Witnesses say a burst of gunfire has rung out in the Philippine Senate where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the ICC. (Image credit: Aaron Favila)
Witnesses say a burst of gunfire has rung out in the Philippine Senate where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the ICC. (Image credit: Aaron Favila)
TanyaJoy/iStock via Getty Images In my opinion, Beam Therapeutics ( BEAM ) has fundamentally shifted away from being a purely scientific platform. Today, Beam has one program moving toward a potential Biologics License Application (BLA) filing in sickle cell disease ( SCD ); another program in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) that has transitioned from proof-of-concept into a clearly defined ...
TanyaJoy/iStock via Getty Images In my opinion, Beam Therapeutics ( BEAM ) has fundamentally shifted away from being a purely scientific platform. Today, Beam has one program moving toward a potential Biologics License Application (BLA) filing in sickle cell disease ( SCD ); another program in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) that has transitioned from proof-of-concept into a clearly defined pivotal pathway; and a liver-directed franchise that is increasingly looking like a family of products rather than each program being standalone. This distinction is material because pre-commercial biotech companies typically remain undervalued by the markets until they develop a clear commercial bridge. Beam is building such a commercial bridge via risto-cel in SCD and BEAM-302 in AATD. Latest Financials And Runway Beam's first quarter 2026 financial results look like the type of financial profile I expect when a company is transitioning from platform validation to late-stage execution. The quarter also showed why the runway matters. Collaboration revenue rose to $31.7 million from $7.5 million a year earlier, while spending remained controlled for a company pushing multiple clinical programs forward. R&D expense increased only modestly to $104.5 million from $98.8 million, and G&A rose to $34.4 million from $27.9 million. Net loss narrowed to $94.3 million, or $0.91 per share, compared with $108.3 million, or $1.23 per share, in Q1 2025. Cash position is the most important financial metric here. As of March 31, 2026, Beam had $1.211 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. This included $100 million received from the close of its Sixth Street financing agreement, and Beam expects to receive an additional $100 million from that facility. Annualizing the Q1 net loss implies about 14 quarters of runway, broadly consistent with management’s mid-2029 guidance. investors.beamtx.com Beam’s strengthened cash position was not solely due to issuing equity on unf...
Petrobras ( PBR ) declares $0.1426/share special dividend. Payable Aug. 27; for shareholders of record June 3; ex-div June 3. See PBR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Petrobras Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript The Market Has Totally Misread The Petrobras Opportunity Petrobras: Still Undervalued, But No Longer A Bargain As Iran R...
Petrobras ( PBR ) declares $0.1426/share special dividend. Payable Aug. 27; for shareholders of record June 3; ex-div June 3. See PBR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Petrobras Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript The Market Has Totally Misread The Petrobras Opportunity Petrobras: Still Undervalued, But No Longer A Bargain As Iran Risks Cloud The Near-Term Petrobras Q1 profit drops as benefit of surging oil prices likely delayed Petrobras reports Q1 results
Wedbush reiterated its bullish view on Microsoft (MSFT.US), stating that the new revenue-sharing agreement with OpenAI is a 'net positive,' alleviating the drag on Azure AI monetization. 富途牛牛
Wedbush reiterated its bullish view on Microsoft (MSFT.US), stating that the new revenue-sharing agreement with OpenAI is a 'net positive,' alleviating the drag on Azure AI monetization. 富途牛牛
Verge reporter Gaby Del Valle demonstrates the size of Sherp’s ATV at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in the sense that they were recordings of real people who, like guest stars on Law and Order , reenacted sce...
Verge reporter Gaby Del Valle demonstrates the size of Sherp’s ATV at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in the sense that they were recordings of real people who, like guest stars on Law and Order , reenacted scenarios that had clearly been plucked from the headlines: a kidnapping, a mass shooting in a church, a riot on a city street. The auditory terror punctured the otherwise banal din of an industry conference. This terror was, in fact, one of the products on display: the V-300 S-Screen Simulator, developed by VirTra, one of the 193 vendors at the annual Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizon … Read the full story at The Verge.
Beating the S&P 500 can be very difficult over long periods of time. Fees eat into returns; sectors go in and out of favor. But it's not impossible. Identify the right trends or the right value opportunities and you have a clear path to market-beating returns. Here are three Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are set up nicely for the next decade. Image source: Getty Images. Continue readi...
Beating the S&P 500 can be very difficult over long periods of time. Fees eat into returns; sectors go in and out of favor. But it's not impossible. Identify the right trends or the right value opportunities and you have a clear path to market-beating returns. Here are three Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are set up nicely for the next decade. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
pedrosala/iStock via Getty Images As earnings season enters its final week, b elow is a list of utilities stocks ranked by their highest momentum grade along with their valuation grade. These stocks represent companies in the utilities sector, including electric utilities, gas utilities, water utilities, and renewable electricity subsectors. The list is led by Ormat Technologies, Inc. ( ORA ), wit...
pedrosala/iStock via Getty Images As earnings season enters its final week, b elow is a list of utilities stocks ranked by their highest momentum grade along with their valuation grade. These stocks represent companies in the utilities sector, including electric utilities, gas utilities, water utilities, and renewable electricity subsectors. The list is led by Ormat Technologies, Inc. ( ORA ), with a momentum grade of A+ and a valuation grade of F. Edison International ( EIX ) and Entergy Corporation ( ETR ) follow closely behind, both carrying A momentum grades. MDU Resources Group, Inc. ( MDU ) and New Jersey Resources Corporation ( NJR ) round out the stocks with A momentum grades. H2O America ( HTO ) and NextEra Energy, Inc. ( NEE ) also appear on the list with A- momentum grades. Momentum and valuation grades are used to identify cheap high flyer stocks within the utilities sector. Momentum grades range from A+ to F, with A+ representing the highest momentum and best-performing stocks. Valuation grades also range from A+ to F, where A+ indicates the most undervalued (cheapest) stocks and F indicates the most overvalued. Here is the list: Ormat Technologies, Inc. ( ORA ), Momentum: A+, Valuation: F Edison International ( EIX ), Momentum: A, Valuation: A Entergy Corporation ( ETR ), Momentum: A, Valuation: D- MDU Resources Group, Inc. ( MDU ), Momentum: A, Valuation: D New Jersey Resources Corporation ( NJR ), Momentum: A, Valuation: C+ H2O America ( HTO ), Momentum: A-, Valuation: C NextEra Energy, Inc. ( NEE ), Momentum: A-, Valuation: F Utilities ETFs: ( XLU ), ( VPU ), ( FUTY ), ( IDU ), ( FXU ), and ( JXI ) More on Utilities stocks Finding The Opportunities After The Selloff And End Of The War GUT Is Good, But XLU Is Better IDU: Strong Utility Holdings Support Long-Term Upside Weekly ETFs: Seven of 11 sectors record outflows; technology sector leads inflows Electricity bills mount as utilities charge customers for unfinished projects - report
hapabapa Argus boosted its rating on Wendy's ( WEN ) after reports indicated that activist investment firm Trian Fund Management is pursuing a consortium to take the restaurant company private. Notably, Trian and its co-founders own about 40% of Wendy's ( WEN ) stock. Analyst Christine Dooley said the firm is not surprised that the long-time familiar brand is a takeover target. "On a fundamental b...
hapabapa Argus boosted its rating on Wendy's ( WEN ) after reports indicated that activist investment firm Trian Fund Management is pursuing a consortium to take the restaurant company private. Notably, Trian and its co-founders own about 40% of Wendy's ( WEN ) stock. Analyst Christine Dooley said the firm is not surprised that the long-time familiar brand is a takeover target. "On a fundamental basis, WEN's valuation outlook, by P/E, still appears low at 12, near the bottom of the historical range of 9X to 32X," wrote Dooley. She noted that the restaurant stock also is well below the average P/E of 21.5 when compared to industry peers such as McDonald's ( MCD ), Domino's Pizza ( DPZ ), Shake Shack ( SHAK ), and Yum! Brands ( YUM ). It was noted that on a price-to-sales look, Wendy's ( WEN ) is at a low 0.8X compared to the cohort average of 3.4X. Wendy's ( WEN ) dividend is also much higher than its peers at a +7% yield. Shares of Wendy's ( WEN ) rose 2.0% in early trading on Wednesday and are up more than 12% over the last week. More on Wendy's The Wendy's Company 2026 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation The Wendy's Company (WEN) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Wendy's: No Recovery In Sight As Comp Sales Fall Wendy's take private in $9-$12 a share range plausible - analyst Nelson Peltz’s Trian eyes take-private deal for The Wendy's Company, FT reports