Despite a double earnings miss, I am upgrading UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock to Strong Buy due to its long-term growth potential and resilient fundamentals. UNH's current valuation prices in excessive pessimism; I believe earnings will recover as premium repricing and cost controls take effect. Management's transparency, share repurchases, and a growing dividend support my conviction in UNH's ability to outperform the S&P 500 over time.

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Exagen Inc. (XGN) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

XGN   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Exagen Inc. (NASDAQ:XGN ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Jeffrey G. Black - CFO & Corporate Secretary John Aballi - CEO, President & Director Ryan Douglas - Investors Relations Officer Conference Call Participants Kyle Alexander Mikson - Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division Margarate Elizabeth Boeye - William Blair & Company L.L.C.

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Novo, which became Europe's most valuable listed company following the launch of Wegovy in 2021, is now facing a reckoning as it looks to turn things around after the abrupt removal in May of CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen.

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Veralto Corporation (VLTO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

VLTO   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Veralto Corporation (NYSE:VLTO ) Q2 2025 Earnings Call July 29, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Jennifer L. Honeycutt - President, CEO & Director Ryan A.

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TIGARD, Ore., July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today announced its elegant model home is now available for purchase at the Toll Brothers at River Terrace community in the scenic Bull Mountain area of Tigard, Oregon, located less than 10 miles from downtown Portland. The two-story Gates Farmhouse model home, one of only three homes remaining for sale in the community's Spring Collection, exemplifies the elevated style, innovative architecture, and exceptional craftsmanship that define the Toll Brothers brand.

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Palo Alto Networks in talks to acquire CyberArk for $20B – WSJ — Neutral

CYBR  PANW   Proactive Investors — July 29, 2025

Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW, ETR:5AP) is reportedly in discussions to acquire CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) in a deal worth about $20 billion, a move that analysts say could reshape the cybersecurity landscape and accelerate Palo Alto's strategy to become an end-to-end platform provider. Shares of CyberArk surged 11.5% on Tuesday afternoon following the Wall Street Journal report, while Palo Alto shares dropped around 5%.

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Merck Stock Is Almost A Classical Benjamin Graham Investment — Positive

MRK   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Merck is good value for money. It is a highly profitable company. It fulfills almost all of Benjamin Graham's stock-picking criteria.

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PJT Partners Inc. (PJT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

PJT   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

PJT Partners Inc. (NYSE:PJT ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Helen Therese Meates - Chief Financial Officer Paul Jeffrey Taubman - Founder, Chairman & CEO Sharon Pearson - MD & Head of Investor & External Relations Conference Call Participants Alexander Scott Bond - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division Brendan James O'Brien - Wolfe Research, LLC Devin Patrick Ryan - Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Research Division James Edwin Yaro - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division James Francis Mitchell - Seaport Research Partners Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to today's …

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Apple Closing Store in China for the First Time Ever — Negative

AAPL   Bloomberg Technology — July 29, 2025

Apple is closing a retail store in China for the first time. Bloomberg's Tom Giles explains why it's a notable retreat for the iPhone maker.

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Celestica Inc. (CLS) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

CLS   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Celestica Inc. (NYSE:CLS ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Mandeep Chawla - Chief Financial Officer Matthew P. - Corporate Participant Robert Andrew Mionis - President, CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Atif Malik - Citigroup Inc., Research Division David Vogt - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Karl Ackerman - BNP Paribas Exane, Research Division Paul Michael Treiber - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Robert Young - Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division Ruben Roy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division Samik Chatterjee - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Thanos Moschopoulos …

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BEVERLY, Mass., July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ATN International, Inc. (“ATN” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ATNI), a leading provider of digital infrastructure and communications services, announced today a change to the start time of its upcoming second quarter 2025 financial results conference call. The call will now begin at 9:00 (ET) on Friday, August 8, 2025, one hour earlier than previously scheduled. All other details remain unchanged.

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Blackstone Executive Among 4 killed in Manhattan office shooting — Negative

BX   Bloomberg Markets and Finance — July 29, 2025

Blackstone Inc.'s Wesley LePatner, a top executive in the firm's real estate business, was killed when a gunman opened fire at the company's Manhattan headquarters. The gunman killed a total of four people then himself.

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Truist declares common and preferred stock dividends — Neutral

TFC   PRNewsWire — July 29, 2025

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.52 per common share, payable on Sep. 2, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 8, 2025.

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SoFi Appeals to 'Overachievers,' CEO Says — Positive

SOFI   Bloomberg Technology — July 29, 2025

SoFi CEO Anthony Noto says the company's investment in capital-light businesses has allowed it to boost revenue and offer more appealing products. Noto discusses the company's earnings with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.

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Tesla: Q2 Performance Brought The Company From Bad To Worse — Negative

TSLA   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Tesla, Inc.'s Q2 2025 results show steep declines in deliveries, revenue, margins, and free cash flow, challenging the bullish investment thesis. Competition is intensifying, especially from BYD Company in Europe and China, while Tesla's production lags behind its capacity and market share erodes. TSLA stock valuation remains extremely lofty, with high P/E and P/FCF multiples unjustified by current business performance or cash flow trends.

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2 Fintech Stocks in Focus After Earnings — Neutral

PYPL  SOFI   Schaeffers Research — July 29, 2025

Fintech giants PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) and SoFi Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SOFI) are fresh off the earnings confessional.

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Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

EXP   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP ) Q1 2026 Earnings Call July 29, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants D. Craig Kesler - Executive VP of Finance & Administration and CFO Michael R.

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Neogen Corporation (NEOG) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral

NEOG   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ:NEOG ) Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Bill Waelke - Head of Investor Relations David H. Naemura - COO & CFO John Edward Adent - President, CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Brandon Vazquez - William Blair & Company L.L.C.

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SiriusPoint: A Reinsurance Underdog Set For A Breakout — Positive

SPNT   Seeking Alpha — July 29, 2025

SiriusPoint has successfully executed a strategic turnaround, improving underwriting discipline and restoring profitability since 2023 despite catastrophe losses. The company's book value per share has grown 31% since Q4 2022, supporting a potential re-rating to 1.3–1.4x P/B and 30% upside. Forward P/E of 9.3 is below the industry average, indicating undervaluation if underwriting margins and net income remain stable or improve.

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Pune, India, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QKS Group announced today that it named NETSCOUT the 2025 technology leader in the SPARK Matrix™: Network Observability, Q3 2025.

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