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Business Insider
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Dollar Tree (DLTR) Gets a Hold from Gordon Haskett Capital Corporation
Gordon Haskett Capital Corporation analyst Charles Grom maintained a Hold rating on Dollar Tree (DLTR – Research Report) today and set a price target of $90.00. The company's shares closed today at $88.62. Confident Investing Starts Here: Grom covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Dollar General, Home Depot, and Dollar Tree. According to TipRanks, Grom has an average return of 9.7% and a 58.78% success rate on recommended stocks. In addition to Gordon Haskett Capital Corporation, Dollar Tree also received a Hold from Telsey Advisory's Jason Strominger in a report issued today. However, on the same day, Truist Financial maintained a Buy rating on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR). The company has a one-year high of $121.92 and a one-year low of $60.49. Currently, Dollar Tree has an average volume of 5.3M. Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 39 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is neutral on the stock. Most recently, in April 2025, Stewart Glendinning, the CFO of DLTR bought 17,000.00 shares for a total of $1,236,660.00.
Telegraph
13-04-2025
- Telegraph
‘Women are not just victims of war': The Ukrainians crafting a new line of defence
Folklore and snipers don't normally go hand in hand. But in Horenka, a small village in the Bucha district infamous for the massacre of civilians and mass graves dug into the land when Russians invaded in the winter of 2022, they do. It is here, some three years after the world learnt the brutal tactics Vladimir Putin's army used to ravage a once-peaceful community, that the Horenski Mavkas spend their days weaving camouflage kikimora suits (also known as ghillie suits) to clothe the Ukrainian warriors on the front line of the war. In Ukrainian folklore, mavka is a mythical, ethereal, female creature who moves between the worlds of living and dead, casting her spell. In recent times, the mavka has become the embodiment of strength and self-sacrifice, and today takes the form of a group of Ukrainian women – from grandmothers to young women – who use textiles as a way of fighting for their country. The Mavkas volunteers are certain that the camouflage products they weave with love provide a special protective power to their soldiers. Now, photographer Alena Grom, a Donetsk native who, with her family, was forced to flee her hometown during Russia's 2014 invasion in the east of Ukraine, has submitted her portraits of 15 women who do this work for this year's Sony World Photography Awards and exhibition at London's Somerset House. Each woman pictured has her own story and motivation, Grom explains. There is the grandmother who waits for her grandchildren to return from evacuation, a mother who yearns for her son to come back from the war alive, another who fled the occupied Donbas and dreams of having a safe home once more, and a fourth woman who weaves because she fears the return of the Russians. Grom, who moved to Bucha after 2014 only to be forced to flee the Russians once more during its occupation of the district in March 2022, is now telling the stories of these women who 'persist' through life 'amidst adversity'. 'Ukraine is experiencing and reflecting on the most terrible collective trauma – the trauma of war,' Grom says. 'In such moments, the empathy of society becomes most apparent. The project is about the victims of this war, but also about the struggle. It is about what holds Ukrainians together and what gives them strength.' According to the United Nations, 77 per cent of the buildings in Horenka were destroyed by Russian aggression, while the residents are still learning how to heal from the trauma of having their loved ones and neighbours murdered. As such, the Mavkas' commitment to the cause is striking. For more than two years, 60 women have gathered to weave – even when blackouts caused by Russian missile strikes meant they had to work by candlelight without heating. 'In ancient times, Ukrainian women got together to embroider, sing songs, and pray,' Grom says. 'The vyshyvanka [traditional embroidered shirt] has long been a symbol of the Ukrainian people, their unity and traditions. Now, camouflage items are our modern vyshyvanka. 'The weaving of camouflage takes place in every village, town, community, school, museum and metro station. It has become a mass movement. Therefore, it can be said that these images define and mark our time.' Grom explains that before Russia's full-scale invasion, the Mavkas did not know each other, but now, they are like family. She photographed them because she feels it is imperative to share their story, to preserve a part of history when women at war are so often written out. Grom adds: 'Until the 20th century, the history of war was rarely written from a female perspective. Military events were often depicted either pompously, glorifying the deeds of heroes, or tragically, demonstrating the suffering of soldiers dying for the ideals of their homeland. 'It was considered the woman's task to inspire those fighting for victory, to mourn the fallen and to care for the wounded. I think not only about the role of women in any war but also about how a feminine perspective helps to reinterpret this traumatic experience from an artistic point of view. The project demonstrates how Ukrainian women have stepped beyond the defined roles and proposed a new narrative. The military conflict in Ukraine has changed traditional gender roles; women have gained mobility, independence and opportunities for leadership. 'Women are not just victims of war; they are leaders of change. This project addresses feminism and the shifting social roles. While men have gone to war, women have taken on new roles.' It can take four women six hours to weave a kikimora suit. This is done using a wooden stand and involves stretching a fishing net over it, before using fabric or burlap to make the body with sleeves. It is then adjusted to the required length and the weaving begins. If the thread the women have to work with is thin, they will weave two at a time, with some using crochet hooks and others just their fingers. As the Telegraph 's defence editor, I have travelled with Ukrainian troops to the front line of Shevchenkivskyi District, near the city of Zaporizhzhia, in the south of Ukraine. I have spent time with a sniper drenched in sweat beneath his kikimora, having just come off a 24-hour shift. At the time, I did not think to ask where his suit, which provides crucial camouflage, had been made. Now I wonder, had it been made by one of these women? Was the love that the Mavkas had put into the suit the same power that enabled him to joke and smile as we talked about how his exhausting shift had gone? To this day I don't know whether that sniper has survived the punishing front line, but it is a comforting thought that perhaps he is still fighting with the help of the Mavkas behind him. For Grom, war has been ever-present in her life. She never knew her grandfather because he died from wounds received in the Second World War. Her mother, who grew up in the post-war years, lived with a fear of hunger, always saying, 'Bread, more bread!' and insisting there had always to be a sack of flour at home in case of war. After being forced to flee the east of Ukraine to Kyiv, it felt as though Grom's family's past was catching up with her. 'Physically, I was in Kyiv, but mentally, I was in the semi-destroyed Donbas,' she says. 'Photography helped me overcome trauma. Through photography, I became acquainted with different places, cities, people, and their way of life. The internal monologue turned into a dialogue with society and troubled times. In my projects, I talk about myself, my loved ones, displaced persons and war. Trips to the war zone became a logical continuation of my work. 'It is very important for me to constantly keep the topic of war relevant so that the world community does not forget that in the heart of Europe, a bloody massacre unleashed by Russia continues daily. I invite people living in peaceful areas to hear and notice those who see war every day.' Alena Grom is shortlisted in the Professional Competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025, exhibition at Somerset House, 17 April-5 May;
Globe and Mail
09-04-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Constellation Brands (STZ) Is About to Report Its Earnings Tomorrow. Here Is What to Expect
Constellation Brands (STZ) is set to release its fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025 financials on April 9. Wall Street analysts expect the alcohol company to report earnings of $2.28 per share, representing a 0.9% decrease year-over-year. Meanwhile, revenues are expected to decline by 0.5% from the year-ago quarter to $2.13 billion, according to data from the TipRanks Forecast page. Stay Ahead of the Market: Discover outperforming stocks and invest smarter with Top Smart Score Stocks. Filter, analyze, and streamline your search for investment opportunities using Tipranks' Stock Screener. STZ stock has declined over 22% year-to-date, primarily due to rising aluminum tariffs, ongoing weakness in its Wine and Spirits segment, a lowered sales forecast, and a growing trend of consumers cutting back on alcohol consumption. According to Main Street Data, Wine and Spirits segment contributed $431 million in the quarter ended November 30 ,2024, down 1.6% year-over-year. STZ is an alcohol company that produces beer, wine, and spirits. The company's portfolio features premium brands like Corona, Modelo, Robert Mondavi, and SVEDKA Vodka across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and other international markets. Analysts' Views Ahead of STZ's Q4 Earnings Ahead of Constellation Brands' Q4 report, UBS analyst Peter Grom pointed out that the company will release results after the market closes on April 9, with a conference call the next morning. This is a change from its usual routine of announcing results and holding the call in the morning. Along with this shift, concerns about tariffs and weaker demand for beer, wine, and spirits have made investors more cautious. In response to recent market trends, Grom lowered his Q4 EPS estimate slightly from $2.30 to $2.29. Still, he thinks the main focus won't be on the numbers themselves but on the company's outlook. While near-term challenges remain, Grom stays positive on the stock over the long run. He believes Constellation Brands can deliver stronger revenue and profit growth than many of its consumer staples peers. Meanwhile, Bank of America analyst Bryan Spillane kept a Hold rating on Constellation Brands with a $205 price target. He raised his Q4 earnings estimate due to a short-term boost from higher inventory levels ahead of a new tariff. However, he expects this benefit to fade in the first half of FY26. Spillane also pointed to ongoing challenges in beer and wine, leading him to take a cautious view on the stock's growth potential. Options Traders Anticipate a 9.36% Move Using TipRanks' Options tool, we can see what options traders are expecting from the stock immediately after its earnings report. The expected earnings move is determined by calculating the at-the-money straddle of the options closest to expiration after the earnings announcement. If this sounds complicated, don't worry, the Options tool does this for you. Indeed, it currently says that options traders are expecting a 9.36% move in either direction. Is Constellation Brands a Good Stock to Buy? Turning to Wall Street, Constellation Brands has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 11 Buys and nine Holds assigned in the last three months. At $221.26, the average STZ price target implies 29.42% upside potential. See more STZ analyst ratings Disclosure
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
A Crystal Ball Told Me This 100 MPH EV-Swapped Honda Grom Will Be My Demise
There's something endearing about the beat-it-like-a-rented-mule attitude and friend-shaped aesthetics of the Grom that makes it among the best bikes on sale today. But this one? This is an altogether different animal. According to the seller, this bike has been electric-swapped with a 3C Mini Works electric motor and battery kit and so instead of 12 horsepower and a 50-ish mile per hour top speed, it can allegedly top out around 100 miles per hour, on 12-inch wheels. With a $7,000 price tag and enough horsepower to shove my face through a brick wall, this seems exactly like the beastly killer that was seen in the vision my fortune teller mentioned a few years ago. Yeah, I think this bike is how I will die. Whether I buy it or not, it's coming for me. Honda's diminutive Grom motorbike is among the most fun machines I've ever had the pleasure of slinging a leg over. It's a little momentum machine that makes me giggle like an idiot every time I swing it through a corner with the throttle pinned wide open. This monster machine, however, is imbued with the power and mannerisms of Satan himself. To paraphrase Shakespeare, though Grom may be small, she is fierce. Read more: Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel Prior to this listing on Facebook Marketplace, I'd never heard of 3C Mini Works or their kit before, despite them apparently being a local company. The above video, which was posted just a few weeks ago of a finished 3C swap bike, clearly was filmed in Northeast Ohio. Based on their YouTube channel and website, it looks like they've also experimented with electric swaps for Honda Ruckus scooters as well, which totally rules. These kits run up to $4,800 for all of the brackets, the motor, and the battery array to swap your own Honda Grom at home. Considering a Honda Grom generally runs a few thousand dollars on its own, this finished unit on Facebook Marketplace is probably a pretty good bargain for something that is already ready to ride. If you want a Grom that can run from 0-60 in just 4 seconds, let alone run 60 miles per hour at all, this is probably the way to do it. I've wanted an electric Grom for ages, and very nearly bought the Electrom from Electro and Co. back in the day before they decided they didn't want to sell it, and I have a standing open offer to buy Superfast Matt's 300-swapped Grom. I really thought that one of those bikes would be the one to finish me, but maybe I just had to wait a few years to find this one. Please go buy it so I can't. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The 2025 Land District Might Kick Off A New-Era Of American Moto
While walking my 17-year-old Basset hound his constantly busy nose took us down a road we'd never travelled before. A nondescript brick warehouse on this undiscovered route was adorned with the simple signage for Land--an electric vehicle maker. Living in Cleveland, the city from which Land derives its name, I knew about Land and had previously met the company's CEO, but was completely unaware that the company was literally in my neighborhood. I'll admit that I'm a real homer for electric mobility, but I truly believe that life in America would be so much better if a greater percentage of the population commuted on a small electron runabout than a three-ton gasoline-burning behemoth. So I had to get my hands on one of the company's products. The America I love was built on supporting local manufacturing, so I wanted to see if we're still capable of building good stuff. Full Disclosure: Land invited me to tour its headquarters and manufacturing facility on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. I was given a couple of hours to ride a District motorcycle around the neighborhood and into downtown, and free use of the electricity in the battery. I walked from my house and walked back when I was done. Read more: Ram Will Still Sell You A Brand-New, 16-Year-Old Truck Let's get down to brass tacks: This is a $7,000 bike, which can be a lot or a little depending how you look at it. Sure, it's twice the price of a gas-powered mini-commuter bike like a Honda Grom, but the District is also capable of a lightning quick 0-60 time and the Grom isn't capable of 60 at all. In the same way a Grom does, I found the District put a smile on my face that even below-freezing February Ohio lakeshore weather couldn't wipe off. Even with my nearly-300 pounds frame onboard, which has the aerodynamic profile of a lengthways brick wall, this little pocket rocket can run with some of the quickest gas bikes out there, and most of the big electrics. Despite its relatively meager 23 horsepower, a dash from stopped to 30 mph feels about as quick as any other bike I've ever twisted a wrist on, and its 70+ mph top speed feels effortless. This machine incorporates different ride modes you can use to graduate from the just-above-walking-pace mode 1, which apes a typical stand-up mobility rental scooter, all the way to full-tilt bonkers mode 4. If you aren't confident in your skills as a rider, keep it limited to the lower power modes until you gain some experience. Electric motorcycles don't have to look like gas motorcycles. It's something I've believed since the beginning, and Land apparently does, too. Land's founder and CEO, Scott Colosimo, was once a professor of design at Cleveland Institute of Art, after all. While this little machine does have a plastic "tank" shape, it exists mostly because you need something to brace your legs against. The long, low, and flat look of the District is fetching and quasi-futuristic. It's simple and pared back as a function of its price point and as a form of its unembellished aesthetic. There's not much to report about the visuals of this bike that you can't see for yourself. It's all on display with the aluminum-cased removable battery taking up most of the real estate. With an upright riding position, a standard 32-inch stand-over height, and simple controls, this is the kind of bike that just about anyone can get on and ride comfortably. It's functional design without being more of the same, looking forward without forgetting the functionality that made the past work. The unpainted matte molded plastics are indicative of what makes this bike different than most. It's built to be used instead of looked at. Colosimo, pointed to a full-fairing Ducati sport bike as the antithesis of the District's ethos. If you were to drop a Panigale you'd be faced with replacing thousands of dollars in gorgeous Ducati Rosso plastics. Land wants its bikes to be seen as usable, durable goods, which can easily and inexpensively be repaired, and stand the test of time. The plastics on a Land are left rough finished to keep costs down and add to the durability and function-forward design of the bike. There's something to be said for preventative patina, especially when it gives the bike a more industrial and worn-in appearance. The steel tube frame isn't as light, stiff, or form-fitting as an aluminum subframe, but it's a hell of a lot more resilient to dings and scratches. Outside of the drivetrain, the company works exclusively with local manufacturers in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania as a way to keep quality control and iterative manufacturing possible. If the engineers want to see a new revision to a part, or look at a new powdercoat, they can just go there and see it first hand instead of waiting for a part to slow-boat from China. This is where the startup mentality can help manufacturing, as Land can move a lot faster and make improvements from year to year. That's one of the things that I think sets the District apart is that Land has engineered it to be future proof. Not only can the batteries be removed from the bike relatively easily so you can carry them into your apartment or home to charge overnight, but the company is banking on developing battery technology to improve weight and range targets. If batteries keep getting better, the District can keep getting better. Most electric motorcycles these days mount the battery as part of the chassis, making upgrades much more difficult, if possible at all, and costly. After spending a couple of hours at the manufacturing facility and in the saddle, I think Land has really figured out the formula. The District is the right blend of cheap and cheerful for an electric runabout, but unlike all of the other cheap electric machines I've ridden, this one can actually keep up with traffic, and it feels like it was built with substance. To summarize this thing, it's light enough to be a ton of fun to rip around the city, while being fast enough to run with traffic on your suburban commute. Too many electric motorcycles pick one or the other, but this straddles the divide, which is the real genius of it. This is maybe the perfect beginner bike, which is another part of the Land mission. The company wants to open up motorcycling to be accessible to more people. Whether you're a teen rider slinging a leg over for the first time, or on the shorter side of the spectrum as many women are, for example, Land offers an even shorter version of its already pretty short bike. You can option the District with a 30-inch seat height if you desire two additional inches of crotch clearance. The Land District can be a few different things depending on how you order it. The bike I rode was the "Street" model, which comes equipped with Pirelli Angel CT Street tires, lower suspension, and a low-mounted fender. You can option the District as a "Scrambler" as well, with Shinko Dual Sport tires, an extra inch of suspension height, and high-mount fenders. If you really want some off-road prowess from the Scrambler, you can order up a smaller rear gear to sacrifice top speed for some extra wheel speed. I think that's how I'd have mine, if I were looking to fill a spot in my garage with another electric motorcycle. Both versions of the bike can be had with three different battery arrangements. The standard single-battery model has just 1.8 kWh of battery onboard, which cuts weight significantly, but reduced range is a byproduct with just about 40 miles of low-speed city riding available. If you have a short commute and don't need the miles, go for it. You can get a second Land battery pack installed for 3.6 kWh nominal and a claimed 80 miles, and that's just $1500 more. But if you really need the extra range you can get Land to put a double-wide case in the bike to fit a full 4.8 kWh nominal for up to 110 miles of city riding pleasure. That's the one I was riding, and probably the one I would pick, It's a pricey upgrade at $2,000, but the range is probably worth it. The plastics are available in black, grey, or seafoam, and I would personally pick the colorful option for a bit more whimsy. This isn't a bike for the kind of people who hop on a Harley Road King or a BMW GS and rip 800 miles in a single sitting, so all you dorks can shut up about that. If you are an average American commuter who lives in the suburbs and drives to a job 12 miles every morning through rush hour traffic, this little ripper will absolutely serve you wonderfully and add a good dollop of fun to your daily ride. You'll easily out-accelerate everything this side of a supercar and when the going gets super slow you can kick it down to e-scooter mode and take to the bike lane to subvert traffic altogether. This little bike might just be the sweet spot for just about every two-wheeled commuter on the planet, and most cagers. It splits the difference between something like a much more expensive Zero and a much slower Bosch electrified bicycle, but somehow feels better constructed and more cohesive than either. Ultimately I still like my own LiveWire better, but that cost more than twice as much as a fully-loaded Land and is hardly fit for newbies. This might be my new favorite bike under $10,000. Ride one, it might surprise you. Read the original article on Jalopnik.
