Micron (MU +2.21%) stock joined the trillion-dollar club on Tuesday, surging 19.3% to close above $900 a share after UBS endorsed the stock with a $1,625 price target, predicting Micron will earn more than $100 per share total over the next three years. And Micron stock isn't looking back. Shares of the computer memory-maker gained another 3.4% through 10 a.m. ET this morning -- and this time, you...
Micron (MU +2.21%) stock joined the trillion-dollar club on Tuesday, surging 19.3% to close above $900 a share after UBS endorsed the stock with a $1,625 price target, predicting Micron will earn more than $100 per share total over the next three years. And Micron stock isn't looking back. Shares of the computer memory-maker gained another 3.4% through 10 a.m. ET this morning -- and this time, you can thank British banker Barclays for the boost. Why Barclays loves Micron stock Barclays raised its price target on Micron stock an incredible 74% this morning, reports StreetInsider.com, predicting the shares will hit $1,175 within a year. That's a more conservative estimate than the one UBS sounded yesterday, but investors don't seem to mind, because Barclays agrees with its peer that Micron stock is a buy. The big concern about investing in semiconductor stocks historically has been that they've always been cyclical stocks in the past. Things start well when demand for computer memory is strong, and supply is weak; this causes prices to surge, and profits to fly higher. Next, companies then expand production to capture more profits, increasing supply, depressing prices -- and causing the entire industry to crash. But this may no longer be the case with Micron. As Barclays points out, Micron just signed its first-ever five-year Strategic Customer Agreement, or SCA, guaranteeing long-term supply purchases at agreed prices across a half decade. Expand NASDAQ : MU Micron Technology Today's Change ( 2.21 %) $ 19.80 Current Price $ 915.68 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.0T Day's Range $ 888.16 - $ 955.75 52wk Range $ 92.22 - $ 955.75 Volume 1.7M Avg Vol 46.9M Gross Margin 58.54 % Dividend Yield 0.06 % What it means for Micron Barclays believes similar SCAs may not become the norm, ending the boom-and-bust cycle for Micron and allowing the company to remain consistently profitable in the future. If it's right about this, then Micron might not just hold onto the 830% share price...
Win McNamee/Getty Images News Boeing ( BA ) shares rose as much as 3.6% Wednesday after Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg struck an upbeat tone about the company’s production recovery, certification progress and defense outlook during an onstage interview at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference. Ortberg said Boeing’s ( BA ) commercial airplane business continues to stabilize after years of man...
Win McNamee/Getty Images News Boeing ( BA ) shares rose as much as 3.6% Wednesday after Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg struck an upbeat tone about the company’s production recovery, certification progress and defense outlook during an onstage interview at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference. Ortberg said Boeing’s ( BA ) commercial airplane business continues to stabilize after years of manufacturing disruptions and regulatory scrutiny, with the company now preparing to increase 737 production to 47 aircraft a month from a current rate of 42 after clearing a key Federal Aviation Administration review. “We’ve passed the capstone review for rate 47,” Ortberg said, adding that Boeing ( BA ) is already operating the production system at that pace while it works through a stabilization period. The comments may reinforce investor sentiment that Boeing’s ( BA ) long recovery effort is finally becoming less theoretical and more operational. Investors have been closely watching whether the company can increase output without repeating the quality-control problems that led to previous crises. The company’s stock is up 11% in the past 12 months. Ortberg repeatedly emphasized execution and manufacturing discipline over aggressive expansion targets. “We’re not going to push airplanes down the production line and end up with traveled work,” he said, referring to incomplete manufacturing tasks that historically piled up inside Boeing ( BA ) factories. Boeing says backlog stretches into the 2030s Ortberg said Boeing’s order book remains so large that new customers ordering 737 or 787 aircraft today would likely wait until the 2030s for deliveries. “We’re sold out well into the next decade,” he said. He also discussed Boeing’s ( BA ) renewed access to China’s commercial aviation market after years of tensions and delivery freezes. Ortberg said Boeing ( BA ) recently secured commitments for 200 aircraft during a U.S. delegation trip to China, reopening a market where Boeing ( ...
simonkr/E+ via Getty Images SQM ( SQM ) up 1.4% in Wednesday's trading after reporting Q1 adjusted EBITDA more than doubled from a year ago to $837M and revenues that rose nearly 70% Y/Y to $1.76B, both above consensus expectations. SQM ( SQM ) said Q1 sales volumes reached ~69K metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent as it operated "at full capacity" to meet demand, and the company now expect...
simonkr/E+ via Getty Images SQM ( SQM ) up 1.4% in Wednesday's trading after reporting Q1 adjusted EBITDA more than doubled from a year ago to $837M and revenues that rose nearly 70% Y/Y to $1.76B, both above consensus expectations. SQM ( SQM ) said Q1 sales volumes reached ~69K metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent as it operated "at full capacity" to meet demand, and the company now expects lithium sales volumes to increase 15% this year, up from a prior growth forecast of 10%. CEO Ricardo Ramos said global lithium demand could exceed 1.9M metric tons of LCE this year, while market dynamics continue to suggest a tight supply-demand balance. SQM ( SQM ) and Codelco are budgeting $3B to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert, Chile environment manager Julio Garcia told Bloomberg in an interview. Their Novandino Litio partnership is advancing toward commercial operations using direct lithium extraction, a technology touted as cleaner and faster than the traditional evaporation method. Subject to environmental and other permitting, construction at the Salar Futuro project will start toward the end of the decade, with full implementation extending into the mid-2030s, Garcia said, although Novandino Litio has not yet made a final investment decision. More on Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile: Can The Momentum Continue? (Downgrade) Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile: Seeking Redemption After Fumbling My Lithium Trade Last Year Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Investors say the time is right for state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos SA to sell global bonds for the first time in more than three years. In the weeks since its executives said the company was considering tapping international markets, a growing chorus of analysts and bond buyers are also backing the idea. They say the world’s most indebted oil major could use fresh funding to buy back some of its ...
Investors say the time is right for state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos SA to sell global bonds for the first time in more than three years. In the weeks since its executives said the company was considering tapping international markets, a growing chorus of analysts and bond buyers are also backing the idea. They say the world’s most indebted oil major could use fresh funding to buy back some of its outstanding bonds, a strategy that could save it money in the long run. The narrowing premium on Pemex’s bond yields compared to Mexican government debt “tells you that there’s enough confidence in the market for Pemex,” said Jeff Grills , head of US cross markets and emerging market debt at Aegon Asset Management , which holds Pemex bonds. “Typically, issuers want to strike while the iron is hot.” At Barclays Plc, Badr El Moutawakil wrote that the company could be willing to tap the dollar market since it “will need further support in 2027,” in part due to upcoming hard-currency bond maturities and a lack of free cash flow. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley strategist Simon Waever said that after S&P Global Ratings downgraded its outlook on Mexico and Moody’s Ratings pushed it down to lowest tier of investment grade, the credit assessors “are implicitly telling Mexico it’s better to move towards Pemex funding itself and rely less on federal transfers.” Read More: Moody’s Cuts Mexico Credit Rating to One Notch Above Junk The company might have no other choice. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ’s administration has been more generous to Pemex than most of her predecessors, but the government expects it to be self-sufficient by 2027. A new bond sale would come after Mexico embarked on a $41 billion borrowing spree last year, mostly to help the beleaguered driller pay back nearly $10 billion due in 2026 and shrink its pile of debt to suppliers, which was straining its operations. “They got the financing for this year but they’re going to have to start to stand on their two feet now...
Klaus Vedfelt Business uncertainty about revenue growth subsided some in May as revenue growth expectations trended up over the past few months, the Atlanta Fed's Survey of Business Uncertainty said on Wednesday. Business uncertainty about revenue growth (smoothed) for four quarters ahead fell to 3.57% in May from 3.67% in April. Business uncertainty about employment growth (smoothed) for the year...
Klaus Vedfelt Business uncertainty about revenue growth subsided some in May as revenue growth expectations trended up over the past few months, the Atlanta Fed's Survey of Business Uncertainty said on Wednesday. Business uncertainty about revenue growth (smoothed) for four quarters ahead fell to 3.57% in May from 3.67% in April. Business uncertainty about employment growth (smoothed) for the year ahead ticked up to 4.7% from 4.46% in April. Developing… Check back for updates. More on the US Economy Still Bullish The U.S. Economy Geopolitical Hopes Underpin Risk Appetites Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index jumps past consensus in May Consumer confidence retreats less than expected in May
Antonio Bordunovi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is poised to become the dominant force behind S&P 500 ( SP500 ) ( SPY ) earnings growth over the next two years, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. The firm projects that beneficiaries of AI infrastructure investment will account for roughly half of S&P 500 ( SP...
Antonio Bordunovi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is poised to become the dominant force behind S&P 500 ( SP500 ) ( SPY ) earnings growth over the next two years, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. The firm projects that beneficiaries of AI infrastructure investment will account for roughly half of S&P 500 ( SPY ) earnings per share growth in both 2026 and 2027, underscoring the outsized impact of the technology buildout on corporate America’s bottom line. Semiconductor ( SMH ) ( SOX ) companies stand at the forefront of this boom. Consensus estimates indicate that Nvidia ( NVDA ) and Micron Technology ( MU ) together will account for a third of S&P 500 ( SPY ) EPS growth this year alone, positioning chipmakers as the primary direct earnings beneficiaries of surging AI ( AIQ ) investment. The windfall extends beyond semiconductors ( SMH ). Tech hardware manufacturers (XTH), industrial ( XLI ) companies, and utilities ( XLU ) are all receiving substantial earnings boosts from the ongoing AI infrastructure buildout as data centers proliferate and power demands surge. However, the picture isn’t uniformly positive. Goldman Sachs notes that growing depreciation expenses from hyperscalers—the large cloud computing providers investing heavily in AI infrastructure—will partially offset the broader earnings boost to the S&P ( SPY ). This drag is expected to have a larger impact in 2027 than in 2026. Goldman's table displays the top 10 corporate contributors to the S&P ( SPY ), ranked by their projected share of consensus EPS growth in 2026. Name Ticker S&P 500 mkt cap weight Share of S&P 500 2026 EPS Share of S&P 500 EPS growth 2026 Share of S&P 500 EPS growth 2027 NVIDIA Corporation ( NVDA ) 8 % 7 % 18 % 19 % Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ) 1 3 14 7 Alphabet Inc. ( GOOGL ) 6 5 7 1 Broadcom Inc. ( AVGO ) 3 2 6 7 Meta Platforms Inc ( META ) 2 2 4 1 Sandisk Corporation ( SNDK ) 0 1 4 1 Micro...
Antonio Bordunovi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is poised to become the dominant force behind S&P 500 ( SP500 ) ( SPY ) earnings growth over the next two years, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. The firm projects that beneficiaries of AI infrastructure investment will account for roughly half of S&P 500 ( SP...
Antonio Bordunovi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is poised to become the dominant force behind S&P 500 ( SP500 ) ( SPY ) earnings growth over the next two years, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. The firm projects that beneficiaries of AI infrastructure investment will account for roughly half of S&P 500 ( SPY ) earnings per share growth in both 2026 and 2027, underscoring the outsized impact of the technology buildout on corporate America’s bottom line. Semiconductor ( SMH ) ( SOX ) companies stand at the forefront of this boom. Consensus estimates indicate that Nvidia ( NVDA ) and Micron Technology ( MU ) together will account for a third of S&P 500 ( SPY ) EPS growth this year alone, positioning chipmakers as the primary direct earnings beneficiaries of surging AI ( AIQ ) investment. The windfall extends beyond semiconductors ( SMH ). Tech hardware manufacturers (XTH), industrial ( XLI ) companies, and utilities ( XLU ) are all receiving substantial earnings boosts from the ongoing AI infrastructure buildout as data centers proliferate and power demands surge. However, the picture isn’t uniformly positive. Goldman Sachs notes that growing depreciation expenses from hyperscalers—the large cloud computing providers investing heavily in AI infrastructure—will partially offset the broader earnings boost to the S&P ( SPY ). This drag is expected to have a larger impact in 2027 than in 2026. Goldman's table displays the top 10 corporate contributors to the S&P ( SPY ), ranked by their projected share of consensus EPS growth in 2026. Name Ticker S&P 500 mkt cap weight Share of S&P 500 2026 EPS Share of S&P 500 EPS growth 2026 Share of S&P 500 EPS growth 2027 NVIDIA Corporation ( NVDA ) 8 % 7 % 18 % 19 % Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ) 1 3 14 7 Alphabet Inc. ( GOOGL ) 6 5 7 1 Broadcom Inc. ( AVGO ) 3 2 6 7 Meta Platforms Inc ( META ) 2 2 4 1 Sandisk Corporation ( SNDK ) 0 1 4 1 Micro...
On this episode of Stock Movers with Alexis Christoforous: - Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) shares are lower after it forecast earnings per share for the full year of $13.27 to $14.27. - Lululemon (LULU) is up as it agreed to resolve a long-simmering dispute with founder Chip Wilson by overhauling its board with three new directors. The company will name two of Wilson’s nominees to the board in Laura...
On this episode of Stock Movers with Alexis Christoforous: - Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) shares are lower after it forecast earnings per share for the full year of $13.27 to $14.27. - Lululemon (LULU) is up as it agreed to resolve a long-simmering dispute with founder Chip Wilson by overhauling its board with three new directors. The company will name two of Wilson’s nominees to the board in Laura Gentile, a former ESPN executive, and Marc Maurer, the previous co-chief executive officer of sneaker maker On. A third new director will be announced by October 1. - Bath and Body Works (BBWI) shares are higher after it reported lower first quarter sales and says it's overhauling its strategy to return to growth. Sales were still better than expected. (Source: Bloomberg)
Gary Kavanagh/iStock via Getty Images Thesis Flowco Holdings ( FLOC ) is an oil field service provider that offers downhole lift equipment designed to optimize well productivity. This equipment is generally offered under an equipment rental business model and augmented through some equipment sales. The recent acquisition of Valiant expands the company’s product offering to include ESPs (electronic...
Gary Kavanagh/iStock via Getty Images Thesis Flowco Holdings ( FLOC ) is an oil field service provider that offers downhole lift equipment designed to optimize well productivity. This equipment is generally offered under an equipment rental business model and augmented through some equipment sales. The recent acquisition of Valiant expands the company’s product offering to include ESPs (electronic submersible pumps). This acquisition fills a major hole in the company’s portfolio while also making the company capable of offering services through the full life cycle of a well. Thus, while the stock has traded upward with the general oil market, the business model is less susceptible to commodity prices than your typical oil field service provider. Every well drilled represents years of repeat business through the rental model of downhole lift equipment. Despite the solid gains produced year to date, FLOC still trades at a valuation discount to other companies that deploy a comparable rental business model. The company also has significantly lower leverage and fewer supply chain risks than these same peers. Thus, I believe the combination of a steady business model, low leverage, and a discounted valuation is worthy of continuing to rate the company as a BUY. Updates to Previous Analysis I last covered FLOC in December, highlighting the company’s rental business model that is somewhat of an oddity in the oilfield service provider realm. Since then, the company has completed the Valiant acquisition , giving the company exposure to the ESP market. This acquisition completes FLOC’s product offering by allowing customers to choose between competing technologies. The company was formerly tasked with selling the benefits of high-pressure gas lift over ESP technology to secure new contracts. However, going forward, more effort can be spent on meeting customer wants and needs with either an ESP or HPGL application. This translates into less time selling and more time spent dev...
Shiny new Nvidia apps like the GeForce Experience and the "Nvidia app" have come and gone, but the old Nvidia Control Panel and its rotating green Nvidia logo have existed as an option for managing basic settings since it was originally introduced in 2006. That's ending with version 610.47 of Nvidia's Game Ready and Studio drivers for GeForce GPUs. Nvidia says the old Control Panel will no longer ...
Shiny new Nvidia apps like the GeForce Experience and the "Nvidia app" have come and gone, but the old Nvidia Control Panel and its rotating green Nvidia logo have existed as an option for managing basic settings since it was originally introduced in 2006. That's ending with version 610.47 of Nvidia's Game Ready and Studio drivers for GeForce GPUs. Nvidia says the old Control Panel will no longer be installed by default, since "all actively supported Nvidia Control Panel features for GeForce users have been modernized and transitioned" to the new Nvidia app. "The NVIDIA app contains all of the modern functionality of the NVIDIA Control Panel available for GeForce RTX GPUs, and much more, while running faster and more efficiently," writes Nvidia Technical Marketing Content Editor Andrew Burnes in the drivers' release notes . Read full article Comments
Memory chips are the hottest play on artificial-intelligence hardware, and Micron Technology has been among the hottest stocks in the space. It has company in SK Hynix, the South Korean memory-chip maker, whose shares have also surged. Micron stock had an incredible day on Tuesday, when it surged 19% after UBS raised its price target on the stock to $1,625 from $535, arguing long-term supply agree...
Memory chips are the hottest play on artificial-intelligence hardware, and Micron Technology has been among the hottest stocks in the space. It has company in SK Hynix, the South Korean memory-chip maker, whose shares have also surged. Micron stock had an incredible day on Tuesday, when it surged 19% after UBS raised its price target on the stock to $1,625 from $535, arguing long-term supply agreements justified a higher price-to-earnings ratio for the company.
Given its integral role in artificial intelligence (AI) and over $5 trillion market cap, Nvidia (NVDA 1.87%) certainly has the size and influence to move markets. But Nvidia's quarterly earnings reports aren't producing the fireworks of years past. In fact, if we look at the last year of Nvidia's releases, the stock has fallen each time -- down 1.8% on May 21 after reporting first-quarter fiscal 2...
Given its integral role in artificial intelligence (AI) and over $5 trillion market cap, Nvidia (NVDA 1.87%) certainly has the size and influence to move markets. But Nvidia's quarterly earnings reports aren't producing the fireworks of years past. In fact, if we look at the last year of Nvidia's releases, the stock has fallen each time -- down 1.8% on May 21 after reporting first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings, down 5.5% on Feb. 26, down 3.2% on Nov. 20, and a 0.8% decline on Aug. 28. These sell-offs have all come despite Nvidia blowing expectations out of the water and repeatedly raising its guidance, not to mention boosting its dividend by 2,400% in its latest earnings release and authorizing a new $80 billion stock repurchase program. Here's why Nvidia is becoming boring, and the surprising reason why that's great news for long-term investors. 1. Nvidia is realizing its potential If you follow sports, you'll know the hype that goes into highly touted prospects with a seemingly infinite bag of skills that could translate to success on the big stage. But more often than not, expectations exceed reality, and a rare handful of generational talents break through high ceilings to unlock hall-of-fame careers. Nvidia has become more boring because it is essentially a top draft pick that has won consecutive MVP awards. The winning has become normalized and therefore boring. Only Nvidia isn't an athlete constrained by the physical limitations that come with time. Despite its size, Nvidia still has a multi-decade runway for future growth and market-beating performance. Nvidia gets a lot of attention for its valuation, but the real story is how profitable it has become. In its latest quarter, Nvidia generated $81.62 billion in revenue and $53.54 billion in operating income -- good for an operating margin of 65.6%. Nvidia is converting so much revenue into operating income because the vast majority of its costs are tied to chip production. It has very few operating expenses, l...
Key Points AMD has a big opportunity as the market shifts to inference and agentic AI. Broadcom is set to see huge growth from an explosion in custom AI chips. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › The market loves growth, and two of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure names with the biggest growth opportunities still ahead are Advanced Micro Devices(NASDAQ: AMD) and B...
Key Points AMD has a big opportunity as the market shifts to inference and agentic AI. Broadcom is set to see huge growth from an explosion in custom AI chips. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › The market loves growth, and two of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure names with the biggest growth opportunities still ahead are Advanced Micro Devices(NASDAQ: AMD) and Broadcom(NASDAQ: AVGO). That's why both semiconductor stocks have the potential for 50% or more upside over the next year. Right now, AI infrastructure spending is booming, with the five largest hyperscalers (owners of massive data centers) alone expected to spend $700 billion this year building out data center capacity. At the same time, there are clear shifts in the market set to benefit both AMD and Broadcom. That's why these are the two top stocks to own moving forward. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » AMD: An inference and agentic AI opportunity Trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 63.5 times 2026 analyst estimates, AMD's stock does not appear cheap. However, the growth in front of it could be enormous, which could easily send its stock up more than 50% over the next year. In the AI accelerator market, AMD is benefiting from the shift toward inference and hyperscalers looking to diversify their chip suppliers away from just using Nvidia. The company's chiplet design, which can package more memory, is particularly well-suited for inference, which is now starting to grow faster than the market for AI model training. AMD already has two large $100 billion deals in place for its graphics processing units (GPUs), and it's believed that Anthropic will also begin using its next-generation chips. At the same time, the company has a huge opportunity in the data center central pr...
Given its integral role in artificial intelligence (AI) and over $5 trillion market cap, Nvidia (NVDA 2.42%) certainly has the size and influence to move markets. But Nvidia's quarterly earnings reports aren't producing the fireworks of years past. In fact, if we look at the last year of Nvidia's releases, the stock has fallen each time -- down 1.8% on May 21 after reporting first-quarter fiscal 2...
Given its integral role in artificial intelligence (AI) and over $5 trillion market cap, Nvidia (NVDA 2.42%) certainly has the size and influence to move markets. But Nvidia's quarterly earnings reports aren't producing the fireworks of years past. In fact, if we look at the last year of Nvidia's releases, the stock has fallen each time -- down 1.8% on May 21 after reporting first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings, down 5.5% on Feb. 26, down 3.2% on Nov. 20, and a 0.8% decline on Aug. 28. These sell-offs have all come despite Nvidia blowing expectations out of the water and repeatedly raising its guidance, not to mention boosting its dividend by 2,400% in its latest earnings release and authorizing a new $80 billion stock repurchase program. Here's why Nvidia is becoming boring, and the surprising reason why that's great news for long-term investors. 1. Nvidia is realizing its potential If you follow sports, you'll know the hype that goes into highly touted prospects with a seemingly infinite bag of skills that could translate to success on the big stage. But more often than not, expectations exceed reality, and a rare handful of generational talents break through high ceilings to unlock hall-of-fame careers. Nvidia has become more boring because it is essentially a top draft pick that has won consecutive MVP awards. The winning has become normalized and therefore boring. Only Nvidia isn't an athlete constrained by the physical limitations that come with time. Despite its size, Nvidia still has a multi-decade runway for future growth and market-beating performance. Nvidia gets a lot of attention for its valuation, but the real story is how profitable it has become. In its latest quarter, Nvidia generated $81.62 billion in revenue and $53.54 billion in operating income -- good for an operating margin of 65.6%. Nvidia is converting so much revenue into operating income because the vast majority of its costs are tied to chip production. It has very few operating expenses, l...
Key Points Nvidia’s post-earnings price action has slowed as the company has grown in size. It's returning boatloads of cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. These steps tend to coincide with lower growth, but Nvidia is proving it can do it all. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Given its integral role in artificial intelligence (AI) and over $5 trillion market cap, Nvidia (NAS...
Key Points Nvidia’s post-earnings price action has slowed as the company has grown in size. It's returning boatloads of cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. These steps tend to coincide with lower growth, but Nvidia is proving it can do it all. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Given its integral role in artificial intelligence (AI) and over $5 trillion market cap, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) certainly has the size and influence to move markets. But Nvidia's quarterly earnings reports aren't producing the fireworks of years past. In fact, if we look at the last year of Nvidia's releases, the stock has fallen each time -- down 1.8% on May 21 after reporting first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings, down 5.5% on Feb. 26, down 3.2% on Nov. 20, and a 0.8% decline on Aug. 28. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » These sell-offs have all come despite Nvidia blowing expectations out of the water and repeatedly raising its guidance, not to mention boosting its dividend by 2,400% in its latest earnings release and authorizing a new $80 billion stock repurchase program. Here's why Nvidia is becoming boring, and the surprising reason why that's great news for long-term investors. 1. Nvidia is realizing its potential If you follow sports, you'll know the hype that goes into highly touted prospects with a seemingly infinite bag of skills that could translate to success on the big stage. But more often than not, expectations exceed reality, and a rare handful of generational talents break through high ceilings to unlock hall-of-fame careers. Nvidia has become more boring because it is essentially a top draft pick that has won consecutive MVP awards. The winning has become normalized and therefore boring. Only Nvidia isn't an athlete constrained by the physical limitations that come with time...
Company Logo The AI voice generator market is set to grow at a 30.7% CAGR, reaching USD 20.71 billion by 2031 from USD 4.16 billion in 2025. Key growth drivers include the adoption of dynamic prosody-control models, demand for automated compliance narration, and API-first architectures facilitating seamless integration. However, limited domain-specific datasets slow advancements in accuracy. North...
Company Logo The AI voice generator market is set to grow at a 30.7% CAGR, reaching USD 20.71 billion by 2031 from USD 4.16 billion in 2025. Key growth drivers include the adoption of dynamic prosody-control models, demand for automated compliance narration, and API-first architectures facilitating seamless integration. However, limited domain-specific datasets slow advancements in accuracy. North America leads in market size, while Asia Pacific anticipates the highest growth, driven by multilingual demand and digital investments. Content creation emerges as a major segment, leveraging AI voice tools for scalable, high-volume audio production across media and e-learning sectors. AI Voice Generator Market AI Voice Generator Market · GlobeNewswire Inc. Dublin, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "AI Voice Generator Market by Voice Generation Platform, Technology, Application - Global Forecast to 2031" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The AI voice generator market is set to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.7% over the forecast period, reaching USD 20.71 billion by 2031 from USD 4.16 billion in 2025. With enterprises adopting dynamic prosody-control models, improvements are seen in user engagement across training, retail, and media workflows. Growth is further fueled by the demand for automated compliance narration in financial and healthcare sectors. However, accuracy enhancements are hindered by the limited availability of domain-specific acoustic datasets. API and Developer Tooling as Core Growth Engine APIs, SDKs, and developer tools are pivotal in driving scalable AI voice adoption across industries. Developers prefer modular voice components that integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, minimizing engineering efforts. SDKs facilitate rapid integration with prebuilt libraries for platforms like Android, iOS, and web, enhancing accessibility for gaming studios, AR/VR developers, and enterprises. Advanced API features such ...
Broadcom Inc. is riding the AI infrastructure boom while integrating the VMware acquisition and updating investors on guidance and margins. What is driving the AVGO story now, and where do the main opportunities and risks lie for US-focused investors? Broadcom Inc. stock remains closely watched as the semiconductor and infrastructure software group pushes deeper into AI data center chips and works...
Broadcom Inc. is riding the AI infrastructure boom while integrating the VMware acquisition and updating investors on guidance and margins. What is driving the AVGO story now, and where do the main opportunities and risks lie for US-focused investors? Broadcom Inc. stock remains closely watched as the semiconductor and infrastructure software group pushes deeper into AI data center chips and works through the large-scale integration of VMware, a deal that closed in late 2023 according to Broadcom investor updates as of 11/22/2023. Investors are now looking at how AI-related demand, recurring software revenues and the company’s capital return policies interact with a still-volatile macro backdrop and high expectations embedded in the AVGO share price. In its most recent reported quarter, Broadcom highlighted strong growth in AI data center products and detailed the financial impact of consolidating VMware into its infrastructure software segment, according to commentary in the company’s earnings materials on Broadcom quarterly results as of 03/07/2024. The stock has also benefited from ongoing investor interest in large-cap US names linked to AI infrastructure and cloud spending, factors that have supported a significant re-rating over the past year. As of: 27.05.2026 By the editorial team – specialized in equity coverage. At a glance Name: Broadcom Broadcom Sector/industry: Semiconductors and infrastructure software Semiconductors and infrastructure software Headquarters/country: San Jose, United States San Jose, United States Core markets: Data centers, networking, telecom, enterprise software Data centers, networking, telecom, enterprise software Key revenue drivers: Custom AI accelerators, networking chips, mainframe and infrastructure software Custom AI accelerators, networking chips, mainframe and infrastructure software Home exchange/listing venue: Nasdaq (ticker: AVGO) Nasdaq (ticker: AVGO) Trading currency: US dollar (USD) Broadcom Inc.: core business model ...
MF3d/E+ via Getty Images Palo Alto Networks ( PANW ) and CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) remain in prime position to benefit from the most significant catalyst to hit the cybersecurity industry in decades, according to Wedbush. "Our recent checks in the field reinforced our view that AI will be the biggest growth catalyst for the cyber industry in the past 20 years rather than its demise, with 8 of every 10 ...
MF3d/E+ via Getty Images Palo Alto Networks ( PANW ) and CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) remain in prime position to benefit from the most significant catalyst to hit the cybersecurity industry in decades, according to Wedbush. "Our recent checks in the field reinforced our view that AI will be the biggest growth catalyst for the cyber industry in the past 20 years rather than its demise, with 8 of every 10 customers we have spoken with believing the incumbent cybersecurity vendors with the right products and AI strategic roadmap will be the winners," said Wedbush analysts in a Wednesday investor report. Wedbush hiked its price target on Palo Alto to $300 from $225 and CrowdStrike's to $700 from $550. "For PANW, the completion of the CyberArk acquisition, now reborn as Idira, positions the company as the only vendor offering unified coverage across network, cloud, and identity security at scale. PANW's momentum behind Idira and Prisma AIRS underscores how rapidly identity and AI security are becoming durable demand drivers for the platform," Wedbush noted. "For CRWD, FY26 marked a record year for the company as it became the first pure-play cybersecurity vendor to cross several major milestones, underscoring its standing as the gold standard in cyber," Wedbush added. "Charlotte AI's agentic SOC orchestration and AI Detection and Response (AIDR) are increasingly positioning Falcon as a mission-critical infrastructure for enterprises securing AI across every layer from GPU to agent to prompt." More on Palo Alto and CrowdStrike CrowdStrike Is Back To Its Overvalued Status (Earnings Preview) CrowdStrike: Why I'm A Seller Here (Rating Downgrade) CrowdStrike: A Lot Is Priced In Ahead Of Q1 FY27 Earnings (Preview) Palo Alto Networks in spotlight as Stifel ups price target ahead of Q3 results CrowdStrike in focus as Stifel, Cantor up price targets ahead of earnings
Manchester United have taken a £22m hit from the sacking of their former manager Ruben Amorim but cut their losses in half thanks to improved performance on the pitch and the cost-cutting zeal of the co-owner Jim Ratcliffe. United’s successful pursuit of Champions League football under Michael Carrick drove a 57% rise in broadcast income during the third quarter of the financial year to nearly £65...
Manchester United have taken a £22m hit from the sacking of their former manager Ruben Amorim but cut their losses in half thanks to improved performance on the pitch and the cost-cutting zeal of the co-owner Jim Ratcliffe. United’s successful pursuit of Champions League football under Michael Carrick drove a 57% rise in broadcast income during the third quarter of the financial year to nearly £65m, as more of the club’s games were picked for TV. The extra cash helped the club to increase its forecast for full-year revenue to between £655m and £665m, up from £640m-£660m predicted before. Despite the improvement, annual revenue on that scale would almost exactly match 2025, when United fell to an all-time low of eighth in Deloitte’s Football Money League. As well as boosting income, the club has embarked on a ruthless cost-cutting drive since Ratcliffe bought a minority stake in 2024 and took charge of sporting operations. Even as the club spent about £260m on players in 2025-26, the petrochemicals billionaire pressed on with cost cutting that has led to the axing of hundreds of staff, the closure of the staff canteen and the substitution of free lunches with fruit. The result of the cuts has been a £19m decrease in operating expenses for the first nine months of the year, to £525m. The saving was more than offset by the cost of sacking Amorim in January. The accounts show that the Portuguese and his backroom staff received a payoff of up to £16.7m, and there was an associated £5.2m non-cash impact of writing off costs relating to their contracts. “The cost of removing managers continues to haunt the club,” said Stefan Borson, a football finance expert who is head of sport at the law firm McCarthy Denning. Overall, rising revenue and falling costs delivered an improvement in profitability. The club pointed to its operating performance, which strips out factors such as debt interest payments. On that basis, the club reported a £37.7m profit in the first nine months, c...