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Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
US Market Undiscovered Gems to Watch in July 2025
As the U.S. market navigates through a wave of tariff uncertainties, with key indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq showing modest gains despite recent fluctuations, investors are keenly observing how these developments impact small-cap stocks. In this dynamic environment, identifying promising stocks often involves looking for companies that demonstrate resilience and potential growth amid economic challenges, making them worthy of attention as undiscovered gems in the market landscape. Name Debt To Equity Revenue Growth Earnings Growth Health Rating West Bancorporation 169.96% -1.41% -8.52% ★★★★★★ Oakworth Capital 42.08% 15.43% 7.31% ★★★★★★ Metalpha Technology Holding NA 81.88% -4.97% ★★★★★★ FRMO 0.09% 44.64% 49.91% ★★★★★☆ Valhi 43.01% 1.55% -2.64% ★★★★★☆ China SXT Pharmaceuticals 64.25% -29.05% 10.33% ★★★★★☆ Pure Cycle 5.11% 1.07% -4.05% ★★★★★☆ Gulf Island Fabrication 19.65% -2.17% 42.26% ★★★★★☆ Reitar Logtech Holdings 31.39% 231.46% 41.38% ★★★★☆☆ Vantage 6.72% -16.62% -15.47% ★★★★☆☆ Click here to see the full list of 278 stocks from our US Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals screener. Let's explore several standout options from the results in the screener. Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★★ Overview: IBEX Limited offers comprehensive technology-driven customer lifecycle experience solutions globally, with a market cap of $407.32 million. Operations: IBEX generates revenue primarily from its Business Process Outsourcing segment, which accounts for $535.67 million. The company's gross profit margin is 22.5%. IBEX, a nimble player in the professional services sector, has been making waves with its impressive earnings growth of 31% over the past year, outpacing the industry average of 15.3%. The company's debt-to-equity ratio has significantly improved from 185.5% to just 15.4% over five years, showcasing strong financial management. Despite recent index reshuffling that saw IBEX drop from several value benchmarks and join growth indices like Russell 2000 Growth Benchmark, its shares trade at a good value compared to peers and are currently priced below fair market estimates by about 2.5%. Take a closer look at IBEX's potential here in our health report. Examine IBEX's past performance report to understand how it has performed in the past. Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★★ Overview: Central Pacific Financial Corp. is the bank holding company for Central Pacific Bank, offering a variety of commercial banking products and services to businesses, professionals, and individuals in the United States, with a market cap of $787.70 million. Operations: Central Pacific Financial derives its revenue primarily from its banking segment, totaling $247.71 million. The company's financial structure is centered around commercial banking services within the United States. Central Pacific Financial, with assets totaling US$7.4 billion and equity of US$557.4 million, showcases a robust financial foundation. The bank's total deposits stand at US$6.6 billion against loans of US$5.3 billion, highlighting its strong deposit base which comprises 96% low-risk funding sources like customer deposits. Its allowance for bad loans is notably sufficient at 0.2% of total loans, ensuring stability amidst potential credit risks. Recent strategic moves include a shelf registration filing for up to $300 million and a share repurchase program involving 77,316 shares worth $2.14 million in early 2025, reflecting confidence in its market position and future growth prospects. Central Pacific Financial is poised for growth through strategic market expansion and targeted lending. Click here to explore the full narrative on the company's potential. Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★★ Overview: Five Point Holdings, LLC designs, owns, and develops mixed-use planned communities in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Francisco County with a market cap of approximately $855.93 million. Operations: Five Point Holdings generates revenue primarily from its Great Park and Valencia segments, with Great Park contributing $905.39 million and Valencia adding $140.24 million. The company faces a significant deduction of $805.50 million due to the removal of the Great Park Venture segment. Five Point Holdings, a nimble player in the real estate sector, has shown impressive earnings growth of 43.8% over the past year, outpacing the industry average of 25.8%. The company is trading at a substantial discount to its estimated fair value by 82.4%, suggesting potential undervaluation. With net income jumping from US$2.33 million to US$23.28 million year-over-year and revenue increasing from US$9.94 million to US$13.16 million, Five Point seems to be on solid ground financially with high-quality earnings and satisfactory debt levels indicated by a net debt-to-equity ratio of just 2.7%. Get an in-depth perspective on Five Point Holdings' performance by reading our health report here. Learn about Five Point Holdings' historical performance. Click this link to deep-dive into the 278 companies within our US Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals screener. Hold shares in these firms? Setup your portfolio in Simply Wall St to seamlessly track your investments and receive personalized updates on your portfolio's performance. Invest smarter with the free Simply Wall St app providing detailed insights into every stock market around the globe. Explore high-performing small cap companies that haven't yet garnered significant analyst attention. Fuel your portfolio with companies showing strong growth potential, backed by optimistic outlooks both from analysts and management. Find companies with promising cash flow potential yet trading below their fair value. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Companies discussed in this article include IBEX CPF and FPH. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Times
07-07-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Europe: Shares rise on tech, banks boost with focus on US trade negotiations
EUROPEAN shares ended higher on Monday, driven by gains in technology and bank stocks at the start of a week where investors are on the lookout for any trade-related headlines in the countdown to US President Donald Trump's tariff deadline. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index ended 0.44 per cent higher at 543.50, gaining some ground after clocking a weekly loss on Friday. Most regional indexes rose, with Germany's DAX up 1.2 per cent, France's CAC 40 adding 0.4 per cent and Spain's IBEX gaining 0.7 per cent. UK's FTSE 100 lagged as shares of Shell dropped 2.9 per cent after the energy major said it expects quarterly earnings to be hit by weaker trading in its integrated gas division and losses at its chemicals and products operations. Global risk sentiment remained shaky as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48 hours. The European Union still aims to reach a trade deal by July 9 after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Trump had a 'good exchange', a Commission spokesperson said. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up 'Trade deals have taken years to agree ... it will be surprising if they get proper long-lasting deals signed very quickly,' Andrew Lapping, chief investment officer at Ranmore Fund Management, said. Trump said on Sunday the US was close to finalising several trade pacts and would notify other countries by July 9 of higher tariff rates. He said they would not take effect until August 1, a three-week reprieve. On Monday, technology stocks were among the biggest boost on the Stoxx, with Germany's SAP and Dutch semiconductor equipment makers ASML climbing around 2 per cent each. A gauge of euro zone lenders gained 1.6 per cent, with France's Societe Generale jumping 2.8 per cent, hitting its highest level since 2017 earlier in the day. Capgemini fell 5.6 per cent after the French IT services firm agreed to buy technology outsourcing company WNS for a cash payment of US$3.3 billion. European shares had a strong start to the year, with the Stoxx 600 hitting an all-time high back in March as a jump in defence companies, along with a global move away from US assets, lifted appetite. But the benchmark has fallen more than 3 per cent from those levels, while a tech boost in the United States helped the S&P 500 claw back its losses. On the data front, a survey showed investor sentiment in the euro zone improved more than expected in July to hit its highest level in more than three years. Later this week, June inflation readings out of Germany and France, and a GDP reading in the UK will be on the radar. Minutes from the US Federal Reserve's last policy meeting are also due on Wednesday. REUTERS
The Star
08-06-2025
- Science
- The Star
Is China's Tiandu-1 first to enter resonant Earth-moon orbit? US raises doubts
China's Tiandu-1 satellite has entered a critical fuel-efficient orbit that synchronises with the motion of the Earth and moon, but claims that it is the first spacecraft to achieve the feat have been challenged by US and Canadian experts. The 3:1 resonant orbit – in which Tiandu-1 completes three loops of the Earth for every circuit made by the moon – is seen as a breakthrough for lunar infrastructure, including a BeiDou-like guidance system that will be needed for interplanetary exploration. Developer Deep Space Exploration Laboratory said that 'the Tiandu-1 navigation test satellite successfully carried out a key manoeuvre at perigee [the point in orbit when it is closest to Earth] on May 22 and precisely transitioned into a 3:1 Earth-moon resonant orbit'. 'This made Tiandu-1 the first spacecraft to enter a round-trip 3:1 Earth-moon resonant trajectory,' according to a statement on the website of the laboratory based in Hefei, Anhui province in central China. 'Its flight data will provide support for advancing technologies such as orbit maintenance, control, and autonomous navigation in complex gravitational environments.' Experts in the US and Canada immediately challenged the claim, pointing to Nasa's 15-year-old Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) probe that entered a near-identical orbit in 2011, where it continues to operate. Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard astronomer and space historian, and Canada-based amateur stargazer Scott Tilley both said it was debatable whether Tiandu-1 could lay claim to the title, with the IBEX craft's achievement of near 3:1 resonance. 'Yes, indeed Tiandu-1 has entered a 3:1 resonance orbit. Whether it's the first is launched in 2008 uses a similar orbit,' Tilley said. According to McDowell, the advantage of resonant orbits is that they allow a spacecraft to operate far from Earth while avoiding the unpredictable, chaotic motion caused by frequent lunar fly-bys. 'The resonance provides stability,' he said. In a 3:1 resonance, the 61kg (135lb) Tiandu-1 – which launched alongside the Queqiao-2 lunar relay satellite last year – completes each petal of its three-lobed orbit around the Earth roughly every nine days – the same amount of time it takes the moon to complete one. In April, state news agency Xinhua reported that China's DRO-B satellite had departed lunar orbit, after helping to establish the 'world's first three-satellite constellation in cislunar space', and entered an Earth-moon resonant orbit. DRO-B, a 277kg Chinese satellite that was salvaged after being stranded in the wrong orbit due to a launch mishap last year, is currently in a 3:2 Earth-moon resonant orbit, according to Tilley, who is best known for helping Nasa to find its long-lost IMAGE satellite in 2018. The Canadian amateur astronomer, who tracks satellites in his spare time, said he noticed that DRO-B had vanished from its known lunar orbit more than a month ago and began searching for it. Using graphics and research papers, Tilley modelled a 3:2 resonance orbit – one that tours the gravitational balance points between Earth and the moon known as L3, L4, and L5. After an exhaustive search, he spotted DRO-B in such an orbit. DRO-B completes three circles around Earth in the time it takes the moon to complete two. The satellite traces a broad, triangular loop with lobes near the L3, L4, and L5 points, which it swings past roughly every 18 days. 'DRO-B is not transmitting all the time like it used to, and it's likely [to be] having minor power issues as its solar panel supports were damaged during the launch mishap,' Tilley said. He added that DRO-B's orbit was especially notable because this specific class of 3:2 resonance orbit had never been used before. 'Japan's Hiten lunar probe did visit some of these points, but didn't use a 3:2 resonance orbit.' According to Tilley, China's use of these orbits seemed to be all about testing navigation-related technologies. 'Having a system that covers the entire Earth-moon system for orbital determination and positioning would be very helpful,' he said. - SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
South China Morning Post
04-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Did China's Tiandu-1 satellite beat US competitors with critical Earth-moon orbit?
China's Tiandu-1 satellite has entered a critical fuel-efficient orbit that synchronises with the motion of the Earth and moon, but claims that it is the first spacecraft to achieve the feat have been challenged by US and Canadian experts. The 3:1 resonant orbit – in which Tiandu-1 completes three loops of the Earth for every circuit made by the moon – is seen as a breakthrough for lunar infrastructure, including a BeiDou-like guidance system that will be needed for interplanetary exploration. Developer Deep Space Exploration Laboratory said that 'the Tiandu-1 navigation test satellite successfully carried out a key manoeuvre at perigee [the point in orbit when it is closest to Earth] on May 22 and precisely transitioned into a 3:1 Earth-moon resonant orbit'. A Deep Space Exploration Laboratory schematic of the Tiandu-1 satellite taking part in a laser ranging experiment in April, before it was moved into the 3:1 resonance orbit. Credit: DSEL 'This made Tiandu-1 the first spacecraft to enter a round-trip 3:1 Earth-moon resonant trajectory,' according to a statement on the website of the laboratory based in Hefei, Anhui province in central China. 'Its flight data will provide support for advancing technologies such as orbit maintenance, control, and autonomous navigation in complex gravitational environments.' Experts in the US and Canada immediately challenged the claim, pointing to Nasa's 15-year-old Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) probe that entered a near-identical orbit in 2011, where it continues to operate. Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard astronomer and space historian, and Canada-based amateur stargazer Scott Tilley both said it was debatable whether Tiandu-1 could lay claim to the title, with the IBEX craft's achievement of near 3:1 resonance. 'Yes, indeed Tiandu-1 has entered a 3:1 resonance orbit. Whether it's the first is debatable…IBEX launched in 2008 uses a similar orbit,' Tilley said.
Business Times
03-06-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Europe: Shares flat amidst inflation data, trade jitters
EUROPE'S benchmark stock index ended little changed on Tuesday, as investors ceded ground under the dual pressure of softening economic indicators and persistent global trade anxieties. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed flat at 548.42 points. Stocks in Germany rose 0.7 per cent, while those in France gained 0.3 per cent. London's FTSE edged up 0.1 per cent, while Spain's IBEX dropped 0.5 per cent. On the macroeconomic front, cooling inflation across the bloc - now comfortably below the European Central Bank's target - added to expectations for an aggressive pivot towards monetary easing. The ECB has cut interest rates seven times since last June, and money markets have all but fully baked in a 25-basis-point rate cut on Thursday, slated to pare the region's interest rate to 2 per cent. Traders are bracing for further dovish action, anticipating at least 55 basis points, or two more quarter-point cuts, including Thursday's, by year-end. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up 'This (the data) indicates that price growth in May removes some pressure from the ECB on its dual mandate, and that has reinforced to markets that they are correct with pricing in further rate cuts,' said Daniela Hathorn, senior market analyst at Meanwhile, the Netherlands' 10-year bond hit a session-high of 2.745 per cent amidst a concerted sell-off as a political rupture sent shockwaves through the Netherlands. This followed the collapse of the Dutch government as far-right leader Geert Wilders' incendiary decision to withdraw his party from the ruling coalition could plunge the country into a snap election. Elsewhere, the Swiss benchmark index ticked up 0.3 per cent. May's inflation data surprisingly tipped into negative territory, marking the first consumer price deflation in over four years. The omnipresent spectre of global trade tensions continued to cast a long shadow, exacerbated by persistent legal wrangling surrounding US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The administration's appeal to pause a second court ruling against certain tariffs only deepened the uncertainty surrounding their implementation. Reinforcing these fears, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) slashed its global growth forecasts, specifically noting the escalating and disproportionate economic drag exerted by Trump's trade war on the US economy. A Reuters report said that the White House has pressed allies for their most robust trade proposals by Wednesday. Furthermore, a highly anticipated call between Trump and his Chinese counterpart is due this week. Media stocks fell 1.1 per cent, extending their decline from the previous session. Basic resources lost 0.8 per cent, in tandem with copper prices. Among individual names, healthcare stocks were the biggest drag on the index, with GSK dropping 2.1 per cent after Berenberg downgraded its rating to 'hold' from 'buy'. British water utility Pennon Group fell 6.6 per cent after it swung to an annual pretax loss. UBS gained 5.3 per cent after Jefferies upgraded the bank's stock to 'buy' from 'hold'. The energy sector rose 1 per cent- the most among sectors as oil prices jumped nearly 1 per cent. REUTERS
