Key Takeaways Low P/S ratios highlight discounted valuations for companies with improving revenues and fundamentals.The screen favors stocks where strong sales show clearer value than earnings, mainly in early growth phases.Combining low P/S with solid balance sheets helps identify growth potential without paying a premium.Investing in stocks based on valuation metrics is a proven strategy for identifying opportunities with strong upside potential. While the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is a popular tool f ...

Generative AI dominated narratives in 2025, but the financial payoff hasn't kept pace with the hype. JPMorgan's 2026 outlook, backed by new CEO survey data, suggests markets are now recalibrating expectations — shifting focus from AI adoption to whether it actually delivers profits. GenAI Fell Short Of CEO Expectations PwC's latest global CEO survey, covering more than 4,700 executives across 109 countries, shows a clear expectation gap. While over 40% of CEOs entered 2025 expecting GenAI to boost revenu ...

Apollo Global Management Inc. is building out its risk review process to reflect the impact on asset valuations of extreme weather.The decision comes amid a rise in the damage done to physical assets by floods, storms and wildfires. Apollo, which has been conducting so-called top-down analyses for such risks since 2023, is now broadening that approach to allow for a more granular process to identify company-level risks before closing deals, says Jaycee Pribulsky, Apollo’s chief sustainability officer. “Both ...

Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of Buffalo for 2025NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of Buffalo for 2025. As New York's second-largest city, Buffalo has long been a major economic center, shifting from its early strength in manufacturing and steel to an economy anchored by healthcare, education, professional services, tourism, and logistics. The city's historic architectural sites, nationally recogniz ...

Good Thursday morning. Welcome to Opening Bid. I'm Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sazi.Let's get right after it. Here's what's on my mind right now. Inflation in President Trump's late night TV show.The consumer price index rose 2.7% in November according to new data out today. The headline result came in below estimates for a 3.1% increase. Consumers are still being pinched by high healthcare, rent, and food costs this holiday season, though.On the other end of the spectrum, we have President Trump d ...

Chaque année, depuis maintenant une vingtaine d’année, je partage une synthèse des prévisions que Forrester anticipe pour l’année qui vient. Début 2025, j’avais partagé une dizaine de prévisions ici sur ce même blog et ma collègue Sharyn Leaver – Chief Research Officer @Forrester – a analysé la pertinence de nos prévisions en revenant de manière objective sur les prévisions réussies et celles manquées.Forcément, un grand nombre de prévisions touche à l’IA, mais l’IA est aussi un catalyseur et il ne faut pas ...

What are the frozen Russian assets? Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU, along with its Western partners, froze the foreign assets of the Russian central bank as part of sweeping sanctions. The EU currently holds roughly 210 billion euros in frozen Russian central bank assets, which translates to about $246 billion in U.S. dollars. Most of this, roughly 180 billion euros (around $211 billion), are frozen at Euroclear in Belgium, and an estimated 176 billion euros (about $206 billion) of t ...

TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clip Money Inc. (TSX-V: CLIP) (OTCQB: CLPMF) (“Clip Money” or the “Company”), a company that operates a multi-bank self-service deposit system for businesses, is pleased to announce that it is has secured a CAD$3 million loan (the "BDC Loan") from Business Development Bank of Canada’s (“BDC”) Growth and Transition Capital team. The BDC Loan matures on August 15, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”) and has an interest rate equal to BDC’s floating base rate, which was 6.8% pe ...

TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clip Money Inc. (TSX-V: CLIP) (OTCQB: CLPMF) (“Clip Money” or the “Company”), a company that operates a multi-bank self-service deposit system for businesses, is pleased to announce that it is has secured a CAD$3 million loan (the "BDC Loan") from Business Development Bank of Canada’s (“BDC”) Growth and Transition Capital team. The BDC Loan matures on August 15, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”) and has an interest rate equal to BDC’s floating base rate, which was 6.8% pe ...

Core Insights - Five stocks have been added to the Zacks Rank 1 (Strong Buy) List, indicating strong potential for investment Group 1: Company Earnings Estimates - James River Group Holdings, Ltd. (JRVR) has seen a 10.5% increase in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings over the last 60 days [1] - Calix, Inc. (CALX) has experienced a 15.4% increase in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings over the last 60 days [1] - Materialise NV (MTLS) has seen a significant 33.3% increase in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings over the last 60 days [2] - America Movil (AMX) has had a 7.8% increase in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings over the last 60 days [2] - Norwood Financial Corp. (NWFL) has experienced a 16.6% increase in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings over the last 60 days [3]