IBM, Toast, AppLovin, and an Industrial Stock Featured in CNBC's 'Final Trades'
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 10 2025
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Source: Benzinga
IBM's Acquisition of Confluent: IBM announced its acquisition of Confluent for $31 per share, valued at $11 billion, enhancing its data streaming capabilities and supporting AI deployment.
Final Trades on CNBC: Analysts highlighted several stocks, including Toast, which was upgraded by JP Morgan, and TopBuild, which reported strong earnings, while AppLovin is expected to approach its all-time high.
Market Reactions: Following the announcements, IBM shares rose by 0.4%, Toast increased by 0.1%, while TopBuild fell by 3.3%, and AppLovin jumped by 5.1%.
Analyst Insights: Stephanie Link praised IBM's acquisition, while other analysts provided insights on their final trades, indicating a mix of optimism and caution in the market.
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Analyst Views on CFLT
Wall Street analysts forecast CFLT stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CFLT is 29.10 USD with a low forecast of 24.00 USD and a high forecast of 31.00 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.
28 Analyst Rating
3 Buy
24 Hold
1 Sell
Hold
Current: 30.570
Low
24.00
Averages
29.10
High
31.00
Current: 30.570
Low
24.00
Averages
29.10
High
31.00
About CFLT
Confluent, Inc. provides a data streaming platform that enables customers to connect their applications, systems, and data layers and can be deployed as a fully-managed cloud-native software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, Confluent Cloud, as a self-managed software offering, Confluent Platform, or as a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) managed service offering where the raw data resides inside a customer’s own cloud environment, WarpStream. The Company also offers professional services and educational services. The Company is focused on developing a category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion for developers and enterprises. Its cloud-native offering works across multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures and supports a variety of deployment models to support diverse customer requirements, delivering massive scalability, elasticity, security, and global interconnectedness, enabling agile development. WarpStream offers a lower-cost option for relaxed latency use cases for customers.
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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