Key Takeaways Acadia generated $576 million in first-half 2026 revenues, up 13%, and raised its 2026 guidance.Nuplazid H1 sales rose 7% to $350.1 million, with 34-mg capsule patent protection until February 2038.Daybue H1 sales jumped 25% to $226 million, fueled by STIX uptake and EU approval for Rett syndrome treatment.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD - Free Report) relies on its two marketed drugs, Nuplazid (pimavanserin) and Daybue (trofinetide), to sustain growth as it advances its central nervous system (CNS) and rare disease pipeline. The company generated $576 million in total revenues in the first half of 2026, up 13% year over year, reflecting continued demand for both products. Acadia raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $1.24-$1.30 billion following strong second-quarter performance, highlighting the importance of sustaining prescription growth and expanding access to its marketed therapies.
Nuplazid remains Acadia’s established revenue anchor. Approved in the United States for hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis, the drug generated $350.1 million in first-half 2026 sales, up 7% year over year, driven primarily by higher unit sales. Its expanded sales force and increasing new-patient prescriptions could support further growth. Favorable patent rulings and settlement agreements protect Nuplazid’s 34-mg capsule from generic entry until February 2038, subject to earlier-entry provisions. A separate dispute over Zydus’ proposed 34-mg tablet and alleged breach of the settlement agreement is scheduled for trial in November 2026.
Daybue is providing a faster-growing second revenue stream. First-half 2026 sales rose 25% year over year to $226 million, supported by rising demand and uptake of Daybue STIX, a powder formulation that became broadly available in the United States in April 2026. By the end of June, around 40% of U.S. patients receiving Daybue were using STIX, highlighting early adoption of the new formulation. In August, the European Commission also authorized Daybu (trofinetide) to treat neurobehavioral symptoms of Rett syndrome in adults and children aged five years and older, creating an additional opportunity for international expansion as pricing and reimbursement discussions progress.
Acadia expects Nuplazid to generate $760-$790 million in full-year 2026 sales, while global Daybue sales are forecast at $480-$510 million. Nuplazid provides an established commercial base, while Daybue’s faster growth and expanding geographic reach offer diversification. Continued prescription growth, successful commercialization of STIX and European market access will be important to meeting these targets and sustaining the company’s growth trajectory.
ACAD Faces Competition Across CNS & Rare Neurological DiseasesAcadia faces competition across CNS and rare neurological disorders as rivals expand their marketed therapies and develop new treatments, including Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM - Free Report) and Neurogene (NGNE - Free Report) .
Axsome has a diversified CNS portfolio, led by Auvelity for major depressive disorder and Alzheimer’s-related agitation, alongside Sunosi for excessive daytime sleepiness and Symbravo for acute migraine. Its products generated $409.6 million in net revenues in the first half of 2026, up 51% year over year, driven primarily by Auvelity sales growth. Axsome is also advancing pipeline candidates for narcolepsy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Although its marketed drugs do not directly compete with ACAD’s Nuplazid or Daybue, its expanding portfolio highlights growing competition across CNS disorders.
Neurogene represents a potential future competitor for Acadia in Rett syndrome. Its investigational, one-time gene therapy NGN-401 is currently being evaluated in a registrational phase III Embolden study in females aged three years and older with Rett syndrome. Neurogene has completed dosing in 25 patients, with top-line results expected in the second half of 2027. In June 2026, NGNE reported long-term data from a phase I/II study of the candidate showing clinical improvement and gains in at least one developmental milestone in all 10 patients with Rett syndrome. NGN-401’s successful development could introduce a different treatment approach for Rett syndrome.
ACAD’s Stock Price, Valuation & Estimate MovementsYear to date, ACAD shares have lost 27.3% against the industry’s 2.6% growth. Acadia has also underperformed the sector and the S&P 500 during the same time frame, as seen in the chart below.
ACAD Stock Underperforms the Industry, Sector & the S&P 500Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Acadia is trading at a discount to the industry, as seen in the chart below. Going by the price/book value ratio, the company’s shares currently trade at 2.56, which is less than 3.87 for the industry. The stock is trading significantly below its five-year mean of 5.53.
ACAD Stock ValuationImage Source: Zacks Investment Research
Earnings estimates for 2026 have increased from 59 cents to 64 cents per share over the past 60 days. During the same time frame, ACAD’s 2027 earnings per share estimates have improved from 95 cents to 98 cents.
ACAD Estimate MovementImage Source: Zacks Investment Research
Acadia currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Alaska Air Group by měla za čtvrtletí končící v září 2026 vykázat EPS ve výši 0,35 USD, což představuje meziroční pokles o 66,7 %, při tržbách 4,31 miliardy USD (+14,5 %).
The market expects Alaska Air Group (ALK - Free Report) to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company's earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.
The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 20. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call, it's worth handicapping the probability of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus EstimateThis airline is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -66.7%.
Revenues are expected to be $4.31 billion, up 14.5% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions TrendThe consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 388.12% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts may not always get reflected in the aggregate change.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings WhisperEstimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. This insight is at the core of our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction).
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for Alaska Air?For Alaska Air, the Most Accurate Estimate is higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bullish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of +4.35%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #4.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that Alaska Air will beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?While calculating estimates for a company's future earnings, analysts often consider to what extent it has been able to match past consensus estimates. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that Alaska Air would post a loss of$0.97 per share when it actually produced a loss of -$0.92, delivering a surprise of +5.15%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates two times.
Bottom LineAn earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
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Alaska Air doesn't appear a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- Today, October 13, 2026, the board of directors of CMC (NYSE: CMC) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share of CMC common stock. CMC's 248th consecutive quarterly dividend will be paid on November 11, 2026, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 28, 2026.
About CMC
CMC is a Fortune 500® company headquartered in Irving, Texas, and a leading provider of early-stage construction solutions that support the foundational phases of modern infrastructure and building projects. Founded in 1915, CMC has grown from a single-site recycling operation to one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of steel reinforcing bar ("rebar"), a leading producer of subgrade soil stabilization and foundation enhancement solutions and a major supplier of concrete pipe and precast products.
Through an extensive manufacturing network primarily located in the United States and Central Europe, with strategic operations in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, CMC serves infrastructure, non-residential, residential, industrial and energy markets. While often unseen, CMC's products are essential to highways, bridges, airports, commercial buildings and other critical structures that support everyday life.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to CMC's cash flow capabilities, financial position, fundamental business outlook and capital allocation strategy. The statements in this release that are not historical statements, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by phrases such as we or our management "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "intends," "may," "plans to," "ought," "could," "will," "should," "likely," "appears," "projects," "forecasts," "outlook" or other similar words or phrases, as well as by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.
CMC's forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and beliefs as of the time this news release was prepared. Although we believe that our expectations are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct, and actual results may vary materially. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, new information or circumstances or any other changes. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include those described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, as well as the following: changes in economic conditions which affect demand for our products or construction activity generally, and the impact of such changes on the highly cyclical steel industry; rapid and significant changes in the price of metals, potentially impairing our inventory values due to declines in commodity prices or reducing the profitability of downstream contracts within our vertically integrated steel operations due to rising commodity pricing; excess capacity in our industry, particularly in China, and product availability from competing steel mills and other steel suppliers including import quantities and pricing; the impact of additional steelmaking capacity expected to come online from a number of ongoing electric arc furnace projects in the U.S.; the impact of geopolitical conditions, including political turmoil and volatility, regional conflicts, terrorism and war on the global economy, inflation, energy supplies and raw materials; global factors, such as trade measures, military conflicts and political uncertainties, including changes to current trade regulations, such as Section 232 trade tariffs and quotas, tax legislation and other regulations which might adversely impact our business; operating and startup risks, as well as market risks associated with the commissioning of new projects could prevent us from realizing anticipated benefits and could result in a loss of all or a substantial part of our investments; our ability to successfully execute our TAG operational and commercial excellence program and other transformation initiatives, including the realization of anticipated benefits within the expected timeframes; attention to environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters, including any targets or other ESG, environmental justice or regulatory initiatives; impacts from global public health crises on the economy, demand for our products, global supply chain and on our operations; compliance with and changes in existing and future laws, regulations and other legal requirements and judicial decisions that govern our business, including increased environmental regulations associated with climate change and greenhouse gas emissions; involvement in various environmental matters that may result in fines, penalties or judgments; evolving remediation technology, changing regulations, possible third-party contributions, the inherent uncertainties of the estimation process and other factors that may impact amounts accrued for environmental liabilities; potential limitations in our or our customers' abilities to access credit and non-compliance with their contractual obligations, including payment obligations; activity in repurchasing shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program; financial and non-financial covenants and restrictions on the operation of our business contained in agreements governing our debt; our ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions and realize any or all of the anticipated synergies or other benefits of acquisitions; the effects that acquisitions may have on our financial leverage; risks associated with acquisitions generally, such as the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, required approvals under applicable antitrust legislation and other regulatory and third-party consents and approvals; lower than expected future levels of revenues and higher than expected future costs; failure or inability to implement growth strategies in a timely manner; the impact of goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment charges; the impact of long-lived asset impairment charges; currency fluctuations; availability and pricing of electricity, electrodes and natural gas for mill operations; our ability to hire and retain key executives and other employees; competition from other materials or from competitors that have a lower cost structure or access to greater financial resources; information technology interruptions and breaches in security; our ability to make necessary capital expenditures; availability and pricing of raw materials and other items over which we exert little influence, including scrap metal, energy and insurance; unexpected equipment failures; losses or limited potential gains due to hedging transactions; litigation claims and settlements, court decisions, regulatory rulings and legal compliance risks, including those related to the Pacific Steel Group litigation and other legal proceedings; risk of injury or death to employees, customers or other visitors to our operations; and civil unrest, protests and riots.
Ally Financial očekává za čtvrtletí EPS ve výši 1,34 USD, což představuje meziroční nárůst o 16,5 %, a výnosy ve výši 2,29 miliardy USD, meziročně o 5,6 % více.
Ally Financial (ALLY - Free Report) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price.
The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 20, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call, it's worth handicapping the probability of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus EstimateThis auto finance company and bank is expected to post quarterly earnings of $1.34 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +16.5%.
Revenues are expected to be $2.29 billion, up 5.6% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions TrendThe consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 4.1% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings WhisperEstimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. Our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) -- has this insight at its core.
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for Ally Financial?For Ally Financial, the Most Accurate Estimate is lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bearish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of -1.50%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #4.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that Ally Financial will beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?While calculating estimates for a company's future earnings, analysts often consider to what extent it has been able to match past consensus estimates. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that Ally Financial would post earnings of $1.25 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.21, delivering a surprise of -3.20%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates three times.
Bottom LineAn earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
That said, betting on stocks that are expected to beat earnings expectations does increase the odds of success. This is why it's worth checking a company's Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank ahead of its quarterly release. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
Ally Financial doesn't appear a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
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Voya Financial (NYSE: VOYA) rozšířila partnerství s Unqork a nasadí platformu UnqorkAI pro penzijní služby s podporou AI a zefektivnění pracovních procesů.
Building on a seven-year partnership, Voya will leverage UnqorkAI to accelerate innovation and enhance customer experiences
, /PRNewswire/ -- Unqork, an AI-first enterprise development company, today announced that Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA)—a leading retirement, employee benefits, and investment management company supporting more than 18 million customer relationships—selected UnqorkAI to support targeted AI-enabled retirement experiences and workflow initiatives. The expanded relationship reflects Voya's broader approach to working with technology partners to apply AI where it can help improve customer experiences, streamline operations and deliver meaningful business value.
Building on its existing partnership, Voya will leverage UnqorkAI to help customers move more seamlessly from guidance to action, augment enterprise workflows and deliver more connected client experiences.
UnqorkAI is Unqork's new AI-native platform designed to empower enterprises in highly regulated industries to build and run AI-generated applications with greater speed, predictability, and governance at a fraction of current enterprise total cost of ownership (TCO).
An Unqork customer since 2019, Voya successfully leveraged Unqork's platform to build and manage mission-critical Sponsor Onboarding and Producer Onboarding applications, replacing legacy complexity with streamlined operational workflows.
"At Voya, we start with the business problem and apply AI where it can create meaningful value for our customers and clients," said Rajat Kalia, chief technology officer, workplace solutions, Voya Financial. "As an early adopter of UnqorkAI, we see an opportunity to enhance onboarding workflows and experiences while maintaining strict security, cost controls, enterprise governance and responsible AI practices. Expanding our relationship with Unqork allows us to put safe, impactful AI capabilities into practice that allow customers to make informed and timely decisions." Unqork's mission has always been to help customers reliably and securely manage complexity while controlling the costs of building and operating resilient enterprise systems. UnqorkAI continues that mission into the AI era, enabling organizations to build and deploy enterprise-grade applications faster, while reducing ongoing application maintenance overhead.
"Voya is a pioneer in delivering best-in-class retirement experiences, while proving that speed and governance can co-exist when you eliminate technical debt at the root," said Gary Hoberman, CEO and Founder of Unqork. "Voya is demonstrating how financial institutions can innovate with AI while reducing their maintenance burdens, code surface area, and enterprise risk. We are thrilled to partner with Voya on this next chapter of AI-driven innovation."
About Voya Financial®
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) is a leading retirement, employee benefits and investment management company. Voya's services and solutions help clear the path to financial confidence and a more fulfilling life for individual, workplace and institutional clients, supporting more than 18 million customer relationships. Certified as a "Great Place to Work" by the Great Place to Work® Institute, Voya fosters a culture that values customer centricity, integrity, accountability, agility and inclusivity. Together with customers and partners, Voya employees fight for everyone's opportunity for a better financial future. For more information visit voya.com and follow Voya Financial on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
About Unqork
Unqork empowers enterprises to leverage AI to build, run, and evolve complex, mission-critical software without creating unvetted, unsecured code. By streamlining the software lifecycle, Unqork helps enterprises, like Goldman Sachs, Marsh, and BlackRock accelerate digital transformation while reducing risk and total cost of ownership across their application portfolio. To learn more, visit: unqork.com.
Key Takeaways ATI generated $143.2M in first-half 2026 adjusted free cash flow, reversing a $50.2M outflow.ATI raised its 2026 adjusted free cash flow forecast to $550-$600M on stronger operating performance.ATI returned $470M through buybacks in 2025, with $495M remaining under its current authorization.
ATI Inc. (ATI - Free Report) remains focused on enhancing shareholder value by strengthening and sustaining its cash flow generation. It reported first-half 2026 adjusted free cash flow of $143.2 million against a $50.2 million cash outflow a year ago.
ATI is taking steps to reduce seasonality and improve the consistency of its cash flows. Strong free cash flow generation is being supported by higher adjusted EBITDA and improved operating performance, with healthy aerospace and defense demand expected to sustain cash generation. The company lifted its full-year 2026 adjusted free cash flow forecast to $550-$600 million from the earlier range of $465-$525 million.
Debt reduction, aided by stronger margins and improved cash flows, is enhancing ATI’s financial flexibility. The company also remains committed to returning capital to its shareholders through share repurchases, supported by disciplined and strategic capital allocation.
ATI considers buybacks the most efficient way to return capital to shareholders. It returned $470 million to its shareholders in 2025 in the form of share repurchases. Following the $50 million repurchase in the second quarter, ATI has $495 million remaining under its current buyback authorization.
Among its major peers, Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS - Free Report) generated a higher adjusted free cash flow of $362.3 million for fiscal 2026 compared with $287.5 million in fiscal 2025. The improvements in product mix, higher realized prices and expanded operating efficiencies support the expansion. For fiscal 2027, Carpenter Technology expects to generate free cash flow in the range of $400 million to $430 million.
Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM - Free Report) recorded free cash flow of roughly $838 million for the first six months of 2026, up from the previous-year period’s $478 million. This upside was backed by strong growth in the commercial aerospace, defense aerospace and gas turbines markets. Howmet expects full-year 2026 free cash flow to be in the range of $1,850-$1,950 million.
ATI’s Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of ATI have shot up 121.8% in the past year against the Zacks Aerospace - Defense Equipment industry’s decline of 12.8%.
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From a valuation standpoint, ATI is currently trading at a forward price-to-sales multiple of 4.61, a roughly 33.3% discount to the industry average of 6.91X. It carries a Value Score of D.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ATI’s 2026 and 2027 earnings implies a year-over-year rise of 57.7% and 24.6%, respectively. The EPS estimates for 2026 and 2027 have been trending higher over the past 60 days.
Weatherford má za čtvrtletí končící v září 2026 vykázat EPS ve výši 1,21 USD, což by znamenalo meziroční růst o 8 %, při výnosech ve výši 1,13 miliardy USD, meziročně nižších o 8,2 %.
Wall Street expects a year-over-year increase in earnings on lower revenues when Weatherford (WFRD - Free Report) reports results for the quarter ended September 2026. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.
The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 20, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call, it's worth handicapping the probability of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus EstimateThis oilfield service company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $1.21 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +8%.
Revenues are expected to be $1.13 billion, down 8.2% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions TrendThe consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings WhisperEstimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. Our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) -- has this insight at its core.
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for Weatherford?For Weatherford, the Most Accurate Estimate is higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bullish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of +14.29%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #5.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that Weatherford will beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?While calculating estimates for a company's future earnings, analysts often consider to what extent it has been able to match past consensus estimates. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that Weatherford would post earnings of $0.92 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.55, delivering a surprise of -40.22%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates two times.
Bottom LineAn earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
That said, betting on stocks that are expected to beat earnings expectations does increase the odds of success. This is why it's worth checking a company's Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank ahead of its quarterly release. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
Weatherford doesn't appear a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
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Paychex spustil na platformě SixFifty AI agenta pro soulad s pracovněprávními předpisy, který automatizuje vícekrokové úkoly v souladu s federálními, státními a místními pracovněprávními předpisy.
New agentic AI capabilities help businesses navigate changing employment laws, mitigate risk, and confidently complete compliance tasks | Source: Paychex, Inc.
New capabilities make employment law compliance more accessible to business leaders and lean HR teams navigating hundreds of legal changes each yearEvery answer and action is grounded in strict workflows and SixFifty’s proprietary, attorney-built and maintained database of federal, state and local employment laws ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paychex (Nasdaq: PAYX), a leading provider of expert-enabled HR, payroll, and benefits, today announced that SixFifty, the company’s employment law compliance platform, has released the HCM industry’s first agentic HR compliance specialist. Users can chat with the agentic HR compliance specialist to get trusted employment compliance information and turn it directly into action by completing necessary compliance tasks.
SixFifty Transforms Compliance from a Manual Burden into an Automated Workflow
Employment law requirements often present challenges for businesses and compliance becomes increasingly complex for those operating across multiple jurisdictions. In the past year alone, SixFifty’s employment compliance team tracked more than 440 changes to employment laws across nearly 130 federal, state and local jurisdictions, including 45 states and the District of Columbia and more than 80 cities and counties. With new agentic AI capabilities, SixFifty can now execute multi-step compliance tasks, from drafting employment documents and distributing updated handbooks to delivering labor law posters and tracking employee acknowledgments.
New Agentic AI Specialist Built to Support HR Compliance at Scale
The new agentic HR specialist in the SixFifty platform helps businesses comply with employment laws across the country by:
Answering questions about employment law in every state, city, and county in the United StatesDrafting and updating employee handbooks, HR policies, and contracts and sending them for signature Distributing digital labor posters and new hire notices based on where employees are locatedProvisioning required sexual harassment trainings Collecting complaints, requests, and suggestions from employees Filing state government documents when a company hires someone in a new location “Employment law has become too complex and changes too quickly for small and mid-sized businesses to manage manually,” said Kimball Parker, founder and CEO of SixFifty. “We started SixFifty with a simple belief: the law should be accessible to all. With our agentic HR specialist, we’re taking that idea one step further to provide business leaders with trusted employment law guidance and the tools to act on it.”
Each agentic action is grounded in strict workflows and the federal, state and local employment law database maintained by SixFifty’s employment compliance team. The agentic HR compliance specialist acts based on the user’s instructions, combining SixFifty’s proprietary, attorney-built employment law foundation with agentic technology designed to help businesses turn guidance into action. For business leaders and lean HR teams, automating those steps can significantly reduce the administrative burden associated with employment law compliance.
“SixFifty is our go-to for proactive monitoring and compliance, giving us an end-to-end resource to draft and maintain a wide range of policies and procedures with a great ability to customize and adapt to our specific business and culture,” said Chris Walker, VP of human resources at Sportsman’s Warehouse. “It is often our one-stop-shop for getting tailored perspective on specific situations. It's great at breaking them down, providing solid, practical suggestions, and getting us a solid head start on issues we can resolve internally or take to counsel. It's helped us be more prepared, efficient, and effective in our use of outside counsel – cutting down on unnecessary legal spend.”
SixFifty is available as standalone to non-Paychex payroll clients, as well as integrated with Paychex Flex® and Paycor® through WISE (Workforce Intelligence Strengthened by Expertise), the company’s AI-powered intelligence engine. The new agentic HR compliance specialist is now available to SixFifty standalone customers and trial users, with advanced capabilities coming to the integrated solutions later this fiscal year. To learn more about SixFifty or start a free trial, visit sixfifty.com.
To learn more about Paychex, visit paychex.com.
About Paychex
Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) provides a comprehensive suite of expert-enabled technology and advisory solutions that help businesses manage HR, payroll, and benefits. Serving approximately 840,000 customers and paying 1 in 11 U.S. private sector workers, Paychex combines scale, trusted expertise, and innovation to help businesses succeed. Built on more than 50 years of workforce experience and one of the industry’s largest proprietary HR datasets, Paychex’s WISE agentic AI engine embeds intelligence directly into workflows to improve productivity, enhance decision-making, and deliver better outcomes. Learn more at paychex.com.
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Samsara spustila no-code platformu Agent Studio pro AI agenty ve fyzických provozech; využití AI agentů na této platformě od června vzrostlo sedminásobně.
New Samsara data show Voice chat becoming the primary interface for frontline work as customers deploy agents that automate reporting, predict compliance risk, and reach drivers directly in the cab
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsara Inc. (“Samsara”) (NYSE: IOT), the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, today announced the launch of Samsara Agent Studio, a no-code AI agent platform designed specifically for physical operations. Adoption on Samsara’s platform has accelerated 7x since June as customers expand AI from automating reports and uncovering fuel savings to anticipating compliance risk and reaching drivers through voice.
Agents built for knowledge work can wait for a prompt. In physical operations, much of the work is already moving, requiring agents to understand what’s happening in real time — and be smart enough to take action. Samsara provides that context through more than a decade of operational data on vehicles, equipment, workers, and sites including location, video, diagnostics, behavior, and environmental conditions, from customers across industries and geographies. Agent Studio turns that context into action, giving customers prebuilt AI agents and a builder for custom chat and voice agents tailored to their operations. Now available to all customers, it makes Samsara the first platform for physical operations to offer both.
“AI is quickly adopted when it’s useful, and in physical operations that means an agent has to understand the operation and meet people where the work happens,” said Johan Land, Chief Product Officer at Samsara. “In the back office that might happen through chat. On the road, it happens through a phone call. That is what brings an agent to life in the real world.”
From automating reports to anticipating risk
Agents built in Agent Studio are taking on work that once required hours of manual analysis or a dedicated specialist. Reporting is where many customers start, but adoption is quickly expanding into more complex work — finding opportunities to reduce fuel costs, predicting compliance risk before a violation occurs, diagnosing the cause of operational issues, and giving drivers immediate access to company-specific guidance.
That expansion is also happening within individual organizations. Deployed use cases include:
Inspection and compliance reporting. Grand Isle Shipyard's agent compiles forms, inspection reports, and asset data into a monthly report in about five minutes per division, a 99% reduction in report generation time that returns roughly $100,000 a year in specialist capacity to the team. Predictive compliance. S. Bertram Foods' agent tracks remaining stops, drive time, and shift time to flag hours-of-service risk three hours before it becomes a violation, cutting weekly manual review time by 84%. Driver identification. StreamTech Industrial's agent identifies every trip where a driver has not logged in, reducing unassigned drive time by 500 hours in two months. Fuel efficiency. A leading North American passenger transit provider's agent analyzes idle time to distinguish fuel waste caused by driver behavior from regeneration cycles, maintenance, and weather, so managers know which vehicles to act on and why. Company-specific driver support. A major food distributor built a Driver Wingman agent that answers new drivers' questions about parking, personal conveyance rules, and fuel stops from the company's own policies, in seconds and at any hour. “We were spending more than six figures a year on reporting and data compilation, work that’s now fully automated,” said Derek Champagne, VP of Corporate Security, Asset Management & Housing at Grand Isle Shipyard. “The real benefit isn’t just efficiency; it’s the ability to focus our people on solving bigger problems, driving innovation, and creating value that simply wasn’t possible before.”
Voice becomes the primary interface for frontline workers
In physical operations, AI and its workers cannot depend on a screen to get a job done. A driver has their eyes on the road; a utility crew is repairing power lines. Voice gives agents an interface built for those environments — allowing workers to ask questions, receive instructions, and share information without stepping away from the work.
Customers are building agents that make and take phone calls, bringing live operational information and company-specific guidance into those conversations and extending support beyond the hours an office team can cover.
That can turn a physical event into an AI-powered workflow. When a truck crosses a geofence around an unfamiliar job site or distribution center, for example, a voice agent can immediately call the driver with site-specific instructions — which entrance to use, where to park, the yard speed limit and required safety equipment. The driver can ask follow-up questions using information from company policies and live operational data. When the truck leaves, the agent can capture details from the visit, while managers can use Samsara Assistant to analyze patterns such as which sites are creating the longest dwell times.
Across Samsara’s platform, voice has quickly become the dominant way people interact with agents. Within four weeks of launch, voice agents surpassed chat in interaction volume and have led every week since. Among organizations using voice agents, ~75% have increased their weekly usage since they began deploying them — more than half have at least doubled it.
“Start of Day Briefings help us get set for the shift, and two-way audio helps tackle drowsiness in the cab. It gives us the support we need in the moment to stay sharp, stay safe, and become better drivers,” said Tiny Kirby, a driver at Clyde Companies.
From understanding to action — wherever the work happens
For more than a decade, Samsara has built the technology to see and understand physical operations, now collecting more than 30 trillion data points annually from vehicles that traverse 99.9% of U.S. roads. Agents extend that foundation from understanding to action — and increasingly allow people to access Samsara’s operational context without sitting in front of a reporting dashboard.
Samsara’s agentic capabilities now reach people wherever the work happens:
Samsara Assistant answers questions inside the dashboard and turns them into action. Prebuilt agents cover common safety, maintenance, and compliance work. Agent Studio gives teams a builder for custom chat and voice agents specific to their operation, extending AI beyond the dashboard and into the field. Samsara MCP, recently launched, carries live Samsara data, under each customer’s existing permissions, into the AI tools their teams already use, including Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot. Each draws on the same operational context and permission model, whether someone is talking to an agent on the road, working in the Samsara dashboard, or using another AI tool.
“Every day, our customers make thousands of decisions that determine whether people get home safely, deliveries arrive on time, and essential services keep running,” said Brendan O’Driscoll, VP of Platform at Samsara. “Our ambition is to make AI part of how that work gets done — anticipating what needs to happen and coordinating the people, equipment, and systems to act. That’s the future we’re building at Samsara.”
Agent Studio is now available to all Samsara customers. Watch the Agent Studio demo and learn more about the Samsara platform here.
About Samsara
Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, which is an open platform that connects the people, devices, and systems of some of the world’s most complex operations, allowing them to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. With tens of thousands of customers across North America and Europe, Samsara is a proud technology partner to the people who keep our global economy running, including the world’s leading organizations across industries in transportation, construction, wholesale and retail trade, field services, logistics, manufacturing, utilities and energy, government, healthcare and education, food and beverage, and others. The company’s mission is to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy.
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Key Takeaways Uncrustables posted 12% sales growth in Q1 fiscal 2027, with record sales, volume and household reach.
New fridge-friendly sandwiches and morning protein flavors are fueling Uncrustables' growth.
J.M. Smucker is accelerating Alabama capacity expansion as Uncrustables' household penetration hits 27%.
The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM - Free Report) continues to build momentum in its Uncrustables business, driven by growing consumer demand, expanding distribution and product innovation. The frozen handheld sandwich brand remains a key growth platform, with investments in brand development and manufacturing capacity supporting the company's efforts to broaden its consumer reach.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2027, Uncrustables delivered 12% net sales growth at the total-company level, driven by a double-digit increase in volume/mix. The brand achieved record quarterly sales, volume and household penetration, reflecting the benefits of brand-building initiatives, distribution gains and consumer-focused innovation.
Product innovation continues to support this growth trajectory. The recently launched fridge-friendly Uncrustables sandwiches are resonating with consumers, supported by marketing efforts across social, influencer and digital channels. The company has also introduced Beamin' Berry Blend and Burstin' Blueberry flavors under its morning protein platform. These additions are generating incremental growth and expanding the brand's presence in morning consumption occasions.
Uncrustables' household penetration reached 27%, indicating expansion opportunities. To support the brand's growth, Smucker is accelerating plans to bring the second phase of its McCalla, Alabama, manufacturing facility online toward the end of fiscal 2027. Uncrustables also delivered double-digit growth in Away From Home, benefiting from expanding distribution across convenience stores and other channels.
Uncrustables' growth trajectory remains supported by innovation, distribution expansion and additional manufacturing capacity. With volume growth expected in fiscal 2027, these initiatives are central to sustaining the brand's momentum. The pace of further expansion will depend on continued consumer demand, successful product launches and the execution of planned capacity additions.
SJM Stock Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of the Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company have rallied 19% over the past year against the industry’s decline of 20.5%.
SJM Price Performance Versus Industry
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From a valuation standpoint, SJM trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 11.10, below the industry’s average of 13.79.
SJM’s Valuation Compared to Industry
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SJM’s current and next fiscal-year earnings per share implies year-over-year growth of 17.1% and 1.9%, respectively.
Stocks to ConsiderLamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW - Free Report) , a leading global producer of frozen potato products, currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Lamb Weston’s current fiscal-year sales and earnings per share (EPS) implies a decline of 0.8% and growth of 6.3%, respectively, from the year-ago figures. LW delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 22.1%, on average.
Mama's Creations, Inc. (MAMA - Free Report) , a prepared-foods company focused on fresh, ready-to-eat and deli products, currently carries a Zacks Rank of 2. MAMA delivered a trailing four-quarter surprise of 121.7%, on average.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Mama's Creations’ current fiscal-year sales and EPS indicates respective increases of 30.3% and 66.7% from the year-ago period.
Laird Superfood, Inc. (LSF - Free Report) , a consumer product company that develops, manufactures and markets plant-based, natural and functional food and beverage products, currently carries a Zacks Rank #2. LSF delivered an earnings surprise of 100% in the last reported quarter.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Laird Superfood’s current fiscal-year sales and EPS implies growth of 188.2% and 104%, respectively, from the year-ago figures.
Key Takeaways Boot Barn's Q1 e-commerce comparable sales climbed 13.4%, while total sales rose 17.7% to $593.5 million.BOOT's AI-enabled Range Finder and Cassidy tools aim to enhance shopping across digital and store channels.Boot Barn plans 70 new stores in fiscal 2027 and expects e-commerce comparable sales growth of 11-13%.
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (BOOT - Free Report) is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) shopping tools into its omnichannel strategy, connecting digital capabilities with its stores-first retail model. Its AI-enabled Range Finder and Cassidy, an in-store consumer AI solution, complement the mobile app and WHIP endless-aisle offering. These capabilities support a broader strategy centered on merchandise access, customer engagement and efficient fulfillment across online and physical channels.
The company’s digital performance provides an encouraging backdrop. In first-quarter fiscal 2027, e-commerce comparable sales increased 13.4%, driven by double-digit growth at bootbarn.com. Store comparable sales rose 3.8%, bringing consolidated comparable sales growth to 4.7%. Net sales advanced 17.7% year over year to $593.5 million, supported by new store openings and comparable sales gains.
Boot Barn’s expanding store network anchors this approach. The retailer opened 27 stores during the quarter, ending with 566 locations across 49 states. Management noted that stores fulfill a large portion of online orders. This arrangement enhances merchandise margins while giving customers access to a broader assortment, reinforcing the network’s role beyond traditional store sales.
Strong adoption of buy online, pick up in store and ship-to-store services further supports the strategy. These options help drive store traffic, reduce fulfillment costs and deepen customer engagement. Alongside this infrastructure, AI shopping tools extend the digital experience into stores, adding another way for Boot Barn to connect its channels and make shopping more seamless.
Boot Barn projects fiscal 2027 e-commerce comparable sales growth of 11-13% and plans 70 store openings. Boot Barn has not separately quantified the sales or margin contribution of its AI tools. Still, their place within a growing store network and established fulfillment capabilities gives the company another avenue to improve the shopping experience.
Boot Barn’s Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of Boot Barn have lost 33.4% over the past year compared with the industry’s 3.8% decline.
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From a valuation standpoint, BOOT trades at a trailing price-to-sales ratio of 1.57, above the industry’s average of 1.30. It has a Value Score of A.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Boot Barn’s fiscal 2027 earnings implies 23.5% year-over-year growth, while the same for fiscal 2028 indicates an uptick of 10.3%. Estimates for fiscal 2027 and 2028 have remained unchanged and revised upward by a penny, respectively, over the past 30 days.
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Boot Barn currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Other Key PicksGenesco Inc. (GCO - Free Report) is a Nashville-based specialty retailer and branded company. It sells footwear and accessories through retail stores. The company sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Genesco’s current fiscal-year earnings indicates 62.1% growth from the year-ago actual. GCO delivered a trailing four-quarter average earnings surprise of 11.2%.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI - Free Report) designs, produces and retails footwear and accessories. It offers shoes, boots, sandals, sneakers, socks, handbags and accessories. It currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Designer Brands’ current fiscal-year earnings and sales suggests growth of 225% and 0.6%, respectively, from the year-ago actuals. DBI delivered a trailing four-quarter average earnings surprise of 108.1%.
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN - Free Report) is a lifestyle products and services company that sells fashion apparel, accessories, footwear, home goods and related offerings through a portfolio of global consumer brands. The company carries a Zacks Rank of 2 at present.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Urban Outfitters’ current fiscal-year earnings and sales suggests growth of 14% and 9.5%, respectively, from the year-ago actuals. URBN delivered a trailing four-quarter average earnings surprise of 9.7%.
Valmont Industries očekává za čtvrtletí EPS ve výši 5,71 USD, což představuje meziroční nárůst o 14,7 %, a tržby ve výši 1,12 mld. USD, tedy růst o 6,7 %.
Valmont Industries (VMI - Free Report) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price.
The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 20, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call will mostly determine the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations, it's worth having a handicapping insight into the odds of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus EstimateThis infrastructure equipment maker is expected to post quarterly earnings of $5.71 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +14.7%.
Revenues are expected to be $1.12 billion, up 6.7% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions TrendThe consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 0.47% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings WhisperEstimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. This insight is at the core of our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction).
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for Valmont?For Valmont, the Most Accurate Estimate is lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bearish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of -0.18%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #3.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that Valmont will beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?While calculating estimates for a company's future earnings, analysts often consider to what extent it has been able to match past consensus estimates. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that Valmont would post earnings of $5.76 per share when it actually produced earnings of $6.14, delivering a surprise of +6.60%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates three times.
Bottom LineAn earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
That said, betting on stocks that are expected to beat earnings expectations does increase the odds of success. This is why it's worth checking a company's Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank ahead of its quarterly release. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
Valmont doesn't appear a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
Stay on top of upcoming earnings announcements with the Zacks Earnings Calendar.
Albertsons (ACI.N) withdrew its fiscal 2026 forecasts on Tuesday as the grocer launched a broad review of its business aimed at cutting costs, lowering prices and reversing sluggish sales.
The company has been facing cautious consumer spending, particularly by lower-income shoppers, as food and fuel costs climb, as well as market share losses to mass retailers including Walmart (WMT.O), discount chains and private-label brands.
The review builds on a restructuring, announced in July, and is expected to finish during the fourth quarter ending February 2027.
Albertsons plans to provide refreshed short- and long-term financial targets alongside a "comprehensive turnaround plan" by its fourth-quarter earnings call.
Executive Chair Meg Whitman said Albertsons' market-share trends had lagged and that despite individual successes across the business, the company was not delivering results consistent with the quality of its assets.
"We must turn things around," Whitman said on a post-earnings call, adding that the grocer needed to move faster to cut costs and reinvest much of those savings to lower prices and improve store experience.
Whitman, the former eBay and Hewlett-Packard CEO, was named Albertsons' executive chair last month in a newly created role aimed at helping the grocer "sharpen its strategy and strengthen execution."
CEO Susan Morris said Albertsons had accumulated too many initiatives, processes and layers of complexity over time, slowing the organization and increasing costs.
"Simply put, we're not satisfied with the results and the current trajectory of our business," she said.
The expanded turnaround effort comes nearly two years after Albertsons' proposed $24.6 billion merger with Kroger (KR.N) collapsed after a federal court blocked the deal in December 2024 on antitrust grounds. Albertsons subsequently terminated the agreement.
Shares rose 2% on Tuesday, reversing premarket losses. They had fallen 27% this year as of last close.
In July, Albertsons outlined plans to expand private-label offerings and improve e-commerce, while restructuring its 11 divisions into four regions and centralizing merchandising. Albertsons now describes those changes as the first step in its broader turnaround.
"We'll exit areas that are underperforming," Morris said on Tuesday.
Albertsons had slashed its annual target prior quarter, forecast fiscal 2026 adjusted earnings per share in the range of $1.75 to $1.85 and said it expected annual identical sales to decline in the range of 0.5% to 1.5%.
Michael Gunther, an analyst at Consumer Edge, said that the research firm's credit and debit card data shows that "traditional supermarkets, including Albertsons, have continued losing grocery market share to specialty and discount format."
The grocer on Tuesday reported that its same-store sales in the second quarter ended September 12 fell 0.8%.
But it posted second-quarter adjusted profit of 36 cents per share, beating estimates of 33 cents per share, according to data compiled by LSEG.
Credo Technology ve fiskálním 1. čtvrtletí meziročně zvýšila tržby o 114,7 % na 479 milionů USD a pro fiskální 2. čtvrtletí očekává tržby ve výši 525 až 535 milionů USD.
Credo Technology is growing faster than Marvell and Astera Labs yet trades at a fraction of their valuations, which raises a question every AI investor should sit with before the next earnings report.
The 24/7 Wall St. price target for Credo Technology (NASDAQ:CRDO | CRDO Price Prediction) is $258.39, which means 21.17% upside from the current $213.24. The model rates the stock a buy with high confidence.
Metric Value Current Price $213.24 Price Target from 24/7 Wall St. $258.39 Upside/Downside 21.17% Recommendation BUY Confidence Level 90% Management expects fiscal 2027 revenue growth of more than 85% and more than $600 million of optical revenue. Even so, Credo trades at a forward P/E of about 31x.
Wall Street sits further out: the consensus target is $279.09, with 5 Strong Buy ratings, 14 Buy ratings and 1 Hold.
Credo Has Recovered From Its Post-Earnings Drop Shares closed at $227.76 on the day of the fiscal Q1 2027 earnings report, then fell to $170.57 by September 5. The stock has gained back much of that ground, rising 26.76% over the past month and 47.78% year to date. It sits about 30.9% off its 52-week high of $308.67.
Revenue of $479M beat the $470.38M estimate and grew 114.7% year over year. Non-GAAP EPS of $1.20 also came in ahead of the $1.17 estimate.
GAAP EPS of $0.78 missed expectations of $0.93. The gap comes from amortization tied to the Dust Photonics acquisition, which raised goodwill to $986.45M. For fiscal Q2, Credo guides revenue to $525M to $535M.
Optics Could Push Credo Toward $335 The bull case puts Credo at $335.48. Active electrical cables (AECs) remain Credo’s largest business, but its optics portfolio is growing faster. Management expects ZeroFlap optics, silicon photonics chips and optical DSPs to each contribute more than $100 million in fiscal 2027.
OmniConnect could add “thousands of dollars of Credo content per GPU” starting in fiscal 2028. Management also expects non-GAAP net margin in the vicinity of 50% in fiscal 2027.
Customer Concentration Is the Biggest Risk The bear case is $204.22. Credo’s largest customer accounted for 33% of revenue last quarter, and the second-largest accounted for 28%. GAAP gross margin contracted to 64.5% from 68.2%, and inventory rose by $62.2 million in a single quarter.
There is a reasonable explanation for both: the margin hit comes from acquisition amortization, and the inventory build supports the optical growth. Non-GAAP gross margin held at 68.0%.
Credo Is Cheaper Than Marvell and Astera Labs Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) competes directly with Credo in data center DSPs and interconnect.
Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) is the closest pure play on AI connectivity. Astera grew revenue 104.5% last quarter, slower than Credo, yet it trades at nearly twice Credo’s sales multiple. Marvell grew revenue 36.5% and carries about twice Credo’s forward P/E.
Company Forward P/E Price/Sales (TTM) Credo 31x 25.99 Marvell 62x 26.12 Astera Labs 56x 50.09 Compared with these peers, the 24/7 Wall St. price target looks conservative.
Credo’s Growth Outweighs Its Volatility Our 24/7 Wall St. price target of $258.39 carries a buy rating with 90% confidence. What tips the scale for me is the valuation.
Credo is growing faster than either peer and trades at a lower forward multiple (we reverse-engineered what the biggest tech winners looked like early in a free playbook you can grab here). I’d turn more bullish if 1.6T DSP revenue arrives on schedule. I’d grow cautious if a top hyperscaler pulls back on spending.
Credo Technology Price Prediction 2026-2030 Beyond that, here is where our model projects Credo could trade at the end of each year, based on our base-case scenario:
Year Price Target from 24/7 Wall St. 2026 $236.57 2027 $258.64 2028 $298.29 2029 $313.76 2030 $339.58 The estimates rest on Credo continuing to execute on its current strategy. The results could land well above or below these figures depending on how fast hyperscalers adopt Active LED Cables and whether AI capital spending slows.
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GitLab zvýšil výhled na fiskální rok 2027; růst podporuje zavádění agentní umělé inteligence, poptávka podniků po suverenitě a vyšší úspěšnost při získávání zakázek.
SummaryGitLab is rated a Strong Buy, driven by agentic AI adoption, enterprise demand for sovereignty, and accelerating leading indicators supporting a 2027 inflection.GitLab benefits from mounting reliability problems and strategic distractions at GitHub, with higher win rates, first orders doubling YoY, and significant new-logo ARR growth.GitLab is also gaining a new seat cohort as AI lets non-engineers build software, with management reporting rising customer demand for non-engineering seats.Raised FY27 guidance, robust net cash, and new product launches (Orbit, Artifact Central) create attractive upside scenarios, though risks remain from GitHub recovery, competition, and premium valuation. Kenneth Cheung/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images
Investment Thesis GitLab (GTLB) is initiated as a Strong Buy, based on a number of tailwinds and long-term themes stacking on top of each other. As agentic AI multiplies the amount of code that
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StoneX zahájila pokrytí společnosti SoFi Technologies (SOFI) s doporučením koupit a cílovou cenou 25 USD. Akcie společnosti letos klesly téměř o 42 %, zatímco tržby ve 2. čtvrtletí vzrostly o 40 % na rekordních 1,2 mld. USD.
SoFi Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) has spent most of 2026 heading lower. StoneX Financial believes the selling has gone too far.
The firm launched coverage of SoFi with a Buy rating and a $25 price target, CNBC reported. The target implies roughly 64% upside from Monday’s close of $15.23.
Shares have lost nearly 42% year to date and trade more than 50% below their 52-week high of $32.73, according to Benzinga Pro market data.
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Business Vs. Share PriceAnalyst Mark Palmer built the call around a widening gap between SoFi’s results and its stock.
“SOFI’s share price is down ~40% this year while its 2Q26 adjusted net revenue grew by more than 40% [year over year],” Palmer said in a Monday note to clients, per CNBC.
“A 40% price decline alone does not make a stock inexpensive, but such a drop paired with record operating progress and an underappreciated new business line does, in our view.”
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He argued the market is pricing in a slowdown that hasn’t shown up. “SOFI during 2Q26 added more members, more deposits, more products and more profit than in any prior quarter, but the market has marked the stock down as if all four were in retreat,” Palmer wrote.
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StoneX expects SoFi to turn top-line gains into profit after heavy marketing outlays. Palmer also cited an accelerating member flywheel and “the most advanced bank-issued stablecoin franchise in the U.S.”
Record Quarter, Cautious GuideThe second quarter supports much of the bull case. Adjusted revenue climbed 40% to a record $1.2 billion, topping estimates of $1.12 billion, Reuters reported. Membership rose 35% to 15.8 million, and loan originations hit a record $14.8 billion.
Investors sold anyway. SoFi raised its full-year revenue outlook to $4.75 billion to $4.85 billion but held its adjusted profit forecast at 60 cents a share. The stock fell 9% in early trading after the July report.
CEO Anthony Noto told CNBC the company left earnings guidance alone because of potential Federal Reserve rate hikes.
“I just think higher rates create some uncertainty generally,” Noto said, adding, “we just wanted to leave some cushion.”
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The Stablecoin AngleSoFi’s newest business line is the piece Palmer considers underappreciated. The company opened its dollar-pegged SoFiUSD token to nearly 15 million app users this year, The Wall Street Journal reported. It was the first national bank to offer a stablecoin on a public blockchain.
Wall Street SplitWall Street leans bullish, but not by much. Of the 22 analysts tracked by Benzinga, nine rate SoFi a Buy or Strong Buy and nine have a Hold. Four rate it a Sell. The consensus rating is a Buy, and the average price target of $19 implies about 24.8% upside.
Piper Sandler turned bullish in August with an overweight rating and a $22 target.
SOFI Stock Price Activity: SoFi Technologies shares are trading higher by 0.23% at $15.27 at the time of publication on Tuesday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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SummarySoFi Technologies remains a Strong Buy with a $22–$26 fair value, reflecting 39%–65% upside from current levels.SOFI’s differentiated business segments are variably exposed to higher rates, with deposit funding protected by the bank charter and loan platform fees pressured by term premiums.Retaining most loan originations increases balance sheet risk but supports net interest margin, contingent on stable rates and sustained buyer demand for loan sales.Key risks include achieving the second-half earnings step-up, fair-value marks on $29.7B held-for-sale loans, and potential fee margin fluctuations amid a higher-for-longer rate environment. alexsl/iStock via Getty Images
I maintain my Strong Buy rating and my $22 to $26 fair value range on SoFi Technologies (SOFI), implying 39% to 65% upside from the $15.80 close on 9 October, even as the 10-year Treasury yield
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Akcie společnosti SentinelOne během dne klesly o 8,42 % poté, co firma oznámila emisi konvertibilních dluhopisů v objemu 1,25 miliardy USD se splatností v roce 2031.
SentinelOne Inc. (NYSE:S) shares are trading lower after the company announced a proposed private placement of $1.25 billion of convertible senior notes due 2031.
SentinelOne shares are retreating from recent levels. Why is S stock dropping?
A $1.25 Billion Note Sale, With Up to $150 Million Going to BuybacksSentinelOne intends to offer $1.25 billion of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2031 to qualified institutional buyers, and to give the initial purchasers an option to buy up to an additional $187.5 million. The notes will not bear regular interest. Upon conversion, SentinelOne can pay in cash, Class A shares or a combination of both.
The company plans to use the net proceeds to pay for capped call transactions, which are intended to reduce potential dilution from conversion, and to repurchase up to $150 million of its Class A shares concurrently with pricing, at the closing price on the pricing date. The remainder is earmarked for general corporate purposes, additional buybacks, working capital, capital expenditures and potential acquisitions or investments. The final terms, including the conversion rate, will be set at pricing.
Separately, SentinelOne said it intends to enter a credit agreement for a $400 million secured revolving credit facility and is in talks with potential lenders. The agreement hasn’t been signed, and the note offering isn’t contingent on it.
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S Price Action: At the time of publication, SentinelOne shares are trading 8.42% lower at $ 23.50, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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Key Takeaways OMCL saw high customer engagement around Titan XT and OmniSphere, with a larger product-bookings pipeline.OMCL raised 2026 EBITDA guidance to $175-$185 million and EPS guidance to $2.15-$2.30 after Q2 results.OMCL expects $6 million in incremental memory costs in second-half 2026, pressuring product gross margins. Omnicell’s (OMCL - Free Report) autonomous pharmacy strategy aims to improve efficiency and reduce medication errors, with strong customer engagement around Titan XT and OmniSphere. The company raised its 2026 EBITDA and earnings outlook after cost discipline and operating efficiency lifted quarterly results. Omnicell’s strategic priorities include broader product adoption, recurring revenue growth and advancing OmniSphere. Yet, the company faces rising memory costs and lengthy customer approval processes that could delay Titan XT sales.
Over the past year, this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock has risen 24.2% against the 5.8% fall of the industry and the 18.6% growth of the S&P 500 composite.
The renowned healthcare technology company has a market capitalization of $1.63 billion. It has an earnings yield of 6% compared to the industry’s negative 1.8% yield. Omnicell surpassed estimates in three of the trailing four quarters and missed on one occasion, delivering an average earnings surprise of 47.3%.
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Tailwinds for OMCL StockAutonomous Pharmacy Model Holds Potential: The industry-defined vision of autonomous pharmacy remains a roadmap for improving operational efficiency and reducing medication-management errors. Health systems continue to face labor, cost and workflow constraints, which can delay purchasing decisions but increase the need for automation, visibility and standardized processes over time.
Omnicell has expanded from point solutions toward an enterprise medication-management platform that connects devices, data and workflows. In the second quarter of 2026, management said customer engagement around enterprise-wide medication management remained high and the product-bookings pipeline exiting the quarter was larger than in recent years. Interest has centered on Titan XT and OmniSphere as customers evaluate next-generation platforms. Omnicell also secured its first competitive Titan XT conversion win of 2026, alongside AWS, IV workflow and other solutions.
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Cost Discipline Supports Earnings Leverage: Omnicell continues to manage its cost structure while investing in product development. Non-GAAP EBITDA reached $67 million in the second quarter of 2026, including a one-time $15 million tariff refund. Excluding that refund, non-GAAP EBITDA would have been $52 million, still above the midpoint of prior guidance. Management attributed the underlying performance to revenue mix, cost control and operating efficiency. Following the quarter, Omnicell raised full-year 2026 non-GAAP EBITDA guidance to $175-$185 million and non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) guidance to $2.15-$2.30.
Strategic Imperatives to Drive Growth: Omnicell’s growth strategy continues to center on expanding its market presence, increasing recurring revenues and advancing the OmniSphere technology platform. The first pillar is broader use across inpatient and outpatient settings, including nursing units, pharmacy operations and other medication workflows. In the second quarter of 2026, existing customers selected Titan XT along with central pharmacy and inventory optimization solutions. The second pillar is a more predictable recurring revenue base through cloud-based offerings, software subscriptions and services. Service revenues reached $137 million in the second quarter of 2026, up from $127 million a year earlier.
OmniSphere is designed to unify all Omnicell products under a single, secure infrastructure to make it simpler, safer and more connected to manage medications within a growing health system. The platform is also intended to support analytics and AI-driven capabilities that make workflows more predictive and efficient.
What Ails Omnicell?Input Cost Volatility May Strain Margins: Omnicell remains exposed to cost volatility across components, supply chains and trade-related inputs. The second quarter of 2026 benefited from a one-time $15 million refund of previously paid International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs, which lifted product gross margin and earnings, but that benefit will not recur. The company is also navigating an imbalanced supply-demand environment for memory chips. It expects this issue to add about $6 million of incremental costs in the second half of 2026, about five times the beginning-of-year cost. The impact is expected to reduce full-year 2026 consolidated gross margin by about 50 basis points (bps) and product gross margin by about 80 bps.
Younger Installed Base May Delay the Refresh Cycle: The Titan XT opportunity may develop more slowly than prior replacement cycles. Management noted that the current XT installed base is younger than what the G Series installed base was when customers transitioned from G Series to XT. This creates less urgency for some existing customers to replace functioning equipment even as Titan XT becomes available. Titan XT remains scheduled for shipment in the second half of 2026, but customers can take quarters or years to approve large capital projects. A younger fleet combined with lengthy evaluations could lengthen the replacement cycle and defer revenues that investors may otherwise expect from the new platform launch.
OMCL Stock Estimate TrendThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for Omnicell’s 2026 EPS has remained constant at $2.15 in the past 30 days.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2026 revenues is pegged at $1.24 billion. This suggests a 4.4% increase from the year-ago reported number.
Key PicksSome better-ranked stocks in the broader medical space are Phibro Animal Health (PAHC - Free Report) , Abbott (ABT - Free Report) and Globus Medical (GMED - Free Report) .
Phibro Animal Health has an earnings yield of 9.3% compared with the industry’s 2.7% yield. Shares of the company have increased 2.6% against the industry’s 27.9% decline over the past year. PAHC’s earnings outpaced estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 18.4%.
PAHC sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Abbott, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), has an earnings yield of 5.6% compared with the industry’s 2.6% yield. Its earnings beat estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 0.8%. ABT shares have plunged 22.5% compared with the industry’s 27.9% decline over the past year.
Globus Medical, carrying a Zacks Rank #2, has an earnings yield of 6.8% against the industry’s negative 1.7% yield. Its earnings surpassed estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, with the average surprise being 27.9%. GMED shares have rallied 32.6% compared with the industry’s 7.3% growth over the past year.
SkyWater a D-Wave (QBTS) uzavřely víceletou dohodu o pokračování vývoje a výrobě specializovaných polovodičových procesů pro kvantové technologie D-Wave.
SkyWater and D-Wave Extend Quantum Manufacturing Collaboration Through Multi-Year Agreement SkyWater Technology (“SkyWater”), the first quantum foundry in the U.S., and D-Wave Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: QBTS) ("D-Wave"), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced a multi-year agreement. This collaboration extends the long-established partnership between both companies, to continue specialized semiconductor process development and manufacturing in support of D-Wave's quantum technology roadmap.
D-Wave's work with the process integration and manufacturing team at SkyWater’s Minnesota fab spans more than a decade, creating a deep base of process knowledge around its superconducting quantum technologies. The two companies are working together and bring different strengths. D-Wave knows how to engineer superconducting processes and how to design quantum systems and processors. SkyWater is skilled at combining manufacturing steps into one process, engineering materials, making very thin layers of material, and manufacturing semiconductors.
That technical collaboration has supported multiple generations of D-Wave technology, including fabrication of Advantage2™ processors. A D-Wave Advantage2 system, fabricated at SkyWater, was used in research published in Science in 2025 demonstrating performance beyond classical approaches on a useful quantum simulation problem.
Under the new agreement, D-Wave will continue its relationship with SkyWater’s Minnesota fab team, providing manufacturing continuity and access to specialized process expertise developed around its technology requirements. The agreement builds on that established technical foundation, with terms that protect D-Wave’s intellectual property as the company advances its quantum systems.
Separately, the companies collaborated on a proof-of-technology project earlier this year, applying D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing technology to drive more efficient manufacturing processes at SkyWater’s fab. The optimized maintenance schedule reduced lot delays by up to 30%, improving factory throughput. A forthcoming proof-of-concept will focus on extending the model to include resource availability, technician constraints, and additional fab-specific operational constraints.
"Our team has developed deep process knowledge around D-Wave's highly specialized technology, demonstrating the value of close collaboration between quantum innovators and semiconductor manufacturers," said Thomas Sonderman, CEO of SkyWater Technology. "This agreement reinforces our commitment to providing D-Wave and customers across the quantum ecosystem with the unique process development and manufacturing capabilities they need to advance their technologies."
"Our work with the SkyWater team has played an important role in powering the past decade of D-Wave's superconducting quantum annealing technology," said Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave. "This agreement provides continuity with an experienced manufacturing team and specialized process capabilities we know well as we build the next generations of our quantum systems."
The agreement reflects growing demand for semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure capable of supporting the specialized materials, processes and integration requirements of quantum technologies. SkyWater recently launched SkyWater Quantum Solutions to help quantum companies transition technologies from development toward repeatable manufacturing. The company continues to serve existing customers such as D-Wave across the broader quantum ecosystem.
About D-Wave Quantum Inc.
D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software and services. It is the world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the first and only company to offer dual-platform quantum computing products and services, spanning both annealing and gate-model quantum computing technologies. D-Wave’s mission is to help customers realize the value of quantum today through enterprise-grade systems available on-premises and via its Leap™ quantum cloud service, which offers 99.9% availability and uptime. More than 100 organizations across commercial, government and research sectors trust D-Wave to address complex computational challenges using quantum computing. Learn more about realizing the value of quantum computing today and how we’re shaping the quantum-driven industrial and societal advancements of tomorrow: www.dwavequantum.com.
About SkyWater Technology
SkyWater Technology is the largest exclusively U.S.-based semiconductor foundry. SkyWater provides advanced development and manufacturing services that enable customers to bring differentiated technologies from concept to production. Through its U.S.-based facilities and specialized process development, wafer manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities, SkyWater serves customers across quantum computing, aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial, biomedical and other advanced technology markets. Learn more at www.skywatertechnology.com.
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Mysten Labs provedla na vývojové síti Sui první nativní transakci odolnou vůči kvantovým útokům s podpisem ML-DSA-65. Podpora na hlavní síti je cílována na 1. čtvrtletí 2027, pokud audity a zpětná vazba z testnetu dopadnou dobře.
Mysten Labs says Sui has processed its first native quantum-safe transaction on its development network. The milestone arrived with devnet-v1.82.0, which shipped as protocol version 139 on October 12, 2026. That release adds ML-DSA-65 as a native account signature type. Mainnet support is targeted for Q1 2027, but only if audits and testnet feedback cooperate.
What actually changed on devnet Sui’s codebase now includes a new entry, SignatureScheme::MLDSA65 = 7, which registers the post-quantum scheme alongside the network’s existing signature options.
ML-DSA-65 is standardized by NIST under FIPS 204 and rated at Level 3 security. Sui intends it for everyday native accounts, the ordinary wallets people use to send tokens and interact with apps.
For high-value Move smart contract vaults, Sui is reaching for a different tool: SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s. Both schemes are NIST-approved and come from distinct mathematical families, meaning a weakness discovered in one family would not automatically compromise the other.
The user experience pitch Adoption of post-quantum accounts is opt-in. Users can keep their existing 32-byte seeds and recovery phrases rather than starting from scratch.
Addresses don’t need to change either. The upgrade relies on Sui’s existing address aliases and lets users rotate keys from their recovery phrases.
Gas costs are also unchanged. Quantum-safe signatures carry no extra fees.
The effort is being led by Kostas Chalkias, Mysten’s co-founder and chief cryptographer, and Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder and chief product officer.
How this fits Sui’s broader roadmap The devnet transaction is one step in a plan Sui laid out in its August 2026 quantum readiness strategy. Quantum-safe vaults built on SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s are aimed at mainnet in 2026, ahead of the account-level upgrade. Native ML-DSA-65 account support follows, with a Q1 2027 target contingent on audit results and testnet feedback.
What this means for Sui and its users For everyday SUI holders, nothing changes today. The feature lives on devnet, it is opt-in, and mainnet account support is still more than a year out under the current target.
For developers and institutions, the more immediate item is the vault upgrade. Teams managing large Move smart contract treasuries will want to watch whether SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s vaults actually hit mainnet on the 2026 schedule, and how audits treat the implementation.
Adoption is the other open question. An opt-in security feature only protects the people who opt in. The key metrics to watch are testnet feedback, audit outcomes, and whether the vault and account upgrades land on their stated schedules.
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NioCorp zajistil smlouvy o odběru 100 % plánované produkce projektu Elk Creek na prvních 15 let provozu. Traxys odebere 50 % feroniobu, zbývajících 50 % zajistí Thyssenkrupp během prvních 10 let provozu.
Under a New 15-Year Definitive Agreement, Traxys Agrees to Purchase 50% of NioCorp's Planned Ferroniobium Production on a Volumetric Take-or-Pay Basis, with the Remaining 50% Covered by an Existing Offtake Agreement with ThyssenKrupp
Traxys Will Have the Exclusive Right to Broker Sales to Industrial and/or Government Customers of NioCorp's Planned Scandium, Titanium and Rare Earth Products Over 15 Years
This Major Commercial Milestone is Expected to Support the Advancement of NioCorp's Proposed Debt Financing Package with the U.S. Export-Import Bank
CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / October 13, 2026 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp," "our," or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB), a leading U.S. developer of critical minerals, has reached a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") with Traxys North America LLC ("Traxys"), a leading global trader and merchant in the metals and natural resources sectors, resulting in 100% of the Company's planned production from its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project (the "Elk Creek Project") now being supported by commercial agreements during the first 15 years of operations.
Under the binding Agreement, Traxys will purchase, on a take-or-pay basis, 50% of NioCorp's planned ferroniobium production from its Elk Creek Project over the first 15 years of production. The Agreement supersedes and replaces the prior ferroniobium and scandium offtake arrangements between NioCorp and Traxys. NioCorp's existing offtake agreement with ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH ("ThyssenKrupp") covering the other 50% of NioCorp's planned ferroniobium production from its Elk Creek Project over the first 10 years of production remains unchanged.
Traxys will also have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to purchase all of NioCorp's planned products beyond ferroniobium, including scandium, titanium and rare earth products, and to serve as NioCorp's exclusive global marketing and sales partner, leveraging its established global customer network and the central role it now plays in the Trump Administration's Project Vault initiative, which is designed to facilitate sales of critical minerals to large manufacturers.
"We've always believed the right commercial partner is just as important as the products themselves," said Mark A. Smith, CEO and Executive Chairman of NioCorp. "Members of our management team have worked with the Traxys team for several decades, and they've built an outstanding reputation in these markets. They understand these products, they understand the customers, and we've developed a high level of confidence in their team over many years. Expanding that relationship was a logical next step for us."
"Together with our existing ferroniobium offtake agreement, every product we plan to produce at Elk Creek is now supported by long-term commercial agreements for 15 years of operations with highly reputable commercial partners," Mr. Smith said. "That puts us in an even stronger position as we advance our remaining financing efforts, including addressing one of the key due diligence items in EXIM's review of our proposed financing package. Just as importantly, it shows there are experienced market participants willing to commit to the products we expect to bring to market."
Mark Kristoff, CEO of Traxys, said: "If recent and ongoing geopolitical events have shown us anything, it's that manufacturers can no longer assume critical mineral supply will always be available when and where it's needed. Customers today are looking for reliable, long-term supply from trusted jurisdictions, and that trend is only accelerating. We've worked with Mark and his team for many years, and we believe the Elk Creek Project is exceptionally well positioned to help meet that demand."
Mr. Kristoff continued, "As a key participant in President Trump's Project Vault initiative, Traxys is focused on helping build stronger domestic critical mineral supply chains by connecting emerging producers with manufacturers seeking dependable long-term supply. That's exactly why we're expanding our relationship with NioCorp through this agreement, and we look forward to bringing Elk Creek's products to customers across North America and allied markets in the future."
The Agreement is binding on the parties. Deliveries under the Agreement remain subject to completion of project financing, construction of the Elk Creek Project, commencement of commercial production, and the finalization of customary ancillary commercial terms between the parties.
Separately from the Agreement, NioCorp and Traxys continue to discuss a potential strategic equity investment by Traxys of up to $30 million in NioCorp. Any such investment is not part of the Agreement and would remain subject to further negotiation, due diligence, and the execution of definitive documentation. There can be no assurance that an investment will be agreed to or completed.
NioCorp is developing the Elk Creek Project that is expected to produce niobium, scandium, titanium and several rare earth products, including neodymium-praseodymium oxide, dysprosium oxide, terbium oxide, samarium-europium-gadolinium ("SEG") carbonate, and heavy rare earth carbonate. Niobium is used to produce specialty alloys as well as High Strength, Low Alloy steel, which is a lighter, stronger steel used in automotive, structural, and pipeline applications. Scandium is a specialty metal that can be combined with Aluminum to make alloys with increased strength and improved corrosion resistance. Scandium is also a critical component of advanced solid oxide fuel cells. Titanium is used in various lightweight alloys and is a key component of pigments used in paper, paint and plastics and is also used for aerospace applications, armor, and medical implants. Magnetic rare earths, such as neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, and dysprosium are critical to the making of neodymium-iron-boron magnets, which are used across a wide variety of defense and civilian applications.
ABOUT TRAXYS GROUP
Traxys is a physical commodity trader and merchant in the metals and natural resources sectors. Its logistics, marketing, distribution, supply chain management, and trading activities are conducted by over 450 employees in over 20 offices worldwide, and its annual turnover reaches USD 10 billion. Traxys is engaged in sourcing, trading, marketing, and distributing non-ferrous metals, ferro-alloys, minerals, industrial raw materials, and energy.
The Group serves a broad base of industrial customers and offers a full range of commercial and financial services. Traxys is committed to the highest internationally recognized principles for responsible business conduct, and to ensuring that its operations are equitable, sustainable, and transparent.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws (collectively "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's debt financing application process with EXIM, including NioCorp's expectation that the Agreement is expected to support the advancement of the debt financing process with EXIM; statements that NioCorp is evaluating for production oxides of the rare earths samarium, europium, gadolinium, and yttrium, in addition to the metal forms of all of the elements it plans to produce; statements regarding a potential strategic equity investment by Traxys of up to $30 million in NioCorp; NioCorp's expectation of producing niobium, scandium, titanium and several rare earth products, including neodymium-praseodymium oxide, dysprosium oxide, terbium oxide, SEG carbonate, and heavy rare earth carbonate at the Elk Creek Project; and NioCorp's confidence in and ability to secure sufficient project financing to complete construction of the Elk Creek Project and move it to commercial operation, as well as efforts and expenditures relating to the same. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "plan," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "outlook," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "continue," "could," "may," "might," "possible," "potential," "predict," "should," "would" and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.
The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of NioCorp and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. Forward-looking statements reflect material expectations and assumptions, including, without limitation, expectations and assumptions relating to: NioCorp's ability to receive sufficient project financing for the construction of the Elk Creek Project on acceptable terms, or at all; the future price of and demand for metals, including Al-Sc alloy; the impact that Chinese restrictions have on pricing and demand including the existence of a bifurcated market between China and the rest of the world; and the stability of the financial and capital markets. Such expectations and assumptions are inherently subject to uncertainties and contingencies regarding future events and, as such, are subject to change. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed and identified in public filings made by NioCorp with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the following: NioCorp's requirement of significant additional capital; NioCorp's ability to receive sufficient project financing for the construction of the Elk Creek Project on acceptable terms, or at all; NioCorp's ability to achieve the required milestones and receive the full $10.0 million in reimbursement under the Project Sub-Agreement with Advanced Technology International, an entity acting on behalf of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium under the authority of the U.S. Department of War; NioCorp's ability to receive a final commitment of financing from EXIM or other debt financing or financial support on acceptable timelines, on acceptable terms, or at all; NioCorp's ability to continue to meet the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; risks relating to NioCorp's common shares, including price volatility, lack of dividend payments and dilution or the perception of the likelihood of any of the foregoing; the extent to which NioCorp's level of indebtedness and/or the terms contained in agreements governing NioCorp's indebtedness, if any, or other agreements may impair NioCorp's ability to obtain additional financing, on acceptable terms, or at all; NioCorp's limited operating history; NioCorp's history of losses; the material weakness in NioCorp's internal control over financial reporting, NioCorp's efforts to remediate such material weakness and the timing of remediation; the possibility that NioCorp may qualify as a passive foreign investment company under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); the potential that the business combination with GX Acquisition Corp. 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CoreWeave má objem nasmlouvaných zakázek 104 mld. USD, ale ve 2. čtvrtletí vykázala záporný volný peněžní tok ve výši 5,74 mld. USD a její akcie za šest měsíců klesly o 27,22 %.
CoreWeave's $104 billion backlog and a Street-high price target suggest massive upside, yet the stock keeps sliding as losses widen and debt piles up. One analyst sees a tripling ahead while others warn the balance sheet leaves almost no margin…
CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) currently trades at $80.26. The average price target among analysts is $141.47, which means 76.26% upside.
CoreWeave rents out NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) GPU capacity to AI labs and enterprises. Its growth has been rapid. Second-quarter revenue rose 112.3% to $2.58B, and backlog reached about $104B. Rosenblatt Securities goes further than the consensus with a Street-high target of $250.00. That means about 211% upside, enough to triple the stock.
Because the gap is well above 40%, either the market or the analysts have badly misjudged how this debt-funded buildout pays off.
Debt, Capex and Wider Losses Drove a 27% Slide
Cash burn is the biggest problem. In the second quarter, CoreWeave spent $6.42B on capex, and free cash flow came in at -$5.74B. Interest expense rose to $640M from $267M a year earlier. The net loss widened to $626M from $290M.
Shares have fallen 27.22% over six months and 42.02% over the past year. On the annual view, that is a selloff well past 30%. The stock sat at $136.80 when first-quarter results came out. In that quarter, the loss of -$1.40 per share missed the -$1.20 estimate, and insider selling before the report drew attention. By the second-quarter report, the stock had dropped to $87.64, even though both revenue and earnings beat estimates.
The balance sheet magnifies every concern. Debt-to-equity stands at 8.94 and interest coverage is negative. A securities fraud class action claiming hid data center construction delays adds another overhang.
Why 31 of 42 Analysts Still Say Buy
The bull case rests on revenue visibility. CoreWeave added more than $25B of new customer commitments early in the third quarter. Its contracts include a $21B hyperscaler commitment, about $22.4B from OpenAI and a multi-year Anthropic agreement. Rosenblatt’s $250 thesis points to three factors: exclusive early access to NVIDIA supply, locked-in multi-year backlogs, and power capacity secured while rivals face grid bottlenecks.
Operating leverage is starting to show. Operating cash flow swung to +$679M from -$251M. Adjusted EBITDA reached $1.51B, a 59% margin. Active power stands at 1.5 GW against 3.7 GW under contract. CoreWeave also closed a $2B investment from NVIDIA and earned a spot in the NASDAQ-100. The CEO said “our scale began to translate into expanding operating leverage.”
Of 42 analysts, 31 rate the stock a Buy. The full breakdown:
Earnings estimates tell a more conservative story. The average 2027 EPS estimate has slipped to -$4.3252 from -$3.3687 90 days ago. Forecasts for 2027 revenue range from $21.1B to $31.03B. Analysts expect losses to continue through 2027, so price targets are one input, and they guarantee nothing.
AI Infrastructure Peers Slid Together, and Two Smaller Names Show Bigger Gaps
The whole group sold off over the past month, so CoreWeave’s drop reflects sector pressure as well as company-specific problems.
Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) fell 6.45% over the past month but is still up 150.95% year to date. At $210.06 against a $283.60 target, it offers 35.01% implied upside. 14 analysts rate it a Buy and 5 rate it a Hold. Its upside is smaller than CoreWeave’s.
IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) dropped 20.6% in a month and 41.78% over a year. At $34.80 against a $78.14 target, it offers 124.54% upside. It has 15 Buy ratings and no Sells.
Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) fell 12% in a month. At $23.25 against a $64.03 target, it offers 175.4% upside. It has 13 Buy ratings and 2 Holds.
Applied Digital has the biggest consensus upside among these names. CoreWeave sits in the middle on consensus targets, and only Rosenblatt’s $250 call puts it at the top.
A Positive Year That Still Trails the S&P 500
CoreWeave is up 12.08% year to date, while the S&P 500 has gained 14.1%. Over one year, CoreWeave is down 42.02% while the index is up 19.15%.
The stock trades below its 50-day average of $88.43 and its 200-day average of $92.59. Its 52-week range runs from $60.55 to $150.40.
Backlog Says Yes, Balance Sheet Says Wait
The bull case improves if positive operating cash flow keeps growing and the $104B backlog converts on schedule. Risks grow if capital markets tighten, if its largest customers pull back, or if data center delays hurt revenue recognition.
The setup leans carefully positive. The backlog is real, but interest costs rising this fast leave little room for error.
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Akcie společnosti GigaCloud Technology (GCT) za poslední měsíc posílily o 9,5 %; konsenzuální odhad EPS pro aktuální čtvrtletí se za posledních 30 dní zvýšil o 20 % na 1,28 USD.
GigaCloud Technology Inc. (GCT - Free Report) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term.
Shares of this company have returned +9.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% change. The Zacks Technology Services industry, to which GigaCloud Technology Inc. belongs, has lost 5.6% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?
Although media reports or rumors about a significant change in a company's business prospects usually cause its stock to trend and lead to an immediate price change, there are always certain fundamental factors that ultimately drive the buy-and-hold decision.
Revisions to Earnings EstimatesRather than focusing on anything else, we at Zacks prioritize evaluating the change in a company's earnings projection. This is because we believe the fair value for its stock is determined by the present value of its future stream of earnings.
Our analysis is essentially based on how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to take the latest business trends into account. When earnings estimates for a company go up, the fair value for its stock goes up as well. And when a stock's fair value is higher than its current market price, investors tend to buy the stock, resulting in its price moving upward. Because of this, empirical studies indicate a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and short-term stock price movements.
For the current quarter, GigaCloud Technology Inc. is expected to post earnings of $1.28 per share, indicating a change of +29.3% from the year-ago quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed +20% over the last 30 days.
For the current fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $4.92 points to a change of +37.1% from the prior year. Over the last 30 days, this estimate has changed +17.7%.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $5.82 indicates a change of +18.3% from what GigaCloud Technology Inc. is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has changed +20.5%.
Having a strong externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool, the Zacks Rank, offers a more conclusive picture of a stock's price direction in the near term, since it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. Due to the size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, GigaCloud Technology Inc. is rated Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
12 Month EPS
Revenue Growth ForecastWhile earnings growth is arguably the most superior indicator of a company's financial health, nothing happens as such if a business isn't able to grow its revenues. After all, it's nearly impossible for a company to increase its earnings for an extended period without increasing its revenues. So, it's important to know a company's potential revenue growth.
For GigaCloud Technology Inc., the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $394.8 million indicates a year-over-year change of +18.7%. For the current and next fiscal years, $1.59 billion and $1.75 billion estimates indicate +23.4% and +9.9% changes, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise HistoryGigaCloud Technology Inc. reported revenues of $411.64 million in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +27.6%. EPS of $1.16 for the same period compares with $0.91 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $383.7 million, the reported revenues represent a surprise of +7.28%. The EPS surprise was +36.47%.
The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. The company topped consensus revenue estimates each time over this period.
ValuationWithout considering a stock's valuation, no investment decision can be efficient. In predicting a stock's future price performance, it's crucial to determine whether its current price correctly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects.
While comparing the current values of a company's valuation multiples, such as price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), with its own historical values helps determine whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of the reasonability of the stock's price.
The Zacks Value Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which pays close attention to both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics to grade stocks from A to F (an A is better than a B; a B is better than a C; and so on), is pretty helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.
GigaCloud Technology Inc. is graded B on this front, indicating that it is trading at a discount to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.
ConclusionThe facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about GigaCloud Technology Inc.. However, its Zacks Rank #1 does suggest that it may outperform the broader market in the near term.
Trhy přisuzují prosincovému zvýšení sazeb Fedu o 25 bazických bodů pravděpodobnost 69 %, což spolu s 18měsíčním maximem dolaru zvyšuje tlak na bitcoin.
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said that restrictive monetary policy is appropriate to return inflation to 2%. She also favors making smaller rate adjustments quickly rather than waiting and risking a larger correction later.
Rate futures now point to a hike in December, and the US dollar sits near an 18-month high. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) has slipped in October, historically one of its strongest months.
Why Hammack Wants the Fed to Move Early and in Small StepsHammack, a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), spoke at the National Association for Business Economics annual meeting. She said the breadth of current price pressures means inflation will take some time to reach 2%.
August data shows the size of that gap. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, rose 3.4% annually. Core PCE, which excludes food and energy, came in at 3%.
Inflation has now run above target for more than five years. Hammack said long-run inflation expectations have stayed anchored through that stretch, but she warned against taking that for granted.
“With each passing month, persistently elevated inflation raises the risks of an inflationary mindset becoming entrenched in the economy,” Hammack said.
The Fed has already started tightening. It raised rates in September for the first time in 3 years, and minutes from that meeting signaled another hike without a timeline. Hammack also raised the prospect of hikes in July, linking artificial intelligence (AI) demand to price pressure.
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Rate Bets and a Stronger Dollar Test Bitcoin’s UptoberTraders expect that next hike to come in December. CME FedWatch data shows an 84.7% chance of a move at the December 9 meeting.
Most of that probability, 69%, sits on a 25 basis point hike. For October 28, traders see a 79.5% chance of a hold, up from 51% a month earlier.
Target Rate Probabilities for the December 9, 2026 Fed Meeting. Source: CME FedWatchThose hike bets have lifted the US Dollar Index (DXY) to an 18-month high. Higher rates make dollar assets more attractive, which can draw money away from riskier markets such as crypto.
Bitcoin trades at $81,661, down 2.56% over the past 24 hours, according to BeInCrypto Markets. That leaves BTC about 35% below its all-time high of $126,080, set on October 6, 2025.
Bitcoin Price Performance, 24-Hour Chart. Source: BeInCrypto MarketsCoinGlass data shows BTC is down 1.89% so far in October. The month has historically been one of Bitcoin’s strongest, with only 3 red Octobers since 2013: 2014, 2018 and 2025.
October also opens Q4, which has averaged a 71.43% gain since 2013, the highest of any quarter. Wednesday’s September Consumer Price Index (CPI) data gives traders a fresh read before the Fed meets on October 28.
Futures also assign a 15.7% chance to a larger 50 basis point hike in December. Whether that tail grows or fades could decide if Bitcoin salvages its October.
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NANO Nuclear ve spolupráci s University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign pokračuje v technickém přezkumu NRC v rámci žádosti o stavební povolení pro reaktor KRONOS MMR. Možnost zahájit počáteční fázi výstavby vidí ve druhé polovině roku 2027, s výhradou získání potřebných regulačních schválení a splnění dalších obvyklých projektových požadavků.
U. of I. and NANO Nuclear have continued technical engagement with the NRC through the ongoing audit process following formal acceptance of the KRONOS MMR™ Construction Permit Application for review
Continued licensing progress supports NANO Nuclear's previously disclosed expectation for the opportunity to begin initial construction activities in the second half of 2027
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - October 13, 2026) - NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) ("NANO Nuclear" or the "Company"), an advanced nuclear energy and technology company developing microreactors, nuclear fuel cycle capabilities and nuclear transportation solutions, today announced continued progress in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") review of the Construction Permit Application ("CPA") for deployment of NANO Nuclear's KRONOS MMR™ Energy System at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ("U. of I.").
Following the submission of the CPA by U. of I. on March 31, 2026, formal acceptance of the CPA for review by the NRC on May 18, 2026, and the initiation of formal review activities on June 23, 2026, U. of I. and NANO Nuclear have since been engaging with the NRC as part of its detailed audit and technical review process for several months.
Throughout the ongoing audit, technical teams from U. of I. and NANO Nuclear have maintained frequent engagement with NRC staff, responding to questions, providing additional information and discussing technical areas identified by the NRC as part of its review. NANO Nuclear believes this sustained interaction represents an important component of advancing the CPA through the NRC's safety, environmental and technical review process.
The current audit activities are expected to continue over the near-term, with U. of I. and NANO Nuclear seeing opportunity for completion of this phase in the coming months, subject to the NRC's review schedule, the scope and timing of any additional information requests and other regulatory considerations.
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The NRC's current public project schedule targets completion of a draft Environmental Assessment and draft Safety Evaluation in February 2027 with a final Environmental Assessment in May 2027, followed by issuance of the final Safety Evaluation in September 2027. These milestones remain consistent with NANO Nuclear's previously disclosed expectation for initial construction activities for the KRONOS MMR™ project at the U. of I. to commence during the second half of 2027, subject to receipt of the required regulatory approvals and other customary project requirements.
"The continued progress of the KRONOS MMR™ through the NRC's review process reflects the years of technical, regulatory and engineering work that have gone into this program," said Jay Yu, Chairman and President of NANO Nuclear Energy. "Together with U. of I., we are steadily advancing one of the most important objectives for NANO Nuclear: moving our flagship reactor technology from engineering and development toward construction and real-world demonstration. Each step forward in the licensing process brings us closer to that goal and strengthens the foundation for our broader deployment strategy."
"The NRC's review of the KRONOS MMR™ Construction Permit Application is a detailed and rigorous process, and the sustained engagement between the NRC, U. of I. and our technical teams is exactly what we expect at this stage of the program," said James Walker, Chief Executive Officer of NANO Nuclear Energy. "Our focus is on working methodically through the NRC's questions and technical areas of review and providing the information necessary to support its independent evaluation. We are encouraged by the progress to date and remain focused on maintaining the technical and regulatory discipline required to advance the KRONOS MMR™ project toward the opportunity to begin initial construction activities in the second half of 2027."
"A project of this nature requires extensive and sustained engagement with the NRC to demonstrate the safety basis of the technology and provide the rigorous technical information necessary for the regulator's independent review," said Caleb Brooks, Abel Bliss Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the U. of I.'s Grainger College of Engineering. "The ongoing audit provides an important forum for our teams to work through detailed technical questions with NRC staff as the Construction Permit Application progresses. We remain committed to this rigorous process and to advancing the KRONOS MMR™ project as a potentially unique platform for nuclear research, education, workforce development and at-scale demonstration."
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NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) is a North American advanced technology-driven nuclear energy company seeking to become a commercially focused, diversified, and vertically integrated company across five business lines: (i) cutting edge portable and other microreactor technologies, (ii) nuclear fuel supply chain, (iii) nuclear fuel transportation, (iv) nuclear applications for space and (v) nuclear industry consulting services.
Led by a world-class nuclear engineering team, NANO Nuclear's reactor products in development include the proprietary KRONOS MMR™ Energy System, a stationary high-temperature gas-cooled reactor that is in construction permit pre-application engagement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in collaboration with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the ZEUS™ system, a portable solid core battery reactor, and the space focused, portable LOKI MMR™ system, each representing advanced developments in clean energy solutions that are portable, on-demand capable, advanced nuclear microreactors.
Advanced Fuel Transportation Inc. (AFT), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, bolstered by the May 2026 acquisition of Secured Transportation Services (STS), is led by former executives from the largest transportation company in the world and provides nuclear engineering and materials transport services in the U.S. and globally. Through NANO Nuclear, AFT is the exclusive licensee of a patented high-capacity HALEU fuel transportation basket developed by three major U.S. national nuclear laboratories and funded by the Department of Energy.
HALEU Energy Fuel Inc. (HEF), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is focusing on the future development of a domestic source for a High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel fabrication pipeline for NANO Nuclear's own microreactors as well as the broader advanced nuclear reactor industry.
NANO Nuclear Space Inc. (NNS), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is exploring the potential commercial applications of NANO Nuclear's developing micronuclear reactor technology in space. NNS is focusing on applications such as the LOKI MMR™ system and other power systems for extraterrestrial projects and human sustaining environments, and potentially propulsion technology for long haul space missions. NNS' initial focus will be on cis-lunar applications, referring to uses in the space region extending from Earth to the area surrounding the Moon's surface.
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Služby společnosti Apple ve 3. čtvrtletí vygenerovaly tržby ve výši 30,7 miliardy USD a při hrubé marži 75,6 % se na celkovém hrubém zisku podílely 42 %.
Apple (AAPL +1.48%) is best known for its highly successful products, including the iPhone, MacBook, and AirPods. Products also make up the bulk of its sales. Most recently, products accounted for about 72% of the $109.4 billion it made in fiscal 2026's third quarter.
However, in terms of what makes Apple stock an attractive investment, the services segment is arguably the more important story.
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Services include the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV, and more. This segment generated $30.7 billion in sales in Q3, or about 28% of total sales that quarter.
Although Apple doesn't make as much from services, the margins are much better -- 75.6% gross margin compared to 40.1% for its products segment. To put it another way, Apple keeps about 76 cents in gross profit from every service dollar, but only about 40 cents from every product dollar. This makes sense since services primarily rely on software and digital infrastructure, whereas products require manufacturing, transportation, and storage of hardware. The result is that services accounted for about 42% of Apple's gross profit for the quarter.
Services also benefit from the success of Apple's products. They're built into Apple devices, and active devices hit all-time highs across every major product category and geographic segment in Q3.
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It's not all good news. While services revenue increased 12% year over year in Q3, it declined sequentially, down from $31 billion in Q2. That's a small decrease, but it's worth monitoring how this segment does on Apple's next earnings report, which will be released on Nov. 2.
Apple probably won't perform like a growth stock going forward. It has a market cap of $4.9 trillion, so growth is harder to come by. It also trades at 35 times forward earnings as of Oct. 9, so some growth is already priced in. Still, its high-margin services business, combined with its wildly popular products, has it well positioned as a steady compounder. That makes the stock worthy of added consideration.
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Apple v prosinci uvede kolekci zařízení pro chytrou domácnost včetně zámku za 349,95 USD, videodveřního zvonku a kamer; zařízení vznikla ve spolupráci s LG Electronics a Schneider Electric.
Apple is getting serious about the smart home space. The company on Tuesday showed off its new Apple Home Collection, which includes a new smart deadbolt lock, video doorbell, thermostat, temperature sensor, and a range of security cameras.
The new devices are designed to work with HomeView, the company’s new smart home hub which can be used to control connected accessories and interact with Apple’s software.
This new range of smart home accessories could help Apple compete better with Amazon Ring and Google Nest, two established players in connected home security. The products will become available in December.
Apple says the devices were built in partnership with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric — an interesting move for the company, which has long sought to build and support every smart home accessory itself.
The smart lock, priced at $349.95, stands out for its support for ultra-wideband (UWB), a wireless technology that enables more precise proximity detection than traditional Bluetooth. This could allow the lock to recognize when an authorized user approaches and automatically unlock the door, reducing the need to pull out a phone or reach for a physical key.
The $249.95 wired video doorbell, meanwhile, will let homeowners see who’s outside, monitor visitors, and receive notifications when someone approaches their property. When someone rings it, a chime will sound through Apple devices like HomeView, HomePod, and HomePod mini. Users will also be notified on their iPhone or iPad.
As for the temperature sensor, it can provide insight into conditions in individual rooms, helping users identify temperature differences between areas and make adjustments.
For security, Apple is also introducing indoor and outdoor cameras, as well as a floodlight camera ($399.95) that combines exterior lighting with video monitoring. The camera lineup includes features such as live viewing, motion detection, intelligent alerts and video storage.
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Tesla zveřejní výsledky za třetí čtvrtletí 21. října; Goldman Sachs očekává, že pro akcie budou důležitější aktualizace robotaxi, FSD a Optimusu než EPS.
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares are in the spotlight, with earnings on deck, its AI and robotics outlook in focus, recent analyst activity and a technical setup showing a recovery attempt under the 200-day average.
Tesla stock is trading in a tight range. What should traders watch with TSLA?
Earnings Preview & HistoryTesla is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on October 21 after the market closes. Analysts estimate earnings per share of 43 cents along with revenue of $27.90 billion. For the prior quarter, Tesla reported earnings per share of 33 cents, missing the consensus estimate of 50 cents. The company also posted revenue of $28.24 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $25.71 billion.
Beyond EPS: What Matters Most in Tesla’s Upcoming EarningsInvestors will be closely tracking Tesla’s outlook for Full Self-Driving, robotaxi and Optimus. Goldman Sachs said in a note this month that those updates are likely to matter more to the stock than earnings per share, and Tesla has begun putting its Cybercab into limited service in Austin. Automotive gross margin will also be in focus after Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter, beating estimates.
Capital spending of more than $25 billion planned for 2026 and negative free cash flow of $1.1 billion last quarter will draw attention. So will whether energy storage margins recover from a sharp drop in the second quarter, after deployments of 13.7 GWh.
Analyst Consensus & Recent Actions The stock carries a Buy rating with an average price forecast of $412.23. Recent analyst moves include:
Jefferies: Hold (Raises Target to $400.00) (Oct. 12)
Tigress Financial: Buy (Maintains Target to $550.00) (Oct. 8)
UBS: Neutral (Raises Target to $391.00) (Oct. 7)
Tesla Trades 3.9% Below Its 200-Day Average as Momentum ImprovesFrom a trend perspective, Tesla is still holding above its shorter-term baselines: it’s trading 1.4% above the 20-day SMA ($369.61) and 5.3% above the 50-day SMA ($356.08), which keeps the near-term structure constructive. At the same time, the stock is 3.9% below the 200-day SMA ($390.07), so rallies can still run into overhead supply before the longer-term trend fully improves.
Momentum is leaning better: MACD is above its signal line and the histogram is positive, which points to improving upside pressure versus the prior downswing. In plain terms, when MACD is above its signal line, it suggests bearish momentum is fading and buyers are starting to regain control.
The bigger-picture backdrop is still conflicted after the death cross in April (50-day SMA below the 200-day SMA), which often keeps longer-term investors cautious until price can reclaim the 200-day area. The 12-month performance remains down 13.28%, reinforcing that this is still a recovery attempt rather than a clean long-term uptrend.
Key Resistance: $384.00 — a nearby round-number area sitting just below the 200-day SMA zone where rebounds can stall
Key Support: $354.00 — a nearby level close to the 50-day SMA area where dip-buyers may look to defend trend support
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When sterling weakens, gold in pounds tends to rise even if the dollar price stands still.Gold is priced in US dollars on the world market, but a saver in Manchester or Glasgow does not spend dollars. What matters to a UK household is the gold price in pounds, and that price moves with two things at once: the dollar price of gold and the GBP/USD exchange rate. When sterling weakens, gold in pounds tends to rise even if the dollar price stands still.
That mechanism is why a growing number of UK savers buy gold bullion as a small reserve alongside their cash savings. Not as a bet on the metal alone, but as a way to hold part of their wealth in an asset that does not depend on the fortunes of the pound.
How the currency effect worksTake a simple example. If gold trades at a fixed dollar price and the pound falls from $1.30 to $1.20, an ounce of gold suddenly costs roughly eight per cent more in sterling. Nothing happened to the metal; the pound simply bought fewer dollars. For a UK saver, that move shows up as a gain on their gold holding at the very moment the purchasing power of their pounds on imported goods, holidays and energy is under pressure.
The effect is strongest when both drivers point the same way. Periods of global stress often lift the dollar price of gold, while domestic political or fiscal worries weigh on sterling. When the two coincide, the gain in pounds is larger than either move on its own. That combination is exactly what a currency hedge is meant to capture.
Two episodes that made the pointThe referendum result of June 2016 is the clearest example. Sterling fell from around $1.50 to roughly $1.32 in a single day, and gold in pounds jumped far more sharply than gold in dollars. Savers holding bullion saw a large part of the currency loss on their cash balances offset.
The mini-budget of September 2022 told a similar story. Sterling slid to a record low near $1.03. In dollar terms gold had a flat to slightly negative year, yet the sterling price ended 2022 noticeably higher, largely because of the weaker pound.
A hedge, not a guaranteeThe currency effect works in both directions. When sterling recovers, gold in pounds can lag the dollar price. And if the dollar strengthens while real interest rates rise, gold can fall in both currencies at once, as it did between 2011 and 2015, when the dollar price dropped by more than 40 per cent. Gold also pays no interest, so every year you hold it you give up the rate on a savings account.
For those reasons most advisers treat gold as a modest allocation, often in the range of five to ten per cent of a portfolio, rather than a replacement for cash or equities.
Practical ways UK savers hold bullionOwning gold for currency protection comes down to a few practical choices:
• Bars in a professional vault: allocated bullion stored in a secure, independently audited vault and insured against theft, damage and loss avoids the risks of keeping metal at home.
• Legal ownership: check that the bullion is registered in your name, so you hold the metal itself rather than a claim on a provider.
• Good Delivery standard: bars that meet the LBMA standard are at least 99.5 per cent pure and can be traded worldwide. Some providers go further and only buy from refiners that work to 99.99 per cent.
• VAT: investment gold is exempt from VAT in the UK, so the full amount goes into the metal.
• Costs: compare the spread, the transaction fee and the annual storage charge before you start.
You do not need a large sum to begin. Some providers let you buy from £50 and become part owner of a large LBMA certified bar, which makes it possible to build a position gradually instead of choosing one entry point.
Timing and the monthly approachTrying to time both the gold price and the exchange rate is a double gamble. A monthly purchase of a fixed amount smooths out both movements: when sterling is weak you buy less gold for your pounds, when it is strong you buy more. Over several years the average cost evens out, and the holding does what it is meant to do, which is to protect part of your savings against a falling pound.
Before committing, it is worth following the gold price in pounds for a few weeks next to GBP/USD. Seeing how the two interact makes it easier to decide how much of your savings you want to hold outside sterling, and to stick to that decision when the headlines get loud.
Microsoft od roku 2027 nasadí vlastní AI čipy Azure Maia jako hlavní platformu pro inferenci ve svých produktech, zatímco čipy Nvidia bude nadále využívat k trénování.
Microsoft just announced a chip that could quietly drain billions from Nvidia's most reliable revenue stream, and the full consequences for both companies will not arrive until 2027.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) closed at $541.15, up 1.14%. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) closed at $226.32, down 1.29%. The stocks moved apart after Microsoft revealed Azure Maia 300, its newest in-house AI chip, and said Maia will become the main engine for running its own AI products.
Investors treated the news as a small transfer of value from one company to the other. The money involved is in inference, which is the work of running a trained AI model to answer a user. Training is the work of building the model in the first place, so inference is the bill that repeats forever, while training is the bill you pay to get started.
Microsoft is building its own hardware for the repeating, high-volume bill and will keep leasing Nvidia silicon for training. If you own Microsoft, the question is who keeps the savings as Copilot and Office turn AI into everyday work.
Microsoft Committed to a 2027 Start Date for Maia
Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s executive vice president for cloud and AI, wrote: “We will scale our Azure Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments starting in 2027,” making Maia “the primary inference system for Microsoft products and services.” Satya Nadella posted on X on October 12, 2026: “Today we are announcing our biggest bet yet on our own silicon.”
Large-scale deployment begins in 2027. Reports put possible deployment at more than a million chips next year, but Microsoft has not confirmed that figure.
Rani Borkar, who runs Azure’s hardware systems, described the goal as “basically delivering more intelligence for every watt, every dollar, and every byte of memory.”
Microsoft says Maia 300 produces 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems. Its 96-chip rack draws about 167 kilowatts, compared with 142 kilowatts for a 72-GPU Nvidia GB300 rack. So each Maia rack uses more power, while Microsoft claims it does more work for each unit of that power.
Microsoft Profits From Maia Without Selling a Single Chip
Maia is reserved for Microsoft’s internal use and pays off only by bringing down what it costs Microsoft to serve the Copilot and OpenAI models it already sells, which makes the return smaller than a chip-selling business would offer but much more certain.
Microsoft expects capital spending of more than $175 billion this calendar year. At that size, even a small cut in the cost per token means meaningful savings.
The program is building on itself, too. Nadella said Maia 200 delivers 30% better performance per dollar than the latest hardware already in Microsoft’s fleet.
Near-term exposure to Nvidia remains small.
Nvidia carries a market value of $5.46 trillion, compared with Microsoft’s $4.02 trillion. Evercore ISI estimates that Maia will account for about 10% of Microsoft’s AI chip spending by early 2027.
The bigger risk to Nvidia plays out over years, because inference becomes the larger workload over time and every major cloud company is building chips for it. Nvidia still has training demand that keeps growing, and Microsoft plans to be among the first clouds to roll out Nvidia’s Vera Rubin systems.
Nobody Outside Microsoft Has Tested These Claims
Every Maia figure comes from Microsoft. Analyst Patrick Moorhead pointed out that “nobody has tested them outside of Microsoft yet.”
Maia’s own plan has slipped before, and an earlier generation’s delay raised questions about later targets. A Microsoft general manager also said the company keeps “a little bit of optionality” because the industry changes fast.
The announcement left out training, leasing Maia to customers, and retiring any existing Nvidia capacity. The chips also depend on an outside foundry’s 2-nanometer process, which is in heavy demand.
What Maia Means for Microsoft Shareholders
Maia cuts the cost of products Microsoft already sells in huge volume, and that kind of margin gain would accrue to long-term holders, although the 2027 timeline means the savings are still ahead.
The stock trades at a trailing P/E of 30. Among the companies affected by this announcement, Microsoft has the clearest upside.
The next checkpoint is Microsoft’s earnings call on October 28. If management reports Maia deployment progress or better cloud gross margins, the case holds up. If it says nothing on either, the 2027 promise deserves more doubt.
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Společnosti nVent a AMD spolupracují na chlazení rackové AI platformy AMD Helios. nVent do integrovaného systému přidá kapalinové i vzduchové chlazení RDHx.
nVent will add liquid and air cooling solution to AMD rack-scale AI platform to create a fully integrated system for large AI workloads
The companies will unveil a first look of the open-source solution at the OCP Global Summit
LONDON, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- nVent (NYSE: NVT) and AMD today announced a collaboration to bring rack-level cooling to the AMD Helios™ Rackscale solution. The joint effort pairs nVent's data center cooling expertise with AMD Helios to help operators deploy AI capacity at scale. This will add nVent rear door heat exchanger (RDHx) as part of the fully integrated AMD Helios AI infrastructure platform that includes AMD Instinct™ graphical processing units (GPUs), EPYC™ central processing units (CPUs), Pensando™ networking technologies, and the AMD ROCm™ open software stack. nVent will unveil a first look at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, CA, October 12 to 16, 2026.
“This collaboration brings nVent's cooling expertise to one of the leading AI platforms in the industry,” said Eric Osborn, vice president and general manager of Data Solutions, Cooling & Power at nVent. “We are designing for the platforms our customers are building on, and working closely with AMD is how we make sure the fit is right.”
nVent's DC-powered RDHx is an industry-first dual rear door, designed for the double-wide AMD Helios rack. It captures the heat that direct-to-chip liquid cooling leaves behind and returns cooled air to the space, keeping the rack effectively room-neutral. It is fully-integrated with the AMD Helios platform and offers intelligent cooling with no wasted watts, integrated air temperature, humidity sensors and differential pressure fan speed control. Additionally, its DC power matches how next-generation AI racks are powered. The result is a cooling solution that allows customers to start with a single rack and scale larger deployments over time.
“The rack, not any single component within it, has now become the unit of deployment; and compute, networking, software, power and cooling must operate as one system,” said Ravi Pendekanti, corporate vice president, Data Center Solutions Business Group, AMD. “AMD Helios brings those elements together in an open, standards-based architecture designed to help customers scale from a single rack to large AI factories with long-term flexibility. Our collaboration with nVent expands the cooling options available for AMD Helios, helping operators bring high-density AI infrastructure online across a broader range of data center environments.”
At the OCP Global Summit, nVent and AMD will show the RDHx for the first time on an Open Rack Wide (ORW) rack alongside the manifolds, bus bars, and power shelves of a Helios deployment, giving operators a first look at how the companies' work comes together. Visit Booth #A9 at OCP for more information.
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DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 13, 2026 / Fermi Inc. (Nasdaq:FRMI)(LSE:FRMI), operating as Fermi America™ ("Fermi" or the "Company"), today announced that it has signed a credit support agreement with AMD, the high performance and adaptive computing leader, supporting a lease for phase one of Fermi's Project Matador energy and AI buildout in Carson County, Texas, with 222 megawatts (MW) of gross power capacity in line with Fermi's first customer lease as announced on August 10, 2026. The agreement represents a key milestone toward securing project financing. The companies have also signed an agreement outlining a partnership and framework for future expansion of up to 650 MW of gross power capacity.
Lee McIntire, Fermi Chief Executive Officer said, "We are thrilled to partner with AMD as we advance development at Project Matador. Our strategic partnership establishes a framework for phases two and three. We have the land, the permits, the water, the power equipment, and the fiber network that give us distinct performance advantages. Our focus remains on building out our planned campus with top-tier partners like AMD."
"The pace of AI innovation is driving unprecedented demand for compute and the large-scale data center infrastructure needed to support it," said Mathew Hein, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Corporate Development at AMD. "Our collaboration with Fermi is an important step in expanding the infrastructure capacity needed to bring next-generation AI solutions to market. Together, we are enabling customers to deploy AMD-powered AI infrastructure at scale and supporting our continued data center momentum."
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Fermi America is developing one of the world's largest advanced energy and AI ecosystems in the Texas Panhandle. The site, called Project Matador, is secured or under long-term lease with more than $1.5 billion invested in buildout to date. Fermi designed the project to solve the single biggest constraint in AI infrastructure: access to large-scale, reliable power on a timeline that meets customer demand - delivered behind the meter and on a private grid built and operated on site. Subject to entering into binding customer agreements, the project is expected to ramp to approximately 17 GW, with capital deployment matched to commercial commitments.
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Fermi America™ (Nasdaq:FRMI)(LSE:FRMI) develops next-generation private electric grids that deliver highly redundant power at gigawatt scale to support next-generation intelligence and AI compute. Fermi America™ combines cutting-edge technology with a deep bench of proven world-class multi-disciplinary leaders with a combined 25 GW of experience, to create one of the world's largest, 17 GW next-gen private grid, helping ensure America's energy and AI dominance. The behind-the-meter Project Matador campus is expected to integrate the nation's biggest combined-cycle natural gas project, one of the largest clean, new nuclear power complexes in America, utility grid power, solar power, and battery energy storage, to support hyperscale AI and advanced computing. For additional information visit www.fermiamerica.com.
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An ETF targeting 15% annual distributions paid monthly sounds like a dream for income investors who admire Buffett's stock picks but hate that Berkshire writes no dividend checks. Before you buy in, there is a structural trade-off worth understanding.
Warren Buffett’s longstanding preference has been to retain capital when Berkshire can put it to better use, whether that’s maintaining a fortress balance sheet, repurchasing shares opportunistically, buying publicly traded stocks, or acquiring entire businesses outright. That means no dividends.
I’ve always liked that approach. If I owned Berkshire Hathaway and needed income, I’d rather sell shares periodically and manufacture my own dividend. Another possibility for someone holding at least 100 Class B shares is selling covered calls, although that introduces its own trade-off by capping some upside if the stock rallies through the strike price.
But what if you want exposure to Berkshire’s stock-picking philosophy while receiving a large monthly distribution without managing an options strategy yourself? One unusual solution is the VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF (OMAH).
It owns a portfolio heavily influenced by Berkshire’s publicly disclosed equity holdings and layers an options strategy on top, targeting a 15% annual distribution paid monthly. That’s a lot of income. It’s also important to understand what OMAH has to do to generate it.
What’s Inside OMAH? OMAH has grown to roughly $1 billion in assets under management and charges a 0.95% expense ratio. Its portfolio draws heavily from Berkshire’s publicly disclosed equity investments, while also holding Berkshire itself. Here are its largest positions:
Holding Ticker Weight Apple Inc. AAPL 10.59% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B 10.21% American Express Co. AXP 6.47% Coca-Cola Co. KO 4.86% VeriSign Inc. VRSN 4.77% Chevron Corp. CVX 4.74% Kroger Co. KR 4.70% DaVita Inc. DVA 4.70% Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY 4.63% Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 4.58% This gives investors something different from owning Berkshire directly. Berkshire is much more than its 13F portfolio. Its value also comes from wholly owned operating businesses, insurance operations and float, its enormous liquidity position, and management’s ability to allocate capital among all of those opportunities.
OMAH instead provides a way to isolate much of Berkshire’s publicly traded stock portfolio and turn it into an income strategy. The fund targets an annual distribution equal to 15% of NAV, which works out to approximately 1.25% each month. Its latest distribution was $0.2245 per share against a $17.66 NAV.
But investors shouldn’t confuse a 15% distribution target with a 15% investment return. As of the fund’s most recent distribution, 37.50% was estimated to be return of capital (ROC). That figure comes from the fund’s Section 19a-1 notice and remains an estimate. Investors won’t know the final tax characterization until they receive Form 1099-DIV after year-end.
ROC also isn’t automatically a bad thing. Depending on its final tax characterization, it can defer taxes by reducing an investor’s cost basis rather than immediately being treated as ordinary income. What matters is whether the portfolio generates enough total return over time to support its distributions without persistently eroding NAV.
The Catch Behind a 15% Target There are several reasons I’d hesitate before treating OMAH’s 15% distribution as something I could simply collect indefinitely. The first is concentration. Financial stocks account for roughly 38% of the portfolio, while Apple and Berkshire alone represent more than 20%. That’s considerably different from owning a broadly diversified U.S. equity ETF.
The second is the size of the distribution target itself. A 15% annual payout is way above the S&P 500’s long-term annualized total return of around 10%. OMAH isn’t promising to earn 15% annually, but maintaining a distribution that high requires the portfolio’s dividends, option premiums, realized gains and potentially ROC to collectively support substantial cash payments.
That could become difficult during a prolonged bear market. Lower volatility could also reduce the premiums available from selling options, while a powerful bull market can create the opposite problem: covered-call strategies may surrender some appreciation when their options move against them.
Still, I’ll give OMAH credit for what it has accomplished so far. From March 5, 2025 through Oct. 6, 2026, a roughly 1.59-year period, OMAH produced a 12.51% cumulative total return with distributions reinvested. Berkshire Class B shares returned just 0.89% over the same period.
That’s a very short track record, so I wouldn’t extrapolate it indefinitely. But OMAH has at least demonstrated that a high distribution hasn’t prevented it from generating positive total returns so far. And if your objective is specifically to isolate Berkshire’s publicly disclosed equity holdings while receiving substantial monthly income, there really isn’t another ETF doing quite the same thing.
Therefore, I don’t think OMAH is a bad ETF as far as covered-call products go. I’d simply prefer a slightly less ambitious version of it. A target distribution closer to 12% could potentially retain more capital inside the portfolio, while an expense ratio around 0.75% would reduce the hurdle the strategy needs to overcome.
Until then, I’d view OMAH as a specialized income product rather than a substitute for Berkshire Hathaway itself. Berkshire lets management decide where capital should go next. OMAH takes a selection of those public-equity ideas and deliberately converts more of their potential return into cash today.
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Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 8.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 169,632 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,780 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 2.9% of Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $33,942,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Bard Associates Inc. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 8,866.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bard Associates Inc. now owns 269 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Frankly Finances LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $60,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Trading Down 1.3% Shares of NVDA opened at $226.32 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The company has a market cap of $5.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.61, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $223.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $210.02. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $243.37.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current fiscal year. NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.
NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Share repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth NVDA has been the topic of a number of research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $390.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, September 29th. Wall Street Zen raised NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday. KGI Securities raised their target price on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $321.89.
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NVIDIA News Summary Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA and Cisco announced USFP, a next-generation optical module designed to support 400Gb/s-per-lane signals and up to 12.8Tb/s of capacity. The technology could help AI data centers scale bandwidth while reducing power use and network complexity. NVIDIA and Cisco announce USFP Positive Sentiment: Navitas Semiconductor is collaborating with NVIDIA on a 24-kilowatt power-delivery board for next-generation AI infrastructure. The single-stage design is intended to improve efficiency and reduce board space, reinforcing demand for NVIDIA-based AI factories. Navitas collaborates with NVIDIA Positive Sentiment: Bitdeer secured an eight-year agreement for a 60MW Malaysia facility designed for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin systems, bringing its contracted AI data-center capacity to approximately 333.5MW. This provides another indication of long-term infrastructure demand. Bitdeer expands Malaysia AI campus Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly considering a larger investment in or acquisition of open-weight AI startup Reflection AI. The move could broaden NVIDIA’s software and model ecosystem, but discussions are preliminary and could fail to produce a deal. NVIDIA and Reflection AI talks Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators remain divided: some argue triple-digit growth makes NVDA reasonably valued and see further upside, while others point to technical signs of a potential peak, a roughly $5.5 trillion valuation, and concentration risk in AI-related equities. Negative Sentiment: Microsoft said it plans to rely increasingly on its internally developed Maia chips for AI inference, potentially reducing its dependence on NVIDIA GPUs and intensifying competition from hyperscaler-designed silicon. Microsoft to rely more on Maia chips Negative Sentiment: Reports that OpenAI’s annualized revenue may be about $50 billion—below previously cited estimates—have raised questions about AI spending, infrastructure demand and the valuation of AI suppliers. Separately, Firmus’ canceled data-center IPO suggested financing conditions for AI infrastructure could be tightening. Negative Sentiment: Technical analysts warned that NVDA’s retreat from its record high could signal weakening momentum. Investor caution is also reflected in a reported $21 million options position betting the stock falls below $180 by January and continued insider selling, although these signals do not necessarily predict operating performance. Nvidia falls back from record high Insider Buying and Selling In related news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Profile (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.
The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.
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Triton Financial Group ve 2. čtvrtletí nově koupila 32 600 akcií společnosti NVIDIA v hodnotě zhruba 6,523 milionu USD; pozice tvoří 3,8 % jejího portfolia.
Triton Financial Group Inc acquired a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 32,600 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $6,523,000. NVIDIA accounts for 3.8% of Triton Financial Group Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 195,366,864 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $39,090,956,000 after acquiring an additional 4,165,875 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $26,714,167,000 after acquiring an additional 446,178 shares during the period. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Amundi increased its stake in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 91,954,159 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $18,399,108,000 after purchasing an additional 2,045,101 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA and Cisco announced USFP, a next-generation optical module designed to support 400Gb/s-per-lane signals and up to 12.8Tb/s of capacity. The technology could help AI data centers scale bandwidth while reducing power use and network complexity. NVIDIA and Cisco announce USFP Positive Sentiment: Navitas Semiconductor is collaborating with NVIDIA on a 24-kilowatt power-delivery board for next-generation AI infrastructure. The single-stage design is intended to improve efficiency and reduce board space, reinforcing demand for NVIDIA-based AI factories. Navitas collaborates with NVIDIA Positive Sentiment: Bitdeer secured an eight-year agreement for a 60MW Malaysia facility designed for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin systems, bringing its contracted AI data-center capacity to approximately 333.5MW. This provides another indication of long-term infrastructure demand. Bitdeer expands Malaysia AI campus Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly considering a larger investment in or acquisition of open-weight AI startup Reflection AI. The move could broaden NVIDIA’s software and model ecosystem, but discussions are preliminary and could fail to produce a deal. NVIDIA and Reflection AI talks Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators remain divided: some argue triple-digit growth makes NVDA reasonably valued and see further upside, while others point to technical signs of a potential peak, a roughly $5.5 trillion valuation, and concentration risk in AI-related equities. Negative Sentiment: Microsoft said it plans to rely increasingly on its internally developed Maia chips for AI inference, potentially reducing its dependence on NVIDIA GPUs and intensifying competition from hyperscaler-designed silicon. Microsoft to rely more on Maia chips Negative Sentiment: Reports that OpenAI’s annualized revenue may be about $50 billion—below previously cited estimates—have raised questions about AI spending, infrastructure demand and the valuation of AI suppliers. Separately, Firmus’ canceled data-center IPO suggested financing conditions for AI infrastructure could be tightening. Negative Sentiment: Technical analysts warned that NVDA’s retreat from its record high could signal weakening momentum. Investor caution is also reflected in a reported $21 million options position betting the stock falls below $180 by January and continued insider selling, although these signals do not necessarily predict operating performance. Nvidia falls back from record high NVIDIA Stock Performance NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $226.32 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $223.05 and a 200-day simple moving average of $210.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The firm has a market cap of $5.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $243.37. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buy back $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Share repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 12.64%.
Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 in the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Daiwa Securities Group reduced their price objective on NVIDIA from $255.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. KGI Securities raised their price target on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 1st. Finally, President Capital boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.89.
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NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.
The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.
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Nvidia očekává, že roční kapitálové výdaje na datová centra dosáhnou do roku 2030 3 až 4 bilionů USD; ve fiskálním roce 2028 pak prognózuje 70% růst tržeb.
Nvidia (NVDA -1.08%) is no stranger to making bold calls, and its visionary CEO Jensen Huang has made many of them in his time. However, this may be the boldest one yet. Over the past year, he has repeatedly told investors that the company expects up to $4 trillion in data center capital expenditures annually by 2030. The low end of that range is $3 trillion, so there is still a ton of growth ahead in this industry.
While that may seem like a wild and far-off projection, it's likely not. Nvidia has more information about the trends of the artificial intelligence (AI) computing market than most investors, and sometimes it's better to let the experts do the talking for you and then invest based on what they say.
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Nvidia is in a great position to know what's going on Nvidia is the primary AI computing unit supplier to customers of all shapes and sizes. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) and the various products that support them are synonymous with AI computing, and every new AI computing device that launches is immediately compared to Nvidia's products. That's a great spot to be in, and Nvidia just raised the bar once again with its new Vera Rubin chip architecture. This will keep Nvidia in the driver's seat and allow it to issue bold calls like the $3 trillion to $4 trillion call it issued.
None of the AI hyperscalers are getting as much computing power as they want, and many are seriously compute-constrained right now. Several of the cloud computing giants have a backlog totaling $500 billion or more, and they desperately need more computing power. These firms have ambitious growth plans, and if they stand up a new data center and have no chips to put in it, it's a waste of time.
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So, these companies are likely sharing their five-year plans and growth trajectories with Nvidia so that it can properly size its supply chain to provide them computing units when they need them. This gives Nvidia visibility into multiple years of growth and gives Huang the confidence he needs to issue a bold proclamation like that.
We're already seeing evidence of Nvidia's comfort in forecasting revenue well ino the future, as the company issued guidance for 70% revenue growth for fiscal year (FY) 2028 (ending January 2028, encompassing most of 2027). That guidance was given because Nvidia knows it's likely maximizing its production rates next year, and it won't be able to deliver much better growth than that.
While demand beyond FY 2028 isn't as clear, it's still visible enough for Nvidia to issue its full projection. But what does that mean for the stock?
None of this growth is priced in The reality is that none of this monster growth to reach $3 trillion to $4 trillion in global data center capital expenditures annually is priced into Nvidia's stock. Nvidia trades for just 29 times trailing earnings right now -- a pretty cheap price tag considering its impressive growth. None of 2027's projected 70% growth is priced into the stock, let alone whatever it will see in 2028 and beyond.
This could be a major advantage for long-term investors, and buying shares now could result in very strong returns. The reality is that Nvidia will be one of the best stocks to own over the next few years as AI build-outs ramp up, and that will result in many satisfied investors who buy the stock now. Nvidia tops the short list of best stocks to buy now, and I think investors will be highly rewarded by taking a position in the stock while it's still cheap.
Očekává se, že Bank of America ve třetím čtvrtletí vykáže zisk na akcii ve výši 1,10 USD a tržby 30,54 miliardy USD, oproti 1,06 USD na akcii a tržbám 28,09 miliardy USD před rokem.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) will release its third-quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Analysts expect the company to report quarterly earnings of $1.10 per share, up from $1.06 per share a year ago. The consensus estimate for Bank of America’s quarterly revenue is $30.54 billion. It reported $28.09 billion last year, according to Benzinga Pro.
Ahead of quarterly earnings, TD Cowen analyst R. Scott Siefers reinstated Bank of America with a Hold rating on Oct. 8 and set a $60 price target.
With the recent buzz around Bank of America, some investors may be eyeing potential gains from the company’s dividends too. Currently, Bank of America has an annual dividend yield of 2.35%, with a quarterly dividend of 32 cents per share ($1.28 a year).
So, how can investors exploit its dividend yield to pocket a regular $500 monthly?
To earn $500 per month or $6,000 annually from dividends alone, you would need an investment of approximately $255,871 or around 4,688 shares. For a more modest $100 per month ($1,200 per year), you would need $51,196 or about 938 shares.
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To calculate: Divide the desired annual income ($6,000 or $1,200) by the dividend ($1.28 in this case). So, $6,000 / $1.28 = 4,688 shares ($500 per month), and $1,200 / $1.28 = 938 shares ($100 per month).
Note that dividend yield can change on a rolling basis, as dividend payments and stock prices both fluctuate over time.
How that works: The dividend yield is computed by dividing the annual dividend payment by the stock’s current price.
For example, if a stock pays an annual dividend of $2 and is currently priced at $50, the dividend yield would be 4% ($2/$50). However, if the stock price increases to $60, the dividend yield drops to 3.33% ($2/$60). Conversely, if the stock price falls to $40, the dividend yield rises to 5% ($2/$40).
Similarly, changes in dividend payments can affect the yield. If a company increases its dividend, the yield will also increase, provided the stock price stays the same. Conversely, if the dividend payment decreases, the yield will also fall.
BAC Price Action: Bank of America shares rose 0.5% to close at $54.58 on Monday.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM, XETRA:CMC), the US banking group, reported third-quarter net income of $15.3 billion, up 6% year on year, but missed analysts’ forecasts for earnings and revenue.
The bank earned $5.57 per share on reported revenue of $50.2 billion, below market expectations of $5.93 per share and $51.23 billion in revenue.
A $658 million loss on investment securities reduced earnings per share by $0.18, while net income excluding the item reached $15.8 billion, or $5.75 per share.
Managed revenue, which adjusts reported figures to help assess business performance, rose 8% to $50.9 billion, supported by stronger interest income and higher revenue across several operating divisions.
Net interest income, the difference between interest earned and interest paid, increased 13% to $27.1 billion, reflecting higher deposit balances and growth in card and wholesale lending.
Market revenue climbed 15% to $10.3 billion, driven by a 49% increase in equity trading, which offset a 4% decline in fixed-income markets revenue.
Investment banking fees increased 14% to $3 billion, primarily because of higher advisory fees, while revenue at the asset and wealth management division rose 14% to $6.9 billion.
Consumer and community banking revenue increased 9% to $21.2 billion, supported by card services, auto lending and wealth management, while the bank added more than 650,000 net new checking accounts.
However, non-interest expenses rose 12% to $27.3 billion, driven by higher compensation, technology spending, marketing costs and distribution fees.
The provision for credit losses fell to $2.7 billion from $3.4 billion a year earlier, including $2.2 billion in net charge-offs and a $539 million net reserve build.
Chief executive Jamie Dimon said client activity in markets and investment banking had moderated somewhat during the quarter, despite continued strength across the bank's businesses.
Dimon also warned that large fiscal deficits, persistent inflation, elevated asset prices, rising interest rates and geopolitical conditions remained risks for the economy, although business investment and consumer spending continued to provide support.
The results highlight the bank's ability to generate earnings growth across its core businesses, while the shortfall against market expectations and higher operating expenses tempered the headline performance.
Před zveřejněním výsledků za třetí čtvrtletí se u společnosti GE Aerospace očekává zisk 1,99 USD na akcii a tržby ve výši 12,84 miliardy USD, oproti 1,66 USD na akcii a tržbám 11,3 miliardy USD před rokem.
GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) will release its third-quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Analysts expect the Evendale, Ohio-based company to report quarterly earnings of $1.99 per share, up from $1.66 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for GE’s quarterly revenue is $12.84 billion. It reported $11.3 billion last year, according to Benzinga Pro.
On Sept. 28, GE Aerospace and Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) finalized an agreement designating WZL-1 as a licensed maintenance, repair and overhaul provider for T700/CT7 engines in Poland.
GE Aerospace shares gained 0.1% to close at $308.64 on Monday.
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Let’s have a look at how Benzinga’s most-accurate analysts have rated the company in the recent period.
Wells Fargo analyst David Strauss maintained an Overweight rating and cut the price target from $390 to $380 on Sept. 30, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%.
Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu maintained a Buy rating and cut the price target from $455 to $435 on Sept. 23, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 67%.
JP Morgan analyst Seth Seifman maintained an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $355 to $400 on July 20, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 80%.
RBC Capital analyst Ken Herbert maintained an Outperform rating with a price target of $400 on July 17, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 73%.
UBS analyst Gavin Parsons maintained a Buy rating and raised the price target from $426 to $435 on July 17, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 59%.
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PepsiCo sits near a 52-week low after a brutal guidance cut, yet its international business keeps firing on all cylinders while the stock trades at a steep discount to its closest rivals. The question is whether Wall Street has already…
The 24/7 Wall St. price target for PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price Prediction) is $145.29. That is about 15.6% above today’s $125.71 share price. The stock wins a buy rating with high confidence from our model.
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PepsiCo trades at a forward multiple of 14x and yields 4.36%. The stock has beaten EPS estimates 5 quarters running. North America is the problem. International growth, cost cuts and a valuation correction offer a credible path back toward its old range.
A Guidance Cut Left PepsiCo Near Its 52-Week Low
Shares are down 9.2% over the past month and 9.75% year to date. They traded at $143.30 when second-quarter results came out in July. The stock sits 24.5% below its $166.41 52-week high and just 1.8% above its $123.47 low.
Third-quarter adjusted EPS of $2.34 beat the $2.30 estimate. Revenue rose 5.6% to $25.27 billion. Management cut core EPS growth guidance to 2.5% to 3.5%, down from 5% to 7%. CEO Ramon Laguarta said “our business in North America performed below our expectations and represents a meaningful opportunity for improvement.”
Why Bulls See $156 Within Reach
International is the growth engine. EMEA and Asia Pacific each posted 9% organic growth, and LatAm Foods rose 14%. Management expects international revenue to top $40 billion this year. February snack price cuts of up to 15% returned U.S. foods to volume growth.
A $10 billion buyback, cost cuts and a 54th consecutive dividend increase add support. Our bull case reaches $156.62. Wall Street shows 18 Hold ratings against 5 Buy or Strong Buy ratings.
North America Is the Risk Worth Watching
Frito-Lay North America’s core operating profit fell 12%, and North American beverage volume dropped 2%. Core operating margin contracted 35 bps, with a tariff refund adding 4 points.
Reported operating income rose 19.36%. Much margin pressure stems from calculated affordability investments. The bear case of $135.04 still sits above today’s price.
PepsiCo Trades at a Discount to Coca-Cola and Mondelez
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Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) is PepsiCo’s direct soda rival with a 34.9% operating margin wins a premium multiple.
Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) competes in global snacks and commands a higher multiple.
Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) is cheaper on forward earnings but its 5.1% return on equity trails PepsiCo’s 42.86% by a wide margin. Our target means about 16x forward earnings, below both Coca-Cola and Mondelez.
PepsiCo Price Prediction 2026-2030
A buy rating with a 24/7 Wall St. price target of $145.29 and 90% confidence. A defensive franchise with a 4%-plus yield trading at a peer-group discount tips the scale.
North American volume stability and margin-protecting cost cuts would strengthen the case. A further guidance cut from management in early 2027 would hurt it.
Our model projects PepsiCo could trade as follows in the base case:
Year
Price Target from 24/7 Wall St.
2026
$132.62
2027
$144.90
2028
$158.62
2029
$173.03
2030
$185.18
PepsiCo’s continued execution of its current strategy supports these projections. A faster North American recovery could drove results above these figures, while lasting input-cost inflation could pull them below.
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Akcie Intelu od zářijového maxima klesly o 20,4 % na 101,35 USD; v obchodování po uzavření se prodávaly za 100,18 USD, těsně nad sledovanou úrovní podpory 100 USD.
Intel has shed a fifth of its value since September while burning through billions in its foundry division, and the round-number level traders have been watching now sits within arm's reach of the after-hours price.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC | INTC Price Prediction) closed at $101.35 on Monday after a 3.20% session decline. It reached an intraday low of $100.71 and slipped to $100.18 after hours, just above the round number chart watchers have been tracking.
The stock now sits 20.4% below its September 24 close of $127.39, which was its highest since early August. It is also 28% below its record close of $140.94, set on June 22.
Those are large drops for a company worth $532.55 billion. Even so, Intel is still up 178.66% over the past year, so this drawdown sits inside a large rally.
The stock has fallen in six of the last seven sessions. The selling likely reflects a market repricing a story that ran ahead of the evidence before earnings.
Four Headlines Knocked Intel Off Its September Peak
On October 4, Elon Musk confirmed talks about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) joining his Terafab chip project, which Intel had joined in April. Musk said: “Just discussions, but something may come of it.”
Intel said it “would continue to participate in Terafab,” but the stock fell more than 4% the next session. Intel’s foundry dream depends on being the chosen alternative manufacturer, and a second alternative inside the same project reduces that role.
A sell-side estimate then showed Intel’s share of CPU models slipping 3.9 points in the third quarter to 68.1%. Because supply already caps how many chips Intel can ship, that loss matters more for the story than for revenue.
On October 8, chip stocks generally sold off after a report put OpenAI’s annualized revenue at about $50 billion, below earlier estimates. Intel lost 5.34% that day in a sector-wide move, part of a 12.3% decline over the five sessions ending October 9.
A Capital Warning Lands on the Hungriest Balance Sheet
On Monday, Intel’s chief executive and Broadcom’s (NASDAQ:AVGO) chief executive spoke at an event in Singapore. They warned that a lack of capital could become the AI industry’s biggest bottleneck.
That warning hits Intel directly. It raised its 2026 capital spending outlook to “more than $20 billion” and expects 2027 spending to be “significantly above the 2026 levels.”
Intel Foundry still lost $2.1 billion in the second quarter. Management has said Intel “may need to tap the capital markets” if it is very successful, and a tighter funding cycle raises the cost of that plan.
The operating business held up through the slide. Second-quarter revenue rose 25.42% to $16.13 billion, and Data Center and AI revenue grew 59%.
Chart Watchers Have Drawn Their Line Between $100 and $103
Technical analysts point to a support zone from $100 to $103. It includes the 50-day moving average of $103.30 with a Fibonacci retracement level of $100.54. A support zone is a price range where buyers have previously stepped in strongly enough to stop a decline.
Below that, the next support zone is $87 to $88, with the 200-day moving average near $83 as deeper support. This view comes from chart analysts and is separate from sell-side fundamental research. It describes past trading behavior.
Wall Street’s Hold-Heavy Consensus Wants Proof
Coverage stands at 20 Buy, 27 Hold and 2 Sell ratings. Analysts’ mean price target of $109.06 implies about 7.6% upside.
That is thin next to a 178.66% one-year gain. With holds in the majority, analysts are waiting for evidence before calling the stock cheap.
The average target has trailed the stock’s moves. At its September peak, Intel traded well above today’s average target.
Intel reports third-quarter results after the close on Thursday, October 29. It guided to revenue of $15.8 billion to $16.8 billion and adjusted EPS of about $0.38, and a chart level may give way once those numbers come out.
Valuation Gap Leaves Intel Trailing NVIDIA on Analyst Upside
Intel looks fully valued at current levels. The upside to the average target is small, and the stock trades at 63x forward earnings while its foundry lost $2.1 billion in the second quarter.
There’s substance to the optimism, because server demand is exceeding supply and Intel has beaten its own forecasts for seven consecutive quarters. But the past year’s gain already prices in much of that progress.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) carries a stronger valuation profile. At $226.32 against an average target of $328.72, it carries about 45.2% implied upside at 25x forward earnings, with 49 Buy ratings.
Analyst targets remain estimates for both stocks, and the key distinction is that NVIDIA’s earnings already support its valuation, while Intel’s earnings still have to catch up.
My view fails if Intel tops $16.8 billion in revenue on October 29 and closes back above $103.30. A close below $100 before then would point toward the $87 area instead.
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Akcie společnosti Adobe letos klesly o 31,96 %, přestože její roční opakované výnosy z AI produktů přesáhly 650 mil. USD a meziročně vzrostly o více než 150 %.
Adobe's stock has cratered 32% this year even as its AI revenue grows triple digits, leaving investors caught between a compelling valuation and a nagging question about whether the real threat to Creative Cloud has barely started.
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE | ADBE Price Prediction) trades at $238.14. The market is pricing in a generative AI disruption that the company’s own results keep failing to show.
Adobe owns the professional creative stack (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere) along with Acrobat and a large enterprise marketing business. Shares are down 31.96% year to date, even though the company just posted its fifth consecutive EPS beat. The pressure got worse after Barron’s reported a downgrade to Sell, citing growth concerns and “meaningful cracks now starting to show.”
AI Revenue Is Surging While the Multiple Collapses Bulls point to the AI numbers. AI-first ending ARR now tops $650 million and is growing more than 150% year over year. Firefly ARR grew 40% quarter over quarter, and creative freemium users passed 100 million. Management also said AI credit consumption is accelerating inside the core desktop apps. Creators are using generative AI through Adobe’s tools.
The stock trades at a forward P/E of 9 with a PEG of 0.582, which is a deep-value multiple for a business that just raised full-year non-GAAP EPS guidance to $24.45 to $24.50. Adobe also bought back about 9.5 million shares for $2.232 billion in a single quarter.
Slowing down ARR and Thinner Margins Feed the Sell Calls Bears focus on what lies behind the beats. In the latest quarter, net income rose only 3.1% on revenue growth of 12.89%. Full-year ending ARR growth is targeted at just 10.2%. On the call, analysts pressed management about lower net new ARR and seat-volume weakness. Management had also put off price increases, choosing to push users into the freemium model first.
Canva, Midjourney and OpenAI keep competing for lighter creative work. Retail sentiment is negative too: a Reddit post called “ADOBE is cooked.” drew 1,509 upvotes.
A CEO Handoff Leaves the Story Half Written Shantanu Narayen is leaving after 18 years as CEO, and Anil Chakravarthy is taking over. The freemium strategy has not yet shown that it converts users into paying customers at scale. Upcoming markers include Q4 revenue against guidance of $6.8 to $6.85 billion, the first ARR outlook under the new CEO, and evidence that freemium users are turning into ARR.
Wall Street Sees Upside but Mostly Rates It Hold At $238.14, Adobe lies 15.5% below the consensus target of $275.06 from 39 analysts. Price targets are one data point and come with no guarantee. The ratings break down this way:
Strong Buy: 4 Buy: 7 Hold: 23 Sell: 4 Strong Sell: 1 Over the past year, Adobe fell 29.44% while the S&P 500 gained 19.15%. The trailing P/E is 14.
Adobe’s Results Keep Defying the Cannibalization Thesis At $238.14, the data points to a business the market may be mispricing.
Part of the threat is real. Net new ARR is slowing down, and low-end tools are winning casual users. The bigger claim, that AI will replace Creative Cloud, is still unproven. Creative and marketing subscription revenue grew 13% year over year, and AI usage is rising inside Adobe’s main apps.
The likely path higher runs through a seasonally strong enterprise Q4, product launches at Adobe MAX, and the Topaz Labs deal. At a single-digit forward multiple, much of the bad news already looks priced in. This outlook falls apart if AI-first ARR stalls or creative subscription growth slips toward single digits.
Adobe is being valued like a business AI is replacing, even as its AI revenue grows faster than almost anything else it sells.
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American Express zavádí Intent Intelligence Framework, který před platbou ověří záměr zákazníka a má zabránit neautorizovaným nákupům prováděným AI agenty.
Personal AI agents are increasingly making transactions on their users’ behalf, but given the nondeterministic nature of large language models, AI bots are prone to doing what they’re not supposed to. Which, in this case, raises the possibility of AI misfiring and making unauthorized transactions.
To get ahead of this problem, American Express is introducing a new framework designed to capture and authenticate a customer’s purchase intent before an AI agent completes the transaction.
The idea is that there should be a way to ensure that the customer’s purchase instructions are carried throughout the transaction lifecycle, Amex says, from the purchase to everything that follows.
Dubbed the “Intent Intelligence Framework,” the company hopes it will become an industry standard for AI-powered transactions.
“These new transactions will have a consumer, a merchant, and an agent,” explained Amex’s VP of Agentic Partnerships and Strategy, Hannah Bozian, in an interview with TechCrunch. She said the company wanted to ensure that agentic transactions are still “seamless, trusted, and secure, the way our card members expect them to be.”
This framework’s release follows the company’s April launch of Amex’s Agentic Commerce Experiences, or the ACE Developer Toolkit, which includes a handful of services that now include the intent framework.
Amex said it has not yet seen an increase in disputes because of agentic commerce, but it wanted to be proactive in building this technology as this type of commerce scales. In part, that’s because consumers have signaled they’re open to trying agentic commerce.
In a recent Amex Trendex report, 66% of surveyed U.S. consumers said they’re likely to use AI agents to research the best price for a product or service, and 61% said they’re likely to use it for a product or service recommendation over the next 12 months, the company told TechCrunch.
To start, Amex’s new intent framework begins with a Create Intent API, which will capture the customer’s purchase instructions along with other constraints they may have included in their request, like the merchant’s name, maximum budget, and other product preferences. How this intent is collected may vary depending on the AI model involved, but the plan is to make this framework flexible enough to support all agentic commerce models, Bozian said.
The customer then authenticates their identity and signs off on the intent captured by the agent.
Then an Intent ID, a unique identifier representing the intent, is created, along with a Proof of Intent Token, which includes the customer’s high-level constraints. This token is used to obtain a secure digital payment credential that the agent will use at checkout instead of the customer’s actual credit card number. In doing so, Amex says, the purchase will remain secure while being aligned with what the customer authorized the agent to do.
This Intent ID and token can also be used in different parts of the transaction process, helping companies to manage areas like fraud prevention and dispute resolution, Amex said.
“Our approach differs from the implementations of others in that it pulls intent earlier into the transaction flow. And this is important because it helps mitigate some risk before the risk occurs,” said Bozian. She offered the example of a customer asking an agent to buy white Nike sneakers in a size 9, but the agent submits a request to purchase shoes from Adidas. In such a case, Amex could prevent the transaction from going through because the agent made a mistake.
Bozian also notes that while many agents today ask for customer consent before making a purchase, Amex foresees a future where agents may act much more autonomously in some cases. For instance, a consumer might allow their agent to re-order household staples, like paper towels or toilet paper — categories in which the only real constraint is the price and size, not merchant or brand. In these scenarios, it makes sense to have technology in the loop performing that extra check, to ensure the transactions match the customer’s intent.
Having a log of what was authorized by which agent and when could also help address fraud on behalf of the agent, she noted.
Amex is already in discussions with partners across the payments ecosystem for implementing ACE, which includes the agentic tokens that contain Amex’s payment credentials, as well as other parts of the developer kit.
The company said it plans to actively develop ACE further as the agentic commerce ecosystem evolves.
On October 13 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026‘s Industry Stage, Amex VP of Agentic Partnerships and Strategy at American Express, Hannah Bozian, will discuss the company’s new “Intent Intelligence Framework” in more detail, and what it means for the world of agentic commerce.
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Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG – Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-nine ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, sixteen have given a hold recommendation and twelve have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $137.96.
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $128.00 to $141.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $150.00 target price on shares of Dollar General in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Citigroup boosted their price target on Dollar General from $116.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 28th. Wall Street Zen raised Dollar General from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Dollar General from $132.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 28th.
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Dollar General Stock Performance
Shares of NYSE DG opened at $126.48 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $124.26 and a 200 day moving average of $118.84. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 0.23. Dollar General has a 12-month low of $95.11 and a 12-month high of $158.23.
Dollar General (NYSE:DG – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 27th. The company reported $2.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.01 by $0.47. Dollar General had a net margin of 3.90% and a return on equity of 18.93%. The business had revenue of $11.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.20 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.86 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Dollar General has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.800-8.000 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Dollar General will post 7.69 earnings per share for the current year.
Dollar General Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 6th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 6th. Dollar General’s payout ratio is presently 30.69%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DG. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd increased its stake in Dollar General by 4,550.0% in the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 186 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. Evergreen Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Dollar General during the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of Dollar General in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton lifted its position in shares of Dollar General by 788.1% in the second quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 373 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 331 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Community Bank N.A. lifted its position in shares of Dollar General by 216.4% in the second quarter. Community Bank N.A. now owns 443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 303 shares in the last quarter. 91.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) operates a chain of discount retail stores focused on providing everyday goods at affordable prices. Its merchandise includes consumable products such as food, beverages, cleaning supplies, paper products, and personal-care items, along with seasonal goods, home products, basic apparel, and select health and beauty products. Many stores also offer tobacco products, prepaid wireless services, and other convenience-oriented items.
The company primarily serves rural and suburban communities in the United States through a network of small-format stores located across most U.S.
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When Elon Musk talks, investors tend to listen up. Whether he's discussing autonomous vehicles, orbital data centers, or the future of artificial intelligence (AI), Musk has an uncanny ability to draw attention to technologies that could reshape entire economies.
His latest observation was surprisingly simple. When responding to a discussion on X (formerly Twitter) about shrinking generative models to operate continuously on smartphones and other devices, Musk wrote, "Problem is RAM supply."
Those four words highlight an increasingly important challenge facing the AI industry, and they are particularly encouraging for Micron Technology (MU -3.88%) shareholders.
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AI's next bottleneck isn't processing power For years, much of the AI narrative revolved around Nvidia GPUs and the enormous data centers required to train sophisticated models. Now, another opportunity is emerging. Instead of relying exclusively on cloud-based computing, AI developers are compressing model sizes so they can run directly on smartphones, laptops, vehicles, and other connected devices. This is commonly referred to as edge AI.
Running AI locally can reduce latency, improve privacy, and enable applications to operate without constant internet access. However, these models still require substantial memory. That's the issue Musk was addressing.
Random access memory (RAM) temporarily stores information that processors need to execute tasks. But even as AI models become smaller, continuously operating them still requires sufficient memory to accommodate certain parameters and data loads. Naturally, as these applications become more sophisticated, their memory requirements could increase. This is an interesting conundrum for Micron, which manufactures DRAM, including low-power memory for smartphones and high bandwidth memory (HBM) used alongside AI accelerators.
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Micron's latest financial results were a blowout Micron is already benefiting from the enormous imbalance between memory supply and demand. During its fiscal fourth quarter, revenue surged 379% year over year to $54.2 billion. Meanwhile, operating income reached approximately $43.7 billion, compared with just $3.7 billion during the same period last year.
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These results reflect more than selling additional memory chips. This growth shows how Micron has gained substantial pricing power as customers compete for the limited DRAM and NAND supply. During the fourth quarter, Micron's gross margin reached 87% -- demonstrating just how favorable industry conditions have become for the memory supplier.
Management believes the memory shortage isn't ending anytime soon. During its September earnings call, Micron indicated that memory supply constraints should persist through 2027 and 2028. The company also guided approximately $61.5 billion in fiscal first-quarter revenue, underscoring that its extraordinary momentum could continue. Musk's comment regarding edge AI added another source of demand alongside hyperscaler infrastructure spending going into next year.
Why Micron stock could have more upside Micron is positioned to benefit from multiple AI tailwinds simultaneously. Cloud computing requires HBM and server DRAM. Smartphones and personal computers increasingly require advanced low-power memory. Autonomous vehicles and robotics introduce additional opportunities in the world of physical AI.
Each application is memory-intensive, yet constrained manufacturing capacity gives suppliers leverage when negotiating prices. If demand continues exceeding supply, Micron should be able to sustain unusually strong profit margins and compound earnings well beyond this year.
In turn, this could encourage growth investors to rerate Micron stock and assign a higher valuation multiple, particularly if the company's long-term customer agreements make future revenue and profit more predictable.
Musk's observation that RAM supply is constraining edge AI reinforces the importance of memory throughout the AI ecosystem. Micron's extraordinary financial performance demonstrates how profitable a supply-constrained asset can become. While the company remains exposed to macro cycles around hyperscaler spending, I see Micron as an attractive long-term AI infrastructure investment, particularly given that AI memory shortages are expected to persist and next-generation use cases are moving into production.
SummaryMicron (MU) is upgraded from Hold to Buy with a fair value of $1,240, citing improved HBM pricing and a 10% stock pullback.
HBM margin dilution should narrow in 2027 due to higher contracted prices, but exact gross margin impact remains uncertain.
Custom HBM4E development with Nvidia offers strategic upside, though margin benefits and exclusivity are not yet disclosed.
Valuation at less than 6x FY2027 earnings offers 20% upside, but risks include DRAM pricing volatility, capex, and manufacturing complexity.
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Analytik ocenil akcie společnosti Micron Technology (MU) metodou DCF na 1 500,36 USD za akcii, což představuje 52,5 % nad současnou cenou, a vydal doporučení Strong Buy.
SummaryMicron Technology, Inc. demonstrates superior growth and profitability metrics versus peers while trading at a significant valuation discount.MU's AI-driven memory demand, multi-year strategic customer agreements, and disciplined cost controls underpin robust revenue and margin expansion.My DCF-based fair value estimate is $1,500.36 per share, 52.5% above current levels, with a Strong Buy rating justified by conservative assumptions.MU stock risks include potential AI bubble deflation and geopolitical trade barriers, but ongoing data center buildouts and new applications support a bullish outlook. Getty Images
Investing Thesis Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) has strong profitability and growth metrics compared to its peers, exceeding the means and medians on nearly all metrics of both categories. Meanwhile, its valuation metrics are cheaper than
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Occidental Petroleum zvýšila ve třetím čtvrtletí průměrnou realizovanou cenu ropy meziročně o 32,6 % na 85,91 USD za barel kvůli obavám z výpadků dodávek.
Shale producer Occidental Petroleum (OXY.N) said in a filing on Tuesday its worldwide average realized oil prices rose 32.6% in the third quarter from a year earlier, as concerns over supply disruptions linked to the US-Iran war and restricted oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz lifted crude prices.
The US-Iran war has pushed up oil prices by raising supply concerns and disrupting flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world's oil.
In September, the company temporarily curtailed production at certain Gulf of America facilities, referring to the Gulf of Mexico, due to a third-party gas pipeline constraint and maintenance activities.
Production has been partially restored, with the remaining impacted production expected to return as the third-party gas pipeline constraint is resolved.
Benchmark Brent crude prices averaged $89.27 a barrel during the July-September quarter, up 31.2% from the year-ago quarter.
Occidental's worldwide average realized oil price in the third quarter was $85.91 per barrel, compared with $64.78 a barrel a year earlier.
Worldwide realized natural gas prices averaged $1.69 per million cubic feet, compared with positive $1.57 per mcf in the year-ago quarter.
Worldwide realized natural gas liquids prices rose nearly 26% to $24.63 per barrel, compared with $19.60 per barrel in the year-ago quarter.
Royal Bank Of Canada (NYSE:RY – Get Free Report) (TSE:RY) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,095,117 shares, an increase of 140.9% from the September 15th total of 2,530,636 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 1,080,834 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Royal Bank Of Canada Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. GK Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Royal Bank Of Canada during the third quarter valued at about $100,000. Balefire LLC lifted its holdings in Royal Bank Of Canada by 10.5% in the third quarter. Balefire LLC now owns 1,624 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $319,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares during the period. Riversedge Advisors LLC grew its position in Royal Bank Of Canada by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Riversedge Advisors LLC now owns 2,996 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $589,000 after buying an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital grew its position in Royal Bank Of Canada by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 3,949 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $753,000 after buying an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. grew its position in Royal Bank Of Canada by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. now owns 413,777 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $81,588,000 after buying an additional 6,500 shares in the last quarter. 45.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Royal Bank Of Canada Stock Performance Shares of NYSE RY opened at $192.78 on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada has a 12-month low of $143.13 and a 12-month high of $218.57. The company has a market cap of $266.80 billion, a PE ratio of 16.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.80. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $204.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $195.62. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10.
Royal Bank Of Canada (NYSE:RY – Get Free Report) (TSE:RY) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 27th. The financial services provider reported $3.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $13.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.98 billion. Royal Bank Of Canada had a return on equity of 17.79% and a net margin of 16.17%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Royal Bank Of Canada will post 11.83 EPS for the current year. Royal Bank Of Canada Announces Dividend The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 26th will be paid a C$1.76 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 26th. This represents a $7.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.7%. Royal Bank Of Canada’s dividend payout ratio is presently 43.39%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of equities analysts have issued reports on RY shares. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Royal Bank Of Canada from a “buy (b+)” rating to a “buy (a-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Royal Bank Of Canada in a report on Friday, August 21st. TD Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Royal Bank Of Canada in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Royal Bank Of Canada in a research report on Friday, August 28th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Royal Bank Of Canada in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Royal Bank Of Canada currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $225.00.
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Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1864, it operates under the RBC brand and serves individuals, businesses, institutional clients and governments.
RBC provides personal and commercial banking services, including deposit accounts, lending, mortgages, credit cards, payment solutions and financial advice. Its wealth management operations offer investment management, brokerage, trust, private banking and financial planning services to individuals, families and institutions.
Through RBC Capital Markets, the company provides investment banking, corporate banking, securities, sales and trading, and financial advisory services.
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