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Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral

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Fintel reports that on October 2, 2026, Mizuho upgraded their outlook for ARKO Petroleum (NASDAQCM:APC) from Neutral to Outperform. This rating action follows a prior action by the same firm on July 28, 2026, when Mizuho maintained its Neutral rating with a from rating of Neutral

Directly affected

  • APC ARKO Petroleum

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • VLO Valero

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • MPC Marathon Petroleum

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration

    A fund of oil and gas producers

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of energy companies

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services

    Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
APC———————
XOM———————
CVX———————
OXY———————
COP———————
VLO———————
MPC———————
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH———————

Fintel reports that on October 2, 2026, Mizuho upgraded their outlook for ARKO Petroleum (NASDAQCM:APC) from Neutral to Outperform. This rating action follows a prior action by the same firm on July 28, 2026, when Mizuho maintained its Neu…

Source: Nasdaq Markets

Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral,” Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN) is +1.82%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.08% over the same days, a +2.90% difference versus the market.

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Who gains and who loses around Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN)

Companies carried with this story

  • MKTN Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf

    Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral.” Reason on file: GA selected MKTN as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: neutral. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How “Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral” reaches Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN)

Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN) is the company in “Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral,” the 2 Oct 2026 this story story.

For Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN), the reason on file says GA selected MKTN as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: neutral. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Dates and price levels for Federated Hermes Mdt Market Neutral Etf (MKTN)

MKTN traded between 27.67 and 28.54 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 28.49.

How solid “Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral” looks

14 out of 100

“Mizuho Upgrades ARKO Petroleum to Outperform from Neutral” scores 14 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 1 linked companies.