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Rental properties are far less passive than gurus suggest. One bad tenant can quickly ruin the math. Public REITs offer similar benefits with far less effort. |
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Is It Too Late to Buy Rexford Industrial Realty Inc (REXR) After 3.0% Rally? GF Value Says Undervalued | FMP Stock News | |
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On June 09, 2026, Rexford Industrial Realty Inc REXR shares rose 3.0%, bringing the current price to $34.99. Despite today's gain, the stock has experienced a decline of 8.4% year-to-date and is trading within a 52-week range of $32.14 to $44.38.GF Value™ verdict: The current price of $34.99 is 18.6% below the GF Value™ estimate of $42.98.GF Score™: 89/100, indicating a strong potential for long-term returns.Notable signal: Insider activity shows that insiders sold $2.0M worth of shares in the last 3 months, with no purchases recorded. Is REXR Overvalued or Undervalued? Rexford Industrial Realty Inc's current price of $34.99 is significantly lower than the estimated GF Value™ of $42.98, indicating that the stock is undervalued by approximately 18.6%. This margin of safety suggests an opportunity for investors, as the stock may have room to appreciate towards its intrinsic value. The GF Valuation label classifies REXR as "Modestly Undervalued," which implies that while there is potential for price recovery, investors should remain cautious of market volatility and economic factors that could impact the stock's performance. GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary measure of intrinsic value, calculated from historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance estimates. Given the current pricing dynamics, REXR presents an interesting case for examination, particularly in light of its strong GF Score™ and favorable profitability and growth rankings. How Does REXR's Valuation Compare to Its History? Metric Current Historical P/E (TTM) 37.6x 48.3x Forward P/E 29.7x N/A The current P/E (TTM) of 37.6x is notably below its 5-year median P/E of 48.3x, indicating that REXR is trading at a lower valuation compared to its historical performance. Furthermore, the forward P/E of 29.7x reflects a potentially attractive valuation moving forward. This P/E analysis aligns with the GF Value™ verdict of being undervalued, reinforcing the notion that REXR may offer an attractive opportunity in a recovering market. What Does REXR's GF Score™ Tell Us? Metric Rating GF Score™ 89 Financial Strength 5/10 Profitability 9/10 Growth 9/10 Valuation 8/10 Momentum 5/10 The GF Score™ of 89/100 indicates a strong investment profile, particularly in the areas of profitability and growth, both rated at 9/10. However, the financial strength rating of 5/10 suggests some areas of concern, potentially related to leverage or liquidity. The valuation score of 8/10 further supports the notion that the stock is undervalued, while the momentum score of 5/10 indicates mixed signals regarding recent price movements. What Are Insiders Doing with REXR Stock? Recent insider activity regarding Rexford Industrial Realty Inc has shown a concerning trend, with insiders selling $2.0 million worth of shares over the past three months, without any reported purchases. This pattern may suggest a lack of confidence among insiders about the stock's short-term performance. While insider selling can sometimes indicate potential issues within the company, it is essential to consider broader market conditions and company fundamentals before drawing conclusions. What This Means for Investors Based on the analysis of GF Value™, REXR appears to be undervalued at its current price of $34.99, presenting a potential opportunity for investors. However, the recent insider selling and mixed momentum signals warrant caution. Investors should weigh these factors carefully when considering their investment strategies. For the complete analysis, visit the Rexford Industrial Realty Inc REXR stock page. You can also explore the GF Value™ page for detailed valuation methodology, or use the GuruFocus Stock Screener to find similar opportunities. Frequently Asked Questions What is REXR's GF Score™? REXR's GF Score™ is 89/100, indicating a strong potential for long-term returns based on key financial metrics. Is REXR overvalued or undervalued? REXR is currently undervalued, with a GF Value™ estimate of $42.98 compared to its current price of $34.99. What is REXR's P/E ratio? REXR's P/E (TTM) is 37.6x, which is below its 5-year median P/E of 48.3x, suggesting the stock is trading at a lower valuation historically. This stock alert was generated using automated technology and GuruFocus financial data to provide readers with timely and accurate market reporting. This content was reviewed by GuruFocus editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to [email protected]. |
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Apple's Next Chapter: AI Innovation and Leadership Change Signal Upside | FMP Stock News | |
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Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) stock hit a fresh all-time high around $317.40 in late May, then slid 7.82% in a week as investors digested |
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Weirdly, the iPhone Might Be About to Become a Huge Drag on Apple's Stock Price — or Maybe Not? | FMP Stock News | |
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There's been a lot of buzz surrounding Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) after its big WWDC week. |
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Apple revealed its AI-powered next chapter at WWDC 2026 — and not only were we there, we were part of it. Engadget executive editor Cherlynn Low joined Brenda Stolyar, senior staff writer at Wirecutter, Yahoo Finance tech editor Daniel Howley, and Judner Aura (@uravgconsumer) for a panel discussion on Apple's big plans for 2026 and beyond. |
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Apple Will Make Billions From AI in These 2 Ways. Is It Time to Buy the Stock? | FMP Stock News | |
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Apple (AAPL 1.52%) unveiled its much-anticipated Siri update at its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, and it's a big deal for the company.The new Siri AI, as Apple is calling it, can remember your past conversations, search through users' photos, messages, and email, and understand what you're looking at on your screen. It also offers a more conversational interface (like ChatGPT). Investors had a mixed reaction to the news: Apple shares climbed on the day of the launch, then dropped again the next day. But despite the market's uncertainty, there are two important ways Apple is setting itself up to make billions of dollars from Siri AI. And this upgrade may be important enough to justify investors picking up some Apple stock right now. Image source: Getty Images. A new iPhone upgrade supercycle is likely on the way The first way Apple will likely make billions of dollars from Siri AI is by only making the new features available for more recent models -- the ones that already support its previous Apple Intelligence tools. Those start with the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, as well as all iPhone 16s and 17s, the iPhone Air, and upcoming models. Because iPhone models from before 2023 won't be compatible with the new Siri AI, many people may take this as their cue to upgrade. This is a long-standing play that Apple runs from its playbook, and it typically works well. Some analysts expect Apple's improved artificial intelligence offerings to create a supercycle that eventually tips the scales for a large fraction of the current 1.5 billion iPhone users worldwide to buy the latest models. Apple generated more than $209 billion in iPhone sales in fiscal 2025, so fractionally more users than average upgrading their devices over the next several years could bring in tens of billions of dollars in additional sales. Siri AI could cause services revenue to surge Apple is giving away most of its AI tools to its users for free, but it will set daily usage limits on some of their most advanced capabilities, such as image generation. This is typical in the AI services space, and it's creating a new revenue opportunity for Apple. If users want to push their daily usage higher, they'll need to have an iCloud+ subscription. The company has said "most subscriptions" will include expanded Siri AI usage, which likely means users who want it will have to spring for something beyond the lowest iCloud+ tier, which costs just $1 per month. This could be the first step toward Apple transitioning iCloud from primarily a data-storage service to more of an AI service add-on. And it could eventually be a very lucrative move. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives believes AI services could eventually add $15 billion to $20 billion annually to Apple's services revenue. That's an especially notable prediction considering that Apple's services revenue was $31 billion in its most recent quarter. Today's Change ( -1.52 %) $ -4.49 Current Price $ 291.14 Why owning Apple could still be a smart move I've criticized Apple in the past for fumbling its initial forays into AI. But I've also come to believe that, overall, the company is making strategic moves in artificial intelligence that could benefit it for years to come. Apple typically takes a slow-and-steady approach to new services and technologies, and it's sticking to that tried-and-true strategy here. If an iPhone upgrade supercycle kicks in over the next few years because users want to get their hands on Siri AI, then sales of Apple's cash cow product will surge. What's more, I think Apple is still just beginning to determine how best to benefit from its AI services offerings. I wouldn't be surprised to see iCloud+ evolve in the next couple of years to include even more AI services and different tiers. I believe Apple occupies a unique position in the tech space right now because of its hardware dominance. While many of Apple's peers are racing to create the best AI model and spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers, Apple continues to benefit from selling devices with high profit margins. All of the above is enough to convince me to continue holding onto my Apple shares. If you don't own Apple stock right now, I think opening a position could be a smart move, though I wouldn't expect the types of phenomenal gains that some AI-first companies are experiencing. Rather, buy Apple if you're looking for a more steady approach to the current AI landscape. |
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As OpenAI leans into enterprise business, Apple and Google set sights on the masses | FMP Stock News | |
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As OpenAI steers away from the consumer focus that made ChatGPT a household name, Google and Apple are rolling out a slew of new consumer AI offerings, trying to show how the technology can be practical for everyday users.The opposing approaches were laid bare this week, as Apple used its annual developers conference to introduce Siri AI as a new stand-alone app, and OpenAI announced that it's confidentially filed to go public, a move made possible by its recent traction in the enterprise market, largely in AI-assisted coding. The diverging tracks come at a pivotal moment in artificial intelligence, as OpenAI and Anthropic focus on building big — and eventually profitable — businesses by selling into enterprises that are eager to spend, rather than trying to lure paying consumers who are accustomed to free online services. Apple and Google, by contrast, have massive piles of cash and can afford to subsidize consumer use of AI if it means ramping up adoption and ensuring that coveted users stay in their ecosystem. Gartner analyst Kjell Carlsson said that for Apple, it's a matter of, "I can give this away for free, because I'll make it up on the iPhones or iCloud subscription they'll be buying." Apple says it has more than 2.5 billion active devices worldwide. Google currently has seven products that each serve more than 2 billion monthly users. "Companies are realizing users get value from AI through these products, experiences, and the solutions that we build with them, not necessarily through the models or platforms," Carlsson said. watch now While Apple is finally showing some progress in consumer AI, its Worldwide Developers Conference was widely viewed as underwhelming given how late the iPhone maker is to the game and how much anticipation there's been for an upgraded Siri. The stock dropped more than 5% over two days, as analysts questioned the lack of concrete timing and delays in certain parts of the world. In addition to the new Siri app, Apple also showcased how AI is now being integrated in various products, such as the iPhone camera, email, and the Shortcuts automation and productivity app. The company also spent a good chunk of its keynote presentation on Monday showing new child safety tools, which are rapidly gaining importance as AI becomes ubiquitous. Apple's annual event came less than a month after Google I/O, the search company's high-profile developers conference. There, Google showed off a number of consumer AI products such as Gemini Spark, which is a general-purpose AI agent, and information agents that the company says operate in the background in search and "will send you an intelligent, synthesized update, with the ability to take action." Google also unveiled smart glasses, an effort to crack a corner of the wearables market where rival Meta has found success, and a video editing tool that lets users "change what's happening" in a clip they shoot. Google and Apple are longtime rivals in consumer technology, but they're also partnering in AI. Gemini is powering Apple Intelligence, the technology behind the new Siri. And Apple executives said at WWDC that Google and chipmaker Nvidia are helping the company with its most advanced model, called Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro. Apple didn't provide a comment for this story. A Google spokesperson said that the consumer slant at I/O had to do with the nature of the event and that the company had hundreds of enterprise-focused announcements in April at its cloud conference. 'That's where we make profit'Almost all of OpenAI's announcements this year have been enterprise-driven, as the creator of ChatGPT and pioneer in generative AI now finds itself chasing Anthropic. Anthropic, which was founded by early OpenAI researchers, was valued at $965 billion in its latest funding round in May, topping OpenAI's $852 billion valuation from March. Anthropic also beat OpenAI to the confidential initial public offering filing phase, disclosing its move a week before OpenAI did the same. Last month, OpenAI announced the creation of OpenAI Deployment Co., or DeployCo, a joint venture majority owned and controlled by OpenAI alongside 19 global investment firms, consultancies and systems integrators. Its stated goal is to deploy "forward engineers" directly into corporations to bridge the gap between model capabilities and complex corporate workflows. OpenAI also agreed to acquire AI consulting and engineering firm Tomoro, which included 150 "deployment specialists." Meanwhile, OpenAI has abandoned some consumer products as it tries to rightsize its financials. In March, the company shuttered its video generation tool Sora, which hit 1 million downloads less than five days after its launch in late September. The same month, OpenAI announced a pivot away from the Instant Checkout shopping feature it launched last year. Denise Dresser, OpenAI's chief revenue officer, said last month that the company is at a "tipping point" in enterprise AI adoption, after CFO Sarah Friar said in March that enterprise was up to 40% of total revenue and would be at about half by the end of the year. "If you look at the total value of software, the vast majority of it is business software," said Rob Collie, founder of consulting firm P3 Adaptive and a former business intelligence lead at Microsoft. "That's where we make profit. That's where productivity is worth paying for." watch now OpenAI used the popularity of ChatGPT to build its brand. But the real money is currently being spent in the AI coding market, where developers and nontechnical people are using the company's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code to write software and build apps based on text prompts. "Enterprise buying cycles are complicated and coding is the easiest funnel for companies to get into since engineering teams are blowing their budgets," said Ram Bala, associate professor of AI and analytics at Santa Clara University. OpenAI didn't provide a comment for this story. One particular risk that Apple and Google face in targeting consumers is that AI skepticism is running hot, due to fears that it's rapidly replacing jobs and leading to troubling behavior among children and teens. A Pew Research Center study published in March found that about half of Americans felt that AI in their daily lives made them "more concerned than excited." Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a recent episode of the "Hard Fork" podcast that people are "rightfully" anxious about what sort of future the technology will create, calling the scale of change unprecedented. Collie of P3 Adaptive said a "backlash" is happening, but that companies "perceived as friendly" could benefit from changing the narrative. With the entire tech industry almost singularly focused on AI and with Wall Street rewarding what it views as the AI winners and punishing the laggards, companies are investing as if the technology is inevitable and it's just a matter of who gets there first. "They've all learned the hard way the cost of missing a segment," Collie said. Gil Luria, a tech analyst at D.A. Davidson, said that even with OpenAI's race to capture the enterprise, the company still has a big lead over Google and others in the consumer market because of the viral success of ChatGPT. He said Apple's rollout of a Siri app "could very well attract a lot of consumers away from both ChatGPT and Gemini." And analysts at JPMorgan Chase wrote in a note on Tuesday that Apple's addition of expressive voices in Siri "could set up for a device upgrade cycle if these features gain strong consumer traction." Apple still has a lot to prove, and that task is soon to fall in the hands of incoming CEO John Ternus, the company's longtime hardware boss who's succeeding Tim Cook at the helm in September. Matt Rogers, co-founder of Nest and a former iPhone engineer under Steve Jobs, said Ternus has a high hill to climb. "Apple played it safe," said Rogers, who's now CEO of waste prevention company Mill, regarding the WWDC announcements. "As John Ternus takes over, he needs to steer the company towards making AI useful, trusted, and native across the devices people already live with." watch now |
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Apple Just Delivered Bad News for OpenAI and Anthropic, but Alphabet Could Be a Winner | FMP Stock News | |
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Apple unveiled the new Siri at its annual developer conference this week. The conversational chatbot, powered by a partnership with the Gemini LLM, can do many things beyond the standard LLM, since it connects across a user's devices and accounts. |
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Brian Mulberry Talks AAPL Siri Upgrade, MU "Buy Opportunity" & EME AI Role | FMP Stock News | |
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The real story for Apple (AAPL) is its push in AI, says Brian Mulberry. The Mag 7 giant's Siri upgrade is something he sees offering high margin opportunity for future profits. |
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MSFT, AMZN and AAPL Forecasts – Major Tech Looking Sluggish in Premarket | FMP Stock News | |
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Major tech stocks look a little sluggish early in pre-market trading on Thursday, as the headline noise continues.Microsoft looks like it’s going to be a little bit sluggish here early during the trading session on Thursday as the downtrend looks to continue. Ultimately, I think this is a market that will remain somewhat lackluster as the AI trade seems to be fizzling out. If we do continue to fall from here, I’ll be watching right around the $380 level for a potential support level. If we turn around and break above the $400 level, that would be extraordinarily bullish, so do keep that in mind, but as things stand right now, this looks like it’s going to still struggle a bit. AMZN Technical Analysis Amazon looks like it may perk up a bit. Not a huge surprise, the market is getting fairly close to the 200-day EMA, and of course, Amazon is a company that a lot of larger funds are involved in. It’s obviously a stalwart of the main Wall Street type of trade, and I think as long as the consumer is doing fairly well in the United States, Amazon will continue to be a winner longer term. The question is, can we get a turnaround from here? So, I’m waiting to see if we can take out the highs of the previous session; that would be a good sign. AAPL Technical Analysis Apple looks like it’s finding support in this region. The $290 level has been important. The 50-day EMA coming into the picture also helps, so I think you have to look at this through the prism of a market that, quite frankly, should continue to be bullish longer term as it is so widely held. If we were to break down below the lows of the last couple of days, it could open up a drop to the $280 level, but I’m not really looking for that quite yet. It’s just a possibility you have to keep in the back of your mind. If you’d like to know more about technical analysis and how traders use it, please visit our educational area. Related Articles Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Price Forecast: Can Bulls Reclaim Critical Resistance?Stock Market Today: U.S. Stocks Edge Higher as SpaceX Steals the SpotlightNASDAQ Index, SP500, Dow Jones Forecasts – NASDAQ Gains Ground As Elon Musk Becomes The World’s First TrillionaireAbout the Author Chris is a proprietary trader with more than 20 years of experience across various markets, including currencies, indices and commodities. As a senior analyst at FXEmpire since the website’s early days, he offers readers advanced market perspectives to navigate today’s financial landscape with confidence. Editors’ Picks |
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What the new AI-powered Siri really means for Apple — and for OpenAI | FMP Stock News | |
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Two years ago, Apple announced it was getting into the AI game, with a big new Siri update. That update never showed up. |
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Apple (AAPL - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $295.38, demonstrating a +1.3% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.75% gain on the day. At the same time, the Dow added 1.86%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.54%.The stock of maker of iPhones, iPads and other products has fallen by 2.44% in the past month, leading the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 3.11% and undershooting the S&P 500's loss of 1.63%. The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Apple in its forthcoming earnings report. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at $1.86, signifying a 18.47% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $108.71 billion, up 15.6% from the year-ago period. Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $8.75 per share and revenue of $477.95 billion, indicating changes of +17.29% and +14.85%, respectively, compared to the previous year. Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Apple. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook. Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system. The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed a 0.03% increase. Apple is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now. From a valuation perspective, Apple is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 33.34. This denotes a premium relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 21.14. One should further note that AAPL currently holds a PEG ratio of 2.54. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. AAPL's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.3 as of yesterday's close. The Computer - Micro Computers industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 25, putting it in the top 11% of all 250+ industries. The Zacks Industry Rank evaluates the power of our distinct industry groups by determining the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks forming the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1. Remember to apply Zacks.com to follow these and more stock-moving metrics during the upcoming trading sessions. |
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Wondering how to pick strong, market-beating stocks for your investment portfolio? Look no further than the Zacks Style Scores. |
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Apple Continues to Expand Services Business: What's the Path Ahead? | FMP Stock News | |
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Key Takeaways Apple's Services revenues rose 16.3% year over year to a record $30.98 billion in fiscal Q2 2026. Apple is adding AI-powered features across Maps, Find My, Apple Cash, iCloud and Fitness . AAPL faces streaming and gaming competition from Netflix and Disney as they expand digital platforms. Apple (AAPL - Free Report) is benefiting from the rapid expansion and diversification of the Services business, which has become a key growth driver of the company’s performance. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Services contributed 27.9% of total net sales, with revenues rising 16.3% year over year to $30.98 billion, which was a record in Apple’s history.This robust performance was broad-based, with double-digit growth in both developed and emerging markets and new all-time revenue records across most Services categories. The Services segment now includes offerings such as Apple TV, Apple Music, iCloud, the App Store, Apple Pay and new enterprise solutions, all of which are supported by Apple’s vast installed base of over 2.5 billion active devices. The company continues to integrate new features and expand the breadth of its services. Apple recently unveiled a range of AI-powered enhancements across its services, set to arrive with its 2027 software releases this fall. Key updates include richer Flyover views and Local Lists in Apple Maps, more flexible item-sharing in Find My and Apple Cash bill-splitting powered by Visual Intelligence. Apple is also expanding video podcast support on Mac and tvOS, redesigning Shared Albums in iCloud and introducing a new Apple Fitness+ program. The updates aim to make Apple’s ecosystem more intelligent, personalized and collaborative while improving everyday experiences across navigation, payments, media, cloud storage and fitness services. Apple’s Services business is on a strong upward trajectory, driven by ecosystem expansion, innovation and a focus on both consumer and enterprise needs. For the June quarter, management expects Services to grow at a similar year-over-year rate to the March quarter after removing the favorable impact from foreign exchange. Apple Faces Stiff CompetitionApple is suffering from stiff competition from the likes of Netflix (NFLX - Free Report) and Disney (DIS - Free Report) . Both Netflix and Disney are expanding their footprint in domains like streaming and gaming. Netflix is expanding its service offerings by investing in podcasts, live sports events and gaming, including a new kids’ gaming app called Netflix Playground. The company is also leveraging technology like AI to enhance content creation and user experience. Disney is benefiting from its streaming segment, which has achieved a remarkable transformation, delivering sustainable profitability. The combined Disney+ and Hulu platform now generates consistent operating income, driven by disciplined pricing strategies and robust subscriber engagement. Entertainment SVOD revenues grew 13% year over year to $5.49 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, while Entertainment SVOD operating income surged 88% to $582 million. The integration of Hulu content into Disney+ creates a comprehensive entertainment ecosystem that enhances customer retention and reduces churn. AAPL’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesApple shares have gained 8.8% year to date, underperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s return of 13.2%. AAPL Stock Performance Image Source: Zacks Investment Research AAPL stock is trading at a premium, with forward 12-month price/earnings of 31.78X compared with the Computer and Technology sector’s 24.01X. AAPL has a Value Score of F. AAPL Valuation Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 earnings is pegged at $8.75 per share, which has increased by a couple of pennies over the past 30 days. This suggests 17.29% year-over-year growth. Apple currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. |
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Apple Faces a No-Win Pricing Dilemma. Should Investors Be Worried? | FMP Stock News | |
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Apple's artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions are colliding with a costly memory crunch. |
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Meta reportedly begins dismantling $2 billion Manus deal on Beijing's orders | FMP Stock News | |
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Meta Platforms has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, according to a Bloomberg report, as the tech giant moves to comply with Beijing's unprecedented order to unwind the deal.Meta has completed an operational split, ordering its employees to stop using Manus tools for internal projects while blocking the Singapore-based company's staff from accessing Facebook-parent's internal data systems from this month, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The separation comes as Manus and Meta scramble to heed Beijing's demand to dismantle a deal that has become a test case for how far China will go to safeguard its strategic technology and talent. Chinese regulators in April ordered the deal to be reversed, an unprecedented move under the country's foreign investment security review mechanism that set in motion the intricate process of unraveling a completed deal, according to Zhonglun law firm. Beijing has since tightened tech export controls to keep a firmer grip on cross-border transactions, particularly those involving assets in strategic sectors, as the U.S.-China tech race intensifies into a contest over talent, hardware and data. For U.S. tech firms eyeing Chinese assets, "Chinese-origin AI now carries a kind of reversibility risk that no clever deal structure can price out," said Matthias Hendrichs, a Singapore-based advisor to global AI firms. For Manus, the problem at the heart of Beijing's objection may not be resolvable, Hendrichs added. "Once another company's engineers have been inside your stack, you can delete the repository, but you can't make them unsee what they've seen." Once celebrated as a breakthrough for Chinese AI startups taking on American rivals, Manus has become a cautionary tale for entrepreneurs looking to shed their Chinese image by relocating to countries such as Singapore. "The unwind may be messy," said Han Shen Lin, China managing director at The Asia Group. Beijing has sent a message to its tech sector that the so-called "Singapore washing" has limits, he said, and a lesson to Washington that shining a light on ownership structures may be just as effective as any prohibition. Manus, with its roots in China, relocated its headquarters and core teams to Singapore last year, before Meta announced to acquire the agentic AI startup for $2 billion in December, triggering a months-long probe involving tech export controls. watch now Earlier this month, Beijing issued sweeping new rules tightening control of overseas deals involving Chinese investors, technology, data and on national security grounds. The rules come as Beijing and Washington race to tighten their grip on AI. Chinese regulators have reportedly instructed firms, including Moonshot AI, StepFun and ByteDance to reject U.S. investment without explicit government approval, while Washington recently broadened its AI chip export controls to China-headquartered firms globally. The rules extend Beijing's reach to deals in markets beyond mainland China, including Taiwan, and give it the power to punish foreign firms whose home countries restrict Chinese investment. The new outbound investment directives target deals such Manus — a high-profile move that suggested a leading Chinese AI firm was turning away from the domestic market, an example Beijing didn't want others to follow, said Tilly Zhang, an industrial policy analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics. Beijing's new framework essentially gives the state "a retroactive and forward-looking chokehold" on outbound capital, Han said. "If Chinese money touched a deal ... Beijing can now assert jurisdiction over the exit, the restructuring, or the reinvestment." The framework, which takes effect July 1, provides for the first time a comprehensive and formalized legal basis for China to force the unwinding of completed overseas transactions. It specifically bans cross-border talent transfers in sensitive sectors without approval. |
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Meta Platforms (META, Financials) has reportedly started unwinding its $2 billion acquisition of Manus after Chinese regulators ordered the deal to be reversed.According to Bloomberg, Meta has separated operations from Manus, stopped employees from using Manus tools for internal work and blocked Manus staff from accessing Meta's internal data systems. The move shows how difficult cross-border AI deals are becoming as the U.S. and China compete over technology, data and talent. Beijing appears determined to keep closer control over strategic AI assets, even when companies relocate outside mainland China. For Meta, the unwind creates another complication in its AI strategy. The company has been spending heavily to strengthen its AI tools, infrastructure and talent base, but this deal now looks caught in a bigger geopolitical fight. For investors, the key issue is not just the $2 billion price tag. It is whether tighter China rules make future AI acquisitions harder for large U.S. technology companies. |
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Facebook-parent Meta said on Friday that users were having trouble accessing the social media company's services. |
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A surge in problem reports for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp began just before markets opened on Friday. |
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Facebook and Instagram were suffering from widespread outages on Friday morning. Users of the Meta-owned social media sites reported issues with accessing the platforms, according to the third-party outage-tracking website DownDetector.com. |
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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) just delivered Q1 revenue of $56.31 billion, up 33% YoY, and EPS of $10.44 against a $6.66 consensus. |
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Lessons the Nasdaq learned from the Facebook IPO for SpaceX's | FMP Stock News | |
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SpaceX (SPCX) is finally off to the races and publicly trading after its historic IPO on Friday, June 12. Nasdaq (NDAQ) President Nelson Griggs sits down with Market Catalysts Host Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to discuss the lessons his company has learned from Facebook's — now Meta Platforms (META) — own IPO in 2012. |
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Rural Louisiana teachers set to get $50K bonuses — all thanks to Meta's AI data center | FMP Stock News | |
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Richland Parish School Board said teachers will receive bonuses of up to $50,935 this year, a staggering jump from last year's maximum of $10,200. |
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the social media giant has made mistakes on its AI transformation, in an internal memo seen by Reuters. |
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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel. His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States. TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies. McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009. |
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Tesla May Not Exist In 5 Years (Rating Upgrade) | FMP Stock News | |
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Tesla, Inc. is transforming into an AI company, with its AI6 chip aiming to deliver record intelligence per silicon wafer at lower costs. TSLA's custom chips, optimized for internal use, could significantly reduce compute costs and improve margins across robotaxi, Optimus, and FSD businesses. Tesla is building excess chip capacity to supply data centers, with SpaceX and xAI as immediate captive markets, potentially unlocking new revenue streams. |
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Elon Musk rings the opening bell for the SpaceX IPO on Friday morning. Imagine missing the Tesla IPO. I understand the pull to invest in SpaceX (SPCX). But SpaceX at a $1.75 trillion valuation is a different ball game. Tesla went public at a valuation a thousand times smaller. And the Musk premium that powered Tesla’s run wasn’t baked into the IPO price. Investors got it for free. Neither is true at SpaceX. Those two differences aren’t even the most important argument to consider. If you’re still on the fence about buying SPCX: read on.Two camps emerged from Thursday night’s pricing. The first sees the largest IPO in history, $75 billion raised, and reads it as a vote of confidence in American ambition. The second sees a $1.75 trillion valuation on a company that lost $4.94 billion last year on $18.67 billion in revenue and asks where the math comes from. Both camps are answering the wrong question. The right one isn’t whether SpaceX is a great company. It is. The question is whether SpaceX is valued fairly. The Tesla effect. Tesla’s run from a $1.7 billion IPO to a trillion-dollar valuation trained a generation of retail investors to interpret Musk-led volatility as a buying opportunity. Drawdowns of 30, 40, 60 percent in TSLA were correct ex-post to hold through. The lesson has been internalized as a rule: when a Musk company drops, you buy. That rule worked spectacularly. It is now being applied, unconsciously, to a company starting at roughly 1,000 times the Tesla IPO market cap. The discipline that worked when Tesla was a $1.7 billion company will not work when SpaceX is a $1.75 trillion one. The math is different. The opportunity set is different. The base rate is different. Position sizing built on a small-cap conviction rule, applied to a mega-cap, is not conviction. It is a category error. The behavioral term is the lottery effect: chasing the small probability of an outsized payoff while ignoring the much larger probability of a mediocre or negative one. University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter’s data on four decades of US IPOs shows that listings of unprofitable companies underperform the market by roughly 30 percent over the following three years. SpaceX lost $4.94 billion last year. The lottery framing is not a metaphor. It is what the historical data say happens to companies that go public losing this much money. The most expensive mistake a Tesla winner can make is to assume the rule that minted them generalizes. It doesn’t. Tesla minted you because of where Tesla started, not because of who runs it. The starting valuation is the variable. At $1.75 trillion, that variable is set against you. A few structural facts about the IPO itself reinforce the point. The early price is engineered, not discovered. SpaceX is floating roughly 4% of itself — some $75 billion of stock against trillions of dollars of global demand. The lockup is the tell. Instead of the standard 180-day cliff, the prospectus lays out a tiered release that lets insiders begin selling tranches after the first earnings report and continues in steps through day 180. Musk is exempt from the early provisions. Add a microscopic float, MSCI fast-track inclusion 10 trading days after listing that triggers mechanical buying from passive funds tracking nearly $6 trillion in assets, a retail allocation originally targeted near 30 percent and cut to the low 20s as institutional demand overwhelmed the book, and a staggered insider exit that distributes into whatever pop the scarcity produces. That isn’t price discovery. That is choreography. We have seen this picture before. Saudi Aramco listed in December 2019 on a 1.5 percent float at a $1.7 trillion valuation, popped 10 percent on day one, briefly touched $2 trillion on day two, and now trades near 27 riyals against a 32 riyal IPO price, below where it came public more than six years later. Snowflake priced at $120 in September 2020, opened at $245, closed at $254, and today trades around $240. Opening-day buyers are still flat-to-negative on a five-and-a-half year hold. The opening weeks of SPCX will tell you nothing about what SpaceX is worth. They will tell you what scarcity, a Musk premium, and index flows produce when they collide. S&P Dow Jones, notably, declined to fast-track SpaceX into the S&P 500. The profitability rule held. That should tell you something about what one major index committee thinks of the valuation. The economics ask you to underwrite a company larger than any that has ever existed. At the $135 IPO price, SPCX trades at roughly 94 times trailing revenue. To justify the valuation on a conventional discounted cash flow, SpaceX has to grow into something north of $1 trillion in revenue and a few hundred billion in annual profit. For reference, Amazon does about $740 billion in revenue today and Alphabet does about $130 billion in annual profit. SPCX has to outgrow both. The bulls have an answer. Morgan Stanley and Goldman project $160 billion in 2028 revenue, roughly nine times last year. New Street models 60 percent compound growth through 2030 and lands at a $165 target. Those numbers require Starlink to become a SaaS giant, Starship to reach commercial cadence, and xAI (folded into SpaceX in February) to compete with OpenAI and Google for orbital compute. Each is arguably plausible on its own (though as an AI guy, I’m particularly skeptical of xAI). At this IPO price, you are paying upfront for all three bets to land. In contrast, Morningstar puts fair value at $780 billion — $63 a share against the $135 offer. Who actually runs SpaceX. One more piece the coverage has glossed past. SpaceX is going public with Musk retaining 85 percent of voting power through Class B shares. Public shareholders will own an economic interest and almost no governance interest. There is no proxy fight available, no activist path, no board seat to recruit. If you disagree with how Musk is allocating capital between Starlink, Starship, and xAI, your only option is to sell. Concentrated voting structures exist at other large tech companies. None of them are at $1.75 trillion with a CEO running multiple other major operations. The governance discount that should apply here is not modest. It is the difference between owning a piece of the seventh-largest company in the world and owning a piece of whatever the famously mercurial Musk decides it should be on a given Tuesday. Where I could be wrong. If Starship hits weekly commercial cadence in 2027, if Starlink’s direct-to-cell business scales the way Morgan Stanley assumes, and if orbital compute proves out before terrestrial AI infrastructure saturates, $1.75 trillion could look cheap. I would not bet against any one of those individually. I am betting against all three at once, today, at this valuation. For most of us the decision isn’t binary anyway. The moment SPCX enters the major indices, anyone with an S&P 500 fund or a total-market ETF owns it. The active question is whether to take additional concentrated exposure on top of the passive slug coming your way. My answer is no, not yet. Wait for the first earnings report. Wait for the lockup cascade. Wait for Starship cadence data the bulls can’t hand-wave away. What you want and when to buy it are two separate decisions. The stock may go up. That doesn’t change the math. At $1.75 trillion you aren’t investing in SpaceX. You are subsidizing it. Disclosure: I’m not an investment advisor; follow my advice at your own risk. I have no position in SPCX and no plans to take one. |
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Tesla slips as SpaceX debuts: Buy SPCX or buy the TSLA dip? | FMP Stock News | |
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Tesla (TSLA) shares fell on Friday as SpaceX made its stock market debut at $150 per share, fueling speculation among some investors that capital may be rotating from Tesla into SpaceX. Tesla stock was down by about 2.36% in late morning trading, after spending much of the morning swinging between mild gains and losses. |
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SpaceX COO Shotwell says Tesla tie-up ‘might make Elon's life a little easier' | FMP Stock News | |
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SpaceX's COO Gwynne Shotwell didn't dismiss the possibility of a tie-up with Tesla, Elon Musk's other trillion-dollar public company. A tie-up "might make Elon's life a little easier," Shotwell told CNBC, as SpaceX was preparing to hit the Nasdaq following the largest IPO on record. |
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Tesla vs BYD: The Better EV Stock To Buy In June | FMP Stock News | |
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© Robert Way / iStock Editorial via Getty ImagesTesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) and BYD (OTC: BYDDF) sit on opposite sides of the global EV map. Tesla’s Q1 2026 report delivered a margin rebound and another lift in AI subscriptions. BYD, the Shenzhen volume leader, is being repositioned by Beijing’s anti-involution campaign aimed at consolidating EV winners. Both names have slid this year, making the matchup worth a fresh look in June. Tesla’s Margin Snapback Meets BYD’s Policy Tailwind Tesla reported Q1 2026 revenue of $22.387 billion, up 15.78% year over year, with non-GAAP EPS of $0.41 beating consensus by 14.14%. Automotive gross margin expanded to 21.1% from 16.2% a year ago, helped by lower material costs, higher average selling prices, and a one-time warranty and tariff benefit. Free cash flow jumped 117.47% to $1.444 billion, and cash sits at $44.743 billion. FSD active subscriptions hit 1.28 million, up 51%, turning software into a real recurring line. The quarter had blemishes. Energy storage revenue fell 12% YoY, operating expenses jumped 37% on AI spending and the CEO equity award, and global inventory crept to 27 days from 22. Deliveries grew just 6%, so unit demand remains middling. Business Driver Tesla BYD Q1 Auto Gross Margin 21.1% Not disclosed in available data Core Growth Engine FSD, premium models, AI hardware Mass-market EVs, PHEVs, batteries Management Focus Optimus, Cybercab, robotaxi rollout Scale, exports, policy alignment BYD enters the second half of 2026 positioned differently. Morningstar’s 2026 outlook names BYD as a likely beneficiary of China’s anti-involution policies, which shift capacity toward the largest and most profitable EV players. BYD shares are down 36.13% over the last 12 months, signaling investors are not yet convinced policy support translates into earnings. Vertical Stack Versus Vertical Scale Tesla is funding a full vertical AI stack: FSD v14.3 cut inference latency by 20%, the AI5 chip taped out in April, and a SpaceX-partnered semiconductor fab is going up at Gigafactory Texas. Cybercab, Tesla Semi, and Megapack 3 are all penciled for volume production this year. R&D climbed to $1.95 billion, a hefty bill for an automaker, modest for an AI platform. BYD owns the cell, pack, powertrain, and assembly line at the lowest cost in the industry. Tesla chases margin through software. BYD chases share through affordability and a widening export footprint into Europe, LATAM, and Southeast Asia. Beijing’s intervention may let BYD convert that scale into pricing power. What I Want to See Next For Tesla, Q2 deliveries are the next swing factor. Polymarket traders assign the highest probability, 35.8%, to a 450,000 to 475,000 vehicle range, with a California robotaxi launch priced at just 4% by June 30. I will watch whether FSD subscriptions keep compounding and whether the energy storage dip was a single-quarter blip. For BYD, the read is whether policy reform lifts realized prices and whether export volumes keep climbing. Without fresh H1 results, I treat the BYD thesis as a working hypothesis rather than a confirmed setup. Why I Lean Tesla on Quality, BYD on Value Tesla offers the cleaner, freshly confirmed quarter. Margin recovery, surging FSD attach, and an AI optionality stack hard to replicate argue for the Austin name. A trailing P/E near 371 on a $1.49 trillion market cap leaves little margin for error, especially with shares down 15.15% YTD and down 9.94% in the past week. If you believe Chinese policy reform rewards the dominant EV maker, BYD at $11.05 after that drawdown offers more interesting risk-reward. I lean Tesla for execution clarity, though a pullback closer to its 52-week low of $288.77 would offer a more favorable entry profile. In June, neither looks like a layup. |
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SpaceX Soars 23% in Record $75 Billion Debut as Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire | FMP Stock News | |
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© Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images Entertainment via Getty ImagesShares of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) are up 26% in midday trading Friday after the company completed the largest IPO in history. SPCX stock traded near $170, well above the $150 open and the $135 IPO price set Thursday night. This ranks among the most closely watched NASDAQ debuts in years. The SpaceX session has been volatile by any measure. The day’s range stretched from $150 to more than $175, capturing the IPO-day churn analysts had warned about heading in. About 555.6 million shares were priced at $135 each, raising a record $75 billion at an IPO valuation near $1.77 trillion that dwarfs every prior listing. The NASDAQ debut also reshapes the global wealth leaderboard. With SPCX stock surging, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) CEO Elon Musk is officially the world’s first trillionaire. How Musk’s Wealth Crossed $1 Trillion Musk holds 42% of SpaceX equity and 82% of voting control through Class B shares, a structure laid out in the company’s S-1 filing. With SPCX trading near $158 around midday, his SpaceX stake alone is valued at about $869.4 billion. His roughly 717 million Tesla shares are worth about $278.2 billion at around $388 per share. Combined, the SpaceX and Tesla stakes total approximately $1.147 trillion, before counting Neuralink, the Boring Company, and other private holdings. The Bear Case Surrounding SPCX Stock SpaceX revenue is driven largely by Starlink, the satellite broadband network reaching paying customers across 164 countries. Q1 2026 revenue came in at $4,694 million with adjusted EBITDA of $1,127 million. However, SpaceX still posted a loss from operations of $1.943 billion as capital spending on Starship, the xAI merger, and orbital AI data centers ramps. Governance is another concern for new SpaceX shareholders. Class B shares carry ten votes each versus one for Class A, leaving Musk with effective control of board composition and most shareholder votes. SpaceX qualifies as a “controlled company” under NASDAQ rules and intends to rely on the corresponding governance exemptions. Analysts have also cautioned about the typical IPO selloff pattern, where early backers and pre-IPO holders look to monetize gains once trading windows open. The gap between Thursday’s $135 pricing and Friday’s $150 open already shows how quickly SPCX sentiment can shift on a day like this. Volume and intraday swings could intensify into the close. Tesla’s Indirect Exposure to the SpaceX Print Tesla stock closed Thursday at $399.15, leaving TSLA shares down 11% year to date (YTD) but up 22% over the past year; the share price is practically unchanged as of Friday afternoon. The TSLA stock slide this year stands in contrast to today’s SpaceX excitement, even though both companies share Musk and overlapping strategic projects. Tesla disclosed a $2 billion equity stake in SpaceX in its Q1 2026 filing, alongside a joint semiconductor fab at the Gigafactory Texas campus. The vertically integrated chip program gives Tesla holders indirect exposure to today’s SpaceX valuation, even before factoring in Musk’s personal cross-ownership. What Investors Should Watch From Here Reddit sentiment on SPCX stock skewed bearish into the open, with r/investing scoring 24 and a viral r/stocks post titled “People are treating SpaceX like a guaranteed lottery ticket” drawing 1,337 upvotes and 991 comments. The r/WallStreetBets crowd registered a more enthusiastic 50 sentiment reading, capturing the familiar split between fundamental caution and short-term speculation around SpaceX. Investors can keep an eye on SPCX stock into the close to see whether the 26% pop holds or fades as pre-IPO holders consider trimming. Lockup expirations and the first wave of sell-side initiations could shape the next leg for SpaceX stock. Tesla shareholders may want to watch for any pull-through from the SpaceX valuation in the coming sessions. The Musk premium has historically traveled between his companies, and a record IPO debut is an unusually loud reference point for the entire ecosystem. |
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SpaceX Raises Record $75 Billion in Historic IPO, Reaches $1.8 Trillion Valuation | FMP Stock News | |
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SpaceX just rewrote the IPO record book. The company sold more than 555 million shares at $135 each, raising $75 billion and landing a valuation of nearly $1.8 trillion. |
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SpaceX and Tesla merger chatter is heating up. Here's how Musk's companies work together. | FMP Stock News | |
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The companies led by Elon Musk have become increasingly intertwined in the past couple of years. These firms have shared employees and purchased batteries, software, and vehicles from each other. |
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Elon Musk UNLEASHES vision of a future people ‘can't wait' to see | FMP Stock News | |
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'The Big Money Show' panel discusses SpaceX's historic IPO, Elon Musk's soaring valuation and whether investors should buy into the aerospace giant's blockbuster market debut. |
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Wealth Expert: SpaceX IPO Will Likely Make Elon Musk the World's First Trillionaire | FMP Stock News | |
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CNBC Wealth Editor correspondent Robert Frank delivered a milestone moment on air this morning, saying: “By the end of today, Elon Musk will likely become the world’s first trillionaire.” This comes as the result of the long-awaited SpaceX IPO, which is poised to revalue Musk’s privately held stake at public-market multiples and push his net worth past a threshold no individual has ever crossed.The Tesla and SpaceX Stack On the Tesla side, Frank pegged Musk’s stake at “around $260 billion“ as of yesterday’s close, a figure that “includes those options worth about $120 billion that were tied up in court for a while. He got those back.” Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) carries a market cap of $1.49 trillion and trades at $396.82, down 11.24% year to date but still up 22.28% over the past year. Tesla’s Q1 FY26 revenue of $22.39 billion (+15.8% YoY) and its disclosed $2 billion equity investment in SpaceX tightened the financial link between the two companies before today’s listing. The SpaceX line is where the math gets historic. Frank cited the S-1 directly: “On SpaceX, the S-1 filing lists him with 6.4 billion shares. At an IPO price of $130 to $135 a share, his SpaceX stake would be worth $690 billion.” He noted that Musk excludes 1.3 billion SpaceX shares from the calculation because they do not vest until milestones tied to Mars colonization or massive compute targets are met. The $140 Threshold for SpaceX Adding it up, Frank said: “That brings SpaceX and Tesla together to $950 billion. Adding Neuralink, Boring, other assets probably worth $10-20 [billion], that brings him right now to a total of about $970 billion.” However, Musk can easily reach his fourth comma in his net worth if SpaceX stock moves higher: “SpaceX shares need to stay above $140 a share for Musk to be the first person in the world to receive the fourth comma in his net worth.” As of 2:43 PM ET on June 12, SpaceX stock currently trades at nearly $170, meaning Musk would reach trillionaire status today if the price holds. Thousands of New Millionaires Beyond the headline number, Frank highlighted the wealth-creation cascade rippling through SpaceX’s payroll. “And the thousands and thousands of millionaires that are being created by this IPO… people joined this company in the early 2000s. Nobody knew what it was. They thought they were crazy to join. They took below-market salaries in exchange for stock that, who knew?” It is a textbook case of long-duration equity compensation paying off at scale, and a reminder of how concentrated the upside of speculative tech bets can become. The Public-Market Proxy For investors without access to SpaceX, Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) remains the closest listed comparison in launch services. Shares trade at $104.64 with a market cap of nearly $69.7 billion, up 319.52% over the past year. Q1 FY26 brought record revenue of $200.35 million (+63.5% YoY) and a $2.2 billion backlog, with CEO Peter Beck calling it “another exceptional quarter”. What To Watch Next The first thing to watch is whether SpaceX can hold above Frank’s $140 reference price once trading begins. Strong demand suggests a positive opening, but heavily oversubscribed IPOs can also be volatile as early investors take profits. Beyond the debut, investors should pay attention to the growing ties between SpaceX and Tesla. Tesla has invested $2 billion in SpaceX and is partnering on a semiconductor fabrication facility at Gigafactory Texas. As the relationship between the two companies deepens, developments at SpaceX could become increasingly relevant for Tesla shareholders as well. |
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Elon Musk May Be a Trillionaire, but Tesla Is Still Down 11% in 2026. Is TSLA Stock Dead Weight Now? | FMP Stock News | |
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© Win McNamee / Getty Images News via Getty ImagesTesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) CEO Elon Musk made history earlier today by reportedly becoming the world’s first trillionaire, fueled largely by SpaceX‘s (NASDAQ:SPCX) blockbuster NASDAQ debut. Yet, Tesla stock is barely budging on the news, trading near $403 and up 1% in midday action on Friday. The disconnect is hard to ignore. Musk’s combined SpaceX and Tesla stakes are now worth around $1.147 trillion, but Tesla stock is down 11% in 2026 while the broader market has rallied. That gap is the central question driving today’s debate over whether TSLA shares have quietly turned into dead weight in growth portfolios. For context, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY), which tracks the S&P 500, is up 9% year to date, leaving Tesla stock roughly 20 percentage points behind the index. Investors who held through 2025 aren’t panicking yet, though. Over the trailing 12 months, Tesla stock is still up 26%, so this is specifically a 2026 underperformance story. Musk’s Trillionaire Day Highlights the Tesla Disconnect The irony is hard to miss. SpaceX priced its IPO at $135, opened at $150, and soared as much as 30% on Friday, instantly minting Musk’s trillionaire status. Meanwhile, Tesla stock has spent 2026 grinding sideways to lower. Part of the issue is sentiment. Reddit discussion in fundamental investing communities like r/stocks and r/stockmarket has skewed bearish, with a viral post titled “Elon Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla into a $3.4 trillion giant. The problem: it would lose money from day one” drawing heavy engagement. The prediction markets echo that skepticism about Tesla’s standalone value. Polymarket traders assign a 93% probability that SpaceX will be worth more than Tesla by June 30, a striking reversal in how investors rank Musk’s two flagship ventures. The Bear Case: Why TSLA Stock Could Be Dead Weight The bear thesis on Tesla stock starts with its valuation. TSLA shares trade at a trailing P/E ratio of 370x and a forward P/E ratio of 192x, multiples that demand flawless execution. Tesla’s recent results show why some investors are uneasy. The company’s energy generation and storage revenue declined 12% year over year in Q1 2026, while Tesla’s global vehicle inventory rose to 27 days of supply from 22 days. Furthermore, Tesla booked $222 million in digital asset losses during the quarter. The prediction markets also throw cold water on the near-term catalyst narrative for Tesla stock. Polymarket gives only a 5% probability that Tesla launches robotaxis in California by June 30, and just 17% odds that Optimus is released by year-end 2026. The Bull Case: Tesla Is Still Executing The other side of the Tesla story is genuinely strong. Q1 2026 revenue grew 16% year over year to $22.39 billion, and automotive gross margin expanded to 21% from 16%. Tesla’s software momentum is real, too. Active Full Self-Driving subscriptions hit 1.28 million, up 51% year over year, and Services and Other revenue jumped 42% to $3.75 billion. Tesla also grew free cash flow 117% year over year to $1.44 billion. Analyst sentiment remains constructive on balance. The consensus analyst TSLA stock price target sits at $420, with 18 Buy and 5 Strong Buy ratings against 4 Sell and 3 Strong Sell calls. What to Watch Next So, is Tesla stock dead weight? The honest answer is that it depends on one’s time frame and patience level. The 2026 underperformance is real, the valuation is stretched, and Musk’s attention may genuinely be split between SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla. However, Tesla’s core business is still growing, FSD adoption is accelerating, and the company sits on $44.74 billion in cash. Investors weighing their exposure may want to size their positions modestly here rather than chase or capitulate. The next anticipated checkpoint is Tesla’s Q2 2026 deliveries, where prediction markets center on a 450,000 to 475,000 vehicle range at 35% probability. That print could decide whether TSLA shares finally rejoin the broader market rally or keep dragging behind it. |
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All eyes might be on the SpaceX IPO — the world's largest in history — and its CEO Elon Musk. But lest you forget there is another publicly traded company in the Musk universe that many believe will someday merge with SpaceX. |
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SpaceX IPO: Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire | FMP Stock News | |
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As Elon Musk is poised to be crowned the world's first trillionaire, Bloomberg's Max Chafkin and Ed Ludlow break down Musk's growing control of SpaceX, the possibility of a Tesla, SpaceX merger, and why investors will follow Musk to the Moon, despite mounting questions about governance and execution. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? |
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Is it too late to buy SpaceX's stock? Here's how Tesla's did after one day — and five years. | FMP Stock News | |
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Could Tesla merge with SpaceX? The future of the space economy | FMP Stock News | |
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SpaceX, AI infrastructure, data centers, Starlink, satellites, Mars, and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly connected. Jared Blikre speaks with Xplore COO Lisa Rich about why investors may be underestimating SpaceX's AI ambitions, how data centers in space could become reality, and what the next decade could look like for the space economy. |
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On "Forbes Talks," Forbes Executive Editor Luisa Kroll and Forbes Reporter Matt Durot discuss Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire after the IPO of SpaceX. |
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Shares of Coca-Cola (KO +0.11%) rose on Friday as investors rotated into low-risk stocks.Image source: Getty Images. Traders are bailing out of tech stocks The artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled rally in technology stocks may be a bit stretched. After a few words from Nvidia CEO were enough to send a mega-cap stock like Marvell Technology up over 30% in a day, astute investors began to question whether AI mania was nearing a near-term peak. With the Nasdaq Composite down more than 4% as of 3:33 p.m. ET on Friday, we may be getting our answer. What triggered the sell-off in tech stocks? Any number of factors could have sparked the decline. Here are two that stand out. On Monday, Alphabet's $80 billion share sale announcement reminded investors that the AI build-out comes at a staggering cost. And on Wednesday, Broadcom's financial results showed that even the top AI chipmaker's revenue could fall short of Wall Street's lofty expectations. When AI market leaders and former highfliers began to pull back, many traders headed for the exits. Today's Change ( 0.11 %) $ 0.09 Current Price $ 82.62 Shelter from the storm Coca-Cola's stock price, in contrast, is up more than 4%. Investors' appreciation of battle-tested business models with little exposure to AI disruption is rising. That's putting the beverage giant and dividend stalwart back on their radars. During a consumer conference on Thursday, chief financial officer John Murphy said Coca-Cola was working to make its drinks more affordable for budget-strained shoppers. The purveyor of soda, juice, tea, coffee, and bottled water is experimenting with can sizes, price points, and single-serve options to appeal to a wide range of customers at different income levels. Joe Tenebruso has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Broadcom, Marvell Technology, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
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Here's How Many Shares of Coca-Cola You'd Need for $10,000 in Yearly Dividends | FMP Stock News | |
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The world's leading beverage company has increased its quarterly payout for 64 straight years. Thanks to its strong profits and stable demand, investors can depend on Coca-Cola's dividend. |
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1 Plain-As-Day Dividend King to Buy and Never Sell That Has Increased Its Payout for 64 Consecutive Years | FMP Stock News | |
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Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO | KO Price Prediction) is a stock built to be owned for decades, because its global brand moat, pricing power, and 63-going-on-64 year record of dividend hikes make it one of the few equities a retirement investor can hold without ever needing to watch the screen. |
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