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PayPal Stock (PYPL) Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Should Watch

PayPal Stock (PYPL) Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Should Watch

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) heads into the next U.S. session after a holiday-shortened week and a Christmas Day market closure, with investors balancing a wave of December analyst downgrades against a growing pipeline of longer-term catalysts—most notably PayPal’s push into “agentic commerce” with AI partners and a newly announced bid to establish a U.S. industrial bank. PayPal Newsroom As…
Coherent Corp (COHR) Stock: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before the Dec. 26, 2025 Market Open

Coherent Corp (COHR) Stock: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before the Dec. 26, 2025 Market Open

Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) heads into the post‑Christmas trading session on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 with investors focused on a familiar two‑part story: AI-driven datacenter demand is pushing optical and photonics names higher, while large-shareholder selling and new resale registration paperwork can create near-term volatility—especially in thin holiday liquidity. Below is what matters most before the opening bell. COHR stock:…
Amphenol (APH) Stock Before the Dec. 26, 2025 Market Open: Latest News, Earnings Outlook, Mega-Deal Watch, Dividend, and Wall Street Targets

Amphenol (APH) Stock Before the Dec. 26, 2025 Market Open: Latest News, Earnings Outlook, Mega-Deal Watch, Dividend, and Wall Street Targets

Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) heads into the Friday, December 26, 2025 U.S. market open with investors focused on a familiar mix: AI/data-center demand, record operating performance, and an M&A pipeline that could reshape the company’s scale—alongside the very real questions that come with funding and integrating big deals. APH last traded around $137.94 in the holiday-shortened week, after markets closed…
Altria Group (MO) Stock: What to Know Before the U.S. Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

Altria Group (MO) Stock: What to Know Before the U.S. Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) heads into the Dec. 26, 2025 session with an unusually “headline-heavy” setup for a mature, high-dividend consumer staples stock: a fresh FDA authorization tied to its smoke-free strategy, a CEO succession plan now on a calendar, and—crucially for short-term price action—an ex-dividend date that falls on Dec. 26. Reuters With U.S. markets reopening after the…
Zoetis (ZTS) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

Zoetis (ZTS) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

U.S. stocks return from the Christmas holiday pause with Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) back in focus—not because of an earnings report due today, but because December has brought a cluster of shareholder-return actions, product catalysts, and analyst resets that investors are still digesting heading into the next session. Keep one calendar detail in mind first: U.S. exchanges were closed on…
Credo Technology Group (CRDO) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

Credo Technology Group (CRDO) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

The next U.S. trading session (Friday, December 26, 2025) comes right after the Christmas market closure, with Dec. 24 having been an early-close session and Dec. 25 a full holiday close. That matters for any stock with momentum and volatility—Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ: CRDO) very much included—because post-holiday liquidity can be thinner and price swings can be sharper…
Starbucks Stock (SBUX) Before the Dec. 26, 2025 Market Open: Latest News, Analyst Targets, Dividend Update, and Key Risks to Watch

Starbucks Stock (SBUX) Before the Dec. 26, 2025 Market Open: Latest News, Analyst Targets, Dividend Update, and Key Risks to Watch

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) heads into the Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 session with investors balancing “turnaround momentum” headlines against ongoing labor friction, China strategy changes, and margin pressure that the company acknowledged in its latest results. With U.S. equity markets reopening after the Christmas Day closure, the post-holiday session can bring lighter liquidity and sharper moves on headlines—especially for large…
Honeywell (HON) Stock: What to Know Before the U.S. Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

Honeywell (HON) Stock: What to Know Before the U.S. Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

U.S. markets reopen Friday, December 26, 2025, after the Christmas Day closure—and Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ: HON) is heading into the post-holiday session with a fresh mix of litigation headlines, guidance adjustments, and restructuring catalysts that investors are still digesting. Below is a comprehensive pre-market briefing on the latest Honeywell news, what management just updated, how analysts are positioning, and…
Rocket Lab Stock News: $3.5B Missile-Tracking Satellite Awards, Golden Dome Momentum, and What’s Next for RKLB After a Breakout 2025

Rocket Lab Stock News: $3.5B Missile-Tracking Satellite Awards, Golden Dome Momentum, and What’s Next for RKLB After a Breakout 2025

Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 2025) comes with quiet markets—but not a quiet news cycle for the space-and-defense trade. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is ending 2025 as one of the most closely watched U.S. space names after a sharp late-December rally tied to a major Space Development Agency (SDA) satellite award, a new White House space-policy push, and a year-ending launch…
Chernobyl Shelter Damage Sparks New Fears: Plant Director Warns Radiation Confinement Could Collapse After Another Strike

Chernobyl Shelter Damage Sparks New Fears: Plant Director Warns Radiation Confinement Could Collapse After Another Strike

December 25, 2025 — The world’s most infamous nuclear disaster site is back in the headlines, as officials in Ukraine warn that damage to Chernobyl’s massive radiation confinement structure has created a dangerous new vulnerability in the middle of a war increasingly defined by drones and missiles. Serhii Tarakanov, the director of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Plant, says the…
26 December 2025
Christmas Day 2025: Tashkent Supermarket’s West Village Buzz and the Lucid (LCID) Stock Debate After Jim Cramer’s “Sell” Call

Christmas Day 2025: Tashkent Supermarket’s West Village Buzz and the Lucid (LCID) Stock Debate After Jim Cramer’s “Sell” Call

On December 25, 2025, the U.S. stock market is closed for Christmas Day—yet two very different kinds of “traffic” are still building: foot traffic in Manhattan’s West Village, where a Central Asian supermarket has become a social-media magnet, and digital traffic on investor feeds, where Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) remains one of the most polarizing EV stocks heading into the…
26 December 2025
Linde plc (LIN) Stock: What Investors Should Know Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

Linde plc (LIN) Stock: What Investors Should Know Before the Market Opens on Dec. 26, 2025

U.S. equities return from the Christmas holiday with trading set to resume on Friday, December 26, 2025. Both the NYSE and Nasdaq were closed on Dec. 25 and had an early close on Dec. 24 (1:00 p.m. ET), which can leave many large-cap names—including industrial bellwethers—set up for bigger-than-usual moves when normal liquidity returns. New York Stock Exchange One of…

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  • CoStar Group Stock Climbs Amid Proxy Fight Led by Third Point
    January 27, 2026, 7:57 PM EST. CoStar Group (CSGP) shares rose 0.6% on Tuesday, outpacing the S&P 500's 0.4% gain, following news of an activist investor's push for change. Hedge fund Third Point, led by Daniel Loeb, launched a proxy fight targeting CoStar's governance, criticizing CEO Andy Florance's strategy and board oversight. Third Point plans to nominate new directors and urges reevaluation of the Homes.com business. Highlighting a 27% decline in CoStar's stock over five years versus a 94% rise in the S&P 500, Third Point demands immediate operational improvements. CoStar has yet to respond publicly. The market reaction suggests cautious optimism about potential strategy shifts amid leadership challenges.
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