Vicor, Inogen, Alphabet Rise; Corteva Drops 64% on Vylor Spinoff

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Vicor, Inogen and Alphabet were among Thursday's biggest stock gainers, while Corteva led decliners. Vicor shares jumped 10% after the company raised its Q3 sequential growth guidance to more than 30% from its previous outlook of more than 20%, reflecting increased royalties from its first non-exclusive license for vertical power delivery technology. Inogen shares surged 8% after the company agreed to divest its U.S. oxygen rental business to Rotech Healthcare for total estimated cash consideration of up to $25M, a deal expected to close in Q4 2026, alongside a long-term supply agreement with Rotech; the rental business generated $24.3M in revenue in 1H 2026, down 9.8% Y/Y, and Inogen increased its share repurchase authorization by $15M to $45M, expiring June 30, 2028. Alphabet shares edged higher 4% after Google provided a first look at Gemini 4 Argon, its latest frontier AI model, which outperformed OpenAI Astra and Anthropic Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 in 13 of 19 benchmarks, including a 77.9% score on DeepSWE v1.1, and will cost $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens when launched. Corteva shares dropped 64% following the planned tax-free separation of its Crop Protection business into an independent publicly traded company, Vylor, a decline reflecting the mechanical price adjustment associated with the distribution rather than a conventional sell-off, with the separation effective October 1.

Impact on assets 4

Synthetic Biology (non-pharma)▼ · 1 stocks
Corteva Inc
CTVA
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Corteva dropped 64% on the planned tax-free spinoff of its Crop Protection business into Vylor, a mechanical price adjustment tied to the distribution.

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 1 stocks
Alphabet Inc Class C
GOOG
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier AI model, which outperformed rival models on 13 of 19 benchmarks.

Aging Population▲ · 1 stocks
Inogen Inc
INGN
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Inogen agreed to divest its U.S. oxygen rental business to Rotech for up to $25M and raised its share repurchase authorization by $15M.

Semiconductors▲ · 1 stocks
Vicor Corporation
VICR
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Vicor raised its Q3 sequential growth guidance to more than 30% on increased royalties from its first non-exclusive vertical power delivery license.

Off-coverage companies 4

AnthropicPrivate± Mixed
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OpenAIPrivate± Mixed
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Rotech HealthcarePrivate± Mixed
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Vylor Inc.Private± Mixed
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