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  • Dominion Energy (D) Stock Rose After An Analyst Review

    Dominion Energy (D) Stock Rose After An Analyst Review

    Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) shares experienced a notable upswing of 4.54% during the last trading session, culminating at a closing price of $45.59. This surge in Dominion Energy’s stock value was instigated by an analyst’s favorable review earlier this week. Specifically, Barclays raised its recommendation for D stock from “Equal Weight” to “Overweight,” concurrently elevating the price target for Dominion Energy shares from $45 to $47.

    The revision in sentiment closely followed a comprehensive business review conducted by Dominion Energy (D) and disclosed last week. Within the context of this review, Dominion Energy has made substantial strides towards realigning the company’s operations to optimize long-term value for its shareholders, employees, customers, and various stakeholders. Despite these strategic adjustments, Dominion Energy remains steadfast in its core principles and commitments, and it is swiftly nearing the conclusion of this extensive review process.

    Notably, Dominion Energy has divulged that over the past year, it has fortified the resilience of its regulatory framework in Virginia while steadfastly maintaining its commitment to existing dividend policies. Moreover, the company has not only enhanced the quality of its earnings but also unveiled plans to divest assets that will significantly bolster its credit metrics.

    Dominion Energy continues to exhibit a disciplined approach to controlling operational and maintenance costs, while adhering to best practices in executive compensation and board rejuvenation, all the while delivering dependable, cost-effective, and increasingly eco-friendly energy solutions to its clientele on a daily basis. Furthermore, Dominion Energy’s fully regulated offshore wind project remains on schedule and within budget, poised to deliver more than $3 billion in fuel cost savings to customers during its initial decade of operation.

    Simultaneously, this endeavor is expected to generate numerous job opportunities and millions of dollars in local economic benefits. Additionally, Dominion Energy is at an advanced stage of the process aimed at identifying a non-controlling equity financing partner for the project. This effort has garnered considerable interest from attractive and high-caliber potential partners. However, any prospective partnership must be meticulously structured to ensure it aligns with the best interests of the company’s customers and shareholders.

    The culmination of Dominion Energy’s business review will be marked by the final determination regarding the inclusion of an offshore wind project partner. This represents the last strategic step in the review process and is fundamentally aligned with the long-term welfare of customers and shareholders. Dominion Energy anticipates reaching a decision either by the close of 2023 or in the early months of 2024.

  • Today’s Morning Alert: Top Movers, Analyst Ratings & Important Earnings

    Today’s Morning Alert: Top Movers, Analyst Ratings & Important Earnings

    On March 8, American stock exchanges finished trading mostly in the red zone. The S&P 500 index fell 0.54% to 3821 points, the Dow Jones added 0.97%, the NASDAQ lost 2.41%. The outsiders were the IT sector (-2.46%) and the communications sector (-1.47%). The “value” stocks continued to outperform the market: the finance, industrial, and raw materials sectors stood out. Treasury yield rises to 1.60%.

    Company News

    GameStop Corp. (GME: + 41.2%) announced the formation of a strategic commission as part of a business model change taking into account new technologies.

    McAfee (MCFE: + 12.7%) will sell corporate business to Symphony Technology Group to focus on consumer cybersecurity.

    Diversified corporation General Electric (GE: + 4.2%) announced that the company is close to a deal to sell a non-core aircraft leasing asset to the Irish group AerCap. The transaction value is more than $ 30 million. 

    Today, global stock markets are showing mixed dynamics. During this day, the focus of attention of investors will be directed to the vote of the House of Representatives on the stimulus package approved earlier by the Senate in the amount of $ 1.9 trillion. Markets are confident that the stimulus package will also be approved by the lower house of the US Congress. Earlier, President Joe Biden said that Americans will be able to receive payments under the program as early as this month.

    Despite the fact that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and FOMC member Lael Brainard noted that further rate hikes could lead to a slowdown on the way to achieving the Fed’s goals, so far this risk remains moderate. Although the approval of the stimulus package has caused a lot of attacks in connection with the current dynamics of bond rates, however, representatives of the regulator do not express much concern about this trend. Janet Yellen noted that the economy will return to full employment in 2022. Speaking about the stimulus package, the US Treasury Secretary said she did not expect the economy to overheat amid injections of additional capital into the stock market.

    The Freedom Finance Sentiment Index remained at 78 out of 100. The indicator reflects the hope of market participants for a recovery in the global economy in 2021. Concerns about a new wave of the pandemic are balanced by the growing pace of vaccinations.

    Today Top Movers

    Vaccinex Inc. (VCNX) stock soared 3.83% to $2.98 in the pre-market trading. 

    INVO Bioscience Inc (INVO) is up 91.32% to $5.95 in the early morning trading session. The company recently revealed an amendment under its exclusive U.S. commercialization agreement with Ferring Pharmaceuticals. 

    GT Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: GTBP) shares are trading up 98.9% at $9.03 at the time of writing after declaring preclinical results for its ROR1 TriKE™ as a treatment for prostate cancer. The company’s 52-week ranged between $1.53 to $13.09. 

    Socket Mobile Inc. (SCKT) grew over 0.13% at $7.64 in pre-market trading today.

    Top Upgrades & Downgrades


    Goldman Sachs turned bullish on Nomura Holdings Inc. (NMR), upgrading the stock to “Buy”. 

    Extended Stay America Inc. (STAY) has won the favor of Baird’s equity research team. The firm upgraded the shares from Neutral to Outperform and moved their price target to $15. 

    Whiting Petroleum Corporation (WLL) received an upgrade from analysts at Wells Fargo, who also set their one-year price target on the stock to $40. They changed their rating on WLL to Overweight from Equal-Weight in a recently issued research note. 

    Earlier Tuesday Wells Fargo reduced its rating on Range Resources Corporation (RRC) stock to Equal-Weight from Overweight and assigned the price target to $14.

    Deutsche Bank analysts reduced their investment ratings, saying in research reports covered by the media that it’s rating for Stitch Fix Inc. (SFIX) has been changed to Hold from Buy and the new price target is set at $54.

    Analysts at Wells Fargo downgraded SM Energy Company (SM)’s stock to Equal Weight from Overweight Tuesday.

    Latest Insider Activity


    Halliburton Company (HAL) Senior Vice Pres – Tax Jones Myrtle L announced the sale of shares taking place on Mar 05 at $23.50 for some 5,462 shares. The total came to more than $0.13 million. 

    The Gap Inc. (GPS) Brand President & CEO Green Nancy sold on Mar 05 a total of 62,693 shares at $27.00 on average. The insider’s sale generated proceeds of almost $89991.0. 

    The Wendy’s Company (WEN) Chief Legal Ofcr & Secretary Wunsch E.J. declared the purchase of shares taking place on Mar 05 at $18.98 for some 7,500 shares. The transaction amount was around $0.14 million. 

    Dominion Energy Inc. (D) Director Kington Mark J bought on Mar 04 a total 81,089 shares at $69.29 on average. The purchase cost the insider an estimated $138,578.

    Important Earnings

    Top US earnings releases scheduled for today include InspireMD Inc. (AMEX: NSPR). It will announce its Mar 2021 financial results. The company is expected to report earnings of -$0.08 per share from revenues of $1M in the three-month period.

    Analysts expect DICK’S Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE:DKS) to report a net income (adjusted) of $2.28 per share, when the company releases its quarterly results shortly. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Jan 2021 is predicted to come in at $3.07B. 

    Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE), due to announce earnings after the market closes today, is expected to report revenues of $71.3M recently concluded three-month period.

  • Early Morning Vibes: 3 Hot Stocks to Watch Before Long Weekend

    Early Morning Vibes: 3 Hot Stocks to Watch Before Long Weekend

    On February 11, American stock exchanges finished trading mostly in the green zone. The S&P 500 index rose 0.17% to 3916 points, the NASDAQ added 0.38%, the Dow Jones fell by a purely symbolic 0.02%. There were no new drivers for the movement, so investors were guided by the already familiar factors. The tech sector recovered 1.1% after falling the day before. In contrast, the energy sector fell 1.53% as part of the correction after the rally.

    Company news

    Game developer Zynga (ZNGA: + 7.4%) exceeded expectations due to strong demand for gaming entertainment and increased ad revenue.

    Home audio system maker Sonos (SONO: + 15.7%) posted strong quarterly results and strong forecasts.

    Strong reporting from Zebra Technologies (ZBRA: + 10%) reflected a rebound in SME demand for the company’s solutions.

    Today, world stock exchanges are showing mostly positive dynamics. The news background remains quite calm. Strong factors supporting optimism remain the prospects for fiscal stimulus adoption in late February or March, positive quarterly reporting, and strong corporate forecasts for 2021. At the same time, investors are worried about the overbought of some market segments, as well as the threat of the spread of new strains of coronavirus.

    The Biden administration has ordered an additional 100 million doses of Pfizer / BioNTech anticoid vaccine and another 100 million doses from Moderna. The vaccination campaign continues to accelerate. About 1.6 million vaccinations are made every day, although at the beginning of February the figure was at 1.3 million. At the current rate, it will take nine months to ensure immunity to 75% of the US population, but the vaccination procedure is accelerating. A poll of economists by the WSJ indicated an improvement in US GDP forecasts. Now, on average, the economy is expected to grow by 4.9% this year, which is 0.6% higher than the January estimates. Economists say the main reason for the positive revision of the forecast is the increase in the rate of vaccination.

    Note that on Monday, the US stock exchanges will not work, so investors today may be inclined to partially close positions. Against this background, the continuation of lateral dynamics or a slight correction is most likely.

    Technically, the S&P 500 is still in an uptrend. The broad market index is consolidating in a tight range after rising 4% last week. Resistance at the upper border of the uptrend is still a significant obstacle. The RSI indicator is forming a bearish divergence, which may lead to a short-term correction.

    Today Top Movers

    China Liberal Education Holdings (CLEU) share price jumped 79.26% to $7.26 during the early morning ‎trading session on ‎Friday after a 13G filing showed 4 Investors has stakes in the company totaling 57.17%.
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    2U Inc (TWOU) stock ascended 4.58% at $51.42 in the pre-market trading today after the company released financial and operating results for the full-year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. ‎

    Denison Mines Corp (DNN) gained over 41.34% at $1.47 in pre-market ‎trading on Friday.‎ The company recently reported 2020 phoenix expansion drilling returns best results to date at Zone C.

    Top Upgrades & Downgrades

    Jefferies turned bullish on Prothena Corporation plc (PRTA), upgrading the stock to “Buy” and assigning a $30.0 price target, representing potential upside of 91.08% from Thursday’s close. 

    HubSpot Inc. (HUBS) has won the favor of Raymond James’s equity research team. The firm upgraded the shares from Outperform to Strong Buy and moved their price target to $725.0, suggesting 66.1% additional upside for the stock. 

    TransUnion (TRU) received an upgrade from analysts at Jefferies, who also set their one-year price target on the stock to $115. They changed their rating on TRU to Buy from Hold in a recently issued research note.

    Earlier Friday DA Davidson reduced its rating on NIC Inc. (EGOV) stock to Neutral from Buy and assigned the price target to $34.0. 

    BofA analysts reduced their investment ratings, saying in research reports covered by the media that its rating for TreeHouse Foods Inc. (THS) has been changed to neutral from Buy and the new price target is set at $52.

    Analysts at BofA ‎downgraded PTC Therapeutics Inc. (PTCT)’s stock to Neutral from Buy Friday.

    Latest Insider Activity

    Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (ALGM) Brown Christopher announced the sale of shares taking place on Feb 09 at $29.16 for some 12,500 shares. The total came to more than $0.36 million.

    Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW) CVP, Japan & Intercontinental WANG HUIMIN sold on Feb 11 a total 93,213 shares at $86.81 on average. The insider’s sale generated proceeds of almost $1.02 million.

    DXC Technology Company (DXC) Director FERNANDEZ RAUL J declared the purchase of shares taking place on Feb 10 at $25.76 for some 1,943 shares. The transaction amount was around $50060.0.

    Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA) Director Ares Management Corp bought on Feb 09 a total of 71,226 shares at $1000.00 on average. The purchase cost the insider an estimated $56.61 million.

    Important Earnings

    Top US earnings releases scheduled for today include ImmunoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMGN). It will announce its Dec 2020 financial results. The company is expected to report earnings of -$0.08 per share from revenues of $40.83M in the three-month period. 

    Analysts expect Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: NWL) to report a net income (adjusted) of $0.48 per share when the company releases its quarterly results shortly. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Dec 2020 is predicted to come in at $2.63B. 

    Dominion Energy Inc. (D), due to announce earnings before the market opens today, is expected to report earnings of $0.8 per share from revenues of $4.24B recently concluded three-month period.