Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bullish approach towards Centene (NYSE:CNC), and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in CNC usually suggests something big is about to happen.We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga's options scanner highlighted 13 extraordinary options activities for Centene. This ...

In today's rapidly changing and highly competitive business world, it is imperative for investors and industry observers to carefully assess companies before making investment choices. In this article, we will undertake a comprehensive industry comparison, evaluating Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) vis-à-vis its key competitors in the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals industry. Through a detailed analysis of important financial indicators, market standing, and growth potential, our goal is to provide valuable ...

Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) can potentially generate substantially higher earnings ahead, driven by multiple quarters of double-digit price hikes, according to Morgan Stanley.The Micron Technology Analyst: Analyst Joseph Moore upgraded the rating from Equal-Weight to Overweight, while raising the price target from $160 to $220.The Micron Technology Thesis: DRAM and NAND checks indicate that buyers remain concerned about chip availability through 2026, given expectations of strong server and storage de ...

Skye Bioscience Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYE) stock sank on Monday after the company released topline data from its 26-week Phase 2a CBeyond proof-of-concept study of nimacimab.The nimacimab monotherapy arm did not achieve the primary endpoint of weight loss compared to placebo (-1.52% vs. -0.26 for placebo, mITT).Preliminary pharmacokinetic analysis showed lower than expected drug exposure of nimacimab, supporting evaluation of higher dosing.Also Read: Skye Bioscience Advances Position In Competitive Obesity Market W ...

Three dynamic energy stocks have asserted themselves as top picks for value investors this week, each breaking into the top decile of value rankings among their peers.Understanding The Value RankingBenzinga Edge Stock Rankings‘ value metric is a composite, percentile-based metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to various fundamental measures such as earnings, assets, sales, and operating performance.This percentile ranking allows investors to assess, at a glance, which ...

A decade ago, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was the textbook definition of a high-growth tech play. Today, it's morphing into something unexpected — a value stock. Track AMZN stock here.Despite a stunning 700% climb from $26.63 in October 2015 to around $219 today, Amazon's valuation has compressed to its lowest level in over a decade, with a forward P/E of just 28.5 and a PEG ratio below 2, per Benzinga Pro data.Read Also: Jeff Bezos Calls AI Boom A Bubble — But Says It’s A Good OneThe Growth Story That Bec ...

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).And retail traders should know.We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with MSFT, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotte ...

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on ServiceNow.Looking at options history for ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) we detected 10 trades.If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 20% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 60% with bearish.From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $64,360 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $509,000.Projected Price TargetsAnalyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these co ...

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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) rose sharply in pre-market trading following a landmark agreement with OpenAI to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPU power for the tech giant’s next-generation AI infrastructure.The initial phase will see a 1-gigawatt rollout of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs in the second half of 2026, with plans for subsequent expansions across multiple generations of AMD’s data center chips.Advanced Micro Devices shares jumped 34.2% to $221.10 in the pre-market tradin ...