Companies


BDCs Yield 10% or More. They May Be Worth the Risk.

Business development companies are worth a look, especially given that most now trade for considerably less than the value of their assets.

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Gold Just Hit $4,000. Mining Stocks Look Like the Best Way to Play It.

These stocks are still relatively inexpensive despite their impressive run.

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Here Are the 12 Best ‘Buyback Aristocrat’ Stocks

The average Dividend Aristocrat has barely managed a positive return over the past 12 months. The average Buyback Aristocrat has returned about 17%.

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Quantum Stocks Look Like They’re Forming a Market Bubble. Watch Out.

The fundamentals don’t support valuations—yet.

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Warner Bros. Stock Is a Buy, Paramount Skydance Is a Sell. What Analysts Are Saying.

Paramount is exploring a takeover of its fellow media giant, according to reports.

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Earnings Season Is Starting. Can Strong Profits Keep the Stock Market Rally Going?

Third-quarter profit growth should be solid. Tech and AI will lead the way, but earnings momentum could broaden too.

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Rigetti Computing Stock Extends Its Rally. Why This Analyst Expects the Good Times to Continue.

Rigetti continues to execute on its roadmap and blaze a path toward commerciality, one analyst says.

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Cracker Barrel Foot Traffic May Have Tanked After Logo Kerfuffle

Location data based on mobile device tracking shows things only got worse after the chain reversed course on a corporate image update.

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U.S. Banks Missed Warning Signs on Tricolor. Now, They’re Taking Big Losses. 

Tricolor became a major used-car auto dealer before its sudden liquidation last month. Big U.S. banks appear to have overlooked warning signs surrounding its quick growth.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ Wins Weekend Box Office

The 89-minute movie is about the making of Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, and the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia.”

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Budget Deficit, Fed Minutes, Consumer Sentiment; Delta, Pepsi; and More to Watch This Week

The FOMC will release the minutes from its mid-September meeting, and the University of Michigan will release the results of its consumer survey. This week also brings earnings reports from Constellation, McCormick, and Levi Strauss.

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This Cold-Storage Stock Looks Like a Hot Buy Right Now

Shares of Americold and Lineage, real estate investment trusts, have been beaten down. One looks like the better play.

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Selloff of Equifax, TransUnion, Experian Stocks Is Overdone. ‘Buy the Dip,’ Analysts Say.

Morgan Stanley reiterates Overweight ratings for Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian stocks.

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Las Vegas Sands, MGM, Wynn Stocks Decline. Why Shares of Casino Operators Are Falling.

Passenger data for the first two days of Golden Week came in “a bit weak,” Citi Research says.

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Their Funds May Not Beat the Market. Their Stocks Just Might.

The fund industry faces big hurdles, but these three asset managers have been unjustly dismissed.

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Tesla Shareholders Urged to Reject $1 Trillion Pay for Elon Musk

A group of pensions and a teachers union are appealing to fellow shareholders to vote against the proposed pay package and the election of board members.

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How the CEO of the Associated Press Navigates a Challenging World

Daisy Veerasingham, head of the 179-year-old institution, talks with Barron’s editor-at-large Andy Serwer.

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DraftKings Stock Could Struggle, But Long-Term Opportunities Remain, Analysts Say

Analysts at Benchmark, BTIG, and Guggenheim cut their price targets on DraftKings on Thursday.

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Stock Markets Keep Hitting New Highs. No Government, No Problem.

Supreme Court’s Cook decision complicates Trump’s Fed plan, government shutdown could last awhile, pool of publicly traded U.S. companies is rapidly shrinking, and more news to start your day.

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Why the World Is Suddenly Awash With a Wave of Co-CEOs

Comcast, Oracle, and more have named Co-CEOs. The structure has worked in the past, but some say it makes no sense.

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CRH Stock Jumps. The Building Materials Company Sees ‘Unrivaled Growth Opportunities.’

Aggregates manufacturer CRH foresees fast growth and expanding profit margins.

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Looking Beyond the Mag 7: Where the Next Market Leaders Could Emerge

It is time to take out insurance against a stock market correction, Arun Sai and Gertjan Van Geer write in a guest commentary.

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Trump Racks Up Another Big Tech Win

Alphabet’s YouTube has settled a long-running lawsuit. The $24.5 million payment will help fund President Donald Trump’s gilded White House ballroom.

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GSK Will Replace CEO Walmsley With a Company Insider. The Stock Is Up.

Emma Walmsley has overseen eight turbulent years at he U.K. drugmaker. The firm announced Monday that she will be succeeded by GSK insider and drug industry stalwart Luke Miels.

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Comcast Names a Co-CEO

The NBCUniversal parent will undergo a minor leadership shake-up at the start of next year.

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