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RCM

In the last quarter, R1 RCM (NASDAQ:RCM) received 5 analyst ratings, with 4 being bullish and 1 indifferent. The average 12-month price target for the company is $19.8, an increase of 16.47% from the previous average of $17.00.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 19, 2023 | 3:01 pm

ARGX

argenx (NASDAQ:ARGX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 32.67% on an annualized basis, producing an average annual return of 42.09%. The company currently has a market capitalization of $28.00 billion. If an investor had bought $100 of ARGX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $575.17 today.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 19, 2023 | 3:01 pm

MRK

Merck & Co's (NYSE:MRK) short percent of float has fallen 5.17% since its last report, with 13.88 million shares sold short, which is 0.55% of all regular shares available for trading. This decrease in short interest could signal a more bullish market sentiment towards the stock. Compared to its peers, Merck & Co has less short interest.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 19, 2023 | 3:01 pm

HWM

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) has received a mix of bullish and indifferent analyst ratings in the last quarter. According to 11 analysts, the average 12-month price target for HWM is $54.64, which has increased by 7.84% over the past month.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 19, 2023 | 3:00 pm

AAVEUSD

Cryptocurrency Aave's price has risen 3.65% to $64.48 in the past 24 hours, continuing its positive trend over the past week with a 4.0% gain. The trading volume for the coin has climbed 94.0% over the past week, while the overall circulating supply has decreased 0.33% to 14.59 million, which makes up an estimated 91.18% of its max supply of 16.00 million. Aave's current market cap ranking is #45 at $937.38 million.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 19, 2023 | 3:00 pm

WRLD

World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) is set to release its quarterly earnings report on October 20, 2023. Analysts estimate an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.71. The company's past performance shows a pattern of beating EPS estimates. The stock was trading at $120.45 as of October 18, with a 52-week return of 15.86%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

October 19, 2023 | 3:00 pm

META

TWTR

Elon Musk is reportedly considering removing social media platform X (formerly Twitter), which he acquired for $44 billion, from Europe due to regulatory issues related to the Digital Services Act. The European Union has targeted X over compliance issues, and violations could result in fines of up to 6% of a company's total revenue. Europe represents around 9% of X's global monthly active users. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) previously made a similar move in Europe for its social media platform Threads.

Portfolio Pulse from Chris Katje

October 19, 2023 | 2:59 pm

CLF

Cleveland-Cliffs has announced a price increase for its hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products. The price increase is expected to boost the company's revenues and profitability.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

October 19, 2023 | 2:58 pm

TSLA

ZAPP

Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited (NASDAQ:ZAPP) shares are down 2.2% on heavy trading volume, with over 16.5 million shares traded in the session, compared to the 100-day average of less than 108 thousand shares. This could be driven by the extra attention on the EV sector after Tesla's Q3 financial reports. Zapp recently announced a partnership with Younited SA to offer finance solutions ahead of its first i300 customer deliveries.

Portfolio Pulse from Erica Kollmann

October 19, 2023 | 2:55 pm

MTX

Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE:MTX) has doubled its regular quarterly dividend to $0.10 per share and authorized a new, one-year $75 million share repurchase program. The dividend is payable on December 7, 2023, to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 1, 2023. The company's shares traded higher by 6.30% at $53.30 on the last check Thursday.

Portfolio Pulse from Shivani Kumaresan

October 19, 2023 | 2:54 pm