There are several intriguing and portfolio-worthy stocks that investors will want to pay attention to this week after beating their Q4 expectations. In a week highlighted by Mag 7 quarterly results from Alphabet GOOGL and Amazon AMZN, these top-rated stocks are also standing out as they sport a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Their post-earnings performance has created unique opportunities, including a buy-t...
There are several intriguing and portfolio-worthy stocks that investors will want to pay attention to this week after beating their Q4 expectations. In a week highlighted by Mag 7 quarterly results from Alphabet GOOGL and Amazon AMZN, these top-rated stocks are also standing out as they sport a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Their post-earnings performance has created unique opportunities, including a buy-the-dip scenario for a top tech company and an income-producing stock that appears to be in store for higher highs. AMD’s Buy the Dip Opportunity There was a lot of excitement for AMD AMD stock going into its Q4 report yesterday evening, as the chipmaker has continued to strengthen its position in the semiconductor market as an alternative to Nvidia’s NVDA AI hardware ecosystem. Despite impressively exceeding top and bottom line expectations, AMD stock dropped 17% in Wednesday's trading session. More aggressive guidance appears to have been wanted, with AMD stock still up an exhilarating +100% in the last year at $200 a share. However, AMD’s Q1 revenue guidance of $9.8 billion ± $300 million still came in above Wall Street’s consensus of $9.33 billion (Current Qtr below). This would equate to at least 27% growth, with AMD expected to post high-double-digit sales and EPS expansion in FY26 and FY27 as well. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Profit-taking is also attributed to today’s selloff, but AMD’s Q4 sales of $10.27 billion and EPS of $1.53 were up 34% and 40% year over year, while beating expectations by 6% and nearly 16%, respectively. The issue that some investors may have with AMD’s guidance is that it represents a sequential decline from Q4 in what was notably a quarterly sales record, disappointing those who expected further “all-time” acceleration. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Simon Property’s "Eustress" Hitting a fresh 52-week high after exceeding Q4 expectations on Monday, Simon Property Group's SPG stock has continued to create a positive cognit...
Benoit Bacou/Photononstop via Getty Images Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. ( ACHV ) is a pharmaceutical company developing cytisinicline, a candidate designed to treat nicotine dependence. Its lead program targets adult smoking cessation, with an accepted NDA and a PDUFA date of June 20, 2026. The NDA submission was based on the Phase 3 trials ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 that showed efficacy and a favorable saf...
Benoit Bacou/Photononstop via Getty Images Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. ( ACHV ) is a pharmaceutical company developing cytisinicline, a candidate designed to treat nicotine dependence. Its lead program targets adult smoking cessation, with an accepted NDA and a PDUFA date of June 20, 2026. The NDA submission was based on the Phase 3 trials ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 that showed efficacy and a favorable safety profile. A second ACHV program is in e-cigarette and vaping cessation that has received Breakthrough and Fast Track Designation by the FDA. These factors nudge me towards a speculative "Buy" rating, despite ACHV being a thinly traded microcap that still depends on regulatory approval. Nicotine Dependence Business Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. is a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company that develops cytisinicline. This is a drug candidate for treating nicotine dependence, which could help address adult smoking cessation and e-cigarette and vaping cessation. The company was rebranded with its current name in 2017 following a merger and reorganization. They're now headquartered in Bothell, Washington, with an office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Source: Corporate Presentation. January 2026. With that in mind, it's worth mentioning that cytisinicline is a plant-based alkaloid that targets nicotine receptors. This way, ACHV thinks they can help reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), especially the α4β2 subtype, which are abundant in reward circuits. Nicotine activates these receptors, triggering dopamine release, which is part of what makes smoking or vaping rewarding, reinforcing the habit. Moreover, note that cytisinicline is an agonist that turns on these nicotine receptors , particularly α4β2. It activates these receptors in a partial way, not as strongly as nicotine. Because cytisinicline provides some activation, it can smooth the withdrawal symptoms by maintaining a modest level of receptor ...
Google announced capex will hit $175-185B in 2026, more than doubling from last year as it races to build AI infrastructure Google just dropped a bombshell that's rattling Silicon Valley. The search giant announced it's planning to spend up to $185 billion on capital expenditures in 2026 - more than doubling last year's spending - sending its stock tumbling 3% in after-hours trading despite beatin...
Google announced capex will hit $175-185B in 2026, more than doubling from last year as it races to build AI infrastructure Google just dropped a bombshell that's rattling Silicon Valley. The search giant announced it's planning to spend up to $185 billion on capital expenditures in 2026 - more than doubling last year's spending - sending its stock tumbling 3% in after-hours trading despite beating earnings expectations. The massive infrastructure bet comes as the AI hardware market shows cracks, with AMD plummeting 17.3% on disappointing guidance and dragging down the entire sector. Google parent Alphabet delivered a classic good news-bad news scenario that left Wall Street queasy. The company's fourth-quarter results beat analyst expectations across the board, with its cloud division posting a stunning 48% revenue jump from the prior year, according to CNBC's reporting. But the celebration was short-lived. CFO guidance revealed that Google expects to pour between $175 billion and $185 billion into capital expenditures this year - a staggering sum that would more than double the company's 2025 spending. The announcement sent shares down as much as 3% in extended trading, as investors grappled with the reality that the AI arms race is about to get exponentially more expensive. The timing couldn't be worse for AI hardware makers. AMD shares got absolutely hammered Tuesday, dropping 17.3% during regular trading after the chipmaker issued a disappointing first-quarter forecast that suggested AI chip demand might be cooling. The carnage spread across the sector, with Broadcom and Oracle also sliding as traders reassessed their AI exposure. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.51% while the S&P 500 retreated 0.51%, marking the index's fifth down session in six days. Only the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to stay positive, up 0.53% thanks to strength in healthcare and industrial names like Amgen and Honeywell.
Forgent Power Solutions Inc. and some of its backers raised $1.5 billion in its US initial public offering, pricing its shares at the midpoint of the marketed range. The designer and manufacturer of electrical equipment used in data centers priced its shares at $27 each, according to a statement Wednesday. The company sold 16.6 million shares, while affiliates of Neos Partners sold 39.4 million sh...
Forgent Power Solutions Inc. and some of its backers raised $1.5 billion in its US initial public offering, pricing its shares at the midpoint of the marketed range. The designer and manufacturer of electrical equipment used in data centers priced its shares at $27 each, according to a statement Wednesday. The company sold 16.6 million shares, while affiliates of Neos Partners sold 39.4 million shares, after marketing them for $25 to $29 each. The offering was double digits oversubscribed, people familiar with the matter have said . The pricing gives the Dayton, Minnesota-based company a market value of about $8.2 billion, based on the number of outstanding shares listed in its filings. Forgent designs, manufactures and sells equipment such as transformers, switchboards and power distribution units used in data centers, which require consistent and reliable power over long periods of uptime. Private equity firm Neos created the company in 2023 and built it up via acquisitions in 2023 and 2024. The move to take the company public comes as investors look for opportunities to tap the artificial intelligence spending boom, with OpenAI alone committing to spend more than $1 trillion on AI infrastructure. Shares of power equipment players have soared, with nVent Electric Plc climbing 86% in the past 12 months and Vertiv Holdings Co. up 64%. Gary Niederpruem, Forgent’s chief executive officer, previously worked at Vertiv. Read More: AI Data Center Boom Sparks Fears of Glut Amid Lending Frenzy Forgent lacks as broad a product offering as Vertiv, which in addition to electrical products is a major provider of cooling equipment for Nvidia Corp. chips and other AI infrastructure. The cooling business has contributed to that company’s premium multiple, said Nicholas Lieb , a Morningstar analyst who covers the electrical equipment sector. Still, Forgent’s focus on customized or “engineered-to-order” electrical equipment for the powertrain — the hardware that moves power from the...
btc-usd Forex Signals Feb 5: Shell, Linde, Sony, AMZN Amazon Earning Preview – ECB & BOE Rate Meeting Amazon, Shell, Linde and Sony report earnings on Thursday, offering investors fresh insight into consumer demand, energy pricing... Written by: Skerdian Meta • • 5 min read • Quick overview Amazon, Shell, Linde, and Sony are set to report earnings on Thursday, providing insights into various secto...
btc-usd Forex Signals Feb 5: Shell, Linde, Sony, AMZN Amazon Earning Preview – ECB & BOE Rate Meeting Amazon, Shell, Linde and Sony report earnings on Thursday, offering investors fresh insight into consumer demand, energy pricing... Written by: Skerdian Meta • • 5 min read • Quick overview Amazon, Shell, Linde, and Sony are set to report earnings on Thursday, providing insights into various sectors including consumer demand and energy pricing. The AI trade is facing a reckoning as software companies struggle with pricing power, impacting market sentiment and leading to declines in semiconductor stocks. Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level since November 2024, contributing to a broader risk-off sentiment in the market, while old-economy stocks are outperforming. The ECB and BoE are maintaining their current policy settings, with the latter potentially signaling a rate cut in the near future amid mixed economic data. Live BTC/USD Chart BTC/USD 0.0000 MARKETS TREND Amazon, Shell, Linde and Sony report earnings on Thursday, offering investors fresh insight into consumer demand, energy pricing, industrial gas trends and global entertainment cycles. A Reckoning in the AI Trade There was always going to be a moment of reckoning for the AI trade, but the way it is unfolding has caught markets off guard. Concerns intensified after Claude’s latest feature upgrades raised fears that software companies may struggle to maintain pricing power. That narrative has driven a sharp re-rating across parts of the software space and continued to weigh on sentiment today. The fallout also spread back into high-flying semiconductor names, with Micron sliding 9% and AMD plunging 16% following earnings, underscoring how fragile confidence has become across the broader AI complex. Risk-Off Undercurrents and Sector Rotation Adding to the pressure, bitcoin fell to its lowest level since November 2024, dropping to $72,082 and dragging risk assets lower more broadly. Beneath the surface, howev...
Will The New Fed Chair Fix The Money? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The choice of Kevin Warsh as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve has received mixed reviews, as can be expected. His professional connections lean establishment in every way, which is perhaps not what Trump’s base expected. More interesting is that Warsh is on record as an inflation hawk, a critic of zero-int...
Will The New Fed Chair Fix The Money? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The choice of Kevin Warsh as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve has received mixed reviews, as can be expected. His professional connections lean establishment in every way, which is perhaps not what Trump’s base expected. More interesting is that Warsh is on record as an inflation hawk, a critic of zero-interest rate policies, and a critic of the war on cryptocurrency. All of this strikes me as a good sign, even if he has since hinted in the direction of favoring lower rates. In 2023, he wrote the following: “History will give a full accounting of the grave errors committed in recent years in economic policy. A central lesson is already clear: Nothing is as expensive as free money. The costs of the Federal Reserve’s zero-interest policy are multiplying: The misallocation of capital—goosing the price of the riskiest and least-productive of assets—set the conditions for boom and bust. The financing of the ‘big state’ set the country on an unsustainable fiscal trajectory. The extraordinarily loose financial conditions created herd behavior among market participants and firms and complacency among policy makers, including regulators. The surge in inflation substantially raised the cost of living for citizens and undermined business planning.” Every word of that is true. Having someone at the Fed who believes that way should come as a great relief. The surprising part is that Trump himself has spent years denouncing the Fed for having raised interest rates faster than ever before in Fed history. He has also called for a dramatic lowering of rates to make the United States more competitive, thoughts that have people like me worried that such a policy would kick off a second wave of inflation. Former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh speaks during a monetary policy conference at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, Calif., on May 9, 2025. Ann Saphir/Reuters ...
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运动品牌掌舵人的位置，越来越不好坐了。 回看过去一年，运动品牌高管层震荡不断。在公司CEO层面，先是迪卡侬首位女性CEO Barbara Martin Coppola提前卸任，又有彪马CEO Arne Freundt突然离职，临近年底，用7年时间缔造了lululemon业绩飞升的Calvin McDonald也官宣离去。 值得注意的是，如果把时间拉长到过去三年，阿迪达斯、耐克和lululemon相...
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Earnings Call Insights: Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Q4 2025 Management View Sundar Pichai, CEO & Director, highlighted a "tremendous quarter for Alphabet," noting the launch of Gemini 3 and surpassing $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time. Search revenue grew 17%, YouTube annual revenue exceeded $60 billion, and Cloud revenue accelerated 48% to an annual run rate of over $70 billion. Gemini ...
Earnings Call Insights: Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Q4 2025 Management View Sundar Pichai, CEO & Director, highlighted a "tremendous quarter for Alphabet," noting the launch of Gemini 3 and surpassing $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time. Search revenue grew 17%, YouTube annual revenue exceeded $60 billion, and Cloud revenue accelerated 48% to an annual run rate of over $70 billion. Gemini 3 Pro was described as achieving "the fastest adoption of any model in our history." Pichai also revealed the intent to acquire Intersect for data center and energy infrastructure solutions and announced anticipated 2026 CapEx investments between $175 billion and $185 billion to meet AI-driven demand. Pichai cited a rapidly growing cloud backlog, now $240 billion, and over 325 million paid subscriptions across Alphabet’s consumer services. He emphasized the milestone of selling more than 8 million paid seats of Gemini Enterprise in 4 months and noted the Gemini app now has over 750 million monthly active users. Pichai detailed AI integration across products, including advancements in Search, AI-powered shopping protocols, and partnerships such as Apple selecting Google as its preferred cloud provider to develop the next generation of Apple Foundation Models based on Gemini. Philipp Schindler, Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer of Google, stated, “Google Services revenues were $96 billion for the quarter, up 14% year-on-year, primarily driven by accelerated growth in search.” He highlighted that Gemini models have “significantly improved our ability to systematically deliver more helpful high-quality ads, contributing to a meaningful reduction in irrelevant ads served.” Anat Ashkenazi, Senior VP & CFO, reported, “For the full year 2025, Alphabet consolidated revenues were $403 billion, up 15% on a reported and constant currency basis.” She added, “Consolidated revenues reached $113.8 billion, up 18%...driven by an acceleration in Search and Cloud revenues.” Outlo...
Key Points Tesla expects the rollout of its autonomous ride-sharing service will make significant progress in 2026. The company plans to start production of a humanoid robot later this year. To support its growth initiatives, Tesla expects a more than doubling of its capital expenditures in 2026. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › With electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA...
Key Points Tesla expects the rollout of its autonomous ride-sharing service will make significant progress in 2026. The company plans to start production of a humanoid robot later this year. To support its growth initiatives, Tesla expects a more than doubling of its capital expenditures in 2026. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › With electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) launching its Robotaxi ride-sharing service in 2025 and with management expecting to begin production of its Optimus humanoid robot this year, it's a great time to buy shares of the growth stock, right? After all, hasn't the stock's 9% year-to-date pullback created a timely buying opportunity? Not necessarily. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » While Tesla's ambitious plans for the future are admirable, that doesn't automatically make the stock a buy. Underneath the surface, the company is facing some issues that investors should be aware of. Not only did Tesla's vehicle sales struggle in 2025, but profits are moving in the wrong direction. Even more, profits could remain underwhelming in 2026 as the company ramps up spending on growth initiatives. As investors weigh Tesla's mix of bold plans with its near-term challenges, I'd encourage investors to give heavy weight to these near-term challenges and risks. Why? The stock's valuation demands it. Big ambitions You don't have to look far for evidence of Tesla's big ambitions. The company's bold growth initiative that has been in the spotlight the most recently is its autonomous ride-sharing service, called Robotaxi. Powered by its own vehicles, Tesla believes that once the service is in full swing, its owners will be able to check their vehicles in and out of the Robotaxi fleet's inventory, similar to how homeowners can list their homes on home-sharing platforms like Airbnb. Tesla executives...
10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty Images Flexsteel Industries ( FLXS ) reported strong fiscal Q2 results from the October-December period. The furniture manufacturer’s results have remained highly impressive in a turbulent industry environment, not showing a slowdown despite tariffs and weak demand. I believe that the results underline a strong investment case, as Flexsteel’s stock valuation st...
10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty Images Flexsteel Industries ( FLXS ) reported strong fiscal Q2 results from the October-December period. The furniture manufacturer’s results have remained highly impressive in a turbulent industry environment, not showing a slowdown despite tariffs and weak demand. I believe that the results underline a strong investment case, as Flexsteel’s stock valuation still doesn’t reflect the company’s earnings resilience. Tariff changes weigh on Flexsteel, but not enough to mitigate the bullish thesis. I maintained a Buy rating in my previous August 2025 article on the stock, titled “Flexsteel Q4: Impressive Earnings, But Note Peso Tailwind.” The stock has since lost -2% of its value, losing to the S&P 500’s 8% gain. My Rating History on FLXS (Seeking Alpha) Setting the Scene: The Furnishings Industry’s Weakness Continues The industry backdrop was challenging for Flexsteel in the late-2025 quarter. Industry-wide U.S. furniture sales slumped to a -1.4% decline for the latest published November data, slowing from some previous gains in early 2025. The industry’s absolute sales level remains subdued, reflecting housing sales below the long-term trend line, pricing pressure from tariffs on furniture, and general consumer uncertainty . U.S. New Home Sales ( Trading Economics ) Peer results clearly reflect industry weakness. Ethan Allen ( ETD ) last reported a -4.7% year-on-year sales decline, and Lovesac ( LOVE ) reported subdued 0.2% growth . I covered Hooker Furnishings’ ( HOFT ) sharp weakness in a December article . Flexsteel also notes the industry environment to have remained “highly dynamic” in the Q2 report . The furniture industry’s demand is highly dependent on housing sales, weakening recovery prospects for now. While mortgage rates have moderated somewhat, with the 30-year rate at 6.1% as of writing, down by 1.7 percentage points from the peak, the rate remains high compared to the longer-term average. Housing affordability has im...