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Rhode Island’s publicly traded companies have seen mixed results since President Trump took office in January, but their stock prices have appeared to stabilize since April’s tariff announcement upended the American economy.

Here’s a look at where Rhode Island’s companies stand at the beginning of the summer.

CVS Health
June 26, 2025: $68.14
June 27, 2024: $58.36
⬆️ 16.8 percent
Market cap: $86.2 billion

Textron
June 26, 2025: $80.26
June 27, 2024: $86.34
⬇️ 7 percent
Market cap: $14.5 billion

Hasbro
June 26, 2025: $72.31
June 27, 2024: $58.16
⬆️ 24.3 percent
Market cap: $10.1 billion

Citizens Bank
June 26, 2025: $44.12
June 27, 2024: $34.63
⬆️ 27.4 percent
Market cap: $19.1 billion

Washington Trust
June 26, 2025: $28.17
June 27, 2024: $26.51
⬆️ 6.3 percent
Market cap: $543.4 million

United Natural Foods
June 26, 2025: $21.48
June 27, 2024: $12.90
⬆️ 66.5 percent
Market cap: $1.3 billion

Bally’s
June 26, 2025: $9.96
Nov. 21, 2024: $22.07*
⬇️ 54.87 percent
Market cap: $488.2 million

*Bally's stockholders approved a merger agreement with an affiliate of Standard General L.P. in November 2024.

AstroNova
June 26, 2025: $9.28
June 27, 2024: $15.15 
⬇️ 38.75 percent
Market cap: $70.5 million

🤔 So you think you're a Rhode Islander... 

Can you name the first superintendent of Providence schools?

📺 Watch: On the latest edition of WPRI's "Behind the Story," Eli Sherman and I talk to Providence Journal reporter Antonia Noori Farzan about her in-depth report about a fight over access to Napatree Point in Westerly. Watch Here.

⚓ From his bed in Rhode Island Hospital, Sebastian Yidana said he bears no ill will to the Pawtucket police officer who shot him while he held a toy gun. But questions remain about why the officer shot him: the city says that officer did not file a written report about the incident. Read more.

⚓ Providence leaders have reached an agreement on a tax-and-spending plan that further increases taxes on single-family homeowners, in an effort to more evenly spread the impact of a $23 million tax hike throughout the city. Steph Machado has a breakdown. Read more.

⚓ Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee on Thursday signed into law a bill banning the sale, purchase, and manufacture of assault-style weapons – considered a compromise measure that lawmakers said moves the state forward, despite falling short of prohibiting the possession of such firearms. Read more.

⚓ Trinity Brewhouse, the highly visible brewpub and mainstay in downtown Providence, has been sold this week to a group of local owners who have operated restaurants in Providence and East Greenwich. Read more.

🎂 Rhode Map readers have sent another round of Happy Birthday wishes to: Herb Weiss, Danielle North, Charlotte Kresse, Kevin Rolando (46), Deedee Chatham, Cranston School Committee Chairman Domenic Fusco Jr., Carolyn Day, Elise Swearingen, Randy Rossi, Lauren Vella, Kait Castillo (26), Brian Lalli, Tessa Roy, Edward Lavallee (58), Greg Greco, Kathy Gregg, Will Macrina (16), Rachel Nunes, Eileen Benz (62), Ted Benz (65), Lou Chrostowski (70), John Gentile, John Parente, Stephen DeNuccio, Roger Boudreau (76), and Nicole Renzulli.
 

You can check out all of our coverage at Globe.com/RI

Also in the Globe

⚓ The Globe's editorial board backs three-year college degree programs in Massachusetts. Read more.

⚓ A group known as Silence Dogood has confronted President Trump’s border czar and others with historic light displays. Read more.

⚓ Twenty months into his tenure, Craig Breslow takes stock of the Red Sox front office culture. Read more.

Email events to us at RInews@globe.com.

⚓ The University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees meets at 9 a.m. Here's the agenda.

⚓ The 2025 FlightSimExpo is at the Rhode Island Convention Center all weekend.

⚓ The Rhode Island Cybersecurity Planning Committee meets at 12:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Nathan Bishop, a Brown University graduate, was named the first superintendent of Providence schools in 1839. He now has a middle school named after him.

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