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  • Professor Andrea M. Armani, University of Southern California
  • Ruti Ben-Shlomi, Ph.D., LightSolver
  • James Butler, Ph.D., Hamamatsu
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  • Justin Sigley, Ph.D., AmeriCOM
  • Professor Birgit Stiller, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, and Leibniz University of Hannover
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  • Mohan Wang, Ph.D., University of Oxford
  • Professor Xuchen Wang, Harbin Engineering University
  • Professor Stefan Witte, Delft University of Technology

Stocks making big moves yesterday: Mirion, Penguin Solutions, Byrna, Plug Power, and Bloom Energy

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Check out the companies making headlines yesterday:

Mirion (NYSE: MIR): Radiation safety company Mirion (NYSE: MIR) rose by 3.6% on Wednesday after an analyst at Robert W. Baird raised their price target on the shares. See our full article here.

Is now the time to buy Mirion? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.

Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ: PENG): Semiconductor maker Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ: PENG) rose by 8.2% on Wednesday after several Wall Street analysts raised their price targets on the company's stock. See our full article here.

Is now the time to buy Penguin Solutions? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.

Byrna (NASDAQ: BYRN): Non-lethal weapons company Byrna (NASDAQ: BYRN) rose by 4.1% on Wednesday after an analyst at Roth Capital raised their price target on the shares. See our full article here.

Is now the time to buy Byrna? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.

Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG): Fuel cell technology Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) rose by 20.8% on Wednesday after it announced a new multi-year enhanced supply agreement with a major U.S.-based industrial gas partner. See our full article here.

Is now the time to buy Plug Power? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.

Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE): Electricity generation and hydrogen production company Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) rose by 15.1% on Wednesday after J.P. Morgan upgraded the stock. See our full article here.

Is now the time to buy Bloom Energy? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.

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