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With U.S. businesses reopening and the economy gaining steam again following widespread pandemic-related closures, Ulta Beauty is among companies with the potential for long-term strength, according to Michael Baker, a D.A. Davidson Institutional Research Analyst. Baker, who recently launched coverage of Ulta, believes cosmetics will be in more demand as Americans begin traveling, returning to the office and socializing again. His perspectives about the effect of businesses reopening can be foun...

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced today that it served as financial advisor to Carpenter Contractors of America (CCA) and the Thiel family in an agreement to sell the company to Kodiak Building Partners. CCA is the market leader in turnkey building services to the residential construction industry.

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced today that Chris Keith has been promoted to Research Analyst, Northeast Banks, joining the firm’s award-winning institutional equity research team to provide coverage of regional banks in the New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts markets.

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced the addition of key institutional sales professionals in the firm’s Fixed Income Capital Markets group.

More than 1,400 D.A. Davidson Companies associates across the country will have the opportunity to serve as volunteers throughout the month of September for the firm’s D.A. Davidson Day.

Should your summer reading include a book or two to help you understand more about investing? U.S. News & World Report offers a list of books recommended by professionals in financial services. Among those books: the listing at No. 3, which Andrew Crowell, Vice Chairman of Wealth Management for D.A. Davidson, calls a “timeless classic.” The list can be found in the article, “10 of the Best Investing Books for Beginners,” written by Coryanne Hicks.Read the full article...

D.A. Davidson & Co. announced today that the firm continues its expansion of diversified industrials sector investment banking with the addition of David Morse, a Managing Director based in Atlanta.

Has Estee Lauder already moved beyond its biggest hurdles? Analysts have mixed perceptions about what the near-term future could bring for the cosmetics company and whether its strategy is the right one for recovery. Linda Bolton Weiser, the D.A. Davidson Institutional Research Analyst who covers Estee Lauder, outlined her thoughts in “Estee Lauder has a plan to grow, but analysts are mixed about whether it will help the next few months,” a MarketWatch article written by Tonya Garcia...

D.A. Davidson & Co. has sold $42.8 million of limited tax general obligation bonds for Medical Campus Public Infrastructure District (PID), located in Provo, Utah, to finance public infrastructure related to the development of a new osteopathic medical school campus anticipated to be built on an approximately 30-acre site.

While the global pandemic already had fundamentally changed business for Uber, the ride-hailing company has further disrupted its own business with the acquisition of Postmates, a rival delivery app.