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The US nuclear power giant Constellation Energy has agreed to buy the natural gas and geothermal firm Calpine Corporation for $16.4bn, one of the biggest takeovers in the US power industry.The acquisition would combine two of the biggest electricity generators in the US into the largest independent power provider in the country, with some 2.5 million customers.It comes amid surging electricity demand, driven by the proliferation of energy-guzzling AI data centers and electric transportation and buildings. I ...

A few years ago, when Virta Health founder and CEO Sami Inkinen approached employers about leveraging the company's nutrition-oriented digital diabetes program for obesity-related weight loss, most companies weren't ready to commit. The company published a peer-reviewed study a year ago which found that patients on Virta's nutrition- counseling programs maintained weight loss one year after they stopped using GLP-1s. But Inkinen says less than 10% of the company's weight loss enrollees are using the popular ...

For those looking to find strong Medical stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Is Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. (APVO) one of those stocks right now? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out. Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. is one of 1011 companies in the Medical group. The Medical group currently sits at #1 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different sector groups. The average Zacks Rank of the i ...

Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for AIR's full-year earnings has moved 3.2% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger. Our latest available data shows that AIR has returned about 9.5% since the start of the calendar year. In comparison, Aerospace companies have returned an average of 1%. This shows that AAR is outperforming its peers so far this year. Another Aerospace stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, i ...

For those looking to find strong Consumer Staples stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Has US Foods (USFD) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Consumer Staples sector should help us answer this question. US Foods is one of 181 individual stocks in the Consumer Staples sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #14 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Ran ...

Zacks has developed the innovative Style Scores system to highlight stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will be interested in stocks with great grades in the "Value" category. When paired with a high Zacks Rank, "A" grades in the Value category are among the strongest value stocks on the market today. One company value investors might notice is First BanCorp. (FBP) . FBP is currently holding a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and a Value grade of A. The stock holds a P/E ratio of 10.46, while it ...

While the proven Zacks Rank places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find strong stocks, we also know that investors tend to develop their own individual strategies. With this in mind, we are always looking at value, growth, and momentum trends to discover great companies.Looking at the history of these trends, perhaps none is more beloved than value investing. This strategy simply looks to identify companies that are being undervalued by the broader market. Value investors use fun ...

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