Alibaba and NetEase both report earnings the same morning, forcing a direct choice between two very different China tech bets. Analyst sentiment, price targets, and crowd prediction markets all point in conflicting directions, and only one stock survives the growth test.
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Analog Devices stock rises after the chip maker posts better-than-expected quarterly earnings and guidance.

After its IPO, X-Energy's shares are up nearly 20% so far this month. Will they crush Oklo's?

The Hangzhou-based humanoid robot maker closed at 845 yuan on Wednesday, giving it a market value of around $50 billion

Lowe's (LOW) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +4.27% and -0.68%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Estee Lauder (EL) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +21.88% and +2.15%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Comparable sales grew 3.8% in the second quarter, topping Wall Street estimates, though a tariff refund inflated the earnings figure
Target has moved quickly to rewrite its merchandising wrongs to improve traffic to its stores and online.

Estée Lauder Cos. posted quarterly results that beat estimates and ended a run of three straight declines in annual revenue, a sign the beauty conglomerate's turnaround efforts are gaining momentum.

SK Hynix said on Wednesday it would buy back and cancel 40 trillion won ($28.61 billion) worth of treasury shares and allocate more than 50% of free cash flow generated between 2025 and 2027 to boost shareholder returns. The move comes amid growing pressure from investors for SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics to return a bigger share of excess cash through dividends or share buybacks, after the chipmakers offered scant detail on capital returns despite reporting record profits fuelled by booming demand for AI memory chips. Those calls have intensified as SK Hynix and Samsung shares retreated after hitting record highs in June amid concerns about the durability of AI spending, though their stock prices remain far higher than earlier this year.

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared nearly six-fold in its Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark
Investors weigh Datavault AI’s tokenization backlog, AI infrastructure expansion, and revenue potential.

Magnite (NASDAQ:MGNI) said growth in connected television advertising, expansion of its programmatic technology and potential changes to Google’s advertising technology practices are central themes for its business outlook. Speaking at an Age of AI technology conference, Senior Vice President of In

Chinese coking coal prices are surging as supply continues to tighten after the deadly accident in the mining hub of Shanxi three months ago.

The company's struggling shares are launching back into orbit.

Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared more than five-fold in their Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country's robotics sector which has become a key battleground in the Sino-U.S. tech war. Unitree, which competes with Tesla and Hyundai Motor Group-owned Boston Dynamics, has drawn global attention for its robots that run, dance and perform martial arts. One of the world's biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots, it is a symbol of national pride for China, backed by influential firms, both private-sector tech giants and state-run.
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd (HIVE) posts strong revenue growth and positive adjusted EBITDA, while navigating a Swedish tax dispute and scaling its high-performance computing business.

Co-founder and former Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Travis Kalanick has said that he does not have any regrets about the ride-hailing giant’s failed bid to acquire rival Lyft Inc. in 2014. Lyft’s Culture Was Very Different In an interview released...

Japanese companies posted their largest earnings beat in five years despite soaring oil costs, fueling hopes that strong profit growth across sectors can broaden the market rally beyond AI-related trades.

Jack Henry (JKHY) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +9.03% and +2.31%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Keysight (KEYS) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +24.80% and +5.55%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Home Depot delivers broad-based growth with record online sales and strategic investments, despite persistent consumer caution and margin pressures.
Klarna delivers strong Q2 with record transaction margins and 2 million subscribers, yet tempers guidance amid German consumer weakness and FX headwinds.

Lowe’s stock has struggled amid a difficult housing market, but second-quarter earnings could give the shares a much-needed boost.

Target shares have surged more than 50% since the start of the year, though they remain far below their pandemic-era highs.
Exxon gains as crude prices rise amid Iran tensions while record production and $17.2 billion free cash flow support results.

They are two of the highest valued large-cap stocks in the market.
Baidu Inc (BIDU) reports strong AI-driven growth in cloud infrastructure and GPU services, while navigating a challenging advertising environment and advancing its Hong Kong dual-primary listing.

<p>Small-caps lagged their large-cap peers for over a decade in an environment dominated by the Fed put, failing to manifest any long lasting outperformance. With so much now changed, can small-cap performance this year manage to establish a longer-term trend or will it too prove to just be a temporary rotation? Find out what the industry experts think in this episode of<em> ETF Zoo</em>. </p>
