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Apple's services business didn't quite meet Wall Street expectations in the latest quarter. The segment includes sales from the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud and other software-like offerings. It's a crucial part of Apple's business as it provides the company with a continued revenue stream from existing customers beyond product purchases.

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Investing.com -- Roblox Corp. (NYSE:RBLX) reported second quarter results that missed analyst expectations on key metrics, with shares falling 11.5% as the company issued third quarter bookings guidance well below Wall Street estimates.

OLED provider Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 11.4% year on year to $152.2 million. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $650 million at the midpoint came in 0.8% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $1.06 per share was 2.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

SoFi delivered a strong Q2 earnings beat, but its unchanged profit outlook sent the stock tumbling. So, what should be your stance now?

Blockchain infrastructure company Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 18.5% year on year to $1.22 billion. Its GAAP loss of $1.36 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.

Solar panel manufacturer First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 3.7% year on year to $1.06 billion. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $5.05 billion at the midpoint came in 0.7% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $3.92 per share was 39.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

The solar technology company said customer contract cancellations offset an increase in module sales to third parties.

Carvana shares sank as muted full-year guidance takes center stage. Needham analysts recommend buying the post-earnings dip in CVNA stock.

Online community and discussion platform Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 61.1% year on year to $804.9 million. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($865 million at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 4.2% above what analysts were expecting. Its GAAP profit of $1.25 per share was 29.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Solar tracker company Nextpower (NASDAQ:NXT) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, but sales rose 8.2% year on year to $935.2 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $4.25 billion at the midpoint came in 2.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.20 per share was 14.9% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Meta raised its minimum capital-spending forecast as its artificial-intelligence infrastructure expansion consumed substantially more cash.

Higher production costs, weakening Apple modem demand and lower-margin data-center programs pressured Qualcomm's outlook.

Investors are weighing expected double-digit revenue growth against margins, component costs and Apple's new device-leasing strategy.

P&G expects slower sales growth and continued margin pressure as commodity, energy and transportation expenses increase.

Traders bid the memory names back up this week, even as YMTC’s NAND share climbed toward the fourth-largest spot globally.

Ford is preparing for Chinese automakers to potentially enter the American market within the next five to ten years.

Qualcomm Stock Hit by Weak Guidance, Apple Modem Business Slows

E's Q2 earnings miss estimates, but revenues jump 21.5% as stronger pricing, production growth and segment gains lift results.

Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $20-billion AI-focused fund is unwinding public equity bets as the sector’s recent selloff takes its toll.

Earnings from Schneider Electric and several other companies beyond Microsoft can give nervous investors some comfort about the direction of the AI trade.

<body><p>STORY: :: Was sponsoring the World Cup worth it?</p><p>:: Peter Devlin, Business reporter</p><p>"Was sponsoring the World Cup worth it?</p><p>If you ask Adidas - maybe not. Shares in the sportswear giant just suffered their biggest drop on record.</p><p>Its huge World Cup marketing bet delivered blockbuster sales - but profits couldn’t keep up.</p><p>Adidas went all in on football’s biggest stage - launching merchandise months before rivals Nike and Puma.</p><p>Then backed it all with a star-studded campaign featuring Timothée Chalamet, Lionel Messi and Bad Bunny.</p><p>And the campaign worked. Adidas sold four times more jerseys and twice as many footballs as the previous tournament, generating around €1.5 billion in World Cup-related sales.</p><p>But attention doesn’t come cheap. Adidas spent an extra €212 million on marketing. So was it worth it?</p><p>Adidas is racing to find its next hit as demand for its Samba and Gazelle sneakers cools.</p><p>But while trends fade, owning the world’s biggest sporting stage is something no rival can take away.</p><p>And in the battle for attention, that might just be the winning goal."</p></body>

Jersey Mike's sandwich chain made it from the Jersey Shore to the financial capital of the world.

A poorly received financial update on Thursday isn't the end of this turnaround story.

State Street quietly sells two ETFs tracking the exact same mid-cap index at wildly different prices, and most investors holding the older one have no idea how much that gap costs them over time.

A Massachusetts couple who ran an e-commerce newsletter started receiving anonymous packages containing live cockroaches, a fetal pig, and death threats, and it took years before the full scope of who orchestrated the campaign against them came to light.

NVR's asset-light model and buybacks support long-term value, but falling earnings, weaker revenues and a premium valuation argue for patience.

Peter Schiff is not done warning markets. The economist who called the 2008 financial crisis posted on X that the current tech selloff is a preview of something larger, and that Bitcoin will take a harder hit than most investors are currently pricing in. "The entire U.S. stock market is overpriced, ...

Shares of Teladoc Health fell more than 25% Thursday after the telehealth company missed second-quarter revenue expectations and cut its full-year sales forecast. The pain is concentrated in BetterHelp, Teladoc's therapy and psychiatry platform, where revenue fell 12% to $212.6 million. Teladoc has pushed BetterHelp users toward insurance-covered therapy instead of cash-pay sessions.