Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Regeneron, Dominion, Mobileye, Viking and more

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 18, 2026 · 549 words · By Davis Giangiulio

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Dominion Energy — Shares popped more than 9% after NextEra Energy announced a deal to acquire the company in an all-stock transaction.

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NextEra said the combination of the two companies will create the world's largest regulated electric utility business.

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Viking Holdings — The cruise line's stock rose nearly 2% after receiving an upgrade from Wells Fargo to overweight.

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Claim 1: “The analyst, who has a $8 price target for the stock”

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While Yahoo Finance shows an analyst target of 8.50 and TD Cowen raised a target from 8.50 to 10, there is no evidence of a Jefferies analyst specifically setting an $8 target.

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Mobileye Global Inc. (MBLY) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.Analyst Price Targets. 8.50. 13.43 Average.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MBLY/

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web search NEUTRAL — Analysts Set New Price Targets.Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $11.00 price target on shares of Mobileye Global in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.
https://www.dailypolitical.com/2025/01/31/mobileye-global-na…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mobileye price target raised to $10 from $8.50 at TD Cowen.Mobileye Global, Inc. engages in the business of developing and deploying driver assistance systems and autonomous driving technologies and s…
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/mbly

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Claim 2: “Viking Holdings — The cruise line's stock rose nearly 2% after receiving an upgrade from Wells Fargo to overweight.”

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The claim states Wells Fargo upgraded Viking Holdings to overweight. However, the evidence shows Morgan Stanley (Stephen Grambling) upgraded Viking Holdings to Overweight, while Wells Fargo upgraded Cloudflare to Overweight. There is no evidence of a Wells Fargo upgrade for Viking.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) No…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the largest 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. The inde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — West Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. West Fargo is classified as the western neighboring city of Fargo. The population was 38,626 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at …
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Claim 3: “The deal allows Boston Scientific to re-enter the market for transcatheter aortic value replacement.”

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Claim 4: “It comes six years after Warren Buffett moved Berkshire's entire equity portfolio out of airlines.”

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Claim 5: “Shares of the maker of advanced driver assistance technology fell almost 8% after shares were initiated at an underperform rating at Jefferies.”

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The evidence provided describes Mobileye's business and a revenue forecast increase, but there is no mention of a Jefferies 'underperform' rating or an 8% stock drop.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mobileye was founded on May 13, 1999 by Hebrew University professor Amnon Shashua. He evolved his academic research into a vision system that could detect vehicles using a camera and software. [8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobileye

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web search NEUTRAL — Mobileye brings decades of machine learning expertise and real-world collaboration to both ADAS and autonomous driving solutions. Over 200 million SoCs later, Mobileye is delivering AI, engineered wit…
https://www.mobileye.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 23, 2026 · Mobileye Global raised its annual revenue forecast on Thursday, buoyed by robust demand for its advanced driver-assistance systems as automakers placed more orders after working through…
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/mobileye-r…

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Claim 6: “ServiceNow — The software company jumped 6% following Bank of America reinitiating coverage of the stock with a buy rating.”

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Claim 7: “Shares of the artificial intelligence tech services provider rose nearly 7% after it doubled its share repurchase target for this year.”

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Claim 8: “Dominion Energy — Shares popped more than 9% after NextEra Energy announced a deal to acquire the company in an all-stock transaction.”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm NextEra Energy entered an all-stock merger agreement to acquire Dominion Energy. The Guardian and M&A News specifically mention the stock movement (Dominion soaring/NextEra dropping).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dominion Energy, Inc., commonly referred to as Dominion, is an American energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that supplies electricity in parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Car…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Energy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jurassic World Dominion is a 2022 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Emily Carmichael. The sequel to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (201…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NextEra Energy, Inc. is an American energy company that is the world's largest electric utility holding company by market capitalization, with a valuation of over $190 billion as of March 2026. NextEr…
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Claim 9: “NextEra said the combination of the two companies will create the world's largest regulated electric utility business.”

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Two independent web sources explicitly state that the deal would create the 'world's largest regulated utility business'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following page lists electric utilities in the United States.
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Claim 10: “The company now plans to buy back about $2 billion of its own stock in 2026.”

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Claim 11: “Ted Weschler, who manages 6% of the equity portfolio.”

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Claim 12: “Boston Scientific — Shares rose more than 3% on plans for a $2 billion accelerated stock repurchase plan.”

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Claim 13: “Delta Air Lines — Shares were up more than 1% after a regulatory filing showed Berkshire Hathaway took a sizable stake in the airline, at a total of $2.6 billion .”

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Claim 14: “Bio Rad Laboratories — The stock jumped 11% following a Wall Street Journal report that activist Elliott Investment Management has built a sizable stake in the company.”

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Claim 15: “Regeneron Pharmaceuticals — The drugmaker fell more than 10% after its treatment for a skin cancer missed goals in a late-stage trial.”

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Claim 16: “NextEra shares were down about 5%.”

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The Guardian reports NextEra's stock dropped more than 5% after the announcement, and Benzinga reports it was down 4.76% (approximately 5%).

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web search NEUTRAL — NextEra Energy had revenues of $24.8 billion and 16,700 employees throughout the US and Canada in 2024. It has a current generating capacity of 73 gigawatts. Its subsidiaries include Florida Power & L…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NextEra_Energy

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web search NEUTRAL — Key Points. Shares of NextEra Energy are up about 13.1% 2026, far outpacing the S&P 500 performance of 1.4%. Even so, shares have risen by just 8.3% over the last five years, badly lagging the broader…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/12/3-reasons-nextera-…

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web search NEUTRAL — NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) shares are trading lower Tuesday after the company announced plans to sell $2 billion of equity units.NEE Price Action: NextEra Energy shares were down 4.76% at $68.87 at…
https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/06/39379132/why-nextera-ene…

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Claim 17: “deliveries as part of the agreement are expected to begin in 2028.”

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Claim 18: “The medical device company also made a $1.5 billion investment in a privately held heart value business, MiRus.”

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Claim 19: “Advanced bookings for 2027 already have risen 31% from the prior year, Wells Fargo said.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'according' and unrelated Wikipedia entries for Lehman Brothers and the Minnesota Vikings. No financial data regarding Viking Holdings' 2027 bookings was found.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( LEE-mən) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1850. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the Unit…
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Claim 20: “Macy's — The department store shares rose about 1% after a regulatory filing revealed Berkshire Hathaway initiated a small position in the company, valued at roughly $55 million at the end of the first quarter.”

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Claim 21: “Ford Motor — Shares were recently down about 1%, but the stock spiked in early trading after Ford Energy and EDF power solutions North America announced a five-year agreement to produce up to four gigawatt hours of direct current Block Battery energy storage systems annually.”

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Claim 22: “Ford Energy is a subsidiary of the company”

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Claim 23: “Viking stock has outperformed other cruise lines since the Middle East conflict began.”

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The Motley Fool reports that Viking stock has nearly doubled and outperformed traditional cruise lines over the past year, but there is no specific mention of the 'Middle East conflict' as the benchmark period in the provided evidence.

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