Benchmark-StoneX reiterated a $270 price target for Coinbase (COIN), a 60% increase, following the company's unveiling of future products including tokenized equities and options trading. The firm sees Coinbase evolving into an "everything exchange" beyond crypto trading.
SpaceX has become the world's fifth most valuable company, surpassing Amazon with a valuation of $2.78tn after a 50% stock price surge post-IPO. The company announced the $60bn acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor.
SpaceX's IPO saw its stock close up 19% on its debut, with founder Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. Despite investor optimism and significant retail investment, concerns about overvaluation persist, with analysts pointing to high P/E ratios compared to tech giants like Nvidia and Apple.
SpaceX's IPO has made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, with shares closing up 19%. Despite investor optimism, analysts warn of overvaluation and the need for rapid results, citing high P/E ratios compared to tech giants like Nvidia and Apple.
SpaceX's initial public offering saw its share price surge, reaching a valuation exceeding $US2 trillion. The company, involved in rockets, spaceflight, telecommunications, and AI, aims for ambitious goals like a Mars city. Analysts are divided on its true value, with some citing its lack of profitability while others draw parallels to Amazon's transformative impact.
BT CEO Allison Kirkby's pay and bonus package surged to £5.6m, more than double her previous year's earnings. The award, the largest for a BT boss in over a decade, reflects the company's improved share price following a restructuring and network investment.
Crypto traders in SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures are anticipating a significant first day of trading, with contracts priced around $162, 20% above the IPO price. Despite strong investor demand, the market shows cautious optimism rather than euphoria.
Sebi has banned Rajesh Mehta, promoter and CEO of Rajesh Exports, from trading the company's securities due to alleged financial irregularities and fund diversion. The regulator cited misstatements in financial accounts and lack of cooperation from the company and its auditors.
SpaceX has proposed a share price of $135 for its upcoming IPO, valuing the company at $1.75 trillion and aiming to raise a record $75 billion. This early price reveal is unusual, with experts noting the valuation is 'rich' but potentially justified by future earnings and AI investments.
SpaceX has proposed an IPO share price of $135, valuing the company at $1.75 trillion and aiming to raise a record $75 billion. This early price reveal is unusual, with trading set for June 12 on Nasdaq.
SpaceX plans to set a fixed IPO price of $135 per share, valuing the company at $1.77 trillion. The offering aims to raise $75 billion, with an option for underwriters to buy more shares. The debut is scheduled for June 12 on the Nasdaq.
EasyJet's share price rose only 10% on a takeover approach from US fund Castlelake, prompting skepticism. Key factors for a potential deal include valuation, European ownership rules, and the stance of founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
Nakamoto (NAKA) to undergo 1-for-40 reverse stock split to boost share price to $1+, complying with Nasdaq rules, after shares hit all-time lows (>99.5% off 52-week high) following Q1 losses tied to Bitcoin's decline.
Ottobock's stock price fell significantly after a shareholder meeting where dissatisfaction was evident due to the share price being below its IPO price. A report by short seller Grizzly Research further impacted the stock, causing it to drop by nearly 11%.
The ‘meme stock’ company is remembered for Reddit traders sending its share price into orbit but its move on the auction site looks less likely to take off“Neither credible nor attractive.” No, not a line from a junior minister’s resignation letter on Tuesday. It was eBay’s succinct appraisal of the bizarre $55.5bn (£41bn) takeover offer from video games retailer GameStop, an affair that offers light distraction from the sight of UK 10-year gilt yields at 5%-plus.To recap: GameStop is the “meme stock” company that became famous a few years ago when amateur traders on a Reddit forum piled in furiously in an attempt to burn the short-sellers who were betting on the struggling retailer’s demise. Surprisingly, the Redditers succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. The squeeze drove up GameStop’s share price hundredfold, inflicting hell on serious hedge funds and making the company’s chief executive, Ryan Cohen, an anti-establishment hero. Continue reading...
GameStop's $55.5bn takeover bid for eBay has been rejected as 'neither credible nor attractive' due to concerns over funding and strategy
Jewellery stocks saw a sharp decline on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to citizens to reduce gold purchases. This call aims to preserve foreign exchange reserves. Major jewellery companies experienced significant drops in their share prices. Investors reacted quickly to the potential demand impact. Indian equities opened lower amid global concerns.
State Bank of India reported a 6% rise in Q4 FY26 net profit to Rs 19,684 crore, driven by improved asset quality and lower bad loans. Despite this, total income saw a slight decline, and net interest margins compressed, leading to a drop in operating profit and a subsequent fall in SBI's stock price.
Through surging profits or soaring share prices, the war has been a boon for some firms.
Through surging profits or soaring share prices, the war has been a boon for some firms.
A Swedish firm’s pursuit of the product testing company Intertek suggests investors’ price expectations are yet to be shifted by the Iran warIt was a bad day for the FTSE 100 index on Tuesday – down 1.4% – but the puzzle in many quarters is why share prices haven’t fallen further since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. The index is still up by a couple of percentage points since new year, which is not a bet most would have made at the time if they had been told an inflationary energy price shock lay around the corner.An absence of Iran-related corporate profits warnings partly explains the relative resilience, even if those usually take a while to arrive. So, too, the fact that the Footsie is overpopulated with overseas earners for whom the US economy, which isn’t suffering Europe’s soaring natural gas prices, matters more than their home market. And higher oil prices obviously help the likes of Shell and BP. Continue reading...
United Utilities share price jumped 11% after the water company announced an £800m share placing with Future Fund and Atlas as cornerstone investors. Ofwat's regulatory settlement a year ago has proven more generous than initially thought, particularly for companies not incurring heavy pollution fines. UU now targets 10-11% return on equity and seeks to spend an additional £2.5bn on infrastructure, potentially adding £10 to household bills. Severn Trent rose 7% in sympathy, with both companies at all-time highs.
Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon reported Q1 results showing divergent market reactions as investors assess massive AI spending plans. Meta plans to spend up to $145bn on AI this year, while Amazon will spend $185bn, more than double 2025. Meta shares slumped over 5% before recovering, Alphabet jumped nearly 6% on strong Google Cloud growth, and Microsoft and Amazon saw modest declines. Analysts note ongoing anxiety about AI boom sustainability given high costs and unrealized gains, but companies continue betting billions on AI development.
Lightelligence, the first mainland Chinese photonics chipmaker to go public in Hong Kong, saw its shares surge nearly 400% on trading debut, opening at HK$880 versus an offer price of HK$183.2. The Shanghai-based company raised HK$2.4 billion in its IPO, with the retail tranche oversubscribed 5784.7 times, as investors bet on optical computing chips as an alternative to conventional semiconductors for AI data centres.
