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Barclays analyst Adam Seiden maintains Middleby (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MIDD#NASDAQ">MIDD</a>) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $160 to $180.

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MIDD

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Middleby, Raises Price Target to $180

Wedbush analyst Nick Setyan reiterates Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JACK#NASDAQ">JACK</a>) with a Neutral and maintains $40 price target.

Reiteration

JACK

Wedbush Reiterates Neutral on Jack In The Box, Maintains $40 Price Target

The most oversold stocks in the materials sector presents an opportunity to buy into undervalued companies.
The RSI is a momentum indicator, which compares a stock&#8217;s strength on days when prices go up to its strength on days when prices go down. When compared to a stock&#8217;s price action, it can give traders a better sense of how a stock may perform in the short term. An asset is typically considered oversold when the<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/rsi"> RSI is below 30</a>, according to <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>.
Here's the latest list of major oversold players in this sector, having an RSI near or below 30.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Brazil Potash Corp (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GRO#NYSE">GRO</a>)</h3>
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<li>On Jan. 16, Brazil Potash signed a memorandum of understanding with Keytrade AG for up to one million tons of potash offtake per year. &#8220;This MOU with Keytrade represents another important step towards Brazil Potash&#8217;s development and validates our strategic position in Brazil as a potential premier domestic potash supplier,&#8221; said Adriano Espeschit, President of Potassio do Brasil. The company's stock fell around 52% over the past month and has a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/GRO">52-week low of $2.18</a>.</li>
<li>RSI Value: 27.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>GRO Price Action: Shares of Brazil Potash gained 7.5% to close at $2.58 on Tuesday.</li>
<li>Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest <a href="https://bzresearch.myclickfunnels.com/benzinga-pro-content-webinar-registration/?utm_source=BZprocontent022625&amp;t=be2bearmibe3na1">GRO news</a>. </li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Tronox Holdings PLC (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TROX#NYSE">TROX</a>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>
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<li>On Feb. 19, Tronox Holdings announced the appointment of Julie Beck to the Board of Directors effective March 1. &#8220;We are pleased to welcome Julie to the Tronox Board,&#8221; said Ilan Kaufthal, chairman of Tronox. &#8220;Julie&#8217;s finance and accounting expertise, senior leadership roles, demonstrated business acumen and experience in several relevant industrial and manufacturing sectors will be valuable assets to the Board and its stakeholders.&#8221; The company's stock fell around 22% over the past month and <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/TROX">has a 52-week low </a>of $7.72.</li>
<li>RSI Value: 28</li>
<li>TROX Price Action: Shares of Tronox fell 1.6% to close at $7.86 on Tuesday.</li>
<li>Benzinga Pro&#8217;s charting tool helped identify the trend in <a href="https://bzresearch.myclickfunnels.com/benzinga-pro-content-webinar-registration/?utm_source=BZprocontent022625&amp;t=be2bearmibe3na1">TROX stock</a>. </li>
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TROX

Top 2 Materials Stocks That Could Blast Off This Quarter

Barclays analyst Ross Sandler maintains Maplebear (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CART#NASDAQ">CART</a>) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $56 to $58.

CART

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Maplebear, Raises Price Target to $58

Financial Outlook - First Quarter 2025
The following reflects the company's expectations for select key financial metrics for the first quarter 2025.
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<li>Expects first quarter 2025 revenue to be in the range of €34 million and €37 million</li>
<li>Expects Gross Margin1 between 37% and 39%</li>
<li>Expects a negative Adjusted EBITDA1 between €(8) million and €(11) million</li>
</ul>

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Guidance

Wallbox Expects Q1 Revenue Of €34M-€37N And Negative Adjusted EBITDA Between €(8)M-€(11)M

The agreement calls for Magellan to spend a minimum of $400,000 in development expenditures on the project over the next twenty-four months furthering the development and exploration of the property. In doing so, Magellan will earn a 45% participatory interest in the project. Gold Express Mines currently holds the property under a lease/purchase option with the underlying owner.

MAGE

Magellan Copper And Gold Corp. Announces Participatory Agreement With Gold Express Mines Regarding The Historic Atlantic Cable Gold Mine

Barclays analyst Paul Kearney maintains Kontoor Brands (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/KTB#NYSE">KTB</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $100 to $93.

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Kontoor Brands, Lowers Price Target to $93

Ring Energy Entered Into An Agreement To Acquire Central Basin Platform Assets Of Lime Rock Resources For $100M,; Deal Has $80M Of Upfront Cash Consideration, A $10M Deferred Cash Payment Due Nine Months After Closing

Blackstone Secured (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BXSL#NYSE">BXSL</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $0.84 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.85 by 1.18 percent. This is a 12.5 percent decrease over earnings of $0.96 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $353.00 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $345.37 million by 2.21 percent. This is a 16.12 percent increase over sales of $304.00 million the same period last year.

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BXSL

Blackstone Secured Q4 GAAP EPS $0.84 Misses $0.85 Estimate, Sales $353.00M Beat $345.37M Estimate

Wedbush analyst Nick Setyan reiterates Cava Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CAVA#NYSE">CAVA</a>) with a Outperform and maintains $150 price target.

CAVA

Wedbush Reiterates Outperform on Cava Group, Maintains $150 Price Target

SYTAW

Trading Halt: Halted at 6:55:00 a.m. ET - Trading Halt: Halt News Pending

SYTA

Barclays analyst Balaji Prasad maintains Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ELAN#NYSE">ELAN</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $20 to $19.

ELAN

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Elanco Animal Health, Lowers Price Target to $19

Wallbox (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WBX#NYSE">WBX</a>) reported quarterly sales of €37.39 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of €42.30 million by 11.60 percent. This is a 13.54 percent decrease over sales of €43.25 million the same period last year.

Wallbox Q4 Sales €37.39M Miss €42.30M Estimate, Adj. EBITDA Loss €12.34M

USAU

U.S. Gold Corp. Achieves Inaugural BBB Sustainability Rating For CK Gold Project From Digbee Limited

National Bank of Canada (OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NTIOF#OTC">NTIOF</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $2.06 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.66 by 22.56 percent. This is a 8.42 percent increase over earnings of $1.90 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.24 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.05 billion by 26.50 percent. This is a 12.56 percent increase over sales of $1.99 billion the same period last year.

NTIOF

National Bank of Canada Q1 Adj EPS $2.06 Misses $2.66 Estimate, Sales $2.24B Miss $3.05B Estimate

HC Wainwright &amp; Co. analyst Amit Dayal reiterates CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CECO#NASDAQ">CECO</a>) from Neutral to Neutral.

CECO

HC Wainwright & Co. Reiterates Neutral on CECO Environmentalto Neutral

ODP Q4 2024 Adj. EPS $0.66 Misses $0.80 Estimate, Sales $1.624B Beat $1.608B Estimate

Barclays analyst Betty Jiang maintains Coterra Energy (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CTRA#NYSE">CTRA</a>) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $36 to $37.

CTRA

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Coterra Energy, Raises Price Target to $37

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The investment educator's net profit grew sharply last year, despite a large loss in the first half, amid strong demand for its products fueled by a bull run for Chinese stocks

<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Key Takeaways:</h4>
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<li>JF SmartInvest expects to report its net profit for 2024 rose 36% to 47% despite posting a large loss in the first half of the year</li>
<li>The impressive turnaround comes amid strong interest in trading Chinese stocks, which are rallying on a series of policy measures to stimulate the country's economy</li>
</ul>

By Warren Yang
Talk about a turnaround.
Stock-trading educator&nbsp;JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd.&nbsp;(9636.HK) made a roaring comeback in the second half of last year, as demand for its products soared on the back of a big rally for Chinese stocks. That's the main takeaway from the company's&nbsp;<a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0217/2025021700031.pdf">positive profit alert</a>, issued last Monday. But the strong rebound, in a way, only highlights JF SmartInvest's fundamental vulnerability that stems from its heavy reliance on ups-and-downs in Chinese stocks, which is made worse by its revenue-generation model.
This kind of reliance, and resulting gyrations in a company's results, is common throughout the entire sector linked to stock trading. When the market rallies, investor interest in stock trading usually picks up sharply, leading to bumper revenue and profits for brokers, information providers and educators like JF SmartInvest. The opposite is true during weak markets, which plagued much of the sector for the last four years.
In its filing, JF SmartInvest said it expects to post a net profit of between 260 million yuan ($36 million) and 280 million yuan last year, up 36% to 47% from 191 million yuan for 2023. That's nice enough earnings growth, but what makes it even more impressive is that JF SmartInvest made a hefty loss of 174 million yuan in the first half of 2024, more than four times its loss a year earlier.
Some basic math based on those data points suggests that JF SmartInvest turned a net profit of up to 454 million yuan in the second half of last year, nearly double the 228 million yuan profit it reported for the six-month period a year earlier.
JF SmartInvest partly attributed its sharp reversal of fortunes to a "steady increase in securities market trading activity and the continuous strengthening of investor confidence following the introduction and implementation of a series of domestic policies in September 2024."
The company operates a platform that provides investors with training materials on financial literacy and stock trading, so demand for its services ebbs and flows with changes in market conditions. And as JF SmartInvest said, Chinese stocks, which had been shunned by investors for quite some time because of concerns about China's economic slowdown, have been on a bull run since last September.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, composed of Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong, has jumped some 36% in the past six months, while the SSE Composite Index, which tracks Mainland-listed companies, has risen 18%. Such gains mark a clear shift in investor sentiment towards Chinese stocks, which had languished for more than three years before that.
JF SmartInvest's stock has been on an even more spectacular bull run, more than quadrupling in the past six months, including a 33% rise since the profit alert. It's not clear what powered the market-beating surge before the latest earnings guidance, but it's not hard to see why investors stormed into JF SmartInvest shares, speculating the company would be a prime beneficiary of the Chinese stock rally.
Any investors making such bets were certainly right. The company's gross billings for all last year totaled 3.5 billion yuan, up nearly 50% from 2023. According to its interim report, total gross billings for the first half of last year stood at just 930 million yuan, down 26% from a year earlier. That means JF SmartInvest brought in more than 70% of its gross billings for 2024 in the second half of the year, much of that probably in the final four months after the September rally began.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Hard times</h4>
Before the second half of last year, JF SmartInvest was facing difficulties as its financials deteriorated with prolonged weakness in Chinese stocks. Its revenue growth slowed to an underwhelming 6% in 2023 from 27% the prior year, with its profitability worsening even more. As a result, its net profit dropped by more than half in 2023. The company remained profitable that year by turning a profit in the second half to more than erase the loss for the prior six months. But then it plunged massively back into the red in the first six months of last year.
In addition to JF SmartInvest's vulnerability to an overall stock market downturn, its business model has made some investors skeptical. The company's main revenue sources are "SmartInvest Pro," its flagship investor education offering, and the more affordable financial information software product "SmartInvest Info."
These products offer varying levels of services, from basic stock performance toolkits and online tutorials to livestreamed courses and tailored advisory services. Customers must pay in advance for software or services, but they have the right to request refunds for unused services during their contract periods.
JF SmartInvest initially only books the upfront fee from a user as revenue during the subscription period based on services used, while treating the rest as a contract liability. Then, it gradually recognizes the outstanding bill as revenue over time — if the subscriber sticks around. If the subscriber decides not to continue, the company refunds money for unused services and loses what otherwise would have been revenue.&nbsp;
This means that not all product sales necessarily translate to revenue. And when times are rough for investors due to market weakness, JF SmartInvest can be hit with an increase in refund requests. Reflecting that, the refund rate for its SmartInvest Pro package more than doubled to 30% in the first half of last year from the first half of 2023.
The company has tried to boost its revenue with new offerings, including a device dubbed the Enjoy-Stock Pad, essentially a tablet computer equipped with its software to give users easier access to its services. But it's questionable whether such an incremental addition will provide any significant revenue boost.
So JF SmartInvest's fortunes will remain inevitably tied to sentiment surrounding Chinese stocks. That can be a good thing in times like the present, especially as hype around Chinese artificial intelligence startups further buoys the overall market mood.
Following their recent rally, JF SmartInvest shares are now more than double the value from their 2023 IPO price and trade at a relatively high price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 57, based on the company's latest profit forecast, and a decent price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 7. Those compare with a lower P/E ratio of 27 for&nbsp;Futu Holdings&nbsp;(FUTU.US), though the online stock broker's P/S ratio is higher at 10.
But when all this euphoria fades, which inevitably happens with all stock rallies, JF SmartInvest is likely to take a hit that's as dramatic as its comeback, which could ultimately bring its stock back to earth.

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