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Intel beat forecasts by $1.7B and still lost 11%. Oil, rates, and chip selling explain it better. What has Jim Cramer got to do with it?

Every quarter, Wall Street fixates on whether hyperscalers will blink and cut their AI budgets, and every quarter the order books tell a completely different story. Here is the basic economic principle that keeps one investor hitting buy on NVDA ahead of August earnings.

After years of decline, the stock rallied by almost 50% in the first half of 2026.

The company late Thursday posted adjusted earnings of 35 cents a share, from 2 cents a year ago and above Wall Street’s 33 cents expectation. Revenue grew 55% to $168.8 million, beating the analyst consensus view of $164.6 million, according to FactSet. The earnings and revenue growth were due to strong momentum in the company’s optical artificial-intelligence date center business, and management expects that demand to continue.

South-Korea memory-chip maker SK Hynix stock offers its first buy point ahead of the firm's debut earnings report next week.

HUM enters Q2 earnings with strong premium and membership growth expectations, but rising medical costs and expenses could test its bottom line.

Sensata (ST) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

HOG beats Q2 earnings estimates as motorcycle demand lifts HDMC, while HDFS revenues plunge and LiveWire narrows losses.

NextEra Energy reported another strong quarter.

Ford faces lower Q2 sales and EV weakness, but cost controls, product mix and valuation support its long-term case as investors await clearer guidance.

Intel stock (INTC), which initially surged following its second quarter earnings yesterday, is trying to hold onto some of its gains Friday morning. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré and Interactive Brokers chief strategist Steve Sosnick to discuss Intel's earnings release, outlook, and performance of its various business segments.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) stock is sliding Friday morning, trading at $320.55 and down 6% after the card issuer reported a Q2 2026 beat that traders opted to fade. The reaction hit within an hour of the 8:30 a.m. ET 8-K Form, pulling American Express stock down from a prior close of $340.84. The drop extends ... American Express Sinks 6% After Q2 Earnings Beat as Visa, Mastercard Hold Steady

RTX tops Q2 earnings estimates and boosts full-year 2026 outlook as commercial aerospace, defense demand, and a record backlog fuel strong growth.

Intel's stock is surging while the rest of the chip sector sits flat, and the reasons behind that split tell a much bigger story about where the semiconductor race is actually headed.

NextEra (NEE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +5.51% and -5.76%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) shares rose 2.

SLB (SLB) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +7.84% and +2.95%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Verizon topped Q2 earnings estimates and added more "postpaid" phone subscribers than expected. But revenue fell short.

The card company posted second-quarter earnings of $4.53 per share, up 11% from a year ago, as card member spending rose 9%

The wireless carrier added 184,000 postpaid phone net subscribers in the second quarter, well above analyst forecasts

SLB posts better-than-expected earnings as demand for its oilfield services increases outside the Middle East.

Investing.com -- Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) on Friday reported second quarter results that exceeded adjusted earnings expectations while revenue fell short of analyst estimates, with shares rising 2.7% following the announcement.

Investing.com -- SLB on Friday reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.55, beating the analyst consensus of $0.51 by $0.04, as revenue of $8.97 billion exceeded expectations of $8.67 billion.

Oilfield services provider SLB (NYSE:SLB) reported Q2 CY2026 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, but sales fell by 4.5% year on year to $8.97 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.55 per share was 6.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) shares climbed more than 4% in premarket trading on Friday after the semiconductor company posted its fastest quarterly revenue growth in over 15 years and issued stronger guidance for the current quarter, highlighting continued momentum from artificial intelligence investment. The latest results exceeded Wall Street forecasts and reinforced investor confidence that Intel’s turnaround strategy is gaining traction under Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan.

Moody's (MCO) is back in focus after reporting second quarter results that exceeded market expectations, lifting full year guidance and pairing that update with a larger share repurchase plan. See our latest analysis for Moody's. The earnings beat and guidance upgrade come after a choppy few months for Moody's, with the share price down 9.01% over the past week but still showing a 3.55% 90 day share price return and a 37.73% three year total shareholder return. This suggests that longer term...

MaxLinear (MXL) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.06% and +2.33%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Knowles (KN) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +10.00% and +6.99%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Chipmaker Reports Strongest Revenue Growth in More Than 15 Years

Intel smashed Wall Street's targets for the second quarter and with its guidance for the third quarter. Intel stock jumped on the news.