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In a move that signals the final maturation of digital asset infrastructure, S&P Global announced on September 17, 2026, its acquisition of OpenZeppelin. This is not merely a corporate consolidation; it is the formal emergence of a ‘credit rating for code’—a necessary evolution for institutional tokenization to move from experimental sandbox to the bedrock of […]
UiPath (PATH) trades at about $14, some 29% below its high of the past year, and it has lost 11.7% over the past month. Its results are not what did that. The fall is recent: the stock is still up 34.5% over the past three months, and over the past twelve months it returned 18.9% against 17.0% for the S&P 500. What matters is how far a stock like this falls in a real shock.
Rocket Lab (RKLB) has gained 9.5% over the last five trading days, while the S&P 500 added 0.6%. A week like that pulls money in. The stock is still about 55% below its 52-week high. The run is not the question. What matters for your money is what this stock does to your portfolio when the market moves, because it travels about four times as far as the index in both directions.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) grew revenue faster over the past twelve months than every company in its peer group, and only one company in that group earns a wider operating margin. Palantir also carries the group's highest earnings multiple. Over those same twelve months the stock returned less than the S&P 500. The operational lead is evident, but current market valuations appear to price in much of that outperformance.
Verizon Communications (VZ) trades near $48 a share and generated free cash worth 10.0% of its market value over the last twelve months. The median S&P 500 company manages 4.5%. A gap that wide usually means one of two things: a bargain, or a business the market expects to shrink. Verizon is neither, quite. The cash is real, and it is not all yours.
Walt Disney (DIS) has lost about 7% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 gained 17%. Disney trades at 21.3 times earnings, just under an S&P 500 median of 22.5. The question is whether that is a good business on sale, or a fair price for a slow grower.
Arista Networks (ANET) has gained 5.6% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 added 0.6%. A gap like that pulls buyers in. But the five-day move is not the question. The real one is what owning Arista does to your money every time the market moves, because it travels much further than the index in both directions.
S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) analysts are flagging rising U.S. utility rates as a source of pressure on municipal finances. The firm reports that higher electricity and water costs are weighing on city budgets and could affect municipal credit quality. Analysts also point to growth in affordable housing and sustainable debt markets as areas drawing more issuer and investor attention. Rising U.S. utility rates and expanding affordable housing and sustainable debt activity are important; investors...
I am not opposed to credit rating agencies giving companies time to prove their business models. However, the numbers must also make sense.
ON Semiconductor (ON) stock trades near $67, about 50% below its 52-week high. It lost 43.7% over the trailing three months, ending with a 9.0% fall on September 16. Yet it is still up 38.4% over the trailing twelve months, against 15.5% for the S&P 500. The company's latest results show a business still shrinking but recovering, not one in trouble.
S&P Global is expanding into the technology risks underpinning stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other onchain financial products.
Alphabet (GOOGL) has gained 3.7% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 fell 1.1%. A stock that rises in a down week gets attention. But five days say nothing about what Alphabet does to the rest of your money. The real question is what it does to your portfolio every time the market moves, because it travels further than the index in both directions.
Cava (CAVA) stock is down about 44% over the past three months, while the S&P 500 was roughly flat. A fall that size usually leaves something cheap behind. It has not here. Cava still trades at 88 times earnings against about 23 for the S&P 500, and much of what you are paying for is restaurants that are not open yet.
AppLovin (APP) has climbed 6.2% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 slipped 1.1%. With the stock about 55% below its 52-week high, a week like that pulls in bottom hunters. But next week is the wrong question. What matters to your money is what holding AppLovin does every time the market moves, because it travels far further than the index, and furthest on the way down.
PepsiCo (PEP) has gone nowhere for a year, down 1.8% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 returned 16.6%. At about $135 a share it trades at 17.7 times earnings, against an S&P 500 median of 22.5. A big cash generator priced below the market is what value buyers hunt for, so is this discount impatience or a verdict.
CME is expanding through higher trading volumes, new derivatives products and record market-data revenues while returning capital to shareholders.
S&P Global's recurring revenues, AI adoption and productivity gains support growth as rising investment costs and a business reset pressure margins.
IonQ (IONQ) stock trades at about $37, roughly 55% below its high inside the last year. The market did not do that: over the past twelve months the S&P 500 returned 16.6% while IonQ lost 33.4%. Its own numbers went the other way, which makes the downside hard to size.
S&P Global analysts see a “simmering risk” from high electricity and water costs but momentum in affordable housing and sustainable debt.
S&P Global, Cloudflare and Canadian Natural headline today's research, with growth drivers balanced by valuation, execution and market risks.
PG&E (PCG) has lost about 13% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 gained 17%. The California utility now trades at 9.5 times earnings against an S&P 500 median of 22.9, the kind of gap value buyers hunt for. So what has the market marked down: the utility, or the state it operates in.
Zscaler (ZS) has gained 48% in three months, yet trades about 43% below its 52-week high. Near $190 it costs 9.3 times sales, against 3.2 for the S&P 500. The question is which growth that price buys: the 25% reported for fiscal 2026, or the roughly 17% guided for fiscal 2027.
Cloudflare's enterprise demand, AI-driven adoption and raised 2026 outlook support growth, but margin pressure and competition keep risk balanced.
Applied Materials (AMAT) stock fell 7.1% in its latest session, to about $424. It sits 41% below the high it set within the past year, after a twelve-month run in which it returned 151% against 17% for the S&P 500. It did not fall on a bad quarter, and that is what makes the next leg hard to size.
eBay (EBAY) has gained 5.4% over the past five trading days while the S&P 500 fell 1.3%. A stock rising in a falling market pulls money in. Five days say nothing about what a holding does to your money over the years you would own it. eBay's longer-term record presents a more mixed risk-adjusted picture.
Find insight on Australian banks, Indonesian state-owned banks and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
International Business Machines (IBM) has risen 6.0% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 fell 1.3%. A run like that in a weak market pulls money in, but the five-day move is not the question worth answering. What matters is what IBM does to your money when the market moves. Most of what IBM does has little to do with the market.
Uber Technologies (UBER) generates free cash flow worth 6.8% of its market value a year, against 4.5% for the median S&P 500 company. A gap that wide usually points to a business the market expects to shrink. Uber is not shrinking; revenue grew 16.7% over the trailing twelve months. So the question is who gets the cash.
AWS can support enormous borrowing, but interconnected AI financing introduces risks beyond Amazon's own data centers.
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