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Business Insider
03-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Analysts Offer Insights on Industrial Goods Companies: Thomson Reuters (TRI) and BIO-key International (BKYI)
Companies in the Industrial Goods sector have received a lot of coverage today as analysts weigh in on Thomson Reuters (TRI – Research Report) and BIO-key International (BKYI – Research Report). Protect Your Portfolio Against Market Uncertainty Discover companies with rock-solid fundamentals in TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter. Receive undervalued stocks, resilient to market uncertainty, delivered straight to your inbox. Thomson Reuters (TRI) In a report released yesterday, Maher Yaghi from Scotiabank downgraded Thomson Reuters to Hold. The company's shares closed last Friday at $184.51. According to Yaghi is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 4.5% and a 59.8% success rate. Yaghi covers the NA sector, focusing on stocks such as Cogeco Communications, Rogers Communication, and T Mobile US. Currently, the analyst consensus on Thomson Reuters is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $188.13, which is a 1.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 28, RBC Capital also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $182.00 price target. Maxim Group analyst Jack Vander Aarde reiterated a Buy rating on BIO-key International yesterday. The company's shares closed last Friday at $0.83, close to its 52-week low of $0.52. The the analyst consensus on BIO-key International is currently a Hold rating.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Stroke risk from neck artery tears reported to be growing
Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an artery in the neck that supplies blood to the brain. Blood can clot at the site of the tear. If the clot breaks loose, it can travel to the brain and cause a stroke. Hospitalizations for this sort of stroke have increased nearly fivefold during the past 15 years, according to findings published Wednesday in the journal Neurology. "Cervical artery dissection is an important cause of stroke, especially in people under 50, so it is crucial to detect it right away," senior researcher Dr. Shadi Yaghi, a vascular neurologist at Brown University in Providence, R.I., said in a news release. "Strokes that are not fatal can lead to long-term disability, poor mental health and reduced quality of life," he said. "Our research found a dramatic increase in the number of hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection, with rates rising steadily year over year." These sort of tears in the cervical artery are most often caused by a motor vehicle crash or other accident that causes neck strain, researchers said. However, activities as simple as heavy lifting has been known to cause a cervical artery tear in some people. For the study, researchers analyzed 15 years of U.S. health data to identify more than 125,000 people hospitalized for cervical artery dissection. Patients had an average age of 51, and just over half suffered a stroke from their artery tear, results show. The number of artery tears increased about 10% a year on average, rising from 11 cases per million people in 2005 to 46 cases per million in 2019, results show. Men and women were equally at risk for suffering an artery tear, but there were differences between races. Cervical artery dissections increased by 16% a year on average among Hispanic people, compared to 13% for Black people, 12% for Asian people and 8% for white people. Seniors also have become more prone to these tears, with an average annual increase of 12% among people 65 and older compared to 8% for people under 65, researchers said. "Possible reasons for this nearly five-fold increase over 15 years include greater awareness of cervical artery dissection by health care professionals, better access to imaging to help identify it and an overall increase in this condition for which a cause has yet to be determined," Yaghi said. "Given the rising incidence of cervical artery dissection, our study underscores the importance of finding prevention strategies as well as new treatments to reduce the risk of stroke," he added. More information The Cleveland Clinic has more on cervical artery dissection. SOURCE: American Academy of Neurology, news release, April 2, 2025 copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rogers Communications stock sinks amid reports of NHL deal, analyst downgrade
Shares of Rogers Communications ( fell sharply Tuesday as investors mulled over a reported renewal of the company's NHL broadcasting deal, as well as an analyst downgrade due to concerns about cash generation. An Associated Press source says Rogers and the NHL have agreed on a 12-year, US$7.7 billion broadcasting deal starting in the 2026-27 hockey season. The deal was first reported by Sportico. Separately, Scotia Capital analyst Maher Yaghi downgraded Rogers' rating from "Sector Outperform" to "Sector Perform", saying the financing costs for the Rogers Mastercard, launched in 2023, 'more than offset the relative churn reduction that was likely gained from this endeavour.' Yaghi points to a notable increase in Rogers' accounts receivable balance due to the card's mechanics, risks that the company's dividend reinvestment plan will continue to dilute equity, and limited prospects in wireless pricing. Scotia has cut its price target from $58 to $50. Rogers' shares were down around six per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange as at 11:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, and are about 18 per cent lower this year. Yaghi writes that he expects negative earnings revisions as the telecoms results season approaches, and until positive earnings revisions materialize, 'we don't see an impetus to remain bullish.' Under the terms of the reported NHL deal, which has yet to be officially confirmed by the league or Rogers, National Bank of Canada Financial Markets analyst Adam Shine observes that Rogers' yearly cost would be US$642 million, up from around US$408 million in the current deal. Shine writes that the new Canadian rights would cost Rogers more than the combined US$625 million paid annually for U.S. broadcast rights by ESPN and Turner. 'Investors wondered how the company was making money on its current NHL deal,' Shine wrote. 'Those questions won't go away when it is about to spend 57 per cent more in USD (112 per cent more in CAD) on the new 12-year package.' At the same time, Shine notes, the new deal 'is sure to increase the value of the Toronto Maple Leafs and, by extension,' Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, of which Rogers will own 75 per cent once its acquisition of BCE's stake is finalized. John MacFarlane is a senior reporter at Yahoo Finance Canada. Follow him on Twitter @jmacf. Download the Yahoo Finance app, available for Apple and Android.
