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Middleby Corp completed the sale of a 51% stake in its Residential Kitchen segment, generating $565 million in cash and retaining a 49% interest. The company accelerated share repurchases, buying back $960 million of stock and cutting the share count by roughly 9%. Q4 results showed $866 million in revenue, $197 million adjusted EBITDA and strong margins in Commercial Foodservice and Food Processing, which posted a record $410 million backlog. Management outlined a 2026 outlook of $3.3 billion revenue, $9.3 adjusted EPS and a Food Processing spin‑off slated for Q2.
GigaCloud Technology reported record Q3 2025 revenue of $333 million, a 10% year‑over‑year increase, and a quarterly EPS of $0.99. Growth was powered by a 70% surge in European revenue, bringing the region to $100 million, while product revenue rose 16% YoY...
Viatris reported Q4 2025 revenue of $3.76 billion, a 1% decline year‑over‑year, but achieved 1% operational revenue growth when the indoor‑facility impact is excluded. Strong commercial performance drove double‑digit sales gains in Greater China (+9%), emerging markets (+7%) and Europe (+1%)....
Shenandoah Telecommunications reported Q2 2025 revenue of $88.6 million, driven by a 40.5% jump in Glo Fiber sales to $19.8 million and a record addition of 5,700 new fiber subscribers. Adjusted EBITDA climbed 21.9% to $28.4 million, lifting the margin to 32% as...
Broadcasters are buoyed by FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s hints of relaxed ownership rules and a Trump endorsement of Nexstar’s $6 billion Tegna acquisition. Nexstar, Scripps and Sinclair all highlighted this regulatory optimism in recent earnings calls, stressing strategic M&A and operational...
Willdan Group reported its strongest quarter ever in Q4 2019, with contract revenue jumping 49.7% to $129.4 million and net revenue rising 51.8% to $61 million. The Energy segment led the surge, posting an 84.5% increase in net revenue, while adjusted EBITDA more...
Main Street Capital reported a GAAP net loss of $14.4 million for Q4 2025, but generated adjusted distributable earnings of $0.15 per share, bringing full‑year adjusted earnings to $0.64 per share. The loan portfolio expanded 13% to $2.7 billion, driven by 32...
Ascendis (SNDX) reported €720 million total 2025 revenue, driven by €477 million from Yorvipath and €206 million from Skytrofa. Q4 operating profit hit €10 million and cash flow reached €73 million, leaving €616 million in cash at year‑end. Management guided 2026 operating cash flow of roughly...
Hilton Grand Vacations reported fourth‑quarter 2020 revenue of $233 million, a 5% sequential increase, and adjusted EBITDA of $35 million (excluding a $3 million CARES Act credit). The company posted a net loss of $143 million, driven by a $209 million non‑cash land impairment. Contract...
MBIA Inc. reported a markedly narrower Q4 2018 GAAP loss of $7 million, driven by reduced loss‑adjustment expenses on its Puerto Rico exposure and lower LAE across structured‑finance assets. The company completed a restructuring of COFINA bonds, cutting insured debt service exposure...
National MI (NMI Holdings) reported a record 2025 year, posting $388.9 million net income (up 8%), diluted EPS of $4.92 (up 11%) and a 16.2% return on equity. Insurance in force reached $221.4 billion, a 5.4% year‑over‑year increase, while fourth‑quarter new insurance...
Gushwork, an India‑founded startup, closed a $9 million seed round that values it at $33 million post‑money. The company’s AI‑driven platform creates search‑optimized content, builds backlinks, and tracks leads to help businesses appear in AI‑powered search results such as ChatGPT and Gemini....
Tecnoglass Inc. trimmed its 2025 revenue midpoint guidance by $20 million after commercial construction invoicing slowed, with roughly half of the shortfall expected to roll into 2026. The company faces sharply higher aluminum input costs—LME prices up 15% and U.S. premiums...
BioLife Solutions reported 2025 revenue of $96.2 million, a 29% year‑over‑year increase, driven largely by its biopreservation media (BPM) franchise which now represents 85% of total sales. Adjusted EBITDA rose to $25 million (26% margin) and the company posted adjusted net income...
D‑Wave Quantum reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $24.6 million, up 179% year‑over‑year, driven by $16.2 million in system sales and $5.5 million in QCaaS subscriptions. Bookings jumped 471% in Q4 to $13.4 million after a €10 million multiyear contract, while the sales pipeline expanded nearly...
Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) announced a CEO transition, with board member Amit Banati taking over from Nicholas Fink in May, while Chair Susan Kilsby will act as interim CEO. 2025 total sales slipped 3% to $4.5 billion and operating income fell...
Terawulf Inc. reported a transformative 2025, shifting from Bitcoin mining to a power‑backed high‑performance computing (HPC) platform. Revenue rose 20% to $168.5 million, driven by $12.8 billion of credit‑enhanced HPC lease contracts and $6.5 billion of new financing. Adjusted HPC margin reached 77%...
In this episode of the Hammersley Brothers e‑commerce podcast, Mark and Ian dissect why many e‑commerce ads fail to scale, focusing on the concept that "your ads are boring." They explain that both Meta (Facebook) and Google act as "gorilla"...
Where Food Comes From Inc. posted a modest revenue dip to $7 million in the quarter, down $92,000 year‑over‑year, but net income more than doubled to $1.1 million thanks largely to a $946,000 gain from the Progressive Beef sale. Verification and certification...
Ecovyst reported Q2 2025 Ecoservices sales of $176 million, a 14% year‑over‑year increase driven by higher sulfur pass‑throughs and the newly acquired Wagaman site. Adjusted EBITDA reached just under $56 million, surpassing the top end of its non‑GAAP guidance. The company closed...
Goldman Sachs reported a 27% rise in annual earnings per share to $51.32, driven by record $41.5 billion global banking revenue and strong performance across investment banking, FICC, equities, and asset‑wealth management. Return metrics improved, with quarterly ROE at 16% and...
Monster Beverage reported record fourth‑quarter net sales of $1.81 billion, a 4.7% year‑over‑year increase and 7.8% on a currency‑neutral basis. Gross profit margin rose to 55.3% (55.5% excluding alcohol‑brand inventory reserves), while operating income fell 12.2% to $381.2 million due to a...
Dentsply Sirona reported Q4 2025 revenue of $961 million, a 6.2% reported increase and 2.5% constant‑currency growth, while adjusted EBITDA margin slipped to 14.1%. The company recorded a $144 million non‑cash goodwill impairment and discontinued its $128 million annual dividend to prioritize debt...
Teleflex reported 2025 adjusted EPS of $6.98, an 8.7% increase, while outlining a $2.03 billion divestiture plan that will net roughly $1.8 billion after tax. Management pledged to allocate $1 billion to share repurchases and use the remaining $800 million to reduce debt, bolstering...
Alpha Teknova reported Q4 2025 revenue of $10.5 million, a 9% year‑over‑year increase and the fifth consecutive quarter of growth, driven primarily by its Lab Essentials catalog line. Lab Essentials revenue rose 16% to $8.3 million, while Clinical Solutions revenue slipped 13%...
Hudson Pacific Properties reported a transformative 2025, completing roughly $330 million of strategic asset sales and over $2 billion of capital transactions that doubled its liquidity to $934 million. The REIT reduced net debt by 22%, improved its debt‑to‑book ratio to 31.9%, and...
Central Asian states recognize an urgent water shortage as they pursue water‑intensive projects like nuclear plants, data centers and expanded mining. Upstream nations Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan control most supplies, while downstream Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan depend on irrigation, creating a...
PureCycle Technologies reported Q4 2025 revenue of $2.7 million, marking a fourth consecutive quarter of sequential growth, while achieving record production at its Denver (14 million lb processed) and Ironton (7.5 million lb produced) facilities. The company reduced feedstock procurement costs by $0.06 per pound,...
Sempra reported adjusted Q3 2025 EPS of $1.11, a 25% year‑over‑year rise, while GAAP earnings fell to $0.12 per share because of a $514 million non‑recurring tax charge. The company reaffirmed its 2025‑2026 adjusted EPS guidance and highlighted a $10 billion sale...
Talen Energy reported adjusted EBITDA of $1.035 billion and adjusted free cash flow of $524 million for 2025, with Q4 cash flow surpassing the entire 2024 level. The company reaffirmed its 2026 guidance, targeting $1.75‑$2.05 billion EBITDA and $980‑$1.18 billion free cash flow, while...
Privia Health reported a robust 2025, with implemented providers rising 12.3% to 5,380 and attributed lives increasing 22.7% to 1.54 million. Practice collections grew 16.9% to $3.47 billion and adjusted EBITDA surged 38.8% to $125.5 million, delivering a 130% free‑cash‑flow conversion. The company...
Amkor Technology reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.89 billion, up 16% year‑over‑year, and EPS of $0.69, beating the top end of guidance. Full‑year revenue reached $6.7 billion, a 6% increase, with advanced packaging revenue setting a new record after a 7% rise....
International Seaways reported Q3 2025 net income of $71 million ($1.42 per share) and adjusted EBITDA of $108 million, while generating roughly $63 million of free cash flow. The company ended the quarter with $985 million of total liquidity, a cash balance of $413 million...
MidCap Financial Investment Corp reported Q4 2025 GAAP net income of $54.3 million ($0.42 per share) and distributable earnings of $27.8 million ($0.27 per share). The REIT acquired $1.9 billion of loans and securities, expanding its Agency MBS portfolio by over 50% and...
Sequans Communications reported Q4 2025 revenue of $7 million, a 72.6% sequential rise driven primarily by product shipments, and closed the year with $27.2 million in total revenue (about $20 million on an adjusted basis). Gross margin was 37.7% (about 43% excluding inventory...
Delcath Systems reported record 2025 revenue of $85.2 million, driven by over 40% volume growth and 28 REMS‑certified treatment centers. Gross margins held at 85% for Q4 and 86% for the full year, while adjusted EBITDA turned positive to $25.1 million and...
Koppers Holdings reported third‑quarter 2025 sales of $485 million, a 12% decline year‑over‑year, as volume drops hit all three segments. Adjusted EBITDA fell to $70.9 million, but margin remained solid at 14.6% thanks to aggressive SG&A reductions and the Catalyst cost‑saving program....
Morgan Stanley delivered record 2025 results, posting $70.6 billion in total revenue and a historic $10.21 earnings per share. Total client assets rose to $9.3 trillion, while wealth management generated $31.8 billion in revenue and attracted $356 billion of net new assets. The firm’s...
Turkey’s state‑owned TPAO and Britain’s BP have signed a comprehensive oil and gas cooperation agreement targeting Iraq’s Kirkuk basin. TPAO aims to lift 500,000 barrels per day by 2028, while BP’s initial target is 328,000 barrels per day, with plans...
PRA Group reported record financial results for 2025, with estimated remaining collections (ERC) reaching $8.6 billion, cash collections $2.1 billion and revenue $1.2 billion, all new highs. Portfolio purchases totaled $1.2 billion, matching its target and driving higher purchase‑price multiples in both the U.S....
Anika Therapeutics reported total revenue of $27.8 million for the quarter, a 6% year‑over‑year decline driven primarily by lower pricing in its OEM osteoarthritis pain‑management channel. Commercial channel revenue rose 22% to $12 million, powered by a 25% surge in...
Former BBC News CEO Deborah Turness acknowledged that a Trump‑focused Panorama documentary failed editorial standards, yet she rejected claims of institutional anti‑Trump bias. The documentary’s edit prompted President Donald Trump to file a $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC, which...
ICF International reported Q3 2025 revenue of $465.4 million, a 10% YoY decline driven primarily by a 29.8% drop in federal contract earnings amid a government shutdown. Non‑federal segments, especially commercial energy, offset some weakness, posting 24% revenue growth and...
Anthropic announced the acquisition of Vercept, a Seattle‑based AI startup known for its computer‑use agent Vy, and will retire the product by March 25. Vercept, which raised $50 million from investors including Eric Schmidt and Jeff Dean, joins Anthropic’s Claude Code team following a...
PMK Entertainment announced two senior hires: Leah Sparkes as Vice President of Television, Film and Premium Content, and Ulisses Rivera as Senior Account Director in its Strategic Communications Group. Sparkes arrives with more than two decades of high‑profile publicity experience...
The CIA has launched a new Farsi‑language recruitment campaign on X, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram and YouTube, urging Iranians to contact the agency using disposable devices and trusted VPNs. The guidance stresses operational security, recommending Tor and non‑Russian/Chinese VPNs. The effort...
Clearfield CEO Cheri Beranek says Verizon's acquisition of Frontier creates a major growth opportunity for the fiber‑connectivity supplier. The combined Verizon‑Frontier network will cover over 25 million premises across 31 states, expanding demand for Clearfield’s equipment and its new NOVA platform....
Explora Journeys launched a global “hotel without an address” campaign, positioning its cruise ships as five‑star floating hotels. Developed by McCann Paris and directed by Jonas Lindstroem, the film showcases on‑board rituals reimagined as hotel experiences. The brand highlights its...
Former state champion athlete Waseem Limbada turned down a professional basketball contract to pursue finance and entrepreneurship. He now leads consulting firms and a rapidly growing Airbnb portfolio, having scaled 100 short‑term‑rental properties in under three years and helped launch...
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