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Nvidia enters earnings week with its stock priced for perfection, but a single crack in its numbers could send investors scrambling for the exits. The question is whether any weakness even exists, and what happens if the market finds out the hard way.
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Ark Invest just doubled down on Nvidia and TSMC stock, and the reason why is obvious.
Sandisk shattered Wall Street estimates for its fiscal fourth quarter as relentless hyperscaler demand for AI data storage triggered severe capacity bottlenecks and surging memory chip prices.
On the latest episode of the AI Investor Podcast, 24/7 Wall St. Analyst Austin Smith opens with a puzzle: two companies are being treated in opposite ways for the same underlying behavior. Microsoft is up roughly 16% after Azure growth accelerated from 38% to 43%, with guidance pointing to 45–46%, vindicating a capex program the market had criticized. Meta, meanwhile, is down about 10% at roughly 20x earnings despite 28% top-line growth — and is being punished for the same infrastructure spending, even after Zuckerberg argued that Meta rents out compute at a markup over its cost. Co-host Eric Bleeker's answer is that both moves are likely overreactions, and that the real variable is what each company said versus what Wall Street wanted to hear. Microsoft delivered on message: Azure at a $124 billion run rate, 90% of cloud demand coming from outside the frontier labs, and no capex increase. He frames Microsoft's position as a prisoner's dilemma, since compute routed to Azure is compute unavailable for its own AI products, and argues Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella relented under pressure from prior quarters. He compares the market's discomfort with capex growth to Apple's mid-decade smartphone choppiness versus Google's steadier trajectory. Meta hit every wrong note: an EPS miss on one-time costs, decelerating guidance, Zuckerberg walking back the cloud-capacity revenue opportunity, and incremental compute directed toward Meta Superintelligence rather than the core ad business. Eric estimates the justified moves were only a few percent in either direction, with the rest attributable to PR and positioning. He credits Microsoft's software exposure as valuable diversification, but concludes the share-price gap doesn't reflect any real difference in business trajectory.
For investors who expect continued weakness or sideways trading in Meta Platforms, a bear call spread in Meta Platforms stock offers a way to express that view with defined risk. Last week's Magnificent Seven companies' earnings produced some clear winners and losers.
Meta sold off hard after a Q2 print that spooked investors, but a closer look at what actually drove the earnings gap raises a question the market may have answered too quickly.
Meta Platforms stock cratered Thursday after a quarterly report that beat on revenue but raised serious questions about where billions in AI spending actually leads, and Wall Street's response was swift and brutal.
Meta Platforms stock (META) continues to drop since coming out with second quarter earnings on Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley breaks down how investors are reacting to the Facebook parent company's vague guidance on full-year AI capex.
The social media giant reported its second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, missing on earnings per share but beating on revenue.
The social media giant reported its second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, missing on earnings per share but beating on revenue.
Meta beat on revenue and Zuckerberg called AI a generational opportunity, yet the stock cratered in after-hours trading and wiped out billions from his personal fortune. The gap between the bullish pitch and the brutal numbers tells a complicated story.
Stock tumbles nearly 8% after weaker-than-expected results, despite CEO’s blitz to tout positive effects of AI
The stock market sold off as oil prices surged on Trump's Iran threats. Microsoft, Meta and Fortinet were key earnings movers late.
Meta Platforms stock slid after the social media giant reported second-quarter earnings below expectations. The Facebook parent's sales forecast was below estimates as well, while its AI spending forecast was upped slightly. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based Meta earned $6.18 per share from sales of $60.8 billion for the June quarter, according to a company press release.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, XETRA:FB2A, SIX:FB) missed second-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday, weighed down by a jump in costs including legal charges, even as revenue grew faster than expected. The social media giant reported earnings per share of $6.18, down 13% year-over-year...
Meta (META) reported second quarter results on Wednesday after the closing bell. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at $6.18 (compared to analyst estimates of $7.14), and revenue came in at $60.80 billion (compared to analyst estimates of $60.24 billion). Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré takes a closer look at the breaking numbers.
By Purvi Agarwal, Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Avinash P July 29 (Reuters) - European shares edged lower on Wednesday, as diverging results from French luxury groups weighed on the broader sector, while
Investors are laser focused on capex heading to Meta' earnings report.
Microsoft and Meta both crushed their last quarters, yet Wall Street's real verdict on July 29 has nothing to do with revenue beats. The question traders are actually pricing is which AI capex monster blinks first.
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