Shares of IonQ (IONQ 2.10%), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS 4.26%), and Rigetti Computing (RGTI 1.91%) all surged in April and May as their quarterly results came in ahead of analysts' estimates and Wall Street started taking the sector seriously again. Then came the reversal. IonQ fell by 21% in a single week in early June despite posting record quarterly revenue. D-Wave is down roughly 23% year to date and has struggled to hold gains even after a bookings quarter that most software companies would celebrate. Rigetti, which has less commercial revenue than the other two, sits down 19% year to date. The Quantinuum (QNT +13.21%) IPO filing -- with its $12.7 billion valuation and Honeywell (HON 0.38%) backing -- reminded public market investors that a better-funded competitor was in the room.
This is what a sector reset looks like. Not a collapse of the underlying technology, but a valuation recalibration after a run-up that had gotten well ahead of the fundamentals. For investors with patience, the gaps between prices and progress are where opportunities live. But not every stock in a beaten-down sector deserves a second look.
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Rigetti is still too early Rigetti Computing posted Q1 2026 revenue of $4.4 million. The company has over $569 million in cash on its books, a deal to sell a 108-qubit system to the Indian government's Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, and a 128-qubit platform actively shipping. The technology is advancing -- no question. But its revenue base is thin enough that valuing the stock with any precision is an exercise in guesswork. Rigetti's market cap today implies commercial traction that the company hasn't yet demonstrated. Its cash cushion is long, which means this isn't an existential story. It's just an early one. I'm watching, not buying.
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IonQ has the best business, and the richest price IonQ is the most compelling quantum computing company from a pure business standpoint. In Q1, its revenue reached $64.7 million -- up 755% year over year -- full-year guidance was raised to a range of $260 to $270 million, and its backlog hit $470 million. The company has government contracts, enterprise cloud deals, and a roadmap to fault-tolerant computing that has earned genuine respect from analysts.
The stock is trading near $57 after last week's 21% drop, but even at that level, it carries a valuation that prices in years of execution going right. IonQ has the best fundamentals in the pure-play quantum space. The question is whether the market is paying you to own those fundamentals or charging you to own them. Right now, I think it's the latter. The business is exceptional. The entry point is not.
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D-Wave Quantum is the one I'm buying Thanks to its recent acquisition of peer Quantum Circuits, D-Wave is the only dual-platform quantum company -- building both quantum annealing and gate-model systems -- and its quantum annealing hardware is being deployed to solve real enterprise optimization problems today. That tech doesn't need to wait for error-reduction and correction breakthroughs that remain years away. That's the part that gets dismissed because it doesn't fit the "quantum future" narrative. But it's also the part that generates revenue now.
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In Q1, D-Wave's revenue was a modest $2.9 million -- but its closed bookings hit $33.4 million, up 1,994% year over year. The company signed a $20 million system sale to Florida Atlantic University and a $10 million quantum-computing-as-a-service deal with a Fortune 100 company in the same quarter. Remaining performance obligations surged by 563%. Management guided for the bulk of 2026 revenue to hit in the second half of the year as those contracts convert.
The stock is down around 20% year to date and trades at roughly $23 per share. To me, D-Wave is the quantum stock for which the market is most clearly pricing in yesterday's skepticism while ignoring today's booking momentum. It is not the most technically impressive name in the sector. It is the one doing the most business right now. Also, at this price, that distinction matters.
Optima Health PLC (AIM:OPT, OTC:OHLTF, FRA:J3N) said full-year revenue rose around 15% to approximately £121 million for the year ended 31 March 2026, in line with market expectations, as the occupational health and wellbeing services provider continued to grow its UK and Ireland platform.
The AIM-listed group said adjusted EBITDA for FY26 is expected to be around 10% ahead of previous market expectations, as previously announced. It also recognised £4.7 million of other income relating to a previously disclosed procurement matter.
A major focus of the update was Optima’s £100 million acquisition of PAM Healthcare Limited, completed on 26 March 2026. The company described the deal as transformational, saying it materially expands the group’s scale, capabilities and market reach. Integration is already underway, with £1.3 million of annualised cost synergies delivered by 1 June.
Optima ended March with net debt, excluding leases, of £94.4 million, comprising £21.6 million of cash and £116 million of debt. Net debt reduced after the period-end following repayment of a £30 million shareholder bridging loan linked to the PAM deal, using proceeds from an underwritten open offer completed in April. Full-year results are expected in August 2026.
BSF Enterprise PLC (LSE:BSFA, OTC:BSFAF) said its T-Rex Leather handbag project had successfully validated the structural performance of its advanced tissue engineering platform, despite the Paris auction falling short of its reserve price.
The company said public bidding for the world’s first T-Rex Leather handbag reached €150,000 at Hôtel Drouot in Paris, missing the reserve of €500,000, and the piece has now been moved into a private sale process aimed at interested auction parties, institutional collectors, museums and high-net-worth individuals.
BSF described the project as a technical demonstration rather than a consumer fashion launch, saying the handbag proved its ability to produce a dense, stitchable and tannable bio-synthetic material using its scaffold-free ATEP platform.
The company added that the visibility from the Paris exhibition had accelerated commercial discussions with major potential partners, including a global sportswear business assessing performance footwear applications and a tier-one automotive manufacturer exploring sustainable vehicle upholstery.
Chief executive Dr Che Connon said the auction had demonstrated “an incredible engineering feat”, adding that automotive and footwear groups were not interested in buying a handbag but in licensing the platform that created it.
BSF also pointed to its broader portfolio, including lab-grown leather, 3D Bio-Tissues’ City-Mix and CytoBoost products, and Kerato’s corneal repair technology, saying its value remained supported by multiple commercial and clinical development routes.
Shares in Rathbones Group PLC (LSE:RAT, OTC:RTBBF) tumbled 16.5% to 1,630p on Tuesday after the wealth manager flagged a regulatory review that found shortcomings in its UK business and will trigger £60 million of costs.
The group commissioned a skilled person review, an independent assessment overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority, after engagement with the regulator.
It identified areas for improvement in how the UK wealth arm has implemented Consumer Duty, the FCA rules requiring firms to deliver good outcomes for retail clients.
The review also flagged weaknesses in aspects of the group's compliance, oversight and assurance arrangements.
Rathbones will run a two-year programme to address the recommendations, alongside a targeted review of some clients to check they received good outcomes.
The firm has paused, for up to twelve months, the onboarding of new clients requiring enhanced due diligence while it overhauls procedures and controls.
Such clients generated gross inflows of about £370 million over the past year.
It has also halted some inflows into general investment accounts from existing higher-risk clients, affecting roughly 4,700 people, or 4% of its 119,000 clients.
Those accounts brought in about £530 million in gross inflows over the same period.
The £60 million in expected costs, net of insurance recoveries, will be booked as non-underlying expenses over two years.
Rathbones will also stop charging management fees on cash held in clients' discretionary portfolios from 1 July, cutting underlying pre-tax profit by about £9 million in 2026.
The dividend policy is unchanged, and a £20 million share buyback, now approved by the Prudential Regulation Authority, will begin shortly.
Chief executive Jonathan Sorrell said the work would support the firm's ambition to be the best UK wealth manager and that its strategy remained unchanged.
Key Takeaways APLD's growth remains tied to a small group of hyperscale customers, creating concentration risk.APLD is developing multiple AI Factory campuses while investing in cooling and power solutions.APLD trades at a premium valuation despite ongoing losses and rising leverage concerns. Applied Digital (APLD - Free Report) presents a concerning investment picture that should give potential investors serious pause. Shares of the AI data center developer have appreciated 89.5% in the year-to-date period, outpacing the broader Zacks Finance sector’s 3% return and the Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry’s decline of 8.2% over the same period.
APLD's explosive rally reflects investor enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence infrastructure and high-performance computing demand. However, such strong momentum can sometimes overshadow underlying risks. A closer examination of the company's fundamentals suggests the stock's recent strength may be difficult to sustain.
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Let's take a closer look to understand why investors should stay away from APLD stock right now.
APLD's Customer Concentration Remains a Structural RiskAlthough APLD has significantly expanded its commercial footprint, customer concentration remains a key risk. The company has grown its contracted revenue base to approximately $36 billion across five campuses, with nearly 70% backed by investment-grade counterparties. Despite this progress, a substantial portion of APLD's long-term growth expectations continues to depend on a relatively small group of hyperscale customers. Competitors such as IREN (IREN - Free Report) and Vertiv Holdings (VRT - Free Report) are aggressively expanding their own AI infrastructure capabilities, intensifying the competition for incremental hyperscale commitments.
CoreWeave (CRWV - Free Report) remains one of APLD's most important tenants and has played a central role in the company's rapid expansion. CoreWeave carries a substantial debt load of its own, meaning any deterioration in its GPU rental economics or capital structure could have an outsized impact on APLD's earnings visibility. Any slowdown in AI infrastructure investments, changes in deployment plans or weaker demand for GPU capacity could adversely affect future growth prospects.
This risk is further amplified by APLD's capital-intensive business model, which requires substantial ongoing investment in new campuses and infrastructure. IREN has demonstrated how swiftly credible players can secure large-scale hyperscaler agreements, while Vertiv Holdings continues deepening relationships with the same hyperscale customer base, potentially limiting APLD's growth opportunities over time.
APLD Prioritizes Simultaneous Investment Over ProfitabilityAPLD continues to pursue an ambitious growth strategy that requires substantial capital deployment well ahead of earnings generation. The company is simultaneously developing multiple AI Factory campuses, funding successive construction phases and investing in supporting technologies such as advanced liquid-cooling infrastructure and proprietary waterless cooling solutions. It has also extended credit support to Base Electron, an independent power producer being developed to expand power availability across the Dakotas. Yet despite the expanding investment footprint, a clear path to sustainable profitability remains absent.
The financial impact of this strategy is becoming increasingly visible. Despite reporting third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue growth of 139% year over year, APLD posted a net loss of 36 cents per share. The company ended the quarter with approximately $2.1 billion in cash and cash equivalents against $2.7 billion in debt. Its leverage profile has since increased following the issuance of an additional $1.59 billion in senior secured notes. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 loss is pegged at 68 cents per share, widening by 7 cents over the past 30 days, reflecting growing concerns over the timing of meaningful earnings generation.
APLD Shares Are OvervaluedAPLD shares are overvalued as suggested by a Zacks Value Score of F. The stock trades at a forward price-to-sales multiple of 16.95X, a steep premium to the Zacks industry multiple of 2.81X and the broader sector multiple of 8.82X. Against peers, the disconnect is stark, with IREN trading at 8.22X and Vertiv Holdings at 7.73X.
This premium is difficult to justify given APLD's continued dependence on CoreWeave as its anchor tenant, an expanding investment mandate that is outpacing earnings generation and the absence of a clear near-term path to profitability.
ConclusionDespite rapid revenue growth and an expanding campus portfolio, APLD's path to profitability remains long and uncertain. Persistent net losses, a heavily leveraged balance sheet, continued dependence on a handful of hyperscale customers and a stretched valuation present meaningful near-term risk.
APLD currently carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), suggesting that investors should stay away from the stock for now.
You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Key Takeaways Applied Digital derives nearly 90% of contracted lease revenues from just two hyperscale customers.Growth depends on Delta Forge and Polaris Forge projects expected to begin operations in 2027-2028.Applied Digital faces a higher customer concentration risk than its peers. Applied Digital's (APLD - Free Report) customer concentration remains elevated despite continued efforts to diversify its hyperscale customer base. APLD has expanded its development pipeline and is actively pursuing additional leasing opportunities, but contracted revenue remains heavily concentrated among a limited number of customers, creating an ongoing risk to long-term revenue visibility.
The concentration remains significant. Of the company's approximately $36 billion in total contracted lease revenues, $11 billion is attributable to CoreWeave, while a separate hyperscaler anchors Delta Forge 1, Polaris Forge 3 and Delta Forge 2 and accounts for $20 billion. The remaining $5 billion is tied to a third hyperscaler at Polaris Forge 2. Together, just two customers represent close to 90% of total contracted revenues, leaving long-term growth tightly bound to the demand and credit trajectory of a narrow set of counterparties.
The risk becomes more pronounced as Applied Digital expands its AI data center platform. Initial operations at Delta Forge 1, Polaris Forge 3 and Delta Forge 2 are not expected until 2027 and 2028, meaning future growth will depend heavily on the successful execution and continued expansion of existing customer relationships. While the company continues to market additional development sites and broaden its hyperscaler pipeline, customer diversification has not kept pace with the growth in contracted capacity.
Hence, any slowdown in deployment plans, capital spending or credit quality among Applied Digital's largest customers could have an outsized impact on future revenue growth. Until the company adds customers capable of contributing significantly to the revenue, concentration risk is likely to remain a key overhang.
APLD Faces Stiff CompetitionApplied Digital's customer concentration remains significantly higher than that of its peers, Equinix (EQIX - Free Report) and Digital Realty Trust (DLR - Free Report) . Equinix benefits from a highly diversified customer base spanning enterprises, cloud providers and network operators, while Digital Realty Trust generates revenue from a broad mix of hyperscale and colocation customers. In contrast, Applied Digital derives the majority of its contracted lease revenues from a handful of hyperscale customers.
Unlike Equinix and Digital Realty Trust, which are less dependent on any single tenant, Applied Digital remains exposed to customer-specific spending decisions and counterparty risks.
APLD’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesApplied Digital’s shares have returned 88.7% year to date, while the broader Zacks Finance sector has declined 3.7% and the Zacks Financial-Miscellaneous Services industry has plunged 6%.
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Applied Digital stock is trading at a forward 12-month price/sales of 16.87X compared with the broader sector’s 8.82X. APLD has a Value Score of F.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 loss is pegged at 68 cents per share. Applied Digital reported a loss of 80 cents per share in the previous year.
Expand Energy is rated a Strong Buy, with a $132 price target vs. sub-$90 current levels, driven by resilient free cash flow at low gas prices. EXE's dual-basin Marcellus-Haynesville footprint enables flexibility: Low-cost Marcellus supports cash flow in weak markets, while Haynesville offers upside as prices rise. Despite bearish speculative sentiment and near-term headwinds, intermediate-term catalysts include LNG export growth, industrial demand, and power sector expansion.
This article focuses on EXE's merger and how it became the largest U.S. natural gas producer. The company has strong financial health but trades at a discounted valuation as its 3.32x EV/EBITDA is well below the industry benchmark of about 5.0x. Investment thesis centers on the company's cyclical nature and potential for both risk and opportunity.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $OKLO #advancedfission--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (“Oklo”), an advanced nuclear technology company, and Standard Nuclear, a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced they have entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore commercial collaboration on nuclear fuel recycling and advanced fuel manufacturing. As part of that collaboration, the companies also intend to work together on the safe, secure, and cost-effective utilization of U.
Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO | OKLO Price Prediction) is the ticker every AI-energy headline keeps shoving in your face, propped up by a 1.2 GW Meta power agreement and a 300% rally in 2025 tied to small modular reactor hype. But here’s what you should actually be watching.
The Oklo Story Is a Pre-Revenue Wager Dressed as a Thesis Strip the narrative away and the numbers are unsentimental. Oklo carries a multibillion-dollar market cap against trailing revenue of $0, with TTM EPS of -$0.84 and EBITDA of -$172.1 million. The first Aurora powerhouse is not scheduled to come online until late 2027 to early 2028, and the marquee Meta campus does not hit full 1.2 GW capacity until 2034. That is a long runway to fund with a balance sheet that depends on equity issuance.
The market is already voting. Shares are down 21.42% over the past month and 19.37% year to date, sitting well below the 200-day moving average of $85.63. Jim Cramer put it bluntly, saying Oklo has “very little prospects for making any money any time in the future” and advising holders to sell every nuclear name except one. That one is the redirect.
A Restructured Energy Platform With Real Cash Flow GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) is the post-spin power, electrification, and wind platform sitting on a roughly $243.67 billion market cap, and it is monetizing the exact AI data center demand Oklo only promises. Shares are up 87.97% over the past year and 38.93% year to date, and analysts carry an average target of $1,216.13 with 29 Buy or Strong Buy ratings versus zero Sells. Three reasons retirement-focused capital belongs here.
1. Real revenue, real backlog, real returns. Q1 2026 delivered revenue of $9.30 billion (+15.8% YoY), orders of $18.30 billion (+71% organic), and free cash flow of $4.80 billion. The Q4 2025 backlog hit a record $150 billion, the quarterly dividend doubled to $0.50, and the buyback authorization was raised to $10 billion.
2. The AI tailwind is already in the P&L. Electrification booked $2.4 billion in data center equipment orders in Q1 2026 alone, exceeding all of 2025, with a book-to-bill near 2.5. The just-completed $5.30 billion acquisition of the remaining 50% of Prolec GE consolidates a grid equipment leader, and gas turbine reservations are targeting 110-plus GW by year-end 2026.
3. Compounding economics that show up in the financials. Management raised 2026 guidance to revenue of $44.5 billion to $45.5 billion, adjusted EBITDA margin of 12% to 14%, and free cash flow of $6.5 billion to $7.5 billion, with a 2028 target of $56 billion revenue, 20% adjusted EBITDA margin, and $24 billion-plus cumulative FCF. CEO Scott Strazik framed it directly: “Demand is accelerating for our Power and Electrification solutions from a diverse set of customers, with our backlog growing by more than $13 billion quarter-over-quarter.” Trailing P/E is a digestible 25 against return on equity of 75.7%.
The Action Story stocks lose when macro volatility turns sticky and capital demands proof of cash. For investors weighing exposure to the AI-power theme, GEV offers measurable revenue, backlog, and cash flow today, while OKLO remains a pre-revenue bet on a 2027-2028 timeline.
Key Takeaways Oklo signed an MOU with Standard Nuclear to explore fuel recycling and advanced fuel manufacturing.Oklo will assess recycled fuel materials as feedstock for domestic TRISO fuel production.Oklo and Standard Nuclear are advancing DOE talks tied to surplus plutonium utilization. Oklo Inc. (OKLO - Free Report) and Standard Nuclear have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration on nuclear fuel recycling and advanced fuel manufacturing. The partnership marks Oklo’s first third-party offtake pathway for recycled nuclear materials and reflects a broader effort to strengthen the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain as demand for reliable, carbon-free power continues to grow.
The agreement comes as both companies advance negotiations with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under its Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program, highlighting their role in supporting the next generation of advanced nuclear technologies.
Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel for Advanced ApplicationsA key focus of the collaboration is the evaluation of recycled nuclear materials from Oklo’s planned fuel recycling facility in Oak Ridge, TN. The companies will assess the potential supply of reprocessed uranium (RepU) and uranium-transuranic (U/TRU) materials recovered from used nuclear fuel.
These recycled materials could serve as feedstock for Standard Nuclear’s TRISO fuel production, helping create a domestic source of advanced reactor fuel. By recovering valuable materials from spent fuel, the partnership seeks to unlock energy resources that would otherwise remain unused while reducing dependence on newly mined inputs.
Exploring the Use of Surplus PlutoniumBeyond fuel recycling, the agreement establishes a framework for evaluating the use of surplus U.S. plutonium in advanced reactor fuel. The companies plan to explore opportunities related to facilities, licensing, transportation and packaging to support the safe and cost-effective conversion of plutonium into usable reactor fuel.
For Oklo, the initiative aligns with its broader strategy of transforming surplus nuclear materials into productive energy assets. The company is also advancing its Pluto fast test reactor project, which aims to demonstrate how plutonium can serve as a bridge fuel for advanced nuclear systems.
Supporting a Secure Domestic Fuel EcosystemThe collaboration reflects growing industry efforts to establish a resilient and independent U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain. Standard Nuclear, the nation’s only independent developer of reactor-agnostic TRISO fuel, views the partnership as an opportunity to secure long-term feedstock supplies for both advanced reactors and radioisotope power systems.
Meanwhile, Oklo continues to expand its capabilities in fuel recycling and isotope recovery, targeting applications that extend beyond electricity generation into healthcare, defense, research, industrial processes and space technologies.
Growing Policy Support for Nuclear EnergyThe partnership comes amid increasing federal support for nuclear energy development. Rising electricity demand, driven in part by the rapid expansion of AI data centers, has intensified concerns about grid reliability and long-term power availability.
To address these challenges, the U.S. government has launched initiatives aimed at rebuilding domestic nuclear fuel capabilities. Programs such as the DOE’s “Nuclear Dominance — 3 by 33” seek to strengthen every stage of the fuel cycle, including mining, conversion, enrichment and recycling, while reducing reliance on foreign supply sources in the United States by 2033.
Positioning for the Next Phase of Nuclear GrowthAs advanced reactor deployment gains momentum, access to reliable fuel supplies is becoming a critical industry priority. The collaboration between Oklo and Standard Nuclear demonstrates how fuel recycling, advanced manufacturing and government-backed initiatives can work together to support the expansion of nuclear energy.
By combining expertise in fuel recovery and advanced fuel production, the companies are positioning themselves to play an important role in the evolving U.S. nuclear landscape while helping create a more secure and sustainable fuel ecosystem for future reactor technologies.
OKLO’s Zacks Rank & Key PicksOklo is an advanced nuclear energy company focused on developing, owning and operating small nuclear power plants under its Aurora product line. Currently, OKLO has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Investors interested in the nuclear energy sector may consider some top-ranked stocks like BHP Group Limited (BHP - Free Report) , NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE - Free Report) and PG&E Corporation (PCG - Free Report) — each sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
BHP Group is one of the world's largest mining companies and a leading producer of iron ore, copper and metallurgical coal and is making strides to move into potash production. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for BHP’s 2026 earnings indicates 41.5% year-over-year growth.
Juno Beach, FL-based NextEra Energy is a public utility holding company engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for NEE’s 2026 earnings indicates 8.1% year-over-year growth.
San Francisco, CA-based PG&E is the parent holding company of California’s largest regulated electric and gas utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The company generates revenues mainly through the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for PCG’s 2026 earnings indicates 10% year-over-year growth.
Oklo (OKLO +2.38%), a developer of microreactors for modular nuclear power plants, went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in May 2024. Its stock opened at $15.50 per share and soared to a record high of $174.14 on Oct. 14, 2025.
But without any meaningful revenue, Oklo was difficult to value. Its luster also faded amid fears of interest rate hikes, geopolitical conflicts, and other macro headwinds. That's why it trades at about $60 as of this writing. However, I believe a few catalysts might drive Oklo's stock much higher over the next decade, making it a potential ten-bagger.
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What sets Oklo apart from other nuclear stocks? Oklo's Aurora microreactor, which is much smaller than traditional nuclear reactors, only generates 1.5 MWe. However, it can be linked to additional microreactors to generate up to 75 MWe per "Powerhouse" power plant. That's a lot less power than a conventional nuclear power plant, which typically generates more than 1,000 MWe. Still, the Aurora's modular design is better suited for building smaller plants in remote, off-grid areas.
The Aurora runs on metallic uranium fuel pellets, which are denser, have higher thermal resistance, and are cheaper to fabricate than the uranium dioxide fuel pellets used in conventional reactors. The Powerhouse also reprocesses and recycles its fuel pellets in a closed loop, so its reactors can last for a decade without refueling. Conventional reactors must be refueled in stages every two years.
If Oklo clears the U.S. Department of Energy's criticality test (a proof of sustainable, controlled chain reactions in its fission reactors) by its July 4 deadline, it can advance its Reactor Pilot Program for accelerated nuclear tests. Passing that test would represent a major milestone toward the planned deployment of its first Powerhouse reactors in Idaho in 2027.
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Why could Oklo's stock surge tenfold? If Oklo successfully deploys its first reactors next year, it should gain even more government and commercial contracts. Some hyperscalers will likely build Oklo's Powerhouses next to their data centers to support their power-hungry cloud and AI applications.
If that happens, analysts expect Oklo's revenue to rise from just $4.6 million in 2027 to $51.3 million in 2028. But that could just be the beginning: the global microreactor market could grow at 24.3% CAGR from 2026 to 2034, according to Market Intelo. The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects nuclear capacity worldwide to rise by over 50% from 2025 to 2050.
With a market cap of $10 billion, Oklo might seem overvalued at 195 times its 2028 sales. But if it successfully scales its business over the next decade and capitalizes on surging demand for smaller nuclear power plants, it could easily deliver multibagger returns.
The proven Zacks Rank system focuses on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find winning stocks. Nevertheless, we know that our readers all have their own perspectives, so we are always looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong picks.
Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are undervalued, leaving room for profits.
Luckily, Zacks has developed its own Style Scores system in an effort to find stocks with specific traits. Value investors will be interested in the system's "Value" category. Stocks with both "A" grades in the Value category and high Zacks Ranks are among the strongest value stocks on the market right now.
One stock to keep an eye on is Encore Capital Group (ECPG - Free Report) . ECPG is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), as well as a Value grade of A. The stock has a Forward P/E ratio of 5.46. This compares to its industry's average Forward P/E of 7.40. Over the past 52 weeks, ECPG's Forward P/E has been as high as 9.37 and as low as 4.14, with a median of 5.49.
Value investors also use the P/S ratio. The P/S ratio is calculated as price divided by sales. Some people prefer this metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement. This means it could be a truer performance indicator. ECPG has a P/S ratio of 0.96. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 1.43.
These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Encore Capital Group is likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, ECPG feels like a great value stock at the moment.
Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, June 17:
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (ECPG - Free Report) : This finance company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing by 7.4% over the last 60 days.
Encore Capital Group has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 6.35 compared with 12.00 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Scoreof A.
Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK - Free Report) : This integrated downstream energy company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing by 101.5% over the last 60 days.
Delek US Holdings has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 8.51 compared with 12.30 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.
DaVita Inc. (DVA - Free Report) : This kidney dialysis company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its next year earnings increasing 6.1% over the last 60 days.
DaVita has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 13.92 compared with 27.00 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.
See the full list of top ranked stocks here.
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Austin, June 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Demand Side Platform (DSP) Market was valued at USD 38.72 Billion in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 265.64 Billion by 2035, growing at a CAGR of 21.45%.
The demand side platform market is rapidly expanding, as DSPs have become the technological heart of modern programmatic advertising, enabling advertisers, agencies and brand marketers to access digital advertising inventory across numerous ad exchanges, SSPs and publisher networks through a single platform. The DSP technology has enabled optimising the audience targeting accuracy, bidding price efficiency and cross channel coordination across display, video, mobile, connected TV and digital audio simultaneously in ways no manual approach can replicate.
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AI-Powered Optimization and Connected Television Inventory Growth to Augment Market Expansion Globally
The continued integration of AI and machine learning to deliver tangible performance benefits by accurately processing real-time audience signals, analysing historical performance, and optimising competitive bids will continue to drive DSP adoption as the ROI uplift over manual media buying makes a compelling case for procurement. Moreover, new commercial growth dimensions that support the DSP market’s exceptional 21.45% CAGR through 2035 are emerging from retail media programmatic infrastructure that facilitates closed-loop purchase attribution, CTV measurement standardisation that enables cross-media currency development, and first-party data activation via DSP-CDP integrations.
Segmentation Analysis:
By Type, Real-Time Bidding Platforms Dominated the Market; Programmatic Premium Buying Segment to Grow with the Fastest CAGR Globally
In 2025, Real-Time Bidding Platforms constituted the largest segment, contributing 68.41% of revenue, driven by RTB’s impression level targeting accuracy, dynamic pricing efficiency, and cross-exchange inventory access. The fastest-growing type is Programmatic Premium Buying Platforms, which is being driven by the increasing adoption of private marketplace deals and programmatic guaranteed arrangements among premium publishers.
By Deployment, Cloud-Based DSP Dominated the Market and is Also the Fastest Growing
Cloud-Based DSP accounted for 82.41% of revenue in 2025 due to its elastic processing power allows billions of bid auctions to be managed in real time every day, without advertisers needing to provision the same amount of server infrastructure in-house globally. On premise DSP still has significant attraction for large enterprises and global media holding companies where data governance requirements and proprietary audience data protection policies are architecturally unacceptable for centralised cloud processing even with economic advantages.
By Application, Display Advertising Dominated the Market; Connected TV Segment to Witness Fastest CAGR Growth Globally
Display Advertising represented 30.15% of application revenue in 2025 as the most mature and deeply embedded DSP application environment with the broadest publisher inventory, most established audience targeting infrastructure and longest optimisation learning track record. Connected TV Advertising is the fastest growing application at 23.01% CAGR. Growth is driven by rapid growth of advertising tiers of streaming services, programmatic opening of broadcast network streaming inventory, and measurement superiority of addressable CTV over linear television GRP metrics that cannot deliver the impression-level audience verification and attribution that DSP-powered CTV campaigns provide.
By End User, Brand Advertisers Dominated the Market; Retail & E-Commerce Segment to Witness Fastest CAGR Growth Globally
Brand Advertisers represented 26.15% of end-user revenue in 2025, demonstrating continued investment in programmatic technology as the primary driver of precisely targeted awareness and conversion campaigns across global and national consumer audiences. Retail & E-commerce Platforms is the fastest growing end user at 22.68% CAGR as major e-commerce platforms, such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Kroger are commercialising first-party shopper data using DSP-enabled programmatic products.
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North America dominated the global DSP market in 2025 with a share of about 38.15% of the global revenues. The US accounted for about 86.54% of the regional revenue as the hub for global programmatic technology innovation. The U.S. digital advertising market is almost 100% programmatic, which gives the transaction volume for DSPs to reinvest in technology development to improve data network effects. Canada is a technologically advanced market with programmatic adoption practices similar to the U.S.
The U.S. Demand Side Platform (DSP) market is estimated at USD 12.78 Billion in 2025 and expected to reach USD 85.98 Billion by 2035 at a CAGR of around 21.21%. The growth is driven by more than USD 270 Billion of digital ad spend in 2024, a mature programmatic ecosystem, and leading platforms including The Trade Desk, Google Display & Video 360, Amazon DSP, Adobe Advertising Cloud, and Microsoft Advertising, with ongoing AI-driven optimisation across DSP workflows. The Europe Demand Side Platform (DSP) Market is estimated to be USD 9.73 Billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 66.75 Billion by 2035, growing at a CAGR of 21.45%. Europe accounted for approximately 25.14% of the global demand side platform market revenue in 2025. In 2025, Europe’s DSP market represented around 25.14% of the total worldwide DSP revenues, impacted by particular legislative challenges related to GDPR, the Digital Services Act and national data protection authorities’ enforcement.
Asia Pacific is the fastest developing area with CAGR of over 22.32% between 2022-2035. China, the world’s largest mobile internet market with its sophisticated programmatic infrastructure, should represent for about 38% of regional sales. India is the biggest DSP consumption market in the region with a fast-growing digital advertising business and mature programmatic infrastructure. The South-east Asian markets look promise with the adoption of mobile-first internet and increasing programmatic maturity.
Key Players:
Google (Display & Video 360)The Trade DeskAmazon DSPAdobe Advertising CloudMicrosoft AdvertisingYahoo DSPCriteoXandr (Microsoft Advertising Platform)MediaMathAmobee (Nielsen)StackAdaptBasis Technologies (Centro)QuantcastRTB HouseAdformInMobi AdvertisingVerizon Media DSPSmartyAdsViant Technology Inc.Centro DSP (Basis Global Technologies) Recent Developments:
2025: The Trade Desk launched its Kokai AI platform update incorporating LLM-powered audience curation and predictive bidding, enabling DSP buyers to specify campaign objectives in natural language while AI automatically configures targeting, bid strategies, and budget allocation across inventory channels.
2025: Amazon DSP expanded sponsored display and video advertising through new programmatic access to streaming TV inventory across Prime Video, enabling advertisers to programmatically purchase premium CTV inventory with Amazon's first-party shopper data targeting applied to household-level audience segments.
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Viant (DSP) remains a buy with a $14 FY 2026 target, offering 23% upside from current levels. Robust Q1 fundamentals: 25% YoY revenue growth, narrowing GAAP net loss, and 80% YoY surge in adjusted EBITDA to $9.8M. The rollout of Outcome, DSP's autonomous AI-powered ad tool, is a key catalyst, driving budget shifts from search/social to CTV.
CoreWeave shares are powering higher. What’s fueling CRWV momentum? Why CoreWeave’s Nasdaq-100 Inclusion MattersNasdaq said CoreWeave will be added to the Nasdaq-100 Index as part of the June 2026 quarterly rebalance, effective before the market opens on June 22, an event that can trigger buying from index-tracking funds that need to match the benchmark. CoreWeave's inclusion came alongside Astera Labs, Nebius Group, Rocket Lab and Teradyne.
The company also priced a private offering of $1.25 billion of 9.625% senior notes and 2 billion euros of 8.500% senior notes, both due in 2032, adding another headline for traders to weigh alongside the index-driven flow.
That financing followed an earlier plan to raise $3.5 billion (or the euro equivalent) of senior notes due 2032, with proceeds earmarked for general corporate purposes including repayment of existing debt.
CoreWeave’s Key Moving Averages and TrendsFrom a trend perspective, CoreWeave is holding above its major moving averages, trading 9.8% above the 20-day SMA ($105.37), 5.7% above the 50-day SMA ($109.47), 18% above the 100-day SMA ($98.07), and 15.6% above the 200-day SMA ($100.14). That "price above the stack" look usually keeps dip-buyers interested, but the 20-day SMA still sitting below the 50-day SMA is a reminder the shorter-term trend hasn't fully flipped bullish.
Momentum looks more "reset than stretched" with RSI at 51.28, which is a neutral reading that often lines up with consolidation rather than a runaway move (RSI gauges how extended buying or selling pressure is). In the background, the golden cross in May (50-day SMA above the 200-day SMA) keeps the longer-term trend constructive, even after the stock's 12-month slide of 27.48%.
Key levels are fairly clean here: a push toward resistance can attract profit-taking, while a pullback toward support is where bulls will want to see buyers defend quickly.
Key Resistance: $125.00 — a round-number area that can act as a natural "pause point" if the rebound extends Key Support: $103.00 — a nearby floor that sits close to the 20-day/50-day moving-average zone where buyers often re-engage What Is CoreWeave and Its Business Model?CoreWeave is a modern cloud infrastructure company that offers Nvidia GPUs and other essential AI hardware with optimized efficiency to handle demanding AI training and inference workloads. Its platform is built to support foundational large language models, and the rollout of next-generation AI applications as global AI demand grows.
CoreWeave Stock Price Movement TodayCRWV Stock Price Activity: CoreWeave shares were up 7.38% at $104.59 at the time of publication on Tuesday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoreWeave, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWV), The Essential Cloud for AI™, today announced record-breaking results in the MLPerf® Training v6.0 benchmark suite. Running on the same CoreWeave Cloud infrastructure available to customers today, CoreWeave delivered the fastest DeepSeek-V3 671B training performance in the benchmark, training one of the most computationally demanding models ever benchmarked in 2.02 minutes on 8,192 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 GPUs — the largest GB300 clus.
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One tech company that doesn't have a terribly large market cap and that can benefit from the soaring demand for Nvidia's cutting-edge chips is CoreWeave (CRWV 1.55%). At a market cap of around $60 billion, it's an important player in tech, but its valuation isn't as astronomical as that of other tech giants.
It struggled late last year, but so far in 2026, the tech stock has been doing well, with its shares rising by close to 50%. And the good news? They may climb even higher this year, as shareholders recently got some great news.
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CoreWeave is getting added to the Nasdaq-100 Earlier this month, CoreWeave announced it was among the Nasdaq stocks that would be added to the Nasdaq-100 index as part of the latest update. The index includes the top 100 non-financial companies that are on the exchange. It's symbolic of how large CoreWeave has become and its growing important in the tech sector. The changes will go into effect next week, on June 22.
This is big news for CoreWeave as it will mean funds that track the Nasdaq-100 will now have exposure to CoreWeave. That results in more buying and puts upward pressure on the stock, which could lead to further gains for investors. Plus, investors who screen for top growth stocks within the index may become more familiar with CoreWeave, and that, too, may result in more buying. It's a great scenario all around for CoreWeave, as it could lead to higher returns in both the short- and long-term.
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Is CoreWeave stock worth buying today? CoreWeave makes money from renting out compute space and giving companies access to Nvidia's latest and greatest chips. As demand for computing power rises, so too does CoreWeave's revenue. Last year, its revenue topped $5.1 billion, representing a massive increase from the $1.9 billion in revenue it posted in the previous year. The challenge with CoreWeave, however, is that its expenses are also high; it has incurred a net loss of $1.6 billion in the trailing 12 months, despite continually growing its operations.
For that reason, it can still be a bit risky to own, and it's not a stock I would suggest you can safely buy and forget about for the long haul. But if you want exposure to a tech stock with a lot of upside and that can benefit from the growing tech build-out, then CoreWeave could be a good buy, especially now that it's making the jump to the Nasdaq-100.
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CoreWeave (CRWV 1.55%) stock soared 8% through 11 a.m. ET Tuesday morning -- and you can thank Cantor Fitzgerald for that.
This morning, Cantor doubled down on its CoreWeave bet, insisting the data center stock is cheap at just $115 per share, and deserves a $167 price target -- implying CoreWeave could rise 44% over the next year.
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Why Cantor loves CoreWeave Writing on StreetInsider.com today, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brett Knoblauch digs deep into disclosures from CoreWeave's recent bond offering to uncover details he says "equity investors have largely ignored."
Specifically, Knoblauch notes that CoreWeave signed long-term contracts worth $40 billion in Q1 2026 -- and could sign another $40 billion-worth in Q2. Not all this revenue will arrive immediately; it will be spread out over several years. But just counting annual revenue, CoreWeave is already 90% to its goal of hitting $30 billion in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2027, according to this analyst.
And assuming he's right about all this, Knoblauch says CoreWeave stock is selling for a seemingly cheap 6.2x EV/EBITDA valuation -- and is on track to beat earnings in its Q2 report.
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Yes, you read that right. "Beating earnings" in the case of CoreWeave means still losing a lot of money, and indeed, losing more than twice as much money as the company lost a year ago -- despite doubling sales.
Seems to me, the more CoreWeave sells, the more money it loses. That doesn't sound like a great investment to me.
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CoreWeave, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWV), The Essential Cloud for AI™, today announced record-breaking results in the MLPerf® Training v6.0 benchmark suite. Running on the same CoreWeave Cloud infrastructure available to customers today, CoreWeave delivered the fastest DeepSeek-V3 671B training performance in the benchmark, training one of the most computationally demanding models ever benchmarked in 2.02 minutes on 8,192 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 GPUs — the largest GB300 cluster submitted in this round.
As frontier models reach trillion-parameter scale and agentic workloads become the new standard, training performance has emerged as a defining constraint on how quickly AI teams can iterate, experiment, and bring models to production. The gap between theoretical hardware performance and real-world training efficiency is determined not by silicon alone, but by how well networking, orchestration, scheduling, storage and software work together as a system. CoreWeave's MLPerf Training v6.0 results reflect the company's sustained investment in full-stack optimization and the operating standard CoreWeave Mission Control brings, consistently turning cutting-edge hardware into reliable, production-ready training performance at scale.
"Training DeepSeek-V3 in two minutes on the largest GB300 cluster reflects years of metal-to-model engineering investment,” said Chen Goldberg, Executive Vice President of Product and Engineering at CoreWeave. “These results came from the same infrastructure our customers run in production today, not a benchmark-only setup. That's what an AI-native cloud is built to do.”
Training DeepSeek-V3 671B in Approximately Two Minutes: The Largest GB300 Cluster in the Benchmark
CoreWeave submitted three GB300 NVL72 configurations on DeepSeek-V3 671B, the benchmark's most demanding workload, achieving the fastest results across all Closed/Available-cloud submissions. On 8,192 GPUs across 2,048 nodes, CoreWeave hit target quality in approximately two minutes. Scaling down to 4,096 GPUs across 1,024 nodes, training was completed in 3.09 minutes. At 2,048 GPUs across 512 nodes, the result was 5.54 minutes. As the cluster size doubled at each step, training time improved predictably — a consistent, near-linear scaling efficiency that reflects full-stack optimization across every layer of the CoreWeave platform.
CoreWeave was the only submitter in the v6.0 round to scale a GB300 platform beyond 2,048 GPUs on DeepSeek-V3. The scaling story is as significant as the result demonstrating that full-stack optimization delivers more usable performance per GPU than raw scale alone. For AI teams operating under compute budgets, that scaling curve translates directly into faster training runs, shorter development cycles, and quicker time to production.
Consistent Performance Across Every Cluster Size
CoreWeave's MLPerf Training v6.0 results demonstrate that full-stack infrastructure advantages extend across deployment sizes, not just at frontier scale.
On NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, CoreWeave's 4,096-GPU deployment reached the Llama-3.1-405B reference quality target in 9.77 minutes, achieving near-parity with larger GB200 deployments while using 20% fewer GPUs. The run was built on NVIDIA NeMo Framework Release 26.04, with full CUDA graphs, Tensor/pipeline/context-parallel sharding tailored to the GB300 NVL72 topology, and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet running RoCE for scale-out fabric.
On a compact 8-node, 64-GPU NVIDIA HGX B200 cluster connected via InfiniBand, CoreWeave trained GPT-OSS-20B in 26.98 minutes and Llama-3.1-8B in 16.54 minutes. Through optimizations in orchestration, communication libraries, and distributed training configuration, CoreWeave delivered performance from the B200 platform that rivals larger and newer-generation deployments. This validated that CoreWeave's engineering advantages benefit customers at every scale, not just the largest clusters.
The Infrastructure Behind the Results
CoreWeave's MLPerf Training v6.0 results reflect optimizations across every layer of the stack:
Fleet-Wide Performance Consistency: CoreWeave Mission ControlTM continuously performs health checks across the latest rack scale systems like GB300, validating hardware, firmware, network, and thermal health before and during large-scale training jobs. This reduces stragglers and ensures workloads run on a consistent, performance-qualified infrastructure baseline. NVLink-Domain-Aware Scheduling: CoreWeave SUNK is topology-aware by design, intelligently placing workloads to maximize locality and co-locating expert-parallel groups within the same NVL72 domain to minimize inter-rack communication for MoE workloads. Optimized Network Performance: CoreWeave employs a rail-aware networking strategy that balances traffic, ensuring bandwidth is utilized efficiently and preventing hotspots from developing within the fabric at multi-thousand-GPU scale. "The gap between benchmark performance and production reality remains one of the most persistent challenges in AI infrastructure," said Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum Research. "CoreWeave's MLPerf Training v6.0 results, particularly training DeepSeek-V3 in two minutes on the largest GB300 cluster in the benchmark, demonstrate that full stack AI expertise compounds real-world performance gains as new hardware arrives. For AI researchers under pressure to race ahead of the field, that advantage separates leaders from followers."
Built on a Foundation of Production-Ready Infrastructure
CoreWeave's MLPerf Training v6.0 results were achieved on the same production infrastructure available to customers today. The networking fabric, scheduler, storage architecture, and CoreWeave Mission Control orchestration platform used in MLPerf are the same systems customers use to run real-world workloads. This was not a benchmark-only environment, it was a validation of the platform customers can access now.
These results build on a growing body of independent validation. CoreWeave is the only AI cloud to earn the top Platinum ranking in both SemiAnalysis ClusterMAX™ 1.0 and 2.0, and one of the leading providers for inference speed and price-performance for Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 in independent benchmarking by Artificial Analysis.
Learn more about CoreWeave's MLPerf Training v6.0 results on the CoreWeave blog.
About CoreWeave
CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to move at the pace of innovation, building and scaling AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave serves as a force multiplier by combining superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs. Established in 2017, CoreWeave completed its public listing on Nasdaq (CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.
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CoreWeave CRWV shares surged about 10% on Tuesday as investors reacted to fresh analyst commentary suggesting the cloud-computing company could deliver a significant backlog beat in the second quarter.
The rally came after Cantor Fitzgerald highlighted information contained in a recent bond-offering memorandum that analysts believe points to stronger-than-expected contract growth.
The stock's gains were also supported by increasing options activity and continued optimism surrounding the company's position in the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure market.
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brett Knoblauch said investors may be overlooking key details contained in CoreWeave's latest bond-offering memorandum.
According to the analyst, “equity investors have largely ignored” several internal metrics disclosed in the filing that provide insight into the pace of contract signings during the second quarter.
Among the figures highlighted were backlog growth and run-rate EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
CoreWeave disclosed run-rate EBITDA of $18.758 billion in the filing, up from $16.098 billion reported in a previous offering memorandum released in April.
Using those figures, Knoblauch estimates CoreWeave's backlog could have reached approximately $125 billion by early June.
He noted that the memorandum only reflects about 80% of the current quarter.
If the company continues adding contracts at a similar pace, the analyst believes backlog could exceed $131 billion by June 30.
That would represent a substantial increase from the company's reported first-quarter backlog of $99.4 billion and would surpass Wall Street's consensus estimate of $104.4 billion.
“As such, we get the sense that CoreWeave could be gearing up for a sizable beat when it comes to backlog,” Knoblauch wrote.
Analysts remain bullish on long-term growthThe filing also provided additional information regarding the company's balance sheet and financing requirements.
According to CoreWeave's estimates, gross debt could reach $68.5 billion, while net debt may total $58.3 billion as the company continues investing to meet customer demand and fulfill backlog commitments.
Despite the significant debt levels, Knoblauch argued that investors are underestimating the value of both CoreWeave and the broader market for specialized AI cloud providers.
He said the market is “woefully undervaluing” neocloud companies and maintained an Overweight rating on CoreWeave with a $167 price target.
Other analysts have also become increasingly positive on the stock.
Last week, Macquarie upgraded CoreWeave to Outperform from Neutral and raised its price target to $125 from $90.
The firm cited the company's partnerships with major technology companies, including Meta Platforms and OpenAI, and argued that CoreWeave is positioned to “increasingly become a structural player into the next decade.”
Investor enthusiasm has also been evident in the options market.
Traders have been purchasing call options ahead of the June 26 expiration date, reflecting expectations for additional upside following the latest analyst commentary.
Supporters of the stock point to CoreWeave's rapid revenue growth, expanding gross margins, and sizable multiyear backlog as indicators of long-term potential.
However, risks remain.
CoreWeave continues to fund much of its expansion through debt and significant cash spending.
While analysts see potential for strong profitability over time, investors remain focused on whether management can convert growing EBITDA into sustainable free cash flow and reduce dependence on external financing.
The stock may receive another boost later this month when it joins the Nasdaq 100 Index.
CoreWeave is scheduled to be added alongside Nebius Group, Rocket Lab, Astera Labs, and Teradyne as part of the index's quarterly rebalance, which takes effect before the market opens on June 22.
The rally comes as investors continue to react to CoreWeave’s upcoming addition to the Nasdaq-100 Index. The stock also received support after Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated its Overweight rating and maintained its $167 price forecast on Tuesday.
Nasdaq said CoreWeave will join the Nasdaq-100 as part of its June quarterly rebalance, effective before the market opens on June 22. The inclusion is expected to drive demand from index-tracking funds that must buy shares to mirror the benchmark.
Cantor Sees Stronger Growth Than Investors ExpectIn a research note published Monday, Cantor Fitzgerald said CoreWeave’s June bond offering memorandum contained supplemental financial disclosures that equity investors have largely overlooked.
The analysts pointed to a run-rate EBITDA of $18.76 billion, up from $16.10 billion disclosed in the company’s April offering memorandum. They said the increase reflects additional contract wins and backlog growth during the quarter, signaling continued business momentum.
Sizable Backlog Beat ProjectedThe research firm projects that CoreWeave is positioned to materially exceed the consensus backlog estimates for the second quarter of 2026.
The analyst calculations show that CoreWeave accumulated an implied backlog of $125 billion as of the offering memorandum date, which represented 80% of the quarter.
Assuming a consistent expansion pace for the remainder of the period, Cantor Fitzgerald estimates that total backlog could exceed $131 billion by the end of the second quarter. This projection contrasts with Bloomberg consensus estimates, which currently sit at $104.4 billion.
Favorable Valuation Metrics and Contract TargetsThe report notes that CoreWeave is on track to approximate the $40 billion in new contracts secured during the first quarter of 2026.
Additionally, the analysts stated the company has secured 90% of its year-end 2027 revenue target of $30 billion in annualized recurring revenue.
Based on the share price of $106.71, the company trades at 6.2 times enterprise value to run-rate EBITDA when using the target net debt of $58.3 billion from the offering memorandum.
Broad Sector Undervaluing PersistsCantor Fitzgerald maintained that the broader market continues to undervalue both CoreWeave and the neocloud sector.
“While one of the biggest debates surrounding CRWV, as well as other neoclouds, is what valuation methodology or target multiple is most appropriate, we continue to believe the market is woefully undervaluing this sector and CRWV, in particular,” the report said.
The analysts concluded that the current risk-to-reward ratio remains attractive for investors leading up to the release of the second-quarter financial results.
CRWV Price Action: CoreWeave shares were up 9.73% at $117.09 at the time of publication on Tuesday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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1. Intel's Most Advanced Chip Now in Production Intel (INTC +3.46%) revealed the start of production of its most-advanced chip node at the VLSI Symposium in Honolulu on Tuesday. Named 18A-P, the new chip generation is still at the early "risk production" stage, and aims to help Intel regain its position as a serious competitor in manufacturing chips for third-party customers – following May's announcement of a deal to make chips for Apple (AAPL 1.15%).
Higher performance for AI workloads: Intel says the 18A-P is also more energy efficient than the previous 18A, while also being compatible so 18A customers won't face any chip redesigns. "The sentiment around this stock has absolutely shifted": Fool contributing analyst Travis Hoium recently noted the market is "starting to think about this company completely differently." The stock fell 8.45% Tuesday, but recovered some of those losses in early trading today – and it's soared over 400% over the past 12 months. 2. SpaceX Soars Past Amazon's Market Cap SpaceX (SPCX 4.95%) jumped for a third straight day Tuesday, closing with a market cap of $2.66 trillion and up 49% from its IPO offer price. That makes it more valuable than Amazon (AMZN 3.47%) and just short of Microsoft (MSFT 3.87%) – which it briefly surpassed – to make it the world's fourth most valuable company, during the day. Retail investors are competing for just 4.2% of SpaceX shares available for trading following the IPO.
"AI will achieve Stockfish-level coding and generalized computer use": After SpaceX announced the all-stock acquisition of AI coding start-up Cursor for $60 billion, CEO Elon Musk spoke of ambitions for AI to beat humans at producing computer code – using a reference to the world's current strongest open-source chess engine. "I am not involved with SpaceX now. Neither short nor, ahem, long": Michael Burry cast doubt on SpaceX's valuation, describing the company as "fundamentally a small space company, a niche telecom, a bedeviled social media company, and a CoreWeave (CRWV 1.55%) light." But he says bearish options are currently too highly priced.
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Amazon – a Stock Advisor Foundational Stock from Team Rule Breakers – could face penalties reaching billions of dollars over claims of misleading advertisers, says Bloomberg. The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating claims Amazon might not have properly disclosed terms and pricing for sponsored listings and sponsored ads.
"Amazon is the third-largest online advertising company": The report points to the $68.6 billion in advertising revenue Amazon earned last year as evidence of the growing ad impact on future growth for the online giant. Amazon shrugged: The stock showed little reaction, essentially unchanged in pre-market trading today – just as it was barely affected by last fall's $2.5 billion settlement over the Prime subscription cancellation process. 4. Kevin Warsh Takes the Hot Seat Today's Federal Reserve interest rate decision is the first test for new chair Kevin Warsh, as he faces the challenge of "demonstrating that his decisions are grounded in economic fundamentals rather than political considerations" according to Greg Daco of EY-Parthenon. After May's Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw year-over-year inflation hit 4.2%, analysts expect the Fed to leave interest rates unchanged.
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CoreWeave Inc. is added to the Nasdaq 100, signaling institutional validation and improved sentiment for the neocloud sector. I see two major tailwinds that markets don't: rapid backlog growth potentially exceeding $125B in Q2 and Fitch's positive leverage outlook through 2027. CoreWeave's forward revenue multiple (~7.5x) appears undervalued versus peers, supporting a price target of ~$156 and reinforcing my bullish rating.
CoreWeave shares are trending higher. What’s driving CRWV shares up? What Is Driving CoreWeave’s Stock Momentum?Separately, Nasdaq recently said CoreWeave will be added to the Nasdaq-100 as part of the June quarterly rebalance, effective before the market opens on June 22, a change that can force index-tracking funds to buy shares.
CoreWeave's index-driven bid has also been competing with a fresh financing headline after the company priced $1.25 billion of 9.625% senior notes and €2.0 billion of 8.500% senior notes, both due 2032. That deal followed an earlier plan to raise $3.5 billion (or euro equivalent) for general corporate purposes, including repayment of existing debt, keeping leverage and liquidity in focus.
CoreWeave’s Key Moving Averages and TrendsCoreWeave is trading well above its major moving averages—about 13.1% above the 20-day SMA ($106.03) and about 19.6% above the 200-day SMA ($100.21)—which keeps the intermediate trend pointed higher despite choppy participation under the surface. The catch is the 20-day SMA remains below the 50-day SMA ($110.19), a bearish short-term alignment that can show up as pullbacks even inside a broader uptrend.
MACD is the cleaner momentum lens right now: it's above its signal line and the histogram is positive, which suggests upside pressure is improving versus the prior downswing. In plain terms, when MACD is above its signal line, it often means sellers are losing control and rallies have a better chance of following through.
From a structure standpoint, the golden cross in May (50-day SMA moving above the 200-day SMA) supports the longer-term recovery attempt, but the stock is still down 30.28% over the last 12 months—so it's more "rebuild" than "all-clear." The recent swing low in March and swing high in May frame the current range, with traders watching whether price can keep holding higher lows while it digests the earlier breakout.
Key Resistance: $125.00 — a nearby round-number area where rallies can stall if buyers don't press through quickly Key Support: $103.00 — a nearby level that sits close to the broader moving-average zone and a prior area where buyers stepped in What Is CoreWeave’s Business Model?CoreWeave is a modern cloud infrastructure company that offers Nvidia GPUs and other essential AI hardware with optimized efficiency to handle the most demanding AI training and inference workloads. Its cloud platform supports the development and use of foundational large language models and the delivery of next-generation AI applications to satisfy the growing demand for AI around the world.
CoreWeave Stock Price Update on WednesdayCRWV Stock Price Activity: CoreWeave shares were up 2.33% at $119.76 at the time of publication on Wednesday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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Shares across the AI infrastructure complex are trading mixed midday Wednesday after well-known short seller Jim Chanos publicly compared today’s artificial intelligence capital spending boom to the 1999-2000 telecom build-out. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) stock is on the radar, along with several names Chanos flags as “equipment leasing.” Among the potentially vulnerable stocks in this discussion are CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV), Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM), and Vistra (NYSE:VST).
The man issuing the warning has a notable track record. Chanos founded Kynikos Associates and is known for calling out Enron, and his “same setup” framing has investors revisiting valuations across AI compute, cloud, foundry, and power. Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) sits in the same vendor camp the thesis touches.
Chanos Argues It’s the Same Dot-Com Setup In an iConnections interview summarized by Podcast Alpha, Chanos walks through how S&P 500 earnings rose 30% over two years from 1998 to 2000, then fell 40% in 12 months during a mild recession. His point: the earnings swing wasn’t really driven by the recession. Rather, it was the telecom buildout collapsing as companies realized they’d ordered roughly 10,000 routers when they needed 2,000.
According to Chanos, the AI capital expenditure boom has “identical mechanics.” He contends that NVIDIA’s earnings are “CapEx boom output” and that S&P 500 estimates are rising fast because infrastructure spending flows directly into a small number of vendors. If order books get pulled, the snapback could be quick.
The bullish counterargument is worth noting. NVIDIA just posted 85% year-over-year revenue growth with Data Center revenue of $75.25 billion, and CEO Jensen Huang has called the buildout “the largest infrastructure expansion in human history.” NVIDIA also has $119 billion in supply-related commitments, which suggests visibility well beyond a quarter.
His Specific Targets: CoreWeave, Nebius, and Power Plays Chanos reserves his sharpest critique for AI cloud lessors. He argues that CoreWeave and Nebius are essentially equipment-leasing businesses generating mid-to-high single-digit pre-tax returns on capital, and shouldn’t trade at higher multiples than NVIDIA and Taiwan Semiconductor, which control GPU supply.
The numbers add color. CoreWeave stock carries a price-to-sales ratio of 9.35, with return on equity of -41% and a $740 million net loss in Q1 2026. Nebius stock trades at a P/E ratio of 100x against negative EBITDA, yet CoreWeave’s backlog has swelled to $99.4 billion.
On power, Chanos argues alternative-energy stocks trading at 50 to 70 times earnings as data-center power plays will revert once U.S. permitting bottlenecks resolve in 2 to 3 years, noting power is only 5% to 7% of data center revenues. Vistra stock trades at a P/E ratio of 26x, but the company has signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) at PJM Interconnection nuclear sites.
SpaceX Valuation and the Broader Critique Chanos extends the bubble framing beyond public AI names. He notes that SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) IPO’d at about 90 times revenue on a roughly $2 trillion valuation, with core Starlink mobile supporting at most a couple hundred billion in value, leaving roughly $1.5 trillion tied to business models that do not yet exist. That’s his frame for stretched expectations across the AI complex.
It’s worth emphasizing that this is one prominent skeptic’s thesis on names like NVIDIA, CoreWeave, and Nebius. Timing short calls is notoriously difficult, and AI demand has been durable so far. Investors can weigh both sides without treating either as a certainty.
What to Watch From Here The next anticipated catalysts are concrete. NVIDIA hosts its next earnings call on August 27, where any hint of softening order books would land hard. Broadcom has guided Q3 FY2026 AI semiconductor revenue to grow over 200% year over year to $16 billion, a number that will test the demand narrative directly.
For now, the market isn’t endorsing the Chanos call. Investors can watch for whether AI cloud lessors keep raising capacity commitments, and whether NVIDIA’s supply book translates into the customer concentration that worries short sellers. The bull case rests on bookings holding; the bear case rests on them not.
CoreWeave (CRWV 1.55%) has rarely traded quietly since its 2025 market debut, and the past week was no exception. Shares jumped about 10% on June 16 to around $117. As of this writing, that still leaves the artificial intelligence (AI) cloud provider about 37% below the high near $187 it set last June, though well above its 52-week low near $64.
And the latest pop may owe as much to index mechanics as to the business itself. CoreWeave is set to join the Nasdaq-100 on June 22, a change that forces index-tracking funds to buy the stock regardless of price. Stacked on top was renewed optimism about the company's swelling pile of contracted future revenue.
So for anyone catching up now, the question isn't whether CoreWeave is growing. It is. And then some. It's whether the case for the stock holds up after swings this sharp.
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Impressive demand CoreWeave's first-quarter revenue (the period ended March 31) rose 112% year over year to about $2.08 billion, climbing 32% from the prior quarter. The bigger number, though, is the backlog, which reached $99.4 billion, up about 50% in three months -- what management called its strongest bookings quarter yet.
That backlog increasingly leans on a wider roster of customers. CoreWeave signed a fresh $21 billion commitment with Meta Platforms in March and a multi-year agreement with AI lab Anthropic to support its Claude models. Management said 10 clients are now committed to spending at least $1 billion each -- a meaningful change for a business that drew 62% of its 2024 revenue from a single customer: Microsoft.
"[W]e have reached hyperscale with more than 3.5 gigawatts of contracted power, up more than 400 megawatts this quarter alone," CEO Mike Intrator said on CoreWeave's first-quarter earnings call.
The cost of keeping up Building its capacity, however, is enormously expensive. And the spending keeps climbing. CoreWeave now expects capital expenditures of $31 billion to $35 billion this year, and much of the build-out is funded with borrowed money.
The bill for that debt is mounting fast. Net interest expense more than doubled from a year earlier to $536 million in the quarter, and the company's net loss notably widened to $740 million.
Concentration still has bears watching, too. A handful of large customers and AI labs continue to account for much of CoreWeave's backlog, and a change in any one of their plans could significantly alter the company's growth trajectory (and the bull case). The model also rests on the bet that demand for AI computing will remain strong even as the largest cloud providers continue building their own data centers.
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Then there's the price. CoreWeave doesn't turn a profit, so there's no price-to-earnings ratio to anchor to. And at a market capitalization of about $65 billion, the stock trades at about five times the midpoint of this year's revenue guidance -- a rich figure for a capital-intensive business still losing money and carrying tens of billions in debt.
Ultimately, however, CoreWeave has built something significant with great long-term potential. Its backlog offers unusual visibility into years of future revenue, and a tight relationship with Nvidia (NVDA 1.38%), which bought another $2 billion of CoreWeave stock last quarter, keeps it near the front of the line for the chips its customers covet. For investors who think the AI build-out has years left and can stomach the stock's wild volatility, holding a small position may make sense.
For most investors, however, avoiding the stock is probably the right idea. At this price, the market is already counting on CoreWeave to convert its enormous backlog into profits with near flawless execution -- a tall order for a company still spending far more than it brings in. I'd personally rather keep this stock on a watch list than chase the latest pop.
There's nothing quite like the headline "insiders dump billions" to get investors reaching for the sell button. Shares of CoreWeave Inc NASDAQ: CRWV have been doing the opposite of selling off. The stock recently traded above $120 after a sharp rally, extending its year-to-date gain of over 65%. That kind of run is exactly the setup that tends to draw alarmist headlines about insider selling, and this week was no exception.
CoreWeave’s founders have reportedly sold more than $2.3 billion worth of stock since the company’s IPO lockup expired, according to insider-sale reports and public filings. At first glance, that is an eye-catching number—the kind that can make investors wonder whether the people closest to the business are taking money off the table after the stock’s rally.
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But as is often the case with stocks, the headline doesn't always tell the full story. Dig a little deeper into the details, and a very different picture starts to emerge.
What the Insiders Actually DidMost of that reported selling traces back to Michael Intrator, Brannin McBee, and Brian Venturo. Venturo, CoreWeave’s chief strategy officer, accounts for more than $1.1 billion of the total since the lockup expired in August 2025, making him one of the largest insider sellers by value this year.
On paper, those are huge numbers. But context is everything here. All of the sales were executed under 10b5-1 trading plans, which are pre-arranged schedules that allow executives to sell shares at predetermined intervals and prices, regardless of what's happening with the business in real time. These plans are specifically designed to prevent insiders from trading on non-public information, and they're filed and disclosed well in advance.
In other words, these aren't sudden decisions by panicked founders rushing for the exit. They're long-planned liquidity events, exactly the kind you'd expect to see following a successful IPO that's left a handful of executives with the vast majority of their wealth tied up in a single stock. A company spokesperson confirmed as much, noting that the plans were established to provide liquidity and diversify the portfolio, not to signal anything about CoreWeave's prospects.
The Founders Still Have Plenty of Skin in the GameHere's the part that tends to get overlooked when these stories make the rounds. Even after selling more than $2.3 billion in combined sales, the three co-founders still own approximately 18% of the company.
That's not exactly the profile of a leadership team quietly heading for the exit. It's the profile of a team that built a business they still very clearly believe in, and that has sensibly chosen to take some chips off the table, with the stock up nearly 200% from its March 2025 IPO price.
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While the insider headlines have grabbed attention, the broader business case for CoreWeave has been quietly strengthening. For example, BNP Paribas initiated coverage of the stock earlier this month with an Outperform rating and a $192 price target, implying nearly 55% upside from current levels.
The team there described CoreWeave as one of the most strategically important companies in the AI infrastructure ecosystem and as the largest "neo cloud" platform built specifically for AI workloads.
The relationship with NVIDIA Corp NASDAQ: NVDA is a key part of that thesis. NVIDIA owns roughly 11% of CoreWeave, gives it priority access to its highly sought-after hardware, and has every reason to keep CoreWeave well supplied as a scaled alternative to the major hyperscalers.
That kind of structural alignment is hard to replicate, and it's a significant reason analysts continue to view CoreWeave as a long-term winner in AI infrastructure rather than a short-term momentum play.
Time to Panic, or Time to Pay Attention?So, is now the time to panic about the insider selling? Almost certainly not. The sales are pre-planned, the founders retain enormous skin in the game, and the broader business is firing on every cylinder you'd want it to be.
If anything, the stock’s roughly 30% gain over the past week suggests the broader market is not treating the insider-selling headlines as a dealbreaker.
For investors weighing up CoreWeave at current levels, the noise might be loud, but the signal is clear. While the headlines are telling you to be nervous, the price action, the analyst coverage, and the underlying AI infrastructure story are all telling you to take a much closer look.
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Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, has been making rounds with a thesis that should rattle anyone who lived through 2008. Speaking on Bloomberg Businessweek, White described what he calls “the financialization of GPUs”, a nascent debt market backed by graphics processors that has grown from a few billion dollars cumulatively to $65 billion of GPU-backed debt in 2025 alone. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) itself sold $25 billion in 7-year bonds with strong initial trading. A futures market for GPUs is reportedly next, which would let investors short the underlying chips. White says the architecture rhymes with mortgage-backed securities circa 2006.
The setup is recognizable. Take an illiquid, hard to value asset. Pool it. Borrow against it. Sell tradeable claims on the cash flows. Repeat until originators, buyers, and lenders are tangled enough that a hiccup in collateral value becomes systemic. With mortgages, the collateral was houses, which depreciate slowly and unevenly. With GPUs, the collateral runs hot, gets superseded by new architecture every two years, and may be functionally obsolete before the loan amortizes.
The neocloud at the center of the trade CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) exemplifies what White is describing. The company posted Q1 2026 revenue of $2.08 billion, up 111.7% year over year, against a net loss of $740 million. Capital expenditures hit $7.7 billion in a single quarter, up from $1.41 billion a year earlier, and free cash flow ran to negative $4.71 billion. Total liabilities now sit at $50.81 billion against $55.57 billion in assets. Interest expense doubled year over year to $536 million.
CoreWeave funds this with non-recourse, GPU-collateralized loans. The disclosed $99.4 billion revenue backlog, including a $21 billion Meta commitment, is the asset against which lenders underwrite. CEO Michael Intrator framed it on the Q1 call as “positioned our capital structure to scale with the opportunity ahead.” Shares are up 45% year to date, though they remain down 33% over the past year.
The circular financing loop NVIDIA put $2 billion of equity into CoreWeave and a $2 billion pre-funded warrant into Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS). Both companies then buy NVIDIA GPUs. Nebius has a trailing P/E of 103 and price-to-sales of ~75, with negative EBITDA. The balance sheet carries total convertible debt principal of $10.04 billion. The notes accrete to 120% of face at maturity. Total liabilities grew 1,040% year over year to $15.06 billion. Nebius extended the assumed useful life of its GPUs from four years to five, which mechanically lowers depreciation expense and flatters reported earnings. Shares are up 212% year to date.
NVIDIA invests in the customer, the customer borrows against GPUs to buy more NVIDIA chips, and the bonds get sold into a market that priced NVIDIA at a $4.95 trillion market cap on the strength of those same orders. The 2008 analog was a bank originating a mortgage, securitizing it, and financing the buyer of the security. White’s point is structural.
Depreciation is the part that does not rhyme White invoked Mike Burry, of The Big Short fame, who has argued that major GPU holders are not properly accounting for how fast the chips lose value. Whether the useful life is three to four years or seven to eight, the math demands aggressive loan paydown. A house bought in 2006 was still a house in 2010. An H100 bought in 2024 is competing with Blackwell, then Rubin, then whatever Jensen unveils next.
Demand destruction is emerging at the edges, with AI token usage hitting capacity limits and some application economics getting questioned. NVIDIA’s own SEC-filed Q1 FY27 report disclosed supply commitments of $119 billion and multi-year cloud service commitments of $30 billion, forward obligations that look prudent in expansion and load-bearing in contraction (see the Q1 FY27 release).
White closed by quoting Jim Grant. “Progress in science is cumulative, and in markets and finance, it’s cyclical.” The chips will keep getting better. The financing structures built around them have done this before.
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As of mid June, the Russell 2000 is running laps around all of the other major U.S. indices, and the outperformance is not even close. Starting the week of June 15th, the Russell 2000 is up by almost 18%, which is nearly double the Nasdaq’s 10.1% year-to-date gain; the S&P 500 is up 8%, and the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 6.4%. The Russell 2000 is explicitly constructed as the benchmark for the U.S. small-cap segment. It consists of the smallest 2,000 companies (by market capitalization) in the broader Russell 3000 Index, which covers roughly 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Investors have rotated toward smaller companies as optimism builds around a resilient economy. While the prospect of lower interest rates may have to wait until next year, as inflation has returned due to rising energy prices and supply chain issues, growing unease about how concentrated the market is in a handful of giant tech stocks has led to a change of direction, and the shift has paid off; small-caps have punched above their weight for stretches this year, at times stringing together consecutive sessions of outperforming the S&P 500 and touching record highs, even as large-cap indexes whipsawed on the back of turbulence in the tech sector.
We screened the Russell 2000 index, looking for the highest-yielding stocks. Still, we purposely avoided REITs, MLPs, BDCs, and royalty trusts, which often carry even higher yields, as many of those investments require a K-1, which can prove troublesome come tax time.
Haverty Furniture Companies With a strong footprint in fast-growing parts of the country and a reliable 5.42% dividend, this is a solid idea for conservative investors to consider. Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE: HVT) is a specialty retailer of residential furniture and accessories. The Company operates approximately 129 stores in 17 states in the Southern and Midwest regions of the United States.
The Company purchases its merchandise from numerous domestic and foreign manufacturers and importers. It carries a variety of mattress product lines, including:
Tempur-Pedic Serta Stearns & Foster Beautyrest Sealy Its distribution and delivery system uses a combination of three distribution centers (DCs) and four home delivery centers (HDCs). It uses third-party providers to handle over-the-road delivery of products from DCs to HDCs and market areas.
Kearny Financial This East Coast bank pays a solid 5.08% dividend and looks ready to break out to new 2026 highs. Kearny Financial (NASDAQ: KRNY) is a holding company for Kearny Bank, a New Jersey-chartered savings bank that is principally engaged in attracting deposits from the general public and using these deposits, together with other funds, to originate or purchase loans for its portfolio and for sale in the secondary market.
Its loan portfolio comprises multi-family mortgage loans, non-residential mortgage loans, commercial business loans, construction loans, one-to-four-family residential mortgage loans, home equity loans, and other consumer loans.
The Company also maintains a portfolio of investment securities, primarily comprising United States agency mortgage-backed securities, obligations of state and political subdivisions, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, and collateralized loan obligations.
The Bank has 43 retail branch offices located throughout northern and central New Jersey, as well as in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York.
Shutterstock This is a company many rely on for images for publications and other media, which pays a huge 9.33% dividend. Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) is a global creative platform that connects brands and businesses with high-quality content. Its platform brings together users and content contributors by providing readily searchable content that customers can license and by compensating contributors for their content as it is licensed.
Contributors upload their content to the Company’s Web properties in exchange for royalty payments based on customer download activity. It offers licenses to metadata associated with the Company’s images, footage, music tracks, and 3D models through the Company’s data, distribution, and advertising services from the Company’s Giphy business, which consists of graphics interchange format (GIF) visuals.
Shutterstock also offers specialized solutions for content matched with production tools and services through Shutterstock Studios. Its content offering includes images consisting of photographs, vectors, and illustrations, and footage consisting of video clips and cinema-grade video effects.
Oxford Industries With a rich 7.71% dividend and a host of well-known brands in their portfolio, this is an incredible buy now. Oxford Industries (NYSE: OXM) owns and markets these lifestyle brands:
Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, Johnny Was, Southern Tide, The Beaufort Bonnet Company, Duck Head, and Jack Rogers. It distributes its products through its direct-to-consumer channels, consisting of its brand-specific full-price retail stores, e-commerce Websites and outlet stores, and its wholesale distribution channel, which includes sales to various specialty stores, signature stores, department stores, multi-branded e-commerce Websites and other retailers.
Additionally, it operates Tommy Bahama food and beverage locations, including Marlin Bars and full-service restaurants, generally adjacent to a Tommy Bahama full-price retail store. Tommy Bahama designs, sources, markets, and distributes men’s and women’s sportswear and related products. Lilly Pulitzer designs, sources, markets, and distributes upscale collections of women’s and girls’ dresses, sportswear, and related products.
Universal Corporation This somewhat off-the-radar company is another one of the world’s leading tobacco merchants, and operates as a global tobacco leaf supplier rather than a cigarette manufacturer. Universal has reported strong demand, has been in business for almost 150 years, pays a 6.16% dividend, and is a Dividend King. The Dividend Kings are companies that have raised their dividends for 50 years or more. Universal (NYSE: UVV) processes and supplies leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients worldwide.
The company operates through two segments:
Tobacco Operations Ingredients Operations It procures, finances, processes, packs, stores, and ships leaf tobacco for sale to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products.
The company:
Contracts, purchases, processes, and sells flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos that are primarily used in the manufacture of cigarettes Dark air-cured tobaccos manufacture naturally wrapped cigars, cigarillos, and smokeless and pipe tobacco products Universal Corporation also provides value-added services, including:
Blending, chemical, and physical tobacco testing Service cutting for various manufacturers Manufacturing reconstituted leaf tobacco Just-in-time inventory management services Electronic nicotine delivery systems Customer smoke testing services
Circle Internet Group stock price has pulled back in the past few days, moving from a high of $138.5 in May to the current $79.72. This CRCL pullback may continue in the near future as it faces a triple-whammy of weak technicals, falling USDC supply, and US government yields.
Technicals suggest that the CRCL stock has retreated in the past few weeks, moving from a high of $138.50 in May to $79.7, its lowest level since March 2nd this year. That is a sign that it has moved to a technical bear market.
Most importantly, the stock has formed a double-top pattern whose height is $51 ($135 minus $84). Subtracting the height pattern’s height from the neckline of $79, gives it a target of $28. If this happens, the stock will have dropped by 90% from its all-time high. This view will be confirmed if it drops below the all-time low of $50.
Other technicals are bearish on the stock. For example, it remains below the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has fallen to 37.
The stock is also slowly forming a bearish flag pattern, which is made up of a vertical line and a small horizontal channel.
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The other main risk that the company is facing is that USDC, its main asset, has dropped in the past few weeks. Data compiled by CoinMarketCap shows that the supply of the USDC token has dropped from $79.3 billion in March to $74 billion today. Artemis data places the number at $76 billion.
The falling USDC supply is notable because of Circle’s business model. Like other stablecoin issuers, the company makes its money by investing the funds in US government bonds. It is a model similar to how banks make money, with the only difference being that it is not allowed to invest in other assets like commercial bonds.
This business model means that the company is not benefiting from the rising usage. Artemis data shows that the volume jumped by 15% in the last 30 days to over $2.6 trillion, while the number of active addresses rose to 16 million.
The ongoing USDC supply has also coincided with a continued decline in U.S. government bond yields, alongside a retreat in crude oil and natural gas prices. Data shows that the two-year yield has fallen from 4.20% earlier this month to 4.05%. The five-year yield has dropped to 4.155% from its year-to-date high of 4.35%. It has also formed a double-top pattern, suggesting further downside potential.
US bond yields have eased recently after the US inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran. This MoU will lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which explains why crude oil prices have pulled back in the past few days. As such, there is a possibility that the Fed will not have the urgency to hike interest rates.
As such, Circle Internet Group is facing the double-whammy of falling assets and interest rates, which will affect its revenue growth.
The company is also facing another challenge: Arc. Arc, its layer-1 network, may face the challenges that have been faced by other chains like Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. Most of these chains have seen a sharp retreat in its total value locked (TVL). As such, after raising $222 million from BlackRock and Apollo, there is a risk that the token will retreat after its debut.
Key Takeaways QUBT expanded its workforce, driving a 133.5% increase in first-quarter 2026 R&D expenses. QUBT is developing the next Dirac platform and a room-temperature photonic quantum computer. Quantum Computing uses Fab 1 for process validation, with future transfer to volume-production Fab 2. Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT - Free Report) or “QCi” is continuously investing in research and development (R&D) to strengthen its position in quantum photonics and scalable quantum computing. During the first quarter of 2026, the company expanded its engineering, scientific and technical workforces, contributing to a 133.5% year-over-year increase in research and development expenses.
One of QCi's primary R&D initiatives is the development of the next version of its Dirac quantum optimization platform. QCi is also advancing its gate-based quantum computing program, which aims to create a scalable, room-temperature quantum computer using photonic technology. Research efforts are focused on two key areas — improving gate fidelity through advanced engineering design and developing ultra-high-quality photonic integrated circuits based on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology.
The company’s fabrication facility (Fab 1) serves primarily as an R&D and technology validation center rather than a revenue-generating manufacturing operation. QCi uses Fab 1 to develop and stabilize fabrication processes that will eventually be transferred to a larger-scale Fab 2 facility designed for volume production.
QCi’s recent acquisitions of Luminar Semiconductor and NuCrypt have significantly expanded its research talent base and technical capabilities, supporting a vertically integrated approach to quantum technology development.
Peer UpdateRigetti (RGTI - Free Report) achieved a two-qubit gate fidelity as high as 99.9% at 28-nanosecond gate speed on a prototype platform using its new proprietary adiabatic CZ scheme. Rigetti made strong progress toward deployment of its 108-qubit chiplet-based quantum system, advancing both performance validation and system-level integration. Rigetti continued collaborating with Riverlane on error correction research, focusing on system-level integration and long-term scalability.
D-Wave Quantum (QBTS - Free Report) continues to advance its annealing platform through Advantage2 and the Leap cloud service. The company is expanding its product portfolio into gate-model quantum computing following the Quantum Circuits acquisition in January 2026. QBTS is targeting roughly 175 physical qubits by the end of 2028 to demonstrate error correction and logical operations. D-Wave continues to add commercial annealing applications in production and expand research use cases, including work in quantum AI and blockchain benchmarking.
QUBT’s Stock Price PerformanceOver the past year, QCi’s shares have plunged 47.7% compared with the industry’s 19.6% decline.
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QUBT’s Expensive ValuationQUBT currently trades at a forward 12-month price-to-sales (P/S) of 93.31X compared with the industry median of 4.96X.
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QUBT Stock Estimate TrendIn the past 30 days, QCi’s loss per share estimate for 2026 has remained unchanged at 14 cents.
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QUBT currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Quantum computing offers the promise of being the next big technological breakthrough. However, the many companies attempting to develop commercially viable quantum systems are pursuing a host of different technological approaches. While some of these may pan out, others may not. And while some could reach a useful level of accuracy soon, others may take considerably longer.
Let's look at four of the main quantum computing technologies and the companies pursuing them.
1. The superconducting qubit approach All quantum computers are built around qubits -- their fundamental units for holding and processing information. But just how one goes about creating and manipulating those qubits is where the variation gets wide.
One of the most common approaches being pursued uses superconducting qubits: electronic circuits made of superconducting materials that must be brought to temperatures near absolute zero, and that are controlled using microwave pulses. These circuits can be manufactured in traditional semiconductor fabs, and the qubits don't require complex laser setups to hold them in place.
The biggest strength of the technology is its gate speed, which is much faster than some of the other techniques being pursued. However, its fabricated qubits are more susceptible to being influenced by external forces, which leads to more errors in their calculations. They also require expensive dilution refrigerators to keep the entire system cooled to the temperatures where the qubits' behavior is governed by quantum mechanical principles.
Among the companies pursuing this technology are IBM (IBM 3.12%) and Rigetti Computing (RGTI 1.91%). Rigetti has had documented issues with delays and accuracy, and seems further behind many of its peers in the race to deliver a useful system. While IBM's systems also lag in fidelity measurements, it is taking some novel approaches to solving the error-correction problem, such as c-couplers and real-time error-correction decoders, that look promising.
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2. The trapped-ion quibit approach The trapped-ion approach uses individual charged atoms (ions) to make each qubit, holding them in electromagnetic fields and manipulating them with lasers. These qubits can hold their quantum states (coherence) for much longer than superconducting qubits. The big advantage of technology is that it has been developed to the point where it offers the most accuracy so far.
The biggest downside to the technology is that it is exponentially slower than the superconducting qubit approach. It also generally requires complex setups of lasers and mirrors to keep the ions in place. It also trails in the number of physical qubits in a working system, since charged atoms repel each other, and because every individual qubit has to be controlled by lasers. This makes charged-ion systems more difficult to scale.
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Two companies using this technology are IonQ (IONQ 2.44%) and Quantinuum (QNT +13.21%), both of which have achieved relatively impressive accuracy. IonQ has attained 99.99% 2-qubit gate fidelity, while Quantinuum has reached 99.92%.
The two companies are taking slightly different approaches, with IonQ turning to a combination of lasers and microwave antennas built on its chips to help shrink the size of its systems and improve stability. Quantinuum has stuck to using only lasers, arguing that using microwaves results in slower gate speeds.
3. The neutral-atom qubit approach Like the trapped-ion approach, the neutral-atom approach also uses individual atoms suspended in a vacuum, but in this case, they are uncharged. They are controlled and manipulated using grids of tightly focused lasers, called optical tweezers. Since neutral atoms don't repel one another like ions do, it is possible to achieve a greater qubit density. This can lead to high accuracy and faster speeds.
Ultimately, the neutral-atom approach lies between the superconducting qubit and trapped-ion approaches. The technique is still thousands of times slower than superconducting qubits, while its 2-qubit gate fidelities trail those of trapped ions.
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While several pure-play quantum computing companies are pursuing this method, most are currently private, except for Infleqtion (INFQ 0.15%). Infleqtion achieved 99.73% 2-gate fidelity in 2024 and believes it can reach 99.9% this year. The company also has a strong quantum sensing and precision timing tools business. Alphabet is also exploring this technology.
4. Quantum annealing + superconducting It's also worth mentioning D-Wave Quantum (QBTS 4.26%). While it is a leader in quantum annealing, that is more of a niche technology, as it's only suitable for a narrow range of uses, mostly involving optimization problems. That contrasts with the systems being built around the other technologies discussed above, which would be more general-purpose machines, useful in solving a wider variety of extremely complex problems.
However, through D-Wave's recent acquisition of Quantum Circuits, a company founded by a Yale professor who developed the superconducting circuit architecture, the company is also pursuing a unique hybrid technology that uses a dual-rail gate-model processor.
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The goal is to apply the quantum system expertise it has acquired while developing annealing systems to superconducting qubit technology to develop a system that combines the speed of superconducting qubits with the superior accuracy of trapped-ion technology. However, it's still early in that process, and the company has yet to provide any verified metrics.
Investors in OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (OSW - Free Report) need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the June 18, 2026 $50.00 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today.
What is Implied Volatility?Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big move in one direction or the other. It could also mean there is an event coming up soon that may cause a big rally or a huge sell off. However, implied volatility is only one piece of the puzzle when putting together an options trading strategy.
What do the Analysts Think?Clearly, options traders are pricing in a big move for OneSpaWorld share, but what is the fundamental picture for the company? Currently, OneSpaWorld is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) in the Leisure and Recreation Services Industry that ranks in the Bottom 24% of our Zacks Industry Rank. Over the last 60 days, one analyst has increased his estimate for the current quarter, while none have revised their estimates downward. The net effect has taken our Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current quarter to move from 28 cents per share to 29 cents per share in the same time period.
Given the way analysts feel about OneSpaWorld right now, this huge implied volatility could mean there’s a trade developing. Often times, options traders look for options with high levels of implied volatility to sell premium. This is a strategy many seasoned traders use because it captures decay. At expiration, the hope for these traders is that the underlying stock does not move as much as originally expected.
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Stock to Watch: Brinker International (EAT - Free Report) Brinker International, Inc. is based in Dallas, TX. The company owns, operates, develops and franchises restaurants under the Chili’s Grill & Bar (Chili’s) and Maggiano’s Little Italy (Maggiano’s) brands. The company took over Chili’s, Inc., a Texas-based corporation, in September 1983. It completed the acquisition of Maggiano’s in August 1995.
EAT is a #3 (Hold) on the Zacks Rank, with a VGM Score of A.
Momentum investors should take note of this Retail-Wholesale stock. EAT has a Momentum Style Score of B, and shares are up 21.6% over the past four weeks.
For fiscal 2026, six analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.05 to $10.75 per share. EAT boasts an average earnings surprise of +6.8%.
With a solid Zacks Rank and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, EAT should be on investors' short list.
Brookfield Asset Management delivers robust fee-related earnings growth, driven by infrastructure, credit, energy, real estate, and insurance capital management. BAM's fee-bearing capital reached $614 billion, with 87% long-term, and significant uncalled commitments and new mandates poised to drive future fee income. Private credit and insurance capital, including the Just Group mandate, are key growth catalysts, with $67 billion in uncalled commitments yet to generate fees.
BAM's stock price crashed by almost 20%. But its financials remain robust, with Q1 2026 FRE up 11% and distributable earnings up 7%, defying its 20% stock price decline. Despite market concerns, BAM's inflows are strong, with year-to-date fundraising at $67 billion—over half of 2025's total—positioning it for a potential record year.
Brookfield Asset Management offers double-digit earnings growth, a nearly 4% dividend yield, and is trading at historically low valuation multiples. BAM's record fundraising, substantial uncalled commitments, and growing AUM underpin robust future earnings, particularly as carry becomes a more meaningful contributor. The business model enables distributing over 90% of earnings while still compounding growth, with high-quality, long-term, and scalable AUM—especially from insurance mandates.
Previewing the SpaceX (SPCX 5.22%) IPO earlier this year, I explained what investors should expect -- in three simple steps.
First: SpaceX IPO fever would make space stocks skyrocket -- and Planet Labs (PL 0.04%) rose 38% in four months. Next: Investors would question whether they wanted to own a second-tier space stock like Planet, when industry leader SpaceX would soon go public. Finally: Investors would rush to sell other space stocks, and put the money in SpaceX instead. We're in this final stage now, and Planet Labs stock is down 20% since SpaceX's IPO.
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Planet falls to Earth Planet Labs stock dropped another 11% through 10 a.m. ET today -- while SpaceX stock gained nearly 14%. This brings to mind the old advice "follow the money," except here, the money trail is so obvious you don't really need to do much following.
Investors are pulling money out of Planet and pouring it into SpaceX stock instead.
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This tells me that serious investors are preparing for a serious rally in Planet stock -- and they may be right. After all, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Planet Labs is one of the only space stocks generating positive free cash flow today -- versus SpaceX, which burned $14.1 billion in cash last year.
It's really no contest. Planet stock is the better value play here.
Rich Smith has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Planet Labs PBC. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Shares of space stocks are tumbling in mid-morning trading on Tuesday, with Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) stock leading the decline. Planet Labs stock is down to roughly $27 and change, extending a sharp pullback in the satellite imagery name.
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) stock is also under heavy pressure, slipping 9% to $23 and change. Meanwhile, Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ:FLY | FLY Price Prediction) shares are down 7% to $31, while Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) stock is off 8% to $3.28.
The selloff is striking because no major company-specific bad news has surfaced for Planet Labs, Intuitive Machines, or Firefly Aerospace today. Instead, attention appears to be concentrating elsewhere in the space complex, specifically on the newly listed SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX).
SpaceX IPO and Cursor Deal Steal the Spotlight The apparent catalyst is capital and attention rotating toward SpaceX stock, trading under the ticker SPCX, which made its public debut last week and has dominated investor flows since. SpaceX has been the most-bought stock by retail investors for multiple sessions, according to flow chatter circulating among traders.
Reportedly, SpaceX disclosed a $60 billion option agreement to acquire Anysphere, the AI coding company doing business as Cursor. The compute and option agreement was entered on April 19, and the call options can be exercised within a 30-day window tied to the IPO completion or September 30, whichever is earlier.
That combination of a marquee listing and a high-profile AI deal has made SpaceX the focal point of the space trade. Planet Labs stock, Intuitive Machines stock, and Firefly Aerospace stock are likely feeling the pull. After all, these are speculative, high-beta names that can drop sharply on sentiment and rotation.
Sharp Pullback Within a Strong Year Today’s drop looks dramatic, but the broader picture is more nuanced. Planet Labs stock is still up 39% year to date (YTD), leaving today’s slide as a sharp pullback within an otherwise strong year for the satellite operator.
Intuitive Machines stock is in a similar place, with a YTD gain of 45% even after today’s slide. Firefly Aerospace stock is up 38% YTD, though it remains well below its post-IPO highs from last year.
Virgin Galactic stock tells a different story. Shares are down 99% over five years, leaving the stock as a low-priced, long-struggling name with Virgin Galactic’s market cap near $376 million.
Reddit discussion mirrors the mood swing. WallStreetBets sentiment on Virgin Galactic flipped from very bullish on June 11 to very bearish by June 12, with a widely upvoted post titled “$SPCX vs $SPCE the degenerate thesis was hilariously wrong” capturing the rotation theme in plain language.
What to Watch Next Investors can watch for whether today’s losses hold into the close or fade as buyers step in on weakness. The space sector has shown a pattern of fast rebounds after sentiment-driven pullbacks, yet, with SpaceX absorbing capital, the recovery path for Planet Labs stock, Intuitive Machines stock, and Firefly Aerospace stock may take longer than usual.
Given the speculative profile of these names, investors should consider keeping their position sizes modest and avoid chasing intraday moves. Analysts still see upside in some of these stocks, with a $40 average price target on Planet Labs and $40.78 on Intuitive Machines, but valuations remain rich after this year’s rally.
Keep an eye on any fresh SpaceX headlines, especially around the Cursor option timeline, and on whether Virgin Galactic stock can hold above $3 ahead of its scheduled Q3 2026 flight testing. The next SpaceX-related catalyst could shift this trade quickly, in either direction.
Key Takeaways RKLB has an edge over PL, backed by price performance and stronger growth estimates.Planet Labs sees demand for Earth-observation data but remains unprofitable amid high costs.Rocket Lab's defense demand, backlog visibility and vertical integration support growth. Lower launch costs, stronger government investment in advanced space and defense technologies, and growing commercial use of satellite services are fueling the space economy. Demand continues to rise across satellite communications, Earth observation, defense, navigation, climate monitoring, and data infrastructure, creating significant growth opportunities for industry participants.
In this context, Planet Labs (PL - Free Report) and Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB - Free Report) are worth mentioning as both deploy AI into their core functions. Planet Labs is a leading provider of Earth-imaging data and geospatial analytics, operating the largest fleet of Earth-observation satellites globally.
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company that provides launch services, spacecraft, spacecraft components, optical systems, flight and ground software, and on-orbit mission operations. Let's discuss in detail.
The Case for Planet LabsPlanet Labs generates the majority of its revenues through a combination of fixed-price subscriptions and usage-based contracts, delivering satellite imagery and geospatial analytics through its cloud-based platform to government agencies and enterprise customers. Growth has been driven by the expansion of recurring subscription revenues, increasing government demand and a strategic shift toward higher-value analytics and data services.
The company has increasingly focused on securing large government and defense contracts, which provide stronger revenue visibility and longer-term stability. At the same time, management sees meaningful commercial opportunities as AI-powered analytics and imaging tools—initially developed for government applications—expand into industries such as agriculture, energy, insurance, finance, supply chain monitoring and operational intelligence.
For second-quarter fiscal 2027, Planet Labs expects revenues between $102 million and $107 million, with non-GAAP gross margins of 52% to 55%. Adjusted EBITDA is projected to range from breakeven to a $5 million profit, while capital expenditures are expected to be between $21 million and $27 million.
For full-year fiscal 2027, management forecasts revenues of $425 million to $441 million, non-GAAP gross margin of 52% to 54%, and adjusted EBITDA ranging from breakeven to a $10 million profit. Capital expenditures are expected to total $80 million to $95 million.
Despite improving scale, Planet Labs remains unprofitable and is unlikely to achieve sustained profitability in the near term. Continued investments in satellite infrastructure, elevated R&D spending, and high operating costs continue to put pressure on margins, while returns on equity and invested capital remain below industry averages.
The company is still in the red, and a rebound is not expected soon.
PL shares have gained 43.1% year to date.
The Case for Rocket LabRocket Lab is transitioning from a niche launch provider into a vertically integrated space infrastructure company with growing exposure to defense, satellite systems, and advanced space technologies. The company has established operational credibility through its Electron rocket program while steadily expanding into higher-value segments of the space economy.
Management has built a diversified aerospace platform spanning launch services, spacecraft manufacturing, satellite components, mission software and space systems integration. This diversification has reduced reliance on launch revenues alone and created a more balanced, scalable business model with multiple long-term growth drivers.
A major catalyst is the development of the Neutron rocket, which targets the medium-lift market currently led by larger competitors such as SpaceX. If successful, Neutron could significantly expand Rocket Lab’s addressable market, improve economics through partial reusability, and support larger commercial and government missions.
The company is also deepening vertical integration through acquisitions and internal product development. The acquisition of Motiv Space Systems, now operating as Rocket Lab Robotics, strengthens capabilities in robotics, motion control and spacecraft mechanisms. These technologies enhance Rocket Lab’s ability to deliver end-to-end mission solutions for planetary exploration, national security programs, satellite constellations, orbital infrastructure and emerging space-based computing applications.
At the same time, increasing defense demand is creating opportunities in responsive launch, hypersonics and missile defense. Improving margins and a solid balance sheet provide financial flexibility to fund Neutron development, scale production, and pursue additional strategic acquisitions. Backlog visibility supports near-term revenues.
RKLB shares have rallied 50% year to date.
Estimates for PL and RKLBThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for PL’s fiscal 2027 revenues implies a year-over-year increase of 40.2%, while the same for earnings per share (EPS) suggests a 75% year-over-year decline. EPS estimates have moved south in the past 30 days.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for RKLB’s 2026 revenues implies a year-over-year rise of 52.8%, and the same for EPS implies a year-over-year increase of 55.6%. EPS estimates witnessed no movement in the past 30 days.
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Are PL and RKLB Shares Expensive?PL is trading at a forward sales multiple of 20.82, above its median of 3.96 over the last three years. RKLB’s forward sales multiple sits at 56.26, higher than its median of 13.83 over the last three years.
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ConclusionPlanet Labs, a data-driven company focused on Earth-observation imagery and analytics, is poised to grow, given the rising global demand for commercial satellites.
Defense demand, backlog visibility, scalable launch cadence, vertical integration, and liquidity support growth for Rocket Lab.
Despite its premium valuation, RKLB’s price performance and growth estimates give it an edge over PL. RKLB carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), while PL carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
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Key Takeaways Kohl's proprietary brands posted a 6% comparable sales increase in first-quarter fiscal 2026. Juniors sales rose 10%, led by SO, with LC Lauren Conrad, Sonoma, FLX and Tek Gear contributing. Kohl's plans more proprietary-brand inventory, in-store presentation and By Kohl's marketing support. Kohl’s Corporation (KSS - Free Report) is leaning more on its proprietary brands to strengthen value for budget-conscious shoppers. With consumers being selective on discretionary spending, the retailer is using exclusive labels to offer quality products at affordable opening price points. The strategy gained traction in first-quarter fiscal 2026, as proprietary brands delivered a 6% comparable-sales increase.
The performance was broad-based across key apparel categories and represented one of the brighter areas of the business during the quarter. Juniors led the way with a 10% sales increase, driven by strength in the SO brand. Other proprietary labels, including LC Lauren Conrad, Sonoma, FLX and Tek Gear, also contributed to results across multiple categories.
Private brands remain central to Kohl’s value-focused merchandising approach. Unlike national brands, these labels are exclusive to Kohl’s, allowing the company to offer customers a combination of affordability and differentiation. To build on the momentum, KSS plans to increase inventory investments in proprietary brands while enhancing in-store presentation and expanding awareness through its By Kohl’s marketing campaign.
The company is also strengthening its value message through initiatives such as Deal Bar and Toy Tower, which feature seasonal, gifting and toy products at price points below $10. Both concepts performed better than initially expected during the quarter.
The 6% comparable sales increase in proprietary brands underscores the growing role of Kohl’s exclusive labels within its value strategy. As the company expands inventory support, marketing efforts and in-store visibility for these brands, private labels are becoming an increasingly important part of delivering affordable products and reinforcing KSS’ value proposition across its merchandise assortment.
WMT and TGT Also Lean on Value and Exclusive AssortmentsWalmart Inc. (WMT - Free Report) is also using value and private brands to support customer engagement. In first-quarter fiscal 2027, the company reported 4.1% comparable sales growth in Walmart U.S., backed by a 3% increase in transactions. In general merchandise, WMT’s private-brand sales rose double digits, while private-brand mix expanded 175 basis points. Walmart also had about 7,200 rollbacks across its assortment, reinforcing its value message.
Target Corporation (TGT - Free Report) is taking a similar value-led approach through affordable, trend-right assortments. In first-quarter 2026, TGT posted 5.6% comparable sales growth, driven partly by a 4.4% increase in comparable traffic. The company cited strength in toys, where new offerings priced at $20 or less helped deliver double-digit comparable growth. For Target, value-focused assortments remain key to driving guest engagement.
KSS Stock Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of Kohl’s have surged 94.1% over the past year compared with the industry’s growth of 73.6%.
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From a valuation standpoint, KSS trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 13.7, lower than the industry’s average of 14.41.
KSS’ Valuation Compared to Industry
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June 16, 2026 17:05 ET | Source: Eldorado Gold Corporation
Reminds Shareholders to Vote; Proxies must be returned by 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) on Friday, June 19, 2026
Provides Update on Board Leadership Transition
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eldorado Gold Corporation (TSX: ELD, NYSE: EGO) (“Eldorado” or the “Company”) reminds its shareholders that the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 in a physical and virtual hybrid format. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders may attend in person at 550 Burrard Street, Suite 2900, Vancouver, BC, V6C 0A3 or online at https://meetnow.global/MKZ9Z9W. To be valid, proxies for the meeting must be completed and returned by 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) on Friday, June 19, 2026. The meeting represents the Company’s first annual meeting since the completion of its acquisition of Foran Mining in April 2026 and provides Eldorado’s resulting expanded shareholder base with an opportunity to engage with directors and management.
The Company is also providing an update on the status of its previously announced Board of Directors transition. In keeping with its commitment to a responsible board succession and renewal process, Eldorado’s Board is currently advancing its leadership succession process to identify a successor to Steven Reid as Chair. The appointment of Eldorado’s successor Chair is expected to occur no later than September 30, 2026.
For additional details about Eldorado’s upcoming annual meeting of shareholders or if shareholders have any questions or need assistance completing the form of proxy or voting instruction form, please refer to the Company’s management proxy circular dated May 7, 2026 for more information or contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group by telephone at 1 877 452 7184 toll-free in North America, or 1 416 304 0211 outside of North America, or text message by texting the word “INFO” to +1 877 452 7184 or +1 416 304 0211, or by email at [email protected].
About Eldorado Gold
Eldorado is a gold and base metals producer with mining, development and exploration operations in Canada, Türkiye, and Greece. The Company has a highly skilled and dedicated workforce, safe and responsible operations, a portfolio of high-quality assets, and long-term partnerships with local communities. Eldorado's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: ELD) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EGO).
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During two-week campaign, held in partnership with Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, customers donated more than $547,000 to support animal shelters and rescues in the wake of natural disasters
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced today that its customers have contributed more than $547,000 to help provide a critical lifeline to animal shelters and rescues impacted by natural disasters through the Relief for Rescues Fund.
From May 26 to June 7, Tractor Supply customers donated to the Relief for Rescues Fund at checkout, either in store or at TractorSupply.com. Tractor Supply and Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation established the Relief for Rescues Fund in 2023. Since then, more than $1.6 million has been allocated to over 166 shelters and rescues in the wake of hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes and other devastating events.
“Anyone who knows our customers realizes pretty quick that their pets are truly part of the family,” said Kimberley Gardiner, Tractor Supply’s chief marketing officer. “That’s why this partnership with Miranda and MuttNation resonates so strongly. When disasters strike, shelters and rescue organizations often face overwhelming challenges, and our customers never hesitate to lend a hand. Their generosity continues to make a meaningful difference, helping provide care and support for animals when they need it most.”
When natural disasters strike, Relief for Rescues provides funds directly to impacted shelters and rescues, as well as organizations offering boots-on-the-ground assistance, covering all aspects of recovery: food, supplies, veterinary care, transport and repairs. In 2025 alone, MuttNation Foundation deployed hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Fund to assist with recovery from multiple disasters, including the California wildfires in January and the Texas Hill Country floods in July.
“Animals are some of the most vulnerable victims of natural disasters, and after seeing the devastation of events like the Texas floods, I’m more committed than ever to making sure Relief for Rescues is there for every shelter that needs us," said Lambert.
The three-time GRAMMY Award-winning superstar partnered with Tractor Supply to create the Relief for Rescues Fund after witnessing the lack of resources available to animal shelters after catastrophic events. Together, they launched an in-store and online Tractor Supply fundraiser, using the initial money raised to create a dedicated fund.
Tractor Supply and MuttNation Foundation have collaborated since 2019 and together support MuttNation’s annual Mutts Across America program, providing grants to animal shelters nationwide. Tractor Supply is also the exclusive home for MuttNation pet products. A percentage of all MuttNation sales goes to the MuttNation Foundation to further support its mission to promote and facilitate adoption of shelter pets.
Little Red Wagon Pet Supply Drive
As part of its support of Miranda Lambert and the Music City Rodeo, Tractor Supply hosted a "Help Us Fill the Little Red Wagon" pet supply drive to benefit shelter animals in the Nashville community.
Held on May 28 at the Tractor Supply tent outside Bridgestone Arena, the activation encouraged rodeo fans to donate pet food, toys, treats and other pet care essentials for local shelter pets. To thank participants, the first 100 donors received a Tractor Supply gift card.
Donated supplies were collected during the event and donated to Metro Animal Care and Control in Nashville, helping provide needed resources for animals awaiting adoption. The activation reflected Tractor Supply's ongoing commitment to supporting animal welfare and caring for pets in the communities it calls home.
MuttNation Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded by Lambert and her mother, Bev, in 2009, with a mission to promote the adoption of shelter pets, spay and neuter and to provide assistance to shelters during times of natural disaster.
To learn more, visit TractorSupply.com/MuttNation.
About Tractor Supply Company
For more than 85 years, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) has been passionate about serving the needs of recreational farmers, ranchers, homeowners, gardeners, pet enthusiasts and all those who enjoy living Life Out Here. Tractor Supply is the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the U.S., ranking 290 on the Fortune 500. The Company’s more than 52,000 Team Members are known for delivering legendary service and helping customers pursue their passions, whether that means being closer to the land, taking care of animals or living a hands-on, DIY lifestyle. In store and online, Tractor Supply provides what customers need – anytime, anywhere, any way they choose at the low prices they deserve.
As part of the Company’s commitment to caring for animals of all kinds, Tractor Supply is proud to include Petsense by Tractor Supply, a pet specialty retailer, Allivet, a leading online pet and animal pharmacy, and VIP Petcare, the largest provider of mobile veterinary care in the United States, in its family of brands. Together, Tractor Supply is able to provide comprehensive solutions for pet care, livestock wellness and rural living, ensuring customers and their animals thrive. From its stores to the customer’s doorstep, Tractor Supply is here to serve and support Life Out Here.
As of March 28, 2026, the Company operated 2,435 Tractor Supply stores in 49 states and 206 Petsense by Tractor Supply stores in 23 states. For more information, visit www.tractorsupply.com and www.Petsense.com.
About MuttNation Foundation
Founded in 2009 by Miranda Lambert and her mother, Bev Lambert, MuttNation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) donation-supported nonprofit that has raised over $13 million in support of shelter pet adoption, spay and neuter, and educating the public about both. The Foundation also provides financial assistance to shelters and rescues recovering from natural disasters. MuttNation Fueled by Miranda Lambert, a pet toy and supply line sold exclusively at Tractor Supply Company stores throughout the US, benefits the Foundation directly. Learn more at www.muttnation.com.
Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced today that its customers have contributed more than $547,000 to help provide a critical lifeline to animal shelters and rescues impacted by natural disasters through the Relief for Rescues Fund.
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Tractor Supply Customers Show their Passion for Shelter Pets during "Relief for Rescues" Fundraiser
From May 26 to June 7, Tractor Supply customers donated to the Relief for Rescues Fund at checkout, either in store or at TractorSupply.com. Tractor Supply and Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation established the Relief for Rescues Fund in 2023. Since then, more than $1.6 million has been allocated to over 166 shelters and rescues in the wake of hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes and other devastating events.
“Anyone who knows our customers realizes pretty quick that their pets are truly part of the family,” said Kimberley Gardiner, Tractor Supply’s chief marketing officer. “That’s why this partnership with Miranda and MuttNation resonates so strongly. When disasters strike, shelters and rescue organizations often face overwhelming challenges, and our customers never hesitate to lend a hand. Their generosity continues to make a meaningful difference, helping provide care and support for animals when they need it most.”
When natural disasters strike, Relief for Rescues provides funds directly to impacted shelters and rescues, as well as organizations offering boots-on-the-ground assistance, covering all aspects of recovery: food, supplies, veterinary care, transport and repairs. In 2025 alone, MuttNation Foundation deployed hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Fund to assist with recovery from multiple disasters, including the California wildfires in January and the Texas Hill Country floods in July.
“Animals are some of the most vulnerable victims of natural disasters, and after seeing the devastation of events like the Texas floods, I’m more committed than ever to making sure Relief for Rescues is there for every shelter that needs us," said Lambert.
The three-time GRAMMY Award-winning superstar partnered with Tractor Supply to create the Relief for Rescues Fund after witnessing the lack of resources available to animal shelters after catastrophic events. Together, they launched an in-store and online Tractor Supply fundraiser, using the initial money raised to create a dedicated fund.
Tractor Supply and MuttNation Foundation have collaborated since 2019 and together support MuttNation’s annual Mutts Across America program, providing grants to animal shelters nationwide. Tractor Supply is also the exclusive home for MuttNation pet products. A percentage of all MuttNation sales goes to the MuttNation Foundation to further support its mission to promote and facilitate adoption of shelter pets.
Little Red Wagon Pet Supply Drive
As part of its support of Miranda Lambert and the Music City Rodeo, Tractor Supply hosted a "Help Us Fill the Little Red Wagon" pet supply drive to benefit shelter animals in the Nashville community.
Held on May 28 at the Tractor Supply tent outside Bridgestone Arena, the activation encouraged rodeo fans to donate pet food, toys, treats and other pet care essentials for local shelter pets. To thank participants, the first 100 donors received a Tractor Supply gift card.
Donated supplies were collected during the event and donated to Metro Animal Care and Control in Nashville, helping provide needed resources for animals awaiting adoption. The activation reflected Tractor Supply's ongoing commitment to supporting animal welfare and caring for pets in the communities it calls home.
MuttNation Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded by Lambert and her mother, Bev, in 2009, with a mission to promote the adoption of shelter pets, spay and neuter and to provide assistance to shelters during times of natural disaster.
To learn more, visit TractorSupply.com/MuttNation.
About Tractor Supply Company
For more than 85 years, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) has been passionate about serving the needs of recreational farmers, ranchers, homeowners, gardeners, pet enthusiasts and all those who enjoy living Life Out Here. Tractor Supply is the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the U.S., ranking 290 on the Fortune 500. The Company’s more than 52,000 Team Members are known for delivering legendary service and helping customers pursue their passions, whether that means being closer to the land, taking care of animals or living a hands-on, DIY lifestyle. In store and online, Tractor Supply provides what customers need – anytime, anywhere, any way they choose at the low prices they deserve.
As part of the Company’s commitment to caring for animals of all kinds, Tractor Supply is proud to include Petsense by Tractor Supply, a pet specialty retailer, Allivet, a leading online pet and animal pharmacy, and VIP Petcare, the largest provider of mobile veterinary care in the United States, in its family of brands. Together, Tractor Supply is able to provide comprehensive solutions for pet care, livestock wellness and rural living, ensuring customers and their animals thrive. From its stores to the customer’s doorstep, Tractor Supply is here to serve and support Life Out Here.
As of March 28, 2026, the Company operated 2,435 Tractor Supply stores in 49 states and 206 Petsense by Tractor Supply stores in 23 states. For more information, visit www.tractorsupply.com and www.Petsense.com.
About MuttNation Foundation
Founded in 2009 by Miranda Lambert and her mother, Bev Lambert, MuttNation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) donation-supported nonprofit that has raised over $13 million in support of shelter pet adoption, spay and neuter, and educating the public about both. The Foundation also provides financial assistance to shelters and rescues recovering from natural disasters. MuttNation Fueled by Miranda Lambert, a pet toy and supply line sold exclusively at Tractor Supply Company stores throughout the US, benefits the Foundation directly. Learn more at www.muttnation.com.
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BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (BBAI - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $3.96, demonstrating a -2.22% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.57% loss on the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.64%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.15%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had gained 3.32% outpaced the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 2.85% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.14%.
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