JFB Construction Holdings ( NASDAQ: JFB ) said on Monday that XTEND delivered tactical drone systems under an $8 million defense contract with a government defense customer in the Middle East, with the agreement expandable to as much as $25 million. The initial contract covers the supply of 5,000 drone systems and includes an option for up to 10,000 additional units, the company said, adding that ...
JFB Construction Holdings ( NASDAQ: JFB ) said on Monday that XTEND delivered tactical drone systems under an $8 million defense contract with a government defense customer in the Middle East, with the agreement expandable to as much as $25 million. The initial contract covers the supply of 5,000 drone systems and includes an option for up to 10,000 additional units, the company said, adding that production is being scaled to meet operational demand. JFB said the systems are man-portable tactical drones designed for rapid deployment and single-operator use, providing real-time situational awareness and operational capabilities in complex environments. The company added that a subsequent shipment is already in production. JFB +2.79% premarket to $16.9. Source: Press Release More on JFB Construction Holdings JFB Construction expects 2025 revenue of $32 million Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on JFB Construction Holdings Financial information for JFB Construction Holdings
carminesalvatore/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction The last time I covered Molson Coors Beverage Company ( TAP ), I rated them a Buy, saying that the “Market Overreaction Creates A Compelling High-Yield Value Opportunity,” highlighting their strong financials and excellent double-digit yield despite the ongoing headwinds. With an overall fine report released recently, a new 2030 plan ...
carminesalvatore/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction The last time I covered Molson Coors Beverage Company ( TAP ), I rated them a Buy, saying that the “Market Overreaction Creates A Compelling High-Yield Value Opportunity,” highlighting their strong financials and excellent double-digit yield despite the ongoing headwinds. With an overall fine report released recently, a new 2030 plan that focuses on cost savings, network improvements, and investments in their future-facing brands, TAP remains a Buy, being backed by strong and resilient cash flow and a healthy balance sheet that should help them withstand near-term macro pressure. Internal Developments Molson Coors Beverage Company IR TAP reported a mixed Q4, with their non-GAAP EPS beating the market’s estimates but the revenue missing by a bit, while the underlying FCF dropped by 8% to $1.14 billion. This is not bad at all given the increase in CAPEX to $716.6 million (compared to $674.1 million in 2024), the tariff impact, and wider macro pressure. Molson Coors Beverage Company IR Regarding the outlook, TAP continues to expect macro pressure, with relatively flat net sales and a drop in income and EPS due to a ~$125 million hit from tariffs (prior to the Supreme Court’s decision) and pressure from the macro environment combined with their relatively high fixed cost structure, which they're working on improving. Still, they expect the FCF to remain relatively stable at ~$1.1 billion, while the CAPEX would be rebased at ~$650 million per year, which remains a strong amount for a ~$8.78 billion market cap company. Molson Coors Beverage Company IR The company also talked about their 2030 plans, with $450 million in cost savings over the next three years, aiming at modernizing their capabilities and leveraging their core brands to fund the future-facing ones like the Beyond Beer portfolio and Above Premium Beer (standing to benefit from premiumization and other long-term trends), while also taking advantag...
Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, is a prominent figure on Wall Street. Some might advise long-term investors to steer clear of her fund's actively managed ETFs, as some analyses suggest she has significantly lagged the market over the past decade. Even so, some of her picks are worth holding on to for the next decade (and beyond). Let's consider two of them: Robinhood Markets (HOOD 4.23%) and Roku ...
Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, is a prominent figure on Wall Street. Some might advise long-term investors to steer clear of her fund's actively managed ETFs, as some analyses suggest she has significantly lagged the market over the past decade. Even so, some of her picks are worth holding on to for the next decade (and beyond). Let's consider two of them: Robinhood Markets (HOOD 4.23%) and Roku (ROKU 2.49%). 1. Robinhood Markets Robinhood is slowly fulfilling its mission to democratize finance and make services otherwise reserved for the wealthy accessible to everyone. The company helped pioneer the commission-free trading model, which it offers alongside many other products and services through the kind of easy-to-use, interactive app we have all become accustomed to. Robinhood's financial results over the past two years have been excellent. In 2025, the company's revenue increased 52% year over year to $4.5 billion, while net income rose 33% to $1.9 billion. Robinhood could tap into more growth opportunities. It is ramping up its Gold premium service, which creates a recurring source of revenue. It is also expanding its service portfolio. Notably, it is doubling down on prediction markets and has recently launched a tax-filing service for high-net-worth users. Expand NASDAQ : HOOD Robinhood Markets Today's Change ( -4.23 %) $ -3.41 Current Price $ 77.15 Key Data Points Market Cap $69B Day's Range $ 76.38 - $ 78.99 52wk Range $ 29.66 - $ 153.86 Volume 10K Avg Vol 28M Gross Margin 94.96 % Robinhood generates significant revenue from cryptocurrency trading. Given this market's volatility, the financial specialist's revenue from that segment can be unpredictable. Robinhood's shares also look rather expensive. The company is trading at 34x forward earnings, compared to the average of 14.9x multiple for financial stocks. Even so, given Robinhood's strong revenue and earnings growth, it is worth the premium. The company's popularity among younger generations could be a...
Key Points W.W. Grainger isn’t the most glamorous industrial stock to consider. The shares could benefit from increasing U.S. industrial activity. The company is devoted to returning cash to shareholders. 10 stocks we like better than W.W. Grainger › The industrial sector has its share of glamorous names and story stocks. Caterpillar, Deere, and some large-cap aerospace and defense firms check tho...
Key Points W.W. Grainger isn’t the most glamorous industrial stock to consider. The shares could benefit from increasing U.S. industrial activity. The company is devoted to returning cash to shareholders. 10 stocks we like better than W.W. Grainger › The industrial sector has its share of glamorous names and story stocks. Caterpillar, Deere, and some large-cap aerospace and defense firms check those boxes. However, the group, the sixth-largest sector in the S&P 500, still includes some companies that aren't exactly charismatic. Some may be downright boring, but there are examples of boring being beautiful, and W.W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW) could prove to be one. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » The industrial parts supplier has some credibility as a hidden gem for multiple reasons, including its underappreciated business model and a four-figure price tag that likely keeps some retail investors at bay. Fortunately, there's more to like with the Grainger story. Boring, but catalyst-rich Founded nearly a century ago, Grainger operates in the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) space. Putting the corporate jargon aside, the company sells an array of products that aren't "sexy," but are essential in helping factories, warehouses, and other commercial enterprises function on a day-to-day basis. One interesting thing about that industry is that it's fragmented. There are large players such as Grainger and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), as well as a slew of smaller contenders. So yes, there's competition, but scale is essential, and Grainger has that, confirming its status as a wide-moat name. Here's one way to look at Grainger. Say you're the manager of a widget factory that employs 100 people. It's possible that, to keep things running smoothly, several hundred, or maybe even thousands, of part...
My top 10 things to watch Monday, March 9 1. No end in sight to Iran war: Oil is surging again this morning, with both U.S. benchmark WTI and global standard Brent trading in the low-to-mid $100s a barrel. The Financial Times reported that G7 officials are discussing tapping their strategic oil reserves, which helped WTI come well off the overnight highs above $119. 2. That same report helped stoc...
My top 10 things to watch Monday, March 9 1. No end in sight to Iran war: Oil is surging again this morning, with both U.S. benchmark WTI and global standard Brent trading in the low-to-mid $100s a barrel. The Financial Times reported that G7 officials are discussing tapping their strategic oil reserves, which helped WTI come well off the overnight highs above $119. 2. That same report helped stock futures bounce off their lows. Still, we are looking at a sharply lower open on Wall Street. Dow futures are down over 500 points. In my Sunday column for Investing Club subscribers , I offered advice on navigating the stock market in the face of skyrocketing oil, looking back at Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an analogue. 3. What got us to this acceleration: an attack on a water desalination plant in Bahrain, then Israel's attack on fuel depots in Iran. Also, the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively closed. Kuwait, the UAE, Iraq, and now Saudi Arabia are curtailing production because there's nowhere to put the oil. Neither U.S. insurance for tankers nor Navy destroyer escorts may be enough to restart traffic in the vital Strait. 4. G7 nations releasing some oil from their strategic reserves could help relieve some short-term pressure on prices. It did when the Biden administration tapped our Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 2022. The SPR is a little more than half filled, with about 415 million barrels . While energy's influence on GDP is lower than before, it still matters. It's a major input for business and high prices at the pump squeezes consumers. 5. Away from the war, there are some important earnings reports this week. None is more critical than Oracle's tomorrow night. The market is still not sold on its massive AI data center buildout. Worst chart in the book. Deutsche Bank, caught looking the wrong way, lowered its price target on buy-rated Oracle to $300 from $375. This is a $153 stock. 6. Baird added a "fresh pick" designation on buy-rated Huntington Bancshare...
This morning a "Potential Dividend Run Alert" went out for Cincinnati Financial Corp. (NASD: CINF), at our DividendChannel.com Dividend Alerts service (a free email alerts feature). Let's look at the situation in greater detail, shall we? First of all, what is a "Dividend Run" anyway? This is an interesting concept which we first learned about at a past ValueForum conference. And to best explain t...
This morning a "Potential Dividend Run Alert" went out for Cincinnati Financial Corp. (NASD: CINF), at our DividendChannel.com Dividend Alerts service (a free email alerts feature). Let's look at the situation in greater detail, shall we? First of all, what is a "Dividend Run" anyway? This is an interesting concept which we first learned about at a past ValueForum conference. And to best explain the concept, we need to start with the expected behavior of a stock on its ex-dividend date. For anyone unfamiliar with the term, the ex-dividend date marks the trading day when any buyer of the stock is no longer entitled to the referenced dividend — in other words, to be eligible to receive the dividend in question, one would have had to purchase their shares before the ex-dividend date. All else equal, the stock price would be expected to drop by the dividend amount on that ex-date (remember, that's "all else equal" and naturally other factors will drive stocks higher/lower on any given day). But think about it: if a buyer is entitled to a 0.81 dividend before ex-date, but no longer entitled to that amount on or after ex-date, then this drop makes perfect sense! Because if the shares didn't drop by that same 0.81 the next day, then effectively, buyers would effectively be paying 0.81 more for the same share of stock. But now think about this: if a stock is expected to drop by the dividend amount (all else equal) on ex-date, then in turn, shouldn't that stock be expected to rise sometime ahead of a dividend? After all, if a dividend-paying stock didn't ever rise and only fell on each and every ex-date, then eventually after enough dividend payments those shares would have fallen to zero. And that wouldn't make any sense for a company continually earning money and paying dividends. So indeed, "sometime" before a given dividend, there should be sort of a built-in "pressure" for a stock to gradually rise in expectation of that next cash dividend... in other words: pressure fo...
March 9 (Reuters) - Amazon's robotaxi unit Zoox is expanding testing to Dallas and Phoenix and launching a command hub for fleet operations in Arizona, as it looks to widen its footprint in the U.S.'s increasingly competitive autonomous taxi market. The move will expand testing operations to 10 markets across the country, Zoox said on Monday, adding the two Sun Belt cities to existing sites inc...
March 9 (Reuters) - Amazon's robotaxi unit Zoox is expanding testing to Dallas and Phoenix and launching a command hub for fleet operations in Arizona, as it looks to widen its footprint in the U.S.'s increasingly competitive autonomous taxi market. The move will expand testing operations to 10 markets across the country, Zoox said on Monday, adding the two Sun Belt cities to existing sites including Las Vegas, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. While Alphabet's Waymo has been leading commercial deployments in the sector and Tesla is betting on its production capacity and AI technology to give it an edge, Zoox has been gradually scaling operations, launching limited services in Las Vegas and a pilot rider program in San Francisco late last year. The company now plans to deploy a small number of retrofitted sport utility vehicles in Dallas and Phoenix, initially focused on manual mapping before progressing to autonomous testing with a safety driver behind the wheel. Zoox will also open new depots in both cities and launch a "Fusion Center" facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, to serve as a command hub for fleet operations, remote guidance and rider support. The expansion is expected to create hundreds of jobs, the company said. Phoenix and Dallas offer different testing conditions compared to dense urban areas like San Francisco, featuring sprawling road networks and extreme weather conditions such as desert heat and dust, which the company said will help validate its sensors, batteries and artificial intelligence systems. Zoox has logged more than 1 million autonomous miles and served more than 300,000 riders so far, the company said. Meanwhile, U.S. regulators are set to hold a national autonomous vehicle safety forum on Tuesday, which will be attended by the CEOs of Waymo, Zoox and self-driving company Aurora. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru and Abhirup Roy in San Francisco; Editin...
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon 's self-driving unit Zoox plans to start testing its autonomous vehicles in Dallas and Phoenix, the company announced Monday. To start, Zoox will deploy a "small number" of its retrofitted T...
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon 's self-driving unit Zoox plans to start testing its autonomous vehicles in Dallas and Phoenix, the company announced Monday. To start, Zoox will deploy a "small number" of its retrofitted Toyota Highlander SUVs, with a human safety driver behind the wheel, to map the areas before it introduces its toaster-shaped robotaxis, the company said. Dallas and Phoenix will allow Zoox to expose its technology to diverse and challenging weather conditions, as well as more sprawling streets, compared to the dense metro areas it's been testing in so far. "In Phoenix, we have the opportunity to test our sensor and battery performance against extreme heat and dust on high-speed roads," Zoox wrote in a blog post. "Dallas provides a valuable testing ground to refine our AI against diverse weather and complex road networks." Zoox said it has served more than 300,000 riders since its launch in Las Vegas and San Francisco. Read more CNBC tech news AI's got a gender gap: Women are more skeptical Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects Samsung reveals first details of its AI smart glasses to CNBC Anthropic CEO says 'no choice' but to challenge Trump admin's supply chain risk designation in court The expansion gives Zoox's fleet a presence in 10 U.S. markets. Last November, Zoox began giving free rides in parts of San Francisco, a few months after it opened up its robotaxi service to the public for the first time in Las Vegas . It's also testing its autonomous technology in Seattle, Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Amazon acquired Zoox for $1.3 billion in 2020. Since then, it has slowly ramped up testing in more parts of the U.S. Zoox has also looked to scale up its robotaxi manufacturing, opening a 220,0...
Canadian Tire ( CDNTF ) announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange approved the renewal of its normal course issuer bid for Class A non-voting shares. The company may repurchase up to 4.7B shares between March 11, 2026 and March 10, 2027 under the new program. The buyback limit represents about 10% of the public float of 47.08M shares as of February 26, 2026. The company had 49.28M total Class A sh...
Canadian Tire ( CDNTF ) announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange approved the renewal of its normal course issuer bid for Class A non-voting shares. The company may repurchase up to 4.7B shares between March 11, 2026 and March 10, 2027 under the new program. The buyback limit represents about 10% of the public float of 47.08M shares as of February 26, 2026. The company had 49.28M total Class A shares issued and outstanding as of the same date. More on Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC.A:CA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited Historical earnings data for Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited Dividend scorecard for Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
iQoncept/iStock via Getty Images As global markets reel from escalating Middle East conflict, a surge in crude prices above $100 per barrel, and heightened concerns about global shipping delays caused by tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Investors are likely seeking stable options, particularly focusing on dividend stability amidst these uncertainties. Here, we are exploring the consumer discretio...
iQoncept/iStock via Getty Images As global markets reel from escalating Middle East conflict, a surge in crude prices above $100 per barrel, and heightened concerns about global shipping delays caused by tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Investors are likely seeking stable options, particularly focusing on dividend stability amidst these uncertainties. Here, we are exploring the consumer discretionary sector to identify reliable dividend stocks. Below, you will see a selection of firms that are offering some top dividend yields in the sector. Cricut ( CRCT ) - Dividend Yield - 23.46% Crown Crafts ( CRWS ) - Dividend Yield - 11.19% Weyco Group ( WEYS ) - Dividend Yield - 9.92% The Buckle ( BKE ) - Dividend Yield - 8.64% Ethan Allen Interiors ( ETD ) - Dividend Yield - 8.14% Upbound Group ( UPBD ) - Dividend Yield - 7.93% Marine Products Corporation ( MPX ) - Dividend Yield - 7.90% The Wendy's Company ( WEN ) - Dividend Yield - 7.55% Oxford Industries ( OXM ) - Dividend Yield - 7.36% Newell Brands ( NWL ) - Dividend Yield - 6.60% More on consumer discretionary stocks: Retail Sector Recap: Consumers Pull Back On Weak Outlook Consumer Discretionary In The Great Rotation Market Sector Review: Extreme Market Bifurcation Winners and losers from the retail sales report Most and least shorted consumer discretionary stocks with up to $2B market cap as of end-Feb
US stock traders are unprepared for a correction in the S&P 500 that could see the gauge falling as much as 10% from its peak as a result of the war in Iran, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s trading desk. Andrew Tyler , JPMorgan’s head of global market intelligence, turned “tactically bearish” on US stocks Monday as the Middle East conflict showed no signs of abating, sending oil above $100 a b...
US stock traders are unprepared for a correction in the S&P 500 that could see the gauge falling as much as 10% from its peak as a result of the war in Iran, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s trading desk. Andrew Tyler , JPMorgan’s head of global market intelligence, turned “tactically bearish” on US stocks Monday as the Middle East conflict showed no signs of abating, sending oil above $100 a barrel. A correction would mark a 10% drop in the US benchmark from its peak, implying the S&P 500 would drop to roughly 6,270 points — or roughly 7% lower from where the index closed on Friday. Investors aren’t positioned for a drop and “there has been a lack of extreme de-risking with positioning currently neutral,” Tyler wrote. He said energy stocks were sold on a net basis last week as traders were “expecting de-escalation.” Instead, oil prices jumped to over $100 a barrel over the weekend after several Gulf states cut oil production raising concerns of a lasting supply shock and risks of stagflation . For Tyler, these risks could quickly subside if the conflict isn’t prolonged. “A definitive off-ramp to the conflict will end this tactical call as the underlying macro fundamentals remain supportive of risk-assets,” he wrote. Read more: JPMorgan’s Matejka Says Oversold Areas Appearing in Stock Market