards high-value OLED products" with a "strengthening of its OLED lineup for TV." It's clearly moving in the right direction as evidenced by these solid quarterly numbers. But LPL's bottom-line worsened from 1Q2025's -₩0.24T to 1Q2026's -₩0.58T, although EBIT rose 338% to ₩147B over the same period. I think that it experienced steeper losses due to credit- and FX-related pressures. The 1Q26 non-operating expenses of ₩669B represented a 270% spike. Long-term debt increased 17% YoY to ₩8.9T as of March 31, 2026. Its net gearing was elevated at 1.6x. You can imagine that the heavy financing burden would have weighed on earnings. At the results meeting, management noted that "we plan to further strengthen our financial soundness in the long term." It appears to me that LPL's del...
Getty Images By Carsten Brzeski, Global Head of Macro A plunging Ifo index underlines the growing concerns among German companies about the adverse economic impact of the war in the Middle East To quote Andreas Brehme, the all-too-early-departed scorer of Germany’s winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final: “if you’ve got s*** on your boot, you’ve got s*** on your boot.” A quote that applies to man...
Getty Images By Carsten Brzeski, Global Head of Macro A plunging Ifo index underlines the growing concerns among German companies about the adverse economic impact of the war in the Middle East To quote Andreas Brehme, the all-too-early-departed scorer of Germany’s winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final: “if you’ve got s*** on your boot, you’ve got s*** on your boot.” A quote that applies to many situations in life, and certainly to the German economy right now. At the end of 2025, the economy finally seemed to be escaping its endless stagnation, with growth returning in the fourth quarter, rising industrial orders, and the expectation of billions in defence and infrastructure investment. An upturn was within sight until, that is, the war in the Middle East started. The just-released Ifo index, Germany’s most prominent leading indicator, took another plunge in April, to 84.4, from 86.3 in March, the lowest level since the pandemic. War in the Middle East, the energy price shock and possible supply chain frictions weigh on German economy The war in the Middle East and soaring energy prices have again exposed the fact that Germany is one of Europe’s largest net importers of energy. Some 6% of its oil imports stem from countries in the Middle East. The so-called energy-intensive industries in Germany account for some 17% of industrial gross value added and employ just under one million people. With the war in the Middle East now gradually shifting from a pure energy price shock towards an energy supply and broader supply chain shock, the German economy is once again at the centre of an exogenous, global disruption. Admittedly, large corporates are likely still hedged against soaring oil prices, but SMEs are not, nor is there a hedge against deficits of physical oil. There is already anecdotal evidence of surging tarmac prices and coming supply frictions. As in 2022, this first inflation wave – from higher energy prices to knock-on effects on transportation and food, ...
Both iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:IYK) and First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG) target the U.S. consumer staples sector, but they differ in breadth, cost, and trading characteristics. IYK stands out for its lower cost, deeper liquidity, and milder historical drawdowns, while FTXG is more narrowly focused and may appeal to investors seeking a pure-play food and beverag...
Both iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:IYK) and First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG) target the U.S. consumer staples sector, but they differ in breadth, cost, and trading characteristics. IYK stands out for its lower cost, deeper liquidity, and milder historical drawdowns, while FTXG is more narrowly focused and may appeal to investors seeking a pure-play food and beverage tilt. This comparison unpacks their performance, portfolio makeup, and practical considerations to help investors decide which may better suit their needs. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Continue reading