Apple may have looked like an AI laggard earlier in the year, but its ecosystem stranglehold could make it one of the agentic AI era's biggest winners.
Apple may have looked like an AI laggard earlier in the year, but its ecosystem stranglehold could make it one of the agentic AI era's biggest winners.
The $800 question for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) comes down to whether the AI capex narrative can re-rate the multiple before late-2026 expense growth bites. Our model says yes, and then some. Meta currently trades at $635.26. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Meta is $861.97, implying 35.69% upside over the next 12 months. Our ... Will Meta Stock Hit $800 This Year?
The $800 question for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) comes down to whether the AI capex narrative can re-rate the multiple before late-2026 expense growth bites. Our model says yes, and then some. Meta currently trades at $635.26. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Meta is $861.97, implying 35.69% upside over the next 12 months. Our ... Will Meta Stock Hit $800 This Year?
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, Lifevantage Corp (Symbol: LFVN) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of LFVN's recent stock price of $7.55, this dividend works out to approximately 0.66%, so look for shares of Lifevantage Corp to trade 0.66% lower — all else being equal — when LFVN shares open f...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, Lifevantage Corp (Symbol: LFVN) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of LFVN's recent stock price of $7.55, this dividend works out to approximately 0.66%, so look for shares of Lifevantage Corp to trade 0.66% lower — all else being equal — when LFVN shares open for trading on 6/1/26. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from LFVN is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 2.65% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward. The chart below shows the one year performance of LFVN shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, LFVN's low point in its 52 week range is $3.90 per share, with $15 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $7.34. In Friday trading, Lifevantage Corp shares are currently down about 1.6% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Further LFVN Research: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Meta Platforms (META 1.15%) is typically considered one of the four big hyperscalers in the tech sector. These are companies that own and operate massive cloud computing and data storage businesses, and in the AI era, they’re all spending massive amounts on data centers and AI infrastructure. The other three major hyperscalers are Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Those three companies also represe...
Meta Platforms (META 1.15%) is typically considered one of the four big hyperscalers in the tech sector. These are companies that own and operate massive cloud computing and data storage businesses, and in the AI era, they’re all spending massive amounts on data centers and AI infrastructure. The other three major hyperscalers are Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Those three companies also represent the biggest cloud computing companies in the world, an industry that is now generating hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. Meta, despite planning to spend more than $100 billion in capital expenditures this year, does not have its own cloud computing business. However, that could change. Image source: The Motley Fool. Is the Meta Cloud coming? At Meta’s annual shareholders meeting, Zuckerberg was asked about the company potentially launching its own cloud computing services and responded, “It’s definitely on the table.” Zuckerberg said the company has already been approached several times by outside companies asking for cloud computing capacity and services. Right now, a cloud computing service seems to be a backup plan for Meta as Zuckerberg said, “We haven’t done that yet because we think that we have a use for the compute,” as he’s made achieving superintelligence a top goal. However, he sees launching a cloud service as a viable option if the company has too much capacity. Why a Meta Cloud would be a smart move While most of Meta’s big tech peers have diversified into other revenue streams, Meta still makes essentially all of its revenue from advertising. It’s built an incredible ad targeting engine, but its efforts to diversify thus far, including VR headsets, the metaverse, and other reality labs initiatives, have fallen flat. Zuckerberg is motivated by pushing the technological envelope, but borrowing a page from one of its peers and launching a cloud business would make more sense. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are all reporting accelerating revenue gro...
Planet Labs (PL 9.32%) stock tumbled 11.2% through 10:30 a.m. ET this morning -- that's the bad news. The good news is that there's no bad news on the wires today concerning Planet, per se, to explain why the stock is going down. Instead, shares of the space stock are reacting to bad news from another space company entirely: Blue Origin. Disastrous news for Blue Origin is just bad news for Planet ...
Planet Labs (PL 9.32%) stock tumbled 11.2% through 10:30 a.m. ET this morning -- that's the bad news. The good news is that there's no bad news on the wires today concerning Planet, per se, to explain why the stock is going down. Instead, shares of the space stock are reacting to bad news from another space company entirely: Blue Origin. Disastrous news for Blue Origin is just bad news for Planet Labs Last night, you see, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, undergoing an engine test, exploded on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Initial reports suggest the LC-36A launch complex has been badly damaged, if not destroyed. Now, this isn't necessarily, directly bad news for Planet Labs. So far as I'm aware, Planet Labs has never needed to hire the services of the Blue Origin megarocket to launch its tiny Earth-imaging satellites to orbit. Planet does use other launch providers, of course, and the loss of capacity from Blue Origin launches delayed by its investigation into the New Glenn explosion could raise launch prices across the industry. That's just how the law of supply and demand works -- taking New Glenn offline reduces the total launch services "supply." Given constant or growing demand, Planet's launch costs could rise. Expand NYSE : PL Planet Labs PBC Today's Change ( -9.32 %) $ -4.79 Current Price $ 46.61 Key Data Points Market Cap $18B Day's Range $ 44.78 - $ 49.32 52wk Range $ 3.66 - $ 51.76 Volume 309.6K Avg Vol 13.3M Gross Margin 56.00 % Things could get worse My bigger worry, and I suspect what's really worrying investors today, though, concerns Planet stock specifically. Up an astounding 1,200% in share price this year, Planet Labs stock has been priced for a perfection that's very hard for any company to achieve. And now Blue Origin has just demonstrated that space is still "hard," accidents can happen, and they can take a real toll on space companies when they do. Carefully gauge your risk tolerance, investor. Things can always get worse.
Leon Neal/Getty Images News Coinbase Global ( COIN ) said Coinbase Financial Markets has become the first and only U.S.-regulated futures commission merchant that offers access to global crypto derivatives markets, including crypto perpetual futures and options. A guidance issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission positions Coinbase to connect its U.S. clients to global crypto options and...
Leon Neal/Getty Images News Coinbase Global ( COIN ) said Coinbase Financial Markets has become the first and only U.S.-regulated futures commission merchant that offers access to global crypto derivatives markets, including crypto perpetual futures and options. A guidance issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission positions Coinbase to connect its U.S. clients to global crypto options and perpetual futures liquidity. " Crypto derivatives account for roughly 80% of global crypto trading volume. Options, perpetual futures, and other instruments drive the majority of that activity across international venues," said Coinbase in a statement published on Friday. "This is a multi-trillion dollar market in annual trading volume that U.S. customers have had no regulated way to access," added the statement. More on Coinbase Coinbase: What Exactly Are Bears Waiting For? Coinbase: A Hold On Strength, Not A Buy On Hope Coinbase: Decaying Subscription And Services Revenue Is A Red Flag (Rating Downgrade) Coinbase CEO flags these 8 gaps in finance as SEC delays tokenized plans FDIC proposed rule would apply bank secrecy regs on stablecoin issuers
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Cintas Corporation ( CTAS ), the company best known for uniform delivery services, was founded in 1958 but has roots dating back to 1929, with headquarters in Cincinnati, OH. As a business, they are a model of consistency in terms of their revenue growth, as the charts below show. MacroTrends Cintas is a high moat company, with what to me seems like a gr...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Cintas Corporation ( CTAS ), the company best known for uniform delivery services, was founded in 1958 but has roots dating back to 1929, with headquarters in Cincinnati, OH. As a business, they are a model of consistency in terms of their revenue growth, as the charts below show. MacroTrends Cintas is a high moat company, with what to me seems like a great, family-run corporate culture that drives and rewards innovation. It is the market leader in uniform distribution and has strong pricing power across its extensive suite of products and services. Alongside having expansive distribution networks and a trusted and well-recognized brand, it is a FCF-generating machine with deep pockets to invest in growth. Cintas is one of the highest quality companies around in my estimation, which is why it has traded at a premium valuation for so many years. Given the lack of real competitors of comparable size, they essentially dominate the market. I hasten to use the term “monopolize,” as that is not quite the case, but the barriers to entry for newcomers are such that, in my estimation, their lead over the sectors in which they operate, especially in uniforms, is unassailable. And as they operate in sectors with sustainable, long-term demand, our great, great grandchildren will likely see their trucks cruising our city streets in North America well into the 22 nd century. It is likely to be one of those companies that will still be around in 100 years time, performing the same essential services that it always has, but by that time likely having expanded geographically, adding new routes and verticals through organic growth and acquisitions. This is what they have done up until now, and there is no reason that this is likely to change. Even during deep market recessions, the company thrives; people still need uniforms, and companies still need door mats, fire extinguishers, and first aid equipment, etc. It is about as recession-proof...
Amazon AMZN is deepening its bid to dominate conversational commerce. On May 13, 2026, it folded its Rufus shopping assistant and the Alexa+ assistant into a single agentic tool, Alexa for Shopping, now free to U.S. customers across the Amazon app, website, and Echo Show with no Prime membership or device required. The system carries a shopper's history and preferences across surfaces, adding up t...
Amazon AMZN is deepening its bid to dominate conversational commerce. On May 13, 2026, it folded its Rufus shopping assistant and the Alexa+ assistant into a single agentic tool, Alexa for Shopping, now free to U.S. customers across the Amazon app, website, and Echo Show with no Prime membership or device required. The system carries a shopper's history and preferences across surfaces, adding up to a full year of price history, AI overviews in search and on product pages, condition-based auto-purchases, and a Buy for Me agent that completes purchases on other retailers' sites. Rufus had already helped more than 300 million customers in 2025, and Amazon says its AI shopping assistant drove nearly $12 billion in incremental sales that year. The company is now commercializing that stack. On the heels of the launch, AWS introduced the Agentic Shopping Assistant, packaging the architecture and learnings behind Alexa for Shopping so outside retailers can build branded conversational assistants in roughly 60 days; Tapestry's Kate Spade is an early adopter, and the company notes conversational shopping sessions convert at 3.5 times the rate of traditional keyword search. Within Amazon's own store, Sponsored Products and Brand Prompts now appear inside the assistant, with nearly 20% of shoppers who interact with a prompt continuing the conversation about that brand, supporting advertising revenues that rose 24% to $17.2 billion in the first quarter and topped $70 billion on a trailing 12-month basis. Unit growth reached 15%, the highest since the tail end of the COVID-19 lockdowns; group net sales climbed 17% to $181.5 billion. The headwinds are cost and unproven economics. Trailing-12-month free cash flow fell to $1.2 billion from $25.9 billion as equipment purchases tied to AI rose to $59.3 billion. Second-quarter guidance projects net sales of $194-$199 billion but operating income of just $20-$24 billion versus $19.2 billion a year earlier, implying margin pressure. Exec...
Amazon AMZN is deepening its bid to dominate conversational commerce. On May 13, 2026, it folded its Rufus shopping assistant and the Alexa+ assistant into a single agentic tool, Alexa for Shopping, now free to U.S. customers across the Amazon app, website, and Echo Show with no Prime membership or device required. The system carries a shopper's history and preferences across surfaces, adding up t...
Amazon AMZN is deepening its bid to dominate conversational commerce. On May 13, 2026, it folded its Rufus shopping assistant and the Alexa+ assistant into a single agentic tool, Alexa for Shopping, now free to U.S. customers across the Amazon app, website, and Echo Show with no Prime membership or device required. The system carries a shopper's history and preferences across surfaces, adding up to a full year of price history, AI overviews in search and on product pages, condition-based auto-purchases, and a Buy for Me agent that completes purchases on other retailers' sites. Rufus had already helped more than 300 million customers in 2025, and Amazon says its AI shopping assistant drove nearly $12 billion in incremental sales that year. The company is now commercializing that stack. On the heels of the launch, AWS introduced the Agentic Shopping Assistant, packaging the architecture and learnings behind Alexa for Shopping so outside retailers can build branded conversational assistants in roughly 60 days; Tapestry's Kate Spade is an early adopter, and the company notes conversational shopping sessions convert at 3.5 times the rate of traditional keyword search. Within Amazon's own store, Sponsored Products and Brand Prompts now appear inside the assistant, with nearly 20% of shoppers who interact with a prompt continuing the conversation about that brand, supporting advertising revenues that rose 24% to $17.2 billion in the first quarter and topped $70 billion on a trailing 12-month basis. Unit growth reached 15%, the highest since the tail end of the COVID-19 lockdowns; group net sales climbed 17% to $181.5 billion. The headwinds are cost and unproven economics. Trailing-12-month free cash flow fell to $1.2 billion from $25.9 billion as equipment purchases tied to AI rose to $59.3 billion. Second-quarter guidance projects net sales of $194-$199 billion but operating income of just $20-$24 billion versus $19.2 billion a year earlier, implying margin pressure. Exec...
00:00 Speaker A When I look at what Dell is reporting, even a Snowflake, these companies have tangible AI orders and backlog and strength and things are accelerating. This is not like the late 1990s when, you know, these are arguably made-up numbers and nobody's making any money. 00:25 Ines This is another part of the picks and shovel story when it comes to AI, and Dell is one of those as Art was ...
00:00 Speaker A When I look at what Dell is reporting, even a Snowflake, these companies have tangible AI orders and backlog and strength and things are accelerating. This is not like the late 1990s when, you know, these are arguably made-up numbers and nobody's making any money. 00:25 Ines This is another part of the picks and shovel story when it comes to AI, and Dell is one of those as Art was mentioning with servers, CPUs being in strong demand. And I will mention that this is also seems to be a year of the throwback companies because you have Dell hitting highs, you have also Cisco. 00:55 Speaker A Remember that one also from the dot com era? So good it is. 00:59 Ines That's right. And Intel as well. So, this is all part though of the AI trade, the picks and shovels and Dell's performance is stellar. I mean, they even talked about also, uh, just the fact of demand. demand demand is is is is really what's driving all of this. and the fact that you've got also memory constraints and customers that want to that are doing these multi-year deals. So this is why they can see into the future and have such strong uh outlook for 2027. 01:29 Speaker A Ines, I love how you framed that. Art, I'll put that one to you. Uh, indeed this might just be the year of the throwback company in the world of tech. Uh, is a Cisco and what we're seeing with Dell, are these the new best ways to play the AI boom? 01:45 Art It certainly feels like that. And just to take a step back and talk about that sort of comparison that we all like to do with .com and, you know, think about the multiples these were trading at back in the .com bubble versus the multiples they're trading at now. I think it's the the very tangible fundamental driver that's making this so possible. The Nasdaq composite, uh, in '99-2000 traded in a range of 150 to 200 times. In this year it's trading in a range of 25 to 35 times. So clearly, these are very important companies, but they've gotten here taking the long road to...
Key Points Shares of Carnival have outpaced its two ocean liner rivals over the past year. It reinstated its dividend and authorized a stock buyback in its latest earnings call. Carnival reports earnings in late June, with a streak of 11 quarters of bottom-line beats on the line. 10 stocks we like better than Carnival Corp. › Summer is considered peak season for the cruise line industry. Families ...
Key Points Shares of Carnival have outpaced its two ocean liner rivals over the past year. It reinstated its dividend and authorized a stock buyback in its latest earnings call. Carnival reports earnings in late June, with a streak of 11 quarters of bottom-line beats on the line. 10 stocks we like better than Carnival Corp. › Summer is considered peak season for the cruise line industry. Families typically have a summer break from school. The warm ocean waters are that much more inviting. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) knows all about the waves. Nearly a third of its annual revenue and most of its fiscal 2025 profit were generated in the fiscal third quarter, which starts again next week. 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 » Carnival stock has risen 21% over the past year, outpacing its two closest publicly traded rivals. This isn't a regatta, but bragging rights are cool. I think things can get better for Carnival from here. Let's go over three reasons to consider going on this Carnival ride. 1. It's an earnings sensation June is usually a quiet time for financial updates, but with its fiscal second quarter ending this week, Carnival will announce its latest results in late June. Carnival's stock has risen enough to attract attention, but not enough to fear a sell-off even if results are decent. If recent history is any indication, the fresh numbers should be decent. Expectations are low. Analysts see revenue rising 6% while earnings growth remains flat. The $0.34-a-share profit that Carnival is expected to deliver in four weeks is just below the $0.35 a share it served up a year earlier. Rising fuel and food costs should weigh on margins, but Carnival has an ace up its sleeve. It has consistently trounced quarterly bottom-line expectations for almost three years. Period EPS Estimate Actua...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, Tradeweb Markets Inc (Symbol: TW) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.14, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of TW's recent stock price of $99.03, this dividend works out to approximately 0.14%. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whet...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, Tradeweb Markets Inc (Symbol: TW) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.14, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of TW's recent stock price of $99.03, this dividend works out to approximately 0.14%. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from TW is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 0.57% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward. The chart below shows the one year performance of TW shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, TW's low point in its 52 week range is $97.055 per share, with $147.49 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $99.61. According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TW makes up 2.97% of the Baron Financials ETF (Symbol: BCFN) which is trading up by about 0.1% on the day Friday. (see other ETFs holding TW). In Friday trading, Tradeweb Markets Inc shares are currently down about 0.6% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Further TW Research: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (Symbol: IAE) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.065, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of IAE's recent stock price of $8.62, this dividend works out to approximately 0.75%, so look for shares of ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund to tra...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (Symbol: IAE) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.065, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of IAE's recent stock price of $8.62, this dividend works out to approximately 0.75%, so look for shares of ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund to trade 0.75% lower — all else being equal — when IAE shares open for trading on 6/1/26. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from IAE is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 9.04% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward. The chart below shows the one year performance of IAE shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, IAE's low point in its 52 week range is $6.62 per share, with $8.6599 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $8.63. ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund is in our coverage universe of monthly dividend paying stocks. In Friday trading, ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund shares are currently up about 0.3% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Further IAE Research: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
John M. Chase/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Introduction Rocket Lab Corporation ( RKLB ) has been a highly popular company in the retail space, as it gained over 422.36% in the past year, and I believe that this is a classic case of valuation decoupling, where a company’s operational excellence and high-growth defense integrations have been too aggressively capitalized by the market, as it cr...
John M. Chase/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Introduction Rocket Lab Corporation ( RKLB ) has been a highly popular company in the retail space, as it gained over 422.36% in the past year, and I believe that this is a classic case of valuation decoupling, where a company’s operational excellence and high-growth defense integrations have been too aggressively capitalized by the market, as it crossed over $85B in market cap. Current Dynamics So, the main catalyst for this incredible run has been the current appetite for pure-play space assets, especially as SpaceX is preparing for its IPO at a $1.8T market cap valuation . These tailwinds have compressed RKLB’s cost of capital and inflated its valuation multiples to ludicrous levels. This pushed the firm to reach a P/S of 122.83, meaning that the equity has already capitalized a decade of flawless execution on Neutron, which has slipped from 2025 to now Q4 2026, and it still has not left the pad. This all means that the entire bull narrative rests on a single binary, unproven event, and the market is pricing triple-digit sales multiples for the privilege of waiting. Rocket Lab’s future cash flows are dependent on Neutron, which is technically a medium-lift launch vehicle designed to carry up to 13,000 kg to low-Earth orbit , which is still unproven. The unique Hungry Hippo wide-fairing architecture is engineered to remain captive to the first stage, opening its jaws to deploy a second stage and payload before returning to Earth for a vertical landing. This would, in essence, eliminate the complex and costly recovery of separate fairing halves, which apparently costs competitors like SpaceX up to $6MM per flight. This is all good in theory, but remember that it is still unproven, and the actual engineering progress has lagged behind the company’s promotional timelines, which slipped from an initial 2024 debut to now late 2026 at the earliest, with the primary cause of the latest delay being a major structural failur...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, TransAlta Corp (Symbol: TAC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.07, payable on 7/1/26. As a percentage of TAC's recent stock price of $13.96, this dividend works out to approximately 0.50%. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether t...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, TransAlta Corp (Symbol: TAC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.07, payable on 7/1/26. As a percentage of TAC's recent stock price of $13.96, this dividend works out to approximately 0.50%. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from TAC is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 2.01% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward. The chart below shows the one year performance of TAC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, TAC's low point in its 52 week range is $9.52 per share, with $17.8754 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $13.89. According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TAC makes up 2.04% of the SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (Symbol: CNRG) which is trading up by about 1.1% on the day Friday. (see other ETFs holding TAC). In Friday trading, TransAlta Corp shares are currently off about 0.5% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Further TAC Research: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) edged higher on Friday as investors turned their attention toward next week's Computex conference, which could provide the next major catalyst for the world's most valuable chipmaker. The stock rose about 1% to $215.41 in early trading and is up roughly 15% so far this year. Following last week's blockbuster earnings report, investors are increasingly focused on what chief ...
Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) edged higher on Friday as investors turned their attention toward next week's Computex conference, which could provide the next major catalyst for the world's most valuable chipmaker. The stock rose about 1% to $215.41 in early trading and is up roughly 15% so far this year. Following last week's blockbuster earnings report, investors are increasingly focused on what chief executive Jensen Huang may reveal during his keynote address at Computex, one of the semiconductor industry's most closely watched annual events. Huang is scheduled to speak in Taipei on Monday morning local time. Computex seen as potential stock catalyst Analysts believe the event could help reignite momentum after Nvidia's shares struggled to sustain gains despite another quarter of results that exceeded Wall Street expectations. Lynx Equity said Computex could serve as an important catalyst for the stock, noting that Nvidia has lagged several AI hardware peers in recent weeks despite maintaining its dominant position in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The firm expects Huang to provide additional details on Nvidia's expanding CPU strategy, including the company's estimate of a $200 billion addressable market tied to agentic AI workloads. Investors are also expected to look for more clarity around the rollout of Nvidia's next-generation Rubin platform, which management has linked to a broader $1 trillion AI systems opportunity. Networking infrastructure is another area analysts expect Huang to address as hyperscalers continue expanding AI data-center deployments. Lynx said concerns surrounding competition from application-specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, developed by large cloud providers have weighed on Nvidia's valuation multiple despite continued strong demand for its products. Taiwan investment highlights long-term commitment Earlier this week, Huang reinforced Nvidia's long-term commitment to Taiwan's technology ecosystem during an event marking the lau...
Investors in DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (Symbol: DOCN) saw new options become available today, for the June 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 384 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be availab...
Investors in DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (Symbol: DOCN) saw new options become available today, for the June 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 384 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DOCN options chain for the new June 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $150.00 strike price has a current bid of $44.00. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $150.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $106.00 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of DOCN, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $153.99/share today. Because the $150.00 strike represents an approximate 3% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 70%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 29.33% return on the cash commitment, or 27.88% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for DigitalOcean Holdings Inc, and highlighting in green where the $150.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to ...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, Silgan Holdings Inc (Symbol: SLGN) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.21, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of SLGN's recent stock price of $37.47, this dividend works out to approximately 0.56%, so look for shares of Silgan Holdings Inc to trade 0.56% lower — all else being equal — when SLGN shares...
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 6/1/26, Silgan Holdings Inc (Symbol: SLGN) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.21, payable on 6/15/26. As a percentage of SLGN's recent stock price of $37.47, this dividend works out to approximately 0.56%, so look for shares of Silgan Holdings Inc to trade 0.56% lower — all else being equal — when SLGN shares open for trading on 6/1/26. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from SLGN is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 2.24% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward. The chart below shows the one year performance of SLGN shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, SLGN's low point in its 52 week range is $36.15 per share, with $57.04 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $37.65. According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SLGN makes up 1.05% of the First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund ETF (Symbol: FXR) which is trading lower by about 0.7% on the day Friday. (see other ETFs holding SLGN). In Friday trading, Silgan Holdings Inc shares are currently off about 1.4% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Further SLGN Research: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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"We've got two cars absolutely covered [and] my conservatory looks like it's got bullet holes all over it," said resident Sharon Daws, who kept some of the hailstones in her freezer as proof for her insurers. "We thought it was a bomb attack... it was pretty scary."