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5. CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME)
On June 30, 2026, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) said it will launch Single Stock futures across more than 50 top U.S. stocks on July 27, pending completion of all regulatory review and processes. The new offering will include 55 larger-sized and 22 Micro-sized futures contracts.
On June 18, Keefe Bruyette upgraded CME Group to Outperform from Market Perform with an unchanged $305 price target. Keefe said the recent share selloff creates an “extremely attractive” risk/reward and attributed the move to perceived perpetual futures risk. The firm said that concern is overblown for exchanges in general and CME specifically, given the company’s low retail exposure and index licenses in equities products. Keefe also sees an improving volume backdrop that could continue into the second half of the year.
Earlier in June, Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded CME Group to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $323, up from $316, implying potential upside of 28%. The firm said CME should be one of the larger beneficiaries of “structural tailwinds” from retail trading, prediction markets, and ledger technology efficiencies. Rothschild said these tailwinds add to CME’s high-quality franchise, strong cash flows, and dividend yield of upwards of 4%, while calling the recent pullback an “attractive opportunity.”
CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide.
4. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)
On July 1, 2026, Citi lowered its price target on Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to $587 from $628 and kept a Buy rating. Citi updated estimates and price targets across the aerospace and defense group ahead of Q2 reports. The firm expects aerospace companies to post “big beats” with moderate guidance raises, while seeing less potential for big beats among defense names relative to aerospace. Citi said defense names may still have more room for share upside given compressed multiples in the group.
On June 30, Northrop Grumman was awarded a $312.34M firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract. The modification exercises an option for the production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block Three Hemisphere and Quadrant systems. Work is expected to be completed by August 2029. FY26 shipbuilding and construction funds of $312.34M will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity.
On June 26, Jefferies lowered its price target on Northrop Grumman to $580 from $620 and kept a Hold rating. Jefferies estimated about 5% year-over-year revenue growth in Q2 and expects FY26 guidance to likely be maintained. The firm noted that its FY26 EPS estimate of $27.70 compares with the consensus at $27.93.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally.
3. Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR)
On June 30, 2026, Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR) completed the sale of a 51% interest in Rafhan Maize, a local manufacturer of food and industrial ingredients, to a group of affiliated purchasers led by Nishat Hotels and Properties. Ingredion retained an approximately 20% ownership interest in Rafhan Maize after the close. The purchase price paid to Ingredion was approximately $165M. The transaction was announced on September 29, 2025, and Ingredion’s Pakistan business delivered net sales of approximately $250M for full-year 2025.
Earlier in June, Ingredion announced a recommended all-cash offer to acquire Tate & Lyle. The transaction implies a total enterprise value of approximately GBP 3.7B, or $5B, and Tate & Lyle shareholders will receive 595 pence per share, representing an approximate 59% premium to Tate & Lyle’s closing share price as of May 13. The deal is expected to generate approximately $130M in run-rate net cost synergies, fully realized by the end of 2030, with one-time costs of approximately $175M. Ingredion expects the acquisition to be adjusted EPS accretive in the first year after completion.
Ingredion plans to finance the acquisition through existing cash, new debt financing, and, if needed, a fully committed bridge financing facility. The company expects pro forma net leverage at completion of approximately 3.0x net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA and plans to reduce leverage to approximately 2.5x within about 18 months after completion. The transaction has been unanimously approved by Ingredion’s board, and completion is expected in the second half of 2027, subject to required approvals and conditions.
Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR) manufactures and sells sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients, and biomaterial solutions derived from corn and other starch-based materials worldwide.
2. Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL)
On July 1, 2026, Talos Energy announced a definitive agreement to jointly acquire certain deepwater assets in the Gulf of America from Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) Offshore, alongside an affiliate of Ridgewood Energy Corporation, for cash consideration of $850M, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Talos expects its final net cash consideration to be approximately $450M-$500M, based on estimated interim cash flow from the acquired assets from the July 1, 2025, acquisition effective date, excluding the $42.5 million deposit placed in escrow.
The assets include Shell’s 50% working interest and operatorship in the Coulomb field, along with a 25% non-operated working interest in the BP-operated Na Kika platform and four associated fields: Kepler, Ariel, Fourier, and Herschel. The Na Kika interests are subject to a 30-day preferential right by affiliates of BP (BP). First quarter 2026 average production for the interests Talos is acquiring was approximately 16 MBoe/d, 77% oil. The assets include approximately 23 MMBoe of proved reserves and 10 MMBoe of probable reserves, net to Talos and net of P&A. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
On June 30, NCR Atleos announced an extension of its relationship with Shell UK Oil Products to operate ATMs across Shell’s forecourt network in the United Kingdom. Under the renewed agreement, NCR Atleos will manage 408 free-to-use ATMs across Shell’s national forecourt estate, with both companies focused on maintaining high ATM availability.
Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) operates as an energy and petrochemical company in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and other parts of the Americas.
1. Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ)
On June 22, TD Cowen lowered its price target on Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) to $98 from $104 and kept a Buy rating. TD Cowen cut price targets for most of its exchange coverage, saying the emergence of perpetual futures is likely to keep “terminal value” concerns alive and limit stock multiples even as volumes are generally trending favorably.
Earlier in June, Rothschild & Co Redburn analyst Simon Clinch raised the firm’s price target on Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) to $110 from $109 and kept a Buy rating. Clinch said Rothschild & Co Redburn’s analysis suggests “plenty of road left for growth” for exchanges from retail volumes. The firm also said prediction markets provide exchanges with another opportunity to expand addressable markets and support more sustainable long-term growth.
Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) operates as a technology company serving capital markets and other industries in the United States and internationally.
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