Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Paramount Skydance Corporation

Netflix, Inc.

Investment company Ancora Holdings has acquired a stake in Warner Bros. Discovery and said it intends to oppose the sale of studios and streaming assets to Netflix, Reuters<a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/ancora-capital-builds-stake-warner-bros-plans-oppose-netflix-deal-2026-02-11/"> writes</a>. The activist investment company considers Paramount Skydance's offer more favorable and less risky from the point of view of regulators.

Warner Bros. has an activist investor. Does this threaten the Netflix deal?

The price of Brent crude oil on February 11 increased by almost 2% at an intraday high and crossed the $70.7 per barrel mark. The last time oil prices <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/neft-vpervye-s-sentabra-probila-70-za-barrel-analitiki-zdut-ese-bol-sego-rosta">were</a> at this level was at the end of January. WTI, meanwhile, jumped more than 2% to $65.8.

"Tensions support prices": oil jumped 2% to breach $70 a barrel

The Kraft Heinz Company

Dissatisfaction with plans to split up Kraft Heinz was previously expressed by Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway - the food giant's largest shareholder

Kraft Heinz has put the separation of the business on pause. Buffett was unhappy with these plans

Employment growth in the United States accelerated in January and exceeded economists' expectations more than twice. A total of 130 thousand new jobs outside the agricultural sector <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm">appeared</a> last month after 50 thousand a month earlier, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. While analysts expected to see this figure in January at 55 thousand (according to The Wall Street Journal) and 70 thousand, according to the estimates of economists surveyed by Reuters.

US employment data - better than forecasts. Why the analyst thinks: the market is "frozen"

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

Novo Nordisk A/S

Eli Lilly and Company

Risk-tolerant investors "should not ignore" the securities of biotech Viking Therapeutics, <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/11/viking-therapeutics-the-undertheradar-glp1-contend/">says</a> Motley Fool analyst Adria Cimino. The company is developing an obesity drug that has a good chance of competing with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound blockbusters in the near future, she explains.

Analyst names obesity drug developer 'who can't be ignored' 

Dassault Systemes SE

Shares of French software developer Dassault Systèmes at trading in Paris on February 10 at an intraday low collapsed by more than 21%, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/dassault-systmes-share-price-earnings-software-sell-off.html">writes</a> CNBC, noting that today could be the worst day in history for the company's securities. This occurred against the background of a sell-off of shares of software companies in the market, as well as the <a href="https://investor.3ds.com/static-files/dc4d4da1-59c3-45cf-86db-7488e2fd0119">publication of</a> Dassault Systèmes on February 11 quarterly reports, in which it reported a decline in revenue from software in the fourth quarter of 2025 by 5%.

Shares of the French software developer collapsed 21%. Is the "software apocalypse" intensifying?

Apple Inc.

In 2026, the analyst firm expects Apple to take a "significant step forward" in artificial intelligence

'They're bound to show something': Bernstein upgrades outlook on Apple stock because of AI

Lyft, Inc.

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Shares of cab service Lyft collapsed by more than 17% on the premarket on February 11. The company released mixed quarterly results and shared a weak outlook for the first quarter. The forecast showed a slowdown in Lyft's post-pandemic business recovery, which overshadowed the positive effect of a new $1 billion share buyback, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/lyft-flags-storm-hit-quarter-clouding-1-billion-buyback-program-shares-down-2026-02-10/">writes</a>. The company pins its hopes for future growth on the introduction of unmanned vehicles. Wall Street isn't so sure about that.

Lyft stock collapses 17% after report. Why does management remain optimistic?

Data

Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.

Piper Sandler analyst Yasmeen Rahimi has reiterated her "overweight" recommendation on mid-cap biotech Edgewise Therapeutics and called the stock one of the best investment ideas for 2026. She expects the company’s experimental drug to outperform existing treatments in clinical trials, which could give it an advantage in commercialization, the Motley Fool <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/09/why-edgewise-therapeutics-stock-crushed-the-market/">writes</a>.

Why Piper Sandler says biotech Edgewise is a top stock pick in 2026

Valaris Limited

Transocean Ltd.

Shares of U.S. oilfield services company Valaris Limited surged on Monday, February 9, more than 34% to a record high after the <a href="https://investor.deepwater.com/news-releases/news-release-details/transocean-acquire-valaris">announcement</a>&nbsp;of a merger with peer Transocean, based in Switzerland. The deal will create one of the largest and most diversified offshore drilling companies in the world, Noble Capital Markets <a href="https://www.channelchek.com/news-channel/transocean-to-acquire-valaris-in-5-8-billion-all-stock-offshore-drilling-merger">believes</a>.

Offshore driller Valaris soars to all-time high on news of acquisition by Transocean

Americas Gold and Silver Corporation

Kingsgate Consolidated Limited

Gold Resource Corporation

One of the main beneficiaries of the 2025 gold rally was small-cap mining companies. The Small Cap Gold Miner Equal Weight Index, <a href="https://en.oninvest.com/article/gold-fever-small-cap-miners-surging-as-bullion-hits-record-highs">assembled</a>&nbsp;by analyst Aldiyar Anuarbekov specially for&nbsp;Oninvest&nbsp;and including 45 gold producers with market capitalizations of up to $2 billion (see the note on index composition below), soared&nbsp;202.5% in 2025. Meanwhile, the&nbsp;Small Cap Gold Miner Cap Weight Index&nbsp;skyrocketed 208.8% last year.&nbsp;Both indexes significantly outperformed both gold itself and even equities: the precious metal gained 64.5% – its best performance in 46 years – while the S&amp;P 500 added 16.4%.

Biggest small-cap winners from the 2025 gold rally and what to expect in 2026

Rigetti Computing, Inc.

IonQ, Inc.

Now may be a good entry point for shares of quantum computing developer Rigetti, Motley Fool contributor John Bromels <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/08/is-rigetti-stock-rgti-a-buy-now/">argues</a>. The stock is trading nearly 62% below last year’s high, he notes, but only risk-tolerant investors should consider investing in it.

Motley Fool: 'Most risk-tolerant investors' should consider buying Rigetti on the dip

SunOpta Inc.

The market value of <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/STKL/">SunOpta</a>, a producer of plant-based beverages, jumped nearly a third on Friday, February 6, as investors were reacting to the <a href="https://www.refresco.com/en/press-releases/3233817">announcement</a>&nbsp;that the company will be acquired at a premium by Dutch beverage packaging provider Refresco.

Organic food company SunOpta soars 33% on news it is to be acquired

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