Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Entertainment Icahn Enterprises Summary & Buy Thesis Icahn Enterprises ( IEP ) is a diversified holding company owning subsidiaries across the investment, energy, automotive, food packaging, real estate, home fashion, and pharma industries. Founded and operated by the infamous billionaire Carl Icahn, IE seeks to find undervalued companies in the Graham & Dodd tradition...
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Entertainment Icahn Enterprises Summary & Buy Thesis Icahn Enterprises ( IEP ) is a diversified holding company owning subsidiaries across the investment, energy, automotive, food packaging, real estate, home fashion, and pharma industries. Founded and operated by the infamous billionaire Carl Icahn, IE seeks to find undervalued companies in the Graham & Dodd tradition. The Company owns both private and public investment stakes, most notably in CVR Energy, Inc. IE has struggled over the past decade as its real estate portfolio has struggled, producing net losses in the past years. Many investors continue to question the validity of activist investors and their ability to produce alpha for their shareholders. Strong Dividend and Industrials Strength IE pays its shareholders a handsome dividend of 50c per quarter, which represents a 26.14% annual dividend yield. Despite lowering its dividend in past years to improve its FCF, the Company's depressed share price has bolstered its dividend returns. Recent operating performance has highlighted a potential turnaround in the works. Additionally, the recent oil price shock and underlying strength in industrials have bolstered its holding companies and public investments. CVR Energy, Inc. ( CVI ) is up ~40% since February 2026. Despite energy and industrials sector strength, IE is only up ~2.5% YTD. Recent Operating Results Highlight Strong Cash Position and Potential Turnaround Q4 2025 net income attributable to IEP was ~$1M, compared to a net loss of $98M in Q4 2024. The majority of this income came from its investment segment, which comprises various private investment funds. Its other operating segments, including real estate and energy, reported lackluster results. However, the Company continues to produce strong cash flow and has bolstered its balance sheet in recent quarters. IE's energy Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $48 million to $51M for Q4 2025 compared to $99M in Q4 2024. With the sharp...
Robert Way China's Alibaba Group ( BABA ) is set to launch an agentic AI service tailored for enterprise as soon as this week, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The enterprise-focused AI agent product aims to help companies deploy task-performing assistants amid China's surging interest in AI agents like OpenClaw. The tool, built on Alibaba's ( BABA ) Qwen model, aims to ...
Robert Way China's Alibaba Group ( BABA ) is set to launch an agentic AI service tailored for enterprise as soon as this week, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The enterprise-focused AI agent product aims to help companies deploy task-performing assistants amid China's surging interest in AI agents like OpenClaw. The tool, built on Alibaba's ( BABA ) Qwen model, aims to gradually integrate with services such as online shopping site Taobao and fintech platform Alipay, the report added. It remains unclear how the Chinese company ( BABA ) will charge the businesses for this offering or to what extent it will integrate other in-house services. This rollout is part of a broader push by Alibaba ( BABA ) to strengthen its AI and cloud ecosystem and keep pace with a fast-moving domestic AI race. The team behind Alibaba's ( BABA ) communication platform, DingTalk, worked on the development of this tool. Recently, AliCloud ( BABA ) launched a dedicated mobile app, 'JVS Claw'—an AI intelligent body platform—based on the open-source OpenClaw framework that allows users to install and deploy OpenClaw within minutes. CEO Eddie Wu had promised over $53B of investment in AI last year after declaring artificial general intelligence (AGI) as the company’s top strategic objective. Since then, Alibaba ( BABA ) has reported triple-digit growth in its AI-related businesses, albeit from a relatively small base. More on Alibaba Alibaba's Q3 Earnings Could Trigger A Rebound (Preview) Alibaba: Macro Perspective On An 'Uninvestable' Stock From Deep Value To High Growth - Rethinking My Alibaba Position Earnings week ahead: FDX, BABA, XPEV, MU, GIS, DOCU, OKLO, ACN, and more Alibaba debuts OpenClaw app, intensifying China’s agentic AI race after Baidu’s DuClaw launch
The European Union is considering measures from carbon market changes to cutting energy taxes to curb prices boosted by the Middle East conflict, as concerns mount over their economic impact and increasing risks to supplies. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined on Monday options to lower power costs in a letter to the heads of government before their March 19 gathering. Her ...
The European Union is considering measures from carbon market changes to cutting energy taxes to curb prices boosted by the Middle East conflict, as concerns mount over their economic impact and increasing risks to supplies. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined on Monday options to lower power costs in a letter to the heads of government before their March 19 gathering. Her blueprint came after energy ministers representing the bloc’s 27 member states discussed prices as a precursor to the leaders summit. At stake is both the future of the European transition to a clean economy and a push to boost the competitiveness of the region’s heavy industry, which has blamed high energy costs for its weakening position against rivals from the US and China. EU governments are also concerned about the impact of the Iran war on inflation and a backlash from voters if the crisis hits heating and transport bills. “The most urgent matter, from both a competitiveness and an independence perspective is energy, in particular oil and gas,” von der Leyen wrote in the letter. “At present, the physical security of supply of the European Union is assured. But the increase of fossil fuel prices is already weighing on our economy.” The EU should address four components that determine electricity prices, she said. Those are the costs of power itself, grid charges, taxes and levies and carbon costs. Read More: EU Weighs Looser Carbon Rules, State Aid to Cut Energy Costs To decouple industrial power prices from more volatile wholesale markets, the commission will promote the use of Power Purchase Agreements and contracts for difference for all low-carbon generation capacities, according to the letter. The commission also highlighted the existing possibility for member states to offer electricity price relief to energy-intensive industries and use state aid to compensate for up to 80% of indirect carbon costs. Another tool that von der Leyen flagged is subsidizing or cappi...
Malaysian construction giant Sunway Bhd. ’s 11 billion ringgit ($2.8 billion) takeover bid for IJM Corp Bhd. faces growing uncertainty after the target’s board and an independent adviser urged shareholders to reject the offer, citing valuation concerns. Analysts are divided on how investors should respond. IJM’s board backed an assessment by independent adviser M&A Securities, saying in a circular...
Malaysian construction giant Sunway Bhd. ’s 11 billion ringgit ($2.8 billion) takeover bid for IJM Corp Bhd. faces growing uncertainty after the target’s board and an independent adviser urged shareholders to reject the offer, citing valuation concerns. Analysts are divided on how investors should respond. IJM’s board backed an assessment by independent adviser M&A Securities, saying in a circular that the proposal was “NOT FAIR and NOT REASONABLE.” The board “unanimously recommends” that shareholders reject the offer, it said in the circular published on the Malaysian stock exchange on Friday. IJM rose as much as 3.9% on Monday, trimming its losses to about 15% since the bid was announced in January. Sunway has fallen about 7% over the same period and was little changed on Monday. Kenanga Research maintained its view that investors should reject the bid, saying the offer undervalues IJM’s growth trajectory, analyst Teh Kian Yeong said in a report on Monday. CIMB Securities advised investors to hold out for a better offer, noting Sunway’s bid price is about 10% below its 3.50 ringgit target for IJM shares. Multiple analysts noted that IJM has revealed plans to list its construction business down the road and to monetize its assets. “IJM’s latest proposals provide another pathway to unlock its deep value, with potential upside from capital management initiatives,” analyst Kenny Mak Hoy Ken wrote in a note. Sunway’s bid for IJM could reshape Malaysia’s construction industry by combining two of the country’s largest builders and property developers. The cash-and-share offer, launched at 3.15 ringgit a share, would create one of Malaysia’s biggest construction-linked conglomerates with greater scale to compete for major infrastructure and industrial work. The proposal has faced headwinds from the outset, with scrutiny over indigenous equity ownership requirements as well as an alleged corruption probe involving IJM. The takeover would also rank among the country’s large...
The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.61%) is widely regarded as the best benchmark for the U.S. stock market because it covers about 80% of domestic equities by market value. The index is currently 5% below its record high after falling in three straight weeks. Several factors have contributed to the drawdown: President Trump's tariffs have coincided with weak gross domestic product (GDP) and jobs growth. Oil pri...
The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.61%) is widely regarded as the best benchmark for the U.S. stock market because it covers about 80% of domestic equities by market value. The index is currently 5% below its record high after falling in three straight weeks. Several factors have contributed to the drawdown: President Trump's tariffs have coincided with weak gross domestic product (GDP) and jobs growth. Oil prices have skyrocketed to their highest levels in nearly four years. Midterm election years are fraught with policy uncertainty. The stock market is expensive by historical standards. History says the S&P 500 could decline even further in the remaining months of the year as those situations continue to develop. Here's what investors should know. President Trump's tariffs have coincided with weakness in the U.S. economy Trump has reshaped the global trade landscape by imposing sweeping tariffs on sector-specific goods and imports from most countries. "We are quickly building the greatest economy in the history of the world," he wrote in January. But that statement runs contrary to the facts. U.S. GDP increased 2.1% last year. Excluding the pandemic in 2020, that ranks as the slowest economic growth since 2016. Furthermore, U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year. Excluding the pandemic, that ranks as the slowest labor market growth since 2009. Neither figure paints the picture of a booming economy. Soaring oil prices could become another economic headwind The U.S.-Iran war has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway in the Persian Gulf that carries 20% of global oil and gas supply. The number of ship transits through the strait has fallen from about 150 a day to single digits since the war began, according to The Wall Street Journal. Since late February, Brent crude oil prices (an international benchmark) have soared more than 40% to $103 per barrel, a level last seen in August 2022. U.S. consumers are already paying more at the pump. The average price for a ga...
OCI Global press release ( OCINF ): FY reported FY 2025 Total Operations (Continuing and Discontinued Operations) revenue of USD 1,605 million compared to USD 4,084 million in FY 2024. FY 2025 Total Operations adjusted EBITDA of USD 122 million compared to USD 826 million in FY 2024. OCI reported FY 2025 Continuing Operations (European Nitrogen1 and Corporate Entities segments) revenue of USD 1,08...
OCI Global press release ( OCINF ): FY reported FY 2025 Total Operations (Continuing and Discontinued Operations) revenue of USD 1,605 million compared to USD 4,084 million in FY 2024. FY 2025 Total Operations adjusted EBITDA of USD 122 million compared to USD 826 million in FY 2024. OCI reported FY 2025 Continuing Operations (European Nitrogen1 and Corporate Entities segments) revenue of USD 1,086 million, an 11% improvement YoY and an FY 2025 adjusted EBITDA of USD 46 million compared to a loss of USD 32 million in the prior year. FY 2025 adjusted EBITDA for European Nitrogen (OCI’s sole operating segment within Continuing Operations today) was USD 87 million compared to an adjusted EBITDA of USD 55 million in FY 2024. 12-month rolling recordable incident rate to 31 December 2025 was 0.27 incidents per 200,000 working hours. More on OCI N.V. Historical earnings data for OCI N.V. Financial information for OCI N.V.
(RTTNews) - OCI N.V. (OCI.AS, OCINF), a producer and distributor of natural gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals, said Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary, OCI Chemicals B.V., sold 3,331,346 common shares of Methanex Corp. (MX.TO, MEOH), representing about 4.3% of the company's outstanding shares. The shares were sold at $51.80 apiece through a block trade on March 13, generating net...
(RTTNews) - OCI N.V. (OCI.AS, OCINF), a producer and distributor of natural gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals, said Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary, OCI Chemicals B.V., sold 3,331,346 common shares of Methanex Corp. (MX.TO, MEOH), representing about 4.3% of the company's outstanding shares. The shares were sold at $51.80 apiece through a block trade on March 13, generating net proceeds of about $172.6 million after customary fees and expenses. Prior to the sale, OCI held 9,944,308 Methanex shares, representing about 12.9% of the issued and outstanding shares. Following the transaction, OCI now owns or controls 6,612,962 shares, or about 8.6% of Methanex's outstanding shares. OCI closed trading, 0.81% higher at EUR 3.7500 on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
For the first time, the world's largest contract electronics maker has issued a full-year revenue outlook, and the message is unambiguous: the AI infrastructure boom has years to run. Bury the profit miss. The more consequential number out of Foxconn on Monday is the one the company has never...
For the first time, the world's largest contract electronics maker has issued a full-year revenue outlook, and the message is unambiguous: the AI infrastructure boom has years to run. Bury the profit miss. The more consequential number out of Foxconn on Monday is the one the company has never...