homeworks255/iStock via Getty Images Flexsteel Industries, Inc. ( FLXS ) has reported fiscal Q2 2026 (calendar Q4 2025) results. On the surface, the results show a continuation of previous positive trends, growing 9%, the 9th consecutive quarter of YoY top line growth, combined with gross margin and operating margin expansion. However, analyzing in more detail, the totality of the increment in revenues, a big part of the increment in gross margins, and potentially of operating income, was caused by tariff surcharges and FIFO accounting. The company recognized challenges in margins in H2 2026 and has not provided guidance. Flexsteel is not expensive, trading at a ~7x earnings multiple when removing net cash from its market cap. The forward multiple is potentially lower on margin and top line pressure from tariffs, but the economy might also turn more positive on lower rates. I believe the name is fairly valued, but not a screaming buy. I maintain a constructive Hold. Positive headline results Read from the income statement alone, the company's results for FQ2 2026 remain very positive, even excellent. Revenues grew 9% at a time when all industries related to housing are having challenges. This is the 9th quarter of positive comps for the company, already a "trend" and no longer a bounce from previous post-pandemic declines. Furthermore, gross margins expanded almost 1.7pp, and operating income expanded by almost $2.3 million YoY (35% YoY) when adjusting for a non-recurring property sale line last year. Underlying stagnation and headwinds As commented on in my previous article on FLXS, the company had already warned that part of the revenue and margin gains in H1 2026 came from tariff surcharges applied to new sales, which were compared to "undervalued" CoGS because of FIFO accounting. The company also commented that because of higher tariffs starting in 2026 (calendar), visibility was complex, and therefore, providing revenue or margin guidance was not possible. Thos...

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Tricolor Holdings founder Daniel Chu , who faces federal fraud charges related to the collapse of the subprime auto-loan firm, won court approval to use company insurance policies to pay for his defense costs, a judge ruled Wednesday. US Bankruptcy Judge Michelle V. Larson agreed during a Dallas court hearing to free $5 million in so-called directors and officers insurance to pay legal bills for Chu and others, including Tricolor itself, related to federal investigations of the company and its former managers. Prosecutors in New York have accused Chu of conspiring to defraud lenders and investors through various schemes, including “double-pledging” auto-loan collateral and manipulating descriptions of the loans. Chu has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Texas-based Tricolor filed for bankruptcy in September after shutting more than 60 locations across Texas and the US Southwest. Larson sided with Chu over the insurance proceeds, rejecting a request from the trustee overseeing Tricolor’s liquidation to cap how much he could receive. The trustee had argued that no single party should be be able to use up more than 10% of the policy. The judge declined to release two other policies that would cover $10 million in similar claims. Any Tricolor former manager who wants access to those policies must file a new request to free up the additional insurance, she said. Criminal and regulatory investigations of Tricolor’s collapse are likely to eat up all of the company’s $15 million in director and officer insurance, Larson said in court. To control distribution of the proceeds, Tricolor and others who are covered by the insurance will have a chance to object to any payout. Those objections would first be considered by the insurance company. If the dispute cannot be resolved, Larson said she would decide whether the claim was legitimate. The bankruptcy case is Tricolor Holdings, LLC, 25-33487, US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas (Dallas). The criminal case is US v ...

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E.l.f. Beauty’s stock surged after a raised outlook for both sales and profit, as demand for cosmetics keeps growing.

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stockcam/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Shares of Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP ) rose nearly 8% in post-market trading on Wednesday after the Snapchat owner reported robust metrics for the fourth quarter and provided a forecast that met expectations. Daily active users in Q4 were 474M, up by 21M users year-over-year but down by 3M sequentially. However, they are largely in line with the consensus estimate of nearly 477M. Average revenue per user was $3.62 in the quarter, above the estimate of $3.56. "The decline in Global DAU in Q4 reflects, in part, our decision to substantially reduce our community growth marketing investments in order to focus on more profitable growth," the company said in its shareholder letter. During the quarter, Snap said it implemented platform-level age verification in Australia in accordance with a new law requiring users to be at least 16 years old, which resulted in the removal of about 400,000 accounts. Free cash flow surged 13% to $206M during the quarter, exceeding expectations of $183.8M. Adjusted EBITDA jumped 30% to $358M, topping the $298.8M estimate. Net income for the three months ended December 31 was $45M, compared to $9M for the same period last year. On a per-share basis, the Santa Monica, California-based firm earned 3 cents, while the average expectation was a loss of 3 cents per share. Revenue rose 10% to $1.72B and was above the $1.70B estimate. For the first quarter, the company guided revenue between $1.50B and $1.53B (est. $1.54B) and adjusted EBITDA of $170M to $190M (mid. $180M; est. $173.7M). Additionally, Snap authorized a stock buyback of up to $500M of its Class A common stock. More on Snap Snap's Snapback Moment Is Coming Snap: Perplexity Partnership Is Another Step Away From The Core Snapchat: Perplexity Partnership Is Why I Refuse To Sell Snap Q4 2025 earnings preview; Stock down ahead of results Earnings week ahead: AMZN, GOOG, PLTR, AMD, PFE, DIS, PYPL, ABBV, QCOM, SMCI, MRK, PEP, UBER, PM, and more

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Shares of Google-parent Alphabet rose 2% in afterhours trading following the tech giant reporting an 18% jump in fourth-quarter revenue, driven by growth in its digital-advertising and cloud-computing units. Sales reached nearly $114 billion, ahead of analyst expectations. Google, like other tech companies, plans to spend tens of billions of dollars to develop AI models and build the data centers needed to train and run them.

Snap reported a surprise profit for its latest quarter, boosting the stock in after hours trading on Wednesday. Snap posted fourth-quarter earnings of 3 cents a share after the stock market closed on Wednesday. In the same period last year, Snap posted earnings of 1 cent a share on revenue of $1.56 billion.

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In this article ELF Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elf Beauty cosmetics Courtesy: e.l.f Beauty Shares of E.l.f. Beauty surged roughly 15% Wednesday after the company reported a huge earnings beat and raised its guidance for the fiscal year. Here's what the company reported for the third fiscal quarter, compared with analyst estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.24 adjusted vs. 72 cents expected Revenue: $490 million vs. $460 million expected E.l.f. said net sales increased 38% to $489.5 million, from $355 million in the same period a year ago, driven by growth across the globe and across its retailers and e-commerce. It reported adjusted net income of $74.5 million. The company recently acquired celebrity Hailey Bieber's skincare company, rhode, in a roughly $1 billion deal , and it contributed $128 million to the company's net third-quarter sales growth. E.l.f. told CNBC it's projecting rhode to contribute up to $265 million in net sales this year, up $65 million from its previous guidance. E.l.f. also raised its full-year guidance, increasing its revenue outlook by a range of $42 million to $50 million. "Our Q3 results, which included 130 basis points of market share gains for our namesake e.l.f. Cosmetics brand and a record-breaking launch of rhode in Sephora in the U.K., are a continuation of the consistent, category-leading growth we've delivered over the past 28 quarters," CEO Tarang Amin said in a statement. "Our value proposition, powerhouse innovation and disruptive marketing engine continue to fuel our brands." – CNBC's Jodi Gralnick contributed to this report.

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Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner reflects on a fresh stretch of market volatility, why investors should plan for sudden drawdowns, and how a diversified, long-term approach can help you stay steady when markets get painful. Also in this video: Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » A reminder from market history: how peak-to-trough declines (including the Nasdaq's 2000–2002 collapse) can test even experienced investors. Why today's AI boom differs from the dot-com era -- and where the "bubble" may be forming this time. A simple portfolio risk check: what happens if your biggest position falls 40% and never comes back? Two companies Gardner highlights as potential beneficiaries of his thesis: EMCOR (NYSE: EME) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). A full transcript is below the video. This video was published on Feb. 4, 2026. I'm Tom Gardner, a co-founder and CEO of The Motley Fool, and someone who has and will forever love the public markets business and the opportunity to make investments together. I would like to start by thanking our members for being members of The Motley Fool. You're the reason that we're here doing the work that we do every day. We've made it through a period of great volatility once again at The Motley Fool. It's been thirty years of this. There are certain times where the volatility is extremely painful. These twelve weeks taught us again that we want to set our plans up across all Motley Fool members to be able to withstand short-term volatility, which you have to almost either accept or maybe even seek out and look forward to it. Have some plans of how you're going to act when you see your stocks suddenly fall anywhere from fifteen to forty percent quickly. It's going to happen again. We went through it here, you know, this spring, and here we are on the other side of it, having stuck to our principles, stuck to our long-term approach, and havin...

Lantronix press release ( LTRX ): FQ2 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.04 beats by $0.01 . Revenue of $29.77M (-4.5% Y/Y) misses by $0.17M . Shares +4.33% . Q3 FY2026 Financial Outlook Revenue: $28.5 million to $32.5 million, or $30.5 million at the midpoint Non-GAAP EPS: $0.03 to $0.06 More on Lantronix Lantronix Q2 2026 Earnings Preview Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Lantronix Historical earnings data for Lantronix Financial information for Lantronix

綽號「邊境沙皇」的美國白宮邊境事務主管霍曼宣布，即時從明尼蘇達州撤走700名負責緝捕非法移民的聯邦執法人員。 美國白宮邊境事務主管霍曼說︰「我宣布即時生效的是，今天起即時撤走700人、700名聯邦執法人員。」 在總統特朗普指示下，霍曼近日在明尼蘇達州明尼阿波利斯市，嘗試為當地民眾與聯邦政府的緊張關係降溫。他周三表示在撤走部分聯邦執法人員後，部署當地人手將降至2,000多人。 上月有兩名平民在明尼阿波利斯市抗議移民部門執法，期間遭執法人員槍殺，引發民眾不滿。市長弗雷批評霍曼僅撤走700人並非降溫，當地仍有很多執法人員駐守，呼籲聯邦政府立刻結束執法行動。霍曼重申，緝捕非法移民行動尚未結束，又稱聯邦、州與地方執法人員三方關係已有改善，相信明尼阿波利斯市的聯邦執法人員數目，最終可減至150人正常規模。

Qiagen press release ( QGEN ): Q4 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.62 in-line. Revenue of $540M (+3.6% Y/Y) beats by $11.51M . 2026 outlook: Net sales growth of at least 5% CER with growth pillars expected to contribute about $1.64 billion CER (~+9% CER) vs $2.21B consensus and adj. diluted EPS of at least $2.50 CER vs $2.65 consensus Shares -3.7% .

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s latest quarterly report provided further evidence that its internet empire is withstanding an artificial intelligence shakeup that’s turning into another potential boon for the company. The numbers released Wednesday marked Google's third consecutive quarter of digital ad growth of more than 10% from the previous year, while also posting more than 30% sales growth in its division that powers data centers for AI services. Those increases during the October-December period propelled Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. well past the earnings forecasts of stock market analysts. Alphabet’s fourth-quarter profit rose 30% from the prior year to $34.5 billion, or $2.82 per share, while revenue climbed 18% to $113.8 billion. The collective momentum of Google’s main business in search and advertising and the still-nascent AI field indicates a company born during the late 1990s internet boom is becoming even stronger during another technology phenomenon nearly 30 years later. “Search saw more usage than ever before, with AI continuing to drive an expansionary moment," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said. Google’s successful evolution has helped drive up Alphabet’s stock price nearly 60% in the past five months, giving it a $4 trillion market value. That may have raised the bar for Alphabet to impress investors as the company's shares dipped 1% in extended trading following the report. Apple, also currently worth $4 trillion, thinks so highly of Google’s AI that the iPhone maker recently struck a deal to use Google’s Gemini technology in a long-delayed upgrade to its virtual assistant, Siri. Google is also embedding more of its Gemini AI into its long-dominant search engine, Gmail and Chrome browser as it tries to avoid complacency and being outmaneuvered by up-and-coming companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity. To meet the challenge, Alphabet has been on a spending spree to expand its AI capacity. After pouring $91 billion into capital ...

Nikada The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJI ) was the only U.S. major index that closed in the green on Wednesday, and it is 152.23 points away from its intraday high of 49,653.13 points. While the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) and the Nasdaq Composite ( COMP:IND ) saw a second day of losses—ending -0.5% and -1.5%, respectively—the Dow’s upside was driven by some companies the market decided to reward, Seeking Alpha analyst Daniel Jones said. Amgen ( AMGN ) was the Dow’s top gainer, ending +8.2% after reporting a beat on its Q4 earnings report. Companies Nike ( NKE ), Walt Disney ( DIS ), and Apple ( AAPL ) were also among its top performers, closing 5.4%, 2.7%, and 2.6%, as well as 3M ( MMM ), which rose 5.2% after the company announced it was hiking its dividend . “In all honesty, this major market index was an outlier,” Jones said. Indexes have suffered as semiconductors and high-tech companies are taking a hit. Among those, Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) -17.3%, AppLovin ( APP ) -16.1%, Palantir Technologies ( PLTR ) -11.6%, Micron Technology ( MU ) -9.5%, and more. But, in the young year already, “there’s been a repeated market pattern of sharp sell-offs that quickly recover, sometimes within hours. Although these have had a variety of causes, the consistent theme is they fail to inflict lasting damage, despite initial fears that it might finally be the start of a larger sell-off,” said Henry Allen, macro strategist at Deutsche Bank Research, in a note. “Throughout history, larger equity sell-offs have always coincided with a fundamental reassessment of the macro outlook,” Allen said. “So long as that macro backdrop is robust, then risk assets can continue to rally, and it’s important to remember that positive data are consistently proving a better signal than noisy headlines, with January seeing a remarkably broad-based advance where almost every major asset rose on the month,” he added. Dow ETFs: ( DIA ), ( DDM ), ( UDOW ), ( DOG ), ( DXD ), and ( SDOW ). More on Dow J...

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Starbase, the company town that Elon Musk’s SpaceX created in South Texas, is forming its own police squad. The city’s commission approved an ordinance during a special meeting Tuesday that would create a municipal police department, subject to approval from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The department will be run by a chief of police elected by the city’s commission, and is expected to hire eight officers, according to local news outlet Valley Central. It could be up and running in a few months. “There is a lot of assets here with the operations of SpaceX,” Starbase city administrator Kent Myers told the outlet. “Those assets need to be protected, and so the police department will play a critical part in protecting those assets.” It’s not clear if Starbase has submitted its application to the TCOLE yet. The city and the TCOLE did not respond to requests for comment. Starbase reportedly hired security consulting firm Vision Quest Solutions to build out the department. Starbase is where SpaceX makes and tests its prototype Starship rocket. The city is small — it is currently home to just a few hundred residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees (or family of those workers). But it is geographically isolated. The closest neighboring town is Brownsville, which is about 10 miles away, though the drive can take 45 minutes or longer. A police department would be the latest addition to public services that have become available in Starbase since it was incorporated as a city last year. In October, a handful of SpaceX employees who live at Starbase started a volunteer fire department. The city also created a fire marshal position and took on its own building inspections and permitting around that same time. Starbase initially tried to handle law enforcement within its city limits by contracting with the Cameron County sheriff’s office. The city struck a $3.5 million, five-year contract with the sheriff’s office that was supposed to see two deputies patro...

For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia have no limits on nuclear weapons toggle caption AP/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service The world's two largest nuclear powers, Russia and the United States, no longer have any limits on their arsenals. At midnight on Thursday, a 15-year-old treaty called New START expired, and with it caps on the number of weapons the two sides could deploy on missiles, bombers and submarines. ("New START" stands for New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.) "There are no more guardrails on the sizes of the United States and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals," said Christine Wormuth, president of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, an arms control advocacy group based in Washington D.C.. "That has not been the case for decades." Sponsor Message In a statement, the White House did not directly address the end of New START but said that President Trump "will decide the path forward on nuclear arms control, which he will clarify on his own timeline." "President Trump has spoken repeatedly of addressing the threat nuclear weapons pose to the world and indicated that he would like to keep limits on nuclear weapons and involve China in arms control talks," the White House said in its statement to NPR. Addressing the impending demise of the treaty earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that it would be a "more dangerous" world without limits on US and Russian nuclear arsenals. What the New START treaty did New START was negotiated with Russia under President Obama. At the time, the treaty was just the latest in a 50-year effort to bring down the number of nuclear weapons each side pointed at the other. At the height of the Cold War, those numbers were believed to be around 12,000, said Rose Gottemoeller, a professor at Stanford University who led the New START negotiations. "The New START treaty brought [the U.S. and Russia] down to 1,550 deployed warheads." But New START did more than just put limits on warheads. The treaty...