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July 14, 2026 07:00 ET  | Source: USA Rare Earth, Inc.

Positions USA Rare Earth as one of few companies outside of Asia with the capability to separate heavy rare earths

Represents important step toward an integrated value chain that secures global supply for advanced manufacturing and critical industries

Broadens Company’s feedstock options to include recycled material, complementing planned oxide production from Round Top and Serra Verde concentrates

Samples to be sent to LCM for qualification; produced oxides to serve as feedstock to rare earth metal production, which supplies the Company’s magnet manufacturing facilities in the United States

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USA Rare Earth, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAR) ("USAR", "USA Rare Earth", or the "Company"), a rare earth, critical minerals and advanced materials company, today announced that its hydrometallurgical facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, has produced commercial-grade dysprosium (Dy) oxide and neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) oxide samples from recycled rare earth magnet scrap, known in the industry as "swarf."

USA Rare Earth’s successful separation of commercial-grade Dy oxide and NdPr oxide at Wheat Ridge is a pivotal milestone, establishing the Company as one of the few Western producers capable of executing this technically demanding process outside Asia. By bridging world-class upstream resources with advanced separation and processing, metallization, and magnet manufacturing, the Company’s mission is to build the leading global rare earth and critical mineral value chain where each link reinforces the next. This achievement marks a critical step toward delivering a global, integrated solution to de-risk supply chains for defense, semiconductors, and physical AI infrastructure.

The Dy and NdPr oxides were produced using swarf, the fine scrap generated when neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets are machined and finished, which in this case were sourced from the Company’s Stillwater, OK magnet manufacturing facility. Turning that scrap back into high-purity light and heavy rare earth oxide broadens the Company’s feedstock options and strengthens the circularity of its value chain, with swarf projected to support up to 30% of future magnetic rare earth oxide feedstock needs. This validation of the magnet swarf recycling flowsheet also lays the foundation to potentially incorporate end-of-life magnets as an additional commercial feedstock option.

The oxides produced at Wheat Ridge are expected to be sent to Less Common Metals (“LCM”), USA Rare Earth’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom, for qualification and for conversion into rare earth metals and strip cast. The output from LCM, which is one of the few commercial scale metal, alloy and strip cast producers outside of Asia, is expected to serve as feedstock for the Company’s magnet manufacturing facilities in the United States.

Dysprosium is one of the most technically challenging rare earth elements to separate at commercial purity, and today virtually all Dy oxide is produced in China. While NdPr provides the magnetic foundation of NdFeB permanent magnets, dysprosium is added in smaller quantities to allow magnets to retain performance and coercivity at high operating temperatures, a requirement of the aerospace, defense, electric vehicle, robotics and industrial motor applications that NdFeB magnets enable. Producers with the proven ability to separate heavy rare earths at commercial specification outside Asia remain scarce, and Dy availability is widely recognized as a primary constraint on the Western permanent magnet industry.

Today’s production milestone places USA Rare Earth in that small group and establishes swarf from magnet manufacturing as a feedstock stream back into the Company’s value chain, closing the loop between the Company’s downstream magnet manufacturing and its upstream separation. Additional campaigns underway at Wheat Ridge are expected to process material from the Company’s Round Top project and from Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine. These campaigns are expected to produce additional varieties of rare earth and critical mineral oxides in the coming weeks, further advancing USA Rare Earth toward proven capability across every stage of the rare earth value chain: mining, separation and processing, metal and alloy making, and permanent magnet manufacturing.

About the Wheat Ridge Facility

The Wheat Ridge demonstration facility runs 24 hours a day and is fully instrumented for real-time process monitoring across every unit operation. The facility is built to digitally and physically simulate the Company’s future commercial-scale operation, and the data it generates flows directly into the engineering design of a planned consolidated separation facility, which will process both magnet swarf and mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC). This allows the team to validate its proprietary flowsheets and refine the commercial design using live operating data and physical testing rather than theory alone.

About USA Rare Earth, Inc.

USA Rare Earth, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAR) is building a fully integrated rare earth and permanent magnet value chain across the United States and the United Kingdom, with plans for expansion in France and Brazil. Through its ownership of Less Common Metals (LCM), one of the world’s leading producers of rare earth metals and alloys, its magnet manufacturing capacity in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the planned acquisition of the Pela Ema mine in Brazil (subject to closing the Serra Verde Group transaction) and the Round Top deposit in Texas, USA Rare Earth operates across the entire value chain from mining to metal-making, alloy production and neodymium magnet manufacturing. USA Rare Earth is establishing a secure, Western supply of materials essential to the aerospace and defense, semiconductor, energy, data center, physical AI, mobility, healthcare and other key industrial sectors. For more information, visit www.usare.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include those relating to the objectives, scope and anticipated benefits of the Wheat Ridge demonstration program; the Company’s ability to validate and optimize its processing and separation flowsheets and to produce separated oxides at commercial quality; the Company’s plans for a consolidated commercial separation facility for magnet swarf and mixed rare earth carbonate; and the Company’s global value chain strategy. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations, including without limitation: the Company’s ability to execute its business plan, including development of the Round Top deposit and its processing and manufacturing facilities; the timing and advancement of expected business milestones; the significant long-term and inherently risky investments the Company is making in mining and manufacturing facilities; the Company’s ability to obtain additional or replacement financing as needed; risks that the proposed transactions with Serra Verde Group, Carester SAS and Texas Mineral Resources Corp. may not be consummated on their anticipated timelines or at all; the Company may not realize the anticipated benefits of its proposed and prior acquisitions, including expected synergies, financial performance, estimated EBITDA and, in the case of Serra Verde Group, integration of operations, on the anticipated timeline or at all; the ability of the Company’s Stillwater facility or other future magnet manufacturing facilities to commence commercial operations on the timing and with the production capacity anticipated or at all; the Company’s limited operating history; risks that the Company may experience delays, unforeseen expenses, increased capital costs, and other complications in operating its business; potential dilution to existing stockholders and adverse effect on the Company’s stock price if the Company issues additional common stock or equity-linked securities; the volatility of the Company’s stock price; the Company’s ability to satisfy project milestones and other conditions to disbursement under the Company’s financing arrangement with the Department of Commerce (“DOC”) on the anticipated timeline or at all; the Company’s dependence on continued governmental support for the DOC financing transactions, which remains subject to changes in laws, regulations, administrations and appropriations; extensive affirmative and negative covenants, domestic content and national security guardrail provisions and ongoing reporting obligations in the DOC financing agreements that restrict the Company’s operational and financial flexibility; the risk that defaults under the DOC funding agreements could trigger cross-defaults across the Company’s financing arrangements; the impact of the DOC’s equity interest in the Company on the Company’s ability to pursue strategic transactions and on the Company’s relationships with customers, suppliers, partners and other counterparties; the availability of rare earth oxide, metal feedstock and other materials, utilities (including power and water) and equipment in quantities and prices that allow the Company to develop and commercially operate the Company’s Stillwater facility and other facilities; the Company’s ability to meet individual customer specifications and manufacture a consistently high quality product; fluctuations in demand for and prices of the Company’s products, including without limitation as a result of dumping, predatory pricing and other tactics by the Company’s competitors or state actors or the overall competitive environment; the Company’s ability to achieve positive cash flow or profitability or the ability to access cash flow within the Company’s corporate structure due to restrictions contained in the Company’s financing agreements; the Company’s ability to convert current commercial discussions and/or memorandums of understanding with customers for the sale of the Company’s neo magnets and other products into definitive orders; geopolitical developments or disruptions, such as changes in the political environment, export/import or environmental policy of the People’s Republic of China, the United States or other countries in which the Company operates or sells products or otherwise; war, terrorism, natural disasters or public health emergencies; the Company’s ability to retain or recruit key personnel; environmental, health and safety regulations; and the Company’s ability to comply with requirements for federal, state and local government incentives and financing.

Additional risks and detailed information regarding factors that may cause actual results to differ materially has been and will be included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and subsequent filings. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release (or such other date as is specified in such statements), and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future developments except as required by law.

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It will take roughly 6,090 shares to earn $10,000 a year in dividends from Nike (NKE 1.31%). This is based on its current quarterly payment of $0.41, or a forward-12-month dividend of $1.64 per share.

Nike's dividend yield is the highest in its history. The company recently raised the quarterly payment by 3%, marking 24 consecutive years of dividend increases.

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But the high yield doesn't come without risks. The stock has fallen 76% from its previous peak due to weaker consumer spending and lower revenue growth.

The weaker revenue isn't the biggest problem for Nike -- it's lower margins. To support continued dividend payments, the company has to pay out more cash than it is taking in. Over the last year, Nike paid out roughly $2.4 billion in dividends but generated just over $1 billion in free cash flow. That's obviously not sustainable in the long run.

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Free cash flow is down partly due to restructuring costs related to turnaround efforts and investment in stores and products. These are largely transitional, so Nike should be able to recover its free cash flow fairly quickly. I wouldn't be too alarmed about the high payout ratio right now.

Nike also has approximately $9 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet, with $7.9 billion in total debt. More cash than debt is solid, but investors will need to closely follow quarterly earnings reports. Nike needs to show progress in improving margins and boosting free cash flow to cover the dividend payments.

John Ballard has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Nike. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Walmart (WMT +0.77%) has quietly become one of the market's strongest large-cap performers over the past few years, rewarding investors who had long underestimated it. Lately, though, the run has cooled. Yet even after slipping from a 52-week high near $135 to about $114 as of this writing, the stock still fetches about 40 times earnings -- a growth stock multiple for a retailer that rings up most of its sales on low-margin groceries.

That gap is the whole question for anyone buying today. Can a company this enormous grow into a price like that over the next five years? The answer sits in a surprisingly small corner of the business.

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The engines behind the premium On the surface, Walmart's results read like a big, dependable retailer's. In its fiscal first quarter of 2027 (the period ended April 30, 2026), total revenue rose 7.3% to $177.8 billion. Comparable sales in the U.S., excluding fuel, grew 4.1% -- healthy, but a notch below the 4.5% it posted a year earlier. Growth like that doesn't explain such a premium.

The explanation sits beneath the top line. Walmart's fastest-growing businesses happen to be its highest-margin, and they are finally big enough to matter. In the U.S., its Walmart Connect ad platform grew 44%, part of a broad jump in higher-margin advertising across the company. Membership fee income climbed 17.4% globally. And e-commerce sales rose 26%, now about 23% of net sales.

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Two things make that mix powerful. These lines carry far fatter margins than selling packaged food, so a growing share of Walmart's profit now comes from advertising, memberships, and marketplace fees rather than the shelves. And its online business, long a drag the company absorbed just to stay competitive, is finally reaching the point where better e-commerce economics help profits instead of hurting them.

"Our teams are ... growing higher-margin commerce solutions," CEO John Furner said in the company's first-quarter earnings release, describing a push he tied to stronger returns.

Automation feeds the same goal, with Walmart steering more of its capital expenditures into automated distribution and fulfillment that lower the cost of each online order.

Where the stock could be in 2031 Here is what today's price is really asking. At about 40 times earnings, the market is valuing Walmart less like a retailer and more like a durable and fast-growing compounder -- and management's own outlook shows why that's a stretch. For the full year, Walmart reiterated guidance for non-GAAP (adjusted) operating income to grow 6% to 8% and adjusted earnings per share of $2.75 to $2.85, up only about 6% from the prior year. Mid-single-digit profit growth rarely earns a valuation multiple in the 40s.

The five-year outcome comes down to two things: how fast earnings grow, and what multiple investors keep paying. Assume Walmart compounds earnings at 8% to 10% a year, a bit above current guidance and generous to the high-margin businesses. Hold the price-to-earnings ratio at 40, and the stock could approach $175. Let the premium fade toward a still-rich 30 times, and the same earnings support a price closer to $130. Push the multiple toward the broader market's, and five years of steady execution could leave the shares near where they trade now.

So a realistic five-year range runs from about $130 to $175, and nearly all of that spread comes from the multiple, not the business. The single most important factor, then, isn't comparable sales or the next holiday quarter. It's whether the high-margin engines, advertising above all, keep growing fast enough to keep investors excited about the growth story and ultimately defend the valuation premium. If Walmart Connect and membership keep compounding at double-digit rates, the mix shift can justify a rich multiple. If they cool, it likely compresses, and the stock can stall for years even while the business does fine.

There are, of course, reasons for caution. U.S. comparable sales already slowed last quarter, and higher fuel costs in the supply chain weighed on operating profit. Sure, Walmart keeps sending cash back to shareholders through a $30 billion buyback authorization (and notably a small dividend that yields under 1%). But against a company worth more than $900 billion, this repurchase program only modestly moves earnings.

So where does that leave the stock? I think Walmart will very likely be a bigger, more profitable business in five years, carried by the high-margin growth it's leaning into. But an excellent business bought at a demanding price can still make an ordinary investment. At about 40 times earnings, too much of the good news already sits in the share price for me. I'd rather wait for a pullback that prices in the chance the advertising and membership businesses cool before they fully scale. For now, it's a stock I'd watch rather than buy.

A never-before-drilled, kilometre-scale target in one of British Columbia's most storied copper-gold camps.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 14, 2026 / Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Prospect Ridge") (CSE:PRR)(OTCQB:PRRSF)(FRA:OED) is thrilled to announce that drilling has commenced at it's 100%-owned1; Excalibur copper-gold porphyry project in British Columbia's prolific Babine porphyry district (Figure 1). The initial discovery drill program at Excalibur is a significant first step in evaluating this undrilled, 2 km2, soil-covered geophysical and geochemical target that is interpreted as a potential altered and mineralized porphyry complex (Figure 2).

Why Excalibur is a target worth watching

Textbook porphyry signature: A recently completed induced polarization ("IP") survey revealed a large chargeability feature, interpreted as a classic pyrite-bearing halo flanking a series of magnetic highs, interpreted as magnetite-rich potassic alteration. These geophysical targets are supported by elevated copper in soil values and peripheral outcrops of pyrite-bearing hornfelsed sediments marking a potential copper-bearing porphyry system2 (Figures 2 and 3).

A large exploration fairway: The 28 km2, undrilled and only partly explored property, has delivered a 2 km2 coincident chargeability, magnetic, and multi-element soil anomaly that points to the potential for a buried porphyry-style system of a scale attractive to major mine developers.

A prime address in a proven district: Excalibur sits within the BC's Babine porphyry belt, 60-70 km from the past-producing Bell and Granisle mines and 40-50 km from exciting new discoveries such as Duke (Amarc Resources Ltd. and Boliden Mineral Canada Ltd.) and NAK (American Eagle Gold Corp.; TECK Resources Ltd. and South32 Limited)3,4 representing the newly highlighted potential of this belt.

Management comment

Prospect Ridge President & CEO Len Brownlie, Ph.D. commented: "Excalibur is an exciting new porphyry target in an established mining district. Our team's preparations since January have allowed us to assemble a high-quality operations team including Equity Exploration Consultants and Alpha Drilling along with solid local support to conduct this program during a very busy summer field season. For our shareholders, this program could provide a potentially transformational event in the form of a discovery of a new Babine-style copper-gold porphyry system."

Program and next steps

Drill program under way: The Company is targeting three to four drill collar locations for an initial ~1,500 metre program. Drill plans will be adjusted as new results drive exploration. An additional 1,500 meters of success-based drilling is also available to be deployed in 2026, dependant on results. Drilling commenced July 12, 2026, with updates and results to follow as the story unfolds.

A rock-solid technical foundation: Recent induced polarity and magnetic vector inversion modelling, multi-element soil geochemistry, and peripheral pyrite-mineralized outcrop support a compelling buried porphyry target.

Expansion of the supporting datasets to identify additional targets: In anticipation of positive drilling results, the Company is preparing to execute additional target development work in 2026 including expansion of the magnetic and IP data coverage and additional soil sampling across the 28 km2 mineral claims package.

Figure 1 - Excalibur Property location in relation to other projects in and near the Babine District.

About the Excalibur Property

On the Excalibur Property, suspected Bulkley and Babine-aged felsic intrusions cut Cretaceous stratified rocks, comprising Skeena Group clastic rocks to the west and Kasalka Group andesitic rocks to the east. A 50 to 500 metre wide by >1,600 metre long, east-west trending, Babine feldspar ± hornblende ± biotite porphyry dyke has been affected by a complex pattern of alteration, ranging from unaltered to propylitic and phyllic assemblages. Several outcrops of quartz-feldspar porphyry and granodiorite to the west of the current target are believed to be apophyses of the Bulkley stock documented south of the Excalibur Property. Copper, gold, and molybdenum mineralization is indicated by anomalous soil values over the overburden-covered targets.

Historical work includes mapping, soil sampling, and geophysical surveys (1971-72, 2019-2022); Prospect Ridge added to that foundation with additional soil sampling and a six-line IP survey in 2025. The target remains entirely undrilled providing a rare, wide-open canvas in a district with a proven mineral endowment.

The case for a buried porphyry system at Excalibur is compelling: anomalous copper, molybdenum, and gold in soils; strong IP chargeability; and a high magnetic response flanked by the chargeability high. Together, these geophysical and geochemical signatures may be interpreted as mineralized potassic alteration zone ringed by a pyrite halo - closely mirroring the geological setting of the nearby Granisle and Bell Copper porphyry deposits of the Babine Plutonic Suite.

Figure 2 - Plan view of planned drilling and supporting geophysical and geochemical data.

Figure 3 - Oblique section view of planned drilling and supporting geophysical data.

Funded and Positioned for 2026 Drilling

Prospect Ridge enters this program fully funded and permitted for this phase of planned work5; and driving toward key milestones, with further updates and assay results to follow as work advances. The Company is also aggressively advancing two other projects in its portfolio in 2026, with drilling planned for the Camelot Project in the third quarter, making this a potentially pivotal year for shareholders.

First Nations Land Acknowledgement

Prospect Ridge acknowledges that Excalibur is situated within the traditional territory of the Lake Babine First Nation. Prospect Ridge is committed to developing positive and mutually beneficial relationships with First Nations based on trust and respect and a foundation of open and honest communications.

Qualified Person Statement

All technical information that forms the basis for the written disclosure in this press release has been approved by Ron Voordouw, Ph.D., P.Geo., Director of Geoscience for Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd., who is an independent consultant to the Company, and a qualified person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.

About Prospect Ridge Resources Corp.

Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. is a British Columbia-based exploration and development company focused on critical metals and gold. Led by a seasoned management and technical team with over 100 years of combined mineral exploration experience, Prospect Ridge is advancing its north-central B.C.-located Golden Horseshoe and Cariboo projects - high-potential copper-gold systems positioned within some of Canada's most under-explored yet geologically endowed mineral belts.

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Sources of Technical Information

(1) Subject to option payments totalling $159,000 and 920,000 shares and a 1.5% NSR royalty that may be reduced to 0.6% on payment of $400,000 prior to the definition of an indicated mineral resource.

(2) See Prospect Ridge press release dated June 16, 2026.

(3) See Amarc Resources Ltd. press release dated April 2, 2026.

(4) See American Eagle Gold Corp. press release dated May 8, 2026.

(5) See Prospect Ridge press release dated July 7, 2026.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This release includes certain statements and information ("FLI") that may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. FLI relates to future events or future performance and reflect the current expectations or beliefs of the Company's management. Anything that is not historical fact is FLI. Generally, FLI can be, without limitation, identified by the use of forward-looking wording such as "aims","advancing","poised","potential", potentially","plans", "intends", "believes", "expects", "anticipates" or "estimates", and statements or phrases that certain actions, events or results "may", "might", "could", "should" or "would" occur, and similar expressions. FLI is not historical fact, is made as of the date of this news release and includes, without limitation, statements and discussions of future plans, intentions, expectations, estimates and forecasts, and statements as to management's intentions and expectations with respect to, among other things, positive exploration results at the Excalibur project. FLI involves numerous risks and uncertainties, and are based on assumptions, and actual results might differ materially from results suggested in any FLI. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the availability of financing to continue exploration activities, the availability and cost of qualified exploration personnel and service providers, and that future exploration results at the Excalibur project will not be as anticipated. In making any FLI in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including without limitation, that future exploration results at the Excalibur project will be as anticipated and that financing and permitting are adequate. Although management has endeavored to evaluate and use reasonable assumptions and to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in FLI, these assumptions may prove incorrect and there may be other factors that cause results not to be as intended, expected, anticipated or estimated. There can be no assurance that FLI will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those expressed in FLI. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on FLI, and are further cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Company does not undertake to update any FLI expressed or incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. We seek safe harbor.

SOURCE: Prospect Ridge Resources Corp.

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SummaryCompaniesPepsiCo's Q2 North America food sales fall 2%, volumes flatGLP-1 use reached 21% of US households in May 2026, data showsPepsiCo food volumes have fallen in four of the last six quartersJuly 14 (Reuters) - Americans built one of the world's ​great snacking cultures. Now PepsiCo (PEP.O), opens new tab is discovering just how fast that can shift.

With one in five American households using ‌GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, surging living costs, and a broader shift toward healthier eating, it is getting harder for the company to reignite growth. The pressure showed up in its quarterly results last week.

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Sales in the Frito-Lay and Pepsi soda maker's North American food business slipped 2%, while volume was flat in the second quarter ​ended June 13, even after earlier price cuts of up to 15% on some of its biggest products including Lay's, Doritos, ​Cheetos and Tostitos.

That marked a reversal from the modest recovery investors thought they were seeing at the start ⁠of the year, when volume growth improved to around 2% in the first quarter, with the North America food business returning to ​growth.

Volumes at its food business have fallen four times in the last six quarters.

The contrast with Coca-Cola (KO.N), opens new tab is particularly sharp.

PepsiCo's North America beverage ​volume fell 4% in the latest quarter, while Coca-Cola reported a 4% growth in the region three months earlier, underscoring the challenges facing PepsiCo's snack-heavy portfolio as consumers become more selective about what they eat and drink.

Coca-Cola's stock has risen more than 20% so far this year, while PepsiCo is down around 4%.

PepsiCo's ​results are likely to bring more scrutiny from activist investor Elliott Investment Management, which disclosed a roughly $4 billion stake nearly 10 months ago ​and has pushed the company to reinvigorate its soda business, boost its share price and explore selling non-core food assets.

Investors "certainly want better volumes in the face ‌of them ⁠lowering price," said Stephanie Link, chief investment officer at Hightower Advisors, which holds PepsiCo stock.

SNACKING BECOMES MORE INTENTIONALAmericans are increasingly gravitating toward food with perceived health benefits such as higher protein, lower sugar and added fiber.

This comes as GLP-1 adoption has increased to 21% of U.S. households in May 2026, from 9% in January 2025, with users buying fewer sweet treats and cutting back on salty snacks, according to a ​PwC analysis of Numerator data.

"Consumers ​have moved from snacking on autopilot ⁠to making much more deliberate decisions about what they eat and how often," said Suzy Davidkhanian, vice president and principal analyst at eMarketer.

For PepsiCo, whose food brands including Ruffles and PopCorners generate about 58% ​of its annual revenue, the shift threatens one of the key engines that has driven growth for ​decades.

Analysts said any ⁠turnaround hinges not just on affordability, but on how quickly PepsiCo capitalizes on the demand for functional products.

The company's executives said last week that improvement in its North America business was likely to be more gradual than expected.

"PepsiCo now finds itself competing harder for every dollar, and increasingly that ⁠competition is ​about relevance as much as price," said Katherine Machado O'Hara, founder of marketing consultancy ​The Oxigeno Project.

The company "must rethink its 'giant in the room' mentality and support their innovation teams to allow products to market much faster ... A year late isn't just a ​delay, it can mean missing the trend entirely."

Reporting by Anuja Bharat Mistry and Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sayantani Ghosh and Sriraj Kalluvila

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July 14 (Reuters) - IBM's (IBM.N), opens new tab preliminary second-quarter revenue forecast ​came below Wall Street estimate ‌on Tuesday, as customers prioritized spending on AI infrastructure, including servers, ​storage and memory purchases, sending ​its shares slumping 17% in ⁠premarket trading.

The results reflect an ​industry-wide shift in technology spending ​toward AI infrastructure, reducing budgets for traditional software.

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According to the preliminary results, the ​company expects revenue of $17.2 billion ​during the quarter, compared with analysts' estimate ‌of $17.86 ⁠billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.

Adjusted earnings per share is expected to be $2.93, compared ​with the estimate of $3.02.

IBM ​CEO ⁠Arvind Krishna said in a letter to investors ​that in this quarter ​the ⁠company "faltered" in adapting quickly enough to the evolving market conditions, leading ⁠to "numerous ​large deals" not ​closing as expected.

Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese ​in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar

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Drug pricing has been hanging over the pharmaceutical industry for years, and the Trump administration didn't eliminate that pressure. It did, however, pursue voluntary pricing agreements with many of the industry's largest drugmakers. Since late 2025, the Trump administration has reached voluntary most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing agreements with 17 of the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, including Pfizer (PFE +1.32%), AbbVie (ABBV 0.03%), and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY +3.06%).

These agreements generally align prices for certain drugs with those paid in comparable developed countries, expand discounted direct-to-consumer purchasing through the TrumpRx platform, and provide MFN pricing for certain Medicaid purchases. So the obvious question is: Will lower drug prices automatically translate into lower profits? Let's take a closer look and find out.

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Pfizer moved first Pfizer became the first major pharmaceutical company to reach an agreement with the administration, offering discounts on more than 30 branded medicines. Management has framed the initiative as a way to improve affordability while preserving incentives for pharmaceutical innovation.

Now, that might appear negative for revenue; lower prices generally mean the company makes less per prescription. But Pfizer has another problem that arguably matters more: It needs to replace revenue lost from the decline of its COVID-19 products. The company's own projections assumes an additional $1.5 billion decline in COVID-related revenue, separate from revenue pressure caused by patent expirations.

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That said, Pfizer is investing heavily in oncology, vaccines, and obesity treatments, while pursuing additional cost reductions. A clearer pricing framework, even if it results in somewhat lower prices, could reduce regulatory uncertainty and help management make longer-term capital allocation decisions.

AbbVie has more flexibility Compared to Pfizer, AbbVie enters this environment from a position of strength. You see, Humira, once the world's best-selling drug, has already faced years of biosimilar competition. Management spent considerable time preparing for that transition with newer immunology drugs Skyrizi and Rinvoq, which now drive much of the company's growth.

Those products continue posting strong double-digit percentage sales increases, giving AbbVie a much more diversified business than it had just a few years ago. Skyrizi has become one of its most important growth drivers, generating nearly $4.5 billion in first-quarter 2026 sales, up 31% from a year earlier. Rinvoq continues delivering strong growth across multiple autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and atopic dermatitis. In the first quarter, Rinvoq revenue increased 23% year over year to roughly $2.1 billion, making it one of AbbVie's fastest-growing blockbuster medicines.

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Together, the two therapies are generating billions of dollars in annual revenue and are expected to more than offset the decline in Humira sales over the next several years. That transition leaves AbbVie less dependent on a single blockbuster drug and better positioned to absorb future pricing pressure.

Bristol Myers Squibb needs to fill a gap Bristol Myers Squibb faces a different challenge, as drug pricing isn't its only issue. Several of its top-selling products are already approaching (or facing) patent expirations, meaning they will be hit with competition from cheaper imitations. Revlimid has been steadily losing revenue as generic competition expands, while Eliquis, its blockbuster blood thinner co-marketed with Pfizer, is expected to face similar pressure later this decade.

Together, those products have generated tens of billions of dollars in annual sales, leaving Bristol Myers with a significant revenue gap to fill. Management has responded by launching newer medicines, expanding its late-stage pipeline, and pursuing acquisitions to strengthen its oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular portfolios. Whether those newer therapies can replace the revenue lost from aging blockbusters will likely have a much greater impact on long-term earnings than modest changes in drug pricing.

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The industry appears to be adapting So far, it seems as though the industry is adapting calmly, without any major red flags. And rather than mounting broad public opposition, many large pharmaceutical companies have chosen to negotiate. By April 2026, agreements included manufacturers that represent roughly 86% of the branded U.S. pharmaceutical market.

This is mostly the result of investor behavior. It's no secret that investors generally dislike regulatory uncertainty more than they dislike modest reductions in profitability. And the agreements may also provide other benefits, including tariff relief for participating manufacturers that expand U.S. production under separate administration policies. To put it simply: Complying, rather than fighting, was the most reasonable and sound strategy.

To be sure, drug pricing is becoming a larger factor in pharmaceutical investing, but it shouldn't become the only factor. Pipeline quality, research productivity, acquisitions, and manufacturing execution will continue driving long-term shareholder returns.

For Pfizer, the priority remains rebuilding growth beyond COVID products. For AbbVie, it's sustaining momentum from Skyrizi and Rinvoq. For Bristol Myers, success depends largely on replacing aging blockbuster products with next-generation therapies.

The new pricing agreements certainly change the industry's operating environment. But they don't eliminate what has always mattered most in pharmaceuticals: Companies that consistently develop valuable new medicines tend to create the most value for shareholders over time.

Eli Lilly (LLY 0.09%) and Novo Nordisk (NVO 0.35%) today participate in one of the most exciting growth markets in healthcare: the weight loss drug market, one that's on track to reach nearly $100 billion in a few years. Novo was the first to launch GLP-1 drugs and see them deliver blockbuster revenue, but it was quickly followed by Lilly, and this company also saw great successes.

In fact, as of about a year ago, Lilly actually jumped ahead of Novo and is now the GLP-1 leader in the U.S. and internationally. This leadership has translated into double-digit revenue growth as well as stock price performance, as investors applauded Lilly's accomplishments.

But right now, is one recent disturbing trend bad news for Lilly in this key growth market? Let's find out.

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Today's weight loss drugs So, first, a bit of background on these pharma companies' portfolios. Novo sells semaglutide under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, for type 2 diabetes and weight loss, respectively. Lilly sells tirzepatide as Mounjaro for the former indication and Zepbound for the latter. These drugs, in injectable format, act on hormonal pathways involved in digestion and therefore help regulate blood sugar levels and appetite. Patients self-inject on a weekly basis.

Demand has been high for these products, even resulting in shortages in the past -- in recent times, though, supply has been able to meet demand since both companies ramped up manufacturing capacity.

The Novo and Lilly drugs have proven to be efficacious and safe, and they are easy for patients to fit into their routines -- all of this has contributed to their popularity. Why has Lilly won leadership in the market? It may be due to data showing that the Lilly drugs lead to greater weight loss. In a head-to-head study, Zepbound helped patients lose an average of 20% of their body weight, while Wegovy generated average weight loss of 13% at 72 weeks.

But these aren't the only weight loss drugs sold by Lilly and Novo. Each has launched new oral weight loss drugs in recent times, and these could represent the next wave of growth for the companies. Novo won approval for oral Wegovy late last year, and Lilly won approval for Foundayo, its oral GLP-1 drug, this spring.

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Prescriptions for Foundayo And this brings me to the disturbing trend that could worry Lilly investors. Weekly prescription growth for Foundayo has remained flat over the past five weeks, FiercePharma reported, citing a July 10 note from Jefferies analysts. This is based on data gathered by IQVIA.

In the 13th week post-launch, the prescription count came in at 19,550. This is compared to the figure of more than 105,000 for the Wegovy pill at the same point after its launch.

This information shows us that doctors haven't been writing more and more prescriptions for the new Lilly drug -- and the oral Wegovy launch appears much stronger. Should Lilly shareholders worry about this disturbing trend?

There are a couple of differences to note. Oral Wegovy is the same drug -- semaglutide -- as its injectables, while Foundayo is a totally new GLP-1 product. So doctors and patients may take more time to get on board when it's not a drug they know well.

Second, major pharmacy benefit managers were on board with coverage of Wegovy as of the first week, but coverage came later for Foundayo, according to FiercePharma.

These elements may have offered oral Wegovy an advantage -- and more momentum at the launch. It's important to note that Foundayo may progressively appeal to doctors and patients looking for convenience: While oral Wegovy comes with food and beverage restrictions, Foundayo doesn't.

Novo dominated the injectable GLP-1 space, and then Lilly gradually built its leadership; so this could happen in the oral weight loss market too. And even if it doesn't, Lilly's 60% share of the U.S. market and deep pipeline of weight loss candidates mean investors shouldn't worry about the initial launch trend of one product. Lilly's weight loss drug portfolio is solid, and the company remains well-positioned to deliver earnings growth and stock performance over the long term.

Ultra-compact chip delivers trusted positioning, navigation, and timing resilience amid rising spoofing and jamming threats

, /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced the commercial availability of the Iridium PNT ASIC, a first-to-market chip designed to help protect GPS- and GNSS-dependent devices from jamming, spoofing, and other growing threats.

Iridium PNT ASIC Since the Iridium PNT ASIC's unveiling in October 2025, Iridium has received unprecedented demand from more than 150 organizations worldwide, spanning maritime, unmanned and autonomous systems (UXV), aviation, telecommunications, and other critical infrastructure sectors.

"The market response to the Iridium PNT ASIC has reinforced what we're hearing from customers around the world: assured PNT is becoming an essential capability across critical industries," said Dr. Michael O'Connor, executive vice president, PNT, Iridium. "With commercial availability, we're enabling manufacturers to integrate trusted timing and location capabilities into smaller, more efficient designs, making assured PNT accessible to more applications than ever before."

Measuring just 8 by 8 millimeters and weighing less than 0.2 grams, the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) represents a major step forward in expanding access to assured PNT technologies at scale. The chip delivers cryptographically secure timing and location data from the Iridium satellite network through one-way signal bursts that are powerful enough to work where traditional GNSS often cannot, including inside structures and in contested environments.

By continuously validating signal integrity and delivering trusted PNT data anywhere on Earth, the Iridium PNT ASIC provides a powerful new foundation not only for resilient navigation, but also timing. Financial markets, telecommunications networks, power grids, and governments all depend on precise time synchronization to coordinate operations and maintain reliable service.

As global reliance on GNSS continues to grow, so does the frequency and sophistication of signal interference such as jamming and spoofing. Recent incidents including the May 2026 in-flight jamming of United Kingdom Defence Secretary John Healey highlight increasing operational and safety risks associated with GNSS spoofing and jamming across commercial transportation, aviation, and critical infrastructure environments. According to a 2019 study sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a GPS outage was estimated to cost the U.S. economy approximately $1 billion per day. Adjusted for inflation, that figure would exceed $1.3 billion per day in 2026, underscoring the growing importance of reliable backup solutions.

Compact Assured PNT Integration Underway

Solace Communications, a provider of mission-critical communications solutions for demanding and remote environments, is one of several Iridium partners integrating the Iridium PNT ASIC. Its Vector family of assured PNT products combines Iridium PNT with multi-band GNSS and inertial sensing to deliver resilient positioning, navigation, and timing with continuous confidence scoring, while LTE and Iridium Short Burst Data® (SBD®) provide secure telemetry and messaging.

"The Iridium PNT ASIC supports our wider strategy of building one of the first edge-native, confidence-scored assured PNT platforms around multiple sources of positioning, timing, and motion data," said Adam Elcock, co-founder, Solace Communications. "Future navigation systems must do more than report a position. They must continuously determine whether that position and its timing can be trusted. That is the role Vector has been designed to fulfill and is now being deployed."

Skyband Systems, a developer of aviation-grade, PNT-resilient navigation hardware, will integrate the Iridium PNT ASIC into its M100 LRU for business and commercial aviation. The M100 combines Iridium PNT with onboard inertial sensing to alert crews to GNSS jamming and spoofing while providing aircraft location for enhanced situational awareness.

"Iridium's secure and powerful global service is the perfect platform for Skyband's resilient navigation product," said Robert Wiggenhorn, co-founder, Skyband Systems. "We are excited to partner with Iridium as they launch the Iridium PNT ASIC and look forward to further strengthening their legacy of aircraft innovation and safety."

Iridium continues to engage with developers, original equipment manufacturers, integrators, and technology providers to incorporate assured PNT capabilities into next-generation solutions. Those interested in ordering the Iridium PNT ASIC are encouraged to visit www.iridium.com/pnt/asic.

About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) operates the world's only truly global mobile satellite network. It serves as a platform for innovation, enabling voice, data, and messaging, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), and aircraft surveillance services anywhere on Earth. Through its satellite constellation and integrated capabilities like Aireon, the world's only space-based air traffic surveillance system, Iridium delivers services that support safety-focused operations across aviation, maritime, government, industrial, and consumer markets. The company is a leader in satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and is advancing direct-to-device (D2D) communications based on open standards to expand access to satellite services.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Iridium innovates through an ecosystem of more than 500 technology and distribution partners, serving millions of customers worldwide. For more information visit www.iridium.com.

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Iridium Communications Inc.
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SOURCE Iridium Communications Inc.

Main Street Capital (MAIN 0.63%) will make its latest monthly dividend payment this week. That payment will be 1.9% above last month's level (and 3.9% higher than the year-ago payment). It's the 12th dividend increase since the end of 2021.

When adding in the business development company's (BDC) recently paid supplemental quarterly dividend, its annualized yield is up over 8% at the recent share price. Here's a look at the safety of this high-yielding payout as its earnings soften.

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Earnings are softening while the dividend keeps rising Main Street Capital reported its first-quarter earnings in early May. The BDC generated $90.8 million in distributable net investment income (DNII), or $1.00 per share. DNII is a good proxy for the dividends the company can afford to pay.

The concern with that number is two-fold. DNII is down from $1.09 per share in the fourth quarter and $1.02 per share in the year-ago period. That's due to higher total expenses and the impact of a 2.2% increase in its weighted-average shares outstanding resulting from equity issuances, dividend reinvestment plans, and equity compensation plans, partially offset by higher total investment income.

While earnings are falling, the dividend continues to rise. Main Street Capital's monthly dividend payment is up to $0.265 per share, while it has continued to maintain its supplemental quarterly payment of $0.30 per share. The combined quarterly outlay is now up to $1.095 per share, well above DNII.

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Two different types of dividends Main Street Capital has a unique dividend policy among BDCs. It set its monthly dividend payment at a level it can sustain. At the current level, the payment adds up to $0.795 per share each quarter, comfortably below its DNII. As a result of this strategy of setting the base monthly dividend at a lower level, Main Street Capital has never reduced its monthly dividend since its 2007 IPO. Instead, this base payment has grown by 141%.

The quarterly supplemental dividends are extra payments intended to ensure the BDC remains compliant with IRS regulations requiring it to distribute at least 90% of its taxable net income to shareholders. This supplemental payment can rise and fall based on its earnings. Main Street has currently made 19 consecutive supplemental quarterly payments, including maintaining the $0.30 per share rate since early 2023.

While this rate could fall in the future, Main Street Capital's management team currently expects to continue paying significant supplemental dividends, including another one in September. That's due to its expected strong performance in the second quarter, which included the profitable exit of an equity investment. The BDC realized a $46.4 million gain on a $6.4 million investment during the period. Gains on equity investments are a key driver of monthly dividend increases and supplemental dividend payments.

One dividend you can bank on, and another extra payment Main Street Capital aims to provide investors with a sustainable and growing monthly dividend. It also offers the potential to collect a supplemental quarterly income stream when it has extra income to distribute. While its earnings have softened recently, a profitable equity investment exit in the second quarter should boost its DNII, enabling it to continue paying a significant supplemental quarterly dividend. That makes the more than 8% yield safe for now.

All too often, dividend stories start with a beaten-down stock and a nervous question about whether the payout can survive. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ +0.42%) is the opposite case. The healthcare giant raised its dividend for the 64th year in a row, and the payout looks about as secure as any in the market. The complication is the stock: shares have climbed more than 60% over the past year and trade within a few percent of an all-time high, closing near $257 as of this writing.

So the question worth asking isn't whether the dividend is safe. It is probably about as safe as dividend stocks get. Instead, the question is whether the stock is still worth buying after a run like that.

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The dividend isn't the worry In April, Johnson & Johnson's board lifted the quarterly dividend 3.1% to $1.34 per share, or $5.36 a year. That was its 64th straight annual increase -- a streak that makes it a Dividend King, the name for companies that have raised their payout for at least 50 years (consecutively) running. At the current share price, the dividend yields about 2.1%.

More telling than the yield is how comfortably the company covers it. The $5.36 annual payout eats up only about 46% of the non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings Johnson & Johnson expects to earn this year, so there's room for the dividend to keep climbing even if profits flatten. Backing all of it is one of the strongest balance sheets anywhere: Johnson & Johnson is one of only two U.S. companies S&P rates AAA -- a notch above the U.S. government itself -- a distinction it shares only with Microsoft.

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The obvious risk is the talc litigation that has weighed on the company for years. Johnson & Johnson still faces tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. A judge rejected the company's proposed $10 billion settlement early last year, sending the claims back into the court system to be fought out at trial. That's a cash overhang and a steady source of unflattering headlines. But for a company that generates far more cash than it pays out and carries a top-tier balance sheet, it reads as a manageable liability rather than a threat to the dividend.

The discount is what's gone Here's why the stock has climbed so far: the fear that drove its discount has faded.

For a while, investors braced for a painful patent cliff. Stelara, which at its peak sold more than $10 billion a year, is losing sales fast to cheaper biosimilar competition; its revenue fell about 60% year over year to $656 million in the first quarter of 2026. But the rest of the drug portfolio is more than making up the difference.

Total revenue in the quarter still rose 9.9% to $24.1 billion, led by the innovative medicine segment. Cancer drug Darzalex climbed about 22% to nearly $4 billion, and Tremfya -- the immunology drug Johnson & Johnson is steering patients toward -- jumped 68% to about $1.6 billion. Newer additions like Caplyta, gained in last year's Intra-Cellular Therapies acquisition, are helping too.

Given this backdrop, management was confident enough to raise its full-year guidance, calling for adjusted earnings per share of about $11.55.

Overall, John & Johnson offers a safe and growing dividend, a drug business that's outgrowing its patent cliff, and litigation that looks contained.

A year ago, worries about talc and Stelara left Johnson & Johnson trading at a discount to the broader market. Today, at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 22 based on that guidance. With a valuation like this, the easy part of the return -- the piece that came from a depressed valuation working its way back to normal -- is probably alrady in the rearview mirror.

So, is the stock a buy?

Johnson & Johnson is a wonderful business and an excellent stock to own for durable, growing income. And long-term holders have no reason to sell. But for new money, I'd rather wait for a pullback -- or for a few more quarters of the pipeline growing into the price -- than pay a premium for a stock whose discount has already closed.

AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN, NASDAQ:AZN) has agreed to pay $600 million upfront to secure worldwide rights to a lung cancer pill developed by China's Dizal Pharmaceutical.

The Cambridge-based drugmaker could pay a further $900 million if the treatment hits certain development, regulatory and sales targets.

Dizal will also receive a share of future global sales.

The drug, sold under the brand name Zegfrovy, is a once-daily tablet that treats a common form of lung cancer.

It targets non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for around 80% to 85% of all lung cancer cases.

Specifically, it is designed for patients whose tumours carry a genetic fault known as an exon 20 insertion mutation, an error in the DNA that helps drive cancer growth.

Such patients have historically had few targeted treatment options.

The pill works by blocking a protein called EGFR, which sits on the surface of cells and can fuel the growth of tumours when it malfunctions.

Zegfrovy is already approved in the United States and China for patients whose cancer has returned after standard chemotherapy.

The deal hands AstraZeneca the rights to sell and further develop the drug everywhere else in the world.

Dave Fredrickson, who runs AstraZeneca's oncology business, said the treatment would give patients with limited options a differentiated oral therapy.

Xiaolin Zhang, chief executive of Dizal, said the larger partner would help bring the drug, discovered by Chinese scientists, to patients globally.

The agreement adds to AstraZeneca's existing stable of lung cancer medicines, which includes its blockbuster tablet Tagrisso.

Dizal recently reported positive results from a late-stage trial testing Zegfrovy as a first treatment for newly diagnosed patients, rather than only after chemotherapy has failed.

Those findings were presented at a major cancer conference and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

On the strength of that data, applications to expand the drug's approved use have been filed with regulators in both the United States and China.

The transaction is expected to complete in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory clearance.

AstraZeneca said the deal would not affect its financial guidance for the year.

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, accounting for roughly one in five such deaths.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: PAC; BMV: GAP) (“the Company” or “GAP”) reports its consolidated results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 (2Q26). The results presented in this report include the effects of the business combination effective May 1, 2026. The figures are unaudited and have been prepared following International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).

Summary of Results 2Q26 vs. 2Q25

The sum of aeronautical and non-aeronautical services revenues increased by Ps. 399.0 million, or 4.9%. Total revenues increased by Ps. 407.7 million, or 3.7%.Cost of services increased by Ps. 360.7 million, or 23.2%.Income from operations increased by Ps. 407.6 million, or 8.9%.EBITDA increased by Ps. 462.0 million, or 8.4%, an increase from Ps. 5,503.3 million in 2Q25 to Ps. 5,965.3 million in 2Q26. EBITDA margin (excluding the effects of IFRIC-12) went from 67.1% in 2Q25 to 69.3% in 2Q26. Comprehensive income increased by Ps. 215.4 million, or 9.6%, from an income of Ps. 2,234.9 million in 2Q25 to an income of Ps. 2,450.3 million in 2Q26.
Business Combination:

Effective May 1, 2026, the Company began recognizing the effects of the business combination involving the Cross Border Xpress (“CBX”) operations and the internalization of technical assistance and technology transfer services approved by the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held on December 11, 2025, following the execution of the merger agreement on April 30, 2026. As a result of the merger, GAP issued 89,740,731 new net shares and currently has 595,018,195 shares outstanding, consisting of 519,226,576 Series B shares and 75,791,619 Series BB shares. In addition, the equity purchase agreement for the acquisition of the remaining 25% equity interest in CBX was completed, resulting in GAP consolidating 100% ownership of this business. Following the effectiveness of the merger, GAP assumed control of the merged entities to ensure the continuity of service provision, as well as the operation and management of CBX.

The business combination resulted in an increase in cash and cash equivalents of Ps. 5,427.1 million, accounts receivable of Ps. 86.7 million, intangible assets of Ps. 6,899.8 million, goodwill of Ps. 30,803.3 million, and machinery, equipment and improvements to leased buildings of Ps. 2,325.1 million, and the acquisition of OTV land for US$50.0 million (equivalent to Ps. 935.0 million). It also resulted in the recognition of liabilities, primarily comprising bank loans of Ps. 1,305.4 million, unrealized revenue of Ps. 337.7 million, accounts payable of Ps. 234.4 million, and deferred income tax of Ps. 216.9 million.

Based on the Company’s assessment, the merger qualifies as a business combination. Accordingly, the excess of the consideration transferred over the book value of the net assets acquired was recognized as non-current assets in the form of goodwill and identifiable intangible assets.

The Company is currently in the process of determining the fair values arising from the business combination. Accordingly, the amounts presented in the consolidated financial statements included in this report are preliminary and remain subject to change.

Passenger Traffic

During 2Q26, the 14 airports operated by GAP recorded a decrease of 891.6 thousand total passengers, representing a 5.6% decrease compared to 2Q25.

During this period, the following new routes were inaugurated:

Domestic

AirlineDepartureArrivalOpening dateFrequenciesVolarisGuadalajaraQueretaroJune 1, 20264 weeklyVolarisGuadalajaraReynosaJune 1, 20261 dailyVolarisGuadalajaraSan Luis PotosiJune 1, 20263 weeklyVolarisLos CabosPueblaJune 1, 20264 weeklyVolarisGuanajuatoPueblaJune 1, 20264 weeklyVolarisTijuanaMeridaJune 1, 20264 weeklyAerusAguascalientesMonterreyJune 1, 20266 weeklyVolarisGuadalajaraZacatecasJune 2, 20263 weeklyVolarisPuerto VallartaPueblaJune 2, 20263 weeklyVolarisPuerto VallartaAguascalientesJune 2, 20263 weeklyVolarisPuerto VallartaSan Luis PotosiJune 2, 20264 weeklyVolarisTijuanaPuerto EscondidoJune 2, 20263 weeklyVolarisAguascalientesPueblaJune 2, 20263 weeklyVolarisAguascalientesPuerto VallartaJune 2, 20263 weeklyVivaAguascalientesSanta LuciaJune 15, 20261 dailyNote: Frequencies can vary without prior notice.  International         AirlineDepartureArrivalOpening dateFrequenciesVolarisGuadalajaraSalt Lake CityJune 1, 20263 weeklyVolarisGuadalajaraDetroitJune 1, 20263 weeklySouthwestLos CabosLas VegasJune 4, 20261 dailyWingoMontego BayMedellinJune 23, 20263 weeklyNote: Frequencies can vary without prior notice.   Domestic Terminal Passengers – 14 airports (in thousands): 

Airport2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeGuadalajara3,090.93,186.03.1%6,112.16,221.61.8%Tijuana *2,139.21,973.6(7.7%)4,196.73,942.2(6.1%)Los Cabos739.7723.3(2.2%)1,408.61,351.6(4.0%)Puerto Vallarta830.4779.2(6.2%)1,484.01,424.0(4.0%)Montego Bay0.00.00.0%0.00.00.0%Guanajuato576.8533.8(7.4%)1,092.31,044.7(4.4%)Hermosillo545.5497.2(8.9%)1,054.2977.8(7.3%)Kingston0.10.152.4%0.20.8417.5%Morelia173.1171.9(0.7%)359.2364.71.5%Mexicali305.7266.5(12.8%)598.8524.3(12.4%)La Paz328.1357.79.0%608.7671.510.3%Aguascalientes167.4160.8(3.9%)319.2299.7(6.1%)Los Mochis179.4175.5(2.1%)344.4338.8(1.6%)Manzanillo31.428.6(8.7%)66.161.3(7.3%)Total9,107.68,854.3(2.8%)17,644.517,222.8(2.4%)       International Terminal Passengers – 14 airports (in thousands):     Airport2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeGuadalajara1,387.21,498.98.1%2,894.22,991.13.3%Tijuana *1,051.8950.1(9.7%)2,066.71,847.7(10.6%)Los Cabos1,224.41,084.3(11.4%)2,607.32,457.0(5.8%)Puerto Vallarta849.1619.0(27.1%)2,321.61,897.9(18.2%)Montego Bay1,264.7991.9(21.6%)2,603.61,909.3(26.7%)Guanajuato252.7222.1(12.1%)515.7480.0(6.9%)Hermosillo19.221.311.2%40.143.37.9%Kingston453.5435.4(4.0%)881.5850.2(3.6%)Morelia155.9191.823.1%330.1407.423.4%Mexicali1.81.92.1%3.63.72.7%La Paz8.912.743.7%17.625.344.1%Aguascalientes82.585.03.0%156.2162.23.9%Los Mochis2.02.28.1%3.94.02.7%Manzanillo18.316.8(8.2%)62.253.0(14.7%)Total6,771.86,133.4(9.4%)14,504.213,132.1(9.5%) *CBX users are classified as international passengers.        Total Terminal Passengers – 14 airports (in thousands): Airport2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeGuadalajara4,478.14,684.94.6%9,006.39,212.72.3%Tijuana *3,191.02,923.7(8.4%)6,263.35,789.8(7.6%)Los Cabos1,964.01,807.6(8.0%)4,015.93,808.6(5.2%)Puerto Vallarta1,679.51,398.2(16.7%)3,805.63,321.9(12.7%)Montego Bay1,264.7991.9(21.6%)2,603.61,909.3(26.7%)Guanajuato829.4756.0(8.9%)1,608.11,524.6(5.2%)Hermosillo564.7518.5(8.2%)1,094.31,021.1(6.7%)Kingston453.5435.5(4.0%)881.7851.0(3.5%)Morelia329.0363.710.6%689.3772.112.0%Mexicali307.5268.4(12.7%)602.4528.0(12.4%)La Paz337.0370.49.9%626.3696.811.3%Aguascalientes249.8245.8(1.6%)475.3461.9(2.8%)Los Mochis181.4177.7(2.0%)348.3342.8(1.6%)Manzanillo49.745.4(8.5%)128.3114.4(10.9%)Total15,879.414,987.7(5.6%)32,148.730,354.9(5.6%) *CBX users are classified as international passengers. 
        CBX Users (in thousands):      Airport2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeTijuana1,031.4935.9(9.3%)2,029.61,822.2(10.2%) Consolidated Results for the Second Quarter (in thousands of pesos):      2Q252Q26ChangeRevenues   Aeronautical services5,763,188 5,578,099 (3.2%)Non-aeronautical services2,442,659 3,026,714 23.9%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12)2,676,149 2,684,897 0.3%Total revenues10,881,996 11,289,710 3.7%    Operating costs   Costs of services:1,556,035 1,916,778 23.2%Employee costs638,722 769,895 20.5%Maintenance256,830 316,554 23.3%Safety, security & insurance232,516 260,363 12.0%Utilities148,732 149,214 0.3%Professional services58,332 84,772 45.3%Business operated directly by us86,632 99,427 14.8%Other operating expenses134,271 166,061 23.7%CBX operating expenses- 70,492 100.0%    Technical assistance fees221,680 (264,685)(219.4%)Concession taxes935,280 915,543 (2.1%)Depreciation and amortization924,959 979,420 5.9%Cost of improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12)2,676,149 2,684,897 0.3%Other (income)(10,461)71,837 (786.7%)Total operating costs6,303,642 6,303,790 0.0%Income from operations4,578,354 4,985,920 8.9%Financial Result(733,545)(946,284)29.0%Income before income taxes 3,844,809 4,039,636 5.1%Income taxes(1,189,674)(1,146,127)(3.7%)Net income 2,655,135 2,893,509 9.0%Currency translation effect(423,527)(443,277)4.7% Cash flow hedges, net of income tax2,668 - (100.0%)Remeasurements of employee benefit – net income tax667 69 (89.7%)Comprehensive income 2,234,943 2,450,301 9.6%Non-controlling interest(90,951)(102,859)13.1%Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interest2,143,992 2,347,442 9.5%         2Q252Q26ChangeEBITDA5,503,313 5,965,340 8.4%Comprehensive income2,234,943 2,450,301 9.6%Comprehensive income per share (pesos)4.4232 4.1180 (6.9%)Comprehensive income per ADS (US dollars)2.5349 2.3600 (6.9%)    Operating income margin42.1%44.2%5.0%Operating income margin (excluding IFRIC-12)55.8%57.9%3.9%EBITDA margin50.6%52.8%4.5%EBITDA margin (excluding IFRIC-12)67.1%69.3%3.4%Costs of services and improvements / total revenues38.6%40.8%5.6%Cost of services / total revenues (excluding IFRIC-12)18.6%22.3%20.1%         - Net income and comprehensive income per share for 2Q26 and 2Q25 were calculated based on 595,018,195 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2026, and 505,277,464 as of June 30, 2025, respectively. Figures in U.S. dollar were converted from pesos using an exchange rate of Ps. 17.4490 per U.S. dollar, as published by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (noon buying rate) on June 30, 2026.

- For consolidating the Jamaican airports, an average exchange rate of Ps. 17.4052 per U.S. dollar was used, corresponding to the three-month period ended June 30, 2026.

Revenues (2Q26 vs. 2Q25)

Aeronautical services revenues decreased by Ps. 185.1 million, or 3.2%.Non-aeronautical services revenues increased by Ps. 584.1 million, or 23.9%.Revenues from improvements to concession assets increased by Ps. 8.7 million, or 0.3%.Total revenues increased by Ps. 407.7 million, or 3.7%. The change in aeronautical services revenues was primarily due to the following factors:

Revenues from the Mexican airports decreased by Ps. 32.2 million, or 0.7%, compared to 2Q25. This decrease was mainly due to a 4.2% decline in passenger traffic and a 10.9% appreciation of the Mexican peso, which directly affected revenues generated from international passenger charges. This effect was partially offset by the gradual implementation of the maximum tariffs approved for the 2025–2029 regulatory period. Revenues from the Jamaican airports decreased by Ps. 152.9 million, or 18.3%, compared to 2Q25, mainly due to a 16.9% decrease in passenger traffic during the quarter, resulting from the impact of Hurricane Melissa. In addition, the 10.9% appreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar negatively affected the translation of revenues. The change in non-aeronautical services revenues was primarily driven by the following factors:

Revenues from the Mexican airports increased by Ps. 164.8 million, or 7.7%, compared to 2Q25. Revenues from businesses operated directly by us increased by Ps. 190.1 million, or 17.0%, while revenues from businesses operated by third parties decreased by Ps. 25.3 million, or 2.7%. Revenues from the Jamaican airports decreased by Ps. 48.9 million, or 54.4%, compared to 2Q25, primarily due to the decline in passenger traffic and the peso appreciation in the 2Q26. Total revenues generated by CBX during May and June amounted to Ps. 468.1 million, equivalent to US$26.8 million. During this period, a total of 626,424 passengers used the facility in both directions, generating an average revenue of US$42.8 per passenger. Non-aeronautical revenues for the Second Quarter (in thousands of pesos):

 2Q252Q26ChangeBusinesses operated by third parties:   Food and beverage342,679327,724(4.4%)Car rental211,128213,1721.0%Duty-free208,160170,593(18.0%)Retail191,431184,517(3.6%)Leasing of space112,970106,839(5.4%)Timeshares67,81862,489(7.9%)Ground transportation51,19646,881(8.4%)Other commercial revenues59,01061,3984.0%Communications and financial services28,83827,285(5.4%)Total1,273,2291,200,897(5.7%)    Businesses operated directly by us:   Cargo operation and bonded warehouse514,113627,03922.0%CBX revenues-468,099100.0%Car parking177,872194,0919.1%Convenience stores161,588179,86011.3%VIP Lounges168,321156,011(7.3%)Advertising43,36668,54658.1%Hotel operation36,88246,74526.7%Other businesses operated directly by us-16,931100.0%Total1,102,1411,757,32259.4%Recovery of costs67,28968,4931.8%Total Non-aeronautical Revenues 2,442,6593,026,71223.9% Figures expressed in thousands of Mexican pesos.         ‐                Revenues from improvements to concession assets 1

Revenues from improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12) increased by Ps. 8.7 million, or 0.3%, compared to 2Q25. The change was composed of:

Improvements to concession assets at the Company’s Mexican airports, decreased by Ps.171.8 million, or 6.6%, in line with the investments committed under the Master Development Program for the 2025–2029 period. Improvements to concession assets at the Company’s Jamaican airports, which increased by Ps. 180.5 million, or 220.4%, primarily due to investments at Kingston Airport. 1 Revenues from improvements to concession assets are recognized in accordance with International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee 12 “Service Concession Arrangements” (IFRIC 12). However, this recognition does not have a cash impact or impact on the Company’s operating results. Amounts included as a result of the recognition of IFRIC 12 are related to construction of infrastructure in each quarter to which the Company has committed. This is in accordance with the Company’s Master Development Programs in Mexico and Capital Development Programs in Jamaica. All margins and ratios calculated using “Total Revenues” include revenues from improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12), and, consequently, such margins and ratios may not be comparable to other ratios and margins, such as EBITDA margin, operating margin or other similar ratios that are calculated based on those results of the Company that do have a cash impact.

Total operating costs remained flat compared to 2Q25, mainly due to the decrease in technical assistance fees of Ps. 486.4 million, or 219.4%, and concession fees of Ps. 19.7 million, or 2.1%. These decreases were offset by higher cost of services of Ps. 195.1 million, CBX operating expenses of Ps. 177.4 million, and non-recurring merger-related expenses of Ps. 118.4 million. Excluding the reversal of the technical assistance provision, the consolidation of CBX, and the non-recurring merger-related expenses, operating expenses increased by Ps. 190.7 million, or 3.0%, compared to 2Q25.

The changes in total operating costs were primarily due to the following factors:

Mexican airports: 

Operating costs decreased by Ps. 260.4 million, or 4.8%, compared to 2Q25, mainly due to the reversal of the technical assistance fee provision of Ps. 486.4 million and a decrease in the cost of improvements to the concession assets (IFRIC-12) of Ps. 171.8 million. This effect was partially offset by an increase in cost of services of Ps. 242.0 million, non-recurring merger-related expenses of Ps. 118.4 million, and depreciation and amortization of Ps. 37.2 million. The change in the cost of services at our Mexican airports during 2Q26 was mainly due to:

Employee costs increased by Ps. 128.5 million, or 22.5%, mainly due to an increase in personnel providing technical assistance services, operational personnel at the airports, salary adjustments, and higher employee benefits resulting from amendments to the Federal Labor Law.Maintenance increased by Ps. 38.1 million, or 17.4%, mainly due to the opening of new operational areas, and airfield maintenance. Other operating expenses increased by Ps. 31.8 million, or 23.7%, mainly due to the recognition of the expected credit loss provision. Safety, security, and insurance increased by Ps. 27.3 million, or 16.1%, mainly due to an increase in security personnel headcount, significant increases in the minimum wage, and higher insurance costs related to goods safeguarded within the bonded warehouse. Jamaican Airports:

Operating expenses increased by Ps. 83.7 million, or 9.4%, compared to 2Q25, mainly due to an increase of Ps. 180.5 million, or 220.4%, in cost of improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12). This effect was partially offset by a reduction in concession fees of Ps. 88.4 million, or 20.8%, resulting from lower revenues at Montego Bay airport, as well as decreases in depreciation and amortization of Ps. 7.5 million, or 5.1%, and cost of services of Ps. 2.3 million, or 1.0%. Cross Border Xpress:

Beginning May 1, CBX operating expenses of Ps. 177.4 million were consolidated, consisting of cost of services of Ps. 152.3 million, and depreciation and amortization of Ps. 25.1 million, corresponding to two months of operations. Operating income margin increased from 42.1% in 2Q25 to 44.2% in 2Q26. Excluding the effects of IFRIC-12, the operating income margin increased from 55.8% in 2Q25 to 57.9% in 2Q26. Income from operations increased by Ps. 407.6 million, or 8.9%, compared to 2Q25, with CBX contributing Ps. 291.1 million.

EBITDA margin increased from 50.6% in 2Q25 to 52.8% in 2Q26. Excluding the effects of IFRIC-12, EBITDA margin increased from 67.1% in 2Q25 to 69.3% in 2Q26. EBITDA increased by Ps. 462.0 million, or 8.4%, compared to 2Q25. EBITDA margin growth was partially offset by the impact on the Jamaican airports from the appreciation of the Mexican peso and lower passenger traffic. CBX contributed Ps. 315.8 million, with an EBITDA margin of 67.5%.

Financial results increased expenses by Ps. 212.7 million, or 29.0%, going from a net expense of Ps. 733.5 million in 2Q25 to a net expense of Ps. 946.3 million in 2Q26. This change was mainly the result of:

Foreign exchange losses decreased from Ps. 40.3 million in 2Q25 to Ps. 17.3 million in 2Q26, resulting in a favorable variance of Ps. 23.0 million due to the appreciation of the Mexican peso. Additionally, the foreign currency translation effect resulted in a net loss of Ps. 19.8 million. Interest expense increased by Ps. 343.8 million, or 37.6%, compared to 2Q25, mainly due to higher debt incurred to finance airport CAPEX and the acquisition of the remaining 25% interest in CBX, as well as Ps. 13.9 million in financing costs related to the bank loan contracted by CBX and assumed through the business combination. Interest income increased by Ps. 108.1 million, or 53.8%, compared to 2Q25, mainly due to the increase in cash and cash equivalents. In 2Q26, net and comprehensive income increased by Ps. 215.4 million, or 9.6%, compared to 2Q25, mainly driven by income before taxes, which increased by Ps. 194.8 million or 5.1%.

Net income increased by Ps. 238.4 million, or 9.0%, compared to 2Q25. Income tax for the period decreased by Ps. 43.5 million, or 3.7%, comprised of a decrease in current income tax of Ps. 137.7 million and a decrease in the deferred tax benefit of Ps. 94.2 million.

Consolidated Results for the Second Quarter (thousands)
 6M256M26ChangeRevenues   Aeronautical services11,762,321 11,812,569 0.4%Non-aeronautical services4,836,535 5,566,191 15.1%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12)5,338,324 5,280,576 (1.1%)Total revenues21,937,180 22,659,337 3.3%    Operating costs   Costs of services:3,020,338 3,468,349 14.8%Employee costs1,252,084 1,454,119 16.1%Maintenance513,733 577,317 12.4%Safety, security & insurance447,723 493,768 10.3%Utilities273,963 274,227 0.1%Professional services106,063 141,887 33.8%Business operated directly by us173,968 188,956 8.6%Other operating expenses252,803 267,584 5.8%CBX operating expenses- 70,492 100.0%    Technical assistance fees505,580 34,857 (93.1%)Concession taxes1,976,982 1,862,621 (5.8%)Depreciation and amortization1,857,534 1,912,376 3.0%Cost of improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12)5,338,324 5,280,576 (1.1%)Other (income)(36,145)58,765 (262.6%)Total operating costs12,662,613 12,617,545 (0.4%)Income from operations9,274,567 10,041,792 8.3%Financial Result(1,663,035)(1,669,542)0.4%Income before income taxes 7,611,532 8,372,250 10.0%Income taxes(2,098,280)(2,166,733)3.3%Net income 5,513,252 6,205,518 12.6%Currency translation effect(498,585)(408,156)(18.1%) Cash flow hedges, net of income tax1,892 - (100.0%)Remeasurements of employee benefit – net income tax32,766 18,711 (42.9%)Comprehensive income 5,049,325 5,816,073 15.2%Non-controlling interest(205,878)(241,374)17.2%Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interest4,843,447 5,574,699 15.1%         2Q252Q26ChangeEBITDA11,132,101 11,954,169 7.4%Comprehensive income5,049,325 5,816,073 15.2%Comprehensive income per share (pesos)9.9932 9.7746 (2.2%)Comprehensive income per ADS (US dollars)5.7271 6.5967 15.2%    Operating income margin42.3%44.3%4.8%Operating income margin (excluding IFRIC-12)55.9%57.8%3.4%EBITDA margin50.7%52.8%4.0%EBITDA margin (excluding IFRIC-12)67.1%68.8%2.6%Costs of services and improvements / total revenues38.0%38.6%1.5%Cost of services / total revenues (excluding IFRIC-12)18.1%20.0%10.2%        - Net income and comprehensive income per share for 6M26 and 6M25 were calculated based on 595,018,195 and 505,277,464 shares outstanding, respectively. U.S. dollar figures were converted from pesos using an exchange rate of Ps. 17.4490 per U.S. dollar, as published by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (noon buying rate) on June 30, 2026.- For the purpose of consolidating Jamaican airports, an average exchange rate of Ps. 17.4815 per U.S. dollar was used, corresponding to the six months ended June 30, 2026.

  Revenues (6M26 vs. 6M25)

Aeronautical services revenues increased by Ps. 50.2 million, or 0.4%.Non-aeronautical services revenues increased by Ps. 729.7 million, or 15.1%.Revenues from improvements to concession assets decreased by Ps. 57.7 million, or 1.1%.Total revenues increased by Ps. 722.2 million, or 3.3%. The change in aeronautical services revenues comprised primarily of the following factors:

Revenues from the Mexican airports increased by Ps. 440.2 million, or 4.4%, compared to 6M25, primarily due to the gradual implementation of the maximum tariffs approved for the 2025–2029 regulatory period. This effect was partially offset by the 12.5% appreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar and a 3.7% decline in passenger traffic. Revenues from the Jamaican airports decreased by Ps. 390.0 million, or 22.4%, compared to 6M25, mainly due to a 20.8% decline in passenger traffic, as well as the 12.5% appreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar, with the average exchange rate changing from Ps. 19.9844 in 6M25 to Ps. 17.4815 in 6M26. The change in non-aeronautical services revenues comprised primarily of the following factors:

Revenues from the Mexican airports increased by Ps. 387.4 million, or 9.2%, compared to 6M25, primarily driven by a Ps. 389.9 million, or 18.7%, increase in revenues from businesses operated directly by us. Revenues from the Jamaican airports decreased by Ps. 125.8 million, or 20.8%, compared to 6M25, mainly due to lower passenger traffic. Total revenues generated by CBX during May and June amounted to Ps. 468.1 million, equivalent to US$26.8 million. During this period, a total of 626,424 passengers used the facility in both directions, generating average revenue of US$42.8 per passenger.     Non-aeronautical revenues for the Six Months (in thousands of pesos):     6M256M26ChangeBusinesses operated by third parties:   Food and beverage685,259679,018(0.9%)Car rental416,425425,7452.2%Duty-free424,845353,126(16.9%)Retail382,605367,867(3.9%)Leasing of space229,859211,125(8.2%)Timeshares138,723125,095(9.8%)Other commercial revenues131,035136,0763.8%Ground transportation107,769100,069(7.1%)Communications and financial services60,24257,368(4.8%)Total2,576,7612,455,488(4.7%)    Businesses operated directly by us:   Cargo operation and bonded warehouse948,3811,174,59023.9%CBX revenues-468,099100.0%Car parking356,342385,9958.3%Convenience stores331,088370,52111.9%VIP Lounges336,336318,312(5.4%)Hotel operation74,32394,06426.6%Advertising78,206108,24138.4%Other businesses operated directly by us-56,263100.0%Total2,124,6772,976,08540.1%Recovery of costs135,097134,618(0.4%)Total Non-aeronautical Revenues 4,836,5355,566,19115.1% Figures expressed in thousands of Mexican pesos.
     ‐                Revenues from improvements to concession assets 1

Revenues from improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12) decreased by Ps. 57.7 million, or 1.1%, compared to 6M25. The change was composed of:

Improvements to concession assets at the Company’s Mexican airports, which decreased by Ps. 343.5 million, or 6.6%, following investments under the Master Development Program for the 2025-2029 period. Improvements to concession assets at the Company’s Jamaican airports, which increased Ps. 285.7 million, or 190.7%. 1 Revenues from improvements to concession assets are recognized in accordance with International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee 12 “Service Concession Arrangements” (IFRIC 12). However, this recognition does not have a cash impact or impact on the Company’s operating results. Amounts included as a result of the recognition of IFRIC 12 are related to construction of infrastructure in each quarter to which the Company has committed. This is in accordance with the Company’s Master Development Programs in Mexico and Capital Development Programs in Jamaica. All margins and ratios calculated using “Total Revenues” include revenues from improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12), and, consequently, such margins and ratios may not be comparable to other ratios and margins, such as EBITDA margin, operating margin or other similar ratios that are calculated based on those results of the Company that do have a cash impact.

Total operating cost decreased by Ps. 45.1 million, or 0.4%, compared to 6M25, primarily due to a decrease of Ps. 470.7 million in technical assistance fee, resulting from the reversal of the provision following the business combination, with only the fixed fee paid to the strategic partner from January through April 2026 being recognized. In addition, concession fees decreased by Ps. 114.4 million, or 5.8%. These decreases were partially offset by increases in the cost of services of Ps. 174.4 million, CBX operating expenses of Ps. 177.4 million, non-recurring merger-related expenses of Ps. 118.4 million, and depreciation and amortization of Ps. 54.8 million. Excluding the decrease in concession fees, the reversal of the technical assistance fee provision, the consolidation of CBX, and the non-recurring merger-related expenses, operating expenses increased by Ps. 129.8 million, or 1.0%, compared to 6M25.

Mexican airports: 

Operating costs decreased by Ps. 210.1 million, or 1.9%, compared to 6M25, primarily due to the reversal of the technical assistance fee provision of Ps. 470.7 million, or 93.1%, as well as a decrease of Ps. 343.5 million, or 6.6%, in the cost of improvements to the concession assets (IFRIC-12). These effects were partially offset by increases in cost of services of Ps. 379.9 million, non-recurring expenses of Ps. 118.4 million, concession fees of Ps. 54.4 million, and depreciation and amortization of Ps. 51.4 million. The change in the cost of services at our Mexican airports during 6M26 was mainly due to:

Employee costs increased by Ps. 203.1 million, or 18.2%, primarily due to salary adjustments, the addition of operational personnel, the incorporation of personnel to provide technical assistance services, and higher employee benefits resulting from changes to the Federal Labor Law.Safety, security and insurance increased by Ps. 56.1 million, or 17.6%, mainly due to an expansion of the security workforce, significant increases in the minimum wage, and higher insurance costs related to goods safeguarded within the bonded warehouse as a result of increased revenues.Maintenance increased by Ps. 55.7 million, or 13.2%, mainly due to the opening of new operational areas and terminal facilities, as well as airfield maintenance activities. Jamaican Airports:

Operating costs decreased by Ps. 11.8 million, or 0.6%, compared to 6M25, mainly due to a Ps. 243.4 million, or 27.5%, decrease in concession fees, a decrease of Ps. 34.3 million, or 7.0%, in cost of services, and a Ps. 21.2 million, or 7.1% decrease in depreciation and amortization. These effects were partially offset by an increase of Ps. 285.7 million, or 190.7%, in the cost of improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12). Cross Border Xpress:

Beginning May 1, CBX operating expenses of Ps. 177.4 million were consolidated, consisting of cost of services of Ps. 152.3 million and depreciation and amortization of Ps. 25.1 million, corresponding to two months of operations. Operating income margin increased from 42.3% in 6M25 to 44.3% in 6M26. Excluding the effects of IFRIC-12, the operating income margin went from 55.9% in 6M25 to 57.8% in 6M26. Income from operations increased by Ps. 767.2 million, or 8.3%, compared to 6M25, with CBX contributing Ps. 291.1 million.

EBITDA margin went from 50.7% in 6M25 to 52.8% in 6M26. Excluding the effects of IFRIC-12, EBITDA margin went from 67.1% in 6M25 to 68.8% in 6M26. EBITDA increased by Ps. 822.1 million, or 7.4%, compared to 6M25. CBX contributed Ps. 315.8 million, with an EBITDA margin of 69.9%.

Financial results increased in expenses by Ps. 6.5 million, or 0.4%, from a net expense of Ps. 1,663.0 million in 6M25 to Ps. 1,669.5 million in 6M26. This change was mainly the result of:

Foreign exchange fluctuations, which went from a loss of Ps. 164.3 million in 6M25 to a gain of Ps. 156.1 million in 6M26, resulting in a foreign exchange gain of Ps. 320.4 million due to the appreciation of the Mexican peso. Additionally, the foreign currency translation effect generated a gain of Ps. 90.4 million compared to 6M25. Interest expense increased by Ps. 279.2 million, or 13.6%, compared to 6M25, mainly due to the increase in bond certificates and higher borrowings of bank loans. Interest income decreased by Ps. 34.7 million, or 7.0%, compared to 6M25, mainly due to a decrease in the cash and cash equivalents average balance and changes in the reference rates in both Mexican pesos and U.S. dollars. In 6M26, net and comprehensive income increased by Ps. 766.7 million, or 15.2%, compared to 6M25. Income before taxes increased by Ps. 760.7 million, mainly due to the increase in EBITDA, as mentioned above.

During 6M26, net income increased by Ps. 692.3 million, or 12.6%, compared to 6M25, mainly due to the increase in EBITDA, partially offset by higher depreciation and amortization expenses. In addition, income tax expense for the period increased by Ps. 68.5 million, as a result of a Ps. 767.2 million increase in operating income.

Statement of Financial Position

As of June 30, 2026, total assets increased by Ps. 62,184.3 million compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to: (i) goodwill and intangible assets of Ps. 37,703.1 million resulting from the business combination following the merger; (ii) an increase in cash and cash equivalents of Ps. 10,076.4 million; and (iii) a Ps. 13,721.8 million increase in improvements to concession assets, construction in progress, advances to suppliers, and property, plant and equipment.

Total liabilities increased by Ps. 27,952. 3 million compared to the same period of 2025. This increase was mainly attributable to: (i) an increase in bond certificates of Ps. 18,098.0 million; (ii) a net increase in bank loans of Ps. 419.0 million, resulting from new loans; and (iii) an increase in accounts payable of Ps. 1,804.6 million.

Recent events

On May 8, 2026, the Company announced the commencement of the process to establish an Irrevocable Trust for the Issuance of Energy and Infrastructure Investment Trust Certificates (Certificados Bursátiles Fiduciarios de Inversión en Energía e Infraestructura, “CBFEs”), with the objective of subscribing a minority equity interest in the 12 Mexican airport concessionaires operated by GAP. As of the date hereof, the Company continues to work through the approval process with the relevant authorities for the issuance of the CBFEs.

2026 Growth Guidance revised

Considering the business combination effective in May, passenger traffic trends, and the progress of the Company’s investment projects:

   2026 vs 2025Passenger traffic-3% - 0%Aeronautical revenues1% - 4%Non-aeronautical revenues21% - 24%Total revenues7% - 10%EBITDA10% - 12%EBITDA margin67% +- 1%CAPEXPs. 12.0 billion   Company Description

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (GAP) operates 12 airports throughout Mexico’s Pacific region, including the major cities of Guadalajara and Tijuana, the four tourist destinations of Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo, and six other mid-sized cities: Hermosillo, Guanajuato, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali, and Los Mochis. In February 2006, GAP’s shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “PAC” and on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GAP”. In April 2015, GAP acquired 100% of Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias, S.L., which owns a majority stake in MBJ Airports Limited, a company operating Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In October 2018, GAP entered into a concession agreement for the Norman Manley International Airport operation in Kingston, Jamaica, and took control of the operation in October 2019. In May 2026, GAP completed a business combination pursuant to which it acquired full ownership of the Cross Border Xpress (“CBX”), a cross-border terminal located in San Diego, California and connected to the Tijuana International Airport.

This press release contains references to EBITDA, a financial performance measure not recognized under IFRS and which does not purport to be an alternative to IFRS measures of operating performance or liquidity. We caution investors not to place undue reliance on non-GAAP financial measures such as EBITDA, as these have limitations as analytical tools and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with IFRS. This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts and are based on management’s current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance, and financial results. The words “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “plans” and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations, and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends, or results will occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. In accordance with Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Article 42 of the “Ley del Mercado de Valores”, GAP has implemented a “whistleblower” program, which allows complainants to anonymously and confidentially report suspected activities that involve criminal conduct or violations. The telephone number in Mexico, facilitated by a third party responsible for collecting these complaints, is 800 04 ETICA (38422) or WhatsApp +52 55 6538 5504. The website is www.lineadedenunciagap.com or by email at [email protected]. GAP’s Audit Committee will be notified of all complaints for immediate investigation.

Beginning this quarter, the Company’s main airports and new business lines will be reported separately, given their significance and the importance of providing this information to the market on a standalone basis.

Exhibit A: Operating results by airport (in thousands of pesos):

       Airport2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeGuadalajara      Aeronautical services1,562,4301,692,0568.3%3,151,5173,464,0449.9%Non-aeronautical services348,795391,71912.3%709,331780,44310.0%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)1,174,4261,118,313(4.8%)2,348,8522,236,626(4.8%)Total Revenues3,085,6513,202,0883.8%6,209,7006,481,1144.4%Operating income1,242,7341,269,2412.1%2,424,9652,636,8298.7%EBITDA1,450,4161,526,8525.3%2,844,5193,107,5919.2%       Tijuana      Aeronautical services855,119857,7030.3%1,587,9331,682,6346.0%Non-aeronautical services125,930124,479(1.2%)250,651258,1713.0%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)386,094453,86617.6%772,188907,73217.6%Total Revenues1,367,1441,436,0485.0%2,610,7722,848,5379.1%Operating income565,985530,496(6.3%)972,3881,015,8764.5%EBITDA691,459660,671(4.5%)1,224,3971,273,9334.0%       Los Cabos      Aeronautical services903,938847,415(6.3%)1,850,5701,884,0071.8%Non-aeronautical services349,334332,937(4.7%)712,000678,781(4.7%)Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)205,863212,8633.4%411,726425,7253.4%Total Revenues1,459,1351,393,214(4.5%)2,974,2962,988,5130.5%Operating income806,799706,727(12.4%)1,645,6131,591,598(3.3%)EBITDA911,098815,556(10.5%)1,846,9501,805,594(2.2%)       Puerto Vallarta      Aeronautical services720,778599,816(16.8%)1,708,9501,597,744(6.5%)Non-aeronautical services183,464142,708(22.2%)371,047332,047(10.5%)Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)503,536410,908(18.4%)1,007,073821,816(18.4%)Total Revenues1,407,7781,153,432(18.1%)3,087,0702,751,607(10.9%)Operating income584,274415,373(28.9%)1,365,4321,210,213(11.4%)EBITDA647,844478,657(26.1%)1,494,2211,335,690(10.6%)       Cargo and bonded warehouse business      Non-aeronautical services514,113627,03922.0%948,3811,174,59023.9%Total Revenues514,113627,03922.0%948,3811,174,59023.9%Operating income330,315425,01428.7%596,765783,36531.3%EBITDA341,332435,91927.7%618,983805,22630.1%       Montego Bay      Aeronautical services518,434370,081(28.6%)1,103,799717,948(35.0%)Non-aeronautical services231,963189,397(18.4%)476,550367,738(22.8%)Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)64,36850,688(21.3%)113,35499,052(12.6%)Total Revenues814,765610,166(25.1%)1,693,7031,184,737(30.1%)Operating income305,501195,612(36.0%)648,016408,519(37.0%)EBITDA391,479278,863(28.8%)823,813574,446(30.3%)       Exhibit A: Operating results by airport (in thousands of pesos):       Airport2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeGuanajuato      Aeronautical services280,231262,919(6.2%)548,630557,1511.6%Non-aeronautical services46,90349,7266.0%97,54095,535(2.1%)Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)130,22273,383(43.6%)260,444146,767(43.6%)Total Revenues457,356386,028(15.6%)906,614799,452(11.8%)Operating income208,424177,439(14.9%)407,575387,644(4.9%)EBITDA233,880208,796(10.7%)458,950450,082(1.9%)       Hermosillo      Aeronautical services161,897160,690(0.7%)305,246313,8412.8%Non-aeronautical services30,19127,597(8.6%)56,76254,578(3.8%)Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)17,2245,657(67.2%)34,44811,315(67.2%)Total Revenues209,312193,944(7.3%)396,456379,734(4.2%)Operating income97,86790,996(7.0%)176,221175,976(0.1%)EBITDA123,579117,243(5.1%)228,262227,822(0.2%)       Cross Border Xpress (1)      Non-aeronautical services-468,099100.0%-468,099100.0%Total Revenues-468,099100.0%-468,099100.0%Operating income-291,095100.0%-291,095100.0%EBITDA-315,788100.0%-315,788100.0%       Others (2)      Aeronautical services760,361787,4193.6%1,505,6761,595,2005.9%Non-aeronautical services611,966673,01410.0%1,214,2721,356,21011.7%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)194,416359,21884.8%390,239631,54361.8%Total Revenues1,566,7431,819,65116.1%3,110,1883,582,95315.2%Operating income481,021883,92783.8%1,037,5921,540,67748.5%EBITDA689,0971,126,99463.5%1,592,0062,057,99629.3%       Total       Aeronautical services5,763,1885,578,099(3.2%)11,762,32111,812,5690.4%Non-aeronautical services2,442,6593,026,71423.9%4,836,5355,566,19115.1%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC 12)2,676,1492,684,8970.3%5,338,3245,280,576(1.1%)Total Revenues10,881,99611,289,7103.7%21,937,18022,659,3373.3%Operating income4,578,3544,985,9198.9%9,274,56710,041,7928.3%EBITDA5,503,3135,965,3408.4%11,132,10111,954,1697.4%        1. Cross Border Xpress figures correspond to operations for May and June 2026. 2. Others include the operating results of the Aguascalientes, La Paz, Los Mochis, Manzanillo, Mexicali, Morelia, and Kingston airports.

  Exhibit B: Consolidated statement of financial position as of June 30 (in thousands of pesos): 

      2025 2026 Change %Assets    Current assets    Cash and cash equivalents9,697,343 19,773,709 10,076,366 103.9%Trade accounts receivable - Net3,154,471 3,373,681 219,210 6.9%Other current assets1,152,861 1,918,220 765,359 66.4%Total current assets14,004,675 25,065,610 11,060,935 79.0%     Advanced payments to suppliers869,569 3,117,554 2,247,985 258.5%Machinery, equipment and improvements to leased buildings - Net4,623,910 6,821,182 2,197,272 47.5%Improvements to concession assets - Net25,471,976 30,989,546 5,517,570 21.7%Construction in-progress11,760,860 14,484,845 2,723,985 23.2%Land- 1,035,000 1,035,000 100.0%Airport concessions - Net9,140,466 8,414,313 (726,153)(7.9%)Rights to use airport facilities - Net967,163 916,169 (50,994)(5.3%)Other acquired rights1,937,118 1,684,731 (252,387)(13.0%)Goodwill/intangible assets- 37,703,107 37,703,107 100.0%Deferred income taxes - Net8,480,777 9,068,608 587,831 6.9%Other non-current assets931,544 1,071,645 140,100 15.0%Total assets78,188,058 140,372,310 62,184,252 79.5%     Liabilities     Current liabilities    Bank loans and interest payable7,473,502 12,935,662 5,462,160 73.1%Concession fees565,678 512,318 (53,360)(9.4%)Accounts payable996,350 2,800,943 1,804,593 181.1%Unrealized revenue- 373,469 373,469 100.0%Other current liabilities1,454,754 915,576 (539,178)(37.1%)Dividends payable4,253,565 12,376,378 8,122,814 191.0%Total current liabilities14,743,849 29,914,347 15,170,498 102.9%     Non-current Liabilities    Security deposits received1,130,129 1,263,914 133,785 11.8%Bank loans4,611,474 6,372,418 1,760,943 38.2%Other long-term liabilities1,886,599 1,198,109 (688,489)(36.5%)Long-term local bonds payable34,783,722 46,359,266 11,575,544 33.3%Total liabilities57,155,773 85,108,054 27,952,281 48.9%     Stockholders' Equity    Common stock1,194,390 1,406,522 212,132 17.8%Legal reserve238,878 238,878 - 0.0%Retained earnings14,397,380 13,278,816 (1,118,564)(7.8%)Reserve for share repurchase2,500,000 2,500,000 - 0.0%Foreign currency translation reserve312,241 (570,019)(882,260)(282.6%)Remeasurements of employee benefit – Net41,049 36,594 (4,455)(10.9%)Cash flow hedges- Net(2,692)- 2,692 (100.0%)Premium on share suscription- 35,766,611 35,766,611 100.0%Total controlling interest18,681,246 52,657,402 33,976,156 181.9%Non-controlling interest2,351,039 2,606,854 255,815 10.9%Total stockholder's equity21,032,285 55,264,256 34,231,971 162.8%     Total liabilities and stockholders' equity78,188,058 140,372,310 62,184,252 79.5%      Non-controlling interest represents the minority shareholders’ ownership interests in certain of our subsidiaries.  Exhibit C: Consolidated statement of cash flows (in thousands of pesos): 

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO             Consolidated statement of cash flows        2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeCash flows from operating activities:      Consolidated net income2,655,135 2,893,509 9.0%5,513,253 6,205,518 12.6%       Postemployment benefit costs15,459 20,766 34.3%29,621 41,274 39.3%Allowance expected credit loss(13,123)39,795 (403.2%)12,269 61,197 398.8%Depreciation and amortization924,959 979,420 5.9%1,857,534 1,912,376 3.0%Loss (gain) on sale of machinery, equipment and improvements to leased assets(630)(4,713)648.1%1,360 (6,382)(569.4%)Interest expense1,034,255 1,356,033 31.1%2,281,509 2,376,772 4.2%Provisions9,022 1,792 (80.1%)(21,667)36,099 (266.6%)Income tax expense1,189,674 1,146,127 (3.7%)2,098,280 2,166,733 3.3%Unrealized exchange loss(54,076)(6,772)(87.5%)56,804 (129,318)(327.7%) 5,760,675 6,425,957 11.5%11,828,961 12,664,269 7.1%Changes in working capital:      (Increase) decrease in      Trade accounts receivable162,331 87,833 (45.9%)(493,714)157,063 (131.8%)Recoverable tax on assets and other assets25,725 (95,078)(469.6%)107,364 (32,063)(129.9%)Increase (decrease)      Concession taxes payable(248,380)(335,846)35.2%(215,106)(111,606)(48.1%)Accounts payable(117,942)(1,906,239)1516.3%(46,488)204,655 (540.2%)Cash generated by operating activities5,582,409 4,176,627 (25.2%)11,181,017 12,882,318 15.2%Income taxes paid(1,202,747)(1,539,627)28.0%(2,324,790)(2,673,476)15.0%Net cash flows provided by operating activities4,379,662 2,637,000 (39.8%)8,856,227 10,208,841 15.3%       Cash flows from investing activities:      Machinery, equipment and improvements to concession assets(678,121)(3,204,006)372.5%(2,384,763)(4,961,618)108.1%Cash flows from sales of machinery and equipment1,656 1,055 (36.3%)1,774 2,614 47.4%Other investment activities(1,746,391)15,773 (100.9%)(1,732,569)(97,377)(94.4%)Acquisition of a 25% interest in CBX- (8,445,060)100.0%- (8,445,060)100.0%Net cash used by investment activities(2,422,856)(11,632,238)380.1%(4,115,559)(13,501,441)228.1%       Dividends declared and paid(4,254,436)(203,882)(95.2%)(4,254,436)(203,882)(95.2%)Dividends paid to non-controlling interests(152,881)- (100.0%)(152,881)- (100.0%)Cash and cash equivalentes from business combination 5,428,000   5,428,000 100.0%Bond certificates issued- - 0.0%6,000,000 10,718,000 78.6%Bond certificates paid(2,500,000)- (100.0%)(7,000,000)(1,120,000)(84.0%)Bank loans paid(3,454,938)- (100.0%)(3,454,938)(4,498,971)30.2%Bank loans3,249,098 1,120,000 (65.5%)3,249,098 4,498,971 38.5%Capitalized interest on bank loans- (39,417)100.0%- (39,417)100.0%Interest paid on bank loans(941,099)(873,123)(7.2%)(2,306,485)(2,234,826)(3.1%)Interest paid on lease(592)(2,662)349.7%(1,282)(5,440)324.4%Payments of obligations for leasing(2,566)(10,474)308.2%(18,899)(21,031)11.3%Net cash flows used in financing activities(8,057,414)5,418,442 (167.2%)(7,939,822)12,521,404 (257.7%)       Effects of exchange rate changes on cash held(429,868)165,369 (138.5%)(569,530)91,707 (116.1%)Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents(6,530,476)(3,411,427)(47.8%)(3,768,684)9,320,511 (347.3%)Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period16,227,819 23,185,136 42.9%13,466,026 10,453,198 (22.4%)Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period9,697,343 19,773,709 103.9%9,697,343 19,773,709 103.9%               Exhibit D: Consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (in thousands of pesos): 

        2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeRevenues      Aeronautical services5,763,188 5,578,099 (3.2%)11,762,321 11,812,569 0.4%Non-aeronautical services2,442,659 3,026,714 23.9%4,836,535 5,566,191 15.1%Improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12)2,676,149 2,684,897 0.3%5,338,324 5,280,576 (1.1%)Total revenues10,881,996 11,289,710 3.7%21,937,180 22,659,337 3.3%       Operating costs      Costs of services:1,556,035 1,916,778 23.2%3,020,338 3,468,349 14.8%Employee costs638,722 769,895 20.5%1,252,084 1,454,119 16.1%Maintenance256,830 316,554 23.3%513,733 577,317 12.4%Safety, security & insurance232,516 260,363 12.0%447,723 493,768 10.3%Utilities148,732 149,214 0.3%273,963 274,227 0.1%Professional services58,332 84,772 45.3%106,063 141,887 33.8%Business operated directly by us86,632 99,427 14.8%173,968 188,956 8.6%Other operating expenses134,271 166,061 23.7%252,803 267,584 5.8%CBX operating expenses- 70,492 100.0%- 70,492 100.0%       Technical assistance fees221,680 (264,685)(219.4%)505,580 34,857 (93.1%)Concession taxes935,280 915,543 (2.1%)1,976,982 1,862,621 (5.8%)Depreciation and amortization924,959 979,420 5.9%1,857,534 1,912,376 3.0%Cost of improvements to concession assets (IFRIC-12)2,676,149 2,684,897 0.3%5,338,324 5,280,576 (1.1%)Other (income)(10,461)71,837 (786.7%)(36,145)58,765 (262.6%)Total operating costs6,303,642 6,303,790 0.0%12,662,613 12,617,545 (0.4%)Income from operations4,578,354 4,985,920 8.9%9,274,567 10,041,792 8.3%Financial Result(733,545)(946,284)29.0%(1,663,035)(1,669,542)0.4%Income before income taxes 3,844,809 4,039,636 5.1%7,611,532 8,372,250 10.0%Income taxes(1,189,674)(1,146,127)(3.7%)(2,098,280)(2,166,733)3.3%Net income 2,655,135 2,893,509 9.0%5,513,252 6,205,518 12.6%Currency translation effect(423,527)(443,277)4.7%(498,585)(408,156)(18.1%) Cash flow hedges, net of income tax2,668 - (100.0%)1,892 - (100.0%)Remeasurements of employee benefit – net income tax667 69 (89.7%)32,766 18,711 (42.9%)Comprehensive income 2,234,943 2,450,301 9.6%5,049,325 5,816,073 15.2%Non-controlling interest(90,951)(102,859)13.1%(205,878)(241,374)17.2%Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interest2,143,992 2,347,442 9.5%4,843,447 5,574,699 15.1%       Non-controlling interest represents the minority shareholders’ ownership interests in certain of our subsidiaries.               Exhibit E: Consolidated stockholders’ equity (in thousands of pesos): 

           Common StockLegal ReseveReserve for Share RepurchasePremium on share suscriptionRetained EarningsOther comprehensive incomeTotal controlling interestNon-controlling interestTotal Stockholders' EquityBalance as of January 1, 20251,194,390920,187 2,500,000-16,957,723 773,499 22,345,799 2,275,940 24,621,739 Decrease in legal reserve-(681,309)- 681,309 - - - - Dividends declared-- - (8,508,000)- (8,508,000)(130,779)(8,638,779)Comprehensive income:         Net income-- --5,266,354 - 5,266,354 246,904 5,513,258 Foreign currency translation reserve-- --- (457,563)(457,563)(41,026)(498,589)Remeasurements of employee benefit – Net-- --- 32,766 32,766 - 32,766 Reserve for cash flow hedges – Net of income tax-- --- 1,892 1,892 - 1,892 Balance as of June 30, 20251,194,390238,878 2,500,000-14,397,387 350,594 18,681,245 2,351,039 21,032,285           Balance as of January 1, 20261,194,390238,878 2,500,000-18,695,331 (158,148)22,470,451 2,365,480 24,835,931 Capital increase212,132     212,132  212,132 Dividends declared-- - (12,376,379)- (12,376,379) (12,376,379)Increase from share suscription-- -35,766,611- - 35,766,611 - 35,766,611 Comprehensive income:         Net income-- --5,949,977 - 5,949,977 255,541 6,205,518 Retained earnings business combination   -1,009,888  1,009,888  1,009,888 Foreign currency translation reserve-- --- (393,989)(393,989)(14,167)(408,156)Remeasurements of employee benefit – Net-- --- 18,711 18,711 - 18,711 Balance as of June 30, 20261,406,522238,878 2,500,00035,766,61113,278,817 (533,426)52,657,402 2,606,854 55,264,256                   Exhibit F: Other operating data:               2Q252Q26Change6M256M26ChangeTotal passengers15,879.414,987.7(5.6%)32,149.030,354.9(5.6%)Total cargo volume (in WLUs)686.6743.58.3%1,337.31,447.48.2%Total WLUs16,566.015,731.2(5.0%)33,486.331,802.3(5.0%)       Aeronautical & non aeronautical services per passenger (pesos)516.8574.111.1%516.3572.510.9%Aeronautical services per WLU (pesos)347.9354.61.9%351.3371.45.7%Non aeronautical services per passenger (pesos)153.8201.931.3%150.4183.421.9%Cost of services per WLU (pesos)91.9121.832.6%89.8109.121.4%        WLU = Workload units represent passenger traffic plus cargo units (1 cargo unit = 100 kilograms of cargo).

SanDisk stock NASDAQ:SNDK suffered another bruising session on Monday, dropping 12.6% to $1,673.97 as investors rushed out of memory and semiconductor stocks.

The decline continued after the close, with the stock slipping a further 2.4% by late trading.

The contrast is striking as SanDisk has fallen almost 29% from its late-June record and endured some of the market’s sharpest daily swings this month.

Yet Wall Street analysts have responded by lifting price targets rather than abandoning the stock.

Monday’s decline followed a volatile start to July.

SanDisk lost 29% during the month’s first four trading sessions, then recovered 18% over the following three days before selling off again.

Even after the latest pullback, the shares remain more than 600% higher in 2026.

The immediate pressure was not limited to SanDisk. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 4.8% on Monday, while Marvell, Intel and other chip stocks also fell sharply.

SanDisk was the weakest member of that group.

Memory stocks were already under pressure in Seoul after SK Hynix suffered its biggest one-day decline in nearly two decades.

The South Korean chipmaker fell more than 15% as investors unwound gains following its record Nasdaq debut. Its US-listed shares then dropped 9.3%.

Escalating US-Iran tensions added to the risk-off mood.

Oil prices surged after renewed fighting near the Strait of Hormuz, raising fresh inflation concerns and pushing investors away from highly valued technology shares.

Analysts believe the sell-off reflects short-term positioning rather than a sudden deterioration in SanDisk’s business.

Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani raised his price target to $3,100 from $1,400 while maintaining an Outperform rating.

Daryanani said investors were “underappreciating the durability” of SanDisk’s earnings, free cash flow and pricing power as the NAND supply-demand imbalance persists through 2027.

Citigroup has maintained a $2,500 target, arguing that strong demand from AI data centres should continue supporting suppliers of NAND flash and hard-disk storage.

Bernstein analyst Mark Newman recently lifted his target to $3,000 from $1,700.

His bullish view rests partly on SanDisk’s new supply-contract model, which uses multiyear commitments and financial guarantees to give the company greater visibility over future sales and cash flow.

Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider has also raised his target to $2,200 from $1,200 while retaining a Buy rating.

Schneider expects a “very strong” fiscal fourth quarter and has placed his 2026 adjusted earnings estimate roughly 30% above Wall Street’s consensus, according to Investing.com.

The common thread is supply, as building additional NAND capacity requires years of investment, while demand for enterprise solid-state drives is rising as hyperscalers construct more AI data centres.

Investors will get their next major evidence on August 5, when SanDisk reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results.

The company will then hold an investor day on August 13, when management is expected to provide more details about its long-term contracts, capacity plans and earnings outlook.

Kevin J. Mitchell, Exec. VP and CFO of Phillips 66 (PSX +5.27%), reported a sale of 11,021 shares on July 9, 2026, according to an SEC Form 4 filing.

Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value$2.1 millionShares sold11,021Post-transaction shares (directly held)97,376Post-transaction value$18.48 millionKey questionsWhat was the mechanism and timing of this transaction?
The CFO executed an exercise of 11,021 options at a strike price of $94.97 and immediately sold the shares at a weighted average price of $190.03. This activity was automated under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 21, 2025, which allows insiders to execute pre-planned trades to diversify holdings.How does this disposition affect the executive's total equity exposure?
The transaction reduced Kevin J. Mitchell's direct common stock holdings by 10%. Following the sale, he retains 97,376 shares of common stock, which includes 31,849 Restricted Stock Units that settle for shares on a 1-for-1 basis, along with 2,050 additional derivative securities.What is the market context for this sale?
The transaction occurred after the stock delivered a 45% return over the 12 months ending July 9. Based on the July 10, 2026 market close of $188.36, the CFO's remaining direct equity position is valued at approximately $18.3 million.Company OverviewMetricValueShare Price (as of market close 2026-07-10)$188.36Market Capitalization$75.5 billionRevenue (TTM)$134.5 billionNet Income (TTM)$4.1 billionCompany SnapshotPhillips 66 operates a diversified energy business spanning midstream infrastructure, refining, chemicals, and marketing & specialties segments, generating revenue through crude oil processing, petroleum product distribution, energy commodity transportation, and specialty chemical production.The company generates earnings through integrated operations that combine capital-intensive refining and logistics assets with downstream chemical manufacturing and marketing activities, capturing value across the energy value chain from feedstock processing to end-market distribution.Phillips 66 serves a broad customer base including petroleum refiners, chemical manufacturers, transportation and logistics operators, and industrial end-users requiring refined products, specialty chemicals, and energy infrastructure services.Phillips 66 is a diversified energy company with a $75.5 billion market capitalization, positioning it as a significant integrated player in the energy sector. The company's competitive advantage derives from its vertically integrated business model spanning midstream logistics, refining operations, and specialty chemicals, enabling operational synergies and margin capture across multiple energy value chain segments. With 13,200 employees and a strategic focus on both traditional energy infrastructure and specialty chemical markets, Phillips 66 maintains a balanced portfolio approach to energy sector exposure.

What this transaction means for investorsThis sale isn’t small, at roughly 10% of direct common stock holdings, but it still ultimately reads like a routine, well-structured cash-out and not a bet against the stock. Mitchell exercised options struck at $94.97 and sold at $190.03 the same day, capturing a spread of nearly $95 a share under a plan he set eight months earlier.

Meanwhile, the company’s latest results give some room to hold the rest. In the first quarter, Phillips 66 surprised a Street that had braced for a loss, posting adjusted earnings of $0.49 per share as realized refining margins hit $10.11 with crude utilization at roughly 95%. Management guided to low-to-mid 90% refining utilization for the second quarter.

For long-term investors, the insider sale is essentially background noise. The real questions are whether refining margins hold, whether the debt-reduction and asset-sale plan stays on track, and how the activist pressure from Elliott reshapes the portfolio after some recent board changes. The firm reports second-quarter earnings on August 5.

Jonathan Ponciano has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Phillips 66. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Enabling integration of purchase data from approximately 28 million 7-Eleven App members on the DSP

, /PRNewswire/ -- The Trade Desk (Nasdaq: TTD), a global leader in advertising technology, today announced the integration of retail purchase data from SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CO., LTD. (hereinafter "SEJ") into The Trade Desk platform, enabling advertisers to programmatically activate SEJ's retail purchase data across digital channels through The Trade Desk platform. The capability is now available to all advertisers in Japan. This represents one of the leading examples in Japan of integrating SEJ's purchase data with a DSP.

This integration enables advertisers to activate high-quality data at scale across digital channels on the open internet, including over‑the‑top (OTT), connected TV (CTV), audio, and display, representing an important step forward in Japan's retail media landscape.

Through this initiative, advertisers can seamlessly access and activate audience segments built from purchase data-driven insight based on the purchase behavior of approximately 28 million 7-Eleven App members directly within The Trade Desk platform. SEJ operates Japan's largest convenience store network, with around 22,000 stores nationwide and approximately 20 million daily visitors.[1] The integration enables activation of always-on audience segments — including demographic and high-demand purchase-based audiences — built from a wide range of product categories. Audience segments are curated based on advertiser needs using up to one year of purchase history (ID-POS data), enabling more precise audience targeting across omnichannel campaigns.

This collaboration addresses a longstanding challenge in Japan, where access to high-quality retail data has historically been fragmented and operationally complex. Through API integration with the platform, SEJ's data is regularly refreshed and made available within The Trade Desk platform, enabling advertisers to plan, activate, and optimize campaigns with greater efficiency and reduced operational complexity.

At the core of this integration is The Trade Desk's AI-driven platform, which transforms retail purchase signals into structured, scalable audience intelligence— bridging the gap between data access and real-time activation across channels. This enables advertisers to not only identify the right audiences, but to continuously refine and optimize how those audiences are reached, driving performance across the open internet.

"Japan's retail media ecosystem is entering a new phase," said Kei Majima, General Manager, Japan, The Trade Desk. "We are excited to bring this initiative to market, expanding access to one of Japan's most extensive retail data offerings for omnichannel advertising. As the industry evolves, the ability to programmatically activate high-quality data will be critical to driving performance and accountability in digital advertising. By integrating high-quality purchase data from SEJ, one of Japan's largest convenience store chains, directly into our platform, advertisers can now engage audiences more precisely and efficiently across channels, helping to unlock the full potential of retail data for advertisers in Japan."

Key Benefits for Advertisers

High-Fidelity Audience Segments: Access audience segments built on a wide range of product categories and up to one year of purchase history, enabling more precise demographic and purchase-based targeting. Custom Audience Capabilities: Collaborate with SEJ to build and activate audience segments tailored to specific brands for more precise targeting. Omnichannel Activation: Apply retail data across digital channels via The Trade Desk platform for flexible, scalable campaigns. AI-Powered Audience Activation & Optimization: Transform retail purchase data into scalable audiences that can be activated across channels and continuously refined using AI to improve campaign performance over time. Advancing Retail Media Infrastructure in Japan
This initiative reflects a broader evolution in Japan's retail data landscape—from fragmented, one-off data use to always-on, infrastructure-driven approaches that enable scalable and continuous audience engagement. Historically, retail data activation relied on custom integrations that limited continuous campaign execution. With this integration, SEJ's data can now be continuously refreshed and activated in real time, enabling advertisers to improve audience targeting accuracy and advertising performance in a privacy conscious manner.

As global retail data evolves toward greater standardization, enabling secure, scalable data use has become a key industry priority. This data integration signals a growing focus in Japan on not only protecting data but also enabling its responsible and effective utilization. Through this initiative, The Trade Desk and SEJ provide a practical model for how high-quality retail data can be applied at scale, demonstrating how infrastructure and privacy-conscious design can support more effective retail data activation at scale.

[1] Figures as of the end of May 2026

About The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk™ is a technology company that empowers buyers of advertising. Through its self-service, cloud-based platform, ad buyers can create, manage, and optimize digital advertising campaigns across ad formats and devices. Integrations with major data, inventory, and publisher partners ensure maximum reach and decisioning capabilities, and enterprise APIs enable custom development on top of the platform. Headquartered in Ventura, CA, The Trade Desk has offices across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit thetradedesk.com or follow us on Facebook, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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Anthony Mathew Eisen, a director at Block, Inc. (XYZ +1.90%), sold 18,000 shares of Class A Common Stock between July 9, 2026 and July 13, 2026, according to an SEC Form 4 filing.

Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value$1.4 millionShares sold18,000Post-transaction shares (directly held)1,838,672Post-transaction value$144.74 millionKey questionsWhat is the regulatory context for this transaction?
This sale was completed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which Eisen adopted on March 2, 2026. Such plans allow insiders to schedule future stock sales in advance to avoid potential concerns regarding material non-public information.What is the scale of the insider's remaining direct equity exposure?
Following this transaction, the Director continues to hold about 1.8 million shares directly. This remaining position represents a market value of $144.74 million as of the July 13, 2026 market close.How does the current stock performance compare to the transaction price?
The shares were sold at a weighted average price of $77.80, while the stock closed at $77.30 on July 10, 2026. The company currently maintains a market capitalization of $46 billion and has reported trailing twelve-month revenue of $24.5 billion.What is the breakdown of the Director's total beneficial interest?
The reported holdings consist exclusively of direct ownership, with 1,838,672 shares remaining in the director's name.Company OverviewMetricValueShare Price (as of market close 2026-07-10)$77.30Market Capitalization$46.0 billionRevenue (TTM)$24.5 billionNet Income (TTM)$807.1 millionCompany SnapshotBlock is a fintech company that develops and operates a comprehensive suite of payment processing solutions, including hardware readers (Magstripe, Contactless and chip readers supporting EMV and NFC technologies) and software platforms that enable merchants to process card payments and access advanced reporting and analytics capabilities.The company generates revenue through transaction processing fees, hardware sales, and software-as-a-service offerings, with a business model centered on providing integrated payment infrastructure and next-day fund settlement services to merchants of varying sizes.Block serves a diverse merchant base ranging from small independent retailers to larger enterprises, targeting businesses across multiple verticals that require reliable payment processing, financial visibility, and capital management solutions.Block, Inc. operates as a leading infrastructure software provider in the payments ecosystem, with TTM revenues of $24.5 billion and a market capitalization of roughly $46 billion. The company leverages its integrated hardware and software platform to deliver comprehensive payment solutions that address merchant needs for transaction processing, financial analytics, and working capital optimization. Block's competitive positioning is strengthened by its end-to-end payment infrastructure, next-day settlement capabilities, and robust reporting analytics that differentiate its offerings in the competitive payments technology sector.

What this transaction means for investorsThis sale ultimately looks like a co-founder trimming a corner of a very large position, not a signal about where Block is headed. Eisen sold on a plan set back in March, and 18,000 shares barely dents the roughly 1.8 million he still holds, worth about $145 million. Eisen co-founded Afterpay, the buy-now-pay-later business Block acquired in 2021, so his stake reflects a company he helped build. When someone with nine figures still on the table sells a fraction of a percent on a preset schedule, the tax-and-diversification read is the honest one.

Meanwhile, the business is running well beneath a somewhat messy headline, with shares seesawing recently and settling about 15% up for the year. Block's first-quarter gross profit rose 27% to $2.91 billion, led by 38% growth at Cash App, and adjusted operating income hit a record $728 million. Management raised full-year gross-profit guidance to $12.33 billion, and CEO Jack Dorsey leaned into AI tools like MoneyBot as the next growth lever. The firm is planning to report second-quarter earnings on August 5.

For long-term investors, the sale is noise, but the GAAP-versus-adjusted gap is worth understanding. Block posted a $309 million net loss on restructuring and bitcoin charges even as the underlying business accelerated, so it’ll be important to see whether Cash App's momentum holds as its lending boom normalizes.

Jonathan Ponciano has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Block. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Companies like Rivan and Lucid could be exempt from the price caps that bar EVs from qualifying for California's new incentive program. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images California is launching a new incentive program for first-time electric vehicle buyers that gives companies like Rivian and Lucid an edge.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill, SB 168, into law on Monday that will give first-time EV customers an instant incentive of $3,500 on a new vehicle and $1,750 toward a used one at the point of sale.

The program, called MyFirstEV, is expected to launch this summer, though the state did not announce an exact start date. A spokesperson for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which will administer the statewide program, told Business Insider that the agency expects to announce participating automakers next month.

The bill has a price cap for EVs to qualify. New vehicles can't have a manufacturer's suggested retail price above $50,000, while used vehicles can't sell for more than $25,000.

However, the law exempts EV makers headquartered in California that manufacture only zero-emission vehicles, allowing companies like Rivian and Lucid to participate in the incentive program regardless of vehicle prices. Rivian is headquartered in Irvine, while Lucid is based in Newark.

Both companies sell vehicles priced well above the bill's caps. Rivian's R1T truck has a starting price of under $80,000. Lucid primarily sells luxury EVs, with the Air sedan starting at around $71,000.

A Lucid spokesperson told Business Insider that it intends to participate in the statewide program and that Lucid Air and Gravity vehicles will be eligible for California customers.

"We see this as a meaningful opportunity to help make advanced electric vehicles more accessible to California buyers," the spokesperson said, adding that the company "applauds the inclusion of the exemption."

Although Tesla manufactures the Model 3 and Model Y at its Fremont factory and maintains an engineering headquarters in Palo Alto, it would be excluded from the exemption. The company moved its corporate headquarters from California to Austin in 2021.

The CARB spokesperson confirmed that Lucid and Rivian could qualify for the exemption, while Tesla would be subject to the price caps.

Tesla wouldn't be entirely shut out of the incentive program. Lower-priced versions of the Model 3 and Model Y that fall below the $50,000 cap could qualify if the company chooses to participate.

The CA governor's office presented the program as a replacement for the federal EV tax credit program, which the Trump administration rolled back. Under the now-defunct federal program, EV buyers could get up to $7,500 in incentives.

"Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to pollute our air and surrender the clean car industry to China on a silver platter. California is putting its foot on the accelerator," Newsom said in a statement.

Spokespeople for Rivian and Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.

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Itron (ITRI - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $83.39, demonstrating a -2.01% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.79%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.26%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 1.55%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the energy and water meter company had gained 5.64% outpaced the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.44% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.28%.

Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Itron in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on July 28, 2026. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $1.3, marking a 19.75% fall compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $564.72 million, down 6.93% from the prior-year quarter.

Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $6.01 per share and revenue of $2.38 billion, indicating changes of -15.71% and +0.34%, respectively, compared to the previous year.

It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for Itron. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, upbeat changes in estimates indicate analysts' favorable outlook on the business health and profitability.

Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system, which varies between #1 (Strong Buy) and #5 (Strong Sell), carries an impressive track record of exceeding expectations, confirmed by external audits, with stocks at #1 delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.02% higher. Itron is holding a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell) right now.

In terms of valuation, Itron is presently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 14.16. This signifies a discount in comparison to the average Forward P/E of 24.85 for its industry.

Also, we should mention that ITRI has a PEG ratio of 0.75. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. As the market closed yesterday, the Electronics - Testing Equipment industry was having an average PEG ratio of 2.02.

The Electronics - Testing Equipment industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 20, finds itself in the top 9% echelons of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the strength of our separate industry groups by calculating the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks contained within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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In the latest close session, Comcast (CMCSA - Free Report) was up +1.7% at $23.97. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 0.79%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.26%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 1.55%.

Shares of the cable provider witnessed a loss of 3.8% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Consumer Discretionary sector with its gain of 0.62%, and the S&P 500's gain of 4.28%.

Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Comcast in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on July 23, 2026. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at $0.97, signifying a 22.40% drop compared to the same quarter of the previous year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $29.31 billion, indicating a 3.31% decline compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.

Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $3.49 per share and revenue of $121.86 billion. These totals would mark changes of -19.03% and -1.49%, respectively, from last year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Comcast. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 1.21% lower. Comcast is currently a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).

In the context of valuation, Comcast is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 6.76. This represents a premium compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 4.94.

It is also worth noting that CMCSA currently has a PEG ratio of 1.94. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. CMCSA's industry had an average PEG ratio of 0.6 as of yesterday's close.

The Cable Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 237, which puts it in the bottom 4% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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In the latest trading session, Owens Corning (OC - Free Report) closed at $141.11, marking a -1.56% move from the previous day. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 0.79% for the day. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 0.26%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 1.55%.

Shares of the construction materials company witnessed a gain of 18.04% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Construction sector with its gain of 2.79%, and the S&P 500's gain of 4.28%.

The upcoming earnings release of Owens Corning will be of great interest to investors. The company is forecasted to report an EPS of $3.02, showcasing a 28.27% downward movement from the corresponding quarter of the prior year. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $2.67 billion, indicating a 2.75% downward movement from the same quarter last year.

For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $9.53 per share and revenue of $9.93 billion, which would represent changes of -20.91% and -1.68%, respectively, from the prior year.

It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for Owens Corning. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts' positivity towards the business operations and its ability to generate profits.

Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed an unchanged state. As of now, Owens Corning holds a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

Looking at its valuation, Owens Corning is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 15.05. This expresses a discount compared to the average Forward P/E of 18.01 of its industry.

Meanwhile, OC's PEG ratio is currently 2.6. The PEG ratio bears resemblance to the frequently used P/E ratio, but this parameter also includes the company's expected earnings growth trajectory. As of the close of trade yesterday, the Building Products - Miscellaneous industry held an average PEG ratio of 1.54.

The Building Products - Miscellaneous industry is part of the Construction sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 201, which puts it in the bottom 19% of all 250+ industries.

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Underperforming the S&P 500, shares of USA Rare Earth (USAR 6.87%) inched 3.7% higher in 2025, while the index rose 16.4%. The first half of 2026, however, featured a very different story. According to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, shares of USA Rare Earth soared 81.3% through the first six months of 2026.

With analysts consistently providing bullish outlooks on the stock and the rare-earth company reporting progress toward commencing commercial operations, investors found sufficient cause to click the buy button over the past several months.

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Digging into the sources of this mining stock's rise It didn't take long after the ball dropped before investors started bidding USA Rare Earth stock higher. Shares rose more than 88% in January after the company announced a partnership with the French government to develop a metal and alloy production facility in France that management expects to commence operations in late 2026.

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Reporting progress toward the start of domestic operations, USA Rare Earth announced in late January that it had selected Fluor to assist with its Definitive Feasibility Study for the company's cornerstone Round Top Rare Earth Project in Texas. Plus, the company announced that it had signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce and entered into a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, totaling about $1.6 billion in federal funding. In addition, the company announced $1.5 billion in private funding provided by Inflection Point.

Analysts also espoused a more bullish outlook on USA Rare Earth stock in the early part of the new year. On Jan. 26, Roth Capital hiked its price target to $35 from $25, and the following day, Benchmark boosted its price target to 45 from $15.

Despite a strong start to the year, shares dipped in February and March. But the decline didn't persist. In April, USA Rare Earth stock headed higher after the company reported that its subsidiary had poured commercial-grade yttrium (a rare-earth metal) at its facility in the United Kingdom. The company lauded the achievement, characterizing it as a milestone that sets it apart as one of the few companies to do so outside China.

Another catalyst for the stock's rise in April was the company's announcement that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Serra Verde Group, a large-scale producer of all four magnetic rare-earths, including the valuable heavy rare-earth dysprosium, terbium, and yttrium, for about $2.8 billion. According to USA Rare Earth management, the acquisition will de-risk the company as Serra Verde is expected to achieve annualized run rate earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of $550-$650 million by the end of 2027.

How are things looking in the second half of the year? Despite the strong performance in the first half of 2026, the second half of the year hasn't provided much for investors to celebrate, with shares sinking more than 20% as of this writing since June 30. For a speculative stock such as USA Rare Earth, the volatility is to be expected. Thus, those with lower risk tolerances who are interested in growth stocks that provide rare-earth exposure will be more interested in a rare-earth ETF.

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Apple acquired certain assets of SigScalr and hired certain SigScalr employees, according to a list of acquisitions maintained by the European Commission.

The list said that “SigScalr develops a data log management and observability tool” and that Apple notified the commission of the acquisition on March 12.

The commission posted the details on its website Monday (July 13), according to 9to5Mac, which flagged the news of the acquisition in a Monday report.

SigScalr offers the open-source observability platform SigLens, which helps developers collect, search and analyze logs, metrics and traces generated by apps and infrastructure, according to the report.

The company’s website is now offline, and the platform’s GitHub repository was made read-only, according to the report.

In an archival notice posted in the repository, SigScalr said: “As we focus on something new, the repository will remain available in read-only mode for anyone who finds it useful. If you’d like to fork it, build on it, or take it in a new direction, we wholeheartedly encourage that. We are also changing the license to a more permissive Apache 2.0 license.”

MacRumors said in a Monday report on the acquisition that SigLens “was known for being a cost-effective and fast solution compared to many competing platforms.”

Apple Insider reported Monday that Apple’s acquisition of SigScalr will give it “a tool to monitor and debug the processes of large numbers of interrelated applications.”

SigLens Founder and CEO Kunal Nawale said in his LinkedIn profile: “By using our self-hosted or our SaaS, companies save 90% on their observability bills. We provide lightning-fast query response times on any volume of data thereby reducing your debugging time during production issues.”

SigScalr announced in a February 2024 press release that it emerged from stealth and closed a $1.76 million pre-seed round that was led by Scribble Ventures with co-investments from WestWave Capital and Forward Slash Capital.

PYMNTS reported in November that Palo Alto Networks announced plans to acquire observability platform Chronosphere for $3.35 billion.

Like other observability platforms, Chronosphere collects detailed data from applications and infrastructure to help engineers understand why problems occur and where they originate, according to the report.

Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of the company closed in January, according to a Jan. 29 press release.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $534.39, demonstrating a -4.21% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.79%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.26%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.55%.

The chipmaker's stock has climbed by 9.05% in the past month, exceeding the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.44% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.28%.

The upcoming earnings release of Advanced Micro Devices will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on August 4, 2026. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at $1.6, signifying a 233.33% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $11.28 billion, indicating a 46.79% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

For the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $7.22 per share and a revenue of $48.98 billion, representing changes of +73.14% and +41.39%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Advanced Micro Devices. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.54% higher. Advanced Micro Devices is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

Looking at valuation, Advanced Micro Devices is presently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 77.3. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 27.79, so one might conclude that Advanced Micro Devices is trading at a premium comparatively.

We can additionally observe that AMD currently boasts a PEG ratio of 1.4. The PEG ratio bears resemblance to the frequently used P/E ratio, but this parameter also includes the company's expected earnings growth trajectory. The average PEG ratio for the Computer - Integrated Systems industry stood at 1.04 at the close of the market yesterday.

The Computer - Integrated Systems industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 6, putting it in the top 3% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ - Free Report) ) has quietly reemerged as one of the stronger-performing large-cap healthcare stocks in 2026.

After hitting fresh all-time highs of $269 a share last week, investors are turning their attention to the healthcare giant's Q2 report, which is scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, before the opening bell.

While many tech stocks continue to command premium valuations, Johnson & Johnson offers investors a combination of defensive characteristics, consistent earnings growth, a premier dividend, and one of the strongest balance sheets in corporate America.

That combination has helped fuel recent momentum, but the question now is whether another strong quarterly report can send JNJ shares even higher after spiking more than 20% year to date.

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Johnson & Johnson's Q2 ExpectationsWall Street expects Johnson & Johnson to post another solid quarter despite ongoing patent headwinds across portions of its pharmaceutical portfolio.

Consensus estimates currently call for Q2 EPS of approximately $2.85 on revenue of $25.18 billion, representing modest growth of 3% and 6% from the prior-year quarter, respectively.

Investors will likely be paying close attention to several key areas:

Continued growth from the Innovative Medicine segmentSales of blockbuster cancer therapies such as Darzalex, which continues to be one of J&J's largest growth driversMomentum in the MedTech business, particularly cardiovascular productsAny updates to full-year guidance following the company's stronger-than-expected first quarterAnother encouraging sign is that J&J continues to invest aggressively in future growth. Recent pipeline developments, oncology expansion, and strategic acquisitions have strengthened its long-term growth outlook while helping offset future patent expirations.

The company also has one of the longest track records of exceeding earnings expectations, with an average EPS surprise of 1.89% in its last four quarterly reports.

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JNJ's Valuation Still Looks ReasonableDespite recently reaching new highs, Johnson & Johnson's valuation remains relatively attractive compared to many large-cap healthcare peers and the broader market.

JNJ currently trades at 22X forward earnings, which is slightly beneath the benchmark S&P 500 while trading near its Zacks Large Cap Pharmaceuticals Industry average of 20X.

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That valuation appears attractive considering the company's:

Diversified pharmaceutical portfolioGrowing medical device businessConsistent free cash flow generationExceptional balance sheetStable earnings profileAnalysts also project adjusted EPS to continue growing in the high single digits over the next two fiscal years, supporting the argument that today's valuation is supported by improving fundamentals rather than speculative enthusiasm.

For long-term investors seeking quality rather than rapid multiple expansion, JNJ still offers an attractive risk-reward profile.

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JNJ Remains a Dividend PowerhouseOne of JNJ's biggest investment attractions remains its dividend.

Johnson & Johnson is a Dividend King, having increased its dividend for more than six consecutive decades, making it one of the longest-running dividend growth stories in the market.

JNJ's dividend yield of 2.09% is roughly on par with its industry average and remains comfortably above the S&P 500’s 1.03% average, while being supported by:

Strong recurring cash flowsInvestment-grade balance sheetDiversified healthcare operationsConservative payout ratio (48%)Unlike many high-yield companies that sacrifice growth to support payouts, Johnson & Johnson has consistently demonstrated its ability to invest heavily in research, acquisitions, and innovation while continuing to reward shareholders through annual dividend increases.

For income-oriented investors, that combination of dependable dividend growth and capital appreciation potential remains difficult to match among large-cap healthcare companies.

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Can JNJ Stock Reach Higher Highs?Momentum has clearly improved over the past several weeks, with investors rotating back toward high-quality defensive names as the Q2 earnings season approached.

If Johnson & Johnson delivers another earnings beat, raises guidance, or provides encouraging commentary surrounding its pharmaceutical pipeline and MedTech businesses, the stock could have room to extend its recent breakout.

Of course, expectations have also risen following the recent rally, meaning management's guidance could prove just as important as the quarterly results themselves.

Fortunately, Johnson & Johnson's diversified business model has historically allowed it to navigate economic uncertainty better than many companies, making it an appealing option for investors seeking steady long-term compounders rather than highly volatile growth stocks.

Bottom LineJohnson & Johnson may not deliver the explosive upside of many AI leaders, but its combination of earnings consistency, reasonable valuation, industry-leading dividend growth, and improving business momentum continues to make the healthcare giant an attractive long-term holding.

A strong Q2 report could provide another catalyst for JNJ shares to push toward fresh highs, although much will depend on management's outlook for the remainder of 2026.

For now, Johnson & Johnson stock currently lands a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), suggesting investors may want to await additional earnings estimate revisions following its upcoming Q2 report before initiating or expanding positions.