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Ascent Industries Co is engaged in the chemical and metal industry. The group operates into two reportable segments namely the Specialty Chemicals and Tubular Products. The Tubular Products segment serves markets through pipe and tube and customers in the appliance, architectural, automotive, and commercial transportation, brewery, chemical, petrochemical, and other industries. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces specialty products for pulp and paper, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE), textile, automotive, household, and other industries. It manufactures welded pipe and tube, majorly from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys. The company also produces specialty chemicals and dyes used in various end markets.

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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAP#NYSE">AAP</a>) posted better-than-expected first-quarter <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/AAP/earnings">financial results on Thursday</a>.
Advance Auto Parts posted quarterly adjusted earnings per share of 22 cents loss, beating the analyst consensus estimate of 82 cents loss. Quarterly sales of $2.583 billion (down 6.8% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $2.499 billion. Comparable store sales for the first quarter 2025 decreased 0.6%.
"The recently implemented tariffs have created a highly dynamic economic environment. Despite this, the team is staying focused on the turnaround and our path ahead," said Shane O'Kelly, president and chief executive officer.
Advance Auto Parts shares fell 4.7% to $46.86 on Friday.
These analysts made changes to their price targets on Advance Auto Parts following earnings announcement.
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<li>Evercore ISI Group analyst Greg Melich maintained Advance Auto Parts with an In-Line rating and raised the price target from $35 to $45.</li>
<li>Morgan Stanley analyst Simeon Gutman maintained the stock with an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $45 to $48.</li>
<li>BMO Capital analyst Tristan Thomas-Martin maintained Advance Auto Parts with a Market Perform and boosted the price target from $40 to $50.</li>
<li>Goldman Sachs analyst Kate McShane maintained the stock with a Neutral and boosted the price target from $43 to $48.</li>
<li>B of A Securities analyst Elizabeth Suzuki maintained Advance Auto Parts with an Underperform rating and raised the price target from $33 to $39.</li>
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Advance Auto Parts Analysts Increase Their Forecasts After Strong Q1 Results

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAP#NYSE">AAP</a>).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with AAP, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did? 
Today, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga</a>'s options scanner spotted 18 uncommon options trades for Advance Auto Parts.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 27% bullish and 44%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $821,641, and 8 are calls, for a total amount of $612,065.
<h3>Projected Price Targets</h3>
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $30.0 to $60.0 for Advance Auto Parts during the past quarter. 
<h3>Volume &amp; Open Interest Development</h3>
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Advance Auto Parts's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Advance Auto Parts's whale trades within a strike price range from $30.0 to $60.0 in the last 30 days. 
<h3>Advance Auto Parts Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019735_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Biggest Options Spotted:</h3>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>AAP</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>07/18/25</td>
<td>$1.72</td>
<td>$1.45</td>
<td>$1.45</td>
<td>$40.00</td>
<td>$290.0K</td>
<td>5.1K</td>
<td>2.0K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAP</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$2.13</td>
<td>$1.92</td>
<td>$2.12</td>
<td>$50.00</td>
<td>$147.7K</td>
<td>4.3K</td>
<td>1.7K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAP</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>05/30/25</td>
<td>$3.75</td>
<td>$3.55</td>
<td>$3.65</td>
<td>$50.00</td>
<td>$122.1K</td>
<td>1.4K</td>
<td>476</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAP</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/15/27</td>
<td>$23.25</td>
<td>$22.0</td>
<td>$22.0</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$110.0K</td>
<td>266</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAP</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$3.45</td>
<td>$3.25</td>
<td>$3.3</td>
<td>$47.00</td>
<td>$99.9K</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>308</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About Advance Auto Parts</h3>
Advance Auto Parts is a leading auto-parts retailer in North America with more than 4,000 store and branch locations. About 50% of the firm's sales are geared toward the professional channel, with the remaining sales in the do-it-yourself market. Through its vast store footprint and distribution network, Advance manages thousands of stock-keeping units for various vehicle makes and models. The retailer primarily competes on the basis of inventory availability and service speed, making the operating efficiency of its hub-and-spoke distribution model critical to meeting customer needs.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Advance Auto Parts, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
<h3>Advance Auto Parts's Current Market Status</h3>
<ul>
<li>Currently trading with a volume of 4,986,534, the AAP's price is down by -3.82%, now at $47.29. </li>
<li>RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be overbought.</li>
<li>Anticipated earnings release is in 90 days.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Professional Analyst Ratings for Advance Auto Parts</h3>
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $45.2.
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&#x2A; Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Morgan Stanley continues to hold a Equal-Weight rating for Advance Auto Parts, targeting a price of $48. 
&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from BMO Capital keeps a Market Perform rating on Advance Auto Parts with a target price of $50. 
&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Evercore ISI Group keeps a In-Line rating on Advance Auto Parts with a target price of $45. 
&#x2A; Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Goldman Sachs continues to hold a Neutral rating for Advance Auto Parts, targeting a price of $48. 
&#x2A; Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Wells Fargo continues to hold a Equal-Weight rating for Advance Auto Parts, targeting a price of $35. 
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This Is What Whales Are Betting On Advance Auto Parts

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Sea (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SE#NYSE">SE</a>).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with SE, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 9 options trades for Sea.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 33% bullish and 44%, bearish.
Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $45,500, and 8, calls, for a total amount of $3,474,568.
<h3>Expected Price Movements</h3>
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $100.0 to $240.0 for Sea during the past quarter. 
<h3>Volume &amp; Open Interest Development</h3>
Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for Sea's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across Sea's significant trades, within a strike price range of $100.0 to $240.0, over the past month.
<h3>Sea 30-Day Option Volume &amp; Interest Snapshot</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019729_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Biggest Options Spotted:</h3>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th align="right">Open Interest</th>
<th align="right">Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>SE</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$37.65</td>
<td>$34.05</td>
<td>$34.06</td>
<td>$130.00</td>
<td>$2.0M</td>
<td align="right">810</td>
<td align="right">600</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SE</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>11/21/25</td>
<td>$23.35</td>
<td>$23.2</td>
<td>$23.2</td>
<td>$160.00</td>
<td>$696.0K</td>
<td align="right">78</td>
<td align="right">500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SE</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>11/21/25</td>
<td>$23.25</td>
<td>$23.2</td>
<td>$23.2</td>
<td>$160.00</td>
<td>$464.0K</td>
<td align="right">78</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SE</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$6.15</td>
<td>$5.7</td>
<td>$5.9</td>
<td>$240.00</td>
<td>$88.5K</td>
<td align="right">36</td>
<td align="right">200</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SE</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>11/21/25</td>
<td>$18.2</td>
<td>$18.05</td>
<td>$18.2</td>
<td>$160.00</td>
<td>$45.5K</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">36</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About Sea</h3>
Sea started as a gaming business, Garena, but in 2015 expanded into e-commerce. Sea operates Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce company, Shopee, in terms of gross merchandise value. Shopee is a hybrid C2C and B2C marketplace platform operating in Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brazil. For Garena, Free Fire is the key revenue generating game. Sea's third business, SeaMoney, provides lending, payment, digital banking, and insurance services.As of March 31, 2024, Forrest Xiaodong Li, the founder, chairman and CEO, owned 59.8% of voting power and 18.5% of issued shares. Tencent owned 18.2% of issued shares with no voting power.
Having examined the options trading patterns of Sea, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance
<h3>Where Is Sea Standing Right Now?</h3>
<ul>
<li>With a trading volume of 2,085,374, the price of SE is down by -0.45%, reaching $159.96.</li>
<li>Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be overbought.</li>
<li>Next earnings report is scheduled for 81 days from now.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What The Experts Say On Sea</h3>
Over the past month, 4 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $182.5.
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&#x2A; Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Benchmark continues to hold a Buy rating for Sea, targeting a price of $180. 
&#x2A; In a positive move, an analyst from JP Morgan has upgraded their rating to Overweight and adjusted the price target to $190. 
&#x2A; An analyst from B of A Securities has revised its rating downward to Neutral, adjusting the price target to $160. 
&#x2A; Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Barclays keeps a Overweight rating on Sea with a target price of $200. 
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Sea, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a> gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on IonQ (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IONQ#NYSE">IONQ</a>).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with IONQ, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did? 
Today, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga</a>'s options scanner spotted 43 uncommon options trades for IonQ.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 44% bullish and 41%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $469,358, and 34 are calls, for a total amount of $2,374,325.
<h3>Predicted Price Range</h3>
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $33.0 and $65.0 for IonQ, spanning the last three months.
<h3>Volume &amp; Open Interest Trends</h3>
Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for IonQ's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across IonQ's significant trades, within a strike price range of $33.0 to $65.0, over the past month.
<h3>IonQ Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019724_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Noteworthy Options Activity:</h3>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>IONQ</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/30/25</td>
<td>$6.95</td>
<td>$6.3</td>
<td>$6.34</td>
<td>$40.00</td>
<td>$319.8K</td>
<td>6.6K</td>
<td>2.2K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IONQ</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/30/25</td>
<td>$7.15</td>
<td>$6.0</td>
<td>$6.09</td>
<td>$40.00</td>
<td>$300.6K</td>
<td>6.6K</td>
<td>689</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IONQ</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/30/25</td>
<td>$6.05</td>
<td>$5.9</td>
<td>$5.96</td>
<td>$40.00</td>
<td>$298.0K</td>
<td>6.6K</td>
<td>5.4K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IONQ</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>11/21/25</td>
<td>$9.4</td>
<td>$8.7</td>
<td>$8.55</td>
<td>$38.00</td>
<td>$131.6K</td>
<td>154</td>
<td>156</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IONQ</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/30/25</td>
<td>$12.3</td>
<td>$11.9</td>
<td>$12.3</td>
<td>$33.00</td>
<td>$123.3K</td>
<td>943</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About IonQ</h3>
IonQ Inc sells access to several quantum computers of various qubit capacities and is in the process of researching and developing technologies for quantum computers with increasing computational capabilities. The company currently makes access to its quantum computers available via cloud platforms and also to select customers via its own cloud service. This cloud-based approach enables the broad availability of quantum-computing-as-a-service (QCaaS). The company derives its revenue from its quantum-computing-as-a-service arrangements, consulting services related to co-developing algorithms on company's quantum computing systems and contracts associated with the design, development, and construction of specialized quantum computing systems together with related services.
Having examined the options trading patterns of IonQ, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance
<h3>Present Market Standing of IonQ</h3>
<ul>
<li>Trading volume stands at 33,729,087, with IONQ's price down by -0.82%, positioned at $45.41.</li>
<li>RSI indicators show the stock to be may be overbought.</li>
<li>Earnings announcement expected in 75 days.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Expert Opinions on IonQ</h3>
2 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $40.0.
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&#x2A; Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Needham continues to hold a Buy rating for IonQ, targeting a price of $50. 
&#x2A; An analyst from Morgan Stanley persists with their Equal-Weight rating on IonQ, maintaining a target price of $30. 
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Seattle-based startup Tensor9 has raised a $4 million seed round to reshape how enterprise software, especially <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/emerging-markets/25/01/43138024/alibaba-cloud-unveils-new-ai-tools-and-language-models-to-empower-global-developers">AI tools</a>, is deployed inside high-security environments. The company is led by Michael Ten-Pow, a former Amazon Web Services engineer with over a decade of cloud infrastructure experience at <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/25/05/45338099/amazon-backed-glaciers-16m-funding-boosts-ai-robots-capable-of-sorting-30-material-types-transforming-recycling-industry">Amazon</a> (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMZN#NASDAQ">AMZN</a>).
Founded in 2023, Tensor9 has already attracted the attention of heavy-hitting investors. Wing VC led the round, joined by Level Up Ventures, Model Ventures' Devang Sachdev, and NVAngels, a group of ex-Nvidia (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>) professionals, according to<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-vets-land-4m-for-seattle-data-security-startup-tensor9/"> GeekWire</a>.
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tensor9 Is Solving the Enterprise Deployment Barrier</h2>
According to<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/tensor9-helps-vendors-deploy-their-software-into-any-environment-using-digital-twins/"> TechCrunch</a>, Tensor9 is focused on solving a growing problem: how to let vendors deliver advanced AI software to enterprise clients without forcing sensitive data out of its original environment.
TechCrunch says that the company enables vendors to install their software directly into a client's existing tech infrastructure, whether it lives in the cloud, on-premise, or on bare metal servers. Instead of shipping data to a software-as-a-service platform, vendors can now deploy code inside a customer's walls, which is crucial for industries like finance, healthcare, and government.
Tensor9 uses a digital twin architecture to make this possible. Each customer environment is mirrored through a virtual replica, which allows vendors to monitor, support, and update deployed software without breaching any privacy firewalls. Logs, metrics, and even hardware issues are fed back to this virtual twin in real time, GeekWire says.
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&#8220;You can't just throw a piece of software over the wall, or it's very difficult to throw a piece of software over the wall, and know what's going on, be able to find issues, debug them, fix them,&#8221; Tensor9 CEO Ten-Pow told TechCrunch. &#8220;They see it running, they can debug it, they can log in and understand what the issues are and fix them.&#8221;
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">From Bootstrapped Beginnings To High-Profile Traction</h2>
Tensor9 began as a bootstrapped project after Ten-Pow realized that System and Organization Controls 2 compliance wasn't the real obstacle stopping startups from closing enterprise deals. Instead, companies wanted software that could run locally, under their own control, with no risk to data sovereignty, TechCrunch reports.
That insight became the foundation for Tensor9. In the same year the company launched, Ten-Pow brought on two former AWS colleagues, Matt Michie and Matt Shanker, as founding engineers, TechCrunch says. According to the company&#8217;s<a href="https://www.tensor9.com/company.html"> website</a>, Dan Armendariz, who also comes from Amazon, is a founding engineer as well. Shanker brings additional experience from Epic and Twitter, while chief engineer Matt Michie's background includes work at Amazon, Meta (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>), Uber (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/UBER#NYSE">UBER</a>), and Twitter.
Tensor9 is currently working with AI companies like 11x, Retell AI, and Dyna AI, which need to deliver privacy-preserving solutions to major clients in finance and data-heavy sectors, according to TechCrunch.&nbsp;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Funding To Expand Into More Verticals</h2>
With $4 million secured, Tensor9 plans to hire additional engineers and refine its platform for wider industry use, as detailed on the company's website. TechCrunch says that the team is already seeing interest beyond voice AI, branching into enterprise search, data management, and large-scale database software.
&#8220;We have a simple model but underneath the covers there's a lot of complexity that makes that happen, hard technical challenges that we've solved to make that happen,&#8221; Ten-Pow told TechCrunch. &#8220;I think that was one of the things that helped us convince the investors to invest in us.&#8221;
As data privacy rules tighten and AI adoption grows, startups like Tensor9 may be able to redefine how intelligent software reaches the enterprise. Their hybrid approach of marrying cloud-like control with on-prem security could be the model that finally unlocks enterprise AI at scale.
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Visa Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/V#NYSE">V</a>) and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MA#NYSE">MA</a>) <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/credit-card" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fees drew scrutiny</a> from European Union antitrust regulators. 
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde emphasized the need to reduce its dependence on foreign payment providers, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/visa-mastercard-fees-hit-by-new-round-of-eu-antitrust-scrutiny?embedded-checkout=true&amp;sref=TBDibEcD" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported</a> on Friday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. 
Regulators surveyed market participants about the fees they impose on financial institutions that provide card-payment services to retailers using Visa and Mastercard networks. The stocks are trading lower on Friday.
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Mastercard and&nbsp;Visa have long attracted global civil complaints for charging consumers and businesses to use their cards.
Last December, Mastercard <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/government/regulations/24/12/42321510/mastercard-settles-uk-antitrust-lawsuit-for-250-million" rel="noreferrer noopener">agreed to settle</a> a $250.35 million (200 million pounds) lawsuit filed by millions of U.K. consumers alleging that the company unfairly imposed exorbitant fees on card transactions.
In 2019, the EU fined Mastercard 570.6 million euros ($646 million) for artificially raising the costs of card payments in the region. Regulators also approved a pact with the card companies that required them to reduce fees for foreigners shopping in the area.
Analysts rerated the stocks after their quarterly results.
RBC Capital analyst&nbsp;Daniel R. Perlin noted that Visa's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/movers/25/04/45118922/visas-q2-results-reflect-steady-us-spending-despite-market-uncertainty-analyst-highlights-strength-in-payment-volumes" rel="noreferrer noopener">second-quarter results</a> provided insight into consumer health. Adjusted U.S. spending volumes remained steady, although some category shifts and a slight slowdown in cross-border activity were observed.
JP Morgan&nbsp;analyst Tien-tsin Huang noted that Mastercard posted stable, mid-teen organic revenue growth in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/price-target/25/05/45175986/mastercards-cross-border-surge-and-pricing-actions-drive-analyst-optimism" rel="noreferrer noopener">the first quarter</a>. The upside was broad-based, though management highlighted currency volatility and lower incentives as the internal surprise, per the analyst. However, cross-border decelerated slightly more than expected off a higher fourth-quarter base. Assuming no material macro shocks, the analyst feels confident in near-term numbers given pricing actions supporting growth.
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Wells Fargo analyst Michael Brown maintains Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HLNE#NASDAQ">HLNE</a>) with a Equal-Weight and raises the price target from $147 to $166.

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B of A Securities analyst Brad Sills maintains Intuit (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/INTU#NASDAQ">INTU</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $730 to $875.

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In the current market session, Chart Industries Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GTLS#NYSE">GTLS</a>) stock price is at $152.50, after a 3.96% drop. However, over the past month, the company's stock went up by 16.47%, and in the past year, by 1.69%. Shareholders might be interested in knowing whether the stock is overvalued, even if the company is not performing up to par in the current session. 

<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019633_0.png" alt="Past Year Chart" />

<h3>How Does Chart Industries P/E Compare to Other Companies?</h3>
The P/E ratio is used by long-term shareholders to assess the company's market performance against aggregate market data, historical earnings, and the industry at large. A lower P/E could indicate that shareholders do not expect the stock to perform better in the future or it could mean that the company is undervalued. 
Chart Industries has a better P/E ratio of 31.63 than the aggregate P/E ratio of 26.95 of the Machinery industry. Ideally, one might believe that Chart Industries Inc. might perform better in the future than it's industry group, but it's probable that the stock is overvalued. 

<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019633_1.png" alt="Guage" />

In conclusion, the price-to-earnings ratio is a useful metric for analyzing a company's market performance, but it has its limitations. While a lower P/E can indicate that a company is undervalued, it can also suggest that shareholders do not expect future growth. Additionally, the P/E ratio should not be used in isolation, as other factors such as industry trends and business cycles can also impact a company's stock price. Therefore, investors should use the P/E ratio in conjunction with other financial metrics and qualitative analysis to make informed investment decisions.

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Rocket Lab USA's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RKLB#NYSE">RKLB</a>) short percent of float has fallen 10.92% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 59.71 million shares sold short, which is 16.97% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 5.03 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>Rocket Lab USA Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019629_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Rocket Lab USA has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Rocket Lab USA's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Rocket Lab USA's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 4.18%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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NIO's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NIO#NYSE">NIO</a>) short percent of float has fallen 6.42% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 205.93 million shares sold short, which is 12.54% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 5.11 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>NIO Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019624_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for NIO has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing NIO's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, NIO's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 9.62%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

How Is The Market Feeling About NIO?

Ameriprise Finl's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMP#NYSE">AMP</a>) short percent of float has risen 4.49% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.53 million shares sold short, which is 1.86% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.77 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>Ameriprise Finl Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748019619_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Ameriprise Finl has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Ameriprise Finl's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Ameriprise Finl's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 4.02%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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Wells Fargo analyst Michael Brown maintains Brookfield Asset Mgmt (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BAM#NYSE">BAM</a>) with a Underweight and raises the price target from $54 to $55.

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