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Merck (MRK) Stock News, Forecasts & Analyst Outlook — What Investors Are Watching on December 12, 2025

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) heads into mid‑December with its stock back near the psychologically important $100 level—and with the kind of headline mix that makes long-term pharma investing feel like chess played on a trampoline: upbeat analyst upgrades and pipeline optimism on one side, and fresh regulatory scrutiny plus the ever-present “Keytruda patent cliff” narrative on the other. As of the latest close, Merck shares finished at about $99.01 after a positive session, though they lagged some large-cap pharma peers on the day. MarketWatch Below is a detailed, publication-ready roundup of the most current MRK stock news, forecasts,

12 December 2025

NYSE:MRK·Stock Market

PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP) News Today: Elliott Deal, Price Cuts, and 2026 Forecasts as Wall Street Weighs the Turnaround

Updated Dec. 12, 2025 PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) stock is back in the spotlight on December 12, 2025, after a fast-moving week of headlines tied to activist investor Elliott Investment Management, a newly detailed operating reset in North America, and an unusually early preliminary 2026 outlook from the company. Reuters+1 As of the latest available quote, PepsiCo shares were around $149. MarketBeat The investment question now is brutally simple (and very consumer-staples-coded): Can PepsiCo trade a bit of near-term pain—price investments, SKU cuts, restructuring—into a durable recovery in volumes and margins? Below is a full roundup of what’s driving the

12 December 2025

Financial Forecasts·NASDAQ:PEP·Stock Market

IREN Limited Stock News Today (NASDAQ: IREN): Microsoft AI Cloud Deal, $2.3B Convertible Notes, and Analyst Forecasts (Dec. 12, 2025)

IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) is ending 2025 the way it spent most of the year: at the intersection of two notoriously emotional markets—Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure. The stock has been volatile in December as investors digest a major balance-sheet reshuffle (convertible notes plus a large equity raise) designed to fund a fast-moving AI cloud buildout anchored by a blockbuster Microsoft contract. GlobeNewswire+2GlobeNewswire+2 As of 01:15 UTC on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, IREN traded at $43.94, with an intraday range of $40.88 to $44.47 on volume of roughly 26.5 million shares (timing suggests late U.S. Thursday/early Friday UTC prints). Below

12 December 2025

NASDAQ:IREN·Technology

Park Medi World IPO vs Nephrocare Health IPO: Subscription, GMP and Key Details on Dec 12, 2025

Park Medi World and Nephrocare Health Services IPOs close today. Here’s the latest on subscription status, grey market premium (GMP), price band, key dates, and what analysts are saying. Moneycontrol+2Moneycontrol+2 Dec 12, 2025 (Friday) is crunch day for India’s primary market watchers: two healthcare mainboard IPOs—Park Medi World and Nephrocare Health Services—are in their final session of bidding, with investors tracking subscription momentum, grey market cues, and broker views right up to the close. Moneycontrol+2Moneycontrol+2 Both issues are positioned as plays on India’s expanding healthcare demand, but they sit in very different corners of the sector: Below is what’s new

12 December 2025

Stock Market

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock News Today: BlueBird 6 Launch Nears, Ligado FCC Filing Adds a Spectrum Catalyst, and Analysts Split on Price Targets

Dec. 12, 2025 — AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) is back in the spotlight as investors weigh a very “space company” mix of catalysts: a highly anticipated next-generation satellite launch, fresh spectrum-related regulatory maneuvering tied to Ligado Networks, and a widening gap between where the stock trades and where many published analyst targets still sit. ASTS shares have been volatile—because of course they have. This is a pre-commercial, capital-intensive, launch-dependent business trying to turn ordinary smartphones into satellite-connected devices without special hardware. The upside story can be enormous, but the execution bar is… orbital. ASTS stock price check: where shares

12 December 2025

NASDAQ:ASTS

Citigroup, Inc. Stock News Today (Dec. 12, 2025): Citi Shares Hover Near a 52-Week High as Banking Fees Rise, Capital Actions Shift, and Rate-Cut Bets Build

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is finishing the week in the spotlight as its stock trades close to a fresh 52-week high, powered by a potent mix of momentum in Wall Street dealmaking, ongoing restructuring progress, and a market backdrop increasingly focused on the path of U.S. interest rates. As of Dec. 12, 2025, Citigroup shares were changing hands around $111.74, slightly higher on the day in recent trading, keeping the stock within striking distance of the $111.92 52-week high reported in Thursday’s session. Investing.com What’s drawing investor attention isn’t just the price action. Over the past week, Citi has delivered

12 December 2025

NYSE:C·Stock Market

Royal Caribbean Stock (RCL) Surges on $2B Buyback and $1 Dividend: News, Forecasts and Analyst Views for Dec. 12, 2025

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) is ending the week with the kind of price action that makes both traders and long-term investors look up from their spreadsheets: the stock is hovering around $279.70 after a sharp jump (about +7%) in the latest session, with recent trading ranging roughly between $259.80 and $281.59. MarketWatch The rally didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s tied to a one-two punch of shareholder returns (a new buyback authorization plus a fresh dividend declaration) and a broader tailwind for travel stocks after the Federal Reserve cut rates again. Meanwhile, Wall Street’s forecasts remain mostly constructive—but

12 December 2025

Dividends·NYSE:RCL·Stock Market

Comcast Stock (CMCSA) Today: News, Forecasts, and What Wall Street Is Watching on Dec. 12, 2025

Published: December 12, 2025 Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is ending the week in a familiar spot for 2025: investors are debating whether the company’s “old cable” headwinds are finally being outweighed by its “new Comcast” playbook—simpler pricing, wireless growth, theme-park momentum, and tighter capital returns. As of the latest trade, Comcast shares are around $27.60, with an intraday range roughly between $27.15 and $27.78. What’s making this moment especially newsy is that Comcast has stacked several near-term catalysts into the December–January window: a major corporate separation (Versant), fresh Xfinity packaging moves, and a new Amazon partnership that signals Comcast’s strategy

12 December 2025

NASDAQ:CMCSA·Stock Market

Lumentum (LITE) Stock News Today: AI Data Center Optics Tailwinds, Analyst Price Targets, and Earnings Outlook (Dec. 12, 2025)

Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LITE) is back in the spotlight on December 12, 2025, as investors weigh a fast-moving mix of AI data-center demand, fresh Wall Street forecast updates, and near-term earnings expectations. Shares were trading around $372.09, up about 1.74% from the prior close in the latest available quote timestamped early Dec. 12 (UTC). Behind the volatility is a simple theme: the market is increasingly treating Lumentum less like a legacy optical supplier and more like a leveraged play on the next phase of AI infrastructure, where data-center buildouts require increasingly sophisticated lasers, transceivers, and optical switching. What Lumentum

12 December 2025

Earnings Reports·Stock Market·Technology

Chevron Stock (CVX) Today: Oil Prices, Buyback Outlook, and 2026 Spending Plans in Focus (Dec. 12, 2025)

Updated: December 12, 2025 Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is ending the week with investors juggling two big forces that often tug in opposite directions: a shaky crude-oil tape (geopolitics up, weekly prices down) and Chevron’s own multi-year plan to keep cash flow growing while holding capital discipline. As of the latest quote (00:16 UTC on Dec. 12), Chevron shares traded around $150.72, down ~0.45%. Below is what’s driving the conversation around Chevron stock on December 12, 2025—including the most relevant news, the latest sell-side forecasts, and the key fundamental catalysts that matter for Google Discover readers who want the “why”

12 December 2025

NYSE:CVX·Oil Industry·Stock Market

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock (WBD): Latest News, Deal Updates, and Forecasts — Dec. 12, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) stock is trading less like a traditional media equity and more like a live, headline-driven merger-arbitrage wager. As of December 12, 2025, WBD changed hands around $29.49, hovering between two competing reference points: Netflix’s $27.75-per-share cash-and-stock agreement for WBD’s Streaming & Studios assets and Paramount Skydance’s $30.00-per-share all-cash hostile tender offer for the whole company. Warner Bros. Discovery IR+3Investing.com+3Netflix+3 Below is what’s driving WBD today—the newest news (as of 12/12/2025), the freshest analyst moves, and the key dates and filings investors are watching next. Why WBD stock is pinned near $30 right now At

12 December 2025

Financial Forecasts·NASDAQ:NFLX·NASDAQ:PARA·NASDAQ:WBD·Stock Market

Booking Holdings (BKNG) Stock Today: Price, Dividend, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch on Dec. 12, 2025

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) — the “common stock” behind Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable — is trading around $5,279.68 as of early Dec. 12 (01:15 UTC), roughly flat versus the prior close, after moving between about $5,241.64 and $5,359.48. At this level, BKNG sits roughly 9.6% below its 52-week high (~$5,839.41) and about 29% above its 52-week low (~$4,096.23), keeping the stock in the upper part of its annual range heading into the year-end travel season. Investing.com A market tailwind: rate-cut reaction and a record S&P 500 close The broader tape matters for high-quality “compounder” names like Booking

12 December 2025

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Cadence Bank stock is stuck at $42.11 after Huntington deal — what CADE holders watch next week

7 February 2026

Cadence Bank shares have been delisted following Huntington Bancshares’ takeover, with each Cadence share converted into 2.475 Huntington shares. Huntington closed Friday at $19.27 and named Senthil Kumar as chief risk officer ahead of new regulatory requirements. The merger leaves Cadence as a brand under Huntington, with customer account conversions planned for mid-2026. Huntington executives will address investors at a UBS conference on Tuesday.

NIO stock jumps on profit alert, with Monday’s open in focus

7 February 2026

NIO shares jumped 7.23% to $5.04 Friday after the company forecast a swing to adjusted operating profit of up to 1.2 billion yuan for the fourth quarter. Trading volume reached 90.8 million shares, far above average. Nio’s deliveries rose 72% to 124,807 vehicles in the quarter. The company said results are preliminary and unaudited, with final figures due in March.

Snap stock price bounces to $5.22 after upgrades — what traders watch next week

7 February 2026

Snap Inc. shares closed up 2% at $5.22 Friday after a volatile week, with 94 million shares traded. The company forecast Q1 revenue below analyst expectations, despite a fourth-quarter beat and a 28% rise in active advertisers. Daily active users fell by 3 million to 474 million. Analysts remain divided, with some upgrading and others trimming price targets.

Bradesco stock drops on 2026 guidance — what BBDC4 investors watch next week

7 February 2026

Bradesco’s preferred shares fell 2.55% to 20.61 reais Friday after the bank issued 2026 guidance pointing to slower growth in some areas. Fourth-quarter recurring net income rose 20.6% to 6.5 billion reais, with 2025 ROAE at 15.2%. The Ibovespa closed up 0.45%. Bradesco ADRs ended down 0.5% at $3.98 in New York.

Shan Ahmed Khan

Stock Market Today