Canadian Solar uvedla, že e-STORAGE jako první v odvětví úspěšně prošla rozsáhlým požárním testem systému KuBank 3.0 pro C&I podle normy UL 9540A:2026. Test potvrdil, že se požár nešířil na sousední jednotky.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced that e-STORAGE, its energy storage solutions business, has successfully completed Large-Scale Fire Testing (LSFT) for its KuBank 3.0 commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage system under the latest UL 9540A:2026 standard, becoming the industry's first to pass this rigorous large-scale fire test.
KuBank 3.0 delivers up to 940 kWh of energy capacity in a single liquid-cooled cabinet. Built with advanced 314 Ah LFP battery cells, it supports flexible 400V, 690V, and 800V architectures, offers integrated load connection, enables seamless transitions between grid-connected and islanded operation, and holds comprehensive international certifications.
The LSFT is a rigorous system-level safety evaluation designed to assess how an energy storage system behaves under extreme fire conditions, including whether fire can be contained within the tested unit and prevented from propagating to adjacent systems. For customers, this validation is critical because it provides third-party visibility into fire safety performance, supports permitting and project approval processes, and helps reduce deployment risk in C&I environments.
Conducted under highly demanding conditions, the test evaluated a fully charged 940 kWh system with thermal runaway intentionally initiated and all fire suppression systems disabled. During the approximately four-hour fire event, no explosion occurred, the cabinet structure remained intact, and no fire propagation was observed in neighboring units. KuBank 3.0 passed the test on its first attempt without corrective actions, validating its advanced safety performance under the latest UL 9540A:2026 standard. The test was witnessed and independently verified by both TÜV Rheinland, the testing agency, and Energy Safety Response Group (ESRG), a fire safety consultant.
Designed with an independent physical compartment architecture, high-strength fire-resistant construction, and advanced thermal insulation materials, KuBank 3.0 enhances fire safety performance at the system level. Its intelligent liquid-cooling system maintains battery temperatures within the optimal operating range with a temperature deviation of ≤3°C, while its multi-layer active safety architecture integrates zone isolation, early thermal runaway monitoring, multi-stage fire detection, and protection technologies to support safe and reliable operation.
Jeff Roy, President of e-STORAGE, said, "Passing this large-scale fire test on the first attempt demonstrates the strength of KuBank 3.0's safety-first design. As safety standards continue to evolve, customers need energy storage solutions that have been validated under the most demanding real-world conditions. This achievement provides greater confidence in the safe deployment of KuBank 3.0 across C&I applications."
KuBank 3.0 has entered mass production and is now available to customers worldwide.
About TÜV Rheinland
As a leading global testing and certification body, TÜV Rheinland provides technical services that support the green energy transition. With a focus on reliability, innovation, and sustainability, TÜV Rheinland helps the industry address technical challenges and establish high-quality standards.
About Energy Storage Response Group (ESRG)
ESRG is a U.S.-based consulting firm specializing in battery energy storage system (BESS) safety, fire protection, and regulatory compliance. Backed by experienced fire service professionals and engineers, ESRG provides technical consulting, risk assessment, permitting support, and emergency response planning, helping manufacturers, developers, utilities, and regulators deploy energy storage systems safely and in compliance with industry standards.
About Canadian Solar Inc.
Canadian Solar is one of the world's largest solar technology and renewable energy companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, the Company is a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules; provider of solar energy and battery energy storage solutions; and developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar power and battery energy storage projects. Over the past 25 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered nearly 177 GW of premium-quality, solar photovoltaic modules to customers across the world. Through its subsidiary e-STORAGE, Canadian Solar had shipped over 20 GWh of battery energy storage solutions to global markets as of March 31, 2026, and had a $3.5 billion contracted backlog as of May 8, 2026. Since entering the project development business in 2010, Canadian Solar has developed, built, and connected approximately 12.2 GWp of solar power projects and 6.4 GWh of battery energy storage projects globally. Its geographically diversified project development pipeline includes 24 GWp of solar and 81 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in various stages of development. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable companies in the solar and renewable energy industry, having been publicly listed on the NASDAQ since 2006. For additional information about the Company, follow Canadian Solar on LinkedIn or visit www.canadiansolar.com.
About e-STORAGE
e-STORAGE is a subsidiary of Canadian Solar and a leading company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and integrating battery energy storage systems for utility-scale applications. e-STORAGE offers proprietary battery energy storage systems (BESS) spanning battery cells, battery PACKs, power conversion systems (PCS), energy management systems (EMS) and system integration. It also provides comprehensive EPC services and full-lifecycle station operation and asset management, helping customers improve grid operations across the project lifecycle. For more info, please refer to the Media&PR section of www.csestorage.com and follow our LinkedIn page.
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Certain statements in this press release, including those regarding the Company's expected future shipment volumes, revenues, gross margins, and project sales are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These statements are made under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate", "future", "ongoing", "continue", "intend", "plan", "potential", "prospect", "guidance", "believe", "estimate", "is/are likely to" or similar expressions, the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, our expectations regarding global electricity demand and the adoption of solar and battery energy storage technologies; our growth strategies, future business performance, and financial condition; our transition to a long-term owner and operator of clean energy assets and expansion of project pipelines; our ability to monetize project portfolios, manage supply chain fluctuations, and respond to economic factors such as inflation and interest rates; our outlook on government incentives, trade measures, regulatory developments, and geopolitical risks; our expectations for project timelines, costs, and returns; competitive dynamics in solar and storage markets; our ability to execute supply chain, manufacturing, and operational initiatives; access to capital, debt obligations, and covenant compliance; relationships with key suppliers and customers; technological advancement and product quality; and risks related to intellectual property, litigation, and compliance with environmental and sustainability regulations. Other risks were described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F filed on April 10, 2026. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is as of today's date, unless otherwise stated, and Canadian Solar undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
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Recurrent Energy uzavřela financování a daňový kapitál v objemu 695 milionů USD pro 330MW solární projekt Cobalt Solar v Kalifornii. Projekt je ve výstavbě a má začít komerční provoz do konce roku 2027.
Cobalt Solar is fully permitted and under construction.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. ("Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), and a leading global developer, owner, and operator of solar and energy storage assets, announced today the successful close of $695 million in project financing and tax equity for its Cobalt Solar facility.
Located approximately 20 miles west of Blythe, California, in Riverside County, the 330 MW project is currently under construction and is expected to reach commercial operation by the end of 2027. Blattner Energy has been appointed as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) provider for the project.
The debt financing package, totaling approximately $484 million, was led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) and Nord/LB, and includes a combination of construction and term loans, a tax equity bridge loan, and a letter of credit facility. In parallel, Recurrent Energy secured a $211 million tax equity investment from Wells Fargo.
"MUFG is pleased to support Recurrent Energy as they strive to meet the growing energy demands of the U.S.," said Fred Zelaya, Managing Director at MUFG. "We value the opportunity to help Recurrent Energy augment large-scale renewable energy infrastructure and power capacity."
"Nord/LB is proud to have co-led the debt financing for the Cobalt Project on behalf of our long-standing client, Recurrent Energy. The closing reflects the strength of our partnership and our shared commitment to advancing reliable clean energy infrastructure," said Sondra Martinez, Managing Director at Nord/LB.
"We are pleased to support Recurrent Energy with tax equity financing for the Cobalt Solar Project and are proud to continue our long-standing relationship as they expand their renewable energy activity in California," said Jordan Newman, Managing Director with Wells Fargo Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance.
Dylan Marx, CEO of Recurrent Energy, added, "We are thrilled to close the project financing and ramp up construction of Cobalt Solar. This project represents a significant addition to the U.S. energy landscape and will contribute meaningfully to meeting the country's growing electricity demand. We appreciate the continued support and collaboration of MUFG, Nord/LB, and Wells Fargo in bringing this initiative forward."
Beyond its contribution to clean energy generation, Cobalt Solar is expected to deliver tangible economic benefits to the local community, including approximately $14 million in property tax revenues for Riverside County. Once operational, the facility will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 82,000 homes per year.
About Recurrent Energy
Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., is one of the world's largest and most geographically diversified utility-scale solar and energy storage project development, ownership, and operations platforms. With an industry-leading team of in-house energy experts, Recurrent Energy serves as Canadian Solar's global development and power services business. To date, Recurrent Energy has successfully developed, built, and connected 12 GWp of solar projects and more than 5 GWh of energy storage projects across six continents. As of September 30, 2025, its global pipeline includes approximately 23 GWp of solar power and 73 GWh of energy storage capacity. The company also has over 14 GW of solar and energy storage projects under operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts. These figures exclude China. Additional details are available at www.recurrentenergy.com.
About Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar is one of the world's largest solar technology and renewable energy companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, the Company is a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules; provider of solar energy and battery energy storage solutions; and developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar power and battery energy storage projects. Over the past 24 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered nearly 170 GW of premium-quality, solar photovoltaic modules to customers across the world. Through its subsidiary e-STORAGE, Canadian Solar has shipped over 16 GWh of battery energy storage solutions to global markets as of September 30, 2025, boasting a $3.1 billion contracted backlog as of October 31, 2025. Since entering the project development business in 2010, Canadian Solar has developed, built, and connected approximately 12 GWp of solar power projects and 6 GWh of battery energy storage projects globally. Its geographically diversified project development pipeline includes 25 GWp of solar and 81 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in various stages of development. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable companies in the solar and renewable energy industry, having been publicly listed on the NASDAQ since 2006. For additional information about the Company, follow Canadian Solar on LinkedIn or visit www.canadiansolar.com.
Safe Harbor/Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release, including those regarding the Company's expected future shipment volumes, revenues, gross margins, and project sales are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These statements are made under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate", "future", "ongoing", "continue", "intend", "plan", "potential", "prospect", "guidance", "believe", "estimate", "is/are likely to" or similar expressions, the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, our expectations regarding global electricity demand and the adoption of solar and battery energy storage technologies; our growth strategies, future business performance, and financial condition; our transition to a long-term owner and operator of clean energy assets and expansion of project pipelines; our ability to monetize project portfolios, manage supply chain fluctuations, and respond to economic factors such as inflation and interest rates; our outlook on government incentives, trade measures, regulatory developments, and geopolitical risks; our expectations for project timelines, costs, and returns; competitive dynamics in solar and storage markets; our ability to execute supply chain, manufacturing, and operational initiatives; access to capital, debt obligations, and covenant compliance; relationships with key suppliers and customers; technological advancement and product quality; and risks related to intellectual property, litigation, and compliance with environmental and sustainability regulations. Other risks were described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F filed on April 10, 2026. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is as of today's date, unless otherwise stated, and Canadian Solar undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
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Recurrent Energy
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RWE v 1. pololetí zvýšil očištěný zisk EBITDA o 44 % na 3,01 mld. EUR a potvrdil zvýšený celoroční výhled. Firma zároveň navýšila plán čistých investic na 9 až 11 mld. EUR.
Německý energetický gigant RWE zveřejnil výsledky hospodaření za první pololetí roku 2026, ve kterém zvýšil zisky napříč všemi segmenty. Společnost potvrdila zvýšený výhled pro letošní rok a zároveň kvůli transakci s Amprionem navýšila plán letošních čistých investic. Do roku 2031 očekává průměrný roční růst očištěného zisku na akcii i dividendy o 10 %.
Výsledky společnosti RWE (RWE) za 1H 2026 1H 2026 1H 2025 Očištěný zisk EBITDA (mld. EUR) 3,01 2,09 Očištěný zisk EBIT (mld. EUR) 1,79 1,08 Očištěný čistý zisk (mld. EUR)
1,26 0,79 Výsledky za první pololetí 2026 Očištěný zisk EBITDA meziročně vzrostl o 44 % na 3,01 mld. EUR. Hlavními tahouny byly lepší větrné podmínky v Evropě a uvedení nových větrných a solárních elektráren a bateriových úložišť do provozu, přičemž od konce června 2025 RWE rozšířilo svou výrobní kapacitu celkem o 2,6 GW. Kladně se do výsledků promítla také kompenzační platba od Nizozemska ve výši 332 mil. EUR za dočasné omezení výroby elektřiny z uhlí v první polovině roku 2022.
Očištený zisk EBITDA v 1H 2026 dle segmentu
(mil. EUR) Segment 1H 2026 1H 2025 Větrné elektrárny na moři (offshore) 810 643 Větrné elektrárny na pevnině (onshore) a solární elektrárny 1 016 830 Flexibilní výroba 1 025 606 Dodávky & obchodování 134 16 Ostatní, konsolidace 26 -3 Očištěný zisk EBIT se meziročně zvýšil o 65 % na 1,79 mld. EUR.
Očištěný čistý zisk vzrostl o 59 % na 1,26 mld. EUR.
Očištěný zisk na akcii dosáhl 1,77 EUR oproti 1,08 EUR ve stejném období loňského roku.
Investice a finanční pozice Od začátku roku RWE uvedlo do provozu 752 MW nových výrobních kapacit a rozšířilo své portfolio obnovitelných zdrojů, flexibilní výroby a bateriových úložišť na téměř 41 GW. Dalších 10,3 GW kapacity je aktuálně ve výstavbě. V prvních šesti měsících roku 2026 společnost čistě investovala 6,3 mld. EUR. Po zohlednění transakce s Amprionem (kdy se společnost dohodla na získání 35% nepřímého podílu za 3,6 mld. EUR, čímž zvýší svůj celkový nepřímý podíl na 55 %) nyní společnost plánuje celkové čisté investice za celý rok ve výši 9 až 11 mld. EUR (dříve společnost odhadovala 6 až 8 mld. EUR).
Na konci pololetí společnost vykázala čistý dluh ve výši 15,0 mld. EUR. Nárůst oproti konci roku 2025 souvisel především s vysokými investičními výdaji a sezonními vlivy na očištěné provozní hotovostní toky. Ukazatel zadlužení (poměr čistého dluhu k očištěné EBITDA) by měl kvůli rostoucím čistým investicím oproti roku 2025 vzrůst, společnost však očekává, že zůstane pod cílovým pásmem, které je stanoveno na spodní hranici rozmezí 3,0x až 3,5x.
Výhled Společnost již na konci července oznámila zvýšení celoročního výhledu:
Očištěný zisk EBITDA ve výši 5,75 až 6,35 mld. EUR. Společnost dříve očekávala 5,20 až 5,80 mld. EUR. Trh projektoval 5,88 mld. EUR. Očištěný zisk EBIT v rozmezí 3,30 až 3,90 mld. EUR. Dříve 2,80 až 3,40 mld. EUR. Konsensus činil 3,46 mld. EUR. Očištěný čistý zisk v rozmezí 1,95 až 2,45 mld. EUR. Dříve 1,55 až 2,05 mld. EUR. Očekáváno bylo 2,07 mld. EUR. Do roku 2031 firma očekává průměrný roční růst očištěného zisku na akcii o 10 % na 4,55 EUR na akcii v roce 2031.
Dividenda Společnost potvrdila dividendový cíl za rok 2026 ve výši 1,32 EUR na akcii. Dividenda by následně měla do roku 2031 růst tempem 10 % ročně.
Komentář CEO „RWE dosáhlo v prvním pololetí vynikající provozní výkonnosti a výrazně posílilo svou platformu pro dlouhodobý růst zisků. Naše zvýšené cíle podtrhují sílu našeho podnikání a naše výborné růstové vyhlídky. Navýšením podílu v Amprionu na většinový podíl rozšiřujeme svou přítomnost v další atraktivní růstové oblasti. Díky širokému portfoliu obnovitelných zdrojů, flexibilní výroby, bateriových úložišť, obchodování s energiemi a síťové infrastruktury jsme dobře připraveni těžit z rostoucí globální poptávky po elektřině a z nutného rozšiřování energetického systému. S celkovými čistými investicemi ve výši 42 mld. EUR do roku 2031 budeme tyto příležitosti důsledně a hodnototvorným způsobem využívat," uvedl generální ředitel Markus Krebber.
Pohled analytiků Analytici z Barclays vyzdvihli několik pozitivních sdělení. Společnost podle nich vidí další skrytou hodnotu ve svém atraktivním portfoliu lokalit, přičemž dvě smlouvy týkající se datových center se blíží k uzavření. RWE zároveň explicitně upozornilo na možný prostor pro překonání výhledu na roky 2026 a 2027 při současném vývoji cen komodit.
Analytici z Morgan Stanley poznamenali, že hospodaření dopadlo v souladu s očekáváním po předběžném zveřejnění z 28. července. RWE podle nich naznačilo prostor pro překonání celoročního výhledu na roky 2026 a 2027.
Analytici z RBC Capital uvedli, že jak čísla za rok 2026, tak budoucí výhled trh již znal a RWE přidalo více detailů k investičním plánům a budoucím růstovým příležitostem. Katalyzátory nadále vidí v německých tendrech na plynové zdroje a v britské aukci AR8.
SpaceX sice vykázala růst tržeb o 92 % meziročně a téměř ztrojnásobila upravenou EBITDA, ale za šest měsíců měla zhruba záporný volný peněžní tok 25 miliard USD. Největší zákazník navíc tvořil 19,5 % čtvrtletních tržeb.
Last month, Elon Musk took to X to tell the short-sellers betting against his rocket company, Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +9.65%), that their "survival probability" is "very low."
And after its first quarterly report was released last week, a whole lot of investors think he's right. The company gave bulls plenty to like, with revenue up 92% year over year (YoY), the doubling of Starlink subscriptions, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) nearly tripling.
But dig a little deeper into the numbers, and I think there are plenty of reasons to think the short-sellers -- who profit when share prices fall -- are right.
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SpaceX's cash burn is staggering SpaceX generated $3.5 billion in operating cash flow through the first six months of 2026 -- impressive, until you see that the company made $28.5 billion in capital expenditures (capex).
Free cash flow (FCF) was roughly negative $25 billion in just six months. And that actually understates the economic investment somewhat, because another roughly $3.9 billion of capital expenditures were financed rather than paid in cash.
Now, to be fair, this is a company in the middle of an enormous build-out, and heavy spending today can mean big payoffs down the road -- in theory. Spending at this pace and on this scale puts a whole lot of pressure on those investments to pay off quickly, and, at least for the spending on AI, there's a real question of whether they will pay off at all.
One customer accounts for nearly 20% of revenue One unnamed customer accounted for 19.5% of SpaceX's entire Q2 revenue and the lion's share of its AI revenue. That could be a serious problem if the customer backs out, especially given that AI is where SpaceX is spending lavishly -- $23.6 billion of its total capex went into AI alone.
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Although the customer is unnamed, it is very likely that it's Anthropic, the maker of Claude. The deal to lease computing capacity from SpaceX's xAI is cancellable by either side with just 90 days' notice after an initial ramping period. That is not the kind of agreement you want when you're committing billions to service it.
We've already seen how loose these arrangements can be. Musk himself previously clarified that one heavily touted lease was initially just for 180 days, despite the potential for a much longer relationship.
Starlink's hidden problem: falling revenue per user Starlink is still SpaceX's best business, generating $4.3 billion of Q2 revenue and $1.7 billion in operating income.
But I think investors have been ignoring a problem: Average revenue per user (ARPU) has been falling. The figure came in at just $66 per month, and though that's little changed from the previous quarter, it's down from $85 a year earlier.
ARPU decline is fine when you have subscriber growth to compensate -- and make no mistake, Starlink very much does at this point -- but as time goes on and more of the market is captured, especially in more developed nations, I think ARPU could start sliding even faster even as growth slows.
Is SpaceX stock overvalued? Now, I'm not advocating that you short SpaceX stock -- that's a very dangerous maneuver that can easily backfire if you're wrong -- but I am saying that short-sellers will ultimately be proven right. I believe that SpaceX stock is overvalued and that the top-line growth is overshadowing some serious flaws beneath the surface.
And, remember, during the next year, nearly $6 billion of shares owned by early SpaceX investors and employees will be unlocked and available for sale on public markets. Even a sliver of those insiders deciding to sell could put pressure on the stock price.
Elon Musk uvedl, že SpaceX chce mít do konce roku 2 GW výpočetního výkonu a do konce roku 2027 téměř 10 GW. Firma už má dohody o pronájmu výpočetní kapacity s Anthropic a Alphabet.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX +9.65%) released its first earnings report as a public company earlier this month.
The results were muddled. On one hand, revenue of $7.8 billion soared 92% from the same quarter a year ago. On the other hand, capital expenditures also soared to nearly $18.7 billion, up from roughly $2.8 billion a year ago and about $10.1 billion from the prior quarter.
However, the financials are only a small part of the story as the company ramps up its various business lines. Investors may have been more interested in what Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk had to say on the company's earnings call.
Here was the most shocking piece of information Musk divulged.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Image source: The White House.
The company expects to ramp up AI compute incredibly fast SpaceX runs a slate of businesses, one of which is the artificial intelligence (AI) division, which the company acquired through its purchase of another Musk company, xAI. XAI also includes several businesses, such as the social media platform X, Grok Intelligence, and the company's data center business.
Although Musk hopes to eventually launch data centers in space, which would ideally take advantage of the sun for power and the natural environment of space to keep the chips cool, SpaceX already has data centers on Earth.
SpaceX's Colossus data center group includes facilities in Tennessee and Mississippi with roughly 1 to 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. SpaceX has already struck major compute lease deals with Anthropic and Alphabet that could collectively generate roughly $2.2 billion of revenue per month.
And this is just the beginning, according to Musk, who told Wall Street analysts on SpaceX's earnings call that the company's terrestrial data center business should ramp quickly. Musk said he expects SpaceX to end this year with 2 GW of compute and then get close to 10 GW of compute by the end of 2027.
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Interestingly, when providing this outlook, Musk described it as "...our cumulative compute online...," implying that this compute could be ready for monetization.
That shocked me and probably most investors because building the data centers and getting them online are two completely different things. Building one is tough enough when you consider securing land and obtaining all the necessary permits, especially given the public pushback on data centers.
For instance, take the popular neocloud stock Nebius. Nebius is poised to have more than 4 GW of contracted compute power by the end of the year, but only have 800 megawatts (MW) to 1 GW fully online by year-end.
Now, Musk has argued that SpaceX is arguably the best at building data centers.
"In addition, of course, we are providing compute to others, and we are building and deploying compute, I think, faster," he told analysts on the earnings call. "Our rate of growth certainly is faster than anyone else. Our efficiency of compute deployment, I think, is also the highest."
It would be a heroic effort Building and bringing online anywhere near 10 GW of compute by the end of 2027 would be an absolutely heroic effort.
The independent research firm SemiAnalysis estimates that building 10 GW of compute could require $300 billion to $500 billion of capital expenditures. However, the firm sees this as possible and believes it could lead to SpaceX hitting an annual revenue run rate of $300 billion, assuming only half of the compute capacity in 2027 is monetized.
This still would be an incredible feat. If it materializes or gets close, the stock should soar. However, although Musk has accomplished some pretty impressive things, he rarely does it on his projected timeline.
Investors should keep this in mind before deciding to invest in the stock, which is going to be risky and likely quite volatile, given the company's towering valuation of $1.8 trillion (as of Aug. 12).
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (OTC:SSNLF) and other major smartphone makers face a tougher demand environment as rising component costs push handset prices higher in the U.S. and China, according to new research from Counterpoint Research.
Counterpoint analysts said Thursday that smartphone demand weakened across both major markets, with cost inflation emerging as a key pressure point. Rising memory costs are forcing manufacturers to increase prices while consumers remain sensitive to higher costs.
U.S. Smartphone Sales Fall 5%U.S. smartphone sales fell 5% year over year in the second quarter as higher memory prices and broader macroeconomic pressures hurt consumer demand, Counterpoint analyst Blake Przesmicki said.
Sales across the four largest manufacturers — Apple, Samsung, Motorola and Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google — declined 4%. The rest of the market plunged 45% as smaller manufacturers struggled with higher component costs. Counterpoint said larger companies have used their scale to secure components at prices smaller rivals cannot justify.
The pressure was particularly severe at the low end. Sales of smartphones priced below $100 tumbled 64% as manufacturers either stopped shipping some devices or raised prices to offset higher memory costs.
Prepaid smartphone sales fell 11%, although Samsung and Motorola gained share as weaker competitors pulled back. Motorola raised prices on several Moto G models during the quarter, while Samsung increased the Galaxy A17 price by $50 in July.
Counterpoint expects smartphone average selling prices to rise again in the third quarter. Apple is expected to increase prices for its iPhone 18 lineup, while Google is launching its Pixel 11 devices at higher prices than the Pixel 10 series carried at launch.
Still, Counterpoint expects Apple to benefit from a strong upgrade cycle as users move from the iPhone 15 series. Carrier subsidies will play a major role in determining whether higher prices hurt demand.
China Smartphone Slump DeepensThe picture is also challenging in China. Smartphone sales fell 8.6% year over year during the first 30 weeks of 2026, according to Counterpoint analyst Ivan Lam. The decline returned to double digits after the 618 shopping festival as seasonal weakness combined with continued memory-cost inflation.
Huawei remained the market leader, with its weekly sales share staying above 20% since the second quarter. Demand for the Enjoy 90 Pro Max and stable pricing supported its performance. Counterpoint expects Huawei to raise prices during the second half to offset higher costs.
Apple’s demand weakened significantly after the 618 festival. Its weekly sales ranking fell as low as fifth as the company entered its typical seasonal slowdown ahead of its next iPhone launch. Counterpoint said some demand had also been pulled forward by the shopping festival.
Xiaomi Corp. (OTC:XIACY) climbed to second place in week 30 following the launch of the REDMI Note 17 series. However, higher pricing and specification cuts hurt sales compared with the previous generation. Xiaomi subsequently introduced another round of price increases ranging from 300 Chinese yuan to 500 Chinese yuan across several product lines.
Memory Inflation Threatens More Price HikesCounterpoint expects conditions to become tougher during the second half as rising memory and system-on-chip costs force smartphone manufacturers toward additional price increases.
At the same time, spending on agentic artificial intelligence is becoming a competitive necessity rather than a differentiator, adding another challenge for manufacturers already dealing with weaker demand and higher hardware costs. Counterpoint warned that companies unable to keep pace risk falling further behind.
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For most investors, earnings season is the pinnacle of each quarter. The six-week period during which most S&P 500 companies report their quarterly operating results provides invaluable information for investors.
But a strong argument can be made that quarterly Form 13F filings can be equally important. These filings detail which stocks Wall Street's brightest money managers purchased and sold in the latest quarter. The catch is that "money managers" also includes businesses with sizable investment portfolios, such as Alphabet (GOOGL -0.08%)(GOOG -0.18%).
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When most investors hear the Alphabet name, they think of Google, which holds a virtual monopoly in global internet search, and Google Cloud, the world's No. 3 cloud infrastructure service platform by total spend. But when it comes to investments, Alphabet has proven to be the Warren Buffett of Wall Street.
Google's SpaceX investment has gone parabolic Looking in the rearview mirror, Google acquired streaming platform YouTube in October 2006 for $1.65 billion. Today, YouTube is the second-most-visited social site on the planet, behind only Google, and as a stand-alone entity, it might fetch a valuation of $500 billion (or more).
However, Google's investment in Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) (SPCX +9.65%) may give YouTube a run for its money.
Google initially invested around $900 million in SpaceX in January 2015. At the time, SpaceX was being valued at $12 billion, netting Google a roughly 7.5% stake in the company.
Following several rounds of additional financing, this initial 7.5% stake has been diluted, but to what extent remained a mystery -- until now.
GOOGLE $GOOGL JUST UPDATED ITS STOCK PORTFOLIO
This is everything Google owned as of the end of Q2
-- Evan (@StockMKTNewz) August 7, 2026 On Aug. 6, Alphabet filed its 13F with regulators covering its second-quarter trading activity. Given that SpaceX went public on June 12, Google's parent company is now required to include its SpaceX holdings in its quarterly 13F.
As of the end of June, Alphabet revealed a 551,189,500-share stake in SpaceX, worth $94.18 billion, which comprised 95% of its investment portfolio. According to Alphabet's second-quarter filing, $80 billion of this position is subject to short-term sale restrictions, with the remainder restricted through the third quarter of 2027.
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Alphabet has a knack for spotting deals As of the closing bell on Aug. 7, Google's initial investment in SpaceX has increased in value by more than 8,000% -- and there's more where this came from.
In addition to striking it rich with SpaceX, Google was an early investor in Anthropic, the developer behind the Claude large language models. Alphabet gobbled up a 10% stake in Anthropic in April 2023, pledged another $2 billion (with $500 million upfront) later that year, and announced $40 billion in add-on investments (with $10 billion upfront) in April 2026.
GOOGLE'S INVESTMENTS SHOULD BE STUDIED.
Google owns 7% of SpaceX and 14% of Anthropic, two of the biggest IPOs in history, both listing this year.
$900 million invested in SpaceX in 2015 is now worth $126 billion, a 140x return.
$13 billion invested in Anthropic is now worth... pic.twitter.com/JtF4qEyovm
-- Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) June 2, 2026 Alphabet is estimated to hold a 14% stake in Anthropic. Despite its total investment in the brainchild behind Claude adding up to less than $13 billion, Alphabet's stake in Anthropic may be worth in excess of $120 billion.
Alphabet has a virtual monopoly on global internet search traffic, has seen Google Cloud sales go parabolic following the integration of artificial intelligence solutions, and has a cash pile that nearly all businesses would envy. But its penchant for making winning investments may be its defining trait.
Amazon přestavuje cloudovou infrastrukturu pro e-commerce kvůli omezené kapacitě a nedostatku energie v AWS. Projekt Region Flex přesouvá zátěž z velkých regionů, včetně Dublinu, do více lokalit.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Bloomberg/Getty Images Amazon's huge e-commerce business is redesigning its cloud setup as power and data center capacity become increasingly constrained.
The multiyear effort, known internally as "Region Flex," aims to reduce the concentration of Amazon's online retail operations in a handful of large AWS regions and run systems across more locations at a smaller scale, according to internal planning documents obtained by Business Insider.
Internal plans include efforts to reduce Amazon e-commerce footprint in major AWS hubs such as Northern Virginia and Dublin, Ireland, according to the documents.
The AI boom has sparked an industrywide scramble for power and computing capacity. Amazon is racing to expand AWS data centers and says it added more capacity globally than any other company last year. Even so, CEO Andy Jassy said last month that AWS still can't build capacity fast enough to meet demand.
"AWS power constraints"Region Flex may not have started due to industrywide power constraints caused by the AI boom, but the internal documents obtained by Business Insider show this has become a driving force behind the project.
The Amazon internal documents explicitly cite power and capacity constraints in its cloud planning for the e-commerce business.
One planning document from last year said online retail teams were investing in moving infrastructure out of AWS's Dublin region "to mitigate expansion risk due to AWS power constraints."
A separate online grocery team document said Region Flex was required to ensure Amazon could meet "projected capacity requirements in each region."
Amazon's e-commerce logistics organization described Region Flex as dividing its "service architecture footprint" so it could run "in more AWS regions at a smaller scale, in closer proximity to our customers," according to one planning document from earlier this year.
'S-Team goal'Region Flex is being tracked by Amazon's most senior leaders.
Amazon's grocery business described the initiative as an "S-Team goal," referring to Amazon's senior leadership team, and said teams were planning more than 100 software migrations. The documents also describe Region Flex as improving resilience during AWS disruptions.
The industrywide AI boom has sent demand for computing infrastructure soaring while electricity and available data center space have become major constraints on expansion.
Vacancy rates across North America's largest data center markets fell to a record 1.4% at the end of 2025, according to CBRE. Limited power availability is pushing more data centers beyond established hubs into smaller markets where electricity can be secured more quickly.
Amazon is adding enormous amounts of infrastructure to meet demand. In October, the company said it had added more than 3.8 gigawatts of data center capacity over the previous year, doubling its cloud scale since 2022, and expects to roughly double its power capacity again by the end of 2027.
An AWS data center in Sterling, Virginia Bloomberg/Getty Images Distributing workloadsDublin has been one focus of Region Flex. Ireland became one of Europe's biggest data center markets over the past decade, putting significant pressure on the country's electricity system.
An internal plan last year called for reducing the Dublin infrastructure footprint of Amazon's e-commerce operation by 40% through migrations and deprecations in 2025. It also contemplated fully moving away from Dublin by the end of 2026 and from AWS regions in Northern Virginia and Oregon by 2029.
In an email to Business Insider, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed Region Flex. The spokesperson added that official internal Amazon documents don't always reflect current plans and described some of the timelines and other details in the documents obtained by Business Insider as "not accurate."
"Evolving our infrastructure is nothing new — it's something we've done for years to deliver the experience our customers expect from Amazon," the spokesperson said.
Using more AWS regions gives Amazon's online retail business greater flexibility to meet customer demand, improve reliability, manage costs, and bring services closer to customers, according to the spokesperson.
The internal documents show Amazon moving workloads from its long-established Dublin hub and distributing them across more AWS regions, including Frankfurt and Zaragoza, Spain.
That can be more expensive. Some services moving from Dublin into those two other regions could see infrastructure costs rise 10% to 15%, according to one document, because distributing workloads can reduce hosting efficiency. Amazon also estimated $90 million in one-time spending on Region Flex in 2025, according to an internal planning document.
Distributing workloads doesn't necessarily eliminate capacity problems. One of the documents noted "capacity constraints" in the Zaragoza region meant the organization planned to move only 65% of its remaining infrastructure costs there, leaving 35% in Dublin.
Despite AWS's rapid expansion, the company still expects shortages to persist. Jassy called power the "single biggest constraint" last year, and said demand will continue to outstrip supply during last month's earnings call.
"Even at that amount, we will still not have enough capacity to meet all the demand we have in 2026," Jassy said, adding that he expected the same dynamic in 2027.
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Microsoft za posledních pět let uzavřel nejméně 15 poboček a joint ventures v Číně. Firma ale zůstává díky ziskovému byznysu s čínskými firmami, které přes Azure obsluhují své zahraniční operace.
SummaryCompaniesMicrosoft shut at least 15 China branch offices and joint ventures in past five years, filings showTech firm badly hit by Beijing's push for domestic software, as well as U.S. export restrictionsCompany considered quitting China in 2023 but has no current exit plans, source saysMicrosoft has found a profitable line servicing Chinese companies going globalBEIJING/SHANGHAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft once regarded the idea of quitting China as unthinkable.
The year was 2010 and Google was about to exit due to concerns over censorship and cyberattacks. That decision was lauded by democracy activists, but not Bill Gates and Microsoft's then-CEO Steve Ballmer, who suggested Google was overreacting.
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In the past five years, however, at least 15 Microsoft branch offices and joint ventures in China have been shut, corporate filings show, and Microsoft is pursuing what five company sources described as a strategy of retreat.
The firm considered quitting the market in 2023 because some executives felt it took on too much geopolitical risk for too little economic return, one of them said, while stressing Microsoft has no current plans to exit. China accounted for just 1.5% of global revenue, Microsoft said in 2024.
Microsoft took a major hit from the erosion of trust between Washington and Beijing, the five people said. China has since 2017 pushed the use of domestic software, which Beijing sees as more secure and whose quality is increasingly competitive with Windows and Office. U.S. restrictions, including export controls on advanced technology, have meanwhile hindered efforts to scale Microsoft's lucrative AI and cloud businesses in China.
Details of Microsoft's internal deliberations about its future in China have not previously been reported.
Other U.S. tech giants with large China businesses are also reconsidering their exposure amid geopolitical tensions. Apple plans to manufacture in India most iPhones sold to Americans by the end of 2026, while Elon Musk last month denied reports that Tesla is debating separating its China business.
Microsoft ultimately decided to remain because it had carved out a profitable business servicing Chinese companies like TikTok owner ByteDance, which need Western technology to manage overseas operations, according to three people familiar with the matter. The company also believed that it needed a presence to maintain access to China's world-class engineering talent, two of them said.
Microsoft had also cultivated a relationship with the government that is among the deepest of any tech company, its former China head Alain Crozier told Reuters. "Because of the geopolitics … some days it's a little bit harder, but we never had a crisis," he said.
A Microsoft spokesperson did not address questions about the firm's deliberations on its China business but said it operates in a regulatory "environment that applies to every international supplier" and that it remains committed to the Chinese market.
The state of Microsoft's China business reflects market competition, regulatory demands and technological trends, the company said.
ByteDance did not respond to questions about its relationship with Microsoft.
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CHINA BLUESMicrosoft's engagement with the highest levels of China's government dates back to the early 1990s. Gates made the first of his many visits in 1994 and was received by President Jiang Zemin, who advised the Microsoft co-founder to study Chinese history.
The company has since made various efforts to build a relationship with the ruling Communist Party. Microsoft co-invested in startup incubators with the government and complied with censorship requirements that Google — now part of Alphabet — could not countenance.
By the mid-2010s, however, China had become increasingly suspicious of Western technology after revelations that U.S. firms had helped Washington spy on foreign governments. That was problematic for Microsoft as China's largest companies are either state-owned or maintain close government ties.
Microsoft's response was Windows 10 China Government Edition, whose release was personally negotiated between chief executive Satya Nadella and finance ministry officials, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The product was adopted by several government agencies, but did not take off as Microsoft hoped, said Crozier, who ran China operations through 2021.
At around the time of the Windows announcement in 2017, the Chinese government introduced new procurement guidelines that it billed as a framework for purchasing "safe and reliable" services. No foreign operating system, including Windows, has been regarded by the government as compliant with those policies, Microsoft said.
Non-compliance did not mean products were banned but it subjected tech administrators who used such services to scrutiny, including having to run more security checks and seek additional approval, said Paul Triolo, a Washington-based China tech policy expert at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group.
Reuters reviewed six Chinese government computer-system procurement guides published between December 2023 and May 2026. Five did not recommend Microsoft. The sixth included Windows 10 China Government Edition but said its usage was subject to "additional management requirements," without elaborating.
The Chinese tech and finance ministries did not respond to questions about the effect of regulations on Microsoft's business.
U.S. businesses operating in China, which have long complained about an uneven playing field, have had their confidence further dented by deteriorating Sino-American ties. Just 52% of respondents to the American Chamber of Commerce in China's latest business climate survey said China was a top global investment priority, down from 62% in 2019.
While its efforts to become the Chinese state's tech vendor of choice did not pay off, Microsoft found a second wind with the private sector.
Firms like ByteDance and ultra-fast-fashion retailer Shein have key businesses serving Western customers and rely on Microsoft's Azure cloud to manage data in compliance with foreign regulations, two company sources said. Microsoft also offers Chinese enterprise clients exclusive access via Azure to Western AI models from providers like OpenAI, which do not serve China.
By the mid-2020s, helping Chinese firms go global had become Microsoft's largest China-linked business, three people said. Two of them stressed that sales remained small by the firm's global standards.
Analysts have additionally questioned the sustainability of that AI business, which relies on third-party suppliers like OpenAI. Chinese businesses also do not need Azure if they use domestic AI models like Kimi, which are increasingly competitive with Western alternatives while being far cheaper.
OpenAI and Shein did not respond to questions.
HUMAN CAPITALMicrosoft has since the 1990s played a central role in building China's tech talent base.
Alongside hiring commercially focused engineers, it also established Microsoft Research China, which concentrates on advanced technologies. The lab's alumni include senior leaders at AI pioneers SenseTime and DeepSeek.
But the recent political pressures have affected Microsoft's ability to retain talent.
U.S. export controls on chips and AI models have restricted the access of Microsoft's China-based engineers to cutting-edge technology. The firm doesn't conduct research on quantum computing and other sensitive technologies in China, Microsoft president Brad Smith told U.S. lawmakers in 2023.
Microsoft considered shutting the lab down but ultimately decided to relocate some top talent, according to two people familiar with the matter. Since the U.S. began restricting AI exports, Microsoft Research China — now known as Microsoft Research Asia — has opened labs in Vancouver, Singapore and Tokyo.
The firm has, however, struggled to convince developers to leave China. It offered 1,000 top engineers relocation to the U.S. and three other Western countries in 2024, but only about a third accepted, the sources said.
Microsoft confirmed it offered transfer opportunities that year but declined to provide more details.
Many senior engineers instead left for Chinese universities and tech firms, where they can conduct top-level research while remaining close to family, both sources said.
Microsoft had previously warded off poaching efforts by domestic rivals. The firm had an attrition rate of roughly 17% in the mid-2010s, though Crozier said Microsoft reduced it to under 10% by growing new businesses, like servicing ByteDance, and offering staff global opportunities.
There is "up and down in terms of the number of people and maybe some of the things that were developed over there," he said. "But we never change one inch of the fact that we will bring technology into China… for China, for Chinese companies."
Reporting by Eduardo Baptista in Beijing and Casey Hall in Shanghai; Editing by Katerina Ang
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Wall Street zvýšila odhad zisku společnosti Nvidia na růst o 44 % ročně v příštích třech letech. Analytici zároveň čekají vyšší výdaje hyperscalerů na AI infrastrukturu.
Nvidia (NVDA +3.03%) shares are up 1,390% since the artificial intelligence boom began in January 2023, and Wall Street still thinks the stock is undervalued. Among 65 analysts, the median target price is $300 per share, implying 37% upside from the current share price of $218.
Nvidia shareholders recently got good news from Wall Street. Consensus earnings estimates have recently been revised higher, such that analysts now expect earnings to increase at 44% annually over the next three years. In March, the consensus estimate said earnings would increase at 33% annually over that period.
What changed? Wall Street analysts once again underestimated how much money hyperscalers would spend on AI infrastructure. Here are the important details.
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Nvidia dominates the market for AI infrastructure across GPUs, CPUs, and networking equipment Nvidia is a full-stack accelerated computing company that develops graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), and networking equipment, supported by a robust ecosystem of software tools. That approach lets the company optimize performance and power efficiency in ways most competitors cannot, which explains why Nvidia systems are the gold standard in artificial intelligence.
Most readers probably know that Nvidia GPUs account for a large percentage of data center accelerator sales (around 90%, according to HPC Wire). But readers may be less familiar with the company's prowess in other categories. Nvidia recently became the largest networking company in the world, and it's on pace to become the largest CPU supplier by the end of this year.
Of course, there's been a lot of talk about application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), chips purpose-built for specific workloads like artificial intelligence. Some investors are worried that custom silicon will eventually displace Nvidia. But those fears are unwarranted. ASICs perform certain tasks more cheaply than Nvidia GPUs, but they are less flexible and lack the robust software development ecosystem that backs Nvidia chips.
"Nvidia isn't going anywhere anytime soon," according to Meera Pandit, global market strategist at J.P. Morgan. "Only Nvidia chips can handle any AI workload. Custom hardware is a safe and efficient bet for known workloads like inference, but there's an obsolescence risk as AI evolved."
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Wall Street raised its hyperscaler capital expenditure (capex) spending forecast for 2026 Currently, 26% of hyperscaler capital expenditures (capex) go straight to Nvidia's bottom line, according to research from J.P. Morgan. That astonishing metric underscores the essential role Nvidia plays in the AI infrastructure market. And assuming the company maintains its pricing power and market share, earnings growth should more or less match capex growth going forward.
Here's the good news for shareholders: Wall Street has consistently underestimated how much hyperscalers will spend on AI infrastructure. "At the start of both 2024 and 2025, consensus estimates implied capex growth of roughly 20% for the year," writes Goldman Sachs. "In reality, it exceeded 50% in both years."
The same thing happened in 2026. Last June, the consensus estimate said capex spending among the five largest hyperscalers -- Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Oracle -- would total $361 billion this year. But Wall Street has since raised its forecast by over 100%, such that the consensus estimate now says their capex spending will total $733 billion in 2026.
Similarly, investors have reason to think Wall Street is making the same mistake with 2027. The consensus estimate currently says capex spending among the top five hyperscalers will grow 28% to $939 billion next year. But that would be a major slowdown compared to capex growth of 56% in 2024, 73% in 2025, and the projected capex growth of 90% in 2026.
Here's the big picture: Wall Street currently expects capex spending among the five largest hyperscalers to grow at 41% annually through 2028. Meanwhile, the consensus estimate says Nvidia's earnings will increase at 44% annually over the same period. It makes sense that those figures are roughly equivalent.
However, if analysts are underestimating hyperscaler capex, which is plausible given their track record, it stands to reason that they are also underestimating Nvidia's future earnings. And if earnings grow faster than expected over the next few years, the efficient market hypothesis predicts the stock price will rise. That makes Nvidia a worthwhile long-term investment.
NVIDIA v 1. čtvrtletí fiskálního roku 2027 zvýšila tržby na 81,615 miliardy USD, meziročně o 85,23 %, a tržby datového centra vzrostly na 75,246 miliardy USD, o 92 %.
I keep buying NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), and the buy button has become a habit. Every quarter sharpens the case for adding shares. This is my highest-conviction position because the world is rewiring itself around AI compute, and Jensen Huang’s company is the toll booth on the road everyone is paving.
AI is moving from single-shot chatbots to continuous, multi-step agentic workflows that multiply compute and memory demands on every data center. Huang put it bluntly on the last call: “The buildout of AI factories, the largest infrastructure expansion in human history, is accelerating at extraordinary speed.” Reasoning models chew through a hundred to a thousand times more tokens than a one-shot query. Every token routes through NVIDIA silicon.
The Receipts I Keep Coming Back To Q1 FY2027 revenue landed at $81.615 billion, up 85.23% year over year, with Data Center at $75.246 billion (+92%). Data Center Networking at $14.8 billion, up 199% shows the full-stack moat in the P&L. NVLink, Spectrum-X, and InfiniBand are the plumbing agentic AI needs, and customers are paying for the whole rack.
Profitability: Non-GAAP gross margin of 75.0%, ROE of 101.5%, ROIC of 92.2%, and net debt/EBITDA of 0.006. Free cash flow was $48.554 billion in a single quarter. That balance sheet funds the next architecture cycle without asking for permission.
Capital return signals management sees runway ahead. The quarterly dividend rose from $0.01 to $0.25, and the board added an $80 billion buyback authorization on top of the $38.5 billion already outstanding. Companies that think the story is ending do not do that.
Why NVIDIA Over the Obvious Alternative The name a reader reaches for first is Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD). I own some, but my incremental dollar lands here. The reason is the networking line. A GPU competitor can match a chip. Matching CUDA, NVLink Fusion, Spectrum-X, and the software stack that runs in every cloud and every frontier model is a different problem. Even Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) chose to co-develop custom data center and PC products with NVIDIA using NVLink. When your rival plugs into your interconnect, that is the moat announcing itself.
The Risk I Refuse to Wave Away China export controls are real. Q1 saw no H20 shipments to China, and Q2 guidance of $91.0 billion, plus or minus 2%, explicitly assumes zero China Data Center compute. Add $119 billion in supply commitments and hyperscaler concentration near 50% of Data Center revenue, and concentration risk is real. Demand outside China absorbs supply faster than TSMC can print wafers. The roadmap from Blackwell Ultra to Vera Rubin gives multi-year visibility into a product cycle customers have already committed capital toward.
Why the Buy Button Stays Active At $224.09 and a P/E near 45, This is a premium multiple, paid for a company earning $1.87 a share off a 5-for-5 beat streak while building the operating system for the next industrial revolution. As long as agentic AI multiplies tokens, and NVIDIA remains the only place they can run at scale, my next contribution goes to the same ticker.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Masonglory Limited (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MSGY), a subcontractor providing wet trades services and other ancillary services in Hong Kong, today announced that on August 12, 2026, the Company entered into a share swap agreement (the “Share Swap Agreement”) with the holder of a 49% equity interest in Beta Beteiligungs und Besitz GmbH, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the “Target”), and the beneficial owner of such holder, pursuant to which such holder agreed to transfer 20% of the equity interests in the Target to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and, as consideration therefor, the Company agreed to allot and issue to such beneficial owner an aggregate of 1,377,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.0008 each (the “Consideration Shares”). The number of Consideration Shares was determined by reference to a valuation of 100% of the equity interests in the Target of US$23,400,000 performed by an independent third-party valuation firm, and a price per Class A ordinary share of US$3.40, which was determined by reference to the closing bid price of the Class A ordinary shares of the Company of US$3.43 on August 11, 2026. The Target is engaged in the trading and distribution of construction materials, principally bathtubs, hot tubs and swim spas, in Continental Europe, which is complementary to the Company's existing wet trades and construction materials services business, and the transaction represents a horizontal, synergistic expansion of the Company's geographic footprint and construction materials product portfolio into Continental Europe.
Micron je sice v podílu na NAND za YMTC, ale v tržbách zůstává před čínským rivalem. AI zvyšuje poptávku po enterprise storage a tlačí tržby odvětví na rekord.
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock traded lower Thursday morning, even as U.S. stock futures pointed slightly higher. Nasdaq futures rose 0.07%, while S&P 500 futures gained 0.18%.
AI Storage Demand Boosts NAND MarketMicron’s premarket decline comes despite a favorable industry backdrop. The company is benefiting from a shift toward higher-value NAND products as artificial intelligence fuels demand for enterprise storage, according to Counterpoint Research.
Enterprise solid-state drives accounted for 48% of global NAND shipments in the second quarter, nearly double their 26% share a year earlier. Counterpoint said rising AI inference demand tightened supply and helped push industry revenue to record levels.
Micron Holds 13% Of NAND ShipmentsMicron held about 13% of NAND shipments. It trailed Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (OTC:SSNLF), SK hynix Inc. (NASDAQ:SKHY), privately held Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., or YMTC, and Kioxia Holdings Corporation.
However, Micron remained ahead of YMTC by revenue despite the Chinese rival capturing a larger 14% shipment share. Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) held an 11% shipment share.
Premium NAND Mix Could Drive ProfitabilityCounterpoint said NAND profitability through 2027 will increasingly depend on selling the right mix of higher-value products rather than simply shipping more bits. That trend could favor suppliers with greater exposure to premium enterprise storage as AI infrastructure expands.
Against that backdrop, Micron’s Thursday decline puts more focus on technical levels following the stock’s recent consolidation.
Micron Technical AnalysisMicron traded 3.4% above its 20-day simple moving average of $879.08. However, it remained 5.8% below its 50-day SMA of $965.16.
The longer-term trend remains stronger. Micron traded 18.5% above its 100-day SMA of $767.27 and 66.8% above its 200-day SMA of $545.19.
The relative strength index stood at 50.23. An RSI near 50 signals neutral momentum, meaning neither buyers nor sellers have a clear advantage.
Micron’s 20-day SMA remains below its 50-day SMA, a bearish short-term signal. However, its 50-day SMA remains above the 200-day SMA, supporting the longer-term bullish trend.
Key resistance: $1,012. Key support: $891.50, near the 20-day exponential moving average of $891.82. Micron Earnings And Analyst OutlookMicron’s next earnings report is estimated for Sept. 22.
Wall Street expects earnings of $31.27 per share, up from $3.03 a year earlier. Revenue is projected at $50.81 billion, compared with $11.31 billion a year ago.
Micron carries a Buy consensus rating and an average price forecast of $1,537.50. Recent analyst actions include:
Citigroup: Buy, lowered price forecast to $1,150 on Aug. 7. KeyBanc: Overweight, raised price forecast to $1,750 on July 14. Cantor Fitzgerald: Overweight, raised price forecast to $2,000 on June 29. Benzinga Edge RankingsMicron scores strongly across several Benzinga Edge measures. Its Momentum score stands at 99.59, Quality at 97.41 and Growth at 91.47. Its Value score is lower at 34.24.
The rankings point to strong momentum, quality and growth, while valuation remains the weaker part of the profile.
MU Price ActionMU Stock Price Activity: Micron Technology shares were down 0.72% at $904.75 during premarket trading on Thursday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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Novo Nordisk se domnívá, že trh s léky na obezitu nebude s Eli Lilly soubojem typu „vítěz bere vše“. CEO Mike Doustdar sází na nové pilulky a širší portfolio.
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SummaryCompaniesNovo bets new Wegovy pill and broader pipeline can help it regain ground lost to Lilly's ZepboundCEO says Wegovy pill holds 90% of oral GLP-1 marketNovo aims to launch CagriSema next year despite trial weight loss trailing ZepboundNEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab CEO Mike Doustdar said investors are underestimating the demand for differentiation among obesity drugs, and that new treatment options like pills will keep it from becoming a winner-take-all battle with rival Eli Lilly.
Novo was first to bring a highly effective GLP-1 weight-loss injection, Wegovy, to the U.S. market, but is under pressure to regain ground lost to Lilly's (LLY.N), opens new tab Zepbound in a business that analysts expect will be worth more than $100 billion a year by 2030.
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Doustdar, who took the helm at the Danish drugmaker a year ago, said that patients are just beginning to understand which GLP-1 drug is best suited to them, and he expects more segmentation as new medicines are approved. More than 100 million U.S. adults are classified as obese.
"Right now the investor community has thought this is supposed to be a zero-sum game between two players - there's a loser and a winner," Doustdar said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.
"As you foresee the future of GLP-1s and obesity and weight-loss drugs, it will not be Coke versus Pepsi. It will be Coke and Pepsi and Fanta and Dr Pepper and Red Bull. People are thirsty, and they can make their choices," he said.
Novo shares have fallen sharply since hitting a peak in 2024, while Lilly shares have continued to rise, pushing the company's market capitalization above $1 trillion.
Doustdar compared his vision for Novo's obesity portfolio to its insulin business for diabetes, where the company sells 50% of the world's insulins across 12 different brands, rather than dominating with one specific treatment.
"They all reduce sugar, but they do also different things. GLP-1s all reduce weight, but they all do different things," he said.
Novo's new pill version of Wegovy and a pipeline of experimental drugs are a key focus for investors.
Doustdar said the Wegovy pill currently has 90% market share in the oral GLP-1 market, in part because it has data showing better weight loss than Lilly's Foundayo pill.
He said it was difficult to project what percentage of patients would end up using pills, but said "we're in a very good place if it becomes a 50-50 market" between oral medications and injections.
Novo said in January that pills could comprise more than a third of GLP-1 use by 2030.
Novo's experimental next-generation obesity drug CagriSema has disappointed investors in clinical trials, helping patients lose an average of 23% of their body weight compared to more than 25% for Zepbound.
Doustdar said CagriSema would still offer a powerful addition to existing treatments. The company aims to launch it next year.
CagriSema "has been written off pretty much by all investors," he said. "And I say to people, when is the last time a doctor had a single medicine in their toolbox to treat millions?"
Reporting by Michael Erman; Additional reporting by Amina Niasse, Chris Prentice and Sabrina Valle; Editing by Jamie Freed
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Realty Income zvýšila celoroční odhad AFFO na 4,44 až 4,45 USD na akcii po tržbách za 2. čtvrtletí ve výši 1,55 mld. USD a AFFO 1,09 USD na akcii. Firma zároveň oznámila 115. po sobě jdoucí čtvrtletní zvýšení dividendy.
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Retirees living off portfolio income don’t get to sync their grocery bills, utility payments, and Medicare premiums to a quarterly calendar. Monthly dividend payers solve that mismatch. With the Fed funds upper bound holding at 3.75% since December 2025 and the 10-year Treasury sitting at 4.72% as of August 10, income seekers face a real choice between risk-free bonds and dividend equities that can grow with inflation. The five names below all pay every month, all trade on US exchanges, and each just reported Q2 2026 results that inform how safe the next 12 checks look.
A quick structural note: the four REITs here (O, ADC, STAG, LTC) are pass-through entities required to distribute at least 90% of taxable income, and Main Street Capital is a Business Development Company (BDC) subject to the same 90% rule. All issue standard 1099s, not K-1s.
Realty Income (O) Realty Income (NYSE:O | O Price Prediction) is the benchmark monthly payer. Q2 2026 delivered revenue of $1.55B, up 9.7% year over year, and AFFO per share of $1.09, up 3.8%. Management raised full-year AFFO guidance to $4.44 to $4.45 and lifted 2026 investment volume guidance to $10.0B, aided by a newly announced $6B hyperscale data center joint venture. Portfolio occupancy sits at 98.8%, and the company just declared its 115th consecutive quarterly dividend increase, extending a streak of 670 straight monthly payouts.
The August 14, 2026 payment of $0.271 per share annualizes to $3.252, a yield near 5% on the $61.89 close on August 11. Shares are up 13.14% year to date. Risk to flag: Net Debt/EBITDAre ticked up to 5.4x from 5.2x, and non-investment-grade tenants still make up the majority of ABR.
Agree Realty (ADC) Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) is a net-lease retail REIT skewed toward investment-grade tenants. Q2 2026 revenue was $205.1M, up 16.85% year over year, with AFFO per share of $1.14, up 7.4%. CEO Joey Agree called it "the most active investment quarter and first half in Company history," backed by record Q2 investment of roughly $502M at a 7.0% cap rate. Portfolio occupancy is 99.8%, and 73.2% of ABR comes from investment-grade tenants, an unusually high figure for the sector.
The July monthly dividend of $0.267 pays August 14 and represents a 4.3% year-over-year increase. Shares closed at $73.39, up 4.4% YTD but down 5.53% over the past month. Risk: interest expense jumped to $40.3M from $32.3M, and the quarter included a $5.9M impairment provision.
STAG Industrial (STAG) STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) owns single-tenant warehouses across the US, giving retirees exposure to logistics and e-commerce infrastructure. Q2 marked the fourth consecutive EPS beat, with revenue of $224.37M (+8.08%) and Core FFO per share of $0.65 (+3.2%). New lease cash rent change was a striking +19.8%, and same-store cash NOI grew 3.4%. CEO Bill Crooker said "STAG enters the back half of 2026 with an active pipeline, a fortified balance sheet, and clear momentum."
The forward dividend of $1.518 yields around 4% on the $36.74 close. Analyst target price is $42.08. Trailing P/E is 28x. Risk: interest expense rose to $37.5M from $33.6M, and total portfolio occupancy slipped to 94.5%.
Main Street Capital (MAIN) Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) is a Houston-based BDC lending to lower-middle-market businesses. Q2 2026 produced adjusted EPS of $1.04, beating the $0.96 estimate, an annualized ROE of 18.9%, and NAV per share of $33.92, up $0.46 sequentially. Non-accruals held at 1.1% of the portfolio at fair value, and a $46.4M realized gain on Centre Technologies boosted results.
Retirees get a stacked income stream: regular monthly dividends of $0.265 through Q3, rising to $0.265 in Q4, plus a 20th consecutive supplemental of $0.30 paid in September. Shares closed at $59.03, up 12.22% over the past month. Risk: total investment income fell 15.7% year over year, and continued benchmark rate cuts would pressure floating-rate income.
LTC Properties (LTC) LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) is a healthcare REIT reinventing itself around seniors housing operations (SHOP). Q2 2026 revenue jumped 64.11% year over year to $98.86M, and Core FFO per share of $0.68 blew past the $0.44 estimate. SHOP now covers 39 communities across 12 operators, and CEO Pam Kessler laid out a "pathway to 75% by end of 2028" for SHOP’s share of NOI. Management narrowed 2026 Core FFO guidance to $2.76 to $2.78.
The $0.19 monthly dividend has been steady for years, giving a forward yield near 5.72% on the $38.11 close. Shares are up 14.79% YTD. EPS runs at $2.77, keeping the payout well covered. Risk: skilled nursing still accounts for 33% of exposure, and the SHOP transition carries operator execution risk.
What to watch next: if the Fed resumes cutting later this year, spreads on the BDC portfolio at Main Street Capital could compress even as REIT financing costs ease. That trade-off will determine whether income keeps compounding at the pace retirees need.
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Ballast Inc. ve 2. čtvrtletí koupila novou pozici v Energy Transfer: 43 000 akcií za zhruba 822 000 USD. Firma zároveň oznámila čtvrtletní dividendu 0,34 USD na akcii.
Ballast Inc. bought a new position in shares of Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 43,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $822,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ET. Tema ETFs LLC increased its holdings in Energy Transfer by 47.5% in the 2nd quarter. Tema ETFs LLC now owns 1,366,371 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $26,125,000 after buying an additional 440,228 shares during the period. Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Energy Transfer by 48.9% during the 2nd quarter. Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 45,068 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $862,000 after acquiring an additional 14,795 shares during the period. Harrell Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Energy Transfer by 55.8% during the 2nd quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 21,928 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $419,000 after acquiring an additional 7,857 shares during the period. Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Energy Transfer by 42.2% during the 2nd quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 30,048 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $575,000 after acquiring an additional 8,916 shares during the period. Finally, Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Energy Transfer during the 2nd quarter valued at about $229,000. 38.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Energy Transfer Stock Up 0.7% ET opened at $20.93 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $19.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $19.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.16. Energy Transfer LP has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $20.96. The firm has a market cap of $72.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.24, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.55.
Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $34.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $27.71 billion. Energy Transfer had a net margin of 4.87% and a return on equity of 11.55%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 78.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.32 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Energy Transfer LP will post 1.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Energy Transfer Increases Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 7th will be issued a $0.34 dividend. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 7th. This is an increase from Energy Transfer’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. Energy Transfer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 92.52%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of research firms recently weighed in on ET. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Energy Transfer in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Scotiabank restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Energy Transfer in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Weiss Ratings raised Energy Transfer from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $24.00 price objective (up from $23.00) on shares of Energy Transfer in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 target price (up from $24.00) on shares of Energy Transfer in a report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Energy Transfer has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $23.92.
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Insider Buying and Selling In other Energy Transfer news, Director James Richard Perry purchased 12,359 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 7th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $20.23 per share, for a total transaction of $250,022.57. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 208,046 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,208,770.58. The trade was a 6.32% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 3.28% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
About Energy Transfer (Free Report)
Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) is a Dallas-based midstream energy company that develops and operates infrastructure for the transportation, storage and processing of hydrocarbons. The company’s operations focus on moving and storing natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and refined products through an integrated network of pipelines, terminals, storage facilities and processing plants. Energy Transfer provides core midstream services such as gathering, compression, fractionation, processing, and bulk transportation to support production and downstream supply chains.
Its asset base spans an extensive network across the United States, connecting producing regions, processing centers, petrochemical hubs and coastal and inland markets.
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Datadog uvedl, že růst táhnou širší platforma, zisk podílu na trhu a silnější poptávka po AI a modernizaci technologií. Ve čtvrtletí mezikvartálně přidal 115 milionů USD tržeb.
3 of the Market's Most-Upgraded Tech Stocks Right NowDatadog NASDAQ: DDOG Chief Financial Officer David Obstler said the company’s recent growth has been supported by a broader product platform, market-share gains and expanding demand across customer sizes and geographies. In a conference discussion with Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Kingsley Crane, Obstler said the company has benefited from customers modernizing technology stacks and preparing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads.
Crane characterized Datadog’s latest quarter as featuring 36% growth at a $1.1 billion scale, accelerating from 32%, and noted that growth had accelerated over the past five quarters. Obstler said the results reflected investments in the platform that have expanded the product portfolio and enabled greater cross-selling.
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Datadog’s Drop Says More About Expectations Than Earnings“We’re seeing strength across all the way from SMB to enterprise and globally,” Obstler said. “Anytime we have a re-platforming and a modernization of tech stack, that’s complemented Datadog in their growth.”
Platform adoption and customer expansion Obstler said growth has not been limited to AI-native companies. He said enterprise customers have accelerated adoption of the Datadog platform, driven by demand for integrated, real-time observability and security capabilities.
5 Tech Stocks Holding Their Ground Through the AI Trade PullbackHe pointed to what he described as substantial market-share gains, saying Datadog added $115 million in revenue sequentially during the last quarter. The company’s platform approach appeals to customers seeking a “single pane of glass” for monitoring and security, he said.
Datadog’s customer expansion model generally unfolds over multiple years, according to Obstler. Customers often initially use other vendors, then add Datadog products as existing contracts come up for renewal. The company sells capacity through a credit-based model, allowing customers to use different products on the platform.
Obstler said cohorts signed five years ago are continuing to expand, supported by product additions and vendor consolidation. He cited net retention in the low 120% range as evidence of the durability of that expansion motion.
Customers increasingly adopt more Datadog products over time, rather than switching all tools at once. Modern and mission-critical workloads have increasingly been directed to Datadog for monitoring, Obstler said. Datadog works with customers on capacity planning under contracts that generally span at least one year and can extend to three years. AI-native customers and production workloads Obstler said AI-native companies represent a smaller percentage of Datadog’s annual recurring revenue than cloud-native customers did during the COVID-era technology boom, but the group is growing quickly. He said Datadog had more than 750 AI-native customers, with more than 30 generating at least $1 million in annual recurring revenue.
Those companies include model providers, database providers, GPU providers and companies serving specific industry verticals, he said. While Obstler acknowledged that AI-native markets could be volatile, he described the segment as an endorsement of Datadog’s position in modern technology infrastructure.
He said AI-related monitoring demand is increasingly shifting from training and research into production environments. Datadog is positioned to monitor applications using large language models, agents, coding agents and GPU infrastructure, he said. The company is also beginning to address more training-related use cases.
“We basically set that up, and we’ve been seeing very good growth in that area,” Obstler said of AI monitoring. He added that Datadog monetizes these offerings through usage-based pricing tied to data consumed, investigations and related activity.
Bits AI and product investment Obstler also discussed “AI for Datadog,” referring to the company’s use of AI within its own platform. He said the Bits AI product is designed to help users automate investigations, analyze issues, route cases and eventually support more self-remediation.
The company has broadened Bits AI beyond reliability engineering investigations into development and security use cases, Obstler said. Datadog has tested pricing approaches, moving from a per-investigation model toward token-based pricing in some areas.
Datadog’s data sets, platform integration and existing use of machine learning for analytics provide an advantage in observability-specific AI, Obstler said. He said the company’s vision is to provide specialized intelligence that can identify problems and, in certain instances, enable customers to approve automated remediation.
Obstler said Datadog plans to continue investing in both sales capacity and research and development. Sales capacity has expanded globally at roughly the same pace as revenue, he said. While the company expects a greater share of R&D resources to shift toward tokens and AI tools over time, he said management is focused on using those tools to develop products rather than pursuing AI investment at the expense of margins.
Competitive strategy Addressing competition from companies expanding their own platforms, including security and data-focused vendors, Obstler said Datadog remains focused on observing software in production and on adjacent opportunities where its observability platform creates synergies.
He cited cloud workload security, Cloud SIEM and service management as areas where Datadog can expand, while emphasizing that the company is not attempting to address every segment of the broader security market. Obstler said Datadog’s focus on modern cloud workloads, coupled with continued R&D investment, has strengthened rather than weakened its competitive position.
About Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG)Datadog NASDAQ: DDOG is a cloud-based monitoring and observability platform that helps organizations monitor, troubleshoot and secure their applications and infrastructure at scale. Its software-as-a-service offering collects and analyzes metrics, traces and logs from servers, containers, cloud services and applications to provide real-time visibility into system performance and health. Datadog's platform is widely used by engineering, operations and security teams to reduce downtime, accelerate incident response and improve application reliability.
The company's product suite includes infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM), log management, real user monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring and network performance monitoring, along with security-focused products such as security monitoring and cloud SIEM.
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Assenagon Asset Management S.A. ve 2. čtvrtletí koupila nový podíl v Matson za zhruba 3,43 mil. USD. Firma zároveň oznámila vyšší čtvrtletní dividendu na 0,38 USD z 0,36 USD.
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new stake in Matson, Inc. (NYSE:MATX – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 17,842 shares of the shipping company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,430,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned approximately 0.06% of Matson as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in shares of Matson by 8.3% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 41,346 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $5,300,000 after acquiring an additional 3,155 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Matson by 4.6% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 19,511 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $2,501,000 after acquiring an additional 863 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC increased its position in Matson by 7.1% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 102,629 shares of the shipping company’s stock worth $13,154,000 after purchasing an additional 6,778 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Matson during the 1st quarter worth about $78,000. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its stake in Matson by 11.3% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 24,459 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $3,135,000 after purchasing an additional 2,492 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.76% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades MATX has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Matson from $230.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Stephens lifted their price target on shares of Matson from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Matson from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Zacks Research raised shares of Matson from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Matson from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and four have issued a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Matson currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $232.33.
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Insiders Place Their Bets In other Matson news, SVP Leonard P. Isotoff sold 1,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.30, for a total transaction of $260,375.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 6,527 shares in the company, valued at $1,359,574.10. This represents a 16.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP John Warren Sullivan sold 1,917 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.49, for a total value of $399,675.33. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 7,630 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,590,778.70. This trade represents a 20.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 10,089 shares of company stock worth $1,975,717. Corporate insiders own 2.51% of the company’s stock.
Matson Price Performance Matson stock opened at $214.41 on Thursday. Matson, Inc. has a 1 year low of $86.97 and a 1 year high of $230.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 0.89. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $203.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $180.90. The company has a market cap of $6.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.33 and a beta of 1.27.
Matson (NYSE:MATX – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The shipping company reported $4.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.79 by $0.48. Matson had a net margin of 13.41% and a return on equity of 16.94%. The company had revenue of $969.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $893.91 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.92 earnings per share. Matson’s revenue was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts predict that Matson, Inc. will post 16.01 earnings per share for the current year.
Matson Increases Dividend The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 6th will be given a $0.38 dividend. This is an increase from Matson’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 6th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Matson’s dividend payout ratio is 10.16%.
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Matson, Inc (NYSE: MATX) is a U.S.-based provider of ocean transportation and supply chain logistics services with a focus on Pacific trade lanes. The company operates a fleet of container ships that regularly service Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Micronesia and other Pacific islands, as well as mainland U.S. ports. Matson’s ocean transportation segment offers scheduled liner services, expedited shipping options and specialized project cargo handling for industries ranging from retail to heavy machinery.
In addition to its core liner operations, Matson offers ocean transportation services between Asia and the U.S.
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Zomedica se v Kanadě spojila s Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Canada Inc. na rozšíření testování PPID u koní pomocí platformy TRUFORMA. Program má veterinářům nabídnout rychlé endokrinní testy přímo v ordinaci a začíná s podzimní testovací sezónou pomocí testů eACTH a inzulinových testů.
Collaboration with one of the world's largest animal health companies expected to accelerate TRUFORMA adoption, expand installed base, and drive recurring diagnostic revenue in Canada
ANN ARBOR, MI / ACCESS Newswire / August 13, 2026 / Zomedica Corp. (OTCQB:ZOMDF) ("Zomedica" or the "Company"), a veterinary health company offering diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for equine and companion animals, today announced a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Canada Inc., a leader in the animal health industry, to enhance the early detection, treatment, and monitoring of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) in horses across Canada.
Through this initiative, the TRUFORMA system will support Boehringer Ingelheim's PPID awareness and testing efforts in Canada beginning with this fall testing season, enabling veterinarians to perform rapid endocrine testing at the point of care using Zomedica's equine endogenous ACTH (eACTH) and equine insulin assays.
By bringing this testing directly into equine veterinary practices, the program will support prompt diagnosis and treatment. The use of Zomedica's TRUFORMA diagnostic platform within Boehringer Ingelheim's PPID awareness and testing efforts brings advantages for Canadian veterinarians and horse owners alike.
Under the agreement, Zomedica will support the placement of TRUFORMA analyzers in participating equine veterinary practices across Canada, while Boehringer Ingelheim will provide eligible customers with complimentary diagnostic testing performed using Zomedica's TRUFORMA platform.
Participation in the program includes no-cost placement of TRUFORMA analyzers in participating equine veterinary practices, along with diagnostic cartridge kits provided at no cost to eligible Boehringer Ingelheim customers. This approach is expected to expand the installed base of Zomedica's platform in Canada and introduce participating veterinarians to additional equine assays available from Zomedica, including Cortisol and Progesterone.
PPID, previously known as equine Cushing's disease, is the most common endocrine disorder in aging horses, affecting approximately 20-25% of horses over the age of 15. This prevalence has been documented in multiple epidemiological studies, including research published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, which reported that roughly one-fifth of horses over 15 years of age show evidence of PPID based on endocrine testing (McFarlane et al., Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2018).
The program will utilize Zomedica's TRUFORMA® equine endogenous ACTH (eACTH) assay, which recent comparative evaluation data has demonstrated to have the closest agreement to reference laboratory results when compared with other commercially available assays, supporting its reliability for diagnosing PPID and monitoring treatment response.
"Expanding our collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim-one of the largest and most respected companies in global animal health-into Canada, represents another important milestone for Zomedica," said Kevin Klass, Senior Vice President, Sales at Zomedica. "Their leadership in equine medicine, combined with our TRUFORMA diagnostic technology, creates a powerful synergy and marks another critical step in our strategy. Canada's vast geography and dispersed equine veterinary practices make access to specialized testing more challenging. Bringing this capability into the clinic will reduce the impact of distance and geographic isolation, facilitating timely testing."
"Veterinarians play a critical role in recognizing and managing PPID, and we've seen the meaningful difference that early diagnosis, treatment, and whole-horse management can make," commented Randy Trumpler, Business Unit Director - Equine at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Canada Inc. "By collaborating with Zomedica, we're expanding access to innovative diagnostic solutions for Canadian veterinarians and empowering them to make faster, more confident decisions-ultimately supporting better outcomes for the horses in their care and their owners."
About Zomedica
Zomedica is a leading equine and companion animal healthcare company dedicated to improving animal health by providing veterinarians with innovative therapeutic and diagnostic solutions. Our gold standard PulseVet® shock wave system, which accelerates healing in musculoskeletal conditions, has transformed veterinary therapeutics. Our suite of products also includes the Assisi Loop® line of therapeutic devices and the TRUFORMA® diagnostic platform, the TRUVIEW® digital cytology system, the VETGuardian PLUSTM Zero Touch® monitoring system and VETIGEL® hemostatic gel, all designed to empower veterinarians to provide top-tier care. In the aggregate, their total addressable market in the U.S. exceeds $2 billion. Headquartered in Michigan, Zomedica employs approximately 150 people and manufactures and distributes its products from its world-class facilities in Georgia and Minnesota. Zomedica grew revenue 17% in 2025 to $32 million, 36% through the six months ended June 30, 2026 to $18 million, and maintains a strong balance sheet with approximately $44 million in liquidity as of June 30, 2026. Zomedica is advancing its product offerings, leveraging strategic acquisitions, and expanding internationally as we work to enhance the quality of care for pets, increase pet parent satisfaction, and improve the workflow, cash flow and profitability of veterinary practices. For more information visit www.zomedica.com.
About Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry's top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,500 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. The Canadian headquarters of Boehringer Ingelheim was established in 1972 in Montreal, Quebec and is now located in Burlington, Ontario. Boehringer Ingelheim employs approximately 500 people across Canada. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.
About Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada)
Boehringer Ingelheim provides innovation for preventing and treating diseases in animals. The company offers a wide range of vaccines, parasite-control products, and medicines for pets, horses, and livestock to veterinarians, animal owners, farmers, and governments. As a leader in animal health, Boehringer Ingelheim values that the health of humans and animals is deeply connected and strives to make a difference for people, animals and society. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/ca/animal-health.
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Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Primoris Services Corporation (NYSE:PRIM – Free Report) by 4.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 324,887 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 13,617 shares during the quarter. Bank of America Corp DE owned approximately 0.60% of Primoris Services worth $46,472,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of PRIM. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in Primoris Services by 163.0% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,746,203 shares of the company’s stock worth $216,774,000 after purchasing an additional 1,082,218 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in Primoris Services by 47.4% in the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,886,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $412,837,000 after purchasing an additional 928,155 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Primoris Services in the 4th quarter valued at about $103,368,000. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Primoris Services by 56.8% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,011,488 shares of the company’s stock valued at $249,866,000 after buying an additional 728,646 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Primoris Services by 7.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,479,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $804,361,000 after buying an additional 466,192 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.82% of the company’s stock.
Primoris Services Price Performance PRIM stock opened at $81.47 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $92.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a market cap of $4.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.95 and a beta of 1.43. Primoris Services Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $65.00 and a fifty-two week high of $205.50.
Primoris Services (NYSE:PRIM – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported ($0.27) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.35) by $0.08. Primoris Services had a net margin of 1.92% and a return on equity of 9.96%. The company had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.68 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Primoris Services Corporation will post 1.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Primoris Services Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Primoris Services’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.55%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Primoris Services from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $149.00 price target on shares of Primoris Services in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Primoris Services in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $135.00 price target for the company. Guggenheim dropped their price objective on shares of Primoris Services from $162.00 to $127.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Primoris Services from $118.00 to $85.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $132.27.
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Primoris Services News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting Primoris Services this week:
Positive Sentiment: UBS maintained a Buy rating on Primoris while lowering its price target to $138, suggesting the firm still sees substantial long-term upside despite recent concerns. UBS Group Lowers Primoris Services Price Target Neutral Sentiment: Multiple law firms publicized the same securities class action and a September 21, 2026 lead-plaintiff application deadline. The lawsuit covers investors who acquired PRIM securities from August 5, 2025, through June 22, 2026; these announcements primarily increase visibility around existing litigation rather than represent separate lawsuits. Robbins LLP Class Action Notice Negative Sentiment: The litigation alleges Primoris misled investors about project-management capabilities, cost forecasts, oversight and expected profitability at certain renewable-energy projects. One notice alleges disclosures related to six projects contributed to a $23.39-per-share decline. If the claims proceed, Primoris could face legal costs, damages and further reputational pressure. Levi and Korsinsky Primoris Investor Notice Negative Sentiment: Short interest jumped 50.2% in the second half of July to 4.49 million shares, representing 8.4% of shares outstanding and 3.1 days of average trading volume. The increase indicates stronger bearish positioning and may amplify volatility. Negative Sentiment: Recent operating results remain a headwind. Primoris reported a quarterly loss of $0.27 per share, although it exceeded the expected loss of $0.35. Revenue of $1.69 billion missed estimates and declined 10.7% year over year, while the company’s roughly 1.9% net margin highlights limited profitability. Insider Transactions at Primoris Services In other news, Director David Lee King sold 20,000 shares of Primoris Services stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $119.09, for a total transaction of $2,381,800.00. Following the sale, the director owned 14,941 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,779,323.69. The trade was a 57.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider John M. Perisich sold 29,707 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.86, for a total value of $3,798,337.02. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 27,574 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,525,611.64. The trade was a 51.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Primoris Services Profile (Free Report)
Primoris Services Corporation, a specialty contractor company, provides a range of construction, fabrication, maintenance, replacement, and engineering services in the United States and Canada. It operates through three segments: Utilities, Energy/Renewables, and Pipeline Services. The Utilities segment offers installation and maintenance services for new and existing natural gas distribution systems, electric utility distribution and transmission systems, and communications systems. The Energy/Renewables segment provides a range of services, including engineering, procurement, and construction, as well as retrofits, highway and bridge construction, demolition, site work, soil stabilization, mass excavation, flood control, upgrades, repairs, outages, and maintenance services to renewable energy and energy storage, renewable fuels, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries, as well as state departments of transportation.
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Cisco překonalo odhady tržeb i zisku, ale akcie v prodlouženém obchodování klesly asi o 4 % kvůli opatrnému výhledu AI tržeb na fiskální rok 2027, kdy firma očekává z AI datových center přibližně 7,5 miliardy dolarů.
Cisco Systems překonalo očekávání analytiků na úrovni tržeb i zisku, přesto však investory zklamalo opatrnějším výhledem růstu příjmů z umělé inteligence. Negativní reakce akcií proto odráží především vysoká očekávání, která se kolem AI tématu v posledních měsících vytvořila. Samotné hospodaření firmy však zůstává robustní.
Cisco Systems zklamalo část investorů svým výhledem na příjmy z umělé inteligence. Největší světový dodavatel síťových technologií očekává, že ve fiskálním roce 2027 utrží z AI datových center přibližně 7,5 miliardy dolarů, což je méně než 9,3 miliardy dolar, které trh po nedávném přílivu AI zakázek očekával. AI tržby budou představovat zhruba 10 % celkových ročních tržeb, které firma odhaduje na 72,2 až 73,4 miliardy dolarů.
Analytik UBS David Vogt během konferenčního hovoru poznamenal: „To mi připadá velmi, velmi konzervativní.“ Akcie Cisco po zveřejnění výsledků klesly v prodlouženém obchodování přibližně o 4 %. Za předchozí tři měsíce však vzrostly téměř o 25 %, protože investoři očekávali, že AI významně urychlí růst společnosti.
Cisco prochází restrukturalizací, aby získala větší podíl na AI infrastrukturních projektech, zároveň však čelí silnější konkurenci ze strany společností Broadcom a Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Generální ředitel Chuck Robbins vysvětlil, že ve fiskálním roce 2026 Cisco skutečně vykázalo přibližně 4 miliardy dolarů AI tržeb, přestože objem objednávek přesáhl 9 miliard dolarů. „Jde o nelineární objednávky obrovského rozsahu, které bývají zadávány dlouho dopředu.“ Výhled 7,5 miliardy dolarů na příští rok proto označil za „rozumný a obezřetný“.
Negativní reakce trhu kontrastuje se skutečností, že samotné hospodářské výsledky překonaly očekávání. Ve čtvrtém fiskálním čtvrtletí firma vykázala firma tržby 17,3 miliardy USD (odhad trhu 16,9 mld. USD), meziročně o 18 % vyšší, a očištěný zisk 1,22 USD na akcii (odhad 1,17 USD).
Největší část tržeb Cisca ale stále generují tradiční aktivity, a ne AI. Segment kybernetické bezpečnosti zvýšil ve čtvrtém čtvrtletí tržby o 14 % meziročně na 2,23 miliardy dolarů. Finanční ředitel Mark Patterson uvedl, že pokročilejší AI modely vytvářejí nejen příležitosti, ale také nové bezpečnostní hrozby. Firmy proto musí více investovat do ochrany svých systémů, což by mělo dále podporovat růst bezpečnostního byznysu Cisco.
Podle analytika Tima Longa z Barclays za překonáním očekávání ve čtvrtém čtvrtletí stál silný výkon bezpečnostní divize a solidní výdaje podnikových zákazníků, zatímco AI byznys odpovídal očekávání trhu.
Analytička Meta Marshall z Morgan Stanley (doporučení Overweight, cílová cena 135 USD) uvedla, že i když Cisco výrazně zvýšilo odhady tržeb pro fiskální rok 2027, tak „vyšší podíl hardwaru v prodejích vytvoří tlak na hrubé marže.“ Pozitivní podle ní ale je, že dostupnost produktů pomáhá Ciscu získávat podíl u velkých cloudových zákazníků. Nižší marže jsou navíc částečně kompenzovány nižšími provozními náklady a lepším provozním pákovým efektem díky vyšším tržbám.
V prvním fiskálním čtvrtletí očekává Cisco tržby 18 až 18,2 miliardy USD (trh čekal 16,8 miliardy USD) a zisk 1,32 až 1,34 USD na akcii (také nad odhady).
Maersk podruhé za sedm týdnů zvýšil celoroční výhled EBITDA na 10,5 až 12,5 miliardy dolarů. Ve 2. čtvrtletí EBITDA vzrostla meziročně o 30 % na tři miliardy dolarů.
Dánský lodní gigant Maersk vylepšil svůj celoroční výhled hospodaření podruhé během pouhých sedmi týdnů. Největší světový provozovatel kontejnerové dopravy těží z vyšších přepravních sazeb, silné poptávky i pokračujících omezení v globální logistice. Investoři na zprávu reagovali růstem akcií.
Společnost nově očekává, že její ukazatel EBITDA dosáhne za celý letošní rok 10,5 až 12,5 miliardy dolarů. Předchozí prognóza přitom počítala s rozpětím končícím na úrovni 10 miliard dolarů. Aktualizovaný výhled zároveň překonal očekávání analytiků, kteří v průměru předpokládali EBITDA kolem 9,3 miliardy dolarů, píše Bloomberg.
Velmi pozitivní byly i samotné výsledky za druhé čtvrtletí, jež překonaly očekávání trhu. EBITDA vzrostla meziročně o 30 procent na tři miliardy dolarů při konsenzu 2,12 miliardy. I díky tomu akcie společnosti reagovaly na burze v Kodani po otevření trhu prudkým nárůstem až o devět procent (později růst korigovaly na +5 %).
Maersk uvedl, že za zlepšením výsledků stojí kombinace vyšší přepravní poptávky, omezené kapacity a přetrvávajících komplikací v dodavatelských řetězcích. Tyto faktory podporují růst sazeb za přepravu kontejnerů, což se pozitivně promítá do ziskovosti sektoru.
Kontejnerový lodní průmysl jako celek profituje z narušení provozu v Rudém moři a Hormuzském průlivu, což fakticky snížilo kapacitu plavidel na trhu a naklonilo rovnováhu nabídky a poptávky ve prospěch majitelů lodí. Jakmile však liniové společnosti, včetně Maersku, začnou v Rudém moři znovu naplno operovat, tato se tato výhoda ztrácí, protože nadměrná kapacita lodní dopravy dlouhodobě snižuje sazby za přepravu, vysvětluje Bloomberg.
Maersk, který přepravuje přibližně každou sedmou kontejnerovou zásilku na světě, už na konci června zvýšil své očekávání pro letošní rok a zároveň upravil výhled růstu globálního trhu kontejnerové přepravy. Nyní firma tento odhad potvrdila a nadále očekává, že objem světové kontejnerové dopravy vzroste zhruba o čtyři procenta.
Generální ředitel Vincent Clerc v rozhovoru pro Bloomberg Television uvedl, že kolísání přepravních sazeb bude pravděpodobně pokračovat, nicméně „celkové podmínky pro odvětví budou pro nadcházející roky příznivější, pokud bude trh i nadále stejně odolný jako v posledních několika letech“.
Poptávku podporuje také pokračující síla čínského exportu. Řada firem navíc urychluje dodávky před zaváděním nových celních opatření a změnami nákladů na paliva. Podle Maersku se světová ekonomika zatím ukazuje jako odolnější, než se původně předpokládalo, mimo jiné díky fiskálním stimulům a investicím souvisejícím s rozvojem umělé inteligence.
„Hlavním motorem je velmi, velmi silná a odolná poptávka po kontejnerové dopravě v důsledku elektrifikace – ať už se jedná o výrobu, skladování, nové produkty, jako jsou elektrická vozidla, datová centra nebo chlazení. Všechno, co s tím souvisí, roste; struktura toho, co přepravujeme, se mění a objemy rostou velmi rychle,“ dodal Clerc.
Assenagon Asset Management ve 2. čtvrtletí zaujala novou pozici v Astera Labs: 7 574 akcií za zhruba 3,658 milionu USD. Firma zároveň oznámila čtvrtletní zisk na akcii (EPS) 0,80 USD a tržby 392,40 milionu USD, nad odhady.
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new position in shares of Astera Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 7,574 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,658,000.
Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of ALAB. Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. bought a new position in Astera Labs in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $18,708,000. Swedbank AB raised its holdings in Astera Labs by 76.8% in the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 78,140 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,999,000 after buying an additional 33,940 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Astera Labs during the 4th quarter worth approximately $499,000. Revere Asset Management Inc bought a new stake in Astera Labs during the 4th quarter worth approximately $589,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp acquired a new position in shares of Astera Labs in the 4th quarter valued at about $10,299,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 60.47% of the company’s stock.
Key Astera Labs News Here are the key news stories impacting Astera Labs this week:
Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure opportunity: Astera’s Scorpio high-radix fabric switch could become its largest revenue source, increasing average selling prices and enabling cross-selling across its connectivity portfolio. An analyst rates ALAB a Buy with a $370 price target, citing the company’s interoperability, software controls and positioning across different accelerator platforms. Astera Labs: The AI Fabric Inflection Is Arriving Faster Than Expected Positive Sentiment: Connectivity demand remains strong: Astera’s record growth, PCIe 6 capabilities and expanding product lineup may help it gain share against Marvell and Credo, supporting continued revenue and earnings momentum. ALAB Benefits From PCIe Demand: Can It Stay Ahead of Its Competitors? Positive Sentiment: Profit forecasts were sharply raised: Northland Securities lifted its FY2026 EPS estimate to $2.75 from $1.82 and its FY2027 estimate to $5.43 from $2.26. Quarterly estimates were also increased substantially, indicating expectations for faster operating growth. Positive Sentiment: AMD ecosystem tailwind: AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI systems are expected to ramp, potentially benefiting Astera Labs as an infrastructure and connectivity supplier alongside other ecosystem partners. AMD’s Helios Launch Could Create Winners Beyond AMD Stock Neutral Sentiment: Recent coverage compares ALAB’s performance with the broader technology sector and ASE Technology, but provides no specific new catalyst or downgrade. Negative Sentiment: Northland maintained a “Market Perform” rating despite raising estimates. ALAB also trades at a very demanding valuation, with a price-to-earnings ratio above 200 and a share price below its 50-day average, leaving the stock sensitive to any slowdown in AI spending or execution. Insider Activity In related news, Director Manuel Alba sold 8,491 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.38, for a total transaction of $3,892,104.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 286,863 shares in the company, valued at $131,492,261.94. This represents a 2.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stefan A. Dyckerhoff sold 3,505 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $311.83, for a total value of $1,092,964.15. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 53,961 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,826,658.63. The trade was a 6.10% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,256,894 shares of company stock worth $362,763,135 in the last quarter. Insiders own 10.40% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Bank of America lifted their target price on Astera Labs from $240.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Rothschild & Co Redburn began coverage on shares of Astera Labs in a research report on Friday, May 1st. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $153.00 price objective for the company. TD Cowen lowered their price target on shares of Astera Labs from $425.00 to $375.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Astera Labs to $335.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Astera Labs from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Astera Labs presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $325.25.
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Astera Labs Stock Performance ALAB stock opened at $318.80 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $55.31 billion, a PE ratio of 157.82 and a beta of 3.84. Astera Labs, Inc. has a one year low of $97.89 and a one year high of $499.48. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $358.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $238.55.
Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $392.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $360.85 million. Astera Labs had a return on equity of 19.24% and a net margin of 30.74%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 104.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.44 earnings per share. Astera Labs has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.160-1.210 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Astera Labs, Inc. will post 2.7 EPS for the current year.
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Astera Labs is a fabless semiconductor company that develops connectivity solutions for data center and cloud infrastructure. The firm focuses on addressing signal integrity and link management challenges that arise as server architectures incorporate higher-bandwidth processors and accelerators. Its technology is aimed at improving reliability and performance for high-speed interconnects used in servers, storage systems and compute accelerators.
The company’s product portfolio centers on silicon devices and accompanying firmware and software that enhance and manage high-speed links.
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Tim Cook is finishing his last stint as CEO of Apple (AAPL -0.87%). John Ternus will be taking over on Sept. 1, and he'll be coming in at a challenging time for the iPhone maker. Although the company has been reporting outstanding performance, there are headwinds swirling.
Apple recently announced it will raise prices on iPhones and other devices due to skyrocketing memory costs, and while there's already been an impact, management expects costs to increase in the current quarter. Should investors be worried about Apple's margins as it absorbs the rising costs?
The hundred-year flood The advent of data centers processing massive amounts of information for artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a huge demand for various types of memory products that are in short supply globally. As the law of supply and demand dictates, this has resulted in soaring memory costs, which is why memory companies Sandisk, Micron, and SK Hynix have been hot stocks.
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"I would characterize it as a 100-year flood on the memory pricing, with exponential increases in memory prices," is the way Cook described the situation. A hundred-year flood is an expression implying a rare event with a low statistical likelihood of occurring. In this context, Cook indicates that it was unexpected, which is why management didn't account for it earlier in the planning process and why it could affect margins in the short term. Because costs are still rising, the situation is still developing.
Apple is preparing, but the short term could be pressured In the 2026 fiscal third quarter (ended June 27), Apple's gross margin was 50.1%. That included a two-percentage-point benefit from a tariff refund, without which the number would have come in at the midpoint of guidance and lower quarter over quarter. CFO Kevan Parekh said that "more than 100% of that can be explained by the memory cost change."
Management expects fourth-quarter gross margin of 47% to 48%, which includes a one percentage point tariff benefit. Parekh said that the expected lower gross margin may be offset by price reductions for other components and by current inventory. That implies that the peak of the impact might still be on the horizon, as new shipments with the higher-priced memory are still coming down the line.
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iPhone sales increased 22% year over year in the third quarter, and they've been growing at similar levels for the past three quarters. Management expects growth to decline to the mid-teens in the fourth quarter, and while it says demand remains strong, it's constrained by supply. Apple struck a celebrated, multi-year agreement with Broadcom in the third quarter that provides it with a stable supply of certain components and may account for some of the reduced costs Parekh alluded to.
Investors should definitely be prepared for margin pressure in the upcoming quarters, but they shouldn't be worried. Apple is pulling several levers to keep margins steady, and its dominant position in its categories gives it leverage with some of its suppliers. In the long term, Apple is still in great shape as a tech leader.
Uber ve 2. čtvrtletí přidal nejvíc nových aktivních uživatelů za posledních pět let a měsíční aktivní uživatelé vzrostli meziročně o 16 %. Tržby z doručování stouply o 28 % a upravený čistý zisk o 29 % na 1,6 miliardy USD.
Amid a rising stock market, Uber (UBER -4.05%) is down by about 8% year to date, but the company's fundamentals reflect a different reality. It is the leader in the ride-hailing industry, and it continues to gain market share. Furthermore, its valuation has become more compelling due to the prolonged slide it has been experiencing since last autumn.
A stock's price should not continue to drop as the company's underlying fundamentals improve. Eventually, a rally should take shape, and Uber has a few catalysts that could bring it back into the green this year.
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New users are flocking to Uber In the press release announcing Uber's Q2 results, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the platform had "added more first-time users over the past 12 months than in any period over the past five years." More users translated into higher revenue growth rates, but good retention rates can give the company's recent revenue gains a solid foundation.
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The company's monthly active platform consumers rose by 16% year over year, which means people who use the app are requesting rides throughout the year. That growth also came with an 18% year-over-year increase in trips.
Although Uber got its start with ride-hailing services, its food delivery business has become a major catalyst. In fact, the delivery segment drove most of the revenue growth. It was up by 28% year over year in the second quarter, while the transportation component of the app only posted 1% growth. Deliveries now make up more than one-third of total sales.
Rising profits and a falling stock price translate into a low valuation The revenue growth has also come with rising profit margins. After being unprofitable for more than a decade, Uber started to turn a profit in 2023, and its net income has continued to climb.
Its non-GAAP (adjusted) net income, which does not reflect gains from its equity investments, was up by 29% in Q2. Its $1.6 billion in non-GAAP net income resulted in an 11.6% profit margin.
To top it all off, Uber trades at a P/E ratio of just under 17 today. Its food delivery competitor DoorDash (DASH +0.23%) commands a P/E ratio of around 110. Although DoorDash is growing at a faster rate than Uber, the latter is delivering higher margins. Uber may also see a long-term revenue boost once autonomous vehicles become more common on its platform.
Although Uber doesn't deserve a 110 P/E ratio, and investors can make an argument about DoorDash being overvalued, the stock's current valuation suggests that a rally may be imminent. Uber is riding long-term tailwinds that should support elevated revenue and net income in future quarters.
Marc Guberti has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends DoorDash. The Motley Fool recommends Uber Technologies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
SummaryMicrosoft delivered robust Q4 results, with 18% YoY revenue growth and a strong performance from Intelligent Cloud and Productivity & Business Processes.Intelligent Cloud segment accelerated to 31% constant currency growth, with Azure up 43%, justifying elevated CapEx.Guidance for Q1 implies continued strength, with revenue growth expected to be at 33% for Intelligent Cloud, reinforcing the bullish outlook.I reaffirm my strong buy rating on Microsoft, citing attractive valuation, resilient fundamentals, and a favorable risk/reward profile despite regulatory and supply chain risks. wellesenterprises/iStock Editorial via Getty Images
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Nvidia oznámila rekordní výnosy z datových center a sítí ve výši 14,8 miliardy USD za první fiskální čtvrtletí 2027, meziročně o 199 % více. Síťové technologie se pro ni stávají klíčovým růstovým motorem vedle GPU.
Nvidia (NVDA +3.03%) continues to be a dominant force in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, thanks largely to its industry-leading graphics processing units (GPUs). But another type of technology is becoming increasingly important to the company's growth.
Nvidia generated a record $14.8 billion in data center networking revenue in its fiscal 2027 first quarter (which ended April 26), up 199% year over year. Networking revenue rose from $8.6 billion in its fiscal 2024 to $13 billion in its fiscal 2025 and to $31.4 billion in its fiscal 2026. Its opportunity in the space could become even larger as AI clusters scale further and require increasingly powerful networking infrastructure to connect many thousands of accelerator chips together.
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Networking is becoming a major growth engine Modern AI systems increasingly depend on high-performance networking as well as raw computing power. Training and running increasingly sophisticated models requires massive amounts of data to be moved rapidly among large numbers of accelerators and data storage devices. If the network cannot keep up, communication can become a bottleneck that reduces GPU utilization and slows AI workloads.
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Nvidia's NVLink technology connects GPUs inside powerful AI rack systems, while Spectrum-X Ethernet connects servers and racks across larger data centers. As AI systems scale, the company has more opportunities to sell networking and interconnect technology alongside its computing hardware.
According to research firm IDC, Nvidia captured 21.5% of data center Ethernet switching revenue in the first quarter of 2026, making it the market leader.
Custom AI chips are strengthening the networking opportunity Custom AI chips are a growing competitive threat to Nvidia's GPUs. But the NVLink Fusion rack-scale platform could cushion the company against that threat by allowing some custom processors to work alongside its networking and infrastructure technologies. That gives it another way to benefit from the rising AI infrastructure spending, even in cases when it doesn't supply the AI accelerators.
Nvidia has also expanded its partnership with custom chip designer Marvell Technology (MRVL +2.25%). Under the partnership, Marvell will provide custom accelerators and the networking hardware needed to connect those processors at high speeds, while Nvidia will supply technologies including NVLink high-speed interconnect technology, Spectrum-X switches, ConnectX network adapters, and BlueField data processing units.
Nvidia's networking business will not benefit from every custom AI chip. Customers can still choose competing networking technologies, and its networking gains may not fully compensate for the loss of lucrative GPU sales to rival chipmakers.
Competition is also significant, with market research firm IDC estimating Arista Networks' share of the data center Ethernet switching market at 20.7%, marginally below Nvidia's 21.5% share.
Still, Nvidia is trying to sell more of the technology that goes into each AI data center, rather than relying so heavily on its GPUs.
Networking could help support a $7.5 trillion market capitalization for Nvidia Nvidia is trading now at around 24.1 times Wall Street's fiscal 2027 earnings estimate of about $9 per share (as of Aug. 12). Analysts currently expect its earnings to increase to approximately $12.90 per share in fiscal 2028.
If Nvidia delivers on those expectations and continues to trade at roughly the same forward valuation, its market capitalization could approach $7.5 trillion, compared to roughly $5.3 trillion today. However, valuation compression would limit its upside even if earnings rise.
Still, networking is no longer a peripheral business for Nvidia. As AI factories become larger and more communication-intensive, Nvidia's ability to sell more of the infrastructure surrounding its chips could become an increasingly important part of its next phase of growth.
Nvidia uzavřela se sedmi japonskými průmyslovými giganty dohodu o fyzické AI, která má zajistit dlouhodobou poptávku po jejích čipech a softwaru. Součástí je i japonský plán investic přes 370 bilionů jenů do fyzické AI, polovodičů a datových center do roku 2040.
When Jensen Huang flew to Tokyo last month and signed seven Japanese industrial giants into Nvidia's (NVDA +3.03%) new physical AI coalition, he was locking in a massive, long-lived stream of demand for Nvidia's chips and software, and that is something I think investors should really pay attention to.
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"Physical AI" refers to AI that controls robots, factory lines, and machines in the real world instead of just chatbots on a screen. In mid-July, Nvidia announced that companies like Fujitsu, FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, along with Hitachi, NEC, SoftBank, Sony, and Kubota, intend to build on its Cosmos, Isaac, Metropolis, and Jetson platforms as part of a "Cosmos Coalition" focused on physical AI. Put simply, these are some of Japan's biggest names in robotics, manufacturing, and communications agreeing to standardize on Nvidia's stack as they build the brains for next-generation industrial automation.
Behind the coalition sits an even larger national project. Nvidia is partnering with Noetra, a Japanese AI consortium backed by Sony, SoftBank, Honda, and dozens of other firms, to build what it calls the world's first national infrastructure for physical AI. The centerpiece of that effort will be a Vera Rubin AI factory that will feature 13,750 Vera CPUs and 27,500 Rubin GPUs, delivering about 140 megawatts of compute capacity to train and deploy physical AI models. Japan's industry ministry has framed this as the computing backbone for its FRONTia program, and expects that it will help the country hit its goal of capturing 30% of the global AI robotics market by 2040.
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What about Nvidia shareholders? On top of that, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government has laid out a plan to mobilize more than 370 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in combined public and private investment by 2040 across physical AI, semiconductors, and data centers. Noetra's own roadmap calls for roughly 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) of sovereign AI spending over five years to develop domestic foundation models for robots and industrial AI. When you add up the national AI factory, the robot makers building on Cosmos, and Japan's broader tech investment targets, you are talking about demand that lives comfortably in the trillion-dollar range over the coming decades.
For Nvidia shareholders, the important part is not just that these orders exist. It is that they represent multiyear infrastructure-level commitments that are hard to unwind. FANUC and Yaskawa are not going to rip out their control platforms every cycle. A sovereign AI factory is not built for a single experiment. By turning physical AI into a coalition and tying it to Japan's long-term industrial strategy, Huang is trying to make Nvidia's chips and tools the default choice for robots and factories in one of the world's most advanced manufacturing economies.
That is what confirmed demand really means here. It is not a one-off spike in GPU sales. It is governments and industrial giants literally planning their futures around Nvidia's hardware and software, which gives its shareholders much more visibility into where revenue and profit margins might come from years down the line.
Ballast Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – Free Report) by 35.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 6,234 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,623 shares during the quarter. Ballast Inc.’s holdings in Visa were worth $2,139,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in V. PayPay Securities Corp increased its stake in shares of Visa by 102.7% in the fourth quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the period. Cresta Advisors Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Visa during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Parvin Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Visa by 200.0% during the 3rd quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. RHL Group LLC bought a new stake in Visa during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Timmons Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Visa in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institutional investors own 82.15% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research analysts have commented on the company. Truist Financial set a $406.00 price target on Visa and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Visa from $412.00 to $420.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $416.00 price objective on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $427.00 target price (up from $410.00) on shares of Visa in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $430.00 target price (up from $394.00) on shares of Visa in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and twenty-four have assigned a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $413.58.
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Insider Buying and Selling In other Visa news, CEO Ryan Mcinerney sold 20,970 shares of Visa stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.25, for a total transaction of $7,135,042.50. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,162,953.50. The trade was a 58.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Tullier Kelly Mahon sold 57,272 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $364.97, for a total value of $20,902,561.84. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 49,662 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,125,140.14. This represents a 53.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 90,759 shares of company stock valued at $32,375,779 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.
Visa Stock Down 0.9% Shares of V stock opened at $359.50 on Thursday. Visa Inc. has a one year low of $293.89 and a one year high of $373.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $347.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $327.77. The stock has a market cap of $641.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.74.
Visa (NYSE:V – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The credit-card processor reported $3.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.23 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $11.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.40 billion. Visa had a net margin of 50.78% and a return on equity of 67.68%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.98 EPS. Analysts predict that Visa Inc. will post 13.15 earnings per share for the current year.
Visa Dividend Announcement The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 11th will be paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 11th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Visa’s payout ratio is presently 22.79%.
Visa declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 28th that permits the company to buyback $20.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the credit-card processor to purchase up to 3.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Visa News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting Visa this week:
Positive Sentiment: Visa is expanding stablecoin settlement through partnerships with Lightspark and Zerohash, supporting USDC-based settlement, faster cross-border payments and on-chain payouts. The initiative could strengthen Visa’s role in blockchain payment infrastructure and create new transaction volumes. Visa Broadens Stablecoin Settlement Capabilities Positive Sentiment: Stablecoin-backed card spending reached $1.03 billion in July 2025, up 200% year over year, with Visa-linked cards contributing to the growth. Rising adoption indicates a potential long-term opportunity for Visa’s network and associated services. Stablecoin-Backed Card Transactions Surpass $1 Billion Monthly Milestone Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised several Visa earnings forecasts, including Zacks Research’s estimates for fiscal 2026 EPS to $13.23, fiscal 2027 EPS to $14.89 and fiscal 2028 EPS to $16.81. Erste Group also maintains a Buy rating and lifted its fiscal 2026 and 2027 forecasts, signaling confidence in continued earnings growth. Visa Analyst Earnings Estimates Positive Sentiment: Visa’s $2.4 billion BioCatch acquisition is intended to combat increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered fraud. Enhanced fraud detection could protect payment volumes, improve issuer and merchant confidence, and add fraud-prevention capabilities to Visa’s services. Visa Bets $2.4 Billion on Stopping AI-Powered Fraud Visa Profile (Free Report)
Visa Inc is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic funds transfers and digital commerce by connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments. The firm operates one of the world’s largest payment networks, providing processing, authorization, clearing and settlement services for credit, debit and prepaid card transactions. Visa’s network-based model enables partner banks and other issuers to offer branded payment products while Visa focuses on the infrastructure, standards and technologies that move money securely and efficiently around the world.
Visa’s product and service portfolio includes card-based payment products for consumers and businesses, real-time push-payment capabilities, tokenization and authentication services, fraud and risk-management tools, data analytics and APIs for fintech and merchant integration.
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Procter & Gamble v dubnu zvýšila čtvrtletní dividendu na 1,0885 USD, tedy 4,354 USD ročně, a letos čeká jen 1% až 3% růst organických tržeb. Při výnosu 3 % by investice 17 000 USD mohla nést asi 510 USD ročně.
With major indexes like the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.26%) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.54%) hovering around all-time highs, collecting a 3% dividend yield may not seem like much. But generating passive income from reliable dividend-paying stocks provides an excellent way to participate in the market and book a return without needing to sell stock.
A red-hot stock market can overshadow the value of dividends. But when stock prices are falling, or the market enters a multiyear slowdown, dividends can provide crucial dry powder that can be reinvested or used to supplement income.
In April, Procter & Gamble (PG -0.78%) raised its quarterly dividend to $1.0885 or $4.354 per year, marking the company's 70th consecutive annual increase. That makes P&G one of the longest-tenured Dividend Kings -- which are companies with at least 50 consecutive years of boosting their payouts.
With a 3% yield, you can expect a $17,000 investment in P&G to produce about $510 in annual dividend income. Here's why P&G stands out as one of the best blue chip dividend stocks to buy now.
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A consumer products powerhouse P&G is the largest consumer packaged-goods company in the world -- with a portfolio of category-leading brands across beauty, grooming, healthcare, fabric and home care, and baby, feminine, and family care.
P&G's size gives it pricing power with consumers and crucial retail partners, which have incentive to carry its products on their shelves or online to attract customers. P&G products such as Pampers diapers, Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels, Dawn dish soap, Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste, Gillette razor blades, and Olay skin care are known as destination products. These are the kinds of everyday-use products that can instigate a trip to a store like Walmart, Costco Wholesale, or Target. So these retailers want to carry P&G's products and, ideally, offer specialized versions through exclusive stock-keeping units (SKUs) to influence buyer behavior.
But goods manufacturers like P&G are also competing amid a surge in value-focused buying behavior toward private-label brands such as Walmart's Great Value, Sam's Club's Member's Mark, and Costco's Kirkland. P&G's size has allowed it to be fairly resilient even in the face of inflationary and consumer spending pressures. But there's no denying P&G is in a multiyear slowdown.
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P&G's results and guidance have been disappointing On July 29, P&G reported full-year fiscal 2026 year-over-year net sales growth of just 3%, organic sales growth of 1%, diluted earnings per share (EPS) growth of 2%, and core EPS growth of 1%.
For fiscal 2027, P&G is guiding for just 1% to 3% organic sales growth, a 1% to 5% increase in diluted net EPS, and flat to 3% growth in core EPS, with a midpoint of $7 per share.
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P&G's margins have held up well, but its revenue growth has slowed dramatically. However, P&G continues to generate ample earnings and free cash flow to cover its dividend, although its dividend increases have been fairly small in recent years.
Despite the industrywide challenges, P&G continues to focus on what it can control. It is generating $2.8 billion in before-tax savings in fiscal 2026 across cost of goods, sales, general, and administrative expenses. On Aug. 4, P&G announced the $3.8 billion acquisition of personalized health and supplements solutions company Thorne, which will be added to its healthcare segment. The acquisition shows that P&G can continue to take market share and grow its brand portfolio even during a slowdown, which is more challenging for smaller, less diversified companies.
A high-quality stock at a discounted valuation P&G's stock price has gone practically nowhere for five years, which has compressed its valuation to multiyear lows and pole-vaulted its dividend yield to multiyear highs.
P&G now trades at just 22.2 times earnings and a 20.9 forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, compared with a 10-year median P/E of 25.3. And because P&G has already guided for weak results in fiscal 2027, even mediocre results will look relatively good given the context of the current operating environment.
Add it all up, and P&G stands out as an excellent high-yield value stock for income investors to scoop up now.
Heading into its second-quarter earnings release on Aug. 19, Lowe's (LOW -2.39%) is trading at a discount.
Its current P/E ratio of 18.5 is below its historical average of 20.5, and its forward P/E of 17.4 is the lowest it's been since the end of 2023, when it was 15.7.
This relatively low valuation alone makes the home improvement retail store stock worth considering heading into its earnings release.
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Another reason to buy is its ridiculously good dividend. Lowe's increased its dividend in July to $1.25 per share at a solid yield of 2.28%. This marks 55 straight years of dividend increases for the Dividend King.
What to watch in Q2 earnings The low valuation for Lowe's could spark a surge in the share price if Lowe's reports good second-quarter earnings.
It has some solid momentum with five straight earnings beats. In Q2, analysts anticipate revenue of $26.2 billion, which would be up 13% billion from Q1. Adjusted earnings are estimated to be $4.24 per share in Q2, which would be down from $4.33 per share in Q2 2025, mainly due to costs associated with recent acquisitions.
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Also, comparable-store sales are targeted to be between flat and a 2% increase. That is a key metric investors should watch. If the number is at the high end of that range or exceeds it, the stock price could jump. In addition, Lowe's has been steadily increasing its online sales. Last quarter, that segment saw a 15% gain. Investors will want to see if that continues trending higher.
Further, while Lowe's doesn't post its growth rates for its Pro business, which caters to contractors, there is typically commentary around it. Listen to what management says about Pro growth, as it's a higher-margin business than the DIY retail business. Pro growth may also signal that it is eating into the market share of rival Home Depot.
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Ballast Inc. ve 2. čtvrtletí zvýšila podíl v RTX o 27,3 % na 14 050 akcií. RTX zároveň oznámila čtvrtletní zisk na akcii 1,89 USD a tržby 24,71 miliardy USD, obojí nad odhady.
Ballast Inc. increased its position in RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX – Free Report) by 27.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,050 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,015 shares during the quarter. Ballast Inc.’s holdings in RTX were worth $2,666,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in RTX. Navalign LLC bought a new stake in RTX during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of RTX in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Core Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of RTX during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. 1 North Wealth Services LLC grew its position in shares of RTX by 456.7% during the fourth quarter. 1 North Wealth Services LLC now owns 167 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Evergreen Advisors LLC bought a new stake in RTX during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Institutional investors own 86.50% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on RTX from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of RTX from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Robert W. Baird set a $240.00 price objective on shares of RTX in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of RTX from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Argus set a $245.00 target price on shares of RTX in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, RTX presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $228.59.
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RTX Stock Down 0.6% NYSE RTX opened at $222.59 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 1.01. The company has a market capitalization of $300.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.19, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.29. RTX Corporation has a one year low of $150.61 and a one year high of $226.88. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $198.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $194.49.
RTX (NYSE:RTX – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $24.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.89 billion. RTX had a net margin of 8.28% and a return on equity of 13.99%. RTX’s quarterly revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.56 earnings per share. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.100-7.250 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that RTX Corporation will post 7.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.
RTX Announces Dividend The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a $0.73 dividend. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. RTX’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 51.41%.
Key Headlines Impacting RTX Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:
Positive Sentiment: The Pentagon’s push to rebuild depleted missile stockpiles could generate additional orders for RTX’s missile and defense businesses. Reports cite shortages following the recent U.S.-Iran conflict and production bottlenecks, creating a potentially significant replenishment opportunity for RTX and its defense peers. Defense ETFs to Buy as Pentagon Pushes to Boost Missile Stockpiles Positive Sentiment: RTX’s Collins Aerospace won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $472 million to provide engineering services for modernization and sustainment of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter fleet. The award strengthens the company’s long-term defense backlog and supports recurring aftermarket revenue. RTX’s Collins Aerospace to support modernization of U.S. Army’s Chinook helicopters Positive Sentiment: Erste Group raised its 2026 EPS forecast to $7.25 from $7.20, slightly above the broader consensus estimate of $7.22. The increase reinforces expectations for continued earnings growth, though the bank maintained a Hold rating. Positive Sentiment: Options traders are reportedly leaning bullish on RTX, while recent defense contract wins, technology milestones and higher earnings estimates have helped the shares outperform the broader industry. RTX Outperforms Industry in the Past Month: How to Play the Stock? Neutral Sentiment: RTX recently reached a new 52-week high and trades well above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating strong momentum but also leaving the stock more vulnerable to profit-taking. Negative Sentiment: At roughly 39 times earnings, RTX carries a premium valuation. That pricing raises the bar for future contract wins and earnings growth, potentially limiting gains if defense spending or execution falls short of expectations. Insider Transactions at RTX In related news, insider Troy D. Brunk sold 8,557 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.29, for a total value of $1,799,451.53. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 8,809 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,852,444.61. This trade represents a 49.27% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Kevin G. Dasilva sold 2,250 shares of RTX stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.93, for a total value of $488,092.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 20,099 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,360,076.07. This represents a 10.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 15,567 shares of company stock worth $3,304,375. Insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.
RTX Company Profile (Free Report)
RTX (NYSE: RTX) is a U.S.-based aerospace and defense company that designs, manufactures and services advanced systems for commercial, military and governmental customers worldwide. The company was created through the 2020 combination of Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation and later adopted the RTX name, positioning itself as a diversified provider across the aerospace and defense value chain.
RTX’s operations span a broad set of capabilities. Its commercial aerospace businesses include Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and Collins Aerospace systems, which supply propulsion, avionics, aerostructures, interiors and integrated aircraft systems.
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Commvault uvedl, že poptávku po ochraně dat táhne kybernetická odolnost; subscription ARR vzrostl meziročně o 22 % a SaaS ARR o 38 %. Firma potvrdila celoroční výhled na zhruba 19% růst subscription ARR.
3 Under-the-Radar Cybersecurity Stocks With Major Upside PotentialCommVault Systems NASDAQ: CVLT said the market for data protection has shifted from traditional backup and recovery toward cyber resilience, a trend Chief Financial Officer Gary Merrill said has accelerated over the past three years.
Speaking at the KeyBanc Technology Leadership Forum, Merrill said ransomware, hybrid-cloud complexity and governance requirements are creating sustained demand drivers for the company. He also pointed to growth opportunities in cloud data protection, identity resilience, data security and cloud-native protection.
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3 Under-the-Radar Software Stocks Ready to Bounce“Historically, our space was considered backup,” Merrill said. “What’s accelerated is away from backup and the relevance of recovery.”
Subscription and SaaS Growth Merrill characterized Commvault’s fiscal first quarter as solid and largely in line with expectations. Subscription annual recurring revenue, or ARR, increased 22%, while SaaS ARR rose 38% year over year. The company added 500 new subscription customers and maintained subscription net dollar retention of 114%, according to Merrill.
Commvault Stock: AI Cybersecurity Giant Ready to Double AgainThe company reported $39 million in net new subscription ARR on an as-reported basis. Merrill said foreign-exchange movements affected comparisons with the prior-year quarter. On a constant-currency basis, he said net new subscription ARR would have been approximately $41 million in the latest first quarter, compared with about $43 million a year earlier.
Merrill said a lower contribution from conversions of legacy perpetual-license customers into subscription arrangements also affected results. He attributed the decline to a shrinking pool of perpetual customers, while noting that conversion activity can vary by quarter.
The SaaS business accounted for about $25 million of the company’s $39 million in reported net new ARR during the first quarter, compared with $18 million in the prior-year period, Merrill said. He described that increase as evidence of the growing contribution from cloud workloads to subscription growth.
Second-Half Cross-Sell Opportunity Commvault maintained its annual guidance for approximately 19% year-over-year subscription ARR growth. Merrill said the company expects a modest sequential increase in net new subscription ARR in fiscal second quarter, followed by a larger step-up in the second half of the fiscal year.
That outlook is tied in part to renewal and expansion opportunities within the SaaS customer base. Commvault’s cloud customers typically sign contracts ranging from one to two years, Merrill said, and customers can add products or co-term purchases to their renewals.
He said fewer than half of Commvault-managed SaaS customers currently use more than one product, while the company has penetrated only roughly 20% of the identity-resilience opportunity. The company is seeking to expand cross-selling and multi-product adoption through its Commvault Cloud Unity platform.
Unity, introduced in November, combines on-premises, SaaS and cloud environments into a platform intended to help customers manage their environments, identify unprotected workloads and set policies, Merrill said.
Margins, Hardware and Capital Returns Commvault reported EBIT margin of nearly 23% in the first quarter, which Merrill described as a 10-year quarterly high. He said the improvement was supported by SaaS gross margins reaching 70%, aided by infrastructure optimization, work with hyperscalers and the integration of acquisitions.
The company expects to keep operating-expense growth below revenue growth in the near term while continuing to invest selectively in go-to-market operations, products and innovation, Merrill said.
On hardware availability, Merrill said the dynamic has remained relatively consistent from quarter to quarter. On-premises competitive replacements can often coincide with hardware refresh cycles, he said, though Commvault has been able to manage the environment. He added that SaaS offerings can provide an alternative for some cloud-workload projects because they do not require customer hardware or infrastructure.
Regarding capital allocation, Merrill said Commvault remains committed to returning at least 60% of free cash flow to shareholders, with share repurchases viewed as a primary use of excess cash. The company repurchased more than $400 million of stock over the past year, including more than $200 million in fiscal fourth quarter. He said buybacks were lower in the fiscal first quarter following that fourth-quarter activity but are expected to accelerate in the current fiscal second quarter.
AI Seen as a Future Tailwind Merrill said Commvault has not included any incremental benefit from AI-driven data growth in its fiscal 2027 guidance. However, he said the company expects artificial intelligence to become a longer-term growth tailwind as data volumes expand and organizations face more complicated requirements around security, governance, access controls and non-human identities.
“In an AI-first world, data’s going to be more relevant,” Merrill said. He added that Commvault is preparing for potential opportunities in fiscal 2028, fiscal 2029 and beyond, as recovery becomes increasingly important for organizations managing large data sets across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
About CommVault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT)Commvault Systems, Inc is a global provider of data protection and information management software designed to help organizations manage, protect, and activate data across on-premises and cloud environments. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Commvault offers a suite of integrated products and services that enable enterprises to back up, recover, archive, and analyze data. Its flagship solutions include Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault HyperScale, and the SaaS-based Metallic portfolio, which deliver scalable and automated data management capabilities across hybrid infrastructure environments.
Commvault's platform is built on a unified architecture that allows customers to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and ensure data resiliency.
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Applied Industrial Technologies zveřejní čtvrtletní výsledky před otevřením trhu ve čtvrtek; analytici čekají EPS 2,92 USD a tržby 1,29 miliardy USD. Akcie ve středu uzavřely na 352,29 USD.
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AIT) will release its fourth quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Analysts expect the Cleveland, Ohio-based company to report quarterly earnings of $2.92 per share, up from $2.80 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for AIT’s quarterly revenue is $1.29 billion. It reported $1.22 billion last year, according to Benzinga Pro.
On April 28, Applied Industrial posted better-than-expected third-quarter sales.
Shares of Applied Industrial Technologies fell slightly to close at $352.29 on Wednesday.
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Let’s have a look at how Benzinga’s most-accurate analysts have rated the company in the recent period.
Mizuho analyst Brett Linzey maintained an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $330 to $355 on July 21, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 72%. Keybanc analyst Ken Newman maintained an Overweight rating and boosted the price target from $350 to $375 on July 13, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 83%. DA Davidson analyst Chris Dankert initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a price target of $380 on June 16, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 71%. Oppenheimer analyst Christopher Glynn maintained the stock with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $300 to $350 on April 29, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 81%. B of A Securities analyst Sabrina Abrams maintained the stock with a Buy rating and increased the price target from $275 to $290 on Aug. 22, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64% Considering buying AIT stock? Here’s what analysts think:
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Highwoods Properties dostal snížení doporučení na HOLD a cílovou cenu 21 USD za akcii kvůli zhoršujícím se fundamentům a ocenění. Autor varuje před vysokým zadlužením, slabší obsazeností a možným snížením dividendy.
SummaryHighwoods Properties is now rated HOLD with a $21/share price target, reflecting deteriorated fundamentals and valuation concerns.HIW faces elevated leverage, declining occupancy, and refinancing at higher rates, with dividend coverage now exceeding 100% of AFFO.Despite some improvement in occupancy and leasing, HIW's credit rating is BBB-, one notch above junk, and refinancing risk remains high.I require a substantial discount to re-enter HIW, as the current risk/reward is unattractive and a dividend cut appears likely if trends persist.Looking for more investing ideas like this one? Get them exclusively at Wolf of Value. Learn More » Sandwish/iStock via Getty Images
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Intuitive Machines zveřejní výsledky za 2. čtvrtletí před otevřením trhu; analytici čekají ztrátu 7 centů na akcii a tržby ve výši 221,12 milionu USD. Akcie ve středu vzrostly o 2,9 % na 16,95 USD.
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR) will release its second quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Analysts expect the Houston, Texas-based company to report a quarterly loss of 7 cents per share, versus a loss of 11 cents per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for Intuitive Machines’ quarterly revenue is $221.12 million. It reported $50.31 million last year, according to Benzinga Pro.
On Aug. 4, Intuitive Machines announced it was selected by L3Harris to support the development and production of spacecraft platforms for the Space Development Agency’s AMDT3 mission.
Shares of Intuitive Machines gained 2.9% to close at $16.95 on Wednesday.
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Let’s have a look at how Benzinga’s most-accurate analysts have rated the company in the recent period.
Roth Capital analyst Suji Desilva maintained a Buy rating and raised the price target from $50 to $75 on May 28, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 77%. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Andres Sheppard maintained an Overweight rating and boosted the price target from $26 to $43 on May 19, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 84%. Canaccord Genuity analyst Austin Moeller maintained a Buy rating and increased the price target from $24 to $41 on May 15, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 54%. B. Riley Securities analyst Mike Crawford maintained the stock with a Buy rating and raised the price target from $40 to $45 on May 15, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 81%. Keybanc analyst Michael Leshock maintained the stock with an Overweight rating and increased the price target from $26 to $27 on April 29, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 75% Considering buying LUNR stock? Here’s what analysts think:
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HANOI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, has begun accepting orders in Vietnam, according to the company's local website.
Households are now able to place deposits through its website at starlink.com.vn for a residential service plan starting at 1.13 million dong ($43) per month, plus hardware costs of 8.66 million dong.
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Vietnam becomes the sixth Southeast Asian market where Starlink services are available, joining Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and East Timor, according to Starlink's coverage map.
Vietnam's government announced in March 2025 that it would allow SpaceX to launch Starlink on a trial basis, waiving foreign ownership limits for the service.
Authorities have capped the number of subscribers at 600,000 during the trial period, which runs through the end of 2030.
The service is operated by SpaceX's local unit, Starlink Services Vietnam, which was established in September 2025 with charter capital of 30 billion dong ($1.1 million).
Vietnam has authorised four Starlink ground gateway stations, according to the government.
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YMTC se ve 2. čtvrtletí dostala mezi tři největší výrobce NAND podle objemu dodávek, s 14% podílem na světě, za Samsungem a SK Hynixem. Na tržbách ale zůstala až pátá.
China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies has broken into the global top three for NAND shipments, overtaking Kioxia and finishing ahead of Micron, showing how quickly China’s memory industry is advancing.
YMTC captured 14% of global NAND shipments in the second quarter, behind Samsung’s 25% and SK Hynix’s 22%, according to Counterpoint Research.
But the ranking comes with a caveat: YMTC remained fifth by NAND revenue, behind both Kioxia and Micron. That gap between volume and value is what matters next.
YMTC’s NAND shipments rose 22% from a year earlier and 5% from the previous quarter as shortages helped it expand supply to Chinese device makers.
Counterpoint said the company is mass-producing 267-layer 3D NAND and developing technology beyond 300 layers using its Xtacking architecture.
MS Hwang, research director at Counterpoint, told Barron’s in June that additional capital from a potential IPO could equip YMTC to “surpass both Kioxia and Micron” and become the world’s third-largest NAND producer.
By shipment volume, that prediction has effectively arrived.
But shipping more bits does not automatically mean earning more money. Counterpoint said YMTC’s product mix remains concentrated in consumer applications, with limited exposure to the expensive enterprise SSDs used in data centres.
Micron and Kioxia therefore continue to generate more NAND revenue despite shipping fewer bits.
That distinction is becoming more important because artificial intelligence is changing where NAND demand comes from.
Enterprise SSDs accounted for 48% of global NAND bits shipped in Q2, almost double their 26% share a year earlier, Counterpoint said.
Servers are expected to consume more than half of all NAND bits by the end of 2026 as AI workloads shift from training towards inference.
Inference requires fast access to large datasets and KV caches, making high-capacity enterprise storage increasingly valuable.
Counterpoint said profitability through 2027 will therefore depend less on total shipment volume and more on product mix.
YMTC is targeting that opportunity. The researcher said the company plans to increase the proportion of enterprise SSDs in its mix during the second half of 2026.
Nearly 80% of Micron’s revenue comes from DRAM, including high-bandwidth memory used in AI accelerators. NAND is therefore only part of its business.
The memory market also remains unusually tight. Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh reiterated an Outperform rating and $1,375 target on Micron this week, arguing that DRAM and NAND supply constraints could persist through 2027.
That makes an immediate price war less likely, but longer-term risk is different for Micron and Kioxia.
BNP Paribas analyst Karl Ackerman has warned that Chinese memory companies including YMTC are “aggressively ramping capacity”, potentially pushing parts of the consumer-memory market towards oversupply. He nevertheless maintained an Outperform rating on Micron.
Resideo Technologies ve 2. čtvrtletí překonala horní hranici výhledu a po oddělení ADI Global Distribution zvýšila celoroční výhled tržeb na 2,9 až 2,95 miliardy USD.
Dueling Insider Moves: Heavy Buying Here, Big Selling ThereResideo Technologies NYSE: REZI reported second-quarter 2026 results that exceeded the high end of its outlook ranges, while completing the Aug. 3 spin-off of its ADI Global Distribution business and outlining a standalone outlook for the remainder of the year.
Chief Executive Officer Tom Surran, speaking on his first earnings call as CEO, said consolidated revenue rose 2% year over year to just under $2 billion, a quarterly record. Adjusted EBITDA increased 19% to a record $249 million, while adjusted earnings per share grew 26% to $0.83. The quarter's adjusted EBITDA included $27 million of favorable tariff refunds, primarily received by ADI.
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Surran also thanked former CEO Jay Geldmacher for his six years of service and cited his role in leading Resideo through acquisitions, a recent spin, and changing market conditions. The company separately announced Shane Harrison as its next chief financial officer. Harrison is scheduled to join Sept. 1.
ADI Spin-Off and Balance Sheet Actions Resideo completed the ADI Global Distribution spin-off on Aug. 3. Beginning with third-quarter financial statements, ADI will be classified as discontinued operations for the current and prior periods. Resideo's second-quarter discussion included consolidated results because both the Products & Solutions and ADI segments operated under Resideo during the quarter.
Chris Lee, Resideo's global head of strategic finance, said reported cash provided by operating activities was $148 million in the second quarter, compared with $200 million a year earlier. The decline was driven primarily by about $45 million in non-recurring business separation activities and settlements, including the termination of the Honeywell Tax Matters Agreement, along with a $20 million increase in cash interest paid. Those effects were partly offset by higher net income and lower cash taxes.
The company began reducing leverage after the spin-off, repaying $900 million of principal under its Term Loan B credit facility on Aug. 3. Resideo expects to make an additional repayment of approximately $200 million in the third quarter after completion of the post-closing cash adjustment under the separation agreement with ADI.
ADI is scheduled to host its own earnings call and provide more detail on its results and outlook. Surran said ADI will remain an important partner to Resideo.
Products & Solutions Posts Revenue and Margin Growth Resideo's Products & Solutions segment reported 4% year-over-year revenue growth, including an approximately 35-basis-point favorable currency impact. Surran said growth occurred across substantially all sales channels and product families, primarily driven by customer demand and volume.
Retail-channel growth was supported by higher-value products, including combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and new thermostats. In HVAC distribution, revenue returned to growth, led by customer adoption of the Honeywell Home ElitePRO premium smart thermostat. The company also cited new dehumidification and water-filtration products as contributors to category penetration.
In electrical distribution, revenue increased on demand for BRK-branded non-connected safety products, particularly in maintenance, repair and operations markets and manufactured housing. The OEM combustion channel, reported as the energy category, posted its seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth, led mainly by demand for higher-priced products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Security distribution revenue was flat amid soft demand for security installations tied to existing-home resales. OEM security revenue declined slightly, reflecting lower volumes from a large customer. Surran said the customer is pursuing greater vertical integration, and the affected business is lower margin and not sold under Resideo, First Alert or Honeywell Home brands.
Products & Solutions gross margin reached 43.6%, up 70 basis points from a year earlier and 100 basis points sequentially. Surran attributed the improvement to volume, manufacturing and supply-chain execution, and tariff refunds, partly offset by sales mix. Segment adjusted EBITDA rose 6% year over year, primarily due to higher gross profit dollars.
The company continued to invest in research and development, which remained approximately 5% of Products & Solutions revenue. Operating expenses increased largely because of higher legal settlement costs.
Input Costs and Market Conditions Management said residential housing conditions remain soft, with little change in existing-home sales or new-home construction. The company expects to grow through product introductions and operational execution rather than broad market improvement.
Resideo said costs for memory, metals, printed circuit boards, semiconductors and shipping have increased faster than initially expected. The company implemented price increases during the second quarter, though their benefit will lag because certain customer agreements require notice periods. Management expects the greatest pressure from these temporary input costs in the third quarter before pricing more fully offsets them.
Surran said Resideo does not expect material tariff-related cost increases following its assessment of U.S. trade actions announced July 24, nor does it expect material tariff refunds during the rest of 2026.
Management expects revenue growth in the second half across all channels except OEM security. Lower volumes from the large OEM security customer are expected to reduce second-half revenue by $40 million to $50 million compared with the prior-year period. The company said the impact will be more pronounced in the fourth quarter and should plateau by the second quarter of the following year.
Standalone 2026 Outlook Resideo initiated standalone guidance following the ADI separation. The outlook assumes the company operated independently during the first half of 2026, includes sales to ADI as an external customer, and includes about $80 million of full-year corporate costs allocated to standalone Resideo. Full-year sales to ADI are expected to be approximately $175 million.
Full-year 2026 revenue: $2.9 billion to $2.95 billion Full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA: $605 million to $625 million Third-quarter 2026 revenue: $705 million to $730 million Third-quarter 2026 adjusted EBITDA: $145 million to $155 million The company did not provide standalone guidance for adjusted earnings per share or operating cash flow during the transition period, saying it intends to do so after completing the ADI post-closing cash adjustment. Resideo expects to resume guidance for those measures with its third-quarter earnings call.
Looking ahead, Surran highlighted planned second-half launches including a new smoke and carbon monoxide detector platform and new video surveillance and intrusion security products. He also said the company is reviewing its worldwide manufacturing footprint and operations as part of a longer-term effort to improve efficiency, following previously discussed facility closures in Tianjin and Latrobe.
About Resideo Technologies (NYSE:REZI)Resideo Technologies, Inc, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a global provider of home comfort, security and energy management solutions. Formed as an independent company in 2018 following its spin-off from Honeywell, Resideo leverages decades of engineering experience to deliver connected products and services to residential and light commercial customers.
The company’s core offerings include smart thermostats, security systems, video doorbells, water leak and freeze detection devices, and indoor air quality monitors.
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Generální ředitel Six Flags John T. Reilly koupil 15 713 akcií za 15,80 USD za akcii v rámci předem připraveného plánu 10b5-1. Po transakci drží 297 736 akcií.
John T. Reilly, President and Chief Executive Officer of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (FUN +3.33%), purchased 15,713 shares of common stock at $15.80 per share on August 12, 2026 per a recent SEC Form 4 filing.
Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value~$248,265Shares purchased15,713Post-transaction shares (directly held)297,736Post-transaction value$4.89 millionTransaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($15.80); post-transaction value based on August 12, 2026 market close ($16.44).
Key questionsWhat was the primary driver of this equity acquisition?
The purchase was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that John Reilly established on May 12, 2026, indicating the trade was scheduled in advance to meet personal portfolio management objectives.How does this transaction affect the CEO’s total equity stake?
By acquiring 15,713 shares, Reilly increased his direct holdings by 6%, bringing his total direct position to 297,736 shares of common stock.What is the current market valuation and concentration of the insider position?
The CEO’s direct holdings are valued at $4.89 million based on the August 12, 2026 market close, representing approximately 0.29% of the company's total market capitalization.What is the recent performance context for the stock?
The transaction was completed at a time when shares were priced at $15.80, following a one-year return of -36% as of the August 12, 2026 transaction date.Company OverviewMetricValueShare Price (as of market close 2026-08-11)$15.91Market Capitalization$1.6 billionRevenue (TTM)$2.7 billionNet Income (TTM)-$1.8 billionCompany SnapshotSix Flags Entertainment operates a diversified portfolio of amusement parks, water parks, and themed leisure destinations across North America, generating revenue through admission fees, food and beverage sales, merchandise, and ancillary services.The company's business model centers on delivering experiential entertainment to families and leisure consumers through iconic branded attractions featuring roller coasters, shows, and seasonal events that drive repeat visitation and season pass subscriptions.Six Flags serves a broad consumer base including families, thrill-seekers, and tourists across 17 U.S. states plus Canada and Mexico, with particular strength in metropolitan markets where population density supports high-traffic destination properties.Six Flags Entertainment stands as a prominent operator of amusement and resort properties across North America, maintaining an extensive network of 17 domestic locations supplemented by international operations. The company leverages its established brand portfolio and operational scale to deliver memorable experiences while managing capital-intensive theme park infrastructure.
Despite current profitability challenges reflected in its net losses, the company's substantial revenue base of $2.7 billion over the trailing 12 months demonstrates the enduring appeal of experiential leisure consumption across its geographic footprint.
What this transaction means for investorsThe August 12 acquisition of Six Flags shares by CEO John Reilly indicates he has a bullish outlook towards the stock, so much so that he scheduled the transaction in advance through a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The purchase at $15.80 per share suggests this level presents a buy opportunity.
Six Flags stock fell after the company announced earnings for its fiscal second quarter ended June 28. Revenue dropped 7% year over year to $864.9 million due to the closure and sale of some of its amusement parks. Excluding these parks from the sales numbers results in a year-over-year increase to $864.5 million compared to $844.2 million in 2025.
While the comparable park sales growth is encouraging, the same can’t be said for the bottom line. Excluding the closed and sold parks, fiscal Q2’s net loss totaled $194.4 million compared to the prior year’s loss of $86.6 million. The widening net loss coupled with total debt of $5 billion was enough to drive shares down.
Robert Izquierdo has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Six Flags Entertainment. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Cirrus Logic vidí silný pipeline příležitostí v high-performance mixed-signal produktech, ale dál řeší omezení dodávek a zpožděné rozjezdy platforem ve smartphonech a PC. CFO uvedl, že hrubá marže by měla v tomto čtvrtletí mírně vzrůst.
Cirrus Logic's 52-Week High is More Than an Apple StoryCirrus Logic NASDAQ: CRUS executives said the company sees a strong pipeline of opportunities across high-performance mixed-signal products, while continuing to manage supply-chain constraints and delayed platform ramps affecting portions of its smartphone and PC businesses.
Speaking at a KeyBanc Capital Markets event, Carl Alberty, Cirrus Logic’s executive vice president of mixed-signal products, said the company’s opportunity pipeline reflects execution on its longstanding strategy to expand beyond audio products. Rather than simply presenting prospective capabilities to customers, the company has focused on demonstrating intellectual property through working silicon, he said.
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Cirrus Logic Upgraded After Q3 Earnings Beat—More Gains Ahead?“That effort to prove out that IP in silicon is starting to become real,” Alberty said, describing opportunities for both incremental growth and next-generation content expansion.
Smartphone content opportunities Alberty said Cirrus Logic does not expect to ramp brand-new custom silicon products during the current year. However, he said the company sees potential for incremental content gains through attachment rates and configurations of its existing audio and high-performance mixed-signal portfolio.
4 Reasons GlobalFoundries Could Be a Big Winner After Recent LowsOn a power integrated circuit being developed for 3D sensing, Alberty said it is reasonable to view the potential content value as roughly comparable to the power-conversion IC Cirrus Logic currently ships. The new product remains on track, he said, though the company must continue executing and supporting its customer.
He characterized the 3D-sensing IC as an enhancement within an existing subsystem, in contrast with the company’s power conversion and control IC, which represented a new function and the first chip of its kind for that application.
Cirrus Logic also expects further runway for its camera-controller products. Alberty said the company has deployed three generations of the products over the past five to six years, with each generation providing greater performance capabilities and value. A fourth generation is under development, he said.
The company has seen adoption of multiple camera-controller generations within the same product as new versions are introduced, as well as differing attachment rates across product portfolios, according to Alberty.
Supply chain, margins and capacity Chief Financial Officer Jeff Woolard said supply-chain cost increases and capacity constraints extend beyond memory and include system-on-chip supply and back-end manufacturing. For Cirrus Logic, however, previously negotiated input-cost agreements had limited the immediate effect of higher costs.
Woolard said the company was nearing the end of an agreement with one foundry and preparing to enter another arrangement intended to provide capacity and pricing certainty. He said Cirrus Logic continues to work aggressively on supply-chain management and cost-reduction opportunities and could consider targeted price increases if necessary.
Despite the supply environment, Woolard said the company had guided for gross margin to increase somewhat during the quarter, primarily because of the timing of prior negotiated agreements. He added that management remained comfortable with its long-term gross-margin outlook.
While Woolard said Cirrus Logic was not constrained, he identified outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, or OSATs, as an especially tight area. The company has begun purchasing some test equipment that can be placed at OSAT facilities.
According to Woolard, owning the capital equipment can provide a better return on investment than having an OSAT buy it and incorporate the expense into pricing. It can also provide flexibility, including the ability to move test equipment between OSAT providers to manage capacity.
PC headwinds and voice-enabled devices Alberty said Cirrus Logic’s PC business has faced headwinds from delayed new-platform ramps, supply allocation issues, memory shortages and expectations for lower unit demand in the second half of the year. Those delays have affected programs that would carry higher codec and amplifier content for the company.
He said the issues were not systemic and that Cirrus Logic continues to see strong customer engagement and design activity. The company has gained share in commercial PCs and more recently in mainstream, lower-priced tiers, though it is not yet fully penetrated in the mainstream market.
Cirrus Logic plans to increase adoption of higher-content amplifiers and codecs and to bring voice-enablement features into additional product tiers. Alberty said the voice opportunity is primarily centered on enhanced codecs that integrate digital signal processing and an analog signal chain for low-power voice activity detection and trigger phrases.
The company views this always-on, ultra-low-power voice interface as its principal contribution to AI PCs. Alberty said the ultimate AI functionality that could drive broader device upgrade cycles is outside Cirrus Logic’s direct control.
He also said the transition to SoundWire in PCs has been delayed, as ecosystem partners have pushed a harder requirement into next year amid platform challenges. Cirrus Logic’s win rate on SoundWire codec platforms has remained in the roughly 75% range, he said.
New markets, investment and M&A Beyond smartphones and PCs, Alberty said Cirrus Logic is pursuing physical-AI-related applications spanning voice, force and touch sensing, output and actuation. Potential markets include edge devices, robotics, autonomous machines, wearables, augmented and virtual reality products, and industrial automation.
He said the company’s consumer-oriented design pipeline is particularly active in emerging form factors, while opportunities in robotics and industrial automation may have a longer development horizon. Alberty declined to discuss whether Cirrus Logic is developing or pursuing neural processing unit capabilities, but said the company is conducting development work around machine learning at the edge.
The company is also deploying a high-performance analog front-end product in smart utility meters, beginning with electricity metering. Alberty said the underlying technology could potentially be applied in electric-vehicle charging, solar, energy storage, metrology and data-center applications.
Woolard said Cirrus Logic intends to remain disciplined in operating expenses while investing in opportunities that it believes can create value. He said the company’s decades of existing intellectual property can often be applied efficiently to new product areas. After funding internal opportunities, mergers and acquisitions remain the company’s second capital-allocation priority, with management evaluating deals that could accelerate expansion beyond smartphones or create synergies with adjacent markets.
About Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS)Cirrus Logic, Inc, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high-precision analog and mixed-signal processing solutions. The firm develops low-power, high-performance audio, voice, and power management integrated circuits, serving prominent consumer electronics OEMs. Its semiconductor devices are designed to enhance audio quality, battery life, and system integration in mobile phones, tablets, wireless headsets and other portable devices.
The company's product portfolio includes digital-to-analog converters (DACs), analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), audio codecs, power management ICs, voice processors and integrated amplifiers.
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Meta uvedla, že v Austrálii smazala více než 750 000 účtů podezřelých z toho, že je používají uživatelé mladší 16 let. Zásah přichází před očekávaným zpřísněním vymáhání zákazu sociálních sítí pro teenagery.
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SummaryCompaniesMeta releases account deletion data for period from December to JuneLaw banning social media for under-16s went live on December 10Regulator says platforms face tougher action over complianceParliamentary inquiry to hear evidence about ban on FridaySYDNEY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta (META.O), opens new tab said on Thursday it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were held by Australians aged under 16 since a world-first ban on teen accounts, and promised more action in the face of possible regulatory intervention.
The company said it had deactivated 462,000 suspect Instagram accounts and 294,000 suspect Facebook accounts from just before the Australian social media ban went live in December to June, up from 331,000 Instagram accounts and 173,000 Facebook accounts it said it had removed by January.
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The world's largest social media company has said it wants to comply with a law it and other platforms have vocally opposed, just as Australia's internet regulator considers an enforcement lawsuit against platforms, including some that Meta owns, that it says have failed to take sufficient steps to comply with the law.
No other platforms have released compliance data that matches the date range given by Meta, but Australian government figures and multiple independent studies have shown more than eight in 10 under-16s were still on social media in the ban's first three months.
The Australian government proposed the landmark law, which came into force on December 10, on concerns about social media's impact on the physical and mental health of children and young teens.
With other countries around the world considering similar age-restrictions, Australia has accused the platforms of intentionally setting the ban up to fail, and has introduced a law to double the maximum penalty for non-compliance to A$99 million ($69.75 million) and give the regulator greater document discovery powers.
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING ON FRIDAYRepresentatives of Meta, TikTok, YouTube owner Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab and Snap's Snapchat (SNAP.N), opens new tab are scheduled to give evidence in a parliamentary inquiry about the changes on Friday, as are regulatory and government officials.
"Enforcement is ongoing, and these numbers will continue to grow," Meta said in a statement.
"We share the Australian Government's goal of ensuring young people have safe, age-appropriate experiences online, and we are meeting our obligations under the law," the company added.
A 2025 Australian trial of age assurance technology found products on the market could effectively support a ban. Most large platforms, including Meta's, rolled out photo-based age estimation software, although they say they typically first subject users to age inference, or assuming a person's age based on their online activity.
Meta said it was using AI to analyse user profiles for "contextual clues that an account may belong to someone under 16, such as birthday celebrations or mentions of school grades" and to analyse reports about suspected underage accounts. The company added that it had removed the option for a person to make more attempts to set up an account if their previous account was deleted.
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Výsledková sezóna podle Sotáka nepotvrdila žádné oslabení AI cyklu a poptávka po výpočetním výkonu dál převyšuje nabídku. Nvidia zůstává jeho první volbou.
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00:41 AI cyklus jede dál
01:57 Návratnost investic
04:43 IPO Anthropic a OpenAI
06:02 Boj o kapitál
07:59 Compute jako nová třída aktiv
13:45 Univerzální Nvidia
21:29 Pozitivní AI obrázek
Výsledková sezóna nepřinesla jediný zásadní signál, který by zpochybňoval pokračování investičního cyklu kolem umělé inteligence. AI investiční příběh se tak po další výsledkové sezóně nejen nezhoršil, ale v některých ohledech vypadá ještě přesvědčivěji než před několika měsíci. Branislav Soták zůstává přesvědčený, že poptávka po výpočetním výkonu stále převyšuje nabídku a že současný cyklus investic do umělé inteligence má prostor pokračovat. „Za celou výsledkovou sezónu si momentálně nedokážu vybavit jediné vysloveně špatné číslo. Samozřejmě jsme místy viděli slabší reakce akcií na výsledky, ale jednotlivé indikace o stavu AI cyklu prakticky všechny ukazují, že bude pokračovat,“ říká Soták.
Kdo na AI skutečně vydělává?
Jednou z klíčových otázek současného cyklu zůstává monetizace. Podle Sotáka se paradoxně jako rizikovější část AI ekosystému profilují společnosti na jeho konci – takzvané frontier AI laboratoře, které vyvíjejí nejpokročilejší modely. Patří sem například OpenAI nebo Anthropic. Ekonomika samotných modelů je navíc pod tlakem konkurence. Open-source modely ze Západu i z Číny tlačí ceny dolů a část výpočetní zátěže se přesouvá k volně dostupným a méně výkonným modelům. To podle Sotáka znamená, že zisková marže se zatím ve větší míře přesouvá jinam. „Zatím ten profit podle všeho zůstává v hardwaru,“ říká.
Výsledková sezóna přesto přinesla pozitivní signály i ze softwarové části trhu. Soták jako výrazného vítěze zmiňuje Microsoft, přičemž velmi dobrá čísla představil také Palantir. Hodnota se tak podle něj začíná ukazovat i u firem, které vlastní infrastrukturu nebo vrstvu pod samotnými jazykovými modely.
IPO Anthropic ano, u OpenAI je Soták opatrnější
Pozornost investorů se bude soustředit také na budoucí IPO společností Anthropic a OpenAI. U první z nich je Soták výrazně optimističtější. „Anthropic je nejrychleji rostoucí firmou a podle všech indicií dokáže růst dokonce profitabilně i na frontier vrstvě, která je poměrně drahá. Pokud se dostane na trh, jeho IPO velmi pravděpodobně bude úspěšné,“ míní.
U OpenAI je naopak opatrnější. Problém podle něj není pouze v managementu, ale především v ekonomice podnikání. Firma sice rychle roste, její růst je ale velmi nákladný a spotřebovává prakticky všechny generované tržby. „OpenAI stále funguje se ztrátou a myslím, že k bodu zvratu má ještě poměrně daleko. Tady bych takovým optimistou nebyl,“ říká.
Na scénu vstupuje „compute“ jako nová třída aktiv
Případná dvě velká IPO navíc přicházejí v době, kdy se o kapitál uchází stále více projektů. Konkurence na kapitálových trzích roste nejen kvůli obrovskému americkému rozpočtovému deficitu, ale také kvůli makroekonomickému vývoji v Japonsku a financování samotné AI infrastruktury. Právě zde Soták vidí jeden z nejzajímavějších posunů posledních týdnů: Nvidia společně s velkými finančními institucemi, mezi něž patří Goldman Sachs, BlackRock či Blackstone, oznámila záměr mobilizovat až 500 miliard dolarů institucionálního kapitálu pro financování výpočetního výkonu. Výpočetní výkon by se tak mohl stát samostatně investovatelnou třídou aktiv. To může podle Sotáka zásadně změnit dostupnost a cenu kapitálu pro výstavbu datacenter.
„Třetí strany budou schopné investovat do výpočetního výkonu jako do nezávislé třídy aktiv. To je velmi zajímavé z hlediska dostupnosti kapitálu i nákladů financování,“ říká. Argumentem je podle něj i velikost potenciálního kapitálu. David Solomon z Goldman Sachs v této souvislosti upozornil, že jen v amerických money-market fondech je zaparkováno přibližně 9 bilionů dolarů, zatímco americký akciový trh má kapitalizaci kolem 100 bilionů dolarů. Kapitálu tedy podle Sotáka na trhu pravděpodobně je dostatek, jde především o to vytvořit mechanismus, který jej nasměruje do nové třídy aktiv.
V budoucnu si přitom lze představit standardizované finanční produkty navázané na výpočetní výkon – například forwardy či futures na kapacitu datacenter. „Mohou vzniknout standardizované produkty a otevřít se nový trh, který těm, kdo tuto infrastrukturu financují, zajistí větší dostupnost kapitálu a kapitál také zlevní,“ říká.
Současně ale upozorňuje, že finanční inženýrství samo o sobě neřeší otázku návratnosti. Právě zde vzniká paralela s hypoteční krizí, která je s podobnými finančními konstrukcemi historicky spojována. „Zatím tak daleko ještě nejsme. Finanční trhy jsou od toho, aby efektivně alokovaly kapitál, a většinu času to dělají poměrně dobře,“ konstatuje Soták. Riziko podle něj vzniká ve chvíli, kdy se na produktivní aktiva začne nabalovat příliš mnoho spekulace.
Zatím podle něj ale trh spíše vytváří novou investiční infrastrukturu než spekulativní bublinu. A první výsledky naznačují, že financování skutečně zlevňuje. CoreWeave například podle posledních výsledků zaznamenal meziroční pokles procentních nákladů na obsluhu dluhu.
Nvidia získává další výhodu
Nový způsob financování může být důležitý také pro samotnou Nvidii. Pokud se budou datacentra financovat jako samostatná produktivní aktiva, bude záležet na tom, jaký hardware v nich bude instalován. A právě zde má Nvidia podle Sotáka silnou pozici. Její čipy jsou univerzální a podporují širokou škálu modelů. Nad hardwarem navíc stojí softwarová vrstva CUDA, která umožňuje výkon dále optimalizovat.
Ještě důležitější je podle něj skutečnost, že Nvidia je ochotna poskytnout záruky za část financování. Pokud by nebyla dostatečná poptávka po nově vybudovaných kapacitách, Nvidia by podle oznámení převzala reziduální hodnotu části hardwaru. To přímo míří na jeden z hlavních argumentů medvědů kolem AI. Ti upozorňují, že hardware může zastarávat rychleji, než se investice vrátí.
Praxe ale podle Sotáka začíná ukazovat něco jiného. Hyperscaleři původně počítali s užitečnou životností GPU serverů kolem tří let, dnes ji řada z nich prodlužuje až na šest let. CoreWeave navíc uzavřel kontrakt na cluster postavený na čipech Nvidia A100 z roku 2020, který má trvat až do roku 2029. „To znamená, že i devět let po uvedení a instalaci čipu si tento hardware stále najde ekonomické využití. To poměrně výrazně nabourává tezi o rychlé depreciaci a negativním dopadu na profitabilitu,“ upozorňuje Soták.
Dalším argumentem je vývoj cen za pronájem GPU výkonu. U čipů H100 podle Nvidie vzrostla cena zhruba z 1,70 dolaru za GPU hodinu v roce 2025 na 2,40 dolaru. U novějšího Blackwellu se ve stejném období cena zvýšila přibližně z 5,30 na 7 dolarů. Podle Sotáka to podporuje tezi, že AI datacentrum není pouze rychle zastarávající hardware, ale může představovat produktivní aktivum, jehož výnosnost se díky růstu poptávky, cenové síle a technologickému pokroku zvyšuje.
Nvidia zůstává první volbou
Pokud jde o samotné investice do polovodičového řetězce, Soták v současnosti nevidí důvod hledat složitější alternativu. „Pokud se bavíme o poměru očekávaného nebo viditelného růstu a ceny, byla by to v tuto chvíli Nvidia. Moc bych nespekuloval s jinými jmény a volil bych lídra,“ říká. Nvidia je podle něj výjimečná tím, že má expozici na více částí dodavatelského řetězce. A zatímco se často hovoří o jednotlivých úzkých hrdlech, jejich význam je nakonec odvozen od samotné poptávky po výpočetním výkonu. Tu Nvidia stále ve velké míře obsluhuje.
Nová generace Vera Rubin by navíc měla podle Sotáka nabíhat do výroby rychleji než Blackwell. „Tempo růstu, které je enormní z té velké báze, na které Nvidia je, se pravděpodobně ani v dohledné době výrazně nezpomalí,“ domnívá se.
Příležitosti vidí ale i v síťové a optické infrastruktuře. Výsledky společností Lumentum a Coherent by měly přinést další indikaci o síle této poptávky. Rychlejší datová centra podle Sotáka totiž narážejí na fyzikální limity měděných spojů, což podporuje přechod k optickým technologiím. Valuace těchto firem jsou ovšem podle něj oproti Nvidii na jiné úrovni.
AI cyklus zůstává v dobré kondici
Celkový obrázek po výsledkové sezóně je tak podle Sotáka pozitivní. A možná ještě pozitivnější než na jejím začátku. Důležitá je přitom nejen síla jednotlivých firem, ale skutečnost, že AI komplex má dnes výrazný vliv na celý akciový trh. Když se v červenci AI segment otřásl, otřásl se podle Sotáka i celý trh. „Celková zpráva o stavu AI cyklu je z mého pohledu i po této výsledkové sezóně velmi pozitivní a možná pozitivnější, než byla na jejím začátku,“ uzavírá.
STAAR Surgical ve 2. čtvrtletí zvýšila tržby na 93,5 mil. USD a vrátila se k zisku 8,1 mil. USD, hlavně díky růstu v Číně. Tržby v Číně vzrostly na 52,3 mil. USD.
Top 4 Stocks With Notable Insider BuyingSTAAR Surgical NASDAQ: STAA reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of $93.5 million, up 111% from $44.3 million a year earlier, as growth in China, the Americas and parts of Europe contributed to what President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Foust called the company’s strongest first half of revenue performance.
The prior-year quarter included minimal shipments to China while distributors worked through excess inventory, according to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Deborah Andrews. Excluding China, second-quarter sales were $41.2 million, an increase of 6% year over year.
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Star Surgical Shines as U.S. Outlook Improves for 2024 The company also returned to profitability, reporting net income of $8.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $16.8 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA was $20 million, compared with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $14.8 million a year earlier.
China Growth Supported by EVO+ Adoption China sales rose more than 100% year over year and increased 10% sequentially to $52.3 million. Foust said the company saw no evidence of inventory buildup at distributors or hospitals, which he said supports the view that demand, rather than channel inventory, is driving growth.
STAAR attributed its China performance in part to the launch of EVO+, its lens-based refractive surgery offering. Foust said EVO+ adoption exceeded the company’s expectations and had outpaced its supply capabilities. By the end of the second quarter, EVO+ represented “probably close to a third” of unit volume in China, he said.
Foust said the company continues to receive a premium price for EVO+ and that customers and patients have not resisted that pricing. He also said STAAR believes it is gaining share in a refractive market that remains uneven, with laser-based procedures facing pressure in China and other markets.
“We’re definitely getting a lift from the EVO+ rollout,” Foust said, adding that patients and surgeons are responding to the lens-based procedure’s reversibility and its preservation of corneal tissue.
Management said China’s seasonal pattern has shifted, with the first and second quarters emerging as the company’s strongest periods because of Chinese New Year, military recruitment-related procedures shifting earlier in the year, and summer demand. STAAR expects third-quarter China revenue to be moderately lower sequentially than the second quarter, while still growing year over year when compared with an adjusted prior-year base. The fourth quarter is expected to remain seasonally softer, though management also expects year-over-year growth.
Foust cautioned investors that third-quarter 2025 revenue included $25.9 million related to a 2024 order. Reported third-quarter 2025 net sales were $94.7 million, but the comparable base excluding that item is $68.8 million. The one-time order will not recur in third-quarter 2026.
Regional Results and U.S. Expansion APAC revenue increased 189% year over year, while APAC sales excluding China rose 7%. In Japan, unit volume increased 14%, although reported sales increased 2% because of currency headwinds. Foust said Japan remains a market with strong category awareness and long-term potential, supported by direct-to-consumer initiatives launched in November 2025.
The Americas grew 12% year over year, with the U.S. producing another approximately $6 million quarter. Foust said the U.S. business has delivered back-to-back quarters above $6 million and remains underpenetrated. The company is focusing on increasing adoption at practices where surgeons are already clinically confident using EVO and can benefit economically from offering lens-based refractive procedures.
EMEA sales declined 1% due to continued conflicts in the Middle East. Excluding the Middle East, EMEA revenue increased 12% year over year.
Management also highlighted Taiwan, which launched last year and has generated significant sequential growth, according to Andrews. The company recently received approval for EVO+ in Taiwan.
Margins, Cash Flow and Manufacturing Plans Gross margin was 74.5%, compared with 74% in the prior-year quarter. Andrews said the increase reflected lower Switzerland ramp-up costs, reduced advanced manufacturing expenses, lower inventory provisions, and lower freight and other cost of sales as a percentage of revenue. Those improvements were partly offset by higher per-unit manufacturing costs tied to lower 2025 production volumes.
China tariffs on U.S.-manufactured product also weighed on gross margin. Andrews said tariffs will continue to affect margins until all products shipped to China are manufactured in Switzerland, which the company expects to achieve by the end of 2026.
Operating expenses were $59.6 million, down from $62.8 million in the prior-year quarter. Excluding $5.2 million in restructuring and merger-related costs in the year-earlier period, operating expenses increased about 3.7%. Current-quarter expenses included $1.2 million of marketing severance and $1.7 million in enterprise-resource-planning, or ERP, consulting costs. The severance expense is not expected to recur, and ERP consulting expense is expected to decline significantly beginning in the fourth quarter.
STAAR ended the quarter with $181.5 million in cash equivalents and investments available for sale, up from $163.9 million at the end of the first quarter, and had no debt. Andrews said the company expects significant free cash flow in the second half and expects to end 2026 with well over $200 million in cash.
ERP Implementation and Product Pipeline Foust said the company completed its ERP system implementation during the quarter and is optimizing the system in the third quarter. Management said the implementation had no material effect on overall revenue, though it required substantial internal effort and added consulting costs.
The company is also preparing for first-in-human studies of a next-generation product and plans to hire a chief technology officer to lead its innovation agenda. Foust said STAAR aims to develop into a broader ophthalmology platform rather than remain a single-product company, while continuing to build on its Collamer material technology and expertise in refractive procedures.
“Refractive is our wheelhouse,” Foust said, adding that the company sees potential opportunities in areas including presbyopia correction and other lens-based technologies.
About STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA)STAAR Surgical Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells implantable lenses for the eye, and companion delivery systems to deliver the lenses into the eye. The company provides implantable Collamer lens product family (ICLs) to treat visual disorders, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. It markets its products to health care providers, including ophthalmic surgeons, vision and surgical centers, hospitals, government facilities, and distributors, as well as products are primarily used by ophthalmologists.
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ANZ uvedla, že zrušení daňových úlev na investice do nemovitostí srazilo žádosti o hypotéky o 12 %. Čistý zisk za třetí čtvrtletí vzrostl na 1,9 miliardy A$.
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SummaryCompaniesANZ posts quarterly NIM of 1.54%Reports Q3 cash profit of A$1.90 billionANZ echoes peers on slowing mortgage applicationsSYDNEY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Australian lender ANZ Group (ANZ.AX), opens new tab said on Thursday home loan applications had slumped 12% since the Labor government scrapped lucrative property investment tax concessions, as the bank reported a A$1.9 billion ($1.3 billion) cash earnings for the third quarter.
ANZ, the smallest of Australia's "Big Four" lenders by market capitalisation and mortgage share, became the fourth major bank to flag the hit created by the May Budget to residential housing borrowing demand.
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The A$1.9 billion profit for the three months to end-June was helped by a 1 basis point increase in its net interest margin, a key profitability measure, to 1.54% during the quarter.
ANZ's shares rose by up to 3.4% early on Thursday, outperforming a 0.4% decline in the S&P/ASX200 (.AXJO), opens new tab.
The share price increase was attributed by analysts to ANZ reporting a 3% decline in costs to A$2.75 billion for the quarter, not taking into account a NZ$125 million ($73.3 million) class action settlement.
"We think the market should receive well the better performance on costs," Citigroup analyst Thomas Strong said.
ANZ recorded a A$102 million bad-debt charge for the quarter, well below analysts' forecasts of up to A$205 million.
The figure helped boost the bank's bottom line as non-performing loans were stable and did not grow despite three interest rate rises in Australia this year.
Australia's major banks have said home loan applications have fallen between 12% and 20% since the centre-left Labor government abolished some tax breaks on property investment.
Auction clearance rates are at six-year lows and average property prices are down about 2% over four months, according to data from property consultant Cotality.
Australia's top four banks control more than 70% of the national mortgage market and residential lending is a key driver of earnings for the sector.
ANZ said growth in lending and a modest improvement in margins supported earnings during the third quarter, as net interest income, excluding markets, rose 2% from the first-half quarterly average.
Its common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio, a closely watched measure of spare cash, stood at 12.51% as at June 30.
Jefferies raised its 2026 and 2027 earnings-per-share forecasts for ANZ by 2% each, while reiterating its "hold" rating, the brokerage said in a client note.
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Charles Youakim, executive chairman and CEO of Sezzle Inc. (SEZL -2.21%), disposed of 6,978 shares of common stock on August 10, according to a recent SEC Form 4 filing.
Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value$823,404Shares sold (directly held)6,978Post-transaction shares14,802,150Post-transaction shares (directly held)12,346,326Post-transaction shares (indirectly held)2,455,824Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average sale price ($118.00); post-transaction value based on the August 10 market close ($118.00).
Key questionsWhat initiated this stock disposition?
The transaction was a non-discretionary forfeiture of 6,978 shares to meet tax withholding requirements triggered by the vesting of restricted stock units. This type of automated disposal is a standard part of equity compensation management and occurs independently of the insider's market outlook.What is the current distribution of the CEO's ownership?
Youakim maintains a position of 12.3 million shares directly and 2.5 million shares indirectly. The indirect holdings are held through Cerro Gordo LLC and another entity where the reporting person is deemed to have voting and dispositive power. Collectively, these holdings represent approximately 44% of the company.How has the stock performed relative to this transaction?
The shares were priced at $118.00 at the time of the tax withholding on August 10. As of that date, Sezzle had generated a one-year return of 30%, with the stock subsequently priced at $128.27 as of the August 11 market close.Company OverviewMetricValueShare Price (as of market close 2026-08-11)$128.27Market Capitalization$4.3 billionRevenue (TTM)$531.9 millionNet Income (TTM)$161.4 millionCompany SnapshotSezzle Inc. operates a tech-powered point-of-sale financing platform that enables consumers to divide purchases into four equal, interest-free installments across e-commerce and physical retail channels in the United States and Canada.The company generates revenue through merchant fees charged to retailers and businesses that use its payment platform, capturing a percentage of the transaction volume processed through its network.Sezzle targets digitally-native consumers and merchants seeking flexible payment solutions, with primary customers including online retailers and brick-and-mortar establishments seeking to increase conversion rates and average order values.Sezzle Inc. operates as a fintech-enabled payment platform with a market capitalization of $4.3 billion, demonstrating significant scale with TTM revenue of $531.9 million and net income of $161.4 million. The company's competitive positioning centers on its frictionless buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) model, which differentiates it through interest-free installment structures and omnichannel deployment capabilities. With 201 employees and operations spanning North America, Sezzle has established itself as a material participant in the consumer credit services sector, leveraging technology infrastructure to facilitate merchant-consumer transactions at scale.
What this transaction means for investorsA founder who controls 44% of his company having 6,978 shares withheld for taxes is as close to a nonevent as an insider filing gets. The stranger story is the stock itself, which fell roughly 30% the same week on a quarter that, by the numbers, looked excellent.
Sezzle grew second-quarter revenue 52% to $150 million, lifted gross merchandise volume 38% to a record $1.3 billion, grew subscribers 76%, and raised full-year guidance for the third time this year. And the stock still cratered. The reason sits in the second-half outlook: Management is deliberately pulling back marketing spend and guiding revenue yield lower into year-end, so investors who had priced in relentless acceleration got moderation instead. Youakim himself framed the new products as steps toward "an all-in-one financial platform" for consumers. The lesson buried in that drop is that this is a stock priced for perfection, with a beta near seven, so a strong quarter with a merely good outlook can still trigger a 28% fall, which tells you more about the risk in owning Sezzle than any tax withholding by its founder ever could.
Jonathan Ponciano has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Sezzle. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Prezident Sezzle Paul Paradis prodal 7 110 akcií za 118,00 USD, ale šlo jen o povinné zadržení daně při vestingu RSU. Po transakci drží zhruba 1,1 milionu akcií v hodnotě asi 133,01 milionu USD.
Paul Paradis, a director and president of Sezzle Inc. (SEZL -2.21%), disposed of 7,110 shares of common stock at $118.00 per share on August 10, according to a recent SEC Form 4 filing.
Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value$838,980Shares sold7,110Post-transaction shares~1.1 millionPost-transaction shares (directly held)~390,000Post-transaction shares (indirectly held)~737,000Post-transaction value~$133.01 millionTransaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average sale price ($118.00); post-transaction value based on the August 10 market close ($118.00).
Key questionsWhat was the specific nature of this transaction?
The disposition was a non-discretionary event where 7,110 shares were forfeited to Sezzle to meet tax withholding obligations arising from the vesting of restricted stock units.How is the remaining equity stake structured?
Paradis’ total interest of roughly 1.1 million shares is divided between 390,000 shares held directly and 737,000 shares held indirectly through a spouse and other disclaimed beneficial interest entities.What is the current valuation of the insider's position?
Based on the August 11 market close of $128.27, the total position is valued at approximately $144.6 million, reflecting a period where the stock delivered a roughly 30% return over the year ending on the transaction date.What is the current operational profile of Sezzle?
Sezzle Inc. is a Minneapolis-based financial technology company operating in the United States and Canada. It provides a payment platform that connects consumers and businesses through interest-free installment plans at e-commerce and retail locations.Company OverviewMetricValueShare Price (as of market close 2026-08-11)$128.27Market Capitalization$4.3 billionRevenue (TTM)$531.9 millionNet Income (TTM)$161.4 millionCompany SnapshotSezzle Inc. operates a tech-powered point-of-sale financing platform that enables consumers to divide purchases into four equal, interest-free installments across e-commerce and physical retail channels in the United States and Canada.The company generates revenue through merchant fees charged to retailers and businesses that use its payment platform, capturing a percentage of the transaction volume processed through its network.Sezzle targets digitally-native consumers and merchants seeking flexible payment solutions, with primary customers including online retailers and brick-and-mortar establishments seeking to increase conversion rates and average order values.Sezzle Inc. operates as a fintech-enabled payment platform with a market capitalization of $4.3 billion, demonstrating significant scale with TTM revenue of $531.9 million and net income of $161.4 million. The company's competitive positioning centers on its frictionless buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) model, which differentiates it through interest-free installment structures and omnichannel deployment capabilities. With 201 employees and operations spanning North America, Sezzle has established itself as a material participant in the consumer credit services sector, leveraging technology infrastructure to facilitate merchant-consumer transactions at scale.
What this transaction means for investorsTwo of Sezzle's founders had stock vest on the same August day, and just as with CEO Charlie Youakim, the president's filing is a tax withholding and nothing more. Paradis holds around 1.1 million shares worth roughly $145 million currently, so 7,110 going to cover taxes is immaterial to a stake that size.
The vesting landed days after a quarter that the market badly interpreted on first glance. Sezzle grew revenue 52% to $150 million and, notably, raised its full-year guidance for the third time this year, lifting expected revenue growth to 35% and adjusted net income to $185 million. Still, the stock still fell close to 30% on worries about a slower second half, but the raised outlook is the fact that cuts hardest against the gloom. Ultimately, two founders holding a combined fortune in stock, letting only the tax slip away while the company lifts its targets again, is a steadier signal than one day's sell-off, and it points the other way. That’s a good indicator for long-term investors.
Jonathan Ponciano has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Sezzle. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Nano Nuclear získala od AFWERX podporu v rámci programu SBIR Phase I na vývoj Kronos pro potřeby letectva. Zároveň má likviditu ve výši zhruba 580 milionů USD.
Nano Nuclear’s Air Force Contract Puts Its Short-Squeeze Setup in FocusNano Nuclear Energy NASDAQ: NNE said its third-quarter progress centered on advancing the licensing and engineering of its Kronos microreactor, expanding its nuclear fuel-cycle capabilities through acquisitions, and pursuing potential commercial deployments for data centers, industrial users and government customers.
The company said the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission formally accepted for review in May the construction permit application for a full-scale Kronos micro modular reactor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Chief Executive Officer James Walker said the NRC expects to complete its environmental assessment in the first quarter of 2027 and its safety evaluation in the third quarter of 2027.
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MarketBeat Week in Review – 06/29 - 07/03Those milestones are consistent with Nano Nuclear's expectation that the review process could conclude in 2027, allowing initial construction activity to begin in the second half of that year, Walker said. Initial work would focus on excavation and construction of the underground structure that will house the reactor, while certain non-nuclear portions of the broader energy system could be built without waiting for NRC approval, he added.
Kronos Development and Fuel Strategy Founder, Chairman and President Jay Yu said Kronos is based on high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technology and is designed to use TRISO fuel. The reactor is intended to use low-enriched uranium, or LEU-plus fuel, that the company said is commercially available today, while retaining the ability to use high-assay low-enriched uranium, or HALEU, later without redesigning the reactor.
SMRs Spark a Chain Reaction for Nano NuclearWalker said Nano Nuclear has begun discussions with enrichment providers, including Urenco, regarding fuel needs for broader deployment, while the company is also speaking with potential TRISO fuel fabricators. He said the company believes capacity exists to fabricate fuel for the University of Illinois project, though its longer-term strategy may include greater participation in fuel manufacturing or joint ventures as reactor deployments expand.
The company also reported engineering progress on critical reactor systems. Nano Nuclear is working with Fortil on Kronos’ fuel-handling and storage system, while a separate engineering collaboration with another gas-cooled reactor-experienced firm has entered detailed design for the reactor’s primary helium circulator.
Commercial Pipeline Includes Data Centers and Government Opportunities Nano Nuclear completed a feasibility study with BaRupOn evaluating a phased deployment of up to 1 gigawatt of Kronos capacity. The company said it is continuing discussions with BaRupOn regarding potential initiation of the NRC licensing process, though it did not provide a timeline for an application.
The company is also progressing discussions with a potential strategic collaborator and customer developing multi-gigawatt data-center projects in the U.S. and internationally. Walker said a potential framework could make Nano Nuclear the preferred nuclear technology provider for the developer’s campuses.
Under the framework under discussion, the partner could provide financing, power infrastructure and data-center campus development, while Nano Nuclear would provide reactors, fuel, licensing support and operational capabilities. The company said a potential arrangement could include equity grants or warrants as well as investments in Nano Nuclear tied to development and reactor-purchase milestones. Terms remain under discussion.
Nano Nuclear also signed a memorandum of understanding with Supermicro to evaluate integrating Kronos with AI server and data-center infrastructure platforms, including potential off-grid applications and joint go-to-market opportunities.
In the government market, the company said it received an SBIR Phase I award from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, to advance Kronos for Air Force applications. Nano Nuclear also said its previously announced direct Phase II SBIR award for Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling remains on schedule, with four remaining contract deliverables expected over the next 12 to 18 months.
STS Acquisition Expands Fuel-Cycle Footprint In May, Nano Nuclear completed its acquisition of Secured Transportation Services, or STS, a nuclear logistics, transportation and services business. The company said STS has more than 20 years of experience transporting radioactive and nuclear materials and has a history of profitability.
Walker said STS has recently supported Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration missions, including transporting HALEU from Japan to the U.S. and removing highly enriched uranium from Venezuela. Nano Nuclear believes bringing those capabilities in-house can reduce its dependence on third-party providers and help de-risk future reactor deployments.
The company is evaluating additional acquisitions and partnerships across the fuel cycle, including another transportation business and nuclear fuel-facility assets. Walker said management does not intend to pursue large acquisitions requiring hundreds of millions of dollars in upfront spending, though a potential fuel-facility investment could be structured through investments needed to complete the facility.
Financial Results and Liquidity Chief Financial Officer Jaisun Garcha said STS generated approximately $3.9 million of unaudited revenue during the first six months of calendar 2026, including $200,000 from the May 22 acquisition closing through June 30.
Third-quarter operating expenses totaled $15.9 million, reflecting higher general and administrative and research and development spending. Net loss was $10.1 million, compared with a $7.6 million loss in the prior-year quarter. Year-to-date net loss was $25.8 million, improving from $32 million in the prior-year period, aided by higher interest income and lower equity-based compensation. Year-to-date operating cash usage was $18.7 million. Year-to-date investing cash usage was $297.6 million, including approximately $281 million in short-term investments, about $10 million in property and equipment additions, and about $6 million related to the STS acquisition. Nano Nuclear ended the quarter with approximately $580 million in liquidity, up roughly $11 million sequentially. The increase reflected approximately $26 million in net proceeds from its at-the-market equity program, partially offset by spending on Kronos development, licensing and fuel-cycle initiatives.
Management said it is evaluating non-dilutive funding opportunities for the University of Illinois project, including potential investment tax credits, Department of Energy programs and support from the university or the state of Illinois.
About Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ:NNE)NANO Nuclear Energy, Inc is a microreactor and nuclear technology company, which provides supply energy services. Its products in technical development are ZEUS, a solid core battery reactor, and ODIN, a low-pressure coolant reactor. The company is founded by Jiang Yu in February, 2022 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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Cerebras (CBRS - Free Report) reported $209.87 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing no change year over year. EPS of -$0.04 for the same period compares to $0 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $194.16 million, representing a surprise of +8.09%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +80.95%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.21.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Cerebras performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Revenue- Cloud and other services: $125.99 million versus $114.99 million estimated by two analysts on average.Revenue- Hardware: $54.12 million versus $79.18 million estimated by two analysts on average.Core gross profit- Cloud and Other Services: $53.34 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $53.75 million.Core gross profit- Hardware: $31.88 million versus $43.12 million estimated by two analysts on average.View all Key Company Metrics for Cerebras here>>>
Shares of Cerebras have returned +15.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
Cerebras Systems Inc. (CBRS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 12, 2026 5:00 PM EDT
Company Participants
Sean Dorsey
Andrew Feldman - Co-Founder, CEO, President & Chairman
Robert Komin - Senior VP, CFO & Treasurer
Conference Call Participants
Timothy Arcuri - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Joshua Buchalter - TD Cowen, Research Division
Kyle Bleustein - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Quinn Bolton - Needham & Company, LLC, Research Division
Joseph Moore - Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Vijay Rakesh - Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Cerebras Systems Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that today's call is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Sean Dorsey, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Sean Dorsey
Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Cerebras Systems Q2 2026 Earnings Call. Earlier today, we issued our press release and posted our supplemental earnings presentation to the Investor Relations section of our website. A replay of this webcast will also be available on our Investor Relations website following the call. Joining me today are Andrew Feldman, our Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President; and Bob Komin, our Chief Financial Officer.
Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that today's discussion will include forward-looking statements under the safe harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future financial performance, business strategy, market opportunity, customer demand, product road map, technology leadership, supply chain, operating model and outlook for Q3 and full year 2026.
Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These risks are described
