Shares of fluid and gas handling company MRC (NYSE:MRC) jumped 16.4% in the morning session after the company agreed to be acquired by rival DNOW Inc. (NYSE: DNOW) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion.
Investors and traders are closely monitoring the gap up and gap down stocks in today's session on Friday. Let's explore the market movements and identify the stocks with significant gaps.
The combined company will serve energy, gas utility, and industrial customers through more than 350 service and distribution locations across over 20 countries.
Volatility cuts both ways - while it creates opportunities, it also increases risk, making sharp declines just as likely as big gains.
This unpredictability can shake out even the most experienced investors.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments.
Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.
Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on the stocks in this article, with price targets suggesting significant upside potential.
However, it’s worth remembering that analysts rarely issue sell ratings, partly because their firms often seek other business from the same companies they cover.
Fluid and gas handling company MRC (NYSE:MRC) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales fell by 11.7% year on year to $712 million. Its GAAP loss of $0.26 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.
A highly volatile stock can deliver big gains - or just as easily wipe out a portfolio if things go south.
While some investors embrace risk, mistakes can be costly for those who aren’t prepared.
MRC Global trades at $11.60 per share and has moved almost in lockstep with the market over the last six months. The stock has lost 6.5% while the S&P 500 is down 5.2%. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and its peers.
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the industrial distributors industry, including Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) and its peers.
Let’s dig into the relative performance of Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q4 industrial distributors earnings season.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how infrastructure distributors stocks fared in Q4, starting with MRC Global (NYSE:MRC).
Wrapping up Q4 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the infrastructure distributors stocks, including DistributionNOW (NYSE:DNOW) and its peers.
