The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) ranks among the biggest publicly traded asset managers. UBS boosted its price target for The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) to $125 from $123 on January 22, maintaining a Buy rating on the company. The hike follows Charles Schwab’s Q4 2025 results, which showed earnings per share roughly in line with expectations, although revenues fell somewhat lower than expected. UBS raised its forecasts for 2026, 2027, and 2028 by about 2% owing to solid 2026 guidanc ...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) ranks among the biggest publicly traded asset managers. UBS boosted its price target for BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) to $1,280 from $1,218 on January 16, maintaining a Neutral rating on the company’s shares. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings that exceeded forecasts, with UBS emphasizing BlackRock’s solid 12% annualized organic base-fee growth as especially notable. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) also announced earnings per share of $13.16, which beat the estimated $12.44, a ...

Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) ranks among the mid-cap stocks to buy according to top investors. While retaining a Buy rating on Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL), DA Davidson increased its price target for the company’s shares from $104 to $105 on January 29. The revision comes after Western Alliance’s quarterly results, which, according to DA Davidson, slightly exceeded projections on a pretax basis. A lower tax rate for the quarter backed an improved after-tax beat. The company ra ...

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) ranks among the mid-cap stocks to buy according to top investors. On January 21, KeyBanc raised Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) from Sector Weight to Overweight, with a target price of $340. The revision follows KeyBanc’s evaluation of coverage through 2026 and discussions with Watts Waters executives in December. KeyBanc says Watts Waters’ outlook for 2026 is “too compelling to ignore,” especially given the stock’s subdued response to positive revision ...

Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL) ranks among the mid-cap stocks to buy according to top investors. On January 12, Baird raised Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL)’s rating from Neutral to Outperform while raising the price target to $320 from $345. Baird observed that the majority of Pool Corp’s revenues are periodic, and there are encouraging indicators for discretionary spending in the pool market. jamie-street-UnKbcMUjlIw-unsplash The firm expects Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL) to stabilize this year, with ...

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AIT) ranks among the mid-cap stocks to buy according to top investors. KeyBanc reduced its price target for Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AIT) to $300 from $310 on January 28, keeping an Overweight rating on the industrial equipment distributor. The drop came after what KeyBanc indicated as “mixed” fiscal second-quarter earnings and a lower EBITDA margin forecast from the company. Pixabay/Public Domain The company posted Q2 revenues of $1.16 bill ...

Shareholders at TC Transcontinental have voted in favour of selling the company's packaging sector to ProAmpac Holdings. Approval was secured at a special shareholder meeting, with 99.98% of votes supporting the deal, well above the required threshold. The outcome follows a deal sealed in December 2025, under which ProAmpac agreed to acquire all shares related to TC Transcontinental’s packaging operations for $1.51bn. Completion of the sale is anticipated in the first quarter of 2026, contingent on reg ...

More than $3 trillion. That’s the ­staggering price tag to build the data centers needed to prepare for the artificial intelligence boom.Not even the world’s biggest technology companies—not Amazon.com, not Microsoft or Meta Platforms—are prepared to foot the bill with only their own cash. The massive equity investments in private companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic don’t come close to this Industrial Revolution-size cost. And government payments and subsidies can ease the financial burden only so much. ...

Italy's Banca Mediolanum on Tuesday posted an 11% rise in annual net profit to a record 1.24 billion euros ($1.46 billion) for 2025. ...

US-based supplier of sustainable foodservice packaging Eco-Products has confirmed its entry into the UK market. The company’s products, including reusable, recyclable, and compostable options, will be distributed through Eco-Products' UK sister company, Vegware. The company has operated in the US food packaging sector for more than three decades, supplying items to venues such as stadiums, universities, cafés, and catering businesses. Its products are intended to help organisations manage packaging was ...