ATI má 6. srpna oznámit výsledky za 2. čtvrtletí; tržby se čekají na 1,22 miliardy USD, meziročně o 6,98 % vyšší. Tahounem mají být silná poptávka v letectví, obraně a speciální energetice.
Key Takeaways ATI is set to report Q2 results on Aug. 6, with revenues estimated at $1.22 billion, up 6.98%.Aerospace, defense and specialty energy demand is expected to lift shipments and expand margins.Pricing, operational efficiencies and cost initiatives may support earnings growth. ATI Inc. (ATI - Free Report) is set to release second-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on Aug. 6.
The company surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, with an earnings surprise of roughly 8.56% on average. It posted an earnings surprise of 13.6% in the last reported quarter. ATI is expected to have benefited from strong aerospace and defense demand, favorable pricing and operational efficiencies.
ATI’s shares have gained 159.4% over the past year compared with the Zacks Aerospace - Defense Equipment industry’s 9.8% growth.
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What do ATI’s Revenue Estimates Say?The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter consolidated revenues for ATI is currently pegged at $1,220 million, indicating a year-over-year rise of 6.98%.
Factors at Play for ATI StockATI is expected to have benefited from strong demand across aerospace, defense and specialty energy markets in the second quarter, supporting higher shipments of proprietary alloys, forgings and specialty materials while driving margin expansion. The ongoing ramp in commercial aircraft production, increasing adoption of next-generation jet engines and rising defense spending are likely to have remained key growth drivers. The company also continues to benefit from investments in nuclear power and gas turbine infrastructure to meet rising electricity demand from AI-driven data centers.
Its financial outlook remains supported by expanding margins, strong free cash flow generation and disciplined capital allocation. ATI expects adjusted free cash flow of $465-$525 million for full-year 2026, reflecting continued confidence in its earnings. Investments in its nickel melt system and new vacuum induction melting capacity are expected to strengthen its differentiated product portfolio while limiting execution risk.
Earnings growth is also expected to have been supported by favorable pricing, cost reductions, productivity improvements, operational efficiencies and ATI's strong competitive position in titanium and nickel-based superalloys. Continued debt reduction, disciplined share repurchases and targeted capital investments in high-margin aerospace applications further position the company to outperform expectations and sustain profitable growth.
What Our Model Unveils for ATI StockOur proven model predicts an earnings beat for ATI this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earnings beat. That is just the case here.
Earnings ESP: Earnings ESP for ATI is +1.32%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the second quarter is currently pegged at $1.03. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: ATI currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.
Stocks That Warrant a LookHere are some companies you may want to consider, as our model shows these have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:
Avient Corporation (AVNT - Free Report) , scheduled to release earnings on Aug. 6, has an Earnings ESP of +0.87% and carries a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The consensus estimate for AVNT’s earnings for the second quarter is currently pegged at 89 cents.
Albemarle Corporation (ALB - Free Report) , scheduled to release earnings on Aug. 5, has an Earnings ESP of +2.21% and carries a Zacks Rank #3 at present.
The consensus mark for ALB’s second-quarter earnings is currently pegged at $3.35.
Materion Corporation (MTRN - Free Report) , slated to release earnings on Aug. 5, has an Earnings ESP of +5.39%.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for MTRN's earnings for the second quarter is currently pegged at $1.55. MTRN currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.
Diamondback Energy zvýšila výhled produkce zhruba o 3 % až 4 % proti původnímu plánu na rok 2026 a nyní je asi o 4 % nad začátkem roku. Firma zároveň snížila čistý dluh o 1,6 miliardy USD.
3 Stocks to Own If Gas Prices Keep RisingDiamondback Energy NASDAQ: FANG said its second-quarter operational performance and view of global oil inventories support a potential path toward low-single-digit organic production growth in 2027, while management emphasized it intends to retain flexibility amid commodity-market volatility.
Chief Executive Officer Kaes Van’t Hof said the company increased its production outlook by roughly 3% to 4% versus its original 2026 plan after responding to oil-price signals in March. Production is now approximately 4% above its level at the start of the year, he said.
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Insider Selling: CRWV, DELL & FANG See +$100M in 2026 Sales Looking ahead, Van’t Hof said Diamondback is weighing whether to maintain production at elevated third-quarter levels or grow from that base. At present, the company’s model supports low-single-digit organic growth while maintaining capital efficiency and operating five frac crews consistently through the year.
“Our bet is that these global inventories, including SPRs, are going to need to be refilled,” Van’t Hof said, referring to strategic petroleum reserves. He said oil and product inventories have been drawing down and that, absent permanent demand destruction, the market will need additional supply to meet global demand and replenish inventories.
Operations and Well Productivity Diamondback Sees Resilient Demand Despite Cautious GuidanceManagement highlighted continued operational improvements across well construction, targeting and completions. Van’t Hof described the company’s progress as a “stacked innovation” effort, citing incremental advances that have improved drilling and completion performance over time.
Chief Engineer Al Barkmann said Diamondback has used larger tubulars that allow more aggressive flowback, while changes in stimulation design, stage architecture, perforating and well targeting have contributed to recent well outperformance. Management said its objective is to maximize the combination of wells per section, production per well and low well costs to generate the highest net present value per section and acre.
The company also discussed completion efficiency. Chief Operating Officer Danny Wesson said Diamondback averaged more than 21 hours of pumping per day during the first full quarter of continuous pumping. While the company sees potential to continue improving, Wesson said maintenance requirements and the cost of equipment redundancy create practical tradeoffs.
Diamondback is targeting average completion performance of 5,000 feet per day across its crews, after some pads surpassed that level, according to Wesson. The company is also using electric frac fleets, which management said have helped mitigate fuel-cost inflation.
On oilfield service costs, Wesson said Diamondback is seeing some inflation in consumables, particularly casing in the second half of 2026. He estimated the impact at slightly more than 1% of total well costs, adding that the company expects to offset much of that pressure through efficiency gains. Management said a quarterly capital run rate of roughly $1 billion to slightly more than $1 billion could be reasonable to hold production flat based on current conditions.
Gas, Power and Data Center Strategy Van’t Hof said improved gas pricing at Waha during July, following the start-up of new pipelines, provided near-term relief after weak second-quarter conditions. He said Diamondback views natural gas as an additive component of its oil-focused strategy and intends to secure more contracted transportation capacity to Gulf Coast markets, where gas demand could come from LNG exports, power generation and data centers.
The company said gas production has exceeded expectations. Wesson attributed much of that outperformance to improved local gas marketing, including maturing gathering and processing systems, additional redundancy and strategic split connections. Barkmann said a growing role for Barnett development could cause gas volumes to increase further over time.
Chief Financial Officer Jere Thompson provided an update on a proposed power project at Diamondback’s approximately 30,000-acre Bryant Ranch site near Midland, Texas. The project is being developed with an independent power producer and is intended to provide a bridge-to-grid power solution using behind-the-meter reciprocating units.
Management said the site has distributed generation, remediated land, and dedicated natural gas and water access. The initial phase could deliver first gas as soon as the second half of 2027, according to Thompson. Diamondback is also pursuing grid-connected power as early as 2028 through ERCOT’s Batch Zero process. The company was awaiting ERCOT’s determination on project eligibility following an August 20 meeting. Thompson said Diamondback has set aside 200 million to 250 million cubic feet per day of natural gas for the project. He described a potential in-basin feed-gas solution as the project’s largest value driver, with additional possible benefits from Diamondback’s 30% interest in water infrastructure company Deep Blue and potential land-related proceeds.
Management said it would provide a broader update after signing definitive documentation with a hyperscale customer. Van’t Hof stressed that Diamondback does not plan to become a power or data center operator, but intends to provide molecules, surface acreage, water and industry knowledge.
Capital Allocation and Balance Sheet Van’t Hof said Diamondback has moved away from a formulaic minimum free-cash-flow return commitment in favor of a more flexible capital-allocation approach. The company repurchased some shares in the second quarter and continued buying stock in the third quarter, he said, while also reducing net debt by $1.6 billion during the second quarter.
Van’t Hof estimated that the debt reduction represented $5.60 per share of value moving from the debt side of the capital structure to equity. He said Diamondback intends to use buybacks opportunistically rather than pursue procyclical repurchases.
The company also plans to build enough cash to address debt callable in 2026 and prepare for 2027 maturities, while potentially accumulating cash for maturities due between 2029 and 2032. Van’t Hof said cash accumulation is not intended to fund large cash acquisitions.
Barnett, EOR and Portfolio Development Diamondback said it continues to expand and consolidate its Barnett position, including through leasing activity with Double Eagle. The company’s first four-well Spanish Trail pad has been drilled and is expected to be completed in coming months. Management said it expects full-section results around year-end or early 2027.
Van’t Hof said Barnett drilling costs are approaching $400 per foot, with some wells already below that level. The company expects to achieve costs around $400 per foot or less consistently as it builds scale in the play.
The company is also testing surfactant-based enhanced oil recovery techniques. Barkmann said Diamondback completed a 12-well project during the quarter and was flowing back the wells, with initial results described as positive. Management said results have varied widely across earlier work, with some wells showing no uplift and others producing three to four times more than before treatment.
Van’t Hof said the average earlier result involved wells producing roughly 150 to 200 barrels per day gaining an additional 100 to 150 barrels per day, though the company is still determining which rock types and reservoir conditions respond best. Diamondback is also incorporating the approach into new-well pads, with control and surfactant-treated portions of certain sections.
Management said it sees artificial intelligence and automation as early-stage tools for improving artificial lift optimization, reducing downtime and lowering operating costs. The company’s lease operating expense fell below $6 per barrel during the quarter, primarily because of higher production volumes, though management said it expects costs to remain around that level or somewhat higher in the second half.
About Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG)Diamondback Energy, Inc NASDAQ: FANG is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploration and production of unconventional resources in the Permian Basin. Headquartered in Midland, Texas, the company concentrates its operations in the core Midland and Delaware sub‑basins of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, where it pursues contiguous acreage positions to support repeatable drilling programs.
Diamondback's activities span the upstream value chain, including leasehold acquisition, well planning, drilling, completion and production optimization.
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ON Semi upřednostňuje dodávky pro AI datová centra před automobilovým průmyslem a průmyslem, protože omezené čipy přesměroval k zákazníkům z oblasti AI. Firma očekává, že tržby z AI datových center v roce 2026 více než zdvojnásobí.
The AI boom is beginning to reshape more than demand—it’s changing who gets chips first.
“We prioritized shipments to AI data center over automotive and industrial,” CEO Hassane El-Khoury said, adding that the company redirected some constrained products toward AI customers while production works to catch up.
He later reiterated that ON Semi “did prioritize AI data center,” describing the move as beneficial for the company’s long-term growth and saying supply should improve during the second half of the year.
AI Is Changing Chip PrioritiesThe comments underscore how AI infrastructure is climbing to the top of chipmakers’ priority lists. ON Semi expects its AI data center revenue to more than double in 2026, driven by demand for power management chips used in next-generation AI servers and power systems.
For investors, the takeaway extends beyond ON Semi. As AI infrastructure spending accelerates, data center customers are increasingly competing with traditional markets such as automotive for semiconductor supply—a shift that could reshape priorities across the industry if demand continues to outpace production.
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Old Dominion ve 2. čtvrtletí zvýšila zisk o 32,3 % na 1,68 USD na akcii a tržby o 10,4 % na 1,55 mld. USD, i když objemy přepravy klesly. Valuace ODFL zůstává vysoká.
Key Takeaways Old Dominion's Q2 earnings rose 32.3% as revenues climbed 10.4% despite weaker freight volumes. ODFL's pricing gains offset declines in LTL tons per day and daily shipments in the second quarter. ODFL held $283.9 million in cash against $20 million in current debt maturities, supporting flexibility. Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL - Free Report) combines improving earnings, disciplined pricing and exceptional margins with a valuation that leaves limited room for disappointment. Investors must decide whether strengthening fundamentals justify paying a premium for the stock.
ODFL's Earnings Momentum StrengthensSecond-quarter earnings rose 32.3% to $1.68 per share and beat the consensus estimate by 10.5%. Revenues increased 10.4% to $1.55 billion as stronger yields offset weaker freight volumes.
Old Dominion Still Trades at a PremiumODFL trades at 33.77 times forward 12-month earnings, above the transportation sector and S&P 500 multiples. The valuation is also close to its five-year median of 33.81 times, suggesting investors already expect meaningful execution. ODFL's valuation is higher than fellow truck operators, ArcBest Corporation (ARCB - Free Report) and Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG - Free Report) .
ODFL's Pricing Power Offsets Volume WeaknessLTL revenue per hundredweight increased 15.2%, while the measure excluding fuel surcharges rose 5.5%. That pricing strength helped counter a 4.1% decline in LTL tons per day and a 5.7% drop in daily shipments.
Old Dominion's Balance Sheet Adds FlexibilityODFL ended the second quarter with $283.9 million in cash and only $20 million in current debt maturities. Its financial position supports capital investment, dividends and share repurchases despite continued freight-market uncertainty.
ODFL's Signals Favor Momentum Over ValueODFL currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), which supports a favorable near-term earnings-revision outlook, while the Momentum Style Score of A reinforces the positive setup. However, the Value Score of F, Growth Score of C and VGM Score of D highlight the trade-off between operating quality and a demanding valuation. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Cipher Mining uvedla, že ve 2. čtvrtletí 2026 urychlila přechod k datovým centrům pro HPC a dokončila 810milionové financování projektu Stingray. Výnosy klesly na 25 milionů USD a čistá ztráta se prohloubila na 268 milionů USD.
Is 2026 The Year to Load Up on Crypto Miners?Cipher Mining NASDAQ: CIFR said its second-quarter 2026 business update reflected continued progress in its transition toward developing and operating data centers for high-performance computing, or HPC, customers. The company highlighted an accelerated delivery at its Black Pearl campus, an $810 million project financing for its Stingray project, and an expanded Texas development pipeline.
Chief Executive Officer Tyler Page said the company’s operating, contracted and future development portfolio totals approximately 5.3 gigawatts across 11 sites. That includes about 4.4 gigawatts of expected future developments, while the remaining capacity consists of contracted HPC projects and legacy Bitcoin mining operations in Odessa, Texas.
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3 Speculative Stocks to Sell Before the Bottom Drops Out“The leases we’ve signed are giving prospective tenants more confidence to come to the table,” Page said, adding that completed financings and construction milestones were reinforcing the company’s position with capital markets and prospective hyperscale customers.
Black Pearl Delivery and Project Construction Cipher said it delivered initial data center capacity at its Black Pearl site in August, two months ahead of the original schedule, following a lease amendment requested by its tenant. Rent has commenced at the facility, according to Page.
Why Now Could Be the Smartest Time to Buy Crypto StocksThe rest of Black Pearl remains on its previously agreed delivery schedule. Phase 1’s remaining data halls are progressing through mechanical, electrical and plumbing fit-out, while Phase 2 is advancing through foundation, structural steel and underground electrical work. Cipher said it had secured approximately 96% of equipment needed across both phases.
At Barber Lake, Phase 1, consisting of approximately 168 critical IT megawatts, remains on track for rental payments to begin in October. The tenant has begun beneficial use of the site, including partial occupancy and deployment of network racks. Cipher said it has secured all equipment required to complete that project.
Construction at Stingray is also progressing, with earthwork, grading, pad preparation and underground electrical work underway. The company expects concrete foundations and steel erection to begin during the third quarter and anticipates delivery in the first half of 2027. About 75% of equipment for Stingray has been secured, Page said.
Stingray Financing and Liquidity Chief Financial Officer Greg Mumford said Cipher completed an $810 million project-level senior secured notes offering in June to fund Stingray through substantial completion. The financing covered approximately 98% of project costs and reimbursed the company for $56.7 million in previously funded expenditures.
The notes carried a 6% coupon and were approximately eight times oversubscribed, according to Mumford. He said the transaction represented Cipher’s third project-level financing and its lowest coupon to date.
Cipher has now completed three project-level financings that fully fund its contracted projects through completion, Mumford said. The company’s notes are designed to amortize during the base terms of the underlying leases.
As of June 30, Cipher had aggregate corporate and project debt outstanding of just over $6 billion. It also had a four-year, $200 million revolving credit facility, including a $50 million accordion feature, with no cash borrowings outstanding on the facility.
Total unrestricted liquidity stood at $870 million at quarter-end, consisting of $832 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and $38 million in Bitcoin. The company also reported about $3.7 billion in restricted project cash, including roughly $3.2 billion reserved for construction.
Mumford said the company did not expect to require additional equity based on its current forecasts and near-term commitments. During the question-and-answer session, however, he said future equity needs could depend on the pace of development spending and the size and timing of potential new lease agreements.
Second-Quarter Financial Results Revenue for the second quarter was $25 million, down from $35 million in the first quarter. Mumford attributed the decline to the decommissioning of Bitcoin mining at Black Pearl as the company transitions toward contracted data center revenue.
GAAP net loss was $268 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, compared with a $114 million loss, or $0.28 per diluted share, in the first quarter. The wider loss was primarily driven by a $150.5 million non-cash warrant remeasurement loss, compared with a $43.6 million non-cash gain in the prior quarter. Interest income was $36 million, reflecting higher average cash balances following Black Pearl and Stingray financings. Interest expense was $67 million, compared with $59 million in the first quarter, due in part to a full quarter of interest on Black Pearl Compute notes. Total assets rose to $7.5 billion at June 30 from $4.3 billion at the end of 2025. Property and equipment increased to $2.13 billion, while construction in progress grew to $1.68 billion as Barber Lake, Black Pearl and Stingray moved forward simultaneously.
Pipeline Expansion and Texas Interconnection Process Cipher added up to 1.1 gigawatts of potential future Texas capacity during the quarter, including an option on a new 900-megawatt site near San Antonio called Apollo and a planned 200-megawatt expansion at Stingray. Apollo has been submitted as a studied load in ERCOT’s Batch Zero interconnection process.
The company expects Reveille and Ulysses to add 270 gross megawatts in 2027, while Colchis, Mikeska and McLennan could add 2 gigawatts in 2028 and 2029. Page said Colchis, Mikeska and McLennan have land secured, deposits funded and required studies and executed facilities agreements submitted to ERCOT.
During the call, Page said a letter from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could delay anticipated decisions in the ERCOT batch process. He said Cipher had completed water surveys and stood behind its submitted attestations, adding that the company believes its sites will remain well positioned as the process develops.
Page also said the company sees increasing value in capacity outside the batch process, citing 477 megawatts potentially available in 2027 at Odessa, Reveille and Ulysses. Cipher is in discussions with prospective tenants for those sites, though Page said the company is focused on securing favorable terms and counterparties rather than completing the first available deal.
At Odessa, Cipher operated 207 megawatts of Bitcoin mining capacity during the quarter, generating approximately 11.6 exahash per second at an average fleet efficiency of roughly 17.2 joules per terahash. The site mined approximately 346 Bitcoin in the quarter. Cipher said it does not anticipate additional capital investment in Bitcoin mining and is holding early-stage discussions with multiple parties about converting Odessa into an HPC site.
About Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR)Cipher Mining Inc is a Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company that develops, owns and operates large-scale mining facilities across the United States. The company focuses on deploying advanced ASIC hardware and securing long-term low-cost power contracts to optimize bitcoin production. By strategically locating its sites in regions with abundant energy supply, Cipher Mining seeks to maintain a competitive cost structure and deliver efficient hashrate capacity growth.
Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Cipher Mining has pursued an integrated approach encompassing site development, equipment procurement and operations management.
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Middleby čeká za čtvrtletí nižší zisk i tržby: EPS má být 2,28 USD a tržby 836,82 milionu USD. Konsensus počítá s poklesem zisku o 3 % a tržeb o 14,4 % meziročně.
Middleby (MIDD - Free Report) is expected to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 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 August 11, 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 food preparation equipment company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $2.28 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -3%.
Revenues are expected to be $836.82 million, down 14.4% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions TrendThe consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 0.23% higher 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. 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 Middleby?For Middleby, 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 -3.37%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #2.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that Middleby 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 Middleby would post earnings of $1.94 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.16, delivering a surprise of +11.34%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates four 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.
Middleby 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.
Expected Results of an Industry PlayerAmong the stocks in the Zacks Manufacturing - General Industrial industry, Helios Technologies (HLIO - Free Report) , is soon expected to post earnings of $0.8 per share for the quarter ended June 2026. This estimate indicates a year-over-year change of +35.6%. This quarter's revenue is expected to be $230.36 million, up 8.4% from the year-ago quarter.
The consensus EPS estimate for Helios Technologies has been revised 4.1% higher over the last 30 days to the current level. However, a lower Most Accurate Estimate has resulted in an Earnings ESP of -0.84%.
When combined with a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold), this Earnings ESP makes it difficult to conclusively predict that Helios Technologies will beat the consensus EPS estimate. The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters.
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Pinnacle West (PNW - Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.43 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.49 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.58 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -4.03%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this power company would post a loss of $0.03 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.27, delivering a surprise of +1000%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
Pinnacle West, which belongs to the Zacks Utility - Electric Power industry, posted revenues of $1.46 billion for the quarter ended June 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.94%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $1.36 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Pinnacle West shares have added about 13.7% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 11%.
What's Next for Pinnacle West?While Pinnacle West has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Pinnacle West was favorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to outperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $3.11 on $1.88 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $4.74 on $5.56 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Utility - Electric Power is currently in the bottom 29% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the same industry, Evergy Inc (EVRG - Free Report) , is yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2026. The results are expected to be released on August 6.
This electric utility is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.82 per share in its upcoming report, which represents no change from the year-ago quarter. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Evergy Inc's revenues are expected to be $1.47 billion, up 2.6% from the year-ago quarter.
IPG Photonics (IPGP - Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.58 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.4 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.3 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +45.00%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this high-powered laser maker would post earnings of $0.32 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.29, delivering a surprise of -9.38%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
IPG, which belongs to the Zacks Lasers Systems and Components industry, posted revenues of $278.58 million for the quarter ended June 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.21%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $250.72 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
IPG shares have added about 21.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 11%.
What's Next for IPG?While IPG has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for IPG was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.47 on $277.13 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $1.66 on $1.11 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Lasers Systems and Components is currently in the top 42% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector, Inseego (INSG - Free Report) , is yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2026. The results are expected to be released on August 5.
This holding company is expected to post quarterly loss of $0.09 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -250%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Inseego's revenues are expected to be $40.1 million, down 0.3% from the year-ago quarter.
ONTO čeká ve 2. čtvrtletí výnosy 320–330 mil. USD a upravený non-GAAP EPS 1,65–1,73 USD díky silné poptávce po AI a pokročilém balení. Firma zároveň zlepšuje marže.
Key Takeaways ONTO expects Q2 revenue of $320M-$330M and non-GAAP EPS of $1.65-$1.73 on AI-driven demand.Onto Innovation expects higher gross and operating margins despite higher costs and R&D investments.ONTO expanded its X-ray portfolio with a Rigaku stake and launched Dragonfly G5 shipments for packaging. Onto Innovation (ONTO - Free Report) is set to report earnings for the second quarter of 2026 on Thursday, after the closing bell.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) is pinned at $1.68, suggesting a jump of 34.4% from the year-ago quarter’s figure. The company expects non-GAAP EPS between $1.65 and $1.73.
The consensus mark for revenues is pegged at $325.6 million, indicating a 28.4% rise from the year-earlier quarter’s actuals.
ONTO’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in two of the trailing four quarters, while missing in the other two, with the average surprise being 1.4%.
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ONTO’s Earnings WhispersOur proven model does not predict an earnings beat for Onto Innovation this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. That is not the case here.
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Key Trends Shaping ONTO’s Q2 ResultsAI-driven demand continues to strengthen, boosting both front-end and advanced packaging. This helped first-quarter revenue exceed guidance and is expected to drive roughly 20% year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter. Onto Innovation expects second-quarter revenues of $320–$330 million, implying about 10% upside to prior estimates at the midpoint and 28% year-over-year growth. Second-half momentum is likely driven by customer expansions, new product adoption and a growing backlog, supporting more than 15% sequential revenue growth.
Beyond robust revenue, Onto Innovation expects continued improvement in gross and operating margins in the second quarter, despite headwinds from higher material and fuel costs, along with increased R&D and service investments. The company expects gross margin between 56% and 56.5%, and non-GAAP operating margin between 28% and 28.6%. While monitoring macro and company-specific cost pressures, Onto Innovation remains confident it can expand gross margins by at least 50 basis points in the third and fourth quarters each and exit the year with an operating margin above 30%.
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In April, Onto Innovation deepened its partnership with Rigaku by acquiring a 27% stake for approximately $710 million. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026 and will be primarily funded with cash on hand. This deal expands Onto's advanced X-ray technology portfolio, strengthening its semiconductor inspection and metrology capabilities. Along with the Semilab USA acquisition, it broadens Onto Innovation's process control ecosystem. While Rigaku's financials won't be consolidated, the deal is expected to boost earnings through high-margin AI Diffract software, higher metrology tool sales and annual dividend income, with benefits offsetting lost interest income within a year of closing.
Onto Innovation's fastest-growing opportunities lie in advanced packaging and High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM). HBM manufacturing requires precise wafer inspection, defect detection, metrology and packaging inspection. Each of these represents a potential revenue source for the company. In April, ONTO successfully qualified its new Dragonfly G5 platform for both new and existing 2.5D advanced packaging applications, with shipments starting in June. The system features proprietary optics, enhanced illumination and advanced algorithms, improving visibility and throughput while reducing overall ownership costs.
Onto Innovation sees strong growth potential for Dragonfly G5, supported by more than 15 applications across more than 10 customers. Rising AI demand and packaging capacity limits are also speeding up the adoption of panel-level packaging, while JetStep has been qualified at two AI packaging suppliers with production ramp-ups expected in 2027, supporting advanced packaging revenue growth in the second quarter. Furthermore, its advanced nodes business continues to strengthen across logic and memory, driven by Atlas G6 adoption, growing DRAM demand and a new TSV metrology win. With improving NAND trends, ONTO expects advanced nodes revenue to grow about 25% in 2026, outpacing overall wafer fab equipment market growth.
Onto Innovation has historically generated healthy free cash flow, allowing it to invest in innovation while maintaining financial flexibility. For the second quarter, we expect operating cash and free cash flow to be $97.4 million and $90.3 million, respectively.
Despite favorable industry trends, Onto Innovation faces risks from the cyclical nature of semiconductor demand, potential delays in customer capital spending, export restrictions affecting China, intensifying competition in process control, a slower-than-expected recovery in automotive and industrial chips, and ongoing supply chain disruptions. China remains an important semiconductor market but also introduces uncertainty because of ongoing export restrictions affecting advanced semiconductor technologies. Any signs that export regulations are materially affecting sales could pressure revenues.
ONTO Stock vs. IndustryONTO’s shares have soared 183.3% in the past year, outperforming the Zacks Nanotechnology industry’s growth of 181%. The company has also outpaced the Zacks Computer and Technology sector and the S&P 500 composite’s growth of 30.2% and 23.8%, respectively.
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ONTO’s key competitors include KLA Corporation (KLAC - Free Report) , Camtek Ltd (CAMT - Free Report) and Applied Materials (AMAT - Free Report) . KLAC, CAMT and AMAT have grown 106.8%, 58.2% and 189.2%, respectively, in the same time frame.
ONTO’s ValuationIn terms of forward price/earnings, ONTO’s shares are trading at 30.41X, higher than the industry’s 5.91X.
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KLAC, CAMT and AMAT are trading at multiples of 33.06X, 38.02X and 33.99X, respectively.
Investment Outlook: Buy ONTO Before Q2 Earnings?Onto Innovation heads into second-quarter earnings with several favorable tailwinds. The company's exposure to AI infrastructure, advanced packaging, chiplet architectures and HBM manufacturing places it in some of the semiconductor industry's fastest-growing segments. While cyclical uncertainties and geopolitical risks persist, the company's differentiated technology portfolio, solid profitability and exposure to long-term secular growth drivers make the stock a smart buy for investors now. If ONTO delivers healthy results alongside constructive guidance, it could further strengthen the investment case for the company as a key enabler of the next generation of semiconductor innovation.
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 8:00 AM EDT
Company Participants
Radu Patrichi
Padmanabhan Srinivasan - CEO & Director
Matt Steinfort - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Gabriela Borges - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Jason Ader - William Blair & Company L.L.C., Research Division
Mark Zhang - Citigroup Inc., Research Division
Wamsi Mohan - BofA Securities, Research Division
Sanjit Singh - Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Thomas Blakey - Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Research Division
Jackson Ader - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Radi Sultan - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to the DigitalOcean Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the conference over to Radu Patrichi, Head of Investor Relations. Radu, please go ahead.
Radu Patrichi
Thank you, and good morning. Thank you all for joining us today to review DigitalOcean's Second Quarter 2026 Results. Joining me on the call today are Paddy Srinivasan, our Chief Executive Officer; and Matt Steinfort, our Chief Financial Officer.
For those of you following along, an accompanying slide presentation is available on the webcast. Before we begin, let me remind you that certain statements made on today's call may be considered forward-looking, which reflect management's best judgment based on currently available information. Our actual results may differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, including our financial outlook. I direct your attention to the risk factors contained in our SEC filings as well as those referenced in today's press release that is posted on our website.
DigitalOcean expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements made today. Additionally, non-GAAP financial measures will be discussed on this conference call. Reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measures can be
Blue Owl uzavřela svůj první evropský net lease fond s kapitálovými závazky přesahujícími 1,6 miliardy EUR. Fond překonal původní cíl 1,0 miliardy EUR i hard cap 1,5 miliardy EUR.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE: OWL), a leading alternative asset manager, announced today the final close of its inaugural European net lease fund, Blue Owl Real Estate European Net Lease Fund ("OREF Europe") with €1.6 billion of total capital commitments. OREF Europe exceeded the original target of €1.0 billion and its previous hard cap of €1.5 billion.
OREF Europe is focused on acquiring and owning single-tenant net leased real estate and infrastructure assets, mission-critical to the operations of blue-chip, investment-grade tenants. The fund launches into a European net lease market that Blue Owl believes remains structurally underserved, leaving significant room to deploy capital, particularly for single-tenant, mission-critical industrial, data center, and essential retail assets.
Marc Zahr, Co-President and Global Head of Real Assets at Blue Owl said, "We believe Europe represents the next frontier for institutional sale-leasebacks. Having successfully executed this strategy targeting investment grade corporations across the U.S., we are applying the same disciplined approach to a European market which represents an estimated €13.4 trillion opportunity, where we believe many of these companies can unlock substantial value by monetizing owned real estate and reinvesting that capital into more accretive uses across their business."
OREF Europe extends Blue Owl's market-leading net lease franchise to Europe. The strategy seeks to apply the same disciplined playbook in Europe to deliver predictable, long-term income for investors and operational efficiency for tenants. The strategy has already assembled a deep, near-term pipeline diversified across geography and sector, spanning the United Kingdom and continental Europe across industrial and logistics, essential retail, healthcare, life sciences, cold storage, and corporate headquarters.
Commitments to OREF Europe were secured from a broad mix of existing and leading institutional investors, including public and private pensions, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, endowments and foundations, and family offices in the United States and across Europe, APAC, and the Middle East.
Blue Owl is one of the world's leading alternative asset managers, with $319 billion in assets under management across Credit, Real Assets, and GP Strategic Capital. Blue Owl's net lease strategy is part of Blue Owl's Real Assets platform and focuses on investing in free-standing single-tenant net-leased real estate and infrastructure assets. As of June 30, 2026, the Real Assets platform has raised $8.48 billion of capital this year, investing across North America and Europe.
In the 2025 Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) Awards, Blue Owl was named PERE's Global Net Lease Investor of the Year, Global Data Center Investor of the Year, and Global Retail Investor of the Year and has been ranked #2 on the 2026 PERE 100 for real estate fundraisers globally. The Real Assets platform, launched in 2021, has raised more money over the past five years than nearly every other real estate manager globally.
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Certain statements made in this release are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "would," "should," "future," "propose," "target," "goal," "objective," "outlook" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions available under applicable securities laws and speak only as of the date made. Blue Owl assumes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements except as required by law.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Blue Owl's control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions; costs related to acquisitions; the inability to maintain the listing of Blue Owl's shares on the New York Stock Exchange; Blue Owl's ability to manage growth; Blue Owl's ability to execute its business plan and meet its projections; potential litigation involving Blue Owl; changes in applicable laws or regulations; and the possibility that Blue Owl may be adversely affected by other economic, business, geo-political and competitive factors.
Accolades & Awards Disclosure
Accolades are independently determined and awarded by their respective publications. Accolades can be based on a variety of criteria including recognition by peers, strategy innovation, growth of assets under management, length of service, client satisfaction, type of clientele and more. Neither Blue Owl nor its employees pay a fee in exchange for these ratings. Specific award selection methodology is available upon request.
Golub Capital BDC oznámila za fiskální 3. čtvrtletí zisk na akcii 0,22 USD po ztrátě 0,18 USD v předchozím čtvrtletí. Ztráta se zúžila na 0,12 USD na akcii z 0,52 USD.
Golub Capital BDC NASDAQ: GBDC reported improved fiscal third-quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2026, as lower realized and unrealized losses offset continued credit stress across the direct-lending market.
Adjusted net income was $0.22 per share, compared with an adjusted loss of $0.18 per share in the preceding quarter. Adjusted net investment income remained unchanged sequentially at $0.34 per share, while adjusted net realized and unrealized losses narrowed to $0.12 per share from $0.52 per share in the prior quarter.
Chief Executive Officer David Golub described the performance as “much better than last quarter, not as good as we’d like, and better than it looks.” He said the quarter’s losses were primarily related to a small number of junior debt and equity investments rather than the company’s core debt portfolio.
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Income, NAV and Distribution Adjusted net investment income of $0.34 per share translated to an annualized adjusted NII return on equity of 9.5%, according to the company. The company paid a $0.33-per-share distribution during the quarter, and its board declared another $0.33-per-share distribution for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2026.
Net asset value per share declined to $14.25 at June 30 from $14.35 at March 31. The company said net investment income fully covered the quarterly distribution, while share repurchases contributed $0.01 per share of NAV accretion. Net realized and unrealized losses reduced NAV by $0.12 per share.
Investment income yield increased about 20 basis points sequentially to 9.9% on an annualized basis. Chief Operating Officer Tim Topicz said the increase reflected stable portfolio spreads and reference rates, as well as some accelerated fee recognition and discount accretion associated with loan payoffs.
GBDC’s annualized borrowing cost rose about 10 basis points to 5.3%, producing an annualized net investment spread of 4.6%. Topicz said the company’s borrowing cost remained among the lowest in the listed BDC peer group.
Credit Performance and Portfolio Activity The company said approximately 87% of its portfolio at fair value remained in its two highest internal performance-rating categories. Non-accrual investments rose slightly to 1.9% of investments at fair value, with the number of non-accrual positions increasing to 20 from 19 in the prior quarter.
Topicz said approximately $0.08 per share of unrealized losses came from markdowns on junior debt and equity positions in two portfolio companies that were taken to non-accrual status or remained on non-accrual during the quarter. The company also recorded approximately $0.04 per share of net realized losses, principally related to the restructurings of RWAM Holdco and Dolphis Meig. Those realized losses were more than offset by reversals of unrealized losses in the same investments, according to management.
GBDC also recognized $4 million of net realized gains from the exit of equity investments in two portfolio companies.
At June 30, the company’s portfolio totaled $8.2 billion across 424 borrowers and 51 industry subsectors. Its top 10 investments accounted for 13% of the portfolio, while software remained its largest industry exposure at 26%.
During the quarter, GBDC made $13 million in new investment commitments, reflecting slow repayments and management’s preference for accretive share repurchases. Of those commitments, 94% were senior secured debt investments. New investments carried a weighted average rate of 8.9%, including a 5.2% weighted average spread.
Across Golub Capital, the investment team originated nearly $3 billion of commitments during the second calendar quarter. The firm closed on 1.5% of reviewed deals, with a weighted average loan-to-value ratio of roughly 45%, according to Senior Managing Director Rob Tuchscherer.
Software Review and AI Exposure Management said it completed a credit-by-credit re-underwriting of its software portfolio to assess potential disruption from artificial intelligence. The review considered factors including revenue models, product criticality, data moats, regulatory complexity and customer switching costs.
GBDC also retained a third-party consulting firm, at the manager’s expense, to assess product-displacement and end-user-workflow risks. The company’s internal assessment found that less than 10% of its software portfolio faced elevated AI disruption risk, while the consultant concluded that fewer than 3% faced elevated risk.
Golub said AI was not the sole factor behind challenged software credits, citing potential issues such as acquisition integrations. However, he said AI would continue to be a meaningful factor in separating stronger and weaker software companies.
Balance Sheet, Repurchases and Market Outlook GBDC ended the quarter with $4.6 billion of debt, $3.7 billion of net assets and net debt-to-equity leverage of 1.23 times, down slightly from the previous quarter. The company reported approximately $2 billion of liquidity, including unrestricted cash and undrawn revolver capacity.
In May, the company issued $500 million of five-year unsecured notes that were swapped to a rate of SOFR plus 218 basis points. After quarter-end, GBDC extended the maturity of its syndicated corporate revolver to July 2031. The facility retained about $2 billion of commitments and includes an accordion provision that could increase capacity to $3 billion.
During the quarter, GBDC repurchased 1.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $12.90 per share, which management said represented an approximately 10% discount to March 31 NAV. The Golub Capital Employee Grant Program Trust also bought about $31 million, or 2.4 million shares, for incentive compensation purposes. Golub Capital affiliates now hold roughly 8% of shares outstanding.
Looking ahead, Golub said the direct-lending market has become more lender-friendly since the start of the year, though private equity-backed M&A activity remained below normal levels. He said spreads on new deals were generally 25 to 50 basis points higher, with some improvement in terms and leverage levels.
Golub also said he expects elevated credit stress to remain an industrywide headwind and lead to greater dispersion among private-credit managers. He said the company expects increased loan repayments to give it more flexibility to pursue new investments while continuing share repurchases and maintaining leverage objectives.
About Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC)Golub Capital BDC NASDAQ: GBDC is a publicly traded business development company specializing in providing debt and equity financing solutions to middle-market companies in the United States. Externally managed by Golub Capital LLC, the firm focuses on building a diversified portfolio of senior secured loans, unitranche facilities and second-lien debt instruments designed to support growth, acquisitions and recapitalizations. As a closed-end investment vehicle, GBDC offers investors direct exposure to private credit strategies within a regulated structure.
The company's core business activities center on originating and managing bespoke financing arrangements for U.S.
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (BR) Q4 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 8:30 AM EDT
Company Participants
W. Thibault - Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Timothy Gokey - CEO, Executive Officer & Executive Director
Ashima Ghei - Corporate VP, Executive Officer & Chief Finance Officer
Conference Call Participants
Daniel Perlin - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division
Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division
Michael Infante - Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Kyle Peterson - Needham & Company, LLC, Research Division
Peter Heckmann - D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division
Scott Wurtzel - Wolfe Research, LLC
Puneet Jain - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Broadridge Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please also note, today's event is being recorded.
At this time, I'd like to turn the floor over to Edings Thibault, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
W. Thibault
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Thank you, Jamie. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to Broadridge's Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Call. Our earnings release and the slides that accompany this call may be found on the Investor Relations section of broadridge.com. Joining me on the call this morning are Tim Gokey, our CEO; and our CFO, Ashima Ghei.
Before I turn the call over to Tim, a few standard reminders. One, we will be making forward-looking statements on today's call regarding Broadridge that involve risks. A summary of these risks can be found on the second page of the slides and a more complete description on our annual report on Form 10-K, which will be filed later today.
Two, we'll also be referring to several non-GAAP measures, which we believe provide investors with a more complete understanding of Broadridge's underlying operating results. An explanation of
Arrow Electronics má 6. srpna oznámit výsledky za 2. čtvrtletí, přičemž tržby mají meziročně vzrůst o 24,67 % na 9,45 miliardy USD. Firma zároveň čeká slabší tržby v segmentu Global ECS.
Key Takeaways ARW is set to report Q2 2026 earnings on Aug. 6, with revenues expected to rise 24.67% year over year.Arrow Electronics expanded supplier ties, AI initiatives and Motorola Solutions distribution during Q2.ARW faces softer ECS sales guidance despite recovering components demand and ongoing share repurchases. Arrow Electronics (ARW - Free Report) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2026 earnings on Aug. 6.
For the second quarter of 2026, sales are estimated between $9.15 billion and $9.75 billion. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ARW’s second-quarter 2026 revenues is pegged at $9.45 billion, indicating a 24.67% increase from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.
ARW anticipates GAAP earnings of $3.91-$4.11 per share and non-GAAP earnings of $4.32-$4.52 per share.
The consensus mark for earnings is pegged at $4.45 per share, unchanged over the past 30 days. The figure indicates an 83.13% increase from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.
ARW’s earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, with an average surprise of 33.71%.
Factors Likely to Shape ARW’s Q2 ResultsArrow Electronics enters its second-quarter 2026 results against a backdrop of guidance that already points to a moderating pace of growth after an outsized first quarter.
Within Global Components, supplier and distribution relationships expanded through the second-quarter as Arrow Electronics continued broadening its line card across power, electrification, and industrial categories, activity consistent with management's commentary on capturing recovering unit demand across geographies and end markets.
Within Global ECS, Arrow Electronics signed an EMEA-wide distribution agreement with Motorola Solutions in early May, adding Avigilon's video security and access control technologies to its cybersecurity and cloud portfolio. The segment also continued expanding AI enablement initiatives for channel partners through the ArrowSphere platform and new AI-focused hubs introduced during the quarter, aimed at helping partners build and monetize AI-driven solutions, an area management has flagged as central to ECS' software-weighted, less cyclical revenue mix.
On the catalyst side, the broad-based cyclical recovery in components that spanned the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific in the first quarter, alongside improving book-to-bill ratios and a building backlog, appears to have carried into the second quarter, with components guided to sales of $6.8 billion to $7.2 billion. Demand rebuilding from customers replenishing depleted buffer inventories, rather than speculative ordering, together with continued expansion of higher-margin value-added services such as supply chain and engineering support, are among the factors likely to have supported profitability during the period.
Headwinds appear equally relevant. Global ECS sales were guided down sequentially to $2.35 billion to $2.55 billion, reflecting the absence of the extra shipping days and the hyperscaler-driven data center build that lifted first-quarter ECS billings, along with the lingering effect of a charge tied to an underperforming multiyear purchase obligation that pressured segment margins. Continued share repurchases under the newly authorized $1 billion buyback program, effective mid-May, and ongoing costs tied to restructuring and the search for a permanent chief executive also remain relevant considerations for the quarter's results.
Given these mixed signals against a still-building components recovery, investors may find it prudent to hold existing positions or await a clearer post-earnings entry point before adding fresh exposure to the stock.
What Our Model Says About ARW StockOur proven model does not predict an earnings beat for Arrow Electronics this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat, which is exactly the case here.
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Sandisk Corporation (SNDK - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, Sandisk has an Earnings ESP of +4.13% and sports a Zacks Rank #1. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Sandisk’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at $34.24 per share, indicating a year-over-year surge of 11,707%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised upward by 5.7% over the past 60 days.
Western Digital Corporation (WDC - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, Western Digital has an Earnings ESP of +3.22% and flaunts a Zacks Rank #1.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Western Digital’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at $3.35 per share, calling for a year-over-year increase of 101.8%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised upward by 3 cents in the past 30 days.
MKS Inc. (MKSI - Free Report) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, MKS has an Earnings ESP of +2.64% and carries a Zacks Rank #2.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for MKS’ second-quarter earnings is pegged at $2.93 per share, calling for a year-over-year jump of 65.5%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised northward by a penny in the past 30 days.
Morgan Stanley říká, že AI datová centra budou do roku 2028 potřebovat dalších 68 GW elektřiny a vznikne deficit 1 až 11 GW. Největším vítězem má být GE Vernova díky dominanci na trhu velkých plynových turbín.
The artificial intelligence investment boom has created an unexpected reality: building the world’s fastest chips is no longer the hardest part of expanding AI infrastructure. Finding enough electricity to power those chips has become the new challenge.
Utilities are racing to expand generation, electricity prices are climbing in many regions, and communities are pushing back against the rapid construction of power-hungry data centers. New York even became the first state to impose a one-year moratorium on new data center construction.
As investors look for the next phase of the AI buildout, the companies supplying electricity — not semiconductors — may offer a bigger opportunity.
AI’s Biggest Constraint Isn’t Chips — It’s Power Morgan Stanley believes U.S. data centers will require another 68 gigawatts (GW) of electricity between 2026 and 2028. Yet the investment bank estimates projects already under construction account for only 15 GW, while another 15 GW is covered through available or contracted grid capacity. That leaves a 38 GW gap before any alternative solutions are considered.
To put that into perspective, GPUs sitting in idle data centers generate no revenue. AI infrastructure only produces returns when electricity is available to run it. Power has become the scarce resource.
Morgan Stanley modeled several ways the industry could narrow that gap:
Solution Estimated Capacity Natural gas turbines 15 GW to 20 GW Fuel cells 5 GW to 8 GW Co-located nuclear plants 3 GW to 5 GW Repurposed Bitcoin mining sites 10 GW to 19 GW Even after assigning probabilities to each solution, Morgan Stanley’s base case still leaves a 1 GW to 11 GW supply deficit through 2028.
That matters because even a narrow shortfall means some planned AI deployments will likely face delays, higher construction costs, or cancellation. It also points to tighter regional electricity markets, higher wholesale power prices, greater demand for behind-the-meter generation, and a faster shift toward facilities that already have grid access.
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Why GE Vernova Has The Strongest Position Every company helping solve this bottleneck stands to benefit, but not every solution carries the same weight.
Morgan Stanley’s analysis identifies natural gas turbines as the largest contributor toward closing the power gap. That makes GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV | GEV Price Prediction) the clearest beneficiary because it dominates the market for large-frame gas turbines and already has a multiyear order backlog driven in part by data center demand.
Other companies also fit the theme.
Company Why It Benefits Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) Fuel cells can be deployed faster than waiting years for grid interconnections. Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), Vistra (NYSE:VST), Talen Energy (NYSE:TALO) Existing nuclear fleets make co-location with hyperscale data centers possible. Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ), IREN (NASDAQ:IREN), Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) Existing grid connections at Bitcoin mining facilities can be converted to AI computing campuses. Ironically, some of the biggest AI infrastructure winners may not be AI companies at all. Owners of existing power assets suddenly possess something every hyperscaler desperately needs: electricity that can be delivered today instead of years from now.
Key Takeaway In short, Morgan Stanley’s research suggests the AI industry’s biggest obstacle has shifted from semiconductor supply to electricity supply. Even if every practical solution is deployed, the U.S. could still face a 1 GW to 11 GW power shortage through 2028, enough to delay portions of planned AI capacity and increase the value of companies that already control power generation or fast-to-market energy solutions.
Granted, Bloom Energy, Constellation, Vistra, Talen, Core Scientific, IREN, and Cipher Mining all have ways to capitalize on this trend. But the numbers point most directly toward GE Vernova. Natural gas turbines represent the largest lever for closing the projected capacity gap, and GE Vernova already leads that market with years of demand sitting in its backlog.
As the AI buildout moves from buying chips to finding electricity, GE Vernova looks positioned to capture one of the most durable opportunities of the next phase of the AI revolution.
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Aptiv vykázal za čtvrtletí tržby 3,27 mld. USD, tedy meziročně o 37,1 % méně, a zisk na akcii (EPS) 1,63 USD. Tržby byly pod odhadem, zatímco zisk na akcii (EPS) jej překonal.
Aptiv PLC (APTV - Free Report) reported $3.27 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing a year-over-year decline of 37.1%. EPS of $1.63 for the same period compares to $2.12 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.32 billion, representing a surprise of -1.37%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +14.79%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.42.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how APTIV PLC performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Net Sales- Intelligent Systems: $1.5 billion versus $1.58 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.4% change.Adjusted EBITDA - Intelligent Systems: $210 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $239.84 million.Adjusted EBITDA - Engineered Components: $403 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $346.36 million.View all Key Company Metrics for APTIV PLC here>>>
Shares of APTIV PLC have returned -4.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
Aptiv zveřejnil výsledky za 2. čtvrtletí 2026 a uvedl, že srovnání růstu je na pro forma upravené meziroční bázi. EDS je od 2. čtvrtletí 2025 vykazováno jako ukončená činnost.
Aptiv PLC (APTV) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 8:00 AM EDT
Company Participants
Betsy Frank - Vice President of Investor Relations
Kevin P. Clark - Chairman, CEO & President of Intelligent Systems
Varun Laroyia - Executive VP & CFO
Conference Call Participants
Itay Michaeli - TD Cowen, Research Division
Mark Delaney - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Emmanuel Rosner - Wolfe Research, LLC
Joseph Spak - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Colin Langan - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division
James Picariello - BNP Paribas, Research Division
Gautam Narayan - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division
Rajat Gupta - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Aptiv Q2 2026 Earnings Call. Today's conference is being recorded.
At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Betsy Frank, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Betsy Frank
Vice President of Investor Relations
Thank you, Shelly. Good morning, and thank you for joining Aptiv's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. The press release and slide presentation can be found on the Investor Relations portion of our website at aptiv.com. Today's review of our financials exclude amortization, restructuring and other special items and reflect the continuing operations of Aptiv as of June 30, reflecting the treatment of our EDS segment as a discontinued operation for the second quarter 2025.
The reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP measures are included at the back of the slide presentation and the earnings press release. Unless stated otherwise, all references to growth rates are on a pro forma adjusted year-over-year basis. During today's call, we will be providing certain forward-looking information that reflects Aptiv's current view of future financial performance and may be materially different for reasons that we cite in our Form 10-K and other SEC filings.
CoreWeave (CRWV - Free Report) is expected to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 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 August 11, 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 cloud computing company is expected to post quarterly loss of $1.17 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -333.3%.
Revenues are expected to be $2.53 billion, up 108.7% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions TrendThe consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 18.64% 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. 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 CoreWeave?For CoreWeave, 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 -12.45%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #3.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that CoreWeave 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 CoreWeave would post a loss of$0.89 per share when it actually produced a loss of -$1.11, delivering a surprise of -24.72%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates just once.
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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CoreWeave 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.
An Industry Player's Expected ResultsAnother stock from the Zacks Internet - Software industry, Datadog (DDOG - Free Report) , is soon expected to post earnings of $0.58 per share for the quarter ended June 2026. This estimate indicates a year-over-year change of +26.1%. Revenues for the quarter are expected to be $1.08 billion, up 30.6% from the year-ago quarter.
Over the last 30 days, the consensus EPS estimate for Datadog has been revised 0.7% up to the current level. Nevertheless, the company now has an Earnings ESP of +2.92%, reflecting a higher Most Accurate Estimate.
When combined with a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), this Earnings ESP indicates that Datadog will most likely beat the consensus EPS estimate. The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters.
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Vivid Seats Inc. (SEAT - Free Report) came out with a quarterly loss of $1.3 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $1.03. This compares to earnings of $5.6 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -26.21%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.99 per share when it actually produced a loss of $1.35, delivering a surprise of -36.36%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has not been able to surpass consensus EPS estimates.
Vivid Seats, which belongs to the Zacks Internet - Software industry, posted revenues of $129.86 million for the quarter ended June 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7.13%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $143.57 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Vivid Seats shares have added about 10.4% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 11%.
What's Next for Vivid Seats?While Vivid Seats has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Vivid Seats was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is -$0.92 on $129.47 million in revenues for the coming quarter and -$4.16 on $505.98 million in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Internet - Software is currently in the bottom 40% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Another stock from the same industry, AudioEye (AEYE - Free Report) , has yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2026. The results are expected to be released on August 13.
This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.22 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +46.7%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
AudioEye's revenues are expected to be $10.71 million, up 8.6% from the year-ago quarter.
ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP) ve 2. čtvrtletí 2026 vytvořila volný peněžní tok ve výši 51 milionů USD a rozšířila smluvní kapacitu výroby elektřiny na zhruba 350 MW. Akcie se ale obchodují výrazně nad pětiletým mediánem EV/EBITDA.
Key Takeaways PUMP generated $51 million of Q2 2026 free cash flow as its completions business stayed resilient.PUMP expanded contracted power-generation capacity to about 350 MW with positive monthly EBITDA.PUMP trades well above its five-year median EV/EBITDA, while capital spending and debt have increased. ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP - Free Report) combines a cash-generating Permian completions platform with an emerging power-generation business. That mix offers two earnings drivers, but it also raises the cost and execution burden.
PROPWR’s commercial progress is real, yet PUMP’s valuation already sits well above its own historical norm. Investors therefore have to weigh visible growth milestones against spending needs, rising debt and a still-developing earnings contribution.
PUMP's Core Business Is Producing CashProPetro’s completions business generated $51 million of free cash flow in the second quarter of 2026 despite severe Permian weather, upfront costs tied to activating a 12th fleet and unexpected downtime on a temporary out-of-basin project. Disciplined capital deployment, lower ongoing maintenance intensity and an upgraded fleet base helped preserve cash generation.
The company also benefits from long-standing relationships with large Permian customers and demand for natural gas-burning and electric fleets. Halliburton Company (HAL - Free Report) provides a useful industry reference. Its second-quarter 2026 Completion and Production revenues rose 6% sequentially, supported partly by increased stimulation activity in the Western Hemisphere, signaling firmer conditions across a market that remains cyclical.
PROPWR Gives PUMP a New Growth EnginePROPWR increased contracted power-generation capacity to approximately 350 megawatts. Assets are operating at a Midwest hyperscaler data-center site and meeting performance obligations, while advanced negotiations cover more than 100 megawatts for oil and gas projects and several hundred megawatts of data-center opportunities.
The segment generated positive EBITDA in each of the final two months of the quarter, an early sign that deployments can translate into earnings. Caterpillar Inc. (CAT - Free Report) is central to this expansion through a framework that gives PROPWR access to as much as 2.1 gigawatts of additional generation capacity by 2031.
PUMP's Valuation Leaves Limited Room for MisstepsPUMP trades at 8.75X trailing 12-month enterprise value to EBITDA. That is close to the sub-industry multiple of 8.86X but far above the stock’s five-year median of 4.33X.
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The premium to PUMP’s own history suggests that investors are already assigning value to PROPWR’s expected growth. Delayed contracts, slower deployments or weaker profitability could pressure the multiple before power generation becomes a larger earnings contributor.
Capital Needs Temper PUMP's Upside CaseManagement expects 2026 incurred capital expenditures of $525-$595 million, including $400-$450 million for PROPWR. Long-term debt surged to $765 million from $79 million in the prior quarter after the company issued convertible notes in May to finance its growth initiatives.
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Liquidity of $905 million provides a sizable cushion. ProPetro also had $121 million of availability under its asset-based lending facility, while Caterpillar-related financing capacity was increased to $167 million. These resources ease near-term funding pressure but do not eliminate the need to convert negotiations into contracts with attractive pricing, duration and risk allocation.
PUMP's Scores Point to Patience, Not UrgencyThe investment case supports a hold-or-wait posture. The completions platform is producing cash and PROPWR has reached meaningful commercial milestones, but the current valuation offers less protection against execution setbacks.
PUMP currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), alongside a VGM Score of B and a Value Score of B. Its Momentum Score of A is constructive, but the Growth Score of C and the execution demands surrounding PROPWR argue against treating the favorable scores as a clear buying signal. The combination points to patience while investors wait for more consistent earnings progress. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
ProPetro vykázala ve 2. čtvrtletí ztrátu 7 centů na akcii, tedy více, než čekal trh, i když tržby ve výši 306 milionů USD odhady překonaly. Zároveň snížila výhled kapitálových výdajů pro rok 2026.
Key Takeaways PUMP reported a wider Q2 loss as higher costs, downtime and severe weather weighed on earnings.ProPetro beat revenue estimates, driven by Power Generation, Hydraulic Fracturing and Cementing results.PUMP lowered 2026 capital spending guidance and expanded PROPWR's contracted power capacity. ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP - Free Report) reported a second-quarter 2026 loss of 7 cents per share, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 1 cent. This was due to higher fleet activation costs, unexpected downtime on an out-of-basin project, severe weather in the Permian Basin during June and increased operating expenses, which weighed on earnings. The bottom line was unchanged from the year-ago quarter’s loss of 7 cents.
Revenues of $306 million beat the Zacks consensus estimate of $301 million by 1.66%, primarily due to higher-than-expected Power Generation, Hydraulic Fracturing and Cementing segment revenues, which beat consensus estimates by 97%, 0.5% and 10%, respectively. However, the metric declined 6.2% year over year from $326.2 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily due to lower Wireline revenues, which missed the consensus estimate by 4.9%.
Adjusted EBITDA totaled $44.8 million, up 23% from $36.4 million in the prior quarter. The metric represented roughly 15% of revenues and included $15.8 million of operating lease expense related to the company’s FORCE electric fleets. However, the metric missed our estimate of $46.2 million.
PUMP’s Business Reporting SegmentsProPetro conducts its operations through four reporting segments: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wireline, Cementing and Power Generation. Total revenues increased 13% sequentially from $271 million, primarily due to higher completions utilization and incremental PROPWR deployments.
Hydraulic fracturing revenues totaled $207.2 million, up 15.6% from $179.3 million in the prior quarter. However, the figure missed our estimate of $210.2 million. This segment accounted for approximately 68% of ProPetro’s consolidated second-quarter revenues.
Adjusted EBITDA from hydraulic fracturing increased 19.3% sequentially to $44.2 million. However, performance was affected by upfront maintenance and deployment costs associated with activating the 12th fleet, significant downtime on a temporary out-of-basin customer project and severe Permian Basin weather in June.
Wireline revenues totaled $57.5 million, down 6.9% from the previous quarter. However, the figure beat our estimate of $55.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA from the segment declined 16.2% sequentially to $11.4 million. Management nevertheless described wireline utilization, pricing and margins as resilient.
Cementing revenues increased 15.2% sequentially to $32 million. Moreover, the figure beat our estimate of $30.5 million. Segment adjusted EBITDA surged to $5.5 million from $2.1 million, supported by improving activity and higher Permian Basin drilling levels.
Power generation revenues rose to $9.3 million from $2.2 million in the prior quarter. Moreover, the figure beat our estimate of $1.1 million. The segment’s adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed to $0.7 million from $5.3 million. PROPWR also generated positive EBITDA during the quarter’s final two months.
ProPetro’s PROPWR Expansion Gains MomentumPROPWR added approximately 110 megawatts of contracted power generation capacity across two projects. One project supports a leading integrated upstream operator in the Permian Basin, while the other serves an industrial customer. These awards increased total committed capacity to about 350 megawatts.
The company is also in advanced negotiations for more than 100 megawatts supporting other oil and gas operations. Its data center pipeline includes several hundred megawatts in advanced discussions.
Assets are operating at a Midwest hyperscaler data center site, providing prime behind-the-meter power at scale. ProPetro expects most of PROPWR’s future capacity to serve data center customers, which generally offer longer contract terms than oil and gas and industrial projects.
PUMP’s Costs and Cash FlowTotal costs and expenses were $308 million for the second quarter, which was up 10.9% from the prior-year quarter’s level.Cost of services, excluding depreciation and amortization, totaled $234 million. General and administrative expenses increased to $33.1 million from $27.2 million sequentially, primarily due to costs associated with PROPWR’s growth and financing activities.
Depreciation and amortization rose to $43.5 million from $40.6 million in the prior quarter. The company reported a net loss of $8.1 million compared with a loss of $3.6 million in the first quarter.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased to $66 million from $3 million. The improvement reflected higher adjusted EBITDA and approximately $20 million of working-capital tailwinds. Free cash flow from the completions business totaled $51.1 million.
ProPetro’s Financial PositionAs of June 30, 2026, ProPetro had $784 million in cash and cash equivalents, including proceeds from its $690 million convertible senior notes offering. Total liquidity was $905 million, including $121 million of available borrowing capacity under the ABL Credit Facility. Long-term debt amounted to $764.9 million. The total debt-to-total capital was 44.4%.
Capital expenditures paid were $61 million, while incurred capital expenditures totaled $71 million. Approximately $24 million supported completions, while $47 million funded PROPWR equipment orders.
PUMP’s 2026 OutlookProPetro now expects 2026 capital expenditures of $525-$595 million, down from the previous guidance of $540-$610 million. Capital spending for the completions business is projected at $125-$145 million, compared with the earlier outlook of $140-$160 million, primarily due to the timing of planned FORCE electric fleet buyouts. The company now expects to complete one fleet buyout in 2026, with the second shifted to early 2027, while reaffirming its long-term plan to acquire all five FORCE electric fleets.
This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company maintained its 2026 PROPWR capital expenditure guidance of $400-$450 million, which includes equipment deliveries and Caterpillar-related equipment down payments. Management also reiterated its cost guidance of approximately $1.4-$1.5 million per megawatt, noting that financing arrangements are expected to reduce near-term cash outflows.
ProPetro expects to activate its 13th hydraulic fracturing fleet later in the third quarter, supported by improving customer demand in the Permian Basin. Management also expects PROPWR to begin generating positive and increasingly meaningful earnings in the second half of 2026 and into 2027 as deployments scale across its contracted customer base.
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Important Earnings at a GlanceWhile we have discussed PUMP’s second-quarter results in detail, let us take a look at three other key reports in this space.
Houston, TX-based oil and gas equipment and services provider Halliburton (HAL - Free Report) posted second-quarter 2026 adjusted net income per share of 55 cents, marginally beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 54 cents. Halliburton’s outperformance was backed by year-over-year revenue growth. However, the bottom line was flat compared with the prior-year level.
As of June 30, 2026, Halliburton had approximately $2 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $7.1 billion in long-term debt, representing a debt-to-capitalization of 39%.
Fort Worth, TX-based oil and gas exploration and production company Range Resources Corporation (RRC - Free Report) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of 79 cents per share, up 19.7% from 66 cents a year ago. Range Resources’ bottom line topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 56 cents by 41.1%. Strong quarterly results are driven by higher production and improved price realization.
The company’s net debt was $880.8 million at June 30, 2026, down 28% from $1.22 billion at year-end 2025. Range Resources repurchased $78 million of shares and paid $24 million in dividends during the quarter.
Houston, TX-based oil and gas storage and transportation company Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI - Free Report) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of 37 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents by 19.35%. Earnings increased 32.1% from 28 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Strong quarterly results benefited from broad-based segment growth, led by higher natural gas transportation and gathering volumes. Natural gas transport volumes rose 7%, while gathering volumes increased 26%.
As of June 30, 2026, Kinder Morgan reported $89 million in cash and cash equivalents. Kinder Morgan’s net debt stood at $32.03 billion at quarter-end. The net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio improved to 3.6X from 3.8X at the end of 2025.
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Organizations face a widening data security gap driven by fragmented tooling, rapid AI adoption, and manual investigation workflows. According to the 2026 Netskope Data Security Report, more than half of organizations operate 11 or more separate tools for data security alone, and less than 10% describe their stack as fully unified.¹ The operational cost is significant: only 4% of organizations can reconstruct a sensitive data path in minutes, with 68% requiring days or longer.¹ Rapid AI adoption has accelerated this problem: 98% of organizations now use AI, yet only 8% enforce data protection policies consistently in AI environments.¹
Netskope One DataSec Command Center is the core of Netskope's unified data security strategy: the central control plane that orchestrates protection across all Netskope data security enforcement points. By ingesting signals from across Netskope services, it correlates relationships between users, devices, data stores, and AI assets, surfacing hidden risks and accelerating remediating them by facilitating direct actions, enabling triage or investigative workflows, and recommending policies that are enforced back at Netskope’s data security control points. Its benefits support:
Data security posture and risk discovery: An always-on discovery dashboard and risk prioritization engine correlates, normalizes, and analyzes signals from DLP, DSPM, SWG, CASB and more, to surface exposures and other risks across SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, on-premises, inline, and endpoint environments, with integrated workflows that move security teams from finding to fixing.Data lineage: Integration with Netskope One Data Lineage provides a unified interface to track data movement across connected systems, from the moment a file is created and wherever it travels.Intelligent adaptive security: Translates risk signals into recommended policy adjustments and remediation actions, closing the loop from insight to enforcement without manual intervention.Agentic operations: Operates in tandem with the Netskope DLP AISecOps Agent to detect, triage, prioritize, investigate, and resolve data security incidents at machine speed. With 56% of organizations currently only investigating half or fewer of the alerts they generate due to a lack of capacity1, DataSec Command Center and the agent bridge the gap at scale. Sanjay Beri, Co-Founder and CEO, Netskope commented, “Organizations have invested in more data security tools than ever, yet most teams still cannot answer basic questions such as where did the data go and what is its current state? The problem isn't a lack of tools — it's the massive volume of data, the signals it generates, and the lack of coordination between them. Netskope One DataSec Command Center digests all of that data and those signals, correlates and normalizes them, analyzes them, and surfaces human-understandable insights giving security teams the control plane they have been missing: a single place to see what is exposed, understand how it got there, and act on it to prevent and mitigate risks.”
Wayne Cross, Director, IT Cyber Security and Infrastructure Operations, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) commented, “The biggest operational hurdle we face in data security isn't just the volume of data, it's the fragmentation of our security stack. Trying to stitch together disparate signals across cloud, SaaS, and AI environments creates massive visibility gaps and slows down response times. That's why we have a priority strategy to unify our data security. It is about breaking down silos, gaining a clear line of sight into our data, and finally getting ahead of the risks that actually matter.”
As the unified data security control plane, Netskope One DataSec Command Center covers any kind of data, anywhere it lives, in any state it’s in, including:
Real-time network data going to the internet, transacted through email, or in-motion on endpointsCloud service provider databases or object stores in AWS, GCP, and AzureSaaS environments like Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, Google DriveAI services such as ChatGPT and Anthropic ClaudeStructured data in PaaS like Databricks, Snowflake, and other vector database services
Netskope One DataSec Command Center will be generally available this quarter as part of the Netskope One platform. Netskope will also be demonstrating Netskope One DataSec Command Center and AI, security, and networking innovations during Black Hat USA this week in Las Vegas. Visit the Black Hat page on Netskope.com for details.
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New Jersey žaluje Amazon kvůli údajnému zneužití tržní síly vůči nezávislým doručovatelům v programu Delivery Service Partner. Stát tvrdí, že firma tlačila na nízké mzdy a špatné podmínky.
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CompaniesAug 4 (Reuters) - New Jersey sued Amazon.com on Tuesday, accusing the online retailer of abusing its market power over independent delivery drivers.
The state accused Amazon of using its dominance to impose low pay and poor conditions on drivers who deliver for the company via its Delivery Service Partner program. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
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The program is run by Amazon's logistics arm and allows people to set up businesses to deliver packages locally. Those small businesses deliver 20 million packages a day for Amazon globally, according to the company.
The state alleges that Amazon punishes drivers who try to unionize and tries to keep independent businesses in the program from poaching each other's drivers in violation of antitrust law.
A spokesperson for Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Amazon is fighting other antitrust lawsuits brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the state of California accusing the company of illegally monopolizing online retail markets. The company has denied those allegations.
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Cathie Wood tends to buy when some of her favorite stocks pull back. On Monday -- with the market having its strongest first day of the month since late 2022 -- she was particularly busy, too. The co-founder and CEO of Ark Invest didn't let upticks get in the way of adding to some of her existing positions.
She was a buyer of CoreWeave (CRWV +5.85%), Amazon (AMZN -2.52%), and Rocket Lab (RKLB +5.79%), even as the shares rose 19%, 5%, and 8%, respectively, on Monday. Amazon did hit a new high during the day, but the same can't be said about the bookends. CoreWeave and Rocket Lab are trading 44% and 53% below their 52-week highs, respectively. Let's take a closer look at the three potentially opportunistic purchases by Ark in August.
Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood. Image source: Getty Images.
1. CoreWeave CoreWeave stock rallied alongside other hyperscalers, but it would still have to more than double from here to revisit the all-time high it hit 14 months ago. The company, launched by a few hedge fund friends who initially bought a few GPUs to mine crypto -- before pivoting to the AI opportunity when the digital currency market sold off -- has been one of the market's more volatile investments since going public at $40 early last year.
Revenue rose 112% in its latest quarter, reported back in May. The top-line jump was better than expected, but the report wasn't well-received. A larger-than-projected loss disappointed investors, but it shouldn't have come as a surprise. CoreWeave had fallen short on the bottom line in two of the three previous reports. This is a top-line growth story, with revenue more than doubling in each quarter as a public company. It needs to invest in building out its empire at this stage, which introduces red ink on the other end of its red-hot revenue growth.
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CoreWeave also announced on Tuesday morning that it was expanding into Indonesia, marking its first push to establish a data center presence in the Asia-Pacific region. It will build out three facilities offering a total of 360 megawatts of contracted IT power. The data centers won't be available until 2028, but it's another bet that CoreWeave is making today that should keep growth booming tomorrow.
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2. Amazon I'll start by saying that buying Amazon on the day its shares hit a new all-time high isn't technically bargain hunting. However, it was Wood's largest purchase. I couldn't leave the country's fifth-most-valuable company by market cap out of the mix. Ark Invest was a buyer of Amazon for all five of Wood's aggressive growth ETFs on Monday, and was her biggest buy in four of them.
Unlike CoreWeave, investors already know how Amazon fared in the second quarter. It reported last week. Net sales rose 20% to $200.6 billion for the quarter, fueled largely by a 37% jump in its thriving and high-margin Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-hosting business. Its flagship e-commerce business still managed to grow in the mid-teens -- up 16% in North America and up 15% everywhere else -- but AWS is the reason Amazon just delivered its strongest top-line surge in five years.
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3. Rocket Lab Rockets go up. Rockets go down. In recent weeks, rocket stocks have largely gone down. This is often a dinner bell for Wood if she's a believer in the industry and certain players in that space. Speaking of space, Rocket Lab is no stranger to space. Unlike many upstarts, Rocket Lab has generated meaningful revenue for years as a leading provider of space systems and launch services.
It's not profitable yet, but analysts expect it to be on an adjusted basis next year and on a reported basis by 2028. Demand is booming, with an order backlog of $2.2 billion at the end of the first quarter. It reports second-quarter results next week. It was targeting $225 million to $240 million in revenue for the quarter in May, a 61% year-over-year increase at the midpoint. Investors may have turned their back on space stocks this summer, but reality offers a kinder level of stargazing.
Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT – Free Report) by 8.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 27,456 shares of the software giant’s stock after buying an additional 2,034 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up about 1.6% of Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $10,163,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its holdings in Microsoft by 51.3% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 59 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 20 shares during the period. Bernzott Capital Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter worth $34,000. Timmons Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter worth $36,000. Fairway Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 287.0% in the 4th quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 89 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Finally, University of Illinois Foundation purchased a new position in shares of Microsoft in the 2nd quarter valued at $50,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of brokerages recently weighed in on MSFT. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $540.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Microsoft from $540.00 to $500.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $550.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Microsoft from $625.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their target price on Microsoft from $540.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Forty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $558.64.
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More Microsoft News Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:
Positive Sentiment: Azure growth and AI monetization are driving the rally. Microsoft’s quarterly revenue and earnings exceeded expectations, while Azure growth accelerated to approximately 30%. Analysts and commentators said demand for cloud and generative-AI services is beginning to justify the company’s roughly $175 billion in annual spending. Microsoft Just Proved that AI Spending Can Pay Off Positive Sentiment: Strong bookings and infrastructure commitments support future revenue. Microsoft’s cloud backlog and more than $100 billion in data-center leases indicate that customers are committing to long-term capacity, giving investors greater confidence in continued Azure and AI expansion. Big Tech’s Cloud Backlog Just Hit $2.3 Trillion Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment has improved. Analysts described Microsoft as one of the better-positioned hyperscalers in the AI race, citing its balance sheet, recurring software revenue, free-cash-flow generation and cloud leadership. The post-earnings advance has erased the stock’s prior 2026 losses and renewed expectations for additional upside. Microsoft’s Stock Is on a Run Not Seen in 26 Years Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft 365 ecosystem expansion. Paychex launched its WISE workforce-intelligence integration in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams, reinforcing Microsoft’s platform reach among small and midsize businesses, although the direct financial impact for MSFT is likely modest. Paychex Brings WISE Workforce Intelligence to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams Negative Sentiment: Securities litigation remains an overhang. Several law firms publicized a class action concerning alleged misrepresentations about Copilot functionality, AI adoption and Azure growth, with an August 11 lead-plaintiff deadline. The announcements do not establish liability but could increase legal, reputational and disclosure risks. MSFT Shareholder Alert Negative Sentiment: Capital spending and free cash flow remain watch points. The scale of AI infrastructure spending could pressure cash flow and returns if monetization slows, even though recent results have eased those concerns. The AI Spending Boom and Free Cash Flow Microsoft Stock Performance Microsoft stock opened at $487.65 on Tuesday. Microsoft Corporation has a 12-month low of $349.20 and a 12-month high of $553.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The company has a market capitalization of $3.62 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.10. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $399.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $405.57.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The software giant reported $4.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.24 by $0.50. The company had revenue of $90.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $87.62 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 40.31% and a return on equity of 31.98%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.65 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 19.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Microsoft Dividend Announcement The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be issued a $0.91 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.27%.
Insider Activity at Microsoft In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.84, for a total value of $1,812,780.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 47,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,122,009.12. This represents a 8.66% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Judson Althoff sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.99, for a total value of $7,145,345.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 110,477 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,928,792.23. This trade represents a 12.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 23,762 shares of company stock valued at $10,508,361. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.
About Microsoft (Free Report)
Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.
Microsoft’s product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).
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Microsoft vyplatí čtvrtletní dividendu 0,91 USD na akcii, beze změny oproti předchozím třem výplatám. Držitelé 100 akcií k 20. srpnu obdrží příští měsíc 91 USD.
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) upcoming quarterly dividend has been scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2026, with the current estimates suggesting the company is going to reward investors as of August 20 with $0.91 per share.
The September dividend represents no change from the previous three payouts, issued on June 11, 2026, March 12, 2026, and December 11, 2025, according to the official announcement.
Accordingly, investors holding 100 Microsoft shares by August 20 will earn a total of $91 in dividend income next month. If the tech giant does not increase the payout, the yearly Microsoft stock dividend for 2026 will total $364.
MSFT quarterly dividend. Source: Microsoft.com Microsoft Corp. dividend profile Microsoft continues to maintain one of the most consistent dividend records in the technology sector, with a forward dividend yield of 0.75% and an annualized dividend of $3.64 per share.
What’s more, the software leader has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years, and with a relatively conservative forward payout ratio of 18.54%, it has significant room to continue funding dividend growth while investing in its core businesses.
Historically, Microsoft’s shares have recovered quickly after going ex-dividend, with an average price recovery time of 1.7 days. Although its 0.75% dividend yield sits below the broader technology sector average of 1.37%, the company has prioritized steady dividend increases and share price appreciation over offering a high yield.
Even in 2026, which has been one of Microsoft’sweakest years on record, the stock has managed to recover, now sitting up around 3% year-to-date as of press time. For context, a $10,000 investment in Microsoft at the start of 2026, with all dividends reinvested, would now be worth $10,415.
In other words, the investment would have generated $38.19 in reinvested dividends and $376.82 in capital gains, for a total profit of $415, representing a 4.15% total return.
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Fairbanks Capital Management v 1. čtvrtletí nakoupila nový podíl v NVIDIA za zhruba 5,32 milionu USD. Akcie tvoří 3,3 % portfolia fondu a jde o jeho 11. největší pozici.
Fairbanks Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 30,496 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $5,319,000. NVIDIA accounts for 3.3% of Fairbanks Capital Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest position.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NVDA. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after purchasing an additional 11,451,386 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after purchasing an additional 3,383,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 187,181,484 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $34,909,347,000 after purchasing an additional 2,849,678 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
NVIDIA News Summary Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Cloud providers are accelerating spending on AI infrastructure, particularly NVIDIA’s liquid-cooled Blackwell systems. This reinforced expectations that demand for NVIDIA’s data-center GPUs remains well ahead of supply ahead of the company’s next earnings report. Nvidia stock climbs as AI infrastructure demand boosts investor sentiment Positive Sentiment: Analyst and earnings-preview coverage remains bullish. NVIDIA has a strong history of beating estimates, while reported first-quarter revenue of $81.6 billion and data-center revenue of $75.2 billion showed exceptional year-over-year growth. Forecasts also point to continued momentum from the Blackwell and upcoming Vera Rubin platforms. Will Nvidia beat estimates again Positive Sentiment: A strong Nasdaq and semiconductor-sector rebound lifted sentiment across chip stocks, providing an additional market-wide catalyst for NVDA. Some analysts argue that NVIDIA’s valuation remains reasonable relative to its growth and potential future sales. Nvidia beats stock market upswing Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is using financial guarantees, equity investments, and revenue-sharing arrangements to help customers build AI data centers and secure demand for Vera Rubin. The strategy could strengthen its ecosystem and market share, but it also increases exposure to customer defaults, cash outflows, and weaker AI-investment returns. Nvidia financial engineering and Vera Rubin Negative Sentiment: Risk-focused coverage highlights concerns about circular financing, rising AI infrastructure costs, and whether hyperscaler spending can remain economically justified. NVIDIA has also traded sideways for several months, suggesting investors may require stronger earnings or guidance to sustain a breakout. Nvidia stock remains in a $200 rut Negative Sentiment: Longer-term competitive risks are emerging as custom AI chips gain traction and AI-generated software could weaken CUDA’s traditional competitive moat, particularly as workloads shift from training toward inference. AI threats to Nvidia CUDA Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several research firms have commented on NVDA. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $413.00 target price (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $425.00 price objective (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $288.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.26.
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NVIDIA Trading Up 2.9% Shares of NVDA stock opened at $206.64 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $5.00 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.64, a PEG ratio of 0.39 and a beta of 2.23. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $205.24 and a 200-day moving average of $196.34. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.07 and a 1-year high of $236.54.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 15.31%.
NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.
Insider Buying and Selling In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 over the last quarter. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.
The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.
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Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. v prvním čtvrtletí koupil 26 149 akcií NVIDIA za zhruba 4,56 milionu USD. NVIDIA zároveň oznámila zpětný odkup akcií za 80 miliard USD.
Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 26,149 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $4,560,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the first quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several brokerages have recently issued reports on NVDA. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $330.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.26.
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NVIDIA Trading Up 2.9% Shares of NVDA stock opened at $206.64 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $205.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $196.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.07 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.00 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.64, a PEG ratio of 0.39 and a beta of 2.23.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA In related news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% 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 sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
Trending Headlines about NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Cloud providers are accelerating spending on AI infrastructure, particularly NVIDIA’s liquid-cooled Blackwell systems. This reinforced expectations that demand for NVIDIA’s data-center GPUs remains well ahead of supply ahead of the company’s next earnings report. Nvidia stock climbs as AI infrastructure demand boosts investor sentiment Positive Sentiment: Analyst and earnings-preview coverage remains bullish. NVIDIA has a strong history of beating estimates, while reported first-quarter revenue of $81.6 billion and data-center revenue of $75.2 billion showed exceptional year-over-year growth. Forecasts also point to continued momentum from the Blackwell and upcoming Vera Rubin platforms. Will Nvidia beat estimates again Positive Sentiment: A strong Nasdaq and semiconductor-sector rebound lifted sentiment across chip stocks, providing an additional market-wide catalyst for NVDA. Some analysts argue that NVIDIA’s valuation remains reasonable relative to its growth and potential future sales. Nvidia beats stock market upswing Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is using financial guarantees, equity investments, and revenue-sharing arrangements to help customers build AI data centers and secure demand for Vera Rubin. The strategy could strengthen its ecosystem and market share, but it also increases exposure to customer defaults, cash outflows, and weaker AI-investment returns. Nvidia financial engineering and Vera Rubin Negative Sentiment: Risk-focused coverage highlights concerns about circular financing, rising AI infrastructure costs, and whether hyperscaler spending can remain economically justified. NVIDIA has also traded sideways for several months, suggesting investors may require stronger earnings or guidance to sustain a breakout. Nvidia stock remains in a $200 rut Negative Sentiment: Longer-term competitive risks are emerging as custom AI chips gain traction and AI-generated software could weaken CUDA’s traditional competitive moat, particularly as workloads shift from training toward inference. AI threats to Nvidia CUDA About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.
The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.
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NVIDIA uvedla, že má plnou důvěru v 1 bilion USD v tržbách z Blackwell a Rubin v letech 2025 až 2027, což potvrzuje silnou poptávku po čipech. CFO zároveň řekla, že firma je omezená zásobami.
Jim Cramer keeps telling viewers that NVIDIA chips hold their value because they are scarce. Now NVIDIA management has put a number behind that argument, and it is one most retail investors have probably never seen quoted.
The Number: $1 Trillion On the May 20, 2026 earnings call, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) CFO Colette Kress told investors the company has “full confidence in $1 trillion in Blackwell and Rubin revenue we foresee from 2025 through calendar 2027,” fueled by data center demand. That is forward revenue visibility, not booked sales, and it is the clearest quantification of chip scarcity NVIDIA has ever put in writing. To back that visibility with physical supply, the company disclosed it had $119.0 billion in total supply-related commitments as of the Q1 FY2027 filing, and Kress said on the call that the tally inclusive of inventory purchases and prepaids had climbed to $145 billion.
What It Means A trillion dollars of demand visibility across two product cycles is a backlog statement dressed up as a forecast. But it is also a scarcity statement. NVIDIA is telling suppliers, customers, and shareholders that it has more orders than it can build. CEO Jensen Huang made the constraint explicit: “My sense is that we’ll be supply constrained throughout the entire life of Vera Rubin.”
The pricing evidence supports it. H100 rental prices are up 20% year to date, and A100 cloud pricing is up nearly 15%. Prior-generation silicon is appreciating, which only happens when new supply cannot catch demand.
That backlog is already showing up in the P&L. Q1 FY2027 revenue landed at $81.61 billion, up 85.23% year over year, beating consensus by 3.16%. Data Center revenue reached $75.25 billion, growing 92% YoY, with networking alone at $14.8 billion, up 199%. Non-GAAP gross margin expanded to 75.0%, versus 60.8% a year earlier. Companies that lack pricing power do not print massive gross margins on $81.61 billion in a single quarter.
Market Reaction Shares closed at $206.64 on August 3, 2026, versus around $223 at the Q1 FY27 filing on May 20, 2026. The custom period from filing date through August 3 shows a 7.43% decline. Momentum has turned recently: the stock is up 7.4% over the past week and up 8.6% over the past month, with year-to-date performance at +13.4%.
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Bull Case The $1 trillion figure reframes the data center debate. Detractors have argued that hyperscaler capex will normalize and that AI infrastructure depreciates faster than the market assumes. NVIDIA’s counter is that analysts now forecast hyperscale capex to exceed $1 trillion by 2027 and that AI infrastructure spending is tracking toward $3 trillion to $4 trillion annually by the end of this decade. Against that, the Blackwell and Rubin visibility captures only two product generations and one platform vendor.
Customer breadth reinforces the backlog. Kress said the number of partner data centers exceeding 10MW has nearly doubled in a year, now surpassing 80 sites, and NVIDIA infrastructure is deployed across nearly 40 countries. Sovereign revenue is up more than 80% year over year. Vera CPU alone opens what Huang called a $200 billion TAM with nearly $20 billion in CPU revenue visibility this year.
Capital return signals confidence. The board authorized an additional $80.0 billion in share repurchases, and increased the quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25. Free cash flow of $48.55 billion in a single quarter, compared with $26.1 billion in the year-ago period, bankrolls all of it without touching the balance sheet. And the stock trades at roughly 23 times forward earnings, a multiple that has to be reconciled with 210.63% year-over-year net income growth.
Bottom Line The $1 trillion Blackwell and Rubin revenue forecast is a forward-looking statement, not a reported figure, and long-term holders should treat it that way. It is also the cleanest number NVIDIA has ever offered to quantify what Cramer sees brewing on the surface: chips that hold their value because there are not enough of them. Q2 FY2027 guidance calls for revenue of $91.0 billion, plus or minus 2%, with gross margin held at 75.0%. If the company delivers, the trillion-dollar figure stops sounding like a slogan and starts looking like a roadmap.
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer distilled the current NVIDIA setup into one sentence on X: “you get a couple of reports that Nvidia chips are holding their value and are scarce and the stock soars.” The post landed as NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) closed up 2.93% at $206.64 on August 3, 2026, extending a 6.7% one-week gain and pushing the stock 12.8% higher year to date. For a name with a roughly $5.094 trillion market capitalization, that is a meaningful daily move, and it maps directly onto the two supply-side narratives Cramer is pointing at.
The Reports Behind Cramer’s Take Two theories circulating this week gave the scarcity thesis fresh ammunition. An analysis by Beth Kindig, aka the “Queen of Nvidia,” flagged that TSMC’s N3 process wafer capacity is severely constrained, with the biggest AI chip designers, NVIDIA and Google, both leaning on the same node and rising prices reflecting the bottleneck. Separately, Bank of America is now modeling hyperscaler capital expenditures to exceed $1.2 trillion over the next year, with the sector’s bottleneck shifting from demand to supply.
Value retention in the secondary GPU market is the second leg. Hyperscalers describe cloud GPUs as sold out, and rental economics for prior-generation Hopper silicon have stayed firm even as Blackwell ramps. That behavior signals a market where installed hardware is still earning its keep, which is the opposite of what you would expect if the AI capex cycle were peaking.
NVIDIA’s Numbers Confirm the Scarcity Thesis NVIDIA’s most recent report, filed May 20, 2026, reads like a scarcity case study. Q1 FY2027 revenue came in at $81.615 billion, up 85.23% YoY, beating the consensus by 3.16% and setting a new company record. Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.87 topped the $1.7738 estimate. Data Center revenue reached $75.246 billion, growing 92% year over year, with networking (InfiniBand, NVLink, Spectrum-X) up 199%.
The margin picture is the tell. Non-GAAP gross margin held at 75.0%, up from 60.8% a year earlier. Sustaining that gross margin while revenue nearly doubles is the fingerprint of pricing power created by supply that trails demand. Free cash flow of $48.55 billion in the quarter funded a $80 billion repurchase authorization and a dividend increase from $0.01 to $0.25 per share.
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The clearest scarcity signal sits in the balance sheet commentary. Total forward supply-related commitments jumped to $119.0 billion in Q1 FY2027, versus $95.2 billion in Q4 FY2026 and $50.3 billion in Q3 FY2026. NVIDIA is writing large checks to lock in wafer starts, HBM, and networking silicon well before customer purchase orders convert to revenue. Details are in the company’s Q1 FY2027 8-K filing.
What to Watch Next Nvidia management guided Q2 FY2027 revenue to $91.0 billion, give or take 2%, with 75.0% non-GAAP gross margin, and that figure excludes any China Data Center compute revenue. Named commitments underneath the guide include 10 gigawatts of systems for OpenAI, an initial 1 gigawatt for Anthropic, millions of Blackwell and Rubin GPUs for Meta over multiple years, and 5-plus gigawatts for CoreWeave by 2030.
Jensen Huang framed the backdrop in generational terms: “The buildout of AI factories, the largest infrastructure expansion in human history, is accelerating at extraordinary speed.”
Valuation is where the debate lives. NVIDIA trades at roughly 30.7 times trailing earnings and 22.8 times forward earnings, with an analyst consensus target of $302.83 and 58 buy or strong buy ratings against 2 holds and 1 sell. Reddit sentiment, meanwhile, has been predominantly bearish across r/wallstreetbets in early August, driven more by loss-focused posts than by any obvious crack in the fundamentals. Cramer’s read is that scarcity and value retention are the signals that matter most for the next leg. The Q2 report, due in late August, will test that thesis against the $91 billion guide and bring the scarcity debate full circle.
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GM a Ford znovu rozvíjejí obranný byznys, který může přinést miliardy ve výnosech i zisku. GM Defense cílí na zhruba 700 milionů USD výnosů v roce 2026.
Interestingly, investors looking for potential future catalysts for both General Motors (GM -1.33%) and Ford Motor Company (F -1.70%) might just find their answers in the past.
While Stellantis is busy refocusing on its core vehicle production strategy and broader turnaround, both Ford and GM are busy diversifying and seeking new and incremental revenue streams. One catalyst with the potential to add billions in revenue and profit is the defense business.
Here's a brief history lesson on GM's and Ford's defense businesses and what reviving them could mean for long-term investors.
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General Motors and Ford have a history of serving the military Many forget that GM's defense business delivered over $12.3 billion in war goods during World War II, at the time making it the largest commercial provider of military vehicles. For an automotive industry already frowned upon for its cyclicality, GM's defense business was even more boom or bust and was divested in 2003 to General Dynamics for $1.1 billion. Until 2017, when GM Defense was reestablished, you could say GM's defense business was gone but not forgotten. But GM CEO Mary Barra dropped a hint in the automaker's recent second-quarter letter to shareholders: "Growth businesses like GM Defense and GM Insurance are creating additional avenues for value creation," she wrote.
GM is gearing up for a strategic pivot that could capture billions in defense revenue, and GM Defense has already secured a big multiyear contract to build the U.S. Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), which is based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture.
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Crosstown rival Ford Motor Company got in the mix for the government's ISV-Heavy (ISV-H) program, in which the U.S. Army awarded GM Defense, Ford, and BC Customs firm-fixed-price prototype agreements. Prototypes are due by March 30, 2027.
GM has a head start in reviving its historic defense business, especially considering it has a more mature and dedicated subsidiary, while Ford's defense business is integrated into its Ford Pro operations. GM Defense even recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lockheed Martin to explore opportunities to improve the supply chain and drive manufacturing innovation between the two juggernauts.
While GM has a head start over Ford, the latter is already in negotiations with defense departments in Europe, as well as North America, to supply trucks and software to their armed forces. That said, the talks, which are said to be "productive," have yet to produce a contract with Ford.
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What it all means for investors More broadly, this is a trend investors should remember, as the U.S. Defense Department is aiming to diversify its contractors to improve service and slash costs, and major Detroit automakers were high on that list of companies to work with. While this would certainly be a solid business win for either GM or Ford, let's put some context around the current projections.
For 2026, GM Defense is aiming for about $700 million in revenue and double-digit percentage EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) margins -- which is good compared to the single-digit margins major automakers typically achieve. Management also expects GM Defense to post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 30% over the next several years. While GM Defense could certainly add billions to the company's top line, and, over the long term, to its bottom line, reasonable growth rates would probably put the business as only a small 2% to 3% of the company's EBIT profits by the end of this decade.
Despite being a small percentage of Ford's and GM's overall businesses, there's certainly upside beyond the numbers, such as with GM Defense's MOU with Lockheed Martin that could open up doors to drive efficiencies and lower research and development (R&D) costs, or potentially fill excess production capacity at its truck factories that would only boost margins. Ford and GM's renewed focus on defense business is a smart move, a profitable move, and a development worth watching for multiple reasons, but it won't cause the stocks to soar in the near term. However, as Ford and GM continue to diversify their business and expand margins above historical narratives, these moves all add up for investors.
Key Takeaways Ford raised 2026 adjusted EBIT guidance to $10-$11B and free cash flow outlook to $6-$7B.Ford Blue gains from richer mix and cost cuts, while Model e losses narrowed for the third straight quarter.Ford Pro software growth, strong liquidity, a 4% yield and discounted valuation add to the appeal. Last week, Ford (F - Free Report) reported strong second-quarter 2026 results, with adjusted earnings of $3.57 per share rising 41.3% year over year as well as exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 14.06%. Backed by robust results and improving fundamentals, the company lifted its full-year outlook. Ford raised its full-year adjusted EBIT outlook to $10-$11 billion from $8.5-$10.5 billion. It also increased adjusted free cash flow guidance to $6-$7 billion from $5-$6 billion.
Wall Street analysts are getting optimistic on the stock after second-quarter results, as reflected by the upward revision of the company’s EPS estimates.
Over the past seven days, the consensus mark for Ford’s 2026 EPS has moved up 24 cents to $1.86, implying a year-over-year jump of 71%. Over the same timeframe, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2027 EPS has increased by 17 cents to $1.94, implying growth of more than 4% from projected 2026 levels.
Let's take a closer look at what has analysts feeling upbeat about the stock and whether it's the right time to buy.
Ford Blue Benefiting From Better Mix & Cost CutsFord Blue’s prospects are improving as the business shifts toward higher-margin trucks, utilities, off-road models and hybrids. Off-road trims represented nearly 25% of U.S. sales, and Explorer and Expedition retail sales rose more than 20%. F-Series demand remains firm, with disciplined incentives and favorable channel mix supporting pricing.
Management raised 2026 Ford Blue EBIT guidance to $5-$5.5 billion from $4.5-$5 billion. Continued quality gains, lower warranty costs and upcoming truck launches should further support margins. The company remains on track for $1 billion of material and warranty cost reductions in 2026.
Ford Model e Losses NarrowingFord Model e’s prospects are improving because losses are narrowing while the company redirects spending toward lower-cost electric vehicles and energy storage. The segment’s second-quarter 2026 EBIT loss narrowed to $919 million from $1.33 billion a year earlier, marking the third consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement.
Management expects Gen-1 EV EBIT to improve about 40% in 2026 and now forecasts a full-year loss of roughly $4 billion. The Universal Electric Vehicle platform is designed for affordable models priced at around $30,000, with first deliveries expected in 2027.
Ford Pro Winning From Software StrengthCommercial vehicle leadership, recurring software revenues and added production capacity are set to boost the segment’s profits. Ford now expects an EBIT of $7-$7.5 billion for the full year from this unit, up from $6.5-$7.5 billion guided earlier.
Paid Ford Pro Intelligence subscriptions exceeded 900,000, supporting a higher-margin revenue stream. Early 2027 model-year customer contracting is running ahead of last year, indicating sustained fleet demand. Oakville is scheduled to add up to 100,000 units of Super Duty capacity from the fourth quarter of 2026, supporting volume recovery, service growth and earnings resilience.
Ford Energy Offers DiversificationFord Energy adds a new revenue stream beyond vehicle sales by applying Ford’s battery manufacturing, service and monitoring capabilities to energy storage. The company expects to reach 20 gigawatt-hours of annual capacity by late 2027 and is already producing prototype cells in Michigan.
Solid Liquidity & Dividend Yield Add to the AppealFord ended the second quarter of 2026 with $22.3 billion in cash and $43.4 billion in liquidity. It has returned more than $16 billion through dividends and repurchases over five years. The company has an attractive dividend yield of over 4%.
Ford’s Price Performance & ValuationYear to date, shares of F have risen 12.5%, outperforming the industry and peers like General Motors (GM - Free Report) and Tesla (TSLA - Free Report) . While General Motors shares moved up roughly 8%, Tesla shares declined 28% during the same timeframe.
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Ford also appears undervalued now, with a Value Score of A. The company is trading at a forward sales multiple of 0.32, lower than its closest peer, General Motors. Tesla, meanwhile, continues to trade at a significantly higher valuation, reflecting investor expectations for its AI and autonomous driving businesses rather than its core automotive operations.
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Buy Ford Stock at Current Levels?Well, Ford faces volatile input and trade costs. Management expects 2026 commodity costs to be above $2 billion. While Model e losses are narrowing, Ford still expects a full-year 2026 loss of about $4 billion from the segment. Then there are geopolitical and macro uncertainties that can weigh on the stock.
But improving execution and a broader profit mix outweigh the risks. Ford’s richer product mix, recurring services, affordable electrification plans, energy storage and liquidity strength make us bullish on the stock. Add to that its dividend yield for income investors, discounted valuation and upbeat guidance, and Ford is definitely worth buying at current levels.
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Ford směřuje k další úspoře 1 mld. USD v roce 2026 po snížení záručních a materiálových nákladů od roku 2024. F-Series v první polovině roku prodal o více než 80 000 kusů víc než nejbližší rival.
Key Takeaways Ford targets another $1 billion in 2026 savings after reducing warranty and material costs since 2024.F-Series led its closest rival by 80,000-plus units, supporting F's bid for the 50th straight truck crown.Ford Model e's EBIT loss narrowed 31% year over year as costs fell and production aligned with demand. Ford's (F - Free Report) long-term strategy extends well beyond building vehicles. The company is investing in software, connected services and new businesses such as Ford Energy. But its core automotive business remains the company’s most important pillar. Ford's execution suggests the core automotive business is becoming more efficient and profitable.
Ford On Track for $1B Cost SavingsFord has been working to fix one of its biggest weaknesses—high warranty and material costs. Since 2024, the company has meaningfully reduced both, and management expects another $1 billion of cost savings in 2026.
This matters because warranty costs are closely tied to product quality, while lower material costs directly support margins. Ford is achieving these savings even as it prepares for an aggressive product launch cycle over the next three years.
Trucks: Ford's Biggest AdvantageFord's truck business remains the backbone of its automotive operations.
The F-Series outsold its closest competitor by more than 80,000 units in the first half of the year and remains on track to retain its position as America's best-selling truck for the 50th consecutive year. But it’s not just the F-Series model. Ford’s lineup stretches from the entry-level Maverick to the Super Duty, allowing the company to compete across multiple price points. With new versions of the F-Series and Super Duty on the way, Ford also has a healthy product pipeline.
The company is seeing similar momentum in off-road vehicles. In the last reported quarter, Bronco, Tremor and Raptor accounted for roughly 25% of U.S. sales. These models carry higher margins while attracting younger and more affluent buyers, helping Ford improve both profitability and its customer mix.
F’s Hybrids & Commercial Vehicles StrengthFord is also benefiting from strong demand for hybrids. The F-150 hybrid leads the full-size pickup segment. Ford claims that its Maverick hybrid became America's best-selling hybrid pickup in the first half of 2026. The company plans to expand hybrid variants across its lineup, giving customers more options before they fully switch to EVs.
The commercial vehicle business is another important strength. Ford Pro remains the market leader in North America and Europe. The Oakville expansion—anticipated to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2026— is expected to add up to 100,000 units of Super Duty capacity. The additional production should support revenue and earnings growth.
Ford EV Business Economics ImprovingFord Model e is still losing money, incurring a $919 million EBIT loss in the last reported quarter. However, the loss narrowed 31% year over year, marking the third consecutive quarter of improvement. Management is reducing costs, aligning production with demand and focusing on affordable EVs instead of chasing volume.
Under its upcoming UEV platform, Ford plans to launch vehicles starting at around $30,000, with customer deliveries beginning next year. If Ford can improve profitability while scaling these vehicles, the EV business could gradually become less of a drag on overall earnings.
Investor TakeawayFord's software and adjacent businesses may drive the next phase of growth, but the investment case today rests on its core automotive business. Lower costs, a dominant truck franchise, strong hybrid demand and a resilient commercial vehicle business are making the business stronger. If Ford continues to execute on these areas, it will be in a much better position to fund its future growth while delivering solid earnings.
Competition Is Heating UpFord's leadership in trucks remains a major strength, but the competition isn't standing still.
General Motors (GM - Free Report) continues to rely heavily on its gas-powered trucks and SUVs to drive earnings. The GMC Sierra posted record quarterly sales, while Chevrolet's Silverado remained one of the best-selling pickups in the market. With next-generation versions of both models in the pipeline, General Motors is positioning itself to defend its share in the highly profitable full-size truck segment. The company has also maintained pricing discipline, keeping incentives below the industry average for more than three years, which has helped protect margins despite ongoing cost pressures.
Stellantis (STLA - Free Report) is also gaining momentum. U.S. sales rose in the second quarter, supported by an 11% increase in Ram pickup sales. Stellantis has set an ambitious goal of selling 825,000 Ram trucks annually in North America by 2030, highlighting its intent to strengthen its position in one of the industry's most lucrative categories.
If Ford has to maintain its truck leadership, it will have to keep executing rather than relying on its legacy position. Upcoming launches of the next-generation F-Series and Super Duty, along with continued investment in hybrids and commercial vehicles, bode well for the company.
The Zacks Rundown on Ford Stock
Shares of Ford have gained more than 7% over the past six months, outperforming the industry.
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From a valuation standpoint, Ford trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 0.32, lower than the industry. It carries a Value Score of A.
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See how the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Ford’s EPS has been revised over the past 60 days.
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F stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Ford v červenci prodal v USA o 10,2 % méně vozů, ale výsledek označil za „dobrý měsíc“ kvůli plánovanému útlumu některých modelů a nižšímu prodeji flotil.
DETROIT — Despite reporting a 10.2% decline in its July U.S. vehicle sales Tuesday, Ford Motor is touting the results as a "good sales month."
That's according to Rob Kaffl, Ford's director of U.S. sales, who said the steep decline from the previous year was "by design," as the Detroit automaker phases out two vehicles and lowered its daily rental fleet business.
"July was a good sales month for a number of reasons. Our July results reflect a strategy that is working exactly as planned: we've intentionally been sunsetting select models and pulled back on low-margin rental fleet volume to make room for an onslaught of new-product introductions by the end of the decade," Kaffl said in an emailed statement.
Many times, automakers do not cancel products — like Ford has done with its Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair — until closer to production of newer models. Or they build up inventories to assist sales during the changeover in production for new vehicles.
Kaffl said the company prioritized retail sales of its F-Series pickup trucks as the automaker continues to recover production after two aluminum fires last year at a major aluminum supplier. The company said rental sales, which are typically at lower profits, were reduced by 96% compared to a year earlier.
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Without such actions, Ford contends its sales would be down less than 1%, slightly better than an estimated 2% fall for the overall industry compared to July 2025.
Planned or not, the decline last month adds to a lackluster sales year for the automaker following the problematic F-Series production as well as a pullback in all-electric vehicle sales. Ford's sales year to date through July are down 9.7%.
Ford's U.S. sales through June were already off 9.6% from a year earlier. That compares to an estimated 2.4% sales decline for the overall industry through the first half of the year, which doesn't include July, according to the most recent data from Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book.
Higher prices and consumer economic concerns are weighing on the overall auto industry, which Cox and other forecasters expect to be off about 3% compared to last year to 15.8 million vehicles sold.
McDonald's (MCD - Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.38 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.32 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.19 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +1.81%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this world's biggest hamburger chain would post earnings of $2.74 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.83, delivering a surprise of +3.28%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
McDonald's, which belongs to the Zacks Retail - Restaurants industry, posted revenues of $7.1 billion for the quarter ended June 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.51%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $6.84 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
McDonald's shares have lost about 13.2% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 11%.
What's Next for McDonald's?While McDonald's has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for McDonald's was unfavorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to underperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $3.41 on $7.34 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $12.85 on $28.34 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Retail - Restaurants is currently in the bottom 34% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the same industry, Bloomin' Brands (BLMN - Free Report) , is yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2026. The results are expected to be released on August 5.
This owner of Outback Steakhouse and other casual dining spots is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.28 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -15.2%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 1.1% lower over the last 30 days to the current level.
Bloomin' Brands' revenues are expected to be $999.08 million, down 0.3% from the year-ago quarter.
Odhady EPS pro fiskální roky 2026 a 2027 u Qualcommu za posledních sedm dní klesly o 0,8 % a 0,4 %. Tržby z handsetů spadly o 20 % na 5,09 mld. USD, zatímco automotive a IoT vzrostly o 28 %.
Key Takeaways Qualcomm's fiscal 2026 and 2027 EPS estimates fell 0.8% and 0.4% over the past seven days.Handset revenues slid 20% to $5.09B as OEMs cut chipset purchases and reduced inventory.Automotive and IoT revenues advanced 28%, lifting the fiscal 2026 automotive sales outlook to about $7B. Earnings estimates for Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM - Free Report) for fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2027 have declined 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively, to $10.69 and $10.84 per share over the past seven days. The negative estimate revision depicts bearish sentiment toward the stock’s growth potential.
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QCOM Plagued by Soft DemandQualcomm reported lackluster third-quarter fiscal 2026 results with non-GAAP earnings of $2.21 per share, down 20% year over year, while revenues fell 4% to $9.95 billion. Higher input costs and handset weakness pressured profitability as QCT revenues declined 5% to $8.50 billion. Handset revenues plunged 20% to $5.09 billion as major OEMs reduced chipset purchases and worked down inventory amid memory supply constraints and higher memory prices.
The handset decline more than offset gains elsewhere in the product business. Management estimated that China OEM handset revenues reached a bottom in the quarter and expects double-digit sequential growth in the fourth quarter as channel inventory drawdowns ease.
Waning Margins Hurt QCOMQualcomm's margins have declined over the years due to high operating expenses and R&D (research & development) costs. QCT EBT declined 18% to $2.19 billion, while its EBT margin contracted 4 percentage points to 26%. Higher product costs and lower revenues outweighed higher average selling prices, reflecting industrywide increases across wafers, assembly, testing, advanced packaging, memory and other materials.
QTL revenues decreased 3% to $1.28 billion, and EBT fell 6% to $881 million. Its EBT margin slipped to 69% from 71%, as lower estimated cellular-product sales and fewer prior-period royalty adjustments offset a favorable revenue-per-unit mix.
The company expects softness in the handset market and a weaker overall device mix to continue in the near future. The shift in the share among original equipment manufacturers at the premium tier has reduced the near-term opportunity to sell integrated chipsets from the Snapdragon platform. In addition, aggressive competition from low-cost chip manufacturers and established players in the mobile phone chipset market is also likely to hurt Qualcomm's profits.
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Price PerformanceQualcomm’s shares are up 3.3% over the past year compared with the industry’s growth of 48.3%. It has lagged peers like Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE - Free Report) and Broadcom Inc. (AVGO - Free Report) . While Hewlett Packard has jumped 152.9%, Broadcom surged 33.9% over this period.
One-Year QCOM Stock Price Performance
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QCOM’s Snapdragon & Automotive Business Hold FortAutomotive revenues rose $604 million year over year, driven by a $381 million increase in revenue per unit from favorable mix and higher average selling prices. Another $223 million came from higher shipments tied to new vehicle launches using Snapdragon digital cockpit and ADAS and automated-driving products.
IoT revenues climbed 9% to $1.83 billion, led by favorable mix and growth in industrial networking and robotics. Combined QCT automotive and IoT revenues advanced 28%, and Qualcomm raised its fiscal 2026 exit-rate outlook for annualized automotive sales to approximately $7 billion from $6 billion.
Qualcomm envisions solid growth opportunities within the mobile space, driven by the strength of its Snapdragon portfolio. Leveraging processors with multi-core CPUs with cutting-edge features, amazing graphics and worldwide network connectivity, Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile platforms are fast with superb power efficiency, brilliant camera capabilities and state-of-the-art security solutions.
End NoteQualcomm is likely to benefit from robust automotive and Snapdragon traction. A strong emphasis on quality, diligent execution of operational plans and continuous portfolio enhancements are driving more value for customers.
However, with declining earnings estimates, the stock is witnessing negative investor sentiment. Stiff competition and softness in key end markets are likely to put pressure on the bottom-line growth. High R&D costs erode its profitability to a large extent. Qualcomm is facing a tough operating environment in China, raising questions about its long-term viability plans in the country. It also faces reduced chip orders and near-term uncertainty in memory supply.
With a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), Qualcomm appears to be treading in the middle of the road, and new investors could be better off if they trade with caution. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Moderna zahájila v Kanadě fázi 1 studie vakcíny mRNA-1469 proti Bundibugyo ebolaviru. Testuje bezpečnost, snášenlivost a imunitní odpověď u zhruba 80 zdravých dospělých.
Phase 1 trial will evaluate safety and immune response for a strain of Ebola virus disease with no licensed vaccines indicated
Phase 1 trial is being conducted in Canada as part of our expanded collaboration with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), building on Moderna's prior filovirus research
CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) today announced that following Health Canada's authorization of the study, the first participants have been vaccinated in a Phase 1 clinical study in Canada evaluating mRNA-1469, the Company's investigational mRNA vaccine being evaluated to prevent Bundibugyo ebolavirus, or BDBV, disease.
The vaccine candidate is being developed using Moderna's mRNA platform, the same technology that demonstrated rapid development, scalability, and global deployment capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program also builds on Moderna's existing research and development efforts in filoviruses, including Ebola-related viruses.
"Vaccinating the first participants with mRNA-1469 marks an important milestone in advancing a vaccine candidate against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists," said Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna. "We are grateful to CEPI, Health Canada, the investigators and study participants for their contributions to advance this work."
mRNA-1469 is being advanced under Moderna's expanded strategic collaboration with CEPI, who has committed up to US $50 million to support preclinical testing and the Phase 1 clinical trial. The collaboration also supports the scaled manufacture of additional clinical trial doses in parallel with early clinical development. This approach is intended to enable larger Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies to begin rapidly if Phase 1 results support further development.
"Getting Moderna's vaccine candidate into a Phase 1 trial this rapidly is a major step forward in the fight against this deadly outbreak," said Dr Richard Hatchett, CEPI's Chief Executive Officer. "This fast-growing epidemic is already the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history, and cases are rising more quickly than they did in the 2014 - 2016 West Africa epidemic which remains the largest on record. Every day matters, and every vaccine candidate in clinical trials gives us another shot at getting a safe, effective vaccine to the people who need it as swiftly as possible."
The first-in-human Phase 1 study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT07737717) is being conducted at three sites in Canada, and will evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of mRNA-1469 in healthy adult participants. The study is expected to enroll approximately 80 participants.
BDBV is one of the viruses that can cause Ebola disease and has been responsible for the active outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although vaccines are available against Zaire ebolavirus, no vaccine is currently approved to protect against disease caused by BDBV. The current outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) by the World Health Organization and Africa CDC, respectively. It has already caused more than 3,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,400 deaths, making it one of the largest filovirus outbreaks in history.[1]
If licensed, Moderna is committed to enabling rapid supply and access of its BDBV vaccine to affected countries and to the populations that need them. As part of its agreement with CEPI, Moderna will make available at a minimum 500,000 doses for timely supply to low- and middle-income countries under access pricing.
About Moderna
Moderna is a pioneer and leader in the field of mRNA medicine. Through the advancement of its technology platform, Moderna is reimagining how medicines are made to transform how we treat and prevent diseases. Since its founding, Moderna's mRNA platform has enabled the development of vaccines and therapeutics across infectious diseases, cancer, rare diseases and more.
With a global team and a unique culture, driven by the company's values and mindsets, Moderna's mission is to deliver the greatest possible impact to people through mRNA medicines. For more information about Moderna, please visit modernatx.com and connect with us on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including statements regarding: Moderna's Phase 1 clinical trial of mRNA-1469; the capabilities of Moderna's mRNA platform; Moderna's strategic collaboration with CEPI and CEPI's investment; the ability to rapidly advance into Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies; and the potential for future licensure of a BDBV vaccine and Moderna's ability to enable rapid supply and access. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "may," "should," "could," "expects," "intends," "plans," "aims," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. The forward-looking statements in this press release are neither promises nor guarantees, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond Moderna's control and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, among others, those risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" in Moderna's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in subsequent filings made by Moderna with the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, Moderna disclaims any intention or responsibility for updating or revising any forward-looking statements contained in this press release in the event of new information, future developments or otherwise. These forward-looking statements are based on Moderna's current expectations and speak only as of the date of this press release.
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IBM a Sarvam budou v Indii pilotně zavádět sovereign AI pro služby občanům a administrativní procesy ve veřejném sektoru. Partnerství má podpořit vícejazyčné a hlasové interakce.
Key Takeaways IBM and Sarvam will pilot sovereign AI tools for citizen services and administrative workflows in India.watsonx and hybrid cloud demand support IBM as enterprises manage more complex multi-cloud workloads.Rising earnings estimates lift sentiment, but competition, pricing pressure and Anthropic remain risks. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM - Free Report) has partnered with India-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Sarvam to develop and test sovereign AI technologies for government agencies and regulated industries in the subcontinent. The collaboration aims to build AI systems that give organizations greater control over data, governance and operations while supporting digital transformation across the public sector.
IBM and Sarvam will jointly pilot AI applications for citizen services, grievance redressal, document processing and administrative workflows. The companies expect the solutions to support multilingual and voice-enabled interactions, enabling government departments to engage with citizens in multiple Indian languages through existing digital platforms. By combining IBM's enterprise AI infrastructure with Sarvam's locally developed AI models, the partnership aims to evaluate how sovereign AI technologies can be deployed to meet the operational and regulatory needs of India's public sector.
IBM Bets Big on AIIBM’s watsonx platform is likely to be the core technology platform for its AI capabilities. watsonx delivers the value of foundational models to the enterprise, enabling them to be more productive. This enterprise-ready AI and data platform comprises three products to help organizations accelerate and scale AI: the watsonx.ai studio for new foundation models, generative AI and machine learning, the watsonx.data fit-for-purpose data store built on an open lake house architecture and the watsonx.governance toolkit to help enable AI workflows to be built with responsibility and transparency.
Solid Hybrid Cloud Demand Buoys IBMIn addition to AI, IBM is likely to benefit from solid demand trends for hybrid cloud. With a surge in traditional cloud-native workloads and associated applications, along with a rise in generative AI deployment, there is a radical expansion in the number of cloud workloads that enterprises are currently managing. This has resulted in heterogeneous, dynamic and complex infrastructure strategies, which have led firms to undertake a cloud-agnostic and interoperable approach to highly secure multi-cloud management, translating into a healthy demand for IBM hybrid cloud solutions.
The buyout of HashiCorp has significantly augmented IBM’s capabilities to assist enterprises in managing complex cloud environments. HashiCorp’s toolsets complement IBM RedHat’s portfolio, bringing additional functionalities for cloud infrastructure management and bolstering its hybrid multi-cloud approach.
Price PerformanceIBM has plummeted 9.7% over the past year against the industry’s growth of 182.8%, lagging peers like Microsoft Corporation (MSFT - Free Report) and Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN - Free Report) . While Amazon has inched up 32.9%, Microsoft declined 7.6% over this period.
One-Year IBM Stock Price Performance
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Estimate Revision TrendIBM is currently witnessing an uptrend in estimate revisions. Earnings estimates for IBM for 2026 have moved up 3.4% to $12.34 over the past year, while the same for 2027 has increased 4.3% to $13.23. The positive estimate revision portrays bullish sentiments about the stock’s growth potential.
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Stiff Competition, Price Wars Dent IBM's GrowthDespite solid hybrid cloud and AI traction, IBM is facing stiff competition from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Increasing pricing pressure is eroding margins, and profitability has trended down over the years, barring occasional spikes. Weaknesses in its traditional business and foreign exchange volatility remain a significant concern.
The company faces a potent threat from AI firm Anthropic as the latter’s Claude Code tool can modernize legacy COBOL systems — a foundational programming language deeply embedded in IBM’s mainframe ecosystem. With Claude Code proposing to substantially automate code exploration, documentation, refactoring and security analysis, it threatens to reduce enterprises’ reliance on specialized legacy service providers like IBM, bringing its sustenance at stake.
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End NoteWith solid fundamentals and healthy revenue-generating potential, IBM is likely to benefit from increasing client demands to modernize core systems, redesign workflows and extract more value from huge troves of data. A strong emphasis on hybrid cloud and an AI focus are driving value for customers. The stock is witnessing a positive investor perception on improving earnings estimates.
However, IBM’s growth is dented by high operating costs and stiff competition that reduce its profitability. The company faces a potent threat from Anthropic and needs to fine-tune its business model to remain competitive. With a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), IBM appears to be treading in the middle of the road, and new investors can be better off if they trade with caution. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Macy's za poslední měsíc vzrostla o 9,6 % a v předchozí seanci dosáhla nového 52týdenního maxima 26,15 USD. Zisk na akcii za poslední čtvrtletí překonal odhad a akcie má Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
A strong stock as of late has been Macy's (M - Free Report) . Shares have been marching higher, with the stock up 9.6% over the past month. The stock hit a new 52-week high of $26.15 in the previous session. Macy's has gained 17.7% since the start of the year compared to the 8.3% gain for the Zacks Retail-Wholesale sector and the 6.4% return for the Zacks Retail - Regional Department Stores industry.
What's Driving the Outperformance?The stock has a great record of positive earnings surprises, as it hasn't missed our earnings consensus estimate in any of the last four quarters. In its last earnings report on June 3, 2026, Macy's reported EPS of $0.13 versus consensus estimate of $0.02 while it beat the consensus revenue estimate by 1.28%.
For the current fiscal year, Macy's is expected to post earnings of $2.19 per share on $21.76 in revenues. This represents a -5.6% change in EPS on a -0.6% change in revenues. For the next fiscal year, the company is expected to earn $2.33 per share on $21.74 in revenues. This represents a year-over-year change of 6.12% and -0.12%, respectively.
Valuation MetricsMacy's may be at a 52-week high right now, but what might the future hold for the stock? A key aspect of this question is taking a look at valuation metrics in order to determine if the company has run ahead of itself.
On this front, we can look at the Zacks Style Scores, as these give investors a variety of ways to comb through stocks (beyond looking at the Zacks Rank of a security). These styles are represented by grades running from A to F in the categories of Value, Growth, and Momentum, while there is a combined VGM Score as well. Investors should consider the style scores a valuable tool that can help you to pick the most appropriate Zacks Rank stocks based on their individual investment style.
Macy's has a Value Score of A. The stock's Growth and Momentum Scores are A and F, respectively, giving the company a VGM Score of A.
In terms of its value breakdown, the stock currently trades at 11.8X current fiscal year EPS estimates, which is not in-line with the peer industry average of 16.1X. On a trailing cash flow basis, the stock currently trades at 4.5X versus its peer group's average of 11.5X. This is good enough to put the company in the top echelon of all stocks we cover from a value perspective, making Macy's an interesting choice for value investors.
Zacks RankWe also need to look at the Zacks Rank for the stock, as this is even more important than the company's VGM Score. Fortunately, Macy's currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) thanks to favorable earnings estimate revisions from covering analysts.
Since we recommend that investors select stocks carrying Zacks Rank of 1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) and Style Scores of A or B, it looks as if Macy's meets the list of requirements. Thus, it seems as though Macy's shares could have a bit more room to run in the near term.
Slack tvořil téměř polovinu zakázek Salesforce nad 1 milion USD ACV a bookings v této kategorii meziročně vzrostly o 80 %. Více než 1 milion uživatelů si během šesti týdnů osvojilo Slack MCP, zatímco Agentic Work Units vzrostly téměř o 350 %.
Key Takeaways Slack accounted for nearly half of Salesforce's $1M-plus ACV deals, with bookings up 80% year over year.More than 1 million users adopted Slack MCP in six weeks, while Agentic Work Units jumped nearly 350%.Slack's links with Agentforce and Data 360 could lift cross-selling, retention and Salesforce's revenue mix. Slack is becoming a much bigger contributor to Salesforce, Inc.'s (CRM - Free Report) artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. Once known primarily as a workplace messaging platform, Slack is now evolving into an AI-powered collaboration hub that connects employees, applications and AI agents. This transformation could help Salesforce generate higher-value software revenues and deepen customer relationships.
The momentum is already visible. During the first quarter of fiscal 2027, Slack accounted for nearly half of Salesforce's deals worth more than $1 million in annual contract value. Slack bookings in this category increased 80% year over year, reflecting strong enterprise demand for AI-enabled workplace solutions.
Salesforce is also embedding AI capabilities directly into Slack. Slackbot now functions as a Model Context Protocol (“MCP”) client, enabling users to interact with enterprise applications using natural language. The company reported that more than 1 million users adopted Slack MCP within its first six weeks, while Slack Agentic Work Units surged nearly 350% sequentially. These metrics highlight growing customer engagement with AI-powered workflows.
The tighter integration between Slack, Agentforce and Data 360 creates additional cross-selling opportunities. Customers using Slack can more easily adopt Salesforce's broader AI platform, helping increase spending across multiple products. This ecosystem approach also improves customer retention by making Salesforce's offerings more deeply integrated into daily business operations.
Salesforce's first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenues rose 13% year over year to $11.13 billion, supported by strong AI demand. As Slack continues evolving into an enterprise AI platform rather than just a communication tool, it could contribute a larger share of Salesforce's revenue mix and support sustainable long-term growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for full-fiscal 2027 revenues is currently pegged at $46.09 billion, indicating a year-over-year increase of approximately 11%.
How Do Salesforce's Collaboration Rivals Compare?Two key competitors challenging Salesforce's AI-powered collaboration strategy are Microsoft Corporation (MSFT - Free Report) and Zoom Communications, Inc. (ZM - Free Report) . Both are embedding generative AI into workplace collaboration platforms to increase customer engagement and drive higher software spending.
Microsoft has integrated Copilot across Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365, giving users AI-powered meeting summaries, content creation and workflow automation. This strategy is helping expand the value of its productivity suite.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, Microsoft reported revenues of $90 billion, up 18% year over year, while Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud revenues increased 14%. The company also reported Azure revenue growth of 43%, providing a strong foundation for continued AI investments that compete directly with Salesforce's Slack ecosystem.
Zoom is also expanding beyond video conferencing by embedding Zoom AI Companion across meetings, chat and contact center offerings. In the first quarter of fiscal 2027, Zoom's enterprise revenues increased 7% year over year to about $758 million, while enterprise customers generating more than $100,000 in annual revenues grew 8% to nearly 4,534.
Zoom is using AI to encourage customers to adopt multiple products, similar to Salesforce's strategy of linking Slack with Agentforce and Data 360.
Salesforce’s Price Performance, Valuation and EstimatesShares of Salesforce have plunged 29.8% year to date, while the Zacks Internet – Software industry has fallen 11.3%.
Salesforce YTD Price Return Performance
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From a valuation standpoint, CRM trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 12.55, significantly below the industry’s average of 26.22.
Salesforce Forward 12-Month P/E Ratio
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Salesforce’s fiscal 2027 and 2028 earnings implies a year-over-year increase of approximately 13.1% and 9.3%, respectively. Estimates for fiscal 2027 earnings have been revised upward in the past seven days, while estimates have been revised downward for fiscal 2028 over the past seven days.
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Salesforce currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Clorox Co (NYSE:CLX) reported better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter on Monday.
The company posted quarterly earnings of $1.66 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.65 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.948 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.898 billion.
Clorox said it sees FY2027 adjusted EPS of $5.70-$6.00, versus market estimates of $5.97. The company expects sales of $7.594 billion-$7.661 billion, versus estimates of $7.501 billion.
Clorox shares rose 1.8% to $100.00 in pre-market trading.
These analysts made changes to their price targets on Clorox following earnings announcement.
Evercore ISI Group analyst Javier Escalante maintained the stock with an Underperform rating and raised the price target from $98 to $99. Wells Fargo analyst Chris Carey maintained the stock with an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $95 to $102. Considering buying CLX stock? Here’s what analysts think:
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In its upcoming report, American International Group (AIG - Free Report) is predicted by Wall Street analysts to post quarterly earnings of $1.89 per share, reflecting an increase of 4.4% compared to the same period last year. Revenues are forecasted to be $7.27 billion, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.3%.
The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 0.8% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This reflects how the analysts covering the stock have collectively reevaluated their initial estimates during this timeframe.
Before a company announces its earnings, it is essential to take into account any changes made to earnings estimates. This is a valuable factor in predicting the potential reactions of investors toward the stock. Empirical research has consistently shown a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and the short-term price performance of a stock.
While it's common for investors to rely on consensus earnings and revenue estimates for assessing how the business may have performed during the quarter, exploring analysts' forecasts for key metrics can yield valuable insights.
With that in mind, let's delve into the average projections of some American International Group metrics that are commonly tracked and projected by analysts on Wall Street.
Based on the collective assessment of analysts, 'Revenues- Total net investment income' should arrive at $981.31 million. The estimate indicates a year-over-year change of -33.1%.
Analysts' assessment points toward 'General Insurance- North America Commercial- Net premiums earned' reaching $2.38 billion. The estimate indicates a year-over-year change of +11.8%.
The consensus among analysts is that 'General Insurance- International Commercial- Net premiums earned' will reach $2.32 billion. The estimate indicates a change of +9.2% from the prior-year quarter.
The average prediction of analysts places 'General Insurance- Global Personal- Net premiums earned' at $1.64 billion. The estimate indicates a change of +1.2% from the prior-year quarter.
Analysts forecast 'General Insurance - North America Commercial - Loss ratio' to reach 65.0%. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 62.8%.
The combined assessment of analysts suggests that 'General Insurance - International Commercial - Combined ratio' will likely reach 87.6%. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 85.9%.
Analysts expect 'General Insurance - North America Commercial - Combined ratio' to come in at 88.1%. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 85.9% in the same quarter last year.
According to the collective judgment of analysts, 'General Insurance - International Commercial - Expense ratio' should come in at 30.3%. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 30.8%.
Analysts predict that the 'General Insurance - Loss ratio' will reach 59.7%. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 58.3% in the same quarter last year.
The consensus estimate for 'General Insurance - Expense ratio' stands at 30.4%. The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of 31.0%.
It is projected by analysts that the 'General Insurance - Combined ratio' will reach 90.1%. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 89.3% in the same quarter last year.
The collective assessment of analysts points to an estimated 'General Insurance - Acquisition ratio' of 17.7%. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 17.8% in the same quarter last year.
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Shares of American International Group have demonstrated returns of -2.4% over the past month compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% change. With a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), AIG is expected to mirror the overall market performance in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .
Palantir varuje, že firmy při používání AI předávají i své „nejdůležitější tajemství“ a tím oslabují vlastní konkurenční výhodu. Zájem o „AI sovereignty“ podle firmy roste.
Every prompt employees write, every workflow they automate and every business process they refine can reveal valuable insights about how a company operates. According to Palantir, that information could become just as valuable as the underlying data itself.
Palantir’s Warning: Your Competitive Edge Could Be at RiskTaylor delivered one of the strongest messages from the earnings call when describing what he considers an unfolding trend across corporate America.
“Companies are paying to give away their most important secrets, the very basis for their competitive advantage, ultimately contributing to the commoditization of their own businesses as their secrets become the training data embedded in the foundations of all future models,” he said.
Palantir argues the issue goes beyond simply protecting company data. It says businesses also risk exposing the expertise, workflows and decision-making processes that make them unique, making control over that information increasingly important as AI adoption grows.
That concern is becoming a key selling point for Palantir’s software.
Taylor said enterprises are increasingly demanding what the company calls “AI sovereignty”—an approach that allows businesses to retain ownership over the data, logic, actions and security behind their AI systems. As he put it, “An organization’s data is its treasure.”
Why Palantir Says Companies Are Changing Their ApproachChief Executive Officer Alex Karp said businesses are only now beginning to appreciate how much valuable information they may be handing over as they expand their use of AI.
During the earnings call, Karp argued that the value isn’t limited to the information companies store internally. It also includes the knowledge generated as employees interact with AI systems and refine how work gets done. He said businesses are realizing that this information “is probably more valuable than just the data in my enterprise.”
Later in the Q&A session, Karp said companies increasingly understand that they are “transferring their data, their prompts, the way they run their business, their expertise, to a third party,” adding that customers now want to better understand how they can keep greater control over that information.
Why Investors Should WatchFor Palantir, this isn’t just a philosophical argument. The Miami-based company reported 149% year-over-year growth in U.S. commercial revenue during the second quarter, with management arguing that more businesses are embracing its approach to keeping AI systems—and the valuable knowledge they generate—under their own control rather than relying entirely on third-party platforms.
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Palantir Technologies sází na software, který funguje s jakýmkoli AI modelem zákazníka, místo aby utrácel za vlastní modely a datová centra. V první polovině roku 2026 vytvořil provozní cash flow 2,1 mld. USD při kapitálových výdajích jen 22 mil. USD.
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) chose a different path.
Rather than building its own AI model or investing heavily in data centers, the company built software designed to work with whichever AI model its customers choose. That means Palantir doesn’t necessarily need one AI company to win. As businesses adopt AI across their operations, the company can potentially benefit regardless of whether the underlying technology comes from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or another provider.
The strategy is translating into remarkable growth.
Unlike Nvidia, however, Palantir isn’t selling chips that power AI. Nor is it building the massive computing infrastructure required to train increasingly powerful AI models.
Instead, its software helps enterprises connect AI with their own data, workflows and day-to-day operations, regardless of which underlying AI model they use.
Billions in Cash Flow, Millions in Capital SpendingPalantir’s business model also looks very different from much of the AI industry.
The company generated $2.1 billion in operating cash flow during the first half of 2026 while spending just $22 million on capital expenditures, or investments in long-term assets such as offices, equipment and infrastructure. That works out to well below 1% of revenue, illustrating how little physical infrastructure Palantir needs to grow compared with companies building AI data centers.
For perspective, that capex-to-revenue share stands at about 23% for Microsoft and Alphabet, 35% for Meta and 83% for Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL).
The contrast underscores a broader shift taking shape across the AI economy. While one group of companies is investing enormous sums to build the technology that powers AI, another is focused on helping businesses actually use it.
Why Investors Should WatchPalantir believes that second opportunity could prove just as important.
Shyam Sankar, Chief Technology Officer argued during the earnings call that the industry has become too focused on creating more powerful AI while paying less attention to turning that technology into measurable business results.
“The market has created far more intelligence than it has converted into value,” Sankar said.
For investors, that may be the bigger story. Rather than betting on a single AI winner, Palantir has positioned itself to benefit from the broader adoption of AI across enterprises—regardless of which company ultimately builds the dominant model.
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Unity Software očekává za 2. čtvrtletí tržby 505–515 mil. USD a upravenou EBITDA 130–135 mil. USD. Firma těžila z AI reklamy Vector, vyšších cen a stabilnějšího Unity 6.
Key Takeaways Unity Software expects Q2 revenues of $505-$515 million and adjusted EBITDA of $130-$135 million.U likely benefited from Vector AI ad platform momentum, pricing gains and Unity 6 product stability.Unity Software expects steady growth from AI tools, non-gaming traction and disciplined cost management. Unity Software (U - Free Report) is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 06, 2026.
For the second quarter, Unity expects total net revenues between $505-$515 million. Strategic revenue is expected in the range of $455-$465 million, implying a rise of 29-32% year over year. Within that, Strategic Growth revenue is expected between $302 million and $306 million, suggesting an increase of 50-52% year over year and Strategic Create revenue is guided in the range of $154-$158 million, indicating a rise of 11-14% year over year.
Adjusted EBITDA is expected in the range of $130-$135 million, indicating year-over-year growth of 44-49%.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter 2026 revenues is pegged at $511.84 million, suggesting 16.08% year-over-year growth.
The consensus mark for earnings is pegged at 24 cents per share, unchanged over the past 30 days. This projection indicates a year-over-year increase of 16.08%.
Unity surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in two of the trailing four quarters, while missing it twice with an average positive surprise of 7.37%.
Let us see how things are shaping up for the upcoming announcement.
Key Factors to ConsiderUnity's second-quarter performance is expected to have benefited from continued momentum in Vector, its AI-powered advertising platform. Improved targeting and product enhancements have likely driven higher advertiser spending. Strong sequential growth has been supported by richer data signals and ongoing machine learning improvements. The integration of runtime data into Vector is expected to strengthen ad personalization and targeting over time, though this contribution likely remained modest and gradual rather than an immediate step change.
The Strategic Create segment is likely to have benefited from higher pricing and improving product stability. Unity has reduced user-reported issues following the Unity 6 rollout, helping it maintain a leading position in mobile game creation. The public beta launch of Unity AI and rising adoption of AI-assisted development tools likely supported customer engagement. Early retention data has been encouraging, with a majority of beta users still active five days after adoption. Healthy traction in non-gaming verticals, particularly automotive HMI, likely provided an additional growth driver. The planned launch of Unity's commerce platform may have added an early, modest revenue contribution.
Disciplined cost management likely continued to support profitability despite ongoing investment in AI research and development. Operating leverage from lower sales, marketing and G&A spending probably offset elevated cloud costs tied to AI testing. The combination of steady revenue growth and improving margins is expected to have supported second quarter results, alongside continued progress toward the company's longer-term profitability targets.
What Our Model Says About UnityOur proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Unity this time around. Per the Zacks model, the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. However, this is not the case here, as you can see below.
Unity currently has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #2. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Stocks to ConsiderHere are some companies worth considering, as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to beat on earnings in their upcoming releases:
Sandisk Corporation (SNDK - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, Sandisk has an Earnings ESP of +4.13% and sports a Zacks Rank #1. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Sandisk’s fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at $34.24 per share, indicating a year-over-year surge of 11,707%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised upward by 5.7% over the past 60 days.
Western Digital Corporation (WDC - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, Western Digital has an Earnings ESP of +3.22% and flaunts a Zacks Rank #1.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Western Digital’s fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at $3.35 per share, calling for a year-over-year increase of 101.8%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised upward by 3 cents in the past 30 days.
MKS Inc. (MKSI - Free Report) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, MKS has an Earnings ESP of +2.64% and carries a Zacks Rank #2.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for MKS’ second-quarter earnings is pegged at $2.93 per share, calling for a year-over-year jump of 65.5%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised northward by a penny in the past 30 days.
In its upcoming report, Lyft (LYFT - Free Report) is predicted by Wall Street analysts to post quarterly earnings of $0.39 per share, reflecting an increase of 56% compared to the same period last year. Revenues are forecasted to be $1.81 billion, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.7%.
Over the last 30 days, there has been no revision in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter. This signifies the covering analysts' collective reconsideration of their initial forecasts over the course of this timeframe.
Prior to a company's earnings release, it is of utmost importance to factor in any revisions made to the earnings projections. These revisions serve as a critical gauge for predicting potential investor behaviors with respect to the stock. Empirical studies consistently reveal a strong link between trends in earnings estimate revisions and the short-term price performance of a stock.
While investors usually depend on consensus earnings and revenue estimates to assess the business performance for the quarter, delving into analysts' forecasts for certain key metrics often provides a more comprehensive understanding.
In light of this perspective, let's dive into the average estimates of certain Lyft metrics that are commonly tracked and forecasted by Wall Street analysts.
According to the collective judgment of analysts, 'Gross Bookings' should come in at $5.37 billion. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of $4.49 billion.
The consensus estimate for 'Active Riders' stands at 30.36 million. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 26.10 million.
Analysts' assessment points toward 'Rides' reaching 259.20 million. The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of 234.80 million.
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Over the past month, Lyft shares have recorded returns of +6.4% versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% change. Based on its Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), LYFT will likely underperform the overall market in the upcoming period. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .
Wayfair (W - Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.94 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.87 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +1.06%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this online home goods retailer would post earnings of $0.26 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.26, delivering no surprise.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
Wayfair, which belongs to the Zacks Internet - Commerce industry, posted revenues of $3.52 billion for the quarter ended June 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.52%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $3.27 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Wayfair shares have lost about 11.1% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 11%.
What's Next for Wayfair?While Wayfair has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Wayfair was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.77 on $3.28 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $2.94 on $13.17 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Internet - Commerce is currently in the bottom 28% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the same industry, MercadoLibre (MELI - Free Report) , is yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2026. The results are expected to be released on August 5.
This operator of an online marketplace and payments system in Latin America is expected to post quarterly earnings of $8.69 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -15.7%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
MercadoLibre's revenues are expected to be $9.77 billion, up 43.9% from the year-ago quarter.
Roku čeká ve 2. čtvrtletí výnosy kolem 1,3 mld. USD, přičemž Platform by měl růst asi o 20 % meziročně. Divize Devices má být pod tlakem vyšších nákladů na paměť.
Key Takeaways ROKU expects about $1.3B in Q2 revenues, with Platform revenues up about 20% year over year.Roku's ads and subscription businesses likely benefited from platform upgrades and partner expansion.ROKU's Devices segment likely faced margin pressure from higher memory costs despite price increases. Roku (ROKU - Free Report) is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 06, 2026.
For the second quarter, Roku expects total net revenues of approximately $1.3 billion. Platform revenues are expected to grow approximately 20% year over year. Device revenues are anticipated to be down in the high single digits year over year. Roku expects total gross profit of approximately $580 million and adjusted EBITDA of $170 million for the quarter.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter 2026 revenues is pegged at $1.3 billion, suggesting 16.98% year-over-year growth.
The consensus mark for earnings is pegged at 61 cents per share, unchanged over the past 30 days. This projection indicates a year-over-year increase of 771.43%.
Roku surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in each of the trailing four quarters, with an average surprise of 107.32%.
Let us see how things are shaping up for the upcoming announcement.
Key Factors to ConsiderRoku's second-quarter performance is expected to have been driven by its Platform segment. Advertising revenues are likely to have benefited from higher adoption of Ads Manager and deeper integrations with third-party demand-side platforms, including Amazon DSP, The Trade Desk and Google's Display & Video 360. Home screen advertising enhancements and expanding programmatic capabilities may have also supported monetization. However, advertising growth is likely to have moderated due to tougher year-over-year comparisons. The broader advertising spending environment also remained uncertain, which may have weighed on demand.
Subscription revenues are likely to have benefited from the continued rollout of Tier 1 partners, including Apple TV and Peacock. Expansion of premium subscriptions into additional international markets may have also supported growth. Continued investments in AI-powered content discovery and advertising tools likely improved the user experience and platform efficiency. However, the financial contribution from these initiatives may have remained modest. Growth may have also normalized as the Frndly acquisition anniversary passed, reducing the inorganic boost seen in earlier quarters.
The Devices segment is likely to have remained under pressure. Higher memory costs may have continued to weigh on device margins despite relatively stable unit demand. Recent price increases across Roku's streaming player portfolio may have provided some relief, though the benefit was likely to have been limited in the quarter.
The pending acquisition by Fox Corporation remained a key development during the quarter. While the transaction is unlikely to have materially affected second-quarter operating results, it may have remained an important consideration for investors as regulatory and shareholder approval processes continued. Overall, competitive pressures and macroeconomic uncertainty likely continued to influence Roku's second-quarter performance.
What Our Model Says About Roku StockOur proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Roku this time around. Per the Zacks model, the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. However, this is not the case here, as you can see below.
Roku currently has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Stocks to ConsiderHere are some companies worth considering, as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to beat on earnings in their upcoming releases:
Sandisk Corporation (SNDK - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, Sandisk has an Earnings ESP of +4.13% and sports a Zacks Rank #1. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Sandisk’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at $34.24 per share, indicating a year-over-year surge of 11,707%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised upward by 5.7% over the past 60 days.
Western Digital Corporation (WDC - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, Western Digital has an Earnings ESP of +3.22% and flaunts a Zacks Rank #1.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Western Digital’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at $3.35 per share, calling for a year-over-year increase of 101.8%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised upward by 3 cents in the past 30 days.
MKS Inc. (MKSI - Free Report) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5. Currently, MKS has an Earnings ESP of +2.64% and carries a Zacks Rank #2.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for MKS’ second-quarter earnings is pegged at $2.93 per share, calling for a year-over-year jump of 65.5%. Earnings estimates for the quarter have been revised northward by a penny in the past 30 days.
BlackBerry v 1. čtvrtletí fiskálního roku 2027 zvýšila tržby o 26 % a upravený EBITDA více než zdvojnásobila na 36 milionů USD. Firma zároveň zvedla celoroční výhled tržeb na 594–621 milionů USD.
Key Takeaways BlackBerry's shares have surged 124.8% in 2026 as revenues, EBITDA and cash flow improved.QNX revenues rose 26% to $72 million, with new licenses and partnerships supporting long-term growth.BlackBerry raised its revenue outlook, though valuation, competition and execution risks remain. BlackBerry Limited (BB - Free Report) has staged an impressive comeback in 2026 with shares having rallied 124.8% year to date (“YTD”), outperforming the Internet Software industry (down 11.4%) and the S&P 500 composite (up 9.5%). The rally is underpinned by structural growth drivers and a strong business model.
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Yet, despite this strong run, the stock remains well below the 52-week high of $13.59, closing its last day at $8.52. This raises a key question for investors: has the easy money already been made, or does BlackBerry still offer meaningful upside?
BB: Continued Execution MomentumBlackBerry delivered a strong start to fiscal 2027 with first-quarter revenues marking a 26% year-over-year increase. Profitability was equally impressive, with adjusted EBITDA more than doubling to $36 million. BlackBerry also reported positive GAAP net income for the fifth consecutive quarter
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Management highlighted that both its core segments — QNX and Secure Communications — achieved “Rule of 40” performance, reflecting a combination of strong growth and profitability.
The company also generated positive free cash flow, even in a seasonally weaker quarter.
The balance sheet remains strong, with $423 million in cash and investments and continued repurchases reinforce capital allocation discipline.
BlackBerry repurchased 2.6 million shares during the quarter for approximately $10 million. Since its launch in May last year, the company has bought back 18 million shares totaling $17 million. Last month, BlackBerry renewed and expanded its share repurchase program, authorizing the buyback of approximately 27 million additional shares.
QNX: The Core Growth EngineQNX remained the key catalyst, with revenues climbing 26% year over year to $72 million. The segment benefited from broad-based strength, particularly in development licenses, which hit their highest level in eight quarters. This metric serves as an early indicator of future royalty streams, reflecting customer investments in new software platforms that will take years to reach production.
Management emphasized that these tools are tied to new platforms, including its SDP 8 architecture, which positions the company for multi-year revenue visibility.
Management highlighted partnerships with major chipmakers such as NVIDIA and Qualcomm, underscoring QNX’s role as a foundational software layer in next-generation intelligent systems.
Beyond automotive, General Embedded Markets and Physical AI are emerging as a fast-growing opportunity, expanding QNX’s reach into industrial automation, robotics and medical devices.
Additionally, the company continues to advance Alloy Kore, a platform expected to significantly increase software content per vehicle, boost average selling price by multiples and drive backlog. While still early, management remains positive about securing a design win within the current fiscal year.
Secure Comms: Headwind to Growth ContributorSecure Communications also delivered a standout quarter, with revenues increasing 24% year over year to $74 million. The segment is witnessing improved performance anchored by government demand, recurring revenues and customer retention. Rising demand for digital sovereignty and cybersecurity modernization by governments across the globe is creating a powerful tailwind.
Underlying metrics such as annual recurring revenue (“ARR”) and customer retention indicate a steady base. ARR grew 5% to $220 million, with a healthy dollar-based net retention rate, or DBNRR came in at 92%.
BB’s Strong OutlookEncouraged by the strong start, BlackBerry now expects total revenues between $594 million and $621 million compared with $584-$611 million projected earlier. Adjusted EBITDA is projected between $119 million and $139 million.
QNX revenues are expected in the range of $295-$312 million and adjusted EBITDA at $74-$86 million. It expects Secure Communications revenues of $270-$280 million and adjusted EBITDA of $57-$65 million. Licensing & Other revenues are expected to be roughly $29 million.
The strong start to fiscal 2027 and subsequent outlook revision reinforces that BlackBerry’s turnaround strategy is gaining traction.
However, the path is not without challenges. Secure Communications remains exposed to deal-timing variability and this could impact performance. In addition, some of BlackBerry’s most exciting opportunities, such as physical AI, robotics and the Alloy Kore platform, remain in the early stages, introducing execution risk. Heavy reliance on the automotive industry is a concern. The QNX platform remains heavily exposed to vehicle production cycles and OEM spending, which, in turn, are highly dependent on macro conditions. BlackBerry faces increasing competitive pressures in both QNX and cybersecurity businesses.
Within QNX, it faces Wind River (VxWorks) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL - Free Report) Android Automotive OS. The cybersecurity business is pitted against CrowdStrike (CRWD - Free Report) , Palo Alto Networks (PANW - Free Report) and a host of other cybersecurity companies.
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Given all this, the estimates for the current fiscal year have been revised downward over the past 60 days.
What to Make of BB’s Premium Valuation?After a sharp rally, valuation becomes a key consideration.
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In terms of the forward 12-month price/earnings ratio, BB is trading at 43.83X, way higher than the Internet-Software sector’s multiple of 27.32X. The premium appears somewhat justified given the company’s improving fundamentals and long-term growth prospects.
In comparison, GOOGL trades at a forward 12-month P/E multiple of 21.86, while CRWD and PANW are trading at multiples of 144.45X and 91.99X, respectively.
Shares of GOOGL, CRWD and PANW have gained 19.3%, 72.8% and 88.4%, respectively, year to date.
Investment View: Here’s Why BB Is Still a BuyBB currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Strong QNX momentum, emerging opportunities in the GEM space and a resurgent Secure Communications segment all point to meaningful long-term potential. With significant gains already, the buying opportunity may no longer be as attractive as earlier, but for investors with a long-term horizon, BlackBerry’s transformation suggests that the rally may not be over just yet.
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
The upcoming report from APA (APA - Free Report) is expected to reveal quarterly earnings of $1.85 per share, indicating an increase of 112.6% compared to the year-ago period. Analysts forecast revenues of $2.43 billion, representing a decline of 6.8% year over year.
Over the last 30 days, there has been a downward revision of 21.1% in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter, leading to its current level. This signifies the covering analysts' collective reconsideration of their initial forecasts over the course of this timeframe.
Before a company announces its earnings, it is essential to take into account any changes made to earnings estimates. This is a valuable factor in predicting the potential reactions of investors toward the stock. Empirical research has consistently shown a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and the short-term price performance of a stock.
While investors typically rely on consensus earnings and revenue estimates to gauge how the business may have fared during the quarter, examining analysts' projections for some of the company's key metrics often helps gain a deeper insight.
Given this perspective, it's time to examine the average forecasts of specific APA metrics that are routinely monitored and predicted by Wall Street analysts.
Analysts predict that the 'Oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production revenues- Oil revenues' will reach $1.76 billion. The estimate suggests a change of +27.6% year over year.
Analysts forecast 'Oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production revenues' to reach $2.03 billion. The estimate points to a change of +18% from the year-ago quarter.
According to the collective judgment of analysts, 'Oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production revenues- Natural gas liquids revenues' should come in at $168.19 million. The estimate suggests a change of +9.9% year over year.
Analysts expect 'Oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production revenues- Natural gas revenues' to come in at $96.53 million. The estimate points to a change of -47.5% from the year-ago quarter.
It is projected by analysts that the 'Revenues- United States' will reach $1.20 billion. The estimate suggests a change of -12.8% year over year.
Analysts' assessment points toward 'Revenues- North Sea' reaching $191.08 million. The estimate indicates a change of +15.1% from the prior-year quarter.
The collective assessment of analysts points to an estimated 'Revenues- Egypt' of $799.78 million. The estimate points to a change of +27% from the year-ago quarter.
The combined assessment of analysts suggests that 'Production volume per day - Total' will likely reach 408 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day. Compared to the current estimate, the company reported 465 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day in the same quarter of the previous year.
Based on the collective assessment of analysts, 'Production volume per day - Oil - Total' should arrive at 213.61 thousands of barrels of oil. The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of 235.24 thousands of barrels of oil.
The consensus estimate for 'Production volume per day - Natural gas - Total' stands at . The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of .
The average prediction of analysts places 'Production volume per day - NGL - Total' at 69.33 thousands of barrels of oil. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 80.82 thousands of barrels of oil.
The consensus among analysts is that 'Average price per barrel - NGL - Total' will reach $26.95 . The estimate compares to the year-ago value of $20.49 .
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Over the past month, shares of APA have returned +13.6% versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% change. Currently, APA carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), suggesting that it may underperform the overall market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .
