Vallourec SA shares hit a six-year high after the French firm said it will use steel tubes originally developed for oil and gas to support the US rollout of a lesser-known form of renewable energy. The company this week announced a five-year supply deal with Houston-based Fervo Energy , whose technology mimics some fossil fuel fracking techniques to tap the Earth’s heat for energy. Vallourec said ...
Vallourec SA shares hit a six-year high after the French firm said it will use steel tubes originally developed for oil and gas to support the US rollout of a lesser-known form of renewable energy. The company this week announced a five-year supply deal with Houston-based Fervo Energy , whose technology mimics some fossil fuel fracking techniques to tap the Earth’s heat for energy. Vallourec said the deal could be worth $800 million. The stock rose 5.5% Thursday, adding to a 39% rally last quarter — its best performance since the fourth quarter of 2020. Surging oil prices due to the war in Iran have boosted oil-services stocks, while Vallourec’s push into renewable energy is opening new revenue streams. Geothermal accounts for just 1% of global electricity demand, according to the International Energy Agency. However, financing for next-generation geothermal rose 80% year-over-year in 2025 to nearly $2.2 billion, the Paris-based organization estimates. Fervo raised $462 million last year from investors including Alphabet Inc. ’s Google and Tesla Inc. co-founder JB Straubel . The firm is targeting an initial public offering, Bloomberg has reported . Bernstein analysts said Thursday that Vallourec remains their best idea for the second quarter, having also held that position in the first quarter. The firm cited Vallourec’s higher exposure to North America than the Middle East. “This geographical asymmetry remains supportive,” wrote analysts including Guillaume Delaby , keeping an outperform rating on the stock.
Apple recognition and new Face ID win put Cirrus Logic (CRUS) in the spotlight Cirrus Logic (CRUS) is back on investor radars after Apple formally identified the company as a supplier and Cirrus secured a new design win for integrated circuits powering Face ID technology in future Apple devices. See our latest analysis for Cirrus Logic. Cirrus Logic’s momentum has been strong, with a 1-month share...
Apple recognition and new Face ID win put Cirrus Logic (CRUS) in the spotlight Cirrus Logic (CRUS) is back on investor radars after Apple formally identified the company as a supplier and Cirrus secured a new design win for integrated circuits powering Face ID technology in future Apple devices. See our latest analysis for Cirrus Logic. Cirrus Logic’s momentum has been strong, with a 1-month share price return of 19.02% and a 90-day share price return of 31.17%. The 1-year total shareholder...
Galeanu Mihai/iStock via Getty Images By Christopher Gannatti, CFA & Nitesh Shah At the time of this writing, a two-week ceasefire has been on the table. While we are hopeful it can hold, we recognize that there is still importance in understanding different commodity linkages and recognizing certain paths to recovery could be longer than others. Even if the two-week ceasefire agreement leads into...
Galeanu Mihai/iStock via Getty Images By Christopher Gannatti, CFA & Nitesh Shah At the time of this writing, a two-week ceasefire has been on the table. While we are hopeful it can hold, we recognize that there is still importance in understanding different commodity linkages and recognizing certain paths to recovery could be longer than others. Even if the two-week ceasefire agreement leads into a medium- or longer-run cessation of hostilities, with or without a toll for passage in the Strait of Hormuz, flows of goods through this passage may not quickly return to normal. The conflict has already caused meaningful damage to production and export infrastructure. In several cases, that damage will take months or even years to repair. The key point is that geopolitical de-escalation does not immediately translate into supply normalization. The sections below examine how this may play out across energy, industrial metals and fertilizers before turning to the less visible but equally important second-order effects. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): The Deepest and Most Persistent Disruption Among all commodities, LNG stands out as the most severely affected. The damage is highly concentrated, but it is concentrated in the most critical part of the global system: Qatar’s Ras Laffan complex. Strikes on liquefaction trains have resulted in a meaningful loss of capacity, estimated at around 17%, equivalent to roughly 12-13 million tons per annum. At the peak of disruption, this translated into close to one-fifth of global LNG supply being affected. Force majeure declarations underline the severity of the situation. 1 Additional disruption has occurred upstream, particularly in Iran’s South Pars gas field, as well as across a wider set of regional energy assets. In total, more than 40 energy sites across multiple countries have reportedly been damaged, with repair costs already exceeding $25 billion. 2 What distinguishes LNG from other sectors is the nature of the bottleneck. Li...
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Bill Gates was once the wealthiest person in the world thanks to the remarkable success of Microsoft , the company he co-founded and led to become one of the largest businesses in the world. Today, he's still worth over $100 billion despite giving away a large chunk of his wealth through the Gates Foundation. Gates founded the philanthropy organization focused on improving global health, combating...
Bill Gates was once the wealthiest person in the world thanks to the remarkable success of Microsoft , the company he co-founded and led to become one of the largest businesses in the world. Today, he's still worth over $100 billion despite giving away a large chunk of his wealth through the Gates Foundation. Gates founded the philanthropy organization focused on improving global health, combating poverty, and overcoming inequality in 2000. Gates has mostly moved away from Microsoft to focus on the foundation, with plans to give away practically all of his remaining wealth by 2045. The main vehicle for that is through a trust fund established by the foundation, which includes a stock portfolio worth about $36 billion as of this writing. But you won't find Microsoft among its top three holdings. Instead, the trust prefers to hold great value stocks , and 59% of the portfolio is invested in just three brilliant companies. Continue reading