Barclays
June 30, 2026
Americas Morning Research Summary
Daily UpdateEquitiesCommoditiesFinancialsHealth Care
This report provides a summary of daily equity research across various sectors, highlighting rating changes for companies like Hawkins, Mueller Water Products, and Watts Water Technologies. It also includes sector-specific insights on global markets, technology, and industry-specific outlooks.
Key Takeaways
- 1.Global equities achieved their best quarterly returns since Q4'20 in Q2'26, initially led by US markets before broadening into Europe.
- 2.Barclays upgraded Watts Water Technologies to Overweight, citing data center growth opportunities.
- 3.Iridium Communications agreed to be acquired by Rocket Lab at $54 per share.
Table of Contents
- Summary of Changes
- Company Research
- Industry Research
- Global Metals & Mining Valuation Sheet
- North America Metals and Mining: M&M Sector Scraps and Nuggets
- U.S. Large-Cap Banks: Bank Brief Bonus
- U.S. Large-Cap Banks: Jason Goldberg's Bank Brief
- Abivax: Part 2 Obefazimod Data
- European Medical Technology & Services: Weekly US generic IV and biosimilar market tracker
- GSK plc: Launch Sales tracker
- Copart Inc.: CEO change
- Owens Corning Inc.: WSJ Report of Unsolicited Bid for OC
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings: Q4'26 Review
- Watts Water Technologies Inc.: Upgrade to OW
- European Construction, Building Materials & Infrastructure: Building Blocks
- Maersk + HLAG + ZIM: Updating Maersk post pre-release
- Manav's COTW: The Consumer
- North America Environmental Services: Expanding coverage in Water Tech
- Comcast Corp.: UPDATE: Comcast's NBCU spin
- China Technology: CBO – China Brief Overnight
- Naspers / Prosus N.V.: Feedback from results + call
- Evergy Inc.: West Coast NDR
- Generac Holdings Inc: 1Q26 Preview
- U.S. Specialty Retail: Detailed Specialty Retail, Apparel & Footwear Comp Tables
- U.S. Specialty Retail: Weekly Retail Snapshot
- European Software & Payments: Takeaways from expert call
- European/U.S. REITs: Trans-Atlantic Real Estate Valuation Overview
- U.S. Software: rAImo's AI Newsletter #116
- Iridium Communications Inc: More consolidation in satellites
- European Telecoms: Barclays Global Telecoms Valuation Sheet
- European Equity Strategy: Q2'26 & June market review
- The Global Volatility Pulse: Bargains are gone, opportunities remain
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Authors
Author(s)
Securities
WTSIRDM
Themes
AI Infrastructure and Multi-model adoptionGlobal Market Q2 2026 performance
Regions
EuropeNorth AmericaUnited StatesChina
