-- 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場（RBC Capital Markets）週五在電子郵件報告中指出，Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) 的市場策略調整擾亂了其第一季的財務業績，且影響仍在持續。 RBC 分析師表示，該公司第一季的業績“令人失望”，幾乎所有關鍵指標均未達到分析師的預期，並下調了 2026 年全年營收預期。報告指出，這主要是由於其市場策略的調整，客戶經理被調往新的客戶和職位，造成了比預期更大的干擾，尤其是在防火牆更新和新業務方面。 Check Point 表示銷售額應該會反彈，但分析師指出，預計第二季產品營收將出現更大幅度的下滑，並在第三季和第四季恢復正常，但年比仍將下降。 報告也指出，由於中東衝突持續不斷，該公司在歐洲、中東和非洲地區的業務也構成風險。 RBC維持該公司股票評級為“與行業持平”，並將目標價從157美元下調至135美元。
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Energy stocks fell late Friday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) each falling 1.1%.The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index dropped 0.6%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index declined 0.5%.West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 3% to $101.93 a barrel, and global benchmark Brent dropped 1.9% to $108.33 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures rose 0.8% to $2.79 per 1 million BTU.In corporate news, Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) reported declines in Q1 earnings amid supply disruptions due to the Middle East war, though the results came in ahead of Wall Street's estimates. Exxon shares fell 0.6%, and Chevron declined 1.2%.BP (BP) is considering exiting part or all of its operations in the UK North Sea in order to strip assets and pay down debt, Bloomberg reported. BP shares fell 2.1%.Portland General Electric (POR) shares fell 4% the company reported Q1 earnings and revenue that missed estimates.Occidental Petroleum (OXY) appointed Chief Operating Officer Richard Jackson to succeed Vicki Hollub as president and CEO, starting June 1. Occidental shares declined 3.3%.
Roblox's (RBLX) growth will likely decelerate in the near term amid engagement headwinds tied to a mandatory age-check rollout, UBS Securities said in a Friday client note.The video game platform reported a first-quarter loss late Thursday as bookings fell short of consensus estimates. The company implemented an age-check feature for accessing chat, a move that slowed new user acquisition and hampered growth, Roblox said in a shareholder letter.In addition, management tempered growth expectations for full-year revenue and bookings."We became the first large online gaming platform to introduce age checks to access chat on a global basis," Chief Executive David Baszucki told analysts during an earnings call late Thursday.The stock plunged 18% ahead of market close on Friday, and is down 44% so far this year."We still see Roblox as a beneficiary of secular trends in gaming and expect platform enhancements to support its ability to drive user growth/spend over time," UBS analysts including Christopher Schoell wrote in the note. "That said, we remain neutral given expectations for moderating near-term growth and engagement headwinds from age verification/regulatory shifts."UBS slashed its price target for Roblox shares to $49 from $74.For the second quarter, Roblox guided to 8% to 12% bookings growth, well below Wall Street's 29% estimate, according to the brokerage."We believe platform enhancements/content breadth will support Roblox's ability to drive user growth long-term, particularly in overseas markets where headroom remains," Schoell said. "That said, we see a transition period in the coming quarters with 49% of global users still remaining unverified, (versus) 55% last (quarter)."Price: $45.51, Change: $-9.75, Percent Change: -17.64%
CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:We increase our target by $4 to $322 on a forward P/FFO of 19.2x our 2026 FFO estimate, a premium to self-storage peers at 16.7x and to PSA's three-year forward average P/FFO of 17.4x. We decrease our 2025 FFO view by $0.26 to $16.73 and decrease 2027 by $0.09 to $17.93. Q1's most positive news was a material reduction in customer churn that led to lower move-out activity, improving occupancy by 40 bps Y/Y. If this continues throughout FY 2026 we would have to increase our FFO outlook. However, weakness remains in the Sun Belt markets, with Atlanta, Phoenix, and parts of Florida facing headwinds from negative same-property revenue growth Y/Y. Los Angeles also remains a drag, with the state of emergency negatively impacting pricing and creating an 80 bps drag on same-store revenue growth this year. We expect PSA's top-line performance to weaken in Q2-Q3 this year with revenue headwinds before the outlook improves in Q4 heading into 2027.