Image source: The Motley Fool. Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — M. Keith Waddell Chief Financial Officer — Michael Buckley TAKEAWAYS Global Revenue -- $1.3 billion, a decrease of 4% reported and 6% adjusted year over year, with currency movements boosting reported revenue by $24 million. -- $1.3 billion, a decrease of 4% reported and 6% adjusted yea...
Image source: The Motley Fool. Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — M. Keith Waddell Chief Financial Officer — Michael Buckley TAKEAWAYS Global Revenue -- $1.3 billion, a decrease of 4% reported and 6% adjusted year over year, with currency movements boosting reported revenue by $24 million. -- $1.3 billion, a decrease of 4% reported and 6% adjusted year over year, with currency movements boosting reported revenue by $24 million. Net Income Per Share -- $0.14, down from $0.17, primarily affected by a seasonally elevated 56% tax rate tied to stock-based compensation versus 22% previously. -- $0.14, down from $0.17, primarily affected by a seasonally elevated 56% tax rate tied to stock-based compensation versus 22% previously. Operating Income -- $37 million; adjusted operating income was $29 million, or 2.2% of revenue. -- $37 million; adjusted operating income was $29 million, or 2.2% of revenue. Talent Solutions Segment Revenue -- $834 million (U.S.: $626 million, non-U.S.: $208 million), with U.S. down 7% and non-U.S. down 3% adjusted year over year. -- $834 million (U.S.: $626 million, non-U.S.: $208 million), with U.S. down 7% and non-U.S. down 3% adjusted year over year. Protiviti Segment Revenue -- $466 million (U.S.: $362 million, non-U.S.: $104 million), with U.S. down 6% and non-U.S. up 8% adjusted year over year. -- $466 million (U.S.: $362 million, non-U.S.: $104 million), with U.S. down 6% and non-U.S. up 8% adjusted year over year. Contract Talent Solutions Bill Rates -- Increased 2.6% over the prior year, down from 3.2% sequentially from Q4 2025. -- Increased 2.6% over the prior year, down from 3.2% sequentially from Q4 2025. Contract Talent Solutions Gross Margin -- 38.9%, unchanged from the prior year. -- 38.9%, unchanged from the prior year. Conversion (Contract-to-Hire) Revenues -- 3.1% of contract revenues, slightly down from 3.2% prior year. -- 3.1% of contract revenues, slightly down from 3.2% prior y...
Natural gas equities enter summer 2026 with two powerful tailwinds. Artificial intelligence (AI) data center power demand is pulling structural load into Appalachia and the Gulf, with some producers now treating 10 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day of incremental demand as the new base case. At the same time, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export ... Which Pure-Play Natural Gas Stock Will Dominate Sum...
Natural gas equities enter summer 2026 with two powerful tailwinds. Artificial intelligence (AI) data center power demand is pulling structural load into Appalachia and the Gulf, with some producers now treating 10 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day of incremental demand as the new base case. At the same time, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export ... Which Pure-Play Natural Gas Stock Will Dominate Summer 2026? Four Names Ranked
For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals. Zacks Premium provides lots of different ways to do both. The research service features daily updates of the Zacks Rank and Zacks Industry Rank, full access to the Zacks #1 Rank List, Equity Research reports, and Premium stock screens, all of which will help you become a smarter, mo...
For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals. Zacks Premium provides lots of different ways to do both. The research service features daily updates of the Zacks Rank and Zacks Industry Rank, full access to the Zacks #1 Rank List, Equity Research reports, and Premium stock screens, all of which will help you become a smarter, more confident investor. It also includes access to the Zacks Style Scores. What are the Zacks Style Scores? Developed alongside the Zacks Rank, the Zacks Style Scores are a group of complementary indicators that help investors pick stocks with the best chances of beating the market over the next 30 days. Each stock is given an alphabetic rating of A, B, C, D or F based on their value, growth, and momentum qualities. With this system, an A is better than a B, a B is better than a C, and so on, meaning the better the score, the better chance the stock will outperform. The Style Scores are broken down into four categories: Value Score Finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under their true value, are what value investors like to focus on. So, the Value Style Score takes into account ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, Price/Cash Flow, and a host of other multiples to highlight the most attractive and discounted stocks. Growth Score While good value is important, growth investors are more focused on a company's financial strength and health, and its future outlook. The Growth Style Score takes projected and historic earnings, sales, and cash flow into account to uncover stocks that will see long-term, sustainable growth. Momentum Score Momentum trading is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook, and these investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." The Momentum Style Score can pinpoint good times to build a position in a stock, using factors like one-week price change and ...
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Taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for new and old investors, and Zacks Premium offers many different ways to do both. The research service features daily updates of the Zacks Rank and Zacks Industry Rank, full access to the Zacks #1 Rank List, Equity Research reports, and Premium stock screens, all of which will help you become a smarter, more confident investor. Zacks Premium also includes the Zacks Style Scores. What are the Zacks Style Scores? The Zacks Style Scores is a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on three popular investing types, and were developed as complementary indicators for the Zacks Rank. This combination helps investors choose securities with the highest chances of beating the market over the next 30 days. Based on their value, growth, and momentum characteristics, each stock is assigned a rating of A, B, C, D, or F. The better the score, the better chance the stock will outperform; an A is better than a B, a B is better than a C, and so on. The Style Scores are broken down into four categories: Value Score Finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under their true value, are what value investors like to focus on. So, the Value Style Score takes into account ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, Price/Cash Flow, and a host of other multiples to highlight the most attractive and discounted stocks. Growth Score Growth investors, on the other hand, are more concerned with a company's financial strength and health, and its future outlook. The Growth Style Score examines things like projected and historic earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will experience sustainable growth over time. Momentum Score Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage...
Key Points No other retailer can match Walmart's physical footprint in the U.S. Both Walmart and Coca-Cola are Dividend Kings. Coca-Cola has continued to adjust its portfolio to match changing consumer preferences. 10 stocks we like better than Walmart › There's some peace that comes with knowing you'll be rewarded for owning a stock regardless of how its stock price behaves. That's the beauty of ...
Key Points No other retailer can match Walmart's physical footprint in the U.S. Both Walmart and Coca-Cola are Dividend Kings. Coca-Cola has continued to adjust its portfolio to match changing consumer preferences. 10 stocks we like better than Walmart › There's some peace that comes with knowing you'll be rewarded for owning a stock regardless of how its stock price behaves. That's the beauty of dividend stocks; simply being patient can pay off. However, to get the most out of your dividend stocks, you need to give them time to compound. That's why investing in companies with longevity and stability you don't have to second-guess is important. 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 » If you're looking for stocks that fit that description, look no further than Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). Both are Dividend Kings, which are companies that have increased their annual dividend for at least 50 consecutive years. That tells you a lot about how consistent and shareholder-friendly they are. 1. The retail staple serving millions daily Walmart has built its business on being a convenient, low-cost, one-stop shop. It might not have Amazon's tech-first reputation, but having a store within 10 miles of 90% of the U.S. population is something no other retailer can match. That in-person convenience is largely why Walmart consistently generates the most revenue from any company on the stock market. With a yield of around 0.8%, Walmart is far from a high-income stock, but it's as reliable as they come. It has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years, and it's safe to assume that streak isn't ending anytime soon. Its financials more than support it. An encouraging sign of Walmart's continued success is the amount of money it has invested into growing in areas beyond its traditional retail business. Its membership service (Walmart+...
While investors once again yawned when Nvidia (NVDA 1.86%) reported its fiscal first-quarter earnings after the bell on May 20, the results were still nothing short of extraordinary. Despite the muted investor reaction, the company continues to show why it remains the dominant force in the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure space. Let's dig into Nvidia's fiscal Q1 results and prospects to...
While investors once again yawned when Nvidia (NVDA 1.86%) reported its fiscal first-quarter earnings after the bell on May 20, the results were still nothing short of extraordinary. Despite the muted investor reaction, the company continues to show why it remains the dominant force in the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure space. Let's dig into Nvidia's fiscal Q1 results and prospects to see if the stock is still a buy. Expand NASDAQ : NVDA Nvidia Today's Change ( -1.86 %) $ -4.09 Current Price $ 215.42 Key Data Points Market Cap $5.2T Day's Range $ 214.84 - $ 221.07 52wk Range $ 132.92 - $ 236.54 Volume 5.8M Avg Vol 171.3M Gross Margin 74.15 % Dividend Yield 0.02 % Revenue continues to skyrocket Given Nvidia's massive size, it's mind boggling how the company can continue to grow its revenue at such a breakneck pace. After all, this is the largest company in the world with an over $5 trillion market capitalization. Even crazier is that its revenue growth just keeps accelerating. For its fiscal Q1, Nvidia's revenue surged 85% year over year to $81.62 billion. That's up from the 73% growth it saw in Q4 2025, the 62% growth it recorded in Q3 2025, and 56% growth it posted in Q2 2025. Meanwhile, it projected its revenue growth to once again accelerate in Q2 2026. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS), meanwhile, surged 140% to $1.87 from $0.78. The results easily topped the analyst consensus, which was looking for adjusted EPS of $1.76 on sales of $78.86 billion, as compiled by the London Stock Exchange Group. Data center segment revenue yet again led the way, soaring 92% year over year to $75.2 billion. The company changed its reporting in the quarter, deciding to break up its data center segment into two market platforms. Hyperscale revenue surged 115% to $37.9 billion, while AI cloud, industrial, and enterprise (ACIE) revenue jumped 74% to $37.4 billion. Within the ACIE subsegment, it said AI cloud revenue more than tripled, while it doubled the number of data ...
Micron (NASDAQ: MU) and Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) have both rallied sharply, but their AI stories aren't identical. Micron looks more directly tied to high-bandwidth memory, stronger margins, and AI infrastructure demand, while Sandisk offers a more aggressive NAND storage recovery angle. The key question is which stock's upside is backed by stronger fundamentals today. Stock prices used were the mar...
Micron (NASDAQ: MU) and Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) have both rallied sharply, but their AI stories aren't identical. Micron looks more directly tied to high-bandwidth memory, stronger margins, and AI infrastructure demand, while Sandisk offers a more aggressive NAND storage recovery angle. The key question is which stock's upside is backed by stronger fundamentals today. Stock prices used were the market prices of May 16, 2026. The video was published on May 24, 2026. Continue reading
FREDERICA ABAN/iStock via Getty Images General Fund Information Ticker: WITIX Portfolio managers: Robert Miller; Bruce Johns; Adrian Van Poppel; and Nicholas Venditti, CFA® Subadvisor: Allspring Global Investments, LLC Category: Muni national intern Fund Strategy Uses both bottom-up credit research and top-down macroeconomic analysis Seeks to generate excess performance by actively managing the fo...
FREDERICA ABAN/iStock via Getty Images General Fund Information Ticker: WITIX Portfolio managers: Robert Miller; Bruce Johns; Adrian Van Poppel; and Nicholas Venditti, CFA® Subadvisor: Allspring Global Investments, LLC Category: Muni national intern Fund Strategy Uses both bottom-up credit research and top-down macroeconomic analysis Seeks to generate excess performance by actively managing the four key elements of total return: duration, yield-curve positioning, sector and credit-quality allocation, and security selection Uses a relative-value approach based on extensive credit analysis that seeks opportunities from changing market trends and pricing inefficiencies to generate excess returns Manages the portfolio in a tax-sensitive manner by avoiding bonds subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) Average Annual Total Returns (%) AS OF 3/31/2026* 3 MONTH YEAR TO DATE 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 5 YEAR 10 YEAR SINCE FUND INCEPTION (7/31/01)^ Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free Fund-Inst 0.00 0.00 4.07 3.12 1.28 2.03 3.81 Bloomberg Municipal Bond 1-15 Year Blend Index -0.27 -0.27 4.49 2.88 1.17 2.10 — Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Average -0.07 -0.07 4.24 3.12 1.05 1.87 — Click to enlarge *Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes a shareholder may pay on an investment in a fund. Investment return, principal value, and yields of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted and assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available at the fund's website, allspringglobal.com . Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. The fund's gross expense ratio is 0.50%. The fund's net expense ratio is 0.35...
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) has become one of the worst-performing mega-cap stocks of 2026 on a year-to-date basis, declining approximately 23% from its January 1 price despite delivering what management described as the company’s strongest quarterly results in its history. A recently compiled list of the ten worst year-to-date performers among companies with market capitalisations a...
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) has become one of the worst-performing mega-cap stocks of 2026 on a year-to-date basis, declining approximately 23% from its January 1 price despite delivering what management described as the company’s strongest quarterly results in its history. A recently compiled list of the ten worst year-to-date performers among companies with market capitalisations above $200 billion placed PLTR near the top, with only IBM outpacing its losses at certain points during the period, a contrast that has frustrated investors who bought after the company’s October 2025 all-time high. Palantir reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.633 billion, growing 85% year-on-year, with US revenue surging 104% and now representing 79% of total company revenue, and earnings per share of $0.33 beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by approximately 18%. Management raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to a range of $7.65 billion to $7.66 billion, reflecting compounding confidence in US commercial enterprise adoption of the company’s Artificial Intelligence Platform and its Ontology-based software stack. The disconnect between record operational performance and negative year-to-date share price performance is attributed primarily to valuation compression, with PLTR trading at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of approximately 154 times and a price-to-sales ratio of around 62 times, multiples that make even sophisticated growth investors uncomfortable in an environment where the Federal Reserve is discussing rate hikes rather than cuts. Michael Burry, the investor made famous by his subprime bet depicted in The Big Short, disclosed a short position in PLTR earlier in 2026, a signal that drew significant media attention and contributed to the negative sentiment surrounding the stock’s valuation. The average analyst price target of $194.81 implies upside of approximately 42% from current levels around $137, with 19 of 28 covering analysts carrying st...
Wirestock/iStock via Getty Images Market Overview US fixed income markets faced a more challenging backdrop in the first quarter of 2026, as the inflation shock from the war in Iran reset expectations for Federal Reserve policy rates and shifted US Treasury yields higher across the curve. Credit spreads 1 came under pressure as risk premiums widened later in the quarter, though hopes for a ceasefi...
Wirestock/iStock via Getty Images Market Overview US fixed income markets faced a more challenging backdrop in the first quarter of 2026, as the inflation shock from the war in Iran reset expectations for Federal Reserve policy rates and shifted US Treasury yields higher across the curve. Credit spreads 1 came under pressure as risk premiums widened later in the quarter, though hopes for a ceasefire limited the extent of the move. Agency mortgage-backed securities outperformed despite elevated rate volatility. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond 1-15 Year Blend (1-17) Index returned -0.27% during the quarter. The ratio of 10-year AAA general obligations (GOs) to 10-year Treasuries increased from 64.1% to 72.4%, remaining below the long-term historical average of 86% over the last 20 years.* Performance Summary The Hartford Municipal Short Duration Fund (I share) underperformed the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Short 1-5 Year Index over the quarter. Security selection within investment-grade sectors, particularly housing and port, airport, and marina revenue bonds, was a key driver of outperformance and contributed positively to relative returns during the period. An out-of-benchmark allocation to high-yield bonds, including local GO obligation exposure, provided a modest positive contribution to excess returns. Duration 2 and yield curve positioning detracted from relative performance, as the portfolio was underweight the front end of the curve where yields moved higher, resulting in negative performance. Positioning & Outlook Most states ended the first quarter with revenues outpacing budgets. We have seen recent evidence of expense pressures that have led to some softening of reserves, but balance sheets remain strong relative to history, direct debt levels are low, and fixed costs largely manageable, keeping us positive overall. Many municipal sectors have the ability to raise revenues quickly to address inflationary pressures. The more labor constrained sectors such as heal...
African leaders and financiers gathered for the African Development Bank’s annual meeting on Monday as the continent faces shrinking aid flows, with this week’s event in Congo Republic overshadowed by an Ebola outbreak across the border. Overseas development aid from the world’s richest nations to poorer countries dropped by nearly a quarter last year to US$174.3 billion. The US led the cuts, inc...
African leaders and financiers gathered for the African Development Bank’s annual meeting on Monday as the continent faces shrinking aid flows, with this week’s event in Congo Republic overshadowed by an Ebola outbreak across the border. Overseas development aid from the world’s richest nations to poorer countries dropped by nearly a quarter last year to US$174.3 billion. The US led the cuts, including reduced funding to the concessional lending arm of the AfDB – Africa’s largest development lender. Against that backdrop, the bank is pushing for a fundamental shift – tapping Africa’s own financial resources to plug what it estimates is a US$400 billion annual development financing gap. Advertisement “Africa needs long-term finance for energy, food security, climate adaptation, infrastructure, and jobs for a growing and anxious population,” the AfDB said in a pre-meeting statement. “That chasm demands audacious solutions.” Ebola may hit attendance AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah, who took office last September, has made that shift central to his agenda and proposed the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD) to help Africa “raise development finance at scale, at speed, and at lower cost, primarily from its own resources.”