Beat the Market the Zacks Way: Humacyte, Starbucks, Oracle in Focus
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jul 07 2025
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
Market Performance: The major U.S. stock indexes, including the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq, experienced gains last week, driven by geopolitical factors, a strong jobs report, and speculation around potential Federal Reserve rate cuts.
Zacks Investment Research Insights: Zacks highlighted its successful stock recommendations, with several stocks outperforming the market significantly, and emphasized the performance of various model portfolios, including the Earnings Certain Admiral Portfolio and the Top 10 Stocks for 2025.
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Analyst Views on ICE
Wall Street analysts forecast ICE stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for ICE is 191.60 USD with a low forecast of 174.00 USD and a high forecast of 223.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
10 Analyst Rating
9 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 173.280
Low
174.00
Averages
191.60
High
223.00
Current: 173.280
Low
174.00
Averages
191.60
High
223.00
About ICE
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. provides financial technology and data services across major asset classes, helping its customers access workflow tools that increase transparency and efficiency. Its Exchanges segment operates regulated marketplace technology for the listing, trading and clearing of an array of derivatives contracts and financial securities as well as data and connectivity services related to its exchanges and clearing houses. Its Fixed Income and Data Services segment provides fixed income pricing, reference data, indices, analytics and execution services as well as global credit default swaps (CDS), clearing and multi-asset class data delivery technology. Its Mortgage Technology segment provides a technology platform that offers customers comprehensive, digital workflow tools that aim to address inefficiencies and mitigate risks that exist in the United States residential mortgage market life cycle, from application through closing, servicing and the secondary market.
About the author

Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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ICE Launches Reddit Signals and Sentiment Analysis Tools
- Market Signal Transformation: ICE's newly launched Reddit Signals and Sentiment tool converts millions of complex Reddit conversations into actionable market signals, significantly enhancing the efficiency with which investors can access information and make investment decisions.
- Real-Time Data Analysis: The tool analyzes anonymized and aggregated Reddit data streams to provide real-time and historical sentiment scores, assisting investors in identifying trends and integrating social signals into trading strategies, thereby enhancing market insights and risk management capabilities.
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