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ProFrac Holding Corp. reported a strong Q4 2025, with adjusted EBITDA climbing 49% to $61 million and margins expanding to 14%. Free cash flow rebounded to $14 million, reversing a $29 million deficit from the prior quarter. The company’s $100 million cost‑optimization plan is ahead of schedule, and the newly unveiled Makena AI‑driven technology suite cut perforation efficiency degradation by 33%. Management signaled softer Q1 results due to January weather but expects momentum to resume in Q2 as capital spending and activity pick up.
Angi reported a 23% fourth‑quarter jump in proprietary revenue, driving a 17% year‑over‑year increase despite a 60% decline in its network channel. The company guided full‑year revenue to low single‑digit growth (1%‑3%) and adjusted EBITDA to $145‑$150 million, adding $10‑$15 million year‑over‑year....
Gaotu Techedu reported Q4 2025 revenue of RMB 1.7 billion, a 21.4% year‑over‑year increase, and full‑year revenue grew 35% to RMB 100 million. The company posted a net loss of RMB 84.2 million but narrowed its operating loss by 20.9%, driven by higher gross margins and...
Surf Air Mobility secured a $100 million strategic financing—$26 million equity for Surf OS development and a $74 million zero‑coupon convertible note—to accelerate its software platform and further deleverage the balance sheet. Q3 revenue rose 6% sequentially to $29.2 million, with on‑demand revenue up...
Champions Oncology reported $14 million revenue in Q1 FY2026, flat year‑over‑year and rebounding from a $12.4 million Q4 dip. GAAP operating loss widened to $0.5 million, while adjusted EBITDA turned slightly positive at $60 000. Gross margin slipped to 43% as outsourced radio‑labeling costs...
Atlanticus Holdings reported a transformative 2025, highlighted by the Mercury Financial acquisition that doubled its balance sheet to $7.0 billion and added 1.3 million customers. Diluted earnings per share rose 23% in Q4 and 25% for the full year, while return on...
Rapid7 reported fiscal 2025 fourth‑quarter ARR of $839.9 million, essentially flat year‑over‑year, while total revenue rose 0.5% to $217.4 million and full‑year revenue increased 1.9% to $859.8 million. Detection and response services drove a 7% ARR gain and now represent just over half...
KLX Energy Services Holdings reported Q4 2025 revenue of $157 million, in line with guidance, and generated $23 million of adjusted EBITDA, the highest quarterly amount of the year with a 14% margin. The Northeast/Mid‑Con segment delivered a 25.3% adjusted EBITDA margin,...
WhiteHorse Therapeutics reported Q4 2025 net investment income of $6.6 million, up 8% from the prior quarter, and NAV per share increased 2.4% to $11.68. The board expanded the share‑repurchase program by $7.5 million, leaving $15 million of authorization available, and declared a...
CAR‑MART Inc. reported a mixed Q3 2026 performance, with gross margin expanding to 36.6% and interest income rising 7.5%, while total revenue slipped 1.9% to $341.3 million due to a 5.7% drop in retail unit sales. Digital adoption accelerated: collections grew...
United Maritime Corp reported Q4 2025 net revenues of $57.4 million, a 7.7% increase year‑over‑year, and net income of $40.5 million, boosted by a $9.2 million vessel sale. Adjusted EBITDA rose 24% to $40.7 million, while the board lifted the annual dividend 7% to...
Urban One reported a 16% drop in consolidated net revenue to $92.7 million and a 44% decline in adjusted EBITDA to $14.2 million for the quarter. Digital EBITDA fell to $0.8 million from $5.3 million a year earlier, while Reach Media revenue slumped 40%...
Chinese exporters are scrambling to hedge yuan appreciation, driving a record $39 bn net foreign‑currency sell‑off in January and $100 bn dollar net sales in December. Regulators have issued informal "window guidance" urging banks to lift corporate hedging ratios to roughly 40 %...
Affirm announced a new securitization, the Master Trust series 2026‑2, raising $518.1 million to fund point‑of‑sale unsecured consumer loans. The pool carries a weighted‑average FICO of 672, the lowest among its recent trusts, and is divided into five tranches maturing on...
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has fully divested its 0.4% stake in French conglomerate Bolloré, valued at roughly $70 million. The move follows a 2024 recommendation from the fund’s ethics council citing documented human‑rights, gender‑based...
Southern Land Co. has refinanced its 27‑story Josephine apartment tower in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square with a $145 million loan from Affinius Capital. The development, built at a total cost of $204.5 million—including a $24.5 million land purchase and $180 million construction—features 255 residential units...
Mastercard announced two strategic moves to broaden its revenue beyond card fees: a live agentic commerce test in Malaysia using its Agent Pay platform, and the launch of a global Crypto Partner Program that enlists over 85 cryptocurrency firms. The AI‑driven...
Warner Music Group’s subsidiary WMG Acquisition Corp. has secured a $1.645 billion credit agreement with JPMorgan, consolidating its fragmented 2012‑era debt into a single package. The deal includes a $1.295 billion term loan to retire existing term‑loan obligations and a $350 million revolving...
Salem Media Group reported a 10.5% drop in 2025 revenue to $212.7 million, largely driven by $24 million in asset sales. Despite lower operating costs, the broadcaster posted a $34.6 million net loss, a swing of 313.9% from the prior year’s profit....
Navigator Holdings Ltd. released its Q4 2025 financial results on March 11, 2026, covering the three‑month period and the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The announcement was filed on the Oslo Børs platform and includes a downloadable PDF with detailed performance metrics. Alongside...
The Business Roundtable’s March survey shows CEO optimism climbing to an index of 89, well above its 83‑point historic average. Executives at the nation’s largest firms expect stronger sales and plan to increase capital expenditures over the next six months,...
Navan, a travel‑booking platform that raised $6.2 billion in its fall 2025 IPO, has seen its stock tumble nearly 60% amid earnings disappointments and executive turnover. A proposed class‑action filed in February accuses Navan and its senior officers of filing a...
Manufacturers relying on legacy ERP platforms such as QAD Standard or SAP R/3 face costly, manual procure‑to‑pay (P2P) processes that waste millions annually. By deploying ETL pipelines to extract, validate, and load supplier, PO, receipt, invoice, and payment data, firms can...
Indiana has formally requested a federal waiver to toll Interstate 70, becoming the first state to seek permission under the FHWA’s pilot program. The six‑lane expansion and related upgrades carry a $6.5 billion price tag, with more than half expected to be...
Bolivia’s finance ministry announced it will honor $356 million in interest and principal on its 2028 dollar‑denominated bonds due in late March, following the recent coupon payment on its $850 million 2030 issue. The government also confirmed plans to swap roughly 67%...
CHG‑Meridian CFO Ulrich Bergmann says the finance function must become data‑first, emphasizing governance, quality, and a unified data structure. He highlights using Microsoft Fabric for dynamic, scenario‑based forecasting and deploying data experts in each of the company’s 32 countries. The...
Digits, a San Francisco‑based Agentic General Ledger, announced expanded payroll connectivity to 18 additional providers, adding to its existing Gusto integration. The new connectors include major platforms such as ADP Run, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Online Payroll, and UKG Pro, enabling direct, automated...
Canada’s audit regulator, the Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB), disclosed that each of the Big Four accounting firms—Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC—had at least one significant finding in its 2025 inspection. The review, which for the first time named firms...
Brazilian retailer Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (GPA) announced on March 10 that it has entered an extrajudicial recovery plan approved by the São Paulo court. The plan suspends GPA’s obligations to its creditors for 90 days, allowing negotiations aimed at securing...
Risk Labs, the team behind the Across cross‑chain bridge, has submitted a proposal to dissolve its token‑based DAO and re‑incorporate as a U.S. C‑corporation. ACX token holders may either swap tokens for equity at a 1:1 ratio or sell them...
Mercialys filed a regulatory notice on March 11 2026 outlining its capital structure as of February 28 2026. The French retail REIT reported 93,886,501 outstanding shares, each carrying one voting right, for a total of 93,886,501 voting rights. Of those, 93,482,942 voting rights were...
Shell plc disclosed that on 11 March 2026 it repurchased 668,165 of its own shares for cancellation, executing trades on six European venues. The GBP‑denominated purchases averaged £31.97 per share, while EUR‑denominated trades averaged €36.98. The transactions form part of...
The Financial Reporting Council has opened an investigation into two former Vistry Group accountants over flawed forecasts in the South Division for 2023‑24, which inflated profit expectations by up to £165 million. The mis‑calculation stemmed from a 10 % under‑estimation of building...
On February 18, 2026, DBRS Limited confirmed Heavy Metal Equipment & Rentals' long‑term issuer and senior debt ratings at BB (high) with a Stable outlook. The rating reflects the company's robust cash‑flow generation from its equipment leasing portfolio and disciplined...
Morningstar DBRS has issued provisional credit ratings for Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Structured Credit Risk Notes, Series 2026‑MN13. Class M‑1 receives a (P) BBB‑low rating while Class M‑2 is assigned (P) BB‑low, both with a Stable trend. The trust will fund...
Covenant Trends released a new data set on March 9, 2026 detailing the distribution of Accordion F&C Tranche EBITDA Grower Caps over the last three months. The chart illustrates how caps are spread across borrowers, highlighting a concentration near the 1.5‑times EBITDA...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped roughly 300 points as oil prices surged toward $90 a barrel amid heightened Iran‑Israel tensions. The International Energy Agency announced a record release of 400 million barrels to cushion supply disruptions, further fueling market volatility....
KBRA released its latest Direct Lending Deals analysis on March 9, 2026, featuring updated default indices for the trailing‑twelve‑month period ending March 10, 2026. The report includes a performance chart that tracks default rates across the direct‑lending universe, highlighting modest upticks in recent quarters....
Charles Cohen, a Midtown office landlord, was given a 45‑day deadline by a New York state Supreme Court judge to repay $135 million in outstanding debt or face forced sales of his properties. A Fortress Investment Group executive, David Moson, was...
US leveraged finance issuance exceeded $160 bn in February 2026, but slipped 11 % from January. Bank loans rebounded to $50 bn after a slower month, while high‑yield bond issuance held steady at $30 bn. Institutional loans, the bulk of the market, fell sharply...
Milwaukee‑based Landmark Credit Union announced it will acquire American National Bank‑Fox Cities, adding $419 million in assets and two branches to its $7 billion portfolio. The transaction, the fifth credit‑union‑bank deal this year and the third full‑bank purchase, is slated to close...
Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, closed a $27 million Series A round led by GV with participation from NEA, Virtue and FPV Ventures. The funding follows a $7 million seed round and will accelerate its agentic AI platform that unifies clinical, operational...
Financial institutions are moving beyond siloed fraud‑management and anti‑money‑laundering tools toward unified Financial Crime Management Solutions (FCMSes). The shift is driven by regulators tightening AML oversight, fraudsters blending scams with laundering, and the high cost of maintaining separate AI models...
Uniper SE announced it will propose a €0.72 per share dividend for 2025, marking the first payout since the 2022 government bailout. The German utility reported a net profit of €544 million and adjusted EBITDA of €1.1 billion, a sharp recovery from...
New Mexico’s Senate Bill 151 would decouple the state from the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ending conformity with 100% bonus depreciation and adding net CFC‑tested income to the corporate tax base. The proposal also eliminates any foreign‑tax credit, creating double taxation...
UBS analyst David Vogt kept a Hold rating on Apple (AAPL) with a $280 price target, citing a sharp 37% year‑over‑year drop in iPhone shipments in China for January 2026, down to roughly 2.2 million units. The decline follows a 14%...
On 11 March 2026 the EU published Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/519, amending the technical standards of Regulation 2021/622 that govern MREL reporting. The amendment revises the frequency and content of data that resolution authorities must transmit to the European...
Brazilian energy giant Raízen SA is seeking to restructure roughly $12.6 billion of debt out of court. Major European and Latin American banks—BNP Paribas, Banco Bradesco and Rabobank—have been identified as some of the company’s largest creditors. The restructuring plan is expected...
Faraday Copper Corp. completed a $100 million private placement, issuing 23.8 million shares at $4.20 each, backed by strategic investors including the Ludin Family Trust and a BHP unit. The capital will fund the Copper Creek project in Arizona and support a...
Mondelēz International has invested CHF 65 m ($83 m) to create a Toblerone Center of Excellence in Bern and launch a new production line. The line, inaugurated by Swiss President Guy Parmelin, expands capacity at the plant that makes roughly 90% of Toblerone output....
