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Investing.com -- Redburn has reiterated a positive stance on U.S. airlines, keeping Buy ratings on Delta and United and upgrading Southwest to Neutral on Friday, citing a strong sector backdrop.

Energy Transfer's fee-based model, NGL export expansion and rising earnings estimates support growth, but weaker margins and ROE remain key concerns.

Comcast generates substantial free cash flow and pays a reliable dividend. Disney is hitting records across parks, streaming, and the box office.

Bitcoin jumped 5% to $80,000 per token on Friday as investors looked past a Fed rate hike and failed Clarity Act vote.

Insiders at Uber, GameStop, and Welltower are buying shares, with executives boosting stakes despite mixed stock performance and, in GameStop's case, declining sales.

Five Below's stronger traffic, margins and fiscal 2026 earnings outlook bolster growth, but a premium valuation and cost risks raise the execution bar.

Globe Life expects premium growth, AI adoption and distribution expansion to support earnings, while strong capital enables substantial share buybacks.

AppLovin's AI advertising platform is expanding into new markets despite a recent stumble. The Trade Desk is navigating its slowest growth in years with no clear near-term catalyst.

These companies may perform well in any market environment.

Caterpillar just sent its self-driving trucks to two more quarries, but the autonomous milestone tells almost nothing about what is actually moving the stock. Understanding the real driver changes how you read the dip.

MSFT's cloud and AI momentum, broad enterprise adoption and durable growth outlook give investors reasons to hold despite its 31.2% surge.

Marcus gains the edge over AMC Entertainment as theater outperformance, hotel diversification and low leverage support stronger near-term momentum.

Braze posted strong fiscal Q2 growth and retention metrics, while peers Klaviyo and Similarweb show similar AI-driven momentum despite differing stock performance and customer engagement strategies.

On Holding stock has struggled mightily this year.

Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading.

Mid-cap stocks have the best odds of scaling into $100 billion corporations thanks to their tested business models and large addressable markets. But the many opportunities in front of them attract significant competition, spanning from industry behemoths with seemingly infinite resources to small, nimble players with chips on their shoulders.

ANF's shares jump 58.9% in three months as brand momentum, full-price selling and new growth avenues support stronger performance.

GE Vernova is posting record orders and dramatically raising its free cash flow outlook. NextEra is executing steadily but navigating a major merger that won't close for another year.

Qualcomm (QCOM) told investors in its fiscal Q3 2026 call that its share of Apple's recent iPhone launch would be materially lower than its prior estimate of 20%. In the same call, management raised its non-handset revenue target for fiscal 2029 to $40 billion—nearly doubling its prior $22 billion goal as automotive, IoT, and data center expand. Anyone buying the stock today is deciding whether that replacement revenue arrives on schedule.

Apple began selling its latest premium smartphones Friday and analysts are cautiously optimistic about its prospects.

Optics stocks are surging again while the broader market slides, and no earnings release or analyst upgrade explains the buying. Something else is pulling capital into this group, and the answer matters for anyone holding names that are already up triple digits this year.

PDEX, APH and RELY made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on September 18th, 2026.

China internet names are moving together on Friday while the broader market slips, and the pattern raises a question that matters for anyone holding Alibaba through a brutal year: rotation or head fake?

The consensus price target hints at a 27.8% upside potential for Amphenol (APH). While empirical research shows that this sought-after metric is hardly effective, an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean that the stock will witness an upside in the near term.

The target sits above recent calls from B. Riley and JPMorgan as IREN pursues more than $4 billion in operational ARR and a $25 billion to $30 billion spending plan.

Alphabet surged Friday while Meta and Microsoft both slipped into the red, leaving traders to figure out whether one mega-cap is breaking away from the pack or simply catching a wave that has nowhere structural to stand.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) sells quantum computing systems into a market its own management calls early, which makes the buy question hard to answer. You cannot lean on earnings, because Rigetti loses money, which leaves its price-to-earnings ratio meaningless. You can measure what you pay for each dollar of sales. Here is that walk, one step at a time.

Micron Technology will soon release its fiscal 2026 results, which could give the stock a nice shot in the arm.

eHealth says surging 2027 health costs are pushing smaller employers toward ICHRAs, potentially expanding individual coverage demand.

Five Below's 26.9% three-month rally is backed by traffic-led comps, margin gains and a raised fiscal 2026 outlook, but valuation raises execution risk.