Key Takeaways Dividend-growth stocks can offer income stability and downside protection during market uncertainty.DELL is projected to grow its fiscal 2026 revenues 47.4% year over year and yields 0.59%. TSM expects 32.2% revenue growth in 2026 and carries a 22.4% long-term earnings growth rate. Major U.S. stock indices slipped yesterday, pulling Wall Street lower on June 23, as a sharp sell-off in semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks overshadowed a drop in oil prices. The dismal performance reflected mounting investor anxiety over costly, debt-funded AI spending, coupled with a persistently hawkish Federal Reserve stance.
Against this backdrop, risk-averse investors may find that steady dividend-growth stocks offer a more balanced mix of income and stability than high-beta growth plays at this stage.
These dividend-growth stocks boast a consistent track record of raising payouts, underscoring the balance-sheet strength and cash-flow resilience required to navigate a period in which the traditional growth narrative is being reassessed.
Stocks with a strong history of year-over-year dividend growth can help build a resilient portfolio with greater potential for capital appreciation compared to simple dividend-paying or high-yield stocks.
We have selected three dividend growth stocks — Dell Technologies (DELL - Free Report) , Hewlett Packard (HPE - Free Report) and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM - Free Report) — that could be solid choices for your portfolio.
Why Is Dividend Growth Better?Stocks with a strong history of dividend growth are typically associated with mature companies that are less prone to sharp market swings, allowing them to serve as a hedge against economic or political uncertainty, as well as broader market volatility. Their steadily rising payouts provide a measure of downside protection.
These companies are generally backed by solid fundamentals, making them attractive long-term dividend-growth investments. Key strengths include durable business models, consistent profitability, expanding cash flows, healthy liquidity, strong balance sheets and attractive valuations.
A consistent history of dividend growth underscores the potential for continued growth ahead.
Although these stocks do not necessarily have the highest yields, they have outperformed the broader stock market or any other dividend-paying stock for an extended period.
As a result, selecting dividend-growth stocks appears to be a winning strategy when other key parameters are taken into account.
5-Year Historical Dividend Growth Greater Than Zero: This selects stocks with a solid dividend growth history.
5-Year Historical Sales Growth Greater Than Zero: This represents stocks with a strong record of growing revenues.
5-Year Historical EPS Growth Greater Than Zero: This represents stocks with a solid earnings growth history.
Next 3-5 Year EPS Growth Rate Greater Than Zero: This represents the rate at which a company’s earnings are expected to grow. Improving earnings should help companies sustain dividend payments.
Price/Cash Flow Less Than M-Industry: A ratio lower than the industry median indicates that a stock is undervalued within its industry, meaning an investor would pay less for the company’s cash flow.
52-Week Price Change Greater Than S&P 500 (Market Weight): This ensures that a stock has appreciated more than the S&P 500 over the past year.
Top Zacks Rank: Stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) generally outperform their peers in all types of market environments.
Growth Score of B or better: Our research shows that stocks with a Growth Score of A or B, when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 or 2, offer the best upside potential.
These few criteria alone narrowed the universe from more than 7,700 stocks to just three.
Here are the three stocks that fit the bill:
Texas-based Dell Technologies is a leading provider of servers, storage, and persona computers. The company’s IT solutions support customers in traditional infrastructure and multi-cloud environments. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for DELL’s fiscal 2026 revenues suggests a year-over-year improvement of 47.4%. The stock boasts a long-term (three-to-five years) earnings growth rate of 26.40%. It has an annual dividend yield of 0.59%.
DELL currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 and has a Growth Score of A. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Headquartered in Texas, Hewlett Packard is an enterprise-facing hardware and service business that focuses on servers, supercomputers, storage, networking and cloud services. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for HPE’s fiscal 2026 revenues suggests a year-over-year improvement of 31.30%. The stock boasts a long-term earnings growth rate of 32% and has an annual dividend yield of 1.17%.
HPE currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 and a Growth Score of B.
Taiwan-based Taiwan Semiconductor is the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry. It manufactures integrated circuits for its customers based on their proprietary IC designs using its advanced production processes. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for TSM’s 2026 revenues suggests a year-over-year improvement of 32.2%. The stock boasts a long-term earnings growth rate of 22.40% and has an annual dividend yield of 0.69%.
TSM currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 and a Growth Score of B.
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CompaniesJune 24 (Reuters) - ALZpath said on Wednesday it had signed a global licensing agreement with Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N), opens new tab to help advance blood-based testing for Alzheimer's disease, as companies race to offer easier-to-use diagnostic options for the brain-wasting disease.
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Abbott will incorporate ALZpath's antibody into a test designed to run on its Alinity laboratory systems.
Blood tests offer an alternative to diagnosing Alzheimer's, which has been traditionally diagnosed through expensive and invasive PET imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
The California-based company has previously partnered with Roche, Beckman Coulter and Siemens Healthineers.
ALZpath CEO Mike Banville told Reuters exclusively that the company has opted to partner with firms through licensing agreements, as this approach enables it to reach patients more quickly with its blood-based test.
"With Abbott on board... we will now have 80% of the in-vitro diagnostic market, roughly, using the ALZpath antibody," Banville added.
The test targets pTau217, a blood marker linked to changes seen in Alzheimer's disease.
ALZpath scientific adviser Henrik Zetterberg said that pTau217 is a "bit of a revolution in detecting Alzheimer's disease early." The marker can reveal changes years before dementia sets in, and help assess patients with memory symptoms.
Regulatory progress is expected in the coming months, with U.S. approvals for some partners anticipated in the back half of the year, Banville said.
Blood tests, including one developed by Japan-based Fujirebio, have already received U.S. regulatory clearance, opens new tab for Alzheimer's diagnosis.
ALZpath did not disclose the financial terms of the deal with Abbott, but Banville said the partnership follows a royalty-based licensing model.
Reporting by Sahil Pandey in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli
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ALZpath Strengthens Market Leadership with Abbott Agreement to Help Enable Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis at Global Scale
, /PRNewswire/ -- ALZpath Inc., the leader in blood test-based diagnostic solutions for Alzheimer's disease, today announced a licensing agreement with Abbott (NYSE: ABT), a global healthcare leader, to incorporate ALZpath's proprietary phosphorylated Tau 217 (pTau217) antibody into the development of an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for Alzheimer's disease. The test would be designed for use on Abbott's Alinity ci-series systems, which represents one of the largest install bases of immunoassay instruments worldwide.
ALZpath's pTau217 antibody is among the most clinically validated for detecting Alzheimer's disease pathology. Backed by more than 200 peer-reviewed publications across 18 countries, the antibody demonstrates high accuracy and sensitivity in identifying Alzheimer's disease biology.
"This agreement further strengthens ALZpath's leadership in blood-based Alzheimer's testing and reinforces our position as the foundational component supporting the overwhelming majority of the pTau217 IVD market," said Mike Banville, CEO of ALZpath. "As blood-based biomarkers become central to how Alzheimer's disease is detected and managed, partnering with a global healthcare leader like Abbott can enable high-performance testing to reach clinicians and patients around the world at scale. Together with our diagnostic partners, we remain focused on bringing our highly accurate and sensitive antibody into routine care, including primary care, to reach patients in need."
As disease-modifying therapies continue to expand, accessible diagnostics are essential for earlier patient identification. ALZpath's pTau217 antibody offers a scalable alternative to PET imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, which are costly, invasive, and difficult to deploy at scale. Blood-based biomarkers may also play a role in monitoring disease progression and treatment response in routine clinical practice.
"Abbott has spent more than a decade advancing brain health science to give clinicians earlier, clearer answers," said John Frels, vice president of research and development in Abbott's Core Diagnostics business. "Our work – including pioneering the first FDA cleared rapid blood test that helps assess mild traumatic brain injuries by providing objective biomarker data – shows what's possible when we deepen our understanding of the brain. Collaborations like this are accelerating the next era of Alzheimer's disease research, clinical trials for therapies and ultimately patient care."
About ALZpath
ALZpath, Inc. is a leader in blood test-based diagnostic solutions for Alzheimer's disease. Its proprietary pTau217 antibody, used in many of the most advanced and widely available blood-based tests, is helping transform how Alzheimer's disease is detected, treated, and monitored. Through licensing agreements with global industry leaders along with collaborations with world-class laboratories, ALZpath is expanding access to earlier, more scalable detection. ALZpath's innovations have earned multiple honors, including Time Magazine Best Inventions (2024), Fast Company Most Innovative Companies (2025), and BioTech Breakthrough "Diagnostic Innovation of the Year" (2025). To learn more, visit https://alzpath.bio/ and follow ALZpath on LinkedIn, X, BlueSky, and Facebook.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc. Centessa is a clinical-stage company developing orexin receptor 2 agonists as a new class of medicines for the treatment of narcolepsy and potentially other sleep-wake disorders.
"The orexin system plays a fundamental role in human brain health, governing wakefulness, alertness, and the stability of sleep in ways that, when disrupted, can be profoundly disabling," said Carole Ho, Lilly executive vice president and president, Lilly Neuroscience. "For people living with narcolepsy, that disruption is severe and life-altering. Orexin's reach extends further to diseases impacted by disrupted sleep, and so does the unmet need. Centessa has built a clinical portfolio with the depth to explore both, and Lilly intends to pursue that potential with urgency."
About Lilly
Lilly is a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world. We've been pioneering life-changing discoveries for 150 years, and today our medicines help tens of millions of people across the globe. Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, our scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries to solve some of the world's most significant health challenges: redefining diabetes care; treating obesity and curtailing its most devastating long-term effects; advancing the fight against Alzheimer's disease; providing solutions to some of the most debilitating immune system disorders; and transforming the most difficult-to-treat cancers into manageable diseases. With each step toward a healthier world, we're motivated by one thing: making life better for millions more people. That includes delivering innovative clinical trials that reflect the diversity of our world and working to ensure our medicines are accessible and affordable. To learn more, visit Lilly.com and Lilly.com/news, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. F-LLY
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Texas Instruments (TXN - Free Report) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term.
Over the past month, shares of this chipmaker have returned -6.3%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. During this period, the Zacks Semiconductor - General industry, which Texas Instruments falls in, has lost 5%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction?
While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.
Revisions to Earnings EstimatesHere at Zacks, we prioritize appraising the change in the projection of a company's future earnings over anything else. That's because we believe the present value of its future stream of earnings is what determines the fair value for its stock.
Our analysis is essentially based on how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to take the latest business trends into account. When earnings estimates for a company go up, the fair value for its stock goes up as well. And when a stock's fair value is higher than its current market price, investors tend to buy the stock, resulting in its price moving upward. Because of this, empirical studies indicate a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and short-term stock price movements.
Texas Instruments is expected to post earnings of $1.90 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +34.8%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate remained unchanged.
For the current fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $7.66 points to a change of +40.6% from the prior year. Over the last 30 days, this estimate has remained unchanged.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $8.77 indicates a change of +14.4% from what Texas Instruments is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has remained unchanged.
With an impressive externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool -- the Zacks Rank -- is a more conclusive indicator of a stock's near-term price performance, as it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. The size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, has resulted in a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) for Texas Instruments.
The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
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Revenue Growth ForecastEven though a company's earnings growth is arguably the best indicator of its financial health, nothing much happens if it cannot raise its revenues. It's almost impossible for a company to grow its earnings without growing its revenue for long periods. Therefore, knowing a company's potential revenue growth is crucial.
For Texas Instruments, the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $5.22 billion indicates a year-over-year change of +17.4%. For the current and next fiscal years, $20.76 billion and $22.81 billion estimates indicate +17.4% and +9.9% changes, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise HistoryTexas Instruments reported revenues of $4.83 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +18.6%. EPS of $1.68 for the same period compares with $1.28 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.52 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of +6.79%. The EPS surprise was +22.63%.
Over the last four quarters, Texas Instruments surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times. The company topped consensus revenue estimates three times over this period.
ValuationNo investment decision can be efficient without considering a stock's valuation. Whether a stock's current price rightly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects is an essential determinant of its future price performance.
While comparing the current values of a company's valuation multiples, such as price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), with its own historical values helps determine whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of the reasonability of the stock's price.
The Zacks Value Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which pays close attention to both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics to grade stocks from A to F (an A is better than a B; a B is better than a C; and so on), is pretty helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.
Texas Instruments is graded D on this front, indicating that it is trading at a premium to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.
Bottom LineThe facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about Texas Instruments. However, its Zacks Rank #2 does suggest that it may outperform the broader market in the near term.
Honeywell analysis and MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy modeling project annual savings of up to $225 billion in production costs for oil-based fuels, $80 billion in LNG alone, by 2050, using AI-enabled technologies
, /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON), in collaboration with the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, today released new research titled Accelerating Energy Expansion, which shows that digital and AI-enabled technologies can significantly reduce the cost of fuel production annually, citing applications across traditional oil-based fuels and LNG.
Honeywell and the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy released research showing AI-enabled technologies could reduce global production costs for traditional oil-based fuels by up to $55 billion annually within five years of application and $225 billion by 2050. For LNG, AI-based technologies could cut annual costs by $15 billion within five years and up to $80 billion by 2050. The report addresses three focus areas and the supporting policies needed to help achieve energy security and affordability: increasing energy supply, efficiently managing demand, and diversifying energy resources and feedstocks.
"Meeting the world's growing energy needs will require both investment in new technologies to broaden feedstock options and more efficient use of today's energy infrastructure," said Ken West, President and CEO of Honeywell Process Technology. "Honeywell is helping customers apply AI, automation, digital and connected solutions to help get more out of their existing assets while also increasing reliability and throughput. The MIT analysis highlights the significant cost-reduction opportunities AI-enabled technologies can unlock in fuel production, which is top of mind for consumers and policymakers alike as we navigate increasingly complex geopolitical dynamics."
"Energy demand is rising quickly, and many organizations are looking for practical ways to add power without waiting years for new generation to come online," said Jim Masso, President and CEO of Honeywell Process Automation. "On-site power generation and energy storage can help operators add capacity where it's needed most, helping to support the growing demands of AI infrastructure and reduce reliance on already stretched grids. As a result, this enables them to scale more quickly and efficiently."
Based on Honeywell analysis and modeling by the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, key themes and findings revealed through the research include:
Digital Technologies, Including AI, Help Increase Energy Supply and Reduce Production Costs
Energy producers are increasingly using physical AI to improve efficiency, reliability and performance across existing infrastructure.
When applied to traditional oil-based fuels, AI-enabled technologies can reduce global annual production costs by up to $55 billion within five years of application, and up to $225 billion by 2050. For LNG, global production costs could be reduced by $15 billion annually after applying AI-based technologies for five years, and up to $80 billion by 2050. If applied in the U.S. alone, for example, this could help reduce LNG prices by 1.1% by 2050; and, if applied globally, long-term LNG prices could be reduced by 4.5%. Scaling Power for a New Era of Energy Demand Begins with Improving Existing Infrastructure
With rising electricity demand creating new challenges for energy infrastructure, improving the efficiency and performance of existing infrastructure may be one of the fastest ways to add available energy supply while enabling improved affordability and energy security as longer-term fuel generation projects are developed. On-site energy production can help heavy energy users increase supply by adding power faster, improving reliability and supporting AI infrastructure growth. Conventional gas-turbine solutions for this purpose currently face permitting and equipment delays, making emerging technologies like fuel-cell-based systems more attractive, as they can be deployed quickly and with lower carbon emissions. Intelligent energy storage technology can also help address energy demand and resilience through improving grid flexibility and reliability by managing periods of peak demand. By shifting energy to align with periods of high demand, battery energy storage can reduce the need for costly incremental grid and additional fuel generation investments while helping operators manage growing electricity loads more effectively. Achieving Regional Energy Security by Diversifying Energy Resources with Alternative Fuels
Meeting rising energy demand and addressing energy security will require adding new sources, such as sustainable aviation fuel, to the energy mix at a faster rate.
Technology will play a central role in advancing regional energy security. By creating fuels from a broad range of local feedstocks, regions can make good use of abundantly available biomass, waste oils and non-edible crops for scalable fuel solutions. Developing resilient regional energy infrastructure helps countries reduce reliance on imports and protects against geopolitical volatility. The Accelerating Energy Expansion report was released at Honeywell's 2026 Future of Energy Summit, an annual event that brings together industry leaders, policymakers and technology experts to discuss strategies for strengthening energy security, affordability and competitiveness while meeting growing global energy demand.
About Honeywell
Honeywell is an integrated operating company serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world, with a portfolio that is underpinned by our Honeywell Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Forge platform. As a trusted partner, we help organizations solve the world's toughest, most complex challenges, providing actionable solutions and innovations for aerospace, building automation, industrial automation, process automation, and process technology, that help make the world smarter and safer as well as more secure and sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
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You've probably never ordered a Skol at your local bar. But it's basically the Bud Light of the Southern Hemisphere. Skol is ubiquitous, affordable, and ice-cold at every Brazilian beach kiosk from Belém to São Paulo.
Skol's parent company is Ambev (ABEV 0.11%), Latin America's dominant brewer and a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD +2.02%). Besides local winners like Skol, Ambev bottles and distributes global brands like Budweiser, Stella Artois, and Corona.
As of June 23, the stock trades around $3.10, which might trigger penny-stock alarm bells.
Don't let it.
Ambev is no lightweight, sporting a market cap near $50 billion. Seven hundred and seventy shares cost about $2,387 and should generate roughly $100 in dividends per year based on recent payouts.
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One important quirk Operating under Brazilian regulations and business traditions, Ambev doesn't follow the predictable quarterly schedule most U.S. investors expect.
Brazilian corporate law requires a minimum payout of 40% of adjusted net income, but companies can distribute profits as either dividends or "interest on shareholders' equity," each taxed differently. As a result, payouts arrive in lumps throughout the year rather than neat quarterly installments. Most years, it's just one large payout in December.
The consistency shows up in the totals. Per-share payouts have averaged around 0.70 Brazilian reals annually over the past three years. That's roughly $0.13 in U.S. dollars, which works out to a 4.2% annual yield.
Why this dividend has legs Ambev isn't coasting on cheap lager and household-name brands. The company is moving upmarket in a hurry.
Premium and super-premium brands grew volumes at a high-teens rate last year, while nonalcoholic drinks surged 30%. Fancier beer means tastier margins, generating more cash for dividends.
Management also built a digital distribution edge in recent years. Zé Delivery handled 67 million orders in 2025. The BEES platform connects over a million small retailers directly to Ambev's supply chain, helping management optimize pricing and squeeze more profit from every bottle.
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Ambev's cash engine is still humming Ambev has a fortress balance sheet, an effective premiumization strategy, and distribution tech that competitors can't easily copy. And I didn't even mention the stellar brand portfolio yet. For investors comfortable with emerging-market volatility and an unpredictable payout schedule, this brewer offers solid income potential.
Holding fewer than 800 Ambev shares is a safe way to collect about $100 in dividend income each year.
Wall Street watches a company's quarterly report closely to understand as much as possible about its recent performance and what to expect going forward. Of course, one figure often stands out among the rest: earnings.
The earnings figure itself is key, of course, but a beat or miss on the bottom line can sometimes be just as, if not more, important. Therefore, investors should consider paying close attention to these earnings surprises, as a big beat can help a stock climb and vice versa.
The ability to identify stocks that are likely to top quarterly earnings expectations can be profitable, but it's no simple task. Here at Zacks, our Earnings ESP filter helps make things easier.
The Zacks Earnings ESP, ExplainedThe Zacks Expected Surprise Prediction, or ESP, works by locking in on the most up-to-date analyst earnings revisions because they can be more accurate than estimates from weeks or even months before the actual release date. The thinking is pretty straightforward: analysts who provide earnings estimates closer to the report are likely to have more information.
With this in mind, the Expected Surprise Prediction compares the Most Accurate Estimate (being the most recent) against the overall Zacks Consensus Estimate. The percentage difference provides the ESP figure. The system also utilizes our core Zacks Rank to provide a stronger system for identifying stocks that might beat their next quarterly earnings estimate and possibly see the stock price climb.
When we join a positive earnings ESP with a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) or stronger, stocks posted a positive bottom-line surprise 70% of the time. Plus, this system saw investors produce roughly 28% annual returns on average, according to our 10 year backtest.
Most stocks, about 60%, fall into the #3 (Hold) category, and they are expected to perform in-line with the broader market. Stocks with a #2 (Buy) and #1 (Strong Buy) rating, or the top 15% and top 5% of stocks, respectively, should outperform the market, with Strong Buy stocks outperforming more than any other rank.
Should You Consider American Express?Now that we understand what the ESP is and how beneficial it can be, let's dive into a stock that currently fits the bill. American Express (AXP - Free Report) earns a #3 (Hold) right now and its Most Accurate Estimate sits at $4.40 a share, just 30 days from its upcoming earnings release on July 24, 2026.
AXP has an Earnings ESP figure of +0.18%, which, as explained above, is calculated by taking the percentage difference between the $4.40 Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.39. American Express is one of a large database of stocks with positive ESPs. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
AXP is part of a big group of Finance stocks that boast a positive ESP, and investors may want to take a look at Morgan Stanley (MS - Free Report) as well.
Morgan Stanley, which is readying to report earnings on July 15, 2026, sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) right now. Its Most Accurate Estimate is currently $2.89 a share, and MS is 21 days out from its next earnings report.
Morgan Stanley's Earnings ESP figure currently stands at +5.60% after taking the percentage difference between its Most Accurate Estimate and its Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.73.
Because both stocks hold a positive Earnings ESP, AXP and MS could potentially post earnings beats in their next reports.
Find Stocks to Buy or Sell Before They're ReportedUse the Zacks Earnings ESP Filter to turn up stocks with the highest probability of positively, or negatively, surprising to buy or sell before they're reported for profitable earnings season trading. Check it out here >>
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A1., a national bank subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), has been recognized with the highest rating from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for its work meeting the credit needs of the communities it serves. The Firm received its tenth consecutive “Outstanding” rating for its combined community reinvestment activities across both of its banks.
The publicly available evaluation report from the OCC notes the excellent level of community development activity that contributed to the “Outstanding” rating, including a total of $5.5 billion in community development loans and investments that supported affordable housing, community services and small businesses.
“We are proud to receive an 'Outstanding' rating from the OCC for the tenth consecutive time across both banks, reflecting our continued commitment to community reinvestment,” said John Ryan, Head of U.S. Banks, Morgan Stanley. "Our efforts remain focused on affordable housing, economic development and community services, which are critical priorities in the communities we serve.”
The OCC report highlights several initiatives including loans and investments that support construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing. These include a $57 million loan for the construction of a 576-unit affordable housing project and a $24.4 million investment to rehabilitate a 118-unit low-income apartment complex. The complex also offers services to its residents, including computer skill programs, job search assistance, career planning and community activities.
“I commend Morgan Stanley for achieving its tenth consecutive 'Outstanding' rating, a remarkable reflection of its sustained commitment to community investment, small business growth and equitable access to capital,” said Sarah Brundage, President and CEO, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL). “The firm has consistently demonstrated meaningful leadership and partnership in advancing economic opportunity and neighborhood revitalization through the communities it serves.”
The report also highlighted the Bank’s support for community services and economic development. This includes an $8.6 million investment for the development of a new specialty healthcare center primarily serving low- and moderate-income tribal members and the rehabilitation of an existing tribal building.
Another noted initiative is a $24 million revolving line of credit to an organization that offers capital to entrepreneurs. The organization provides strategic financing for those who cannot access capital through traditional means, assists with capacity building and offers social innovation programs.
“We thank our Community Development Advisory Board members and other partners for their collaboration as we work together to understand and meet community needs. Designing and executing on innovative ideas ensures we are adding value and delivering solutions where they are most needed,” said Joy Hoffmann, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Community Development Finance.
About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, the Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.
1 Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. is one of two national bank subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley, alongside Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association.
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Rating given by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A1., a national bank subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), has been recognized with the highest rating from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for its work meeting the credit needs of the communities it serves. The Firm received its tenth consecutive “Outstanding” rating for its combined community reinvestment activities across both of its banks.
The publicly available evaluation report from the OCC notes the excellent level of community development activity that contributed to the “Outstanding” rating, including a total of $5.5 billion in community development loans and investments that supported affordable housing, community services and small businesses.
“We are proud to receive an 'Outstanding' rating from the OCC for the tenth consecutive time across both banks, reflecting our continued commitment to community reinvestment,” said John Ryan, Head of U.S. Banks, Morgan Stanley. "Our efforts remain focused on affordable housing, economic development and community services, which are critical priorities in the communities we serve.”
The OCC report highlights several initiatives including loans and investments that support construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing. These include a $57 million loan for the construction of a 576-unit affordable housing project and a $24.4 million investment to rehabilitate a 118-unit low-income apartment complex. The complex also offers services to its residents, including computer skill programs, job search assistance, career planning and community activities.
“I commend Morgan Stanley for achieving its tenth consecutive 'Outstanding' rating, a remarkable reflection of its sustained commitment to community investment, small business growth and equitable access to capital,” said Sarah Brundage, President and CEO, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL). “The firm has consistently demonstrated meaningful leadership and partnership in advancing economic opportunity and neighborhood revitalization through the communities it serves.”
The report also highlighted the Bank’s support for community services and economic development. This includes an $8.6 million investment for the development of a new specialty healthcare center primarily serving low- and moderate-income tribal members and the rehabilitation of an existing tribal building.
Another noted initiative is a $24 million revolving line of credit to an organization that offers capital to entrepreneurs. The organization provides strategic financing for those who cannot access capital through traditional means, assists with capacity building and offers social innovation programs.
“We thank our Community Development Advisory Board members and other partners for their collaboration as we work together to understand and meet community needs. Designing and executing on innovative ideas ensures we are adding value and delivering solutions where they are most needed,” said Joy Hoffmann, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Community Development Finance.
About Morgan Stanley
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ServiceNow (NOW - Free Report) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.
Over the past month, shares of this maker of software that automates companies' technology operations have returned -4%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. During this period, the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, which ServiceNow falls in, has lost 9.5%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction?
While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.
Revisions to Earnings EstimatesHere at Zacks, we prioritize appraising the change in the projection of a company's future earnings over anything else. That's because we believe the present value of its future stream of earnings is what determines the fair value for its stock.
We essentially look at how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to reflect the impact of the latest business trends. And if earnings estimates go up for a company, the fair value for its stock goes up. A higher fair value than the current market price drives investors' interest in buying the stock, leading to its price moving higher. This is why empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.
ServiceNow is expected to post earnings of $0.86 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +4.9%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate remained unchanged.
The consensus earnings estimate of $4.13 for the current fiscal year indicates a year-over-year change of +17.7%. This estimate has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $5 indicates a change of +21% from what ServiceNow is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has remained unchanged.
With an impressive externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool -- the Zacks Rank -- is a more conclusive indicator of a stock's near-term price performance, as it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. The size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, has resulted in a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for ServiceNow.
The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
12 Month EPS
Projected Revenue GrowthWhile earnings growth is arguably the most superior indicator of a company's financial health, nothing happens as such if a business isn't able to grow its revenues. After all, it's nearly impossible for a company to increase its earnings for an extended period without increasing its revenues. So, it's important to know a company's potential revenue growth.
In the case of ServiceNow, the consensus sales estimate of $3.92 billion for the current quarter points to a year-over-year change of +22%. The $16.18 billion and $19.11 billion estimates for the current and next fiscal years indicate changes of +21.9% and +18.1%, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise HistoryServiceNow reported revenues of $3.77 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +22.1%. EPS of $0.97 for the same period compares with $0.81 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.75 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of +0.57%. The EPS surprise was +2.11%.
The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. The company topped consensus revenue estimates each time over this period.
ValuationWithout considering a stock's valuation, no investment decision can be efficient. In predicting a stock's future price performance, it's crucial to determine whether its current price correctly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects.
Comparing the current value of a company's valuation multiples, such as its price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), to its own historical values helps ascertain whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, whereas comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of how reasonable its stock price is.
As part of the Zacks Style Scores system, the Zacks Value Style Score (which evaluates both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics) organizes stocks into five groups ranging from A to F (A is better than B; B is better than C; and so on), making it helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.
ServiceNow is graded D on this front, indicating that it is trading at a premium to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.
ConclusionThe facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about ServiceNow. However, its Zacks Rank #3 does suggest that it may perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
On June 24, 2026, we present a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis for Intuit Inc INTU , a company that has seen significant price declines over the past year. The stock is currently trading at $258.05, down 65.9% over the last year, reflecting a challenging market environment.
DCF Earnings-based intrinsic value of $812.41 vs price of $258.05 (margin of safety: 64.2%) DCF FCF-based intrinsic value of $785.65 vs price of $258.05 (second opinion) GF Score™ of 78/100 indicates a reliable DCF input What Is INTU Worth? DCF Earnings-Based Model The DCF analysis for Intuit Inc utilizes a two-stage model to estimate the intrinsic value of the stock based on its earnings. The first stage accounts for high growth in the initial ten years, while the second stage considers a more stable growth rate thereafter. Below is a summary of the key assumptions used in the model:
Parameter Value Current EPS (TTM, excl. non-recurring) $23.04 10-Year Growth Rate 21.8% 10-Year Treasury Rate 4.49% Discount Rate (ceil(Treasury) + 6%) 11% Terminal Growth Rate 4% In the first stage, the earnings per share (EPS) is expected to grow at a rate of 21.8% per year for ten years, after which it transitions into a terminal growth phase with a growth rate of 4%. The following table summarizes the calculation results:
Stage Description Value Growth Stage (Years 1-10) EPS growing at 21.8%, discounted at 11% $397.74 Terminal Stage (Years 11-20) 4% terminal growth, discounted at 11% $414.67 Intrinsic Value Growth + Terminal $812.41 With the current price at $258.05 compared to the intrinsic value of $812.41, Intuit Inc appears significantly undervalued, presenting a margin of safety of 64.2%. It is important to note that GuruFocus uses EPS without non-recurring items, as research indicates that stock prices correlate more closely with earnings than with free cash flow. For further calculations, you can visit the INTU DCF Calculator.
What Does the Free Cash Flow DCF Say? The free cash flow (FCF)-based intrinsic value for Intuit Inc is calculated at $785.65. This value is in alignment with the earnings-based intrinsic value, reinforcing the conclusion that the stock is significantly undervalued, with a margin of safety of 67.2%. Both models suggest a favorable outlook for potential investors.
How Does GF Value™ Compare to the DCF Models? The GF Value™ for Intuit Inc is calculated at $809.91, providing a third perspective on the valuation. GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary measure that is derived from historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance estimates. All three models—DCF earnings, DCF FCF, and GF Value™—agree that Intuit Inc is significantly undervalued. For more details, visit the GF Value™ page.
What Does INTU's GF Score™ Tell Us? The GF Score™ ranks stocks from 0 to 100 based on five key aspects: Financial Strength, Profitability, Growth, Valuation, and Momentum. Stocks with higher GF Score™ values have historically generated higher long-term returns (backtested from 2006 to 2021).
Metric Rating GF Score™ 78/100 Financial Strength 7/10 Profitability 10/10 Growth 10/10 Valuation 2/10 Momentum 1/10 With a predictability rating of 3/5 stars, this indicates that the DCF model is reasonably reliable for Intuit Inc. For more information, visit the INTU stock page.
Key Assumptions and Limitations It is important to note that DCF models are highly sensitive to the assumptions made regarding growth rates and discount rates. Stocks that have low predictability ratings tend to produce less reliable DCF estimates. The terminal growth rate of 4% is a simplifying assumption that may not fully capture the complexities of future growth.
What This Means for Investors In summary, the three valuation models—DCF earnings, DCF FCF, and GF Value™—all indicate that Intuit Inc is significantly undervalued at its current price of $258.05. This presents a compelling case for potential investors to consider the stock as an attractive opportunity. For the full DCF analysis, visit the INTU DCF Calculator. You can also explore the GF Value™ page, or use the GuruFocus Stock Screener to find undervalued predictable companies.
Frequently Asked Questions What is INTU's intrinsic value based on DCF?
This stock alert was generated using automated technology and GuruFocus financial data to provide readers with timely and accurate market reporting. This content was reviewed by GuruFocus editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to [email protected].
Key Takeaways Lockheed Martin's F-35 program accounted for about 27% of first-quarter 2026 consolidated sales.LHX grew backlog to a record $40.7B after generating $7.8B of orders in first-quarter 2026.LMT and LHX differ in valuation, debt levels, earnings estimate trends and stock performance. Lockheed Martin (LMT - Free Report) and L3Harris Technologies (LHX - Free Report) stand out as important suppliers to the U.S. military and allied nations. While both companies benefit from rising global defense spending, they offer different investment opportunities based on their business mix, growth prospects and valuation.
Lockheed Martin is one of the world's largest defense contractors and generates a significant portion of its revenues from major weapons platforms, such as the F-35 fighter jet, missile defense systems, military helicopters and space programs. As geopolitical tensions continue to drive demand for advanced missile systems and military modernization, Lockheed Martin is well positioned to benefit.
L3Harris, on the other hand, is more focused on communications systems, electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance technologies, and advanced defense electronics. Following its merger and subsequent acquisitions, the company has expanded its capabilities across multiple defense domains.
Let's compare the stocks' fundamentals to determine which one is better positioned at present.
Factors Acting in Favor of LMT StockThe F-35 remains a central franchise program for Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics segment, combining production, upgrades and long-duration sustainment work. The program represented about 27% of consolidated sales in the first quarter of 2026, and Aeronautics sales were partially supported by higher F-35 sustainment volume even as other aircraft programs faced timing headwinds. During the first quarter of 2026, the company secured a contract for long-lead items for future lots, which signals continued partner commitment and helps de-risk near-term production planning.
The company indicated that the current U.S. budget rollout reflects priorities such as accelerating munitions production, strengthening integrated air and missile defense, advancing next-generation aircraft and expanding space capabilities. These areas align closely with the company’s core platforms across PAC-3, THAAD and PrSM, as well as fighter and strategic programs. LMT has also signed multiyear framework agreements with the Department of War to scale munitions production and is planning investments across more than 20 new or modernized facilities, which can improve capacity planning and reduce supply-chain bottlenecks over time.
Factors Acting in Favor of LHX StockL3Harris’ space sensing and missile franchises remain aligned with priorities such as Golden Dome, missile defense and hypersonic tracking. In first-quarter 2026, the company delivered 1.4x book-to-bill on $7.8 billion of orders and grew backlog to a record $40.7 billion, which can support program ramps across the portfolio.
The company continues to benefit from increased international deliveries, including growth in international software-defined resilient communications and higher maritime program volume driven by program timing. Contract awards highlighted in the first quarter 2026 earnings materials included about $725 million tied to an international airborne early warning and control program and about $450 million of international software-defined resilient communications. This mix can diversify program cadence and support longer-run demand for communications, sensors and mission systems.
How Do Zacks Estimates Compare for LMT & LHX?The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Lockheed Martin’s 2026 earnings per share (EPS) indicates a decrease of 0.30% over the past 60 days. LMT’s long-term (three to five years) earnings growth rate is 18.48%.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for L3Harris’ 2026 EPS indicates an increase of 0.17% over the past 60 days. LHX’s long-term earnings growth rate is 17.17%.
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Valuation for LMT & LHXLockheed Martin shares trade at a forward 12-month Price/Sales (P/S F12M) of 1.44X compared with L3Harris’ 2.25X.
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Debt Position of LMT & LHXCurrently, Lockheed Martin’s total debt-to-capital is 73.43% compared with L3Harris’ 35.87%.
LMT & LHX’s Price PerformanceIn the past year, shares of Lockheed Martin have increased 9.3%, while those of L3Harris have risen 19.1%.
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LMT or LHX: Which Is a Better Choice Now?The F-35 program remains a cornerstone of Lockheed Martin’s business, supported by ongoing production, upgrades, sustainment activities, and continued customer commitment to future orders. LMT is also benefiting from defense priorities focused on missile systems, next-generation aircraft, and space capabilities, while expanding manufacturing capacity to support long-term growth and improve supply-chain efficiency.
L3Harris is well positioned to benefit from growing demand for missile defense, space sensing, and advanced tracking technologies, supported by a strong order pipeline and expanding backlog. LHX is also seeing momentum from international defense programs, particularly in resilient communications, surveillance, and maritime systems, which can help drive sustained growth and diversify its revenue base.
Our choice at the moment is L3Harris, given its better price performance, strong earnings growth and better debt management than Lockheed Martin. Both LMT and LHX carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Broadcom (AVGO +1.39%) is moving deeper into AI infrastructure by helping finance the compute capacity frontier AI labs need. The opportunity looks powerful because demand visibility now stretches into 2028, but investors are already paying a premium for future growth. That makes Broadcom's next phase one of the most important AI stock stories to watch.
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Broadcom Inc. delivered record Q2 results, with revenue up 48% and net income up 88%, yet shares dropped ~15% post-earnings. AVGO's semiconductor segment, now 49% of sales, posted 143% YoY growth, driven by surging AI demand and multi-year deals with Alphabet, Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI. AI orders exceeded $30 billion—triple shipped revenue—extending AVGO's revenue visibility through 2028, but Q3 guidance ($16B AI revenue) disappointed versus aggressive Street expectations.
Built from the ground up for current and future LLMs across the industry
Developed from design to production in nine months, accelerated by OpenAI’s models
Will deliver performance per watt better than current state-of-the-art, based on early testing
Expands OpenAI’s full-stack platform, from products to models and now to chips
To be deployed at gigawatt scale with data center partners, over multiple generations
SAN FRANCISCO and PALO ALTO, Calif., June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpenAI and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) today unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first Intelligence Processor: an accelerator architected around OpenAI’s vision for the future of LLM inference, and the first AI accelerator in a multi-generation compute platform the companies are building together to make advanced AI faster, more reliable, and more accessible to more people.
Jalapeño was delivered to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman by Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan and Semiconductor Solutions President Charlie Kawwas, marking an important step in OpenAI’s strategy to build the full stack behind its models and products.
OpenAI designed the chip from scratch around its deep understanding of LLM fundamentals, informed by its roadmap of models, kernels, serving systems, and product needs, with partners Broadcom and Celestica, helping industrialize the platform through chip implementation, board, rack system integration, high-performance networking, and scalable production systems. Jalapeño is designed with flexibility to work with all LLMs guided by OpenAI's insights into the inference needs of current and future AI models across the industry. Engineering samples of the Jalapeño chip are running ML workloads in the lab at production target frequency and power, including GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark.
While OpenAI is still measuring final performance, early testing shows that Jalapeño will deliver performance per watt substantially better than current state-of-the-art. A detailed technical report on performance will be presented in the coming months. The architecture reduces data movement and balances compute, memory, and networking resources to achieve realized utilization much closer to theoretical peak performance. Broadcom’s silicon implementation and networking technologies, including Tomahawk networking silicon, help bring the platform to large-scale production.
“The world is moving to a compute-powered economy,” said Greg Brockman, President and Co-Founder, OpenAI. “Jalapeño is part of our long-term full-stack infrastructure strategy to make compute more abundant, resulting in AI which is faster, more reliable, more affordable for people and businesses, and can be used to solve more important problems. By designing more of the stack ourselves, we can serve more intelligence with greater efficiency and keep pushing advanced AI toward broader access.”
“Jalapeño was designed from the ground up for LLM inference using detailed insights from our close collaboration with OpenAI researchers,” said Richard Ho, who leads OpenAI’s hardware program. “We optimized the architecture around the kernels, memory movement, networking, and serving patterns that matter most for frontier AI models. Based on early testing, Jalapeño will efficiently execute our most important workloads close to the hardware’s theoretical limits.”
“Our collaboration with OpenAI represents a fundamental commitment to scaling the physical infrastructure required for the next decade of AI,” said Hock Tan, President and CEO, Broadcom. “This is just the beginning of a multi-generation roadmap. By co-developing our industry-leading silicon directly with OpenAI, we are enabling the deployment of gigawatt scale data centers with Microsoft and other partners beginning in 2026.”
Designed to be the best inference platform for LLMs
Jalapeño is a blank-slate design for modern LLM inference, not a general-purpose accelerator adapted from earlier AI workloads. It is informed by the systems OpenAI runs every day across ChatGPT, Codex, the API, and future agentic products, while also being designed for current and future LLMs across the industry. The goal is to combine the power and throughput of today’s leading AI accelerators with latency closer to the fastest specialized inference systems, making Jalapeño well suited for interactive LLM products at scale.
Nine-month tape-out, accelerated by OpenAI models
Jalapeño was co-developed from initial design to manufacturing tape-out in just nine months, and the custom AI accelerator program represents what may be the fastest ASIC development cycle ever achieved in high-performance advanced semiconductors. That speed reflects deep software-hardware co-development with OpenAI’s engineering teams, Broadcom’s silicon implementation expertise, and the use of OpenAI models to accelerate parts of the design and optimization process.
The same models served to users are helping improve the infrastructure used to run future models. If AI can help engineers design better chips faster, it can lower the cost of compute across the industry and help democratize access to advanced AI.
Building a multi-generation platform with partners
Jalapeño is the first step in a multi-generation compute platform designed for initial deployment by the end of 2026, and expanding in the years ahead, combining OpenAI-designed accelerators with Broadcom silicon implementation, networking, and connectivity technologies; and Celestica’s board, rack and system expertise.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductors and infrastructure software for global organizations' complex, mission-critical needs. Broadcom combines long-term R&D investment with superb execution to deliver the best technology, at scale. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, visit www.broadcom.com.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) concerning Broadcom. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Broadcom’s collaboration with OpenAI in delivering Jalapeño to OpenAI and Broadcom helping bring OpenAI’s full-stack platform to large-scale production to enable the deployment of gigawatt scale datacenters. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and beliefs of Broadcom’s management, current information available to Broadcom’s management, and current market trends and market conditions, and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.
Particular uncertainties that could materially affect future results include risks associated with: global political and economic conditions and uncertainty; government regulations, trade restrictions and trade tensions; fluctuations in the timing and volume of significant customer demand; ability to make successful investments in research and development and successfully expand Broadcom’s business strategy or adopt Broadcom’s business models; ability to continue winning business and the timing of such wins; dependence on contract manufacturing and outsourced supply chain; dependency on a limited number of suppliers; dependence on senior management and the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; ability to protect against cybersecurity threats and a breach of security systems;
ability to accurately estimate customers’ demand and adjust the manufacturing and supply chain accordingly; ability to improve manufacturing capacity and quality; involvement in legal proceedings; quarterly and annual fluctuations in operating results; Broadcom’s competitive performance; ability to maintain or improve gross margin; ability to protect Broadcom’s intellectual property and the unpredictability of any associated litigation expenses; significant indebtedness and the need to generate sufficient cash flows to service and repay such debt; and other events and trends on a national, regional, industry-specific and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive and
regulatory nature.
Broadcom’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are available without charge at the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov and include some important risk factors that may affect future results. Broadcom undertakes no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements made in this announcement, except as required by law.
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SummaryCompaniesOpenAI plans to deploy Jalapeño by the end of this yearBroadcom's CEO said Jalapeño matches Nvidia Blackwell and Google's tensor processing unitsOpenAI designed Jalapeño for inference to answer chatbot queriesSAN FRANCISCO, June 24 (Reuters) - OpenAI showed off the company's first custom artificial intelligence chip designed in conjunction with Broadcom (AVGO.O), opens new tab on Wednesday, as it seeks to speed its development of its infrastructure.
AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are struggling to obtain enough computing horsepower to run the latest, most powerful chatbots and coding apps. Some, such as OpenAI, have turned to developing in-house chips in order to reduce the cost and create an alternative to Nvidia's (NVDA.O), opens new tab graphics processing units (GPUs) that are commonly used for AI.
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OpenAI's engineers designed the chip, called Jalapeño, together with Broadcom to perform a specific AI task known as inference, during which data is crunched in order to answer a user's query to a chatbot like ChatGPT.
The chip made by the team is as good as the Blackwell chips made by Nvidia or the tensor processing units designed by Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said in an interview with Reuters.
The Jalapeño processor is designed to work speedily and efficiently with the large language models (LLMs) that power many AI applications, OpenAI hardware chief Richard Ho said.
"It will be performant on, we think, all kind of future iterations of LLMs," Ho told Reuters.
The company plans to deploy Jalapeño by the end of this year, and it is the first step in a multi-generation chip development plan, OpenAI said.
Canadian electronics manufacturer Celestica (CLS.TO), opens new tab will build the server systems, which, like the chips will be used only by OpenAI.
The San Francisco company said it has samples of the chip running in its labs and they were operating at the target power and performance with the company's GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark AI model.
It took the company's engineers roughly nine months to complete the chip design before it sent it to Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW), opens new tab for manufacturing, in part because of using AI to speed specific aspects of the process, OpenAI said.
Reuters first reported OpenAI was exploring making its own chip in 2023.
To make their own in-house chips, Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab, Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab and Google have turned to the likes of Broadcom and Marvell (MRVL.O), opens new tab, which provide specific design services and intellectual property that can be difficult to replicate in-house.
Anthropic is weighing building an AI chip of its own, sources told Reuters in April.
At the moment, however, because of the AI-related surge in memory demand, Broadcom's profit margin on the custom chips is not as high as some of the other chips it makes, such as networking switches, Tan said.
AI chips require large amounts of high-bandwidth memory, which challenges Broadcom's margins on custom AI chip products, Tan said. Tan said South Korea's SK Hynix (000660.KS), opens new tab and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab supply Broadcom with memory chips.
Reporting by Max A. Cherney in San Francisco; Editing by Jamie Freed
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Max A. Cherney is a correspondent for Reuters based in San Francisco, where he reports on the semiconductor industry and artificial intelligence. He joined Reuters in 2023 and has previously worked for Barron’s magazine and its sister publication, MarketWatch. Cherney graduated from Trent University with a degree in history.
OpenAI and Broadcom on Wednesday unveiled their debut custom chip, called Jalapeño, marking the ChatGPT maker's first entry into artificial intelligence silicon.
The chips will be made by Broadcom and used by OpenAI for inference, the compute-intensive process of serving its AI models to users in ChatGPT and other applications.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman told CNBC's David Faber on Wednesday that the chips were designed from end to end in nine months with help from the company's AI models.
"The degree to which our models have been able to accelerate it was very surprising to us," Brockman said.
Broadcom has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the generative AI boom by helping hyperscalers and frontier labs create their own custom chips for AI. Shares of the chipmaker are up 10% so far in 2026 and have multiplied by almost sevenfold since the end of 2022.
The chipmaker's shares climbed on Wednesday following the announcement.
Brockman told CNBC that OpenAI "cannot get compute fast enough," and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan backed up that take, saying compute demand from the company's six customers is "simply insatiable."
"It's just much more than we can address," he said, "and this is not just '26, not '27, we're seeing that same and even elevated demand in '28 as well."
Jalapeño is a major step in OpenAI's plan to "build the full stack behind its models and products," according to the press release.
"By designing more of the stack ourselves, we can serve more intelligence with greater efficiency and keep pushing advanced AI toward broader access," Brockman said in a release announcing Jalapeño.
Read more CNBC tech newsGoogle's online dominance is showing signs of cracking in AI eraOracle has cut 21,000 roles over the past year, adding to wave of tech AI layoffsTesla faces federal probe after Model 3 slams into Texas home, killing 76-year-oldSpaceX signs computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection worth up to $6.3 billionSince OpenAI kick-started the generative AI boom in 2022, the company has been one of the biggest buyers of Nvidia's pricey graphics processing units, the key piece of infrastructure for building AI models and running large workloads. But OpenAI is experiencing such an explosion in demand that it needs other sources of advanced silicon.
Earlier this year, OpenAI forged a deal with Amazon Web Services that includes use of the company's Trainium AI chips. OpenAI has also signed agreements with Nvidia rival Advanced Micro Devices and with AI chipmaker Cerebras, which held its initial public offering in May.
In October, after 18 months spent working together, OpenAI and Broadcom went public with plans to develop and deploy racks of OpenAI-designed chips starting late this year, ultimately aiming to build enough to require 10 gigawatts of power.
The chip with Broadcom is an ASIC, which industry experts say is less flexible than Nvidia's GPU, but is also less expensive and can be designed for specific AI tasks. OpenAI said that it designed the chip in nine months, and that it also crafted large parts of the computer system where it will be used.
The companies are calling the chip an "Intelligence Processor" and describe it as the first "AI accelerator" in a platform they're building "to make advanced AI faster, more reliable, and more accessible to more people."
A physical sample of the new chip will be delivered to OpenAI on Wednesday. The companies said they're aiming for initial deployment of the Jalapeño chips by the end of 2026, "expanding in the years ahead."
Tan told CNBC on Wednesday that there would be "small prototype development" in late 2026 and then it would scale from there.
"We will start seeing it really ramp up in '27 and really going full tilt in first half '28," Tan said.
OpenAI introduced its Jalapeño AI inference chip, developed with Broadcom silicon and Celestica rack technology, as the ChatGPT maker pushes deeper into custom hardware.
On Wednesday, OpenAI unveiled its first custom-built inference processor, designed and manufactured in collaboration with Broadcom. Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI’s inference systems. OpenAI’s own AI models assisted in the development of the chip, the company said.
While the chip is still being tested, OpenAI says early results show significantly better performance-per-watt than current state-of-the-art alternatives.
The partnership was officially announced in October, but OpenAI’s chip plans have long been rumored as a way to reduce the company’s dependence on Nvidia’s GPUs. Google and Amazon have both built custom chips to serve a similar purpose, often called “AI accelerators” — silicon designed specifically to speed up machine learning workloads.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman explained the company’s approach to chip development on its in-house podcast, shortly after the Broadcom partnership was announced.
“We have a deep understanding of the workload,” Brockman said in the episode. “We’ve really been looking for specific workloads that are underserved, [and asking] how can we build something that will be able to accelerate what’s possible?”
Jalapeño is specifically designed for inference, the process of running pre-built AI models in response to user commands. In the announcement, OpenAI emphasized the chip’s low operating cost when running real-time coding models. It’s likely that more performance-intensive tasks like pre-training will still rely on Nvidia hardware, but even small reductions in inference costs could do a lot to improve the company’s bottom line.
Optimizing that inference system may prove to be a crucial factor in the economics of AI going forward — and it’s likely to take place at every level of the stack. OpenAI is already building agentic products like Codex and the models that power them, as well as data centers to run those models. Moving into purpose-built chips lets the company go even further in that process, as the company explained in its announcement.
“OpenAI is not only developing frontier models or building products on top of them; it is designing the infrastructure underneath them: chip architecture, kernels, memory systems, networking, scheduling, deployment systems, and product experience,” the company wrote. “Because OpenAI operates across the stack, each layer can be optimized around the same goal: making its models faster, more reliable, and more affordable for users.”
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Russell Brandom has been covering the tech industry since 2012, with a focus on platform policy and emerging technologies. He previously worked at The Verge and Rest of World, and has written for Wired, The Awl and MIT’s Technology Review. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Signal at 412-401-5489.
The chip, called Jalapeño, was built to improve efficiency and lower costs, advancing OpenAI's strategy to build out a full stack behind its models and products.
HomeIndustriesComputers/ElectronicsTech StocksTech StocksThe custom chip is designed to support the ChatGPT maker’s future AI models and productsPublished: June 24, 2026 at 11:20 a.m. ET
Broadcom’s stock hasn’t seen the same level of investor appreciation as smaller chip plays this year, but the company showed on Wednesday that it’s very much still in the game when it comes to artificial-intelligence semiconductors.
The company unveiled its first custom chip for OpenAI on Wednesday, calling it the first of multiple generations focused on running future AI models.
WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Charles Schwab Corporation announced that it has scheduled a Summer Business Update for institutional investors on Tuesday, July 21st.
, /PRNewswire/ -- Stryker (NYSE: SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, today announced a new partnership with Major Champion and globally recognized golfer Shane Lowry at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, naming him a sponsored brand ambassador for its Joint Replacement division. Through this collaboration, Lowry will share a deeply personal story, highlighting the critical role caregivers play in supporting loved ones through joint pain, surgery and recovery.
As a caregiver to his father, Brendan, a former Gaelic football player and knee and hip replacement recipient, Lowry brings a unique perspective, having seen firsthand the impact joint pain has on both patients and their families. Research shows that support from family and caregivers can positively impact recovery and outcomes.1,2 Together with Stryker, Lowry will help raise awareness of the experience someone struggling with joint pain may go through and empower caregivers to take an active role throughout their loved one's journey, from education to recovery.
"Watching my dad in pain because of his hip and knee was as hard as anything I've come across on the course. As a caregiver, you want to help, but it's not always clear where to start," said Lowry. "I've learned that asking the right questions, finding the right doctor and simply being there along the way can make a big difference. I didn't realize at the time how many Stryker technologies are out there to support those who suffer from joint pain, and I'm proud to now be partnering with a company helping people to keep moving forward. I hope sharing my story encourages others to take that first step with a loved one."
Through a global campaign spanning media, social channels and educational initiatives, Lowry will help elevate the role of caregivers and encourage a more proactive engagement in the joint replacement journey. By focusing on awareness, education and access to information, the campaign aims to support caregivers as they help loved ones take the first step, from understanding treatment options to navigating recovery.
"We know joint replacement is more than surgery – it's a personal journey that affects both patients and the people who support them every step of the way," said Katherine Truppi, president of Stryker's Joint Replacement division. "As we continue to move lives, we also value the essential and often underrecognized role caregivers play in helping loved ones navigate treatment decisions and recovery. Shane's story brings that perspective to life in an authentic and meaningful way that we hope can help more people."
Throughout the Travelers Championship, fans are invited to stop by the Fan Zone to learn about treatment options for joint pain.
For more information and downloadable resources, please visit www.MoveLivesTogether.com.
About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside our customers around the world, we impact more than 150 million patients annually. More information is available at www.stryker.com.
Wylde V, Kunutsor SK, Lenguerrand E, Jackson J, Blom AW, Beswick AD. Is social support associated with patient-reported outcomes after joint replacement? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Rheumatol. 2019;1(3):e174-e186. doi:10.1016/S2665-9913(19)30050-5 Singh J, Saag K, Lemay C, Allison J, Franklin P. Effect of Family Support on Short-and Intermediate Term Pain and Function Outcomes after Knee or Hip Replacement. Abstract Number 64 American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2014. November 14-19, 2014. Boston, MA. SOURCE Stryker
Key Takeaways CRON reported Q1 net revenues up 40% to $45.2M and gross profit up 39% to $19.2M.CRON's brands grew retail sales 18% in Canada; Spinach became the top vape brand.CRON expanded in Israel and Germany, while CanAdelaar closing shifted to summer 2026. Cronos Group (CRON - Free Report) continues to attract investor attention as the cannabis company strengthens its global footprint and executes on several strategic initiatives.
The company has been expanding its presence across international markets while reinforcing its position in Canada through a growing portfolio of cannabis brands. At the same time, Cronos' strong balance sheet provides the financial flexibility to pursue additional growth opportunities.
These developments raise an important question for investors: Do they make the cannabis stock an attractive investment opportunity at current levels? Let’s examine the company’s fundamentals to better assess the appropriate course of action.
CRON’s Encouraging Q1 ResultsCronos Group delivered encouraging first-quarter 2026 results, reflecting strength across both its domestic and international operations.
Net revenues increased 40% year over year to $45.2 million, driven by higher cannabis flower sales in Israel, Canada and other international markets, as well as higher cannabis extract sales in Canada. Gross profit increased 39% year over year to $19.2 million, benefiting from higher sales volumes and a favorable product mix.
The quarter also highlighted the strength of Cronos' Canadian business. Its brands generated 18% year-over-year retail sales growth, significantly outpacing the industry's 2% growth rate. Spinach became the No. 1 vape brand in Canada during the quarter, while the company maintained its leadership position in edibles and improved its standing in the flower category as production constraints eased following the expansion of its GrowCo cultivation operations.
Cronos also continued to expand its international footprint, with Israel and Germany remaining important growth markets. Meanwhile, the completion timeline for the CanAdelaar acquisition has been pushed out, with management now expecting the transaction to close in the summer of 2026, subject to certain closing conditions.
Cutthroat CompetitionDespite recent positive developments, Cronos continues to operate in an intensely competitive cannabis market. The company faces pressure from peers, such as Aurora Cannabis (ACB - Free Report) and Tilray Brands (TLRY - Free Report) .
Both ACB and TLRY are actively pursuing international expansion opportunities and product portfolio diversification. Sustaining market share gains and pricing power could remain challenging as more players target the same growth markets.
CRON Stock Performance & EstimateYear to date, shares of the Canada-based cannabis operator have risen more than 2% against the industry’s nearly 7% fall.
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Bottom-line estimates for 2026 have remained unchanged over the past 30 days, indicating stable earnings expectations in the near term.
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How to Play CRON Stock?Cronos is making steady progress across multiple areas of its business, supported by strong first-quarter results, improving brand performance in Canada and continued international expansion efforts.
However, the company continues to operate in a highly competitive industry, while some of its longer-term growth initiatives remain subject to execution and regulatory risks. While Cronos continues to execute on its strategic initiatives, analysts remain cautious about the pace at which these efforts will translate into sustained earnings growth.
Given these factors, investors may prefer to remain cautious on the stock at the current levels. CRON currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that investors may be better off staying on the sidelines for now.
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GD Culture Group Limited, a Nevada corporation (Nasdaq: GDC) (the "Company" or "GDC"), today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain investors for the purchase and sale of 259,301,306 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), at a purchase price of $0.021 per share in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.
The gross proceeds to the Company of this offering are expected to be approximately $5.45 million. The transaction is expected to close on or about June 24, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Univest Securities, LLC is acting as the sole placement agent.
The registered direct offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-292934) previously filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 26, 2026 and became effective by on March 18, 2026. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the proposed offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, by contacting Univest Securities, LLC at [email protected], or by calling +1 (212) 343-8888.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sales of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to the registered direct offering, together with the accompanying base prospectus will be filed by the Company and, upon filing, can be obtained at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
About GD Culture Group Limited
GD Culture Group Limited is a Nevada corporation and holding company. The Company is currently undergoing a strategic transition toward leveraging its artificial intelligence and virtual content generation technologies to enter the interactive reading and narrative entertainment market. The Company's main businesses include AI-driven digital human technology. For more information, please visit the Company's website at https://www.gdculturegroup.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “potential,” “continue,” “is/are likely to” or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company’s registration statement and in its other filings with the SEC.
For more information, please contact:
GD Culture Group Limited
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JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GD Culture Group Limited (Nasdaq: GDC) (the “Company” or “GDC”) today announced that the Company had received a written notification letter (the “Notification Letter”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on June 22, 2026, notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules 5550(a)(2) for continued listing on the Nasdaq.
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock for the 30 consecutive business days from May 7, 2026 to June 18, 2026, the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement.
The Notification Letter does not impact the Company’s listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market at this time. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided 180 calendar days, or until December 21, 2026, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). To regain compliance, the Company’s common stock must have a closing bid price of at least US$1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days. In the event the Company does not regain compliance by December 21, 2026, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance or may face delisting. To qualify, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and will need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during such compliance period, including by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.
The Company’s business operations are not currently affected by the receipt of the Notification Letter. The Company is monitoring the closing bid price of its common stock and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options, including, but not limited to, implementing a reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
About GD Culture Group Limited
GD Culture Group Limited is a Nevada corporation and holding company. The Company is currently undergoing a strategic transition toward leveraging its artificial intelligence and virtual content generation technologies to enter the interactive reading and narrative entertainment market. The Company’s main businesses include AI-driven digital human technology. For more information, please visit the Company's website at https://www.gdculturegroup.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. Such statements may be, but need not be, identified by words such as "may," "believe," "anticipate," "could," "should," "intend," "plan," "will," "aim(s)," "can," "would," "expect(s)," "estimate(s)," "project(s)," "forecast(s)," "positioned," "approximately," "potential," "goal," "strategy," "outlook" and similar expressions. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding assembly and distribution capabilities, decentralized production, and fully digitalized autonomous driving solutions. All such forward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs, expectations and assumptions, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in this communication. For additional risks and uncertainties that could impact the Company’s forward-looking statements, please see disclosures contained in the Company’s public filings with the SEC, including the "Risk Factors" in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2026 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that the Company has filed or may file with the SEC, which may be viewed at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
For more information, please contact:
GD Culture Group Limited
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On June 24, 2026, we delve into the DCF analysis for Illinois Tool Works Inc ITW , a company that has shown a price performance of +6.9% year-to-date and +9.8% over the past year. Despite its recent gains, the valuation metrics suggest a more cautious outlook.
DCF Earnings-based intrinsic value is $153.16, indicating a margin of safety of -70.8% compared to the current price of $261.64. DCF FCF-based intrinsic value stands at $112.23, suggesting a significantly overvalued status with a margin of safety of -133.1%. The GF Score™ of 85/100 indicates a reliable assessment of the DCF inputs, reflecting strong fundamentals. What Is ITW Worth? DCF Earnings-Based Model The DCF earnings-based model employs a two-stage approach to estimate the intrinsic value of ITW. In the first stage, we forecast earnings growth over the next ten years, followed by a terminal growth phase. The assumptions used in this model are critical for accurate valuation.
Parameter Value Current EPS (TTM, excl. non-recurring) $10.77 10-Year Growth Rate 8.2% 10-Year Treasury Rate 4.49% Discount Rate (ceil(Treasury) + 6%) 11% Terminal Growth Rate 4% In the growth phase, we project that EPS will grow at 8.2% annually for ten years, discounted at a rate of 11%. The terminal phase assumes a 4% growth rate for the subsequent ten years. The summary of the calculations is as follows:
Stage Description Value Growth Stage (Years 1-10) EPS growing at 8.2%, discounted at 11% $93.83 Terminal Stage (Years 11-20) 4% terminal growth, discounted at 11% $59.33 Intrinsic Value Growth + Terminal $153.16 With the current price at $261.64, the intrinsic value of $153.16 indicates that ITW is modestly overvalued, with a margin of safety of -70.8%. It is important to note that GuruFocus uses EPS excluding non-recurring items, as research indicates a stronger correlation between stock prices and earnings rather than free cash flow. For further calculations, visit the ITW DCF Calculator.
What Does the Free Cash Flow DCF Say? When we analyze ITW using the free cash flow (FCF) DCF model, the intrinsic value is calculated at $112.23. This value diverges significantly from the earnings-based valuation, reinforcing the notion that ITW is significantly overvalued with a margin of safety of -133.1%. The disparity between the two models suggests that the market may be pricing in more optimistic growth expectations than what the cash flow metrics support.
How Does GF Value™ Compare to the DCF Models? The GF Value™ for ITW is calculated at $265.92, which positions the stock as slightly undervalued by 1.6%. GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary measure derived from historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance estimates. While the DCF models indicate overvaluation, the GF Value™ presents a contrasting perspective, suggesting that the stock may be more fairly valued than the earnings and FCF models imply. For more insights, visit the GF Value™ page.
What Does ITW's GF Score™ Tell Us? The GF Score™ ranks stocks from 0 to 100 based on five key aspects: Financial Strength, Profitability, Growth, Valuation, and Momentum. Stocks with higher GF Score™ values have been shown to generate higher long-term returns based on backtesting from 2006 to 2021.
Metric Rating GF Score™ 85/100 Financial Strength 5/10 Profitability 9/10 Growth 6/10 Valuation 9/10 Momentum 7/10 With a predictability rank of 1/5 stars, the reliability of the DCF model for ITW is limited. For more details, check the ITW stock page.
Key Assumptions and Limitations It is crucial to note that DCF models are highly sensitive to the assumptions made regarding growth rates and discount rates. Additionally, stocks with low predictability ratings tend to produce less reliable DCF estimates. The terminal growth rate of 4% is a simplifying assumption that may not accurately reflect future economic conditions.
What This Means for Investors In synthesizing the three valuation models—DCF earnings, DCF FCF, and GF Value™—the consensus indicates that ITW is overvalued. The DCF earnings-based model suggests a significant discrepancy from the current market price, while the FCF model reinforces this view with an even lower intrinsic value. The GF Value™ offers a slightly more optimistic perspective but does not fully align with the DCF findings.
For the full DCF analysis, visit the ITW DCF Calculator. You can also explore the GF Value™ page, or use the GuruFocus Stock Screener to find undervalued predictable companies.
Frequently Asked Questions What is ITW's intrinsic value based on DCF?
This stock alert was generated using automated technology and GuruFocus financial data to provide readers with timely and accurate market reporting. This content was reviewed by GuruFocus editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to [email protected].
CVS Health (CVS - Free Report) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.
Shares of this drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits manager have returned +12% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. The Zacks Medical Services industry, to which CVS Health belongs, has gained 4.5% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?
While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.
Revisions to Earnings EstimatesHere at Zacks, we prioritize appraising the change in the projection of a company's future earnings over anything else. That's because we believe the present value of its future stream of earnings is what determines the fair value for its stock.
Our analysis is essentially based on how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to take the latest business trends into account. When earnings estimates for a company go up, the fair value for its stock goes up as well. And when a stock's fair value is higher than its current market price, investors tend to buy the stock, resulting in its price moving upward. Because of this, empirical studies indicate a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and short-term stock price movements.
CVS Health is expected to post earnings of $1.86 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +2.8%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed +0.2%.
For the current fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $7.44 points to a change of +10.2% from the prior year. Over the last 30 days, this estimate has changed -0.1%.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $8.37 indicates a change of +12.5% from what CVS Health is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has changed +0.2%.
Having a strong externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool, the Zacks Rank, offers a more conclusive picture of a stock's price direction in the near term, since it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. Due to the size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, CVS Health is rated Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
12 Month EPS
Revenue Growth ForecastWhile earnings growth is arguably the most superior indicator of a company's financial health, nothing happens as such if a business isn't able to grow its revenues. After all, it's nearly impossible for a company to increase its earnings for an extended period without increasing its revenues. So, it's important to know a company's potential revenue growth.
For CVS Health, the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $100.18 billion indicates a year-over-year change of +1.3%. For the current and next fiscal years, $409 billion and $425.13 billion estimates indicate +1.7% and +3.9% changes, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise HistoryCVS Health reported revenues of $100.43 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +6.2%. EPS of $2.57 for the same period compares with $2.25 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $94.38 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of +6.41%. The EPS surprise was +16.29%.
The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. The company topped consensus revenue estimates each time over this period.
ValuationWithout considering a stock's valuation, no investment decision can be efficient. In predicting a stock's future price performance, it's crucial to determine whether its current price correctly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects.
Comparing the current value of a company's valuation multiples, such as its price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), to its own historical values helps ascertain whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, whereas comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of how reasonable its stock price is.
The Zacks Value Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which pays close attention to both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics to grade stocks from A to F (an A is better than a B; a B is better than a C; and so on), is pretty helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.
CVS Health is graded A on this front, indicating that it is trading at a discount to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.
ConclusionThe facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about CVS Health. However, its Zacks Rank #2 does suggest that it may outperform the broader market in the near term.
Segro PLC's (LSE:SGRO) rejection of a £12.6 billion takeover approach from US giant Prologis Inc (NYSE:PLD) may be only the opening round in what could become one of the biggest UK property deals in years.
The US logistics giant's all-share proposal valued Segro at 925p a share, a 24.6% premium to the undisturbed share price and broadly in line with the company's last reported net asset value.
That was not enough for Segro's board, which dismissed the approach as "opportunistically timed" to take advantage of the "clear dislocation between Segro's current share price and its highly attractive underlying business and strong prospects" and "falls a long way short" of its assessment of the company's value.
The key question now is whether Prologis comes back with more.
Analyst John Cahill at Stifel believes it can. With a market value of around $139 billion and substantial financial resources, "an improved offer is clearly possible" from Prologis.
And the act of taking its offer public, said AJ Bell's Dan Coatsworth, "suggests the initial all-share bid submitted last week is just its opening salvo and that Segro’s rejection won’t be the final word in the story".
Segro's shares trade at about a 20% discount to net assets, reflecting a wider malaise across the UK REIT sector that has left even its strongest companies looking vulnerable to deep-pocketed overseas bidders.
Other analysts argued that a bid based on current NAV understates Segro's attractions.
Bjorn Zietsman at Panmure Liberum said the important consideration is whether an offer adequately compensates shareholders for the future returns available from Segro's development pipeline, urban logistics portfolio, power infrastructure and emerging data centre operations.
Notably, Prologis' own rationale "appears to support this view", Zietsman said, noting that the US company repeatedly highlighted the embedded value within these opportunities and its belief that its scale and financial strength can accelerate their monetisation.
Peel Hunt analyst Matthew Saperia agreed that future returns were a key consideration, arguing that the latent value in Segro's pipeline alone warrants a premium valuation. As such, he said, "we do not view an offer on these terms as attractive".
On the other side of the coin, Cahill said the Segro board and management team "would need to consider the best interests of shareholders given the UK REIT sector has traded at a significant discount to NTA for some years," even for companies with benefit from fully liquid equity, a portfolio in a structurally supported sector, a strong balance sheet and a management team with a proven track record for excellence".
The wider implications extend beyond Segro, as the company represents almost a fifth of the UK listed property sector by value.
If Prologis succeeds, it would remove one of the market's largest and highest-quality REITs and, said Cahill, "would represent a serious challenge to the long-term viability of the UK listed property sector".
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That's what the Zacks Focus List, a portfolio of 50 stocks, offers investors. Not only does it serve as a starting point for long-term investors, but all stocks included in the list are poised to outperform the market over the next 12 months.
One thing that makes the Focus List even more advantageous is that each pick comes with a full Zacks Analyst Report. This helps explain why each stock was selected and why we believe it's a good pick for the long-term.
The portfolio's past performance only solidifies why investors should consider it as a starting point. For 2020, the Focus List gained 13.85% on an annualized basis compared to the S&P 500's return of 9.38%. Cumulatively, the portfolio has returned 2,519.23% while the S&P returned 854.95%. Returns are for the period of February 1, 1996 to March 31, 2021.
Focus List MethodologyWhen stocks are picked for the Focus List, it reflects our enduring reliance on the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Earnings estimates, or expectations of growth and profitability, come from brokerage analysts who track publicly traded companies; these analysts work together with company management to analyze every aspect that may affect future earnings, like interest rates, the economy, and sector and industry optimism.
Earnings estimate revisions are very important, since investors also need to take into consideration what a company will earn in the future.
When a stock receives upward earnings estimate revisions, it will likely get even more positive changes in the future. For instance, if an analyst raised their earnings outlook last month, they'll probably do so again this month, and other analysts will follow.
Utilizing the power of earnings estimate revisions is when the Zacks Rank joins the party. A unique, proprietary stock-rating model, the Zacks Rank uses changes to quarterly earnings expectations to help investors create a winning portfolio.
Four primary factors make up the Zacks Rank: Agreement, Magnitude, Upside, and Surprise. Each is given a raw score that's recalculated every night and compiled into the Rank, and with this data, stocks are then classified into five groups, ranging from "Strong Buy" to "Strong Sell."
The Focus List is comprised of stocks hand-picked from a long list of #1 (Strong Buy) or #2 (Buy) ranked companies, meaning that each new addition boasts a bullish earnings consensus among analysts.
Because stock prices react to revisions, buying stocks with rising earnings estimates can be very profitable. Focus List stocks offer investors a great opportunity to get into companies whose future earnings estimates will be raised, potentially leading to price momentum.
Focus List Spotlight: Prologis (PLD - Free Report) Prologis, Inc. is a leading industrial real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, operates and manages industrial real estate space in the Americas, Asia and Europe. The company principally targets investments in distribution facilities for customers who are engaged in global trade and depend on the efficient movement of goods through the global supply chain.
Since being added to the Focus List on June 3, 2020 at $95.46 per share, shares of PLD have increased 52.16% to $145.25. The stock is currently a #2 (Buy) on the Zacks Rank.
One analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2026. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.01 to $6.18. PLD boasts an average earnings surprise of 2.1%.
Earnings for PLD are forecasted to see growth of 6.4% for the current fiscal year as well.
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The appointment of a CEO from a NYSE American-listed mining company will further strengthen ARE's Board as it progresses its planned Nasdaq listing. Mr Gili brings deep Wyoming, hydrometallurgical and mine development expertise to the largest known rare earth deposit in the United States.
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerwave today announced the launch of its first Wi-Fi 7 community at AvalonBay’s Kanso Twinbrook in Rockville, Maryland, bringing next-generation managed connectivity to a property widely recognized as a model for the future of apartment living without a traditional leasing office. AvalonBay’s Kanso brand was recently profiled by Multifamily Executive as “the future of apartment buildings,” highlighting the brand’s digital-first, self-service operating model and technology-driven resident experience.
Wi-Fi 7 is the newest generation of wireless technology, designed to deliver significantly higher speeds, lower latency, and greater capacity than prior Wi-Fi standards. It enables more devices to connect simultaneously, supports bandwidth-intensive applications like streaming, gaming, video conferencing, and smart home technology, and provides a more consistent experience in dense environments such as apartment communities.
“At Kanso Twinbrook, connectivity is not an add-on, it is the backbone of the entire operating model,” said Ed Wolff, CEO of Aerwave. “Launching Aerwave’s first Wi-Fi 7 site with AvalonBay at such an innovative community is a meaningful milestone for our company. We are honored that AvalonBay chose Aerwave to help power a property that is redefining the future of apartment buildings.”
Kanso Twinbrook was built from the ground up as a self-touring, low-staffing model, where prospects can either self-tour or take virtual tours supported by a centralized call center, and residents rely on digital tools for access, applications, maintenance requests, parking, and package delivery. All of these experiences depend on secure, ubiquitous, and high-performing connectivity that Wi-Fi 7 is uniquely suited to support.
“We are excited to launch Wi-Fi 7 at Kanso Twinbrook with Aerwave,” said Karen Thompson, Director, Telecommunications at AvalonBay Communities. “This property shows what is possible when you prioritize self-service, centralized operations, and a digital-first resident experience. Cutting-edge connectivity is essential to that vision. Wi-Fi 7 gives us the speed, reliability, and capacity to support self-guided tours, remote support, smart devices, and everyday digital life without compromise, and it positions Kanso Twinbrook for what residents will expect five years from now, not just today.”
Aerwave’s managed Wi-Fi platform and Wi-Fi 7 deployment at Kanso Twinbrook deliver instant-on connectivity, broad coverage, and the performance needed to power modern resident expectations across remote work, streaming, smart devices, and building operations. As apartment communities continue to modernize, connectivity is no longer simply an amenity; it is critical infrastructure that shapes leasing, living, and operational efficiency.
Kanso Twinbrook offers other streamlined features including electronic locks, package lockers, parking, in-unit washers and dryers, and remote customer support seven days a week, reflecting AvalonBay’s tech-forward approach to a more efficient and seamless residential experience. Aerwave’s Wi-Fi 7 launch adds future-ready network capabilities to that vision, supporting a community intentionally designed to deliver “everything you need and nothing you don’t.”
“The future of apartment buildings will be defined by how well technology disappears into the experience,” Wolff added. “At Kanso Twinbrook, connectivity is helping make self-guided touring, self-service living, and operational simplicity possible at scale. That is the kind of innovation Aerwave is proud to enable alongside AvalonBay.”
About Aerwave
Aerwave is a next-generation managed WiFi provider purpose-built for the multifamily industry. By combining property-wide connectivity, resident-first experience, and operator-focused insights, Aerwave helps owners and operators transform connectivity into a strategic asset that powers resident satisfaction, operational efficiency, and NOI growth.
Engineering collaboration brings together deep automotive expertise and the ambition to provide one software platform, language and standard for trucks, buses and other transport vehicles, built to evolve continuously across the 15+ year vehicle lifecycle
GOTHENBURG, Sweden & KRONBERG I. TS., Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coretura, the software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform company founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group, has signed an engineering agreement with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to accelerate the development of its software platform for trucks, buses and other medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. The collaboration supports Coretura’s current roadmap to deliver first commercialized products toward the end of the decade.
As Coretura’s engineering partner, Accenture brings SDV and broader automotive engineering capabilities, including strengths in electrical and electronic (E/E) architecture and software abstraction, as well as proven experience from the commercial and passenger car industry. Combined with Coretura’s platform vision, these capabilities will enable fast, seamless innovation for the entire commercial vehicle industry.
Collaboration beats isolation
When Daimler Truck and Volvo Group, two world leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, chose to build a joint software foundation, they made a structural bet on openness and collaboration—that the future of commercial vehicles matters more than competition. This future is built on vehicles that are no longer defined by hardware alone, but increasingly by software. Important functions that used to rely on many separate built-in electronic control units are increasingly managed by a central software system.
Today, manufacturers buy and integrate software, but each new project starts from zero rather than building on a shared platform. Coretura was founded to bring platform thinking to the industry and address this cycle directly. The company will deliver one platform with one language and one standard for the software that powers commercial vehicles operating around the clock for 15+ years.
Engineering teamwork at eye level
To accelerate the development of the platform, Coretura has commissioned Accenture as its engineering partner. The two companies will bring a shared AI-driven innovation mindset and complementary roles to the collaboration. Coretura gains specialist capacity that accelerates foundational platform development while retaining full ownership of the architecture and strategic direction. Working alongside Coretura's team on the development, integration, testing, documentation, and compliance of the platform, Accenture helps to drive both speed and scale.
“Our purpose is to advance mobility at the speed of ideas, and that takes depth. Building a full-stack SDV platform demands expertise across embedded software, middleware, cybersecurity, and functional safety, all designed for vehicles with lifecycles measured in decades. Accenture’s reinvention capabilities let us move faster without compromising the standards our customers depend on. This is acceleration, not course correction.”
Johan Lundén, Chief Executive Officer, Coretura
“Helping the industry advance software-defined vehicles is a priority for Accenture. Our landmark collaboration with Coretura is designed to change embedded software engineering for automotive platforms. Together, we are looking to solve the challenges of a fully software-defined architecture – addressing critical areas such as hardware abstraction, API management and AI-based engineering optimizations.”
Rainer Oder, SDV Embedded Software Lead, Accenture
“The commercial vehicle industry is a prime example of the need for companies to reinvent. It requires bold strategic moves like Daimler Truck and Volvo Group are making with Coretura and Coretura is making with Accenture. Our collaboration is testament to Accenture’s commitment to supporting the products we develop with clients long-term.”
Tracey Countryman, Global Lead, Supply Chain and Engineering, Accenture
What it means for the industry
The shift from hardware-first to software-defined is a profound cultural and operational change. The industry is moving from concept to industrialisation, from SDV marketing to AI-based software engineering. The collaboration of Coretura, a purpose-built platform company, and Accenture, a global engineering powerhouse, signals the importance of the work for the industry.
To commercial vehicle manufacturers across the globe, Coretura’s new platform will provide a reusable, generation-independent software stack that lowers costs and secures consistent time to market. For fleet operators and end customers, it will enable commercial vehicles that keep getting smarter, safer, and more valuable long after launch, with new features and performance upgrades delivered continuously over the air. Coretura, with support from Accenture, will bring those benefits to market faster.
Growing the team, strengthening the foundation
The collaboration complements Coretura’s ongoing investment in its own team. The company continues to actively hire across system architecture, high-performance compute, middleware, functional safety, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. With over 100 engineers from more than 15 countries, Coretura sits at the rare intersection of deep commercial vehicle knowledge and modern software thinking - and that combination is what makes this work different.
Coretura is a 50:50 joint venture between Daimler Truck and Volvo Group. Both founding shareholders fully support this collaboration.
About Coretura
Coretura is the software-defined vehicle platform company founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group. Its purpose is to advance mobility at the speed of ideas. Coretura builds one platform, one language, and one standard for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles - the foundational software layers the industry needs, but no single manufacturer should build alone. The result: fast, seamless innovation that ensures commercial vehicles keep getting smarter, safer, and more valuable long after launch. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, Coretura brings together over 130 engineers from more than 15 countries, working at the intersection of deep automotive expertise and modern software engineering.
For more information, visit www.coretura.com.
About Accenture
Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.
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On June 24, 2026, we delve into the DCF analysis for Accenture PLC ACN , a company that has faced significant price declines recently. The stock is currently priced at $127.01, reflecting a year-to-date drop of 52% and a one-year decline of 55.8%. Below are key insights from our analysis:
DCF Earnings-based intrinsic value of $230.85 compared to current price, indicating a margin of safety of 49.5%. DCF Free Cash Flow (FCF)-based intrinsic value stands at $397.61, providing a second opinion on valuation. GF Score™ of 77/100 suggests a reliable basis for the DCF inputs used in this analysis. What Is ACN Worth? DCF Earnings-Based Model The DCF earnings-based model employs a two-stage valuation approach, incorporating a growth phase followed by a terminal phase. In the first stage, we project earnings growth based on the current EPS and an expected growth rate. In the terminal phase, we apply a more conservative growth rate to estimate the company's long-term value.
Parameter Value Current EPS (TTM, excl. non-recurring) $13.67 10-Year Growth Rate 10.8% 10-Year Treasury Rate 4.49% Discount Rate (ceil(Treasury) + 6%) 11% Terminal Growth Rate 4% In the growth phase (Years 1-10), we project that EPS will grow at 10.8% annually, discounted at a rate of 11%. The calculated value for this stage is $135.36 per share. Following this, in the terminal phase (Years 11-20), we assume a slower growth rate of 4%, also discounted at 11%, yielding a terminal stage value of $95.49 per share.
Stage Description Value Growth Stage (Years 1-10) EPS growing at 10.8%, discounted at 11% $135.36 Terminal Stage (Years 11-20) 4% terminal growth, discounted at 11% $95.49 Intrinsic Value Growth + Terminal $230.85 Comparing the current price of $127.01 to the intrinsic value of $230.85, we find that Accenture PLC is significantly undervalued, with a margin of safety of 49.5%. It is important to note that GuruFocus uses EPS excluding non-recurring items, as research indicates that stock prices correlate more closely with earnings than with free cash flow. For further analysis, you can visit the ACN DCF Calculator.
What Does the Free Cash Flow DCF Say? The alternative DCF model based on Free Cash Flow (FCF) yields an intrinsic value of $397.61. This FCF-based valuation aligns with the earnings-based model in indicating that Accenture PLC is significantly undervalued, with a margin of safety of 68.1%. Both models suggest a strong potential for upside, reinforcing the notion that the current market price does not reflect the company's intrinsic value.
How Does GF Value™ Compare to the DCF Models? The GF Value™ for Accenture PLC is calculated at $357.60, providing a third perspective on valuation. GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary measure derived from historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance estimates. Notably, all three models—DCF earnings, DCF FCF, and GF Value™—indicate that the stock is undervalued, reinforcing the findings from our analysis. For more details, visit the GF Value™ page.
What Does ACN's GF Score™ Tell Us? The GF Score™ ranks stocks from 0 to 100 based on five key aspects: Financial Strength, Profitability, Growth, Valuation, and Momentum. Stocks with higher GF Score™ values have been found to generate higher long-term returns based on backtested data from 2006 to 2021.
Metric Rating GF Score™ 77/100 Financial Strength 8/10 Profitability 9/10 Growth 9/10 Valuation 2/10 Momentum 2/10 The predictability rank for Accenture PLC is 2 out of 5 stars, indicating that the DCF model may be less reliable due to the lower predictability rating. For more information, you can visit the ACN stock page.
Key Assumptions and Limitations It is essential to recognize that DCF models are highly sensitive to the assumptions made regarding growth rates and discount rates. Stocks with low predictability ratings, such as Accenture PLC, tend to produce less reliable DCF estimates. Additionally, the terminal growth rate of 4% is a simplifying assumption that may not fully capture future market conditions.
What This Means for Investors In summary, the DCF earnings model, the DCF FCF model, and the GF Value™ all point toward Accenture PLC being significantly undervalued at its current price of $127.01. The consensus across these models suggests that the stock presents an attractive opportunity for investors.
For the full DCF analysis, visit the ACN DCF Calculator. You can also explore the GF Value™ page, or use the GuruFocus Stock Screener to find undervalued predictable companies.
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Accenture is rated a 'Strong Buy' as the stock trades at least 50% below its intrinsic value, even under conservative assumptions. ACN's Q3 2026 results showed 5.6% revenue growth, stable margins, and robust ROIC above 20%, dispelling fears of a collapsing business model. Short-term risks include declining new bookings and lowered revenue guidance, but buybacks, a solid balance sheet, and a 5.3% dividend yield support long-term value.
Have you evaluated the performance of Accenture's (ACN - Free Report) international operations for the quarter ending May 2026? Given the extensive global presence of this consulting company, analyzing the patterns in international revenues is crucial for understanding its financial strength and potential for growth.
The global economy today is deeply interlinked, making a company's engagement with international markets a critical factor in determining its financial success and growth path. It has become essential for investors to comprehend how much a company relies on these foreign markets, as this understanding reveals the firm's potential for consistent earnings, its capacity to harness different economic cycles, and its overall growth prospects.
Being present in international markets serves as a counterbalance to domestic economic challenges while offering chances to engage with more rapidly evolving economies. However, this kind of diversification introduces challenges like currency fluctuations, geopolitical uncertainties and varying market trends.
While analyzing ACN's performance for the last quarter, we found some intriguing trends in revenues from its overseas segments that Wall Street analysts commonly model and monitor.
For the quarter, the company's total revenue amounted to $18.72 billion, experiencing an increase of 5.6% year over year. Next, we'll explore the breakdown of ACN's international revenue to understand the importance of its overseas business operations.
A Closer Look at ACN's Revenue Streams AbroadDuring the quarter, Europe, Middle East and Africa contributed $6.87 billion in revenue, making up 36.7% of the total revenue. When compared to the consensus estimate of $6.89 billion, this meant a surprise of -0.19%. Looking back, Europe, Middle East and Africa contributed $6.57 billion, or 36.4%, in the previous quarter, and $6.23 billion, or 35.2%, in the same quarter of the previous year.
Of the total revenue, $2.71 billion came from Asia Pacific during the last fiscal quarter, accounting for 14.5%. This represented a surprise of +29.74% as analysts had expected the region to contribute $2.09 billion to the total revenue. In comparison, the region contributed $2.58 billion, or 14.3%, and $2.53 billion, or 14.3%, to total revenue in the previous and year-ago quarters, respectively.
Revenue Forecasts for the International MarketsWall Street analysts expect Accenture to report $18 billion in total revenue for the current fiscal quarter, indicating an increase of 2.3% from the year-ago quarter. Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific are expected to contribute 37.7% (translating to $6.78 billion), and 12.9% ($2.31 billion) to the total revenue, respectively.
For the full year, a total revenue of $73.76 billion is expected for the company, reflecting an increase of 5.9% from the year before. The revenues from Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific are expected to make up 36.8%, and 13.2% of this total, corresponding to $27.18 billion, and $9.71 billion, respectively.
Wrapping UpThe dependency of Accenture on global markets for its revenues presents a mix of potential gains and hazards. Thus, monitoring the trends in its overseas revenues can be a key indicator for predicting the firm's future performance.
In an era of growing international ties and escalating geopolitical disputes, financial analysts on Wall Street pay keen attention to these developments to fine-tune their earnings estimations for businesses operating across borders. It's important to note, however, that a range of additional variables, like a company's local market status, also play a crucial role in shaping these forecasts.
Here at Zacks, we put a great deal of emphasis on a company's changing earnings outlook, as empirical research has shown that's a powerful force driving a stock's near-term price performance. Quite naturally, the correlation is positive here -- an upward revision in earnings estimates drives the stock price higher.
The Zacks Rank, our proprietary stock rating mechanism, demonstrates a notable performance history confirmed through external audits. It effectively utilizes the power of earnings estimate revisions to act as a predictor of a stock's price performance in the near term.
Currently, Accenture holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), signifying its potential to match the overall market's performance in the forthcoming period. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .
A Look at Accenture's Recent Stock Price PerformanceOver the past month, the stock has seen a decline of 28.2% in its value, whereas the Zacks S&P 500 composite has posted a decrease of 1.3%. The Zacks Computer and Technology sector, Accenture's industry group, has descended 2.2% over the identical span. In the past three months, there's been a decline of 36% in the company's stock price, against a rise of 12.3% in the S&P 500 index. The broader sector has increased by 21.2% during this interval.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat today announced a collaboration to help organizations identify vulnerabilities early and deploy protections fast across open source software, commercial applications, operational technology (OT) and healthcare technologies. By integrating Palo Alto Networks Virtual Patching capability with Project Lightwell from IBM and Red Hat, the collaboration combines rapid network-level protection with software remediation to help organizations reduce exposure to emerging threats.
AI has supercharged vulnerability discovery, enabling flaws to be identified at unprecedented speed and scale. AI-driven threats can uncover security gaps across codebases far faster than defenders can patch them, exposing organizations to systemic supply-chain risks.
Nikesh Arora, CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks
"AI has compressed the window between vulnerability discovery and exploit from weeks to minutes. Traditional patching cannot keep pace. By collaborating with IBM and Red Hat, we are shifting the advantage back to defenders. This powerful combination allows us to neutralize threats in the network while providing uninterrupted business continuity for our global clients."
Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO of IBM
"IBM established Project Lightwell to secure the open-source software foundation that enterprises rely on every day. By collaborating with Palo Alto Networks, we are extending that security from the source code directly to the network front lines. This joint solution gives our clients exactly what they need to thrive in the AI era: immediate, automated resilience against emerging threats, combined with the rigorous validation required to safely update their core systems."
A Seamless "Shield-and-Fix" Workflow
The collaboration connects IBM and Red Hat’s $5 billion commitment to open source security via Project Lightwell with Palo Alto Networks’ security platform. This creates a dual-action defense: Palo Alto Networks rapidly deploys a virtual patch at the network layer to block exploit attempts, while IBM and Red Hat’s Project Lightwell offers software remediation for open source software that customers can test and deploy in their environments.
The collaboration combines vulnerability intelligence, software remediation and network-based protections to help organizations respond quickly to newly discovered vulnerabilities. Key capabilities include:
Broader Vulnerability Coverage: Protection across open source software, commercial applications, operational technology (OT) environments and connected devices. Preemptive Coverage: Organizations can receive virtual patch protections before official software patches become available, helping reduce exposure while remediation is underway. Rapid Protection: When a new vulnerability is discovered, network-level protections can be deployed the same day, with a long-term goal of reducing the time from validated discovery to protection. The companies also plan to establish secure processes for sharing vulnerability information across participating software vendors, technology providers and security teams. This collaboration is expected to support coordinated vulnerability disclosure, accelerate protection development and provide anonymized telemetry on real-world exploitation attempts.
Expert Deployment via IBM Consulting
To help organizations respond more effectively to newly discovered vulnerabilities, IBM Security Services can also provide advisory and deployment services that help customers identify which vulnerabilities pose the greatest risk to their business and determine the best path to remediation. Working alongside Palo Alto Networks' virtual patching capabilities and Project Lightwell's software remediation capabilities, IBM Security Services can help customers prioritize, deploy and validate protections and fixes across complex environments.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global AI cybersecurity leader, protects our digital way of life with a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity solutions and platforms across Network, Cloud, Security Operations, AI and Identity. Trusted by 70,000+ customers and powered by Unit 42 threat intelligence, our AI-driven platforms eliminate complexity, empowering enterprises to modernize with confidence and securing the speed of innovation. Explore the future of security at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.
Visit www.ibm.com for more information.
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the open hybrid cloud technology leader, delivering a trusted, consistent and comprehensive foundation for transformative IT innovation and AI applications. Its portfolio of cloud, developer, AI, Linux, automation and application platform technologies enables any application, anywhere—from the datacenter to the edge. As the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, Red Hat invests in open ecosystems and communities to solve tomorrow's IT challenges. Collaborating with partners and customers, Red Hat helps them build, connect, automate, secure and manage their IT environments, supported by consulting services and award-winning training and certification offerings.
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds Roblox Corporation (“Roblox” or the “Company”) (NYSE: RBLX) investors of the August 7, 2026 deadline involving a securities fraud class action lawsuit commenced against the Company.
Should You Join The Roblox Corporation Class Action Lawsuit:
Do you, or did you, own shares of Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX)?Did you sell your shares between October 30, 2025 and April 30, 2026, inclusive?Did you lose money in your investment in Roblox Corporation?
Investors are encouraged to act promptly and submit a form at Roblox Corporation Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Investor Relations Manager Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or [email protected].
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff for the Class, you must file papers by August 7, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on other class members’ behalf in directing the litigation. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn’t require that you serve as lead plaintiff. If you choose to take no action, you may remain an absent class member.
All representation is on a contingency fee basis. Shareholders pay no fees or expenses.
About The Lawsuit:
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of investors (the “Class”) who purchased or acquired the common stock of Roblox between October 30, 2025 and April 30, 2026, inclusive, alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against the Company and certain of its senior officers.
The lawsuit alleges that defendants made materially false and misleading statements and omissions regarding the Company’s business operations, growth prospects, and financial stability. As a result of these alleged misrepresentations, Roblox common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period. When the truth was disclosed, investors allegedly suffered significant losses.
About Bernstein Liebhard:
Since 1993, Bernstein Liebhard LLP has recovered over $3.5 billion for its clients. In addition to representing individual investors, the Firm has been retained by some of the largest public and private pension funds in the country to monitor their assets and pursue litigation on their behalf. As a result of its success litigating hundreds of class actions, the Firm has been named to The National Law Journal’s “Plaintiffs’ Hot List” thirteen times and listed in The Legal 500 for sixteen consecutive years.
NEW YORK, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC, a nationally recognized investor-rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) and certain of its officers.
This lawsuit seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Roblox securities between October 30, 2025 and April 30, 2026, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm’s site: bgandg.com/RBLX.
Roblox Case Details
The Complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that:
Defendants overstated Roblox’s organic growth potential and the Company’s ability to sustain “tremendous organic growth” following the rollout of its age verification features;Defendants downplayed and failed to adequately disclose the severity and certainty of headwinds associated with the age verification rollout, including a slowdown in user enrollment, reduced on-platform communication, and associated negative impacts on app store ratings;as a result of these undisclosed trends, Roblox’s growth rates were expected to decline more sharply than represented; andas a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. What's Next for Roblox Investors?
A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint, you can visit the firm’s site: bgandg.com/RBLX or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Client Relations Manager, Nathan Miller, of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 917-590-0911. If you suffered a loss in Roblox you have until August 7, 2026, to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as lead plaintiff.
No Cost to Roblox Investors
We, Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC, represent investors in class actions on a contingency fee basis. That means we will ask the court to reimburse us for out-of-pocket expenses and attorneys’ fees, usually a percentage of the total recovery, only if we are successful.
Why Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC for Roblox Securities Class Action?
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is a nationally recognized firm that represents investors in securities fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Our firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors nationwide. More at www.bgandg.com
"Our practice centers on restoring investor capital and ensuring corporate accountability, which serves to uphold the essential integrity of the marketplace," said Peretz Bronstein, Founding Partner of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC.
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that Jeff Palmer, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, has decided to retire following a distinguished 16-year career with the company. Following Jeff’s retirement, Mike Lucarelli will serve as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Mike will report to Bill Betz, Chief Financial Officer, serving as a key liaison to the investment community.
On behalf of NXP, Bill Betz and the NXP Management Team would like to thank Jeff for his 16 years of dedicated service and leadership where he played a critical role in strengthening NXP’s engagement with the investment community and shaping its strategic narrative. Jeff’s deep understanding of the business, ability to translate investor perspectives into actionable insights, and commitment to excellence have made a lasting impact on NXP, and the team wishes him all the best in his retirement.
NXP is delighted to welcome Mike, who brings deep industry expertise across the semiconductor and technology sectors. Most recently, Mike was the Global Head of FP&A and Corporate Finance at Uber. His extensive background includes a decade at Analog Devices—where he served as Head of Investor Relations and oversaw the FP&A organization—along with seven years as a sell-side analyst covering semiconductors.
Mike will formally step into the Investor Relations role as of the third quarter 2026 earnings cycle. Jeff will continue as an advisor to the company through the fourth quarter 2026 earnings cycle in early 2027.
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets. NXP's "Brighter Together" approach combines leading-edge technology with pioneering people to develop system solutions that make the connected world better, safer, and more secure. The company has operations in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $12.27 billion in 2025. Find out more at www.nxp.com.
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All-New, Land-Based Entertainment Destination Offers Guests Gaming, Entertainment, World-Class Dining, Premier Hotel and Wellness Spa
WYOMISSING, Pa. & AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PENN Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) today celebrates the grand opening of Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora, the all-new, $360 million state-of-the-art casino and hotel. PENN’s latest land-based property replaces the former riverboat property that operated on the Illinois shores of the Fox River since 1993.
PENN is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony this afternoon that will include Illinois Gaming Board officials, area dignitaries, state legislators, and team members prior to opening to the public at 8:30pm CST. Inside, guests will experience over 1,000 of the newest slot machines, over 50 table games and a baccarat room, a retail sportsbook, elevated national and Chicagoland celebrity-led dining, a 226-room premier hotel and wellness spa, event center, and, above all, a prime guest experience.
“We are proud to officially welcome guests and players to the exciting, all-new Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora,” said Jay Snowden, CEO and President of PENN Entertainment. “Together with our landside move in Joliet last summer, we have reinvested over $500 million in the Chicagoland market over the last three years, resulting in more jobs, meaningful state and local tax revenue, and further enhancing the region as a must-visit destination. Our roots in Aurora run deep, and we are committed to extending our 33-year legacy as a leader in world-class dining, hospitality, entertainment, gaming, and guest experience for years to come.”
“Today marks an exciting new chapter for Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora, made possible through support from the city of Aurora, the Illinois Gaming Board, and all of our partners, including the hundreds of tradesmen and women who built this incredible new property from the ground up,” said Rafael Verde, Senior Vice President of Regional Operations for PENN. “We are grateful for these partnerships and are eager to showcase the collaborative effort to transition from riverboat gaming to an entertainment destination.”
The roughly 388,500 square foot facility employs approximately 700 team members and supported roughly 700 construction jobs. Open seven days a week and 24 hours a day, the fun and excitement will continue 365 days a year.
Gaming Floor
Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora’s gaming floor features over 1,000 of the latest video reel slot and video poker machines, as well as over 50 exciting table games, including blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, and more. The Sportsbook includes one of Chicagoland’s largest TV screens to create the ultimate watching experience, sports betting tellers, and sports wagering and racing kiosks, along with interactive games.
Dining and Entertainment
Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora features multiple world-class dining options throughout the property, including many options for guests of all ages.
PENN partnered with celebrity chef and entrepreneur Giada De Laurentiis to create Sorella by Giada, an elevated Italian steakhouse that combines De Laurentiis’ signature fusion of classic Italian cuisine and modern California influence. The restaurant seats roughly 170 guests with both indoor and outdoor options and features a unique menu of handmade pastas, steaks, and more.
Boulevard Food & Drink Hall is a dynamic dining experience operated by McClain Camarota Hospitality, which was founded by James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Shawn McClain. Open to all ages with both indoor seating and an outdoor patio with a fire feature, Boulevard Food & Drink Hall includes Chicago favorites Antique Taco and Pretty Cool Ice Cream, as well as Five50 Pizza, Stephanie Izard’s Lucky Goat, Tabo Sushi by Takashi Yagihashi, and Urbanbelly.
In addition to the numerous betting opportunities and massive screen highlighting the hottest sports action from around the world, The Sportsbook is also a full-service, classic casual restaurant that seats roughly 163 patrons in the dining room and bar. Guests can enjoy a wide array of food and beverage options, featuring favorites such as burgers, crispy wings, sandwiches, and shareables, plus a wide selection of craft and domestic beers and hand-crafted cocktails.
Red Lotus Asian Kitchen will serve patrons authentic made-to-order Asian cuisine, featuring popular noodle and southeast Asian specialties designed to excite the senses in a sleek, modern designed open kitchen. Nearby on the gaming floor is &Vine, a 110-seat bar and entertainment lounge offering distinctive beverages and will be host to various artists for guests to enjoy.
In addition, Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora’s 12,000 square foot event center and meeting rooms are adaptable to accommodate weddings, galas, community events, concerts, sports events, conferences, and more. The event center is accessible for all ages and offers an outdoor entertainment courtyard for special events.
Hotel and Wellness Spa
Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora’s all-new seven-story hotel adds 226 standard rooms and premier suites to the Aurora area and features modern amenities, state-of-the-art in-room technology, a fitness center, and a seamless design throughout the facility. Guests will have room service options as well as full indoor access to the property’s food hall, celebrity chef restaurant, bars and live entertainment lounges, thrilling gaming areas, and wellness spa.
Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora’s Drift Spa blends classic spa treatment with hair and beauty services, including 11 stations for hair, makeup, and nails, plus seven dedicated rooms for massage therapies. In addition, Drift Spa will debut Drift Drybar, a refined hybrid concept pairing high-end, non-chemical salon services with elevated hospitality.
PENN Play™ Rewards Program
Guests can elevate their experience with PENN Play, PENN Entertainment’s industry-leading loyalty program, available at more than 35 destinations nationwide. This free membership offers exclusive access to events, experiences, and personalized rewards across gaming, dining, hotel stays, entertainment, and a network of partners.
With five membership tiers—Play, Advantage, Preferred, Elite, and Owners Club, members enjoy benefits such as priority access, premium partner perks, and personalized offers. Members can easily track their rewards and tier progress through the PENN Play app, which also manages their loyalty dollars “PENN Cash”, redeemable for PENN SlotPlay, hotel stays, dining, and more. Once members reach 3,000 Tier Points, they unlock Real Time Rewards, delivering instant PENN Cash bonuses. The program also proudly features PENN Heroes, honoring active-duty military, veterans, and first responders with exclusive benefits, including annual tier upgrades, hotel and dining discounts, and special promotions.
About Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora
The new Hollywood Casino and Hotel Aurora, operated by PENN Entertainment, is now open at 2500 N. Farnsworth Ave. adjacent to the Chicago Premium Outlets near Interstate 88 in Aurora, Ill. The best-in-class facility will feature roughly 1,200 gaming positions, a premium hotel with 226 rooms, a retail sportsbook, outdoor entertainment area, full-service spa, high-quality bars and restaurants including Sorella by Giada, an approximately 12,000-square-foot event center with meeting areas and approximately 1,700 parking spaces. The new entertainment destination recently replaced the former riverboat located on the Fox River in downtown Aurora, Illinois, since 1993. For more information, visit: www.hollywoodcasinoaurora.com.
About PENN Entertainment, Inc.
PENN Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“PENN,” or the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), operates in 27 jurisdictions throughout North America, with a broadly diversified portfolio of casinos, racetracks, and online sports betting and iCasino offerings. PENN’s focus is on organic cross-sell opportunities, reinforced by its market-leading retail casinos, sports media assets and technology, including a proprietary state-of-the-art, fully integrated digital sports betting and iCasino platform, and an in-house iCasino content studio. The Company’s portfolio is further bolstered by its industry-leading PENN Play™ customer loyalty program, offering its approximately 34 million members a unique set of rewards and experiences.
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Key Takeaways NUE shares have climbed 46.9% YTD, outperforming the industry and the S&P 500.Nucor's 2026 earnings estimate was raised 30.1% in 60 days, with earnings seen up 103.4% year over year.Nucor is expanding capacity, pursuing acquisitions and benefiting from higher U.S. steel prices. Nucor Corporation (NUE - Free Report) benefits from healthy demand in key markets, actions to expand its production capabilities and higher steel prices. Its shares have surged 46.9% year to date, outperforming the Zacks Steel Producers industry’s rise of 34.4% and the S&P 500’s increase of 8.9%.
We are positive about NUE’s prospects and believe that the time is right for you to add the stock to the portfolio, as it looks promising and is poised to carry the momentum ahead.
NUE’s YTD Price Performance
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Let's see what makes NUE stock an attractive investment option at the moment.
NUE’s Rising Earnings Estimates Reflect Positive SentimentThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2026 for NUE has been revised 30.1% upward over the past 60 days. The consensus estimate for second-quarter 2026 has also been revised 31.6% up over the same time frame. The favorable estimate revisions instill investor confidence in the stock.
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NUE’s Strong Growth ProspectsThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for NUE’s 2026 earnings is pegged at $15.68, suggesting a 103.4% increase from the previous year’s tally. Earnings are projected to increase by 71.5% in second-quarter 2026.
Superior Return on Equity (ROE) for NucorROE is a measure of a company’s efficiency in utilizing shareholders’ funds. ROE for the trailing 12 months for NUE is 10.7%, above the industry’s level of 4.2%.
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Expansion Actions & Acquisitions Aid Nucor StockNucor remains committed to boosting production capacity, which should drive profitable growth and strengthen its position as a low-cost producer. It is executing a series of growth projects to tap significant end-market demand. Nucor is seeing strong demand from non-residential construction & infrastructure, military & defense, and energy end markets and has a healthy order backlog. The company has already commissioned some of its growth projects with Gallatin and Brandenburg mills, showing strong production and shipment performance.
The construction of the 3 million tons per annum (tpa) sheet mill with a low-cost profile in West Virginia is in the final phases and commissioning of operations is expected through 2026, with production expected in 2027. The new 500,000 tpa galvanizing line at the Berkeley County sheet mill in South Carolina is also on track. Its greenfield project in Utah is also on course for production commencement by mid-2027.
The company has been focusing on growth through strategic acquisitions over the past several years. The recent acquisition of Southwest Data Products expanded its growing portfolio of solutions for data center customers. The buyout of Rytec Corporation will also allow Nucor to further expand beyond its core steelmaking businesses into related downstream businesses. Adding high-performance doors is expected to create cross-selling opportunities with other Nucor businesses and significantly expand its product portfolio for the commercial space.
NUE’s Capital Allocation Backed by Robust Financial HealthNucor is maximizing its returns to shareholders by leveraging its strong balance sheet and cash flows. It ended first-quarter 2026 with strong liquidity of roughly $3.2 billion, including cash and cash equivalents of around $2.2 billion. It also generated cash from operations of $886 million in first-quarter 2026.
The company returned around $1.2 billion to shareholders in 2025 through dividends and share repurchases, representing nearly 70% of net earnings. Returns to its shareholders were $254 million in the first quarter. It remains committed to its policy of returning at least 40% of earnings to shareholders. Nucor has returned roughly $630 million through share buybacks and dividends year to date till June 17, 2026.
Higher Steel Prices Drive NUE’s MarginsHigher U.S. steel prices have created a favorable landscape for American steel producers. U.S. steel prices recovered in the fourth quarter of 2025, following the lows seen in the third quarter, and the momentum continued in the first quarter of 2026. Overall demand weakness and abundant steel mill output dragged benchmark hot-rolled coil (“HRC”) prices below $800 per short ton in late August and continuing through early September.
HRC prices rebounded in the fourth quarter on major steel mills' price increase, extending lead times and tightening supply, partly due to plant outages and reduced imports driven by tariffs. The recovery, which has been more pronounced since November, has led to HRC prices surging to above $1,100 per short ton. With end-market demand improving, steel prices will likely continue to climb, benefiting U.S. steelmakers, including NUE, with higher profit margins.
NUE’s Zacks Rank & Key PicksNUE currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Other top-ranked stocks in the Basic Materials space are L.B. Foster Company (FSTR - Free Report) , Albemarle Corporation (ALB - Free Report) and LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB - Free Report) . While FSTR and ALB carry a Zacks Rank #1, LYB has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for L.B. Foster’s current-year earnings is pegged at $1.74 per share, implying a 152.2% year-over-year increase. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for FSTR’s current-year earnings has been revised 60.5% higher over the past 60 days.
The consensus estimate for Albemarle’s current-year earnings is pegged at $12.39 per share, indicating a 1,668.4% year-over-year increase. ALB’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters and missed once, with an average surprise of 54.1%.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for LyondellBasell’s current-year earnings stands at $8.73 per share, implying an 413.5% year-over-year increase. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for LYB’s current-year earnings has been revised 12.3% higher over the past 60 days.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- The greenhouse gas intensity of Canadian oil sands production has declined for a 13th straight year, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Energy. Since 2009, annual emissions intensity has declined every year but one (2012).
The annual S&P Global Energy analysis finds that the benchmark average GHG intensity of oil sands production declined 2% to 59 kilograms of "carbon dioxide equivalent" per barrel (kgCO2e/bbl) in 2025, the most recent calendar year available.
Source: S&P Global Energy Since 2009, the average GHG intensity of oil sands production has declined by 31%, or nearly 27 kgCO2e/b of marketable product.
"The downward trajectory of oil sands emissions intensity is now a well-established, multi-decade trend," said Kevin Birn, Vice President, Head of Carbon Research, S&P Global Energy. "Ongoing optimization efforts to maximize output from existing facilities, which are much more capital efficient compared to new projects, has been a critical factor, and this is expected to continue."
Improvements in mining operations experienced the greatest gains, which came from improved fleet optimization, better waste-heat integration, improved predictive maintenance and shorter maintenance turnaround periods, the analysis finds.
Integrated mines have also been where the larger step-out technologies have been tested and deployed, such as the completion of the Quest Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in 2015 and Suncor's coke boiler replacement in 2024. Meanwhile greater volumes of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and Mined dilibit—operations on average less intensive than integrated mines—diluted and reduced the overall industry average.
While GHG intensity continues to decline, absolute emissions from oil sands have continued to rise, but at a slower rate. Between 2024-2025, absolute emissions rose 2% on account of a 150,000 b/d rise in overall production.
"As oil sands output has increased, emissions have been spread over more units pushing intensity lower, even as it also pushed absolute emissions higher, but at a slowing rate," Birn said. "With growing speculation that oil sands production growth may accelerate, absolute emissions growth should also be expected to rise without the application of CCUS. However, the learnings over the past two decades may mean these barrels still come at even lower intensity."
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, /PRNewswire/ -- The greenhouse gas intensity of Canadian oil sands production has declined for a 13th straight year, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Energy. Since 2009, annual emissions intensity has declined every year but one (2012).
The annual S&P Global Energy analysis finds that the benchmark average GHG intensity of oil sands production declined 2% to 59 kilograms of "carbon dioxide equivalent" per barrel (kgCO2e/bbl) in 2025, the most recent calendar year available.
Since 2009, the average GHG intensity of oil sands production has declined by 31%, or nearly 27 kgCO2e/b of marketable product.
"The downward trajectory of oil sands emissions intensity is now a well-established, multi-decade trend," said Kevin Birn, Vice President, Head of Carbon Research, S&P Global Energy. "Ongoing optimization efforts to maximize output from existing facilities, which are much more capital efficient compared to new projects, has been a critical factor, and this is expected to continue."
Improvements in mining operations experienced the greatest gains, which came from improved fleet optimization, better waste-heat integration, improved predictive maintenance and shorter maintenance turnaround periods, the analysis finds.
Integrated mines have also been where the larger step-out technologies have been tested and deployed, such as the completion of the Quest Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in 2015 and Suncor's coke boiler replacement in 2024. Meanwhile greater volumes of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and Mined dilibit—operations on average less intensive than integrated mines—diluted and reduced the overall industry average.
While GHG intensity continues to decline, absolute emissions from oil sands have continued to rise, but at a slower rate. Between 2024-2025, absolute emissions rose 2% on account of a 150,000 b/d rise in overall production.
"As oil sands output has increased, emissions have been spread over more units pushing intensity lower, even as it also pushed absolute emissions higher, but at a slowing rate," Birn said. "With growing speculation that oil sands production growth may accelerate, absolute emissions growth should also be expected to rise without the application of CCUS. However, the learnings over the past two decades may mean these barrels still come at even lower intensity."
At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four core capabilities are: Platts for pricing and news; CERA for research and advisory; Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions; and Events for industry collaboration.
S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive in a rapidly changing global landscape. Learn more at www.spglobal.com/energy.
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Stock to Watch: Automatic Data Processing (ADP - Free Report) Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is one of the leading providers of cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) technology solutions - including payroll, talent management, Human Resources and benefits administration, and time and attendance management - to employers around the world. The company delivers its global HCM strategy and makes investments in highly strategic areas and technology in order to strengthen its underlying business model and prospects for continued growth.
ADP is a #3 (Hold) on the Zacks Rank, with a VGM Score of B.
Momentum investors should take note of this Computer and Technology stock. ADP has a Momentum Style Score of B, and shares are up 1% over the past four weeks.
Seven analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2026, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.10 to $11.07 per share. ADP also boasts an average earnings surprise of +2%.
With a solid Zacks Rank and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, ADP should be on investors' short list.
