PepsiCo's quarterly earnings and revenue beat Wall Street's expectations. The company reiterated its full-year outlook.

Golden Entertainment: Downgrade Misses The Forest For The Trees — Neutral
GDEN Seeking Alpha — July 17, 2025Golden Entertainment's deleveraging and strong cash flow support robust buybacks and dividends, offering at least 7% annual shareholder returns even in conservative scenarios. Despite a downgrade from Truist Securities citing Strat weakness and muted M&A prospects, I maintain my $32 price target and 'Buy' rating, seeing the downgrade as an opportunity. Q2 headwinds are real but manageable; room occupancy and slot performance show resilience, and FCF coverage for dividends and buybacks remains solid under all scenarios.

Investor Andreessen to take stand to defend his role in Facebook privacy case — Negative
META Reuters — July 17, 2025Famed investor Marc Andreessen is scheduled to take the stand on Thursday to defend his role on the Facebook board of directors when it was hit with a $5 billion fine in 2019 for alleged violations of an agreement with a U.S. regulator to protect user privacy.

Best Growth Stocks to Buy for July 17th — Positive
AFYA PAHC QFIN Zacks Investment Research — July 17, 2025QFIN, AFYA and PAHC made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) growth stocks list on July 17, 2025.

Sarepta Stock Soars 30%. Why Layoffs and a ‘Black-Box' Warning Are Good News. — Positive
SRPT Barrons — July 17, 2025The pharma company said it would lay off a third of its workforce and add a black-box warning to its controversial gene therapy Elevidys.

India's oil minister sees scope for lower fuel prices if crude prices remain stable — Positive
BNO DBO GUSH IEO OIH OIL PXJ UCO USO XOP Reuters — July 17, 2025India has the scope to cut fuel prices if crude oil prices stay at current levels for the next two to three months, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.

CVRx (CVRX) Surges 19.0%: Is This an Indication of Further Gains? — Positive
CVRX Zacks Investment Research — July 17, 2025CVRx (CVRX) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.

Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) Hits New 52-Week High — Neutral
XAR Zacks Investment Research — July 17, 2025XAR hit a 52-week high as rising global defense budgets and geopolitical tensions fuel sector momentum.

If you have been keeping an eye on Vale (NYSE:VALE), you might be curious—what would be necessary for this Brazilian mining giant's stock to double from its current levels? This is a reasonable question, particularly given the widespread global discussions about critical minerals and infrastructure growth.

Vertical Aerospace Completes World First Public Airport-to-Airport Flight — Neutral
EVTL Business Wire — July 17, 2025LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertical Aerospace (Vertical) (NYSE: EVTL) (“Vertical” or the “Company”), a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today announces that it completed the world's first airport-to-airport piloted flight by a full-scale, winged tilt-rotor eVTOL designed for commercial service. Following Flight Conditions and Permit to Fly approvals from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the VX4 prototype flew to the Royal International.

Renting Saves Over $900 a Month, But That Edge is Slipping in Most Major Metros — Neutral
NWS NWSA PRNewsWire — July 17, 2025Buying is gaining ground as the rent advantage shrinks in 37 of the 50 largest U.S. metros AUSTIN, Texas , July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest Realtor.com ® Rental Report for June 2025 shows that the median asking rent for 0–2 bedrooms is down 2.1% year over year to $1,711. And, even after 23 straight months of annual declines, the U.S. median rent in June was only $48 (-2.7%) below its August 2022 peak.

Monroe Capital Supports Tilia Holdings' Acquisition of Caputo Cheese — Neutral
MRCC Business Wire — July 17, 2025CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition of Caputo Cheese (“Caputo”) by Tilia Holdings. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Melrose Park, IL, Caputo is a value-added processor of high-quality Italian cheeses, including hard cheeses and fresh, soft cheeses, primarily serving the foodservice and food manufacturing sectors.

GSI Technology to Announce Fiscal First Quarter 2026 Results on July 31, 2025 — Neutral
GSIT GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GSI Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIT), developer of the Gemini ® Associative Processing Unit (APU) for AI and high-performance parallel computing (HPPC) and a leading provider of high-performance memory solutions for networking, telecommunications and military markets, will announce financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2026 ended June 30, 2025 after the market close on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Management will also conduct a conference call to review the Company's first quarter financial results and its current outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time (4:30 p.m. Eastern …

Ragnarok Crush Official Launching in Global Except for China and Japan on July 17, 2025 — Neutral
GRVY GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025Seoul, South Korea, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GRAVITY Co., Ltd. (NasdaqGM: GRVY) (“Gravity” or “Company”), a developer and publisher of online and mobile games, announced that GRAVITY Game Hub PTE. Ltd., Gravity's wholly-owned subsidiary, has officially launched Ragnarok Crush, a Strategy Action Puzzle RPG Mobile game, in Global except for China and Japan on July 17, 2025.

Zymeworks to Report Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on August 7, 2025 — Neutral
ZYME GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics to improve the standard of care for difficult-to-treat diseases, including cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease, today announced that management will report its second quarter 2025 financial results after market close on August 7, 2025. Following the announcement, management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss financial results and provide a corporate update on August 7, 2025 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time (ET).

Beam Global and Platinum Group Leadership Attend Formal Signing Ceremony in Abu Dhabi to Create Beam Middle East LLC — Neutral
BEEM GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025Beam Global and Platinum Group UAE Leadership Attend Formal Signing Ceremony to Establish Beam Middle East LLC in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emi

More than 1 in 4 Canadians (27%) Say They Can't Pay All Their Bills at a Time When Millions Face Mortgage Rate Increases – TransUnion Study — Neutral
TRU GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025As variable rate mortgages opened during the pandemic come under renewal, many Canadians are experiencing payment shock with an average 25% increase in mortgage repayments in last three years As variable rate mortgages opened during the pandemic come under renewal, many Canadians are experiencing payment shock with an average 25% increase in mortgage repayments in last three years

Sequans Announces Conference Call to Review Second Quarter 2025 Results — Neutral
SQNS Newsfile Corp — July 17, 2025Paris, France--(Newsfile Corp. - July 17, 2025) - Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS), a pioneer in adopting Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset and a leading provider of cellular IoT semiconductor solutions, will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2025 on Thursday, July 31, 2025, during pre-market hours.

Nano Labs Appoints Dr. Kailong Cai as CEO of Subsidiary Nano bit to Lead Global Crypto Reserve Strategy — Neutral
NA GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025HONG KONG, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nano Labs Ltd (Nasdaq: NA) (“we,” the “Company” or “Nano Labs”), a leading Web 3.0 infrastructure and product solution provider in China, today announced the appointment of Dr. Kailong Cai as the chief executive officer (“CEO”) of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nano bit HK Limited (“Nano bit”). Dr. Cai will be fully responsible for driving Nano bit's strategic upgrade and overseeing its global operations. This appointment marks a significant step in the Company's ongoing evolution into a world-leading, publicly listed cryptocurrency reserve enterprise.

Immuron - FY25 global sales exceed projection, up 49% on prior year — Neutral
IMRN GlobeNewsWire — July 17, 2025Sales Highlights (unaudited): Global Annual sales AUD$7.3 million up 49% on prior year June 2025 Quarter AUD$2.0 million up 55% on prior year Australia Annual sales AUD$5.2 million up 40% on prior year June 2025 Quarter AUD$1.5 million up 58% on prior year North America Annual sales AUD$2.0 million up 76% on prior year June 2025 Quarter AUD$0.5 million up 49% on prior year MELBOURNE, Australia, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immuron Limited (ASX: IMC; NASDAQ: IMRN), an Australian based and globally integrated biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce continued sales growth (unaudited) of Travelan®, an over-the-counter immune supplement …
