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Helios has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 16.8%. The stock now trades at $80.44, marking a 25.5% gain. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Trex has been treading water for the past six months, recording a small return of 0.6% while holding steady at $44.00. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 8.7% gain during that period.
Wednesday, J.B. Hunt reported earnings per share of $1.91, up 45% year over year, from sales of $3.5 billion, up 19%.
July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Thursday as investors paused after a two-day rally, while chip stocks remained under pressure ahead of fresh economic reports and another
Investors didn't seem to think so after the company published it.
While we are still in the opening stages of the Q2 reporting cycle, the early results strongly reinforce the robust corporate earnings trend we've been seeing, with the big banks starting off the Q2 earnings season with remarkable momentum.
Dell, Sandisk and Micron led an AI sell-off, masked by megacaps such as Apple. SpaceX undercut its IPO price. Taiwan Semi, GE Aerospace earnings are due.
Wall Street cleared this earnings season’s first major hurdle with room to spare, as the nation’s biggest banks pummeled profit forecasts. “Bank earnings are often described as a scoreboard for the financial sector,” said Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank. “They are more useful as an economic medical examination, and the early numbers suggest the patient remains active, and dealmaking appears healthier.”
Over the past six months, RE/MAX has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 29.9%. Its stock price has climbed to $11.26, representing a healthy 38.2% increase. This run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
Incyte has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 8.6% to $114.25 per share while the index has gained 8.2%.
The earnings season is full steam ahead, and tech stocks are leading the march higher. All three major indexes were in the green to kick off Wednesday’s session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.7%. The S&P 500 gained 0.
Elevance Health topped Q2 earnings estimates Wednesday, despite falling medical membership, but profit was boosted by one-time "below-the-line" factors and the full-year outlook was underwhelming. ELV stock tumbled, making it among the S&P 500's early laggards. Molina Healthcare, another S&P 500 managed care stock, joined Elevance among the biggest laggards performers in pre-market trading.
A bad day for International Business Machines has turned into great day for CrowdStrike Holdings and other cybersecurity companies. The reason why seems to be a short reference about cybersecurity in a letter to shareholders from IBM CEO Arvind Krishna. Krishna discussed how IBM clients in June shifted quarterly capital spending toward servers, storage, and memory purchases ahead of expected price increases.
Over the past six months, Lockheed Martin’s stock price fell to $522.25. Shareholders have lost 8.8% of their capital, which is disappointing considering the S&P 500 has climbed by 9.4%. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Transocean has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 13.7%. The stock now trades at $5.39, marking a 23.1% gain. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
Industrial distributor Fastenal reported second-quarter earnings per share of 33 cents, in line with Wall Street estimates.
JPMorgan Chase’s profit in the second quarter rose 41% from a year ago to $21.2 billion, the bank said Tuesday. Excluding significant items, the bank's’s net income was $16.9 billion. Shares of the largest U.S. bank rose 1.3% in premarket trading.
Over the past six months, Agilent’s stock price fell to $134.31. Shareholders have lost 8.2% of their capital, which is disappointing considering the S&P 500 has climbed by 8.4%. This may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.