Cisco and Coherent both report earnings the same afternoon, putting two very different AI networking bets head to head. One carries a 93% crowd-backed beat probability while the other just shed 14% in a single session, and only one belongs in a retirement portfolio.
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Ahead of Cisco Systems, Inc‘s fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, Aug. 12, investors may be eyeing potential gains from the company’s dividends. Currently, Cisco has an annual dividend yield of 1.38%, which is a quarterly dividend amount of 42 cents...
Today Economic data: NFIB small-business index for July, existing home sales Earnings: Cardinal Health, Lumentum, CoreWeave, Super Micro, On Holding, Smithfield Foods Wednesday Inflation data: Consumer price index for July, 8:30 a.
Cisco Faces a Major AI Test as Q4 Earnings Approach
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This week is much more sedate on the earnings front after a busy few weeks, which could be a good or a bad thing depending on your approach. This week we have Cisco Systems, RocketLab, CoreWeave and Applied Materials as the main companies reporting.
U. S. inflation and retail sales figures are set to dominate the economic calendar this week as investors assess the health of the world’s largest economy against a backdrop of persistent uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict.
Monday Earnings (a.m): Barrick Mining Earnings (p.m.): Simon Property, Rocket Lab, JBS, Hims & Hers Health, Trump Media Tuesday Economic data: NFIB small-business index for July, existing home sales Earnings: Cardinal Health, Lumentum, CoreWeave, Super Micro, On Holding, Smithfield Foods Wednesday Inflation data: Consumer price index for July, 8:30 a.
Economic news this week will include data on consumer and producer prices, existing-home sales, and small-business optimism. As earnings season winds down, we’ll see results from Simon Property, Applied Materials, Cava, and more.
Markets enter a data-heavy week pivoting toward inflation assessment with Wednesday's July CPI report at 8:30am and Thursday's PPI establishing critical price pressure trends as investors evaluate Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's policy trajectory.
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Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at the top stories for investors to watch this weekend and next week, including Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A) quarterly earnings on Saturday, the Consumer Price Index's (CPI's) latest inflation reading on Wednesday, Applied Materials (AMAT) earnings on Thursday, and more.
Cisco is approaching Q4 earnings with solid AI momentum, rising networking demand, and expectations for another solid quarter.
Bank of America recommends purchasing select stocks, including Spotify, Ralph Lauren, RB Global, DoorDash, and Cisco Systems, ahead of their quarterly financial releases.
Lam Research tops Q4 FY26 estimates as NAND revenues more than double sequentially and support sales hit a third straight record.
Wall Street keeps reaching for the dot-com playbook every time an AI stock surges, but Fox Business host Charles Payne thinks that reflex is costing investors something far more valuable than peace of mind.
VRNS tops Q2 earnings and revenue estimates as SaaS growth, AI security demand and a higher full-year outlook fuel confidence in its growth trajectory.
Eliyan, a startup that aims to ease the bottlenecks in transferring data between AI chips in data centers, said on Wednesday it had raised $145 million in venture funding at a $1 billion valuation. Cisco Systems, Lumentum and an early investor in networking pioneer Mellanox before its sale to Nvidia backed the raising, according to Santa Clara, California-based Eliyan. The startup is developing technology aimed at the growing list of companies that are developing their own custom AI computing chips to compete with graphics processing units from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.
The market should recover its poise within the next few days, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.
Cisco Systems is set to post its fourth-quarter results soon, and analysts predict a double-digit growth in the company’s bottom-line figure.
Robinhood Markets and a pair of resurgent AI infrastructure plays, Dell Technologies and Cisco Systems, lead this weekend's watchlist of five stocks near buy points. Joining HOOD and AI stocks DELL and CSCO are two IRL (in real life) stocks. Outfront Media, a real estate investment trust, focuses on billboard and transit advertising, while Match Group operates Tinder and other dating sites.
S&P 500 earnings are expected to soar in Q2. Will these companies see it too?