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Globe and Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Smith & Nephew (SN) Receives a Hold from Stifel Nicolaus
Stifel Nicolaus analyst Dylan Van Haaften maintained a Hold rating on Smith & Nephew today and set a price target of £14.15. The company's shares closed today at p1,353.00. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Van Haaften covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Merck KGaA, Smith & Nephew, and Sartorius. According to TipRanks, Van Haaften has an average return of -5.5% and a 32.65% success rate on recommended stocks. In addition to Stifel Nicolaus, Smith & Nephew also received a Hold from Berenberg Bank's Sam England in a report issued on August 11. However, yesterday, Bank of America Securities reiterated a Buy rating on Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN). SN market cap is currently £11.76B and has a P/E ratio of 30.99. Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 69 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of SN in relation to earlier this year.
Yahoo
28-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Is Limbach (LMB) Stock Rocketing Higher Today
What Happened? Shares of building systems company Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) jumped 5.3% in the morning session after continued positive momentum driven by a series of bullish analyst reports. The construction specialist recently received several favorable actions from Wall Street. For instance, Stifel Nicolaus and Lake Street Capital both increased their price targets on the stock, while Roth Capital reaffirmed a 'buy' rating. This string of positive analyst coverage appeared to be underpinned by the company's solid financial health. Reports highlighted Limbach's remarkable Return on Equity (ROE) compared to its industry peers and its significant net income growth over the past five years. The upward move also followed a strong performance in the previous trading session, suggesting sustained investor confidence. After the initial pop the shares cooled down to $134.69, up 0.6% from previous close. Is now the time to buy Limbach? Access our full analysis report here, it's free. What Is The Market Telling Us Limbach's shares are extremely volatile and have had 40 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today's move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business. The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 9 months ago when the stock gained 17.1% on the news that the company reported strong third-quarter earnings. Revenue beat, which was a good start. In addition, Limbach blew past analysts' EBITDA expectations. The sales improvement was mostly driven by a 41% growth in the Owner Direct Relationships (ODR) Segment. This is due to the company's shift towards working directly with building owners, which results in higher-margin projects. The company also expanded its footprint following the acquisition of Kent Island Mechanical to grow market share in the Washington, D.C. area. Looking ahead, the company lifted its full-year revenue guidance. Additionally, its full-year EBITDA guidance exceeded Wall Street's estimates. Overall, we think this was a very good quarter with few blemishes. Limbach is up 51.8% since the beginning of the year, but at $134.69 per share, it is still trading 9.9% below its 52-week high of $149.53 from July 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Limbach's shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $36,894. Today's young investors likely haven't read the timeless lessons in Gorilla Game: Picking Winners In High Technology because it was written more than 20 years ago when Microsoft and Apple were first establishing their supremacy. But if we apply the same principles, then enterprise software stocks leveraging their own generative AI capabilities may well be the Gorillas of the future. So, in that spirit, we are excited to present our Special Free Report on a profitable, fast-growing enterprise software stock that is already riding the automation wave and looking to catch the generative AI next. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
