Qfin (QFIN +26.61%) stock is seeing massive gains in Wednesday's daily trading session. The China-based fintech company's share price was up 25.1% as of 1:50 p.m. ET. After yesterday's market close, Qfin published its first-quarter results -- and shares are rocketing higher despite some mixed data in the report. While the company's non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings per American depositary share were in line with expectations, sales for the period came in lower than anticipated. Qfin met earnings expectations despite lower than expected sales In the first quarter, Qfin recorded earnings of $1.12 per American depositary share on sales of $566.74 million. The company's sales for the period came in roughly $22.8 million lower than anticipated, but that hasn't been enough to stop a dramatically bullish reappraisal for the stock. Sales were down roughly 16.6% year over year last quarter, but the company's guidance has investors betting that performance could be starting to stabilize. Expand NASDAQ : QFIN Qfin Today's Change ( 26.61 %) $ 3.35 Current Price $ 15.94 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.5B Day's Range $ 13.95 - $ 16.44 52wk Range $ 11.31 - $ 46.18 Volume 215.2K Avg Vol 1.5M Gross Margin 81.50 % Dividend Yield 12.23 % What's next for Qfin? Even though Qfin's sales saw a double-digit drop last quarter, the decline occurred as the company began adopting a more cautious approach to issuing credit. The company's asset quality improved in the quarter, with its delinquency rate in the quarter coming in at 3.5% -- and management's forward guidance has investors feeling more optimistic about the business's outlook. For the current quarter, Qfin is guiding for net income between 830 million Chinese renminbi and 910 million renminbi. While that suggests another big decline for overall net income, it also leaves the door open for a sequential quarterly improvement over the 879.8 million renminbi in net profit recorded last quarter. Even though the company's sales and earnings are ta...

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Dell Technologies’ DELL first-quarter fiscal 2027 results, scheduled to be released on May 28, are expected to have benefited from the robust demand for AI-optimized servers, driven by ongoing digital transformation and heightened interest in generative AI applications. For the fiscal first quarter, Dell Technologies anticipates 53% growth at the midpoint for the combined Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) and Client Solutions Group (CSG). While ISG is expected to grow more than 100%, supported by $13 billion of AI server revenue, CSG is expected to be up roughly 2%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CSG revenues is currently pegged at $12.91 billion, suggesting 3.2% growth from the figure reported in the year-ago quarter. The consensus mark for ISG revenues is currently pegged at $22.38 billion, indicating 117% growth from the figure reported in the year-ago quarter. DELL has an impressive earnings surprise history. Dell Technologies’ earnings outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 1.22%. Dell Technologies Inc. Revenue (TTM) Dell Technologies Inc. revenue-ttm | Dell Technologies Inc. Quote Click here to know how DELL’s overall first-quarter fiscal 2027 results are likely to be. DELL’s AI Push Aids ISG Business Dell Technologies guided ISG revenue growth of more than 100% in the fiscal first quarter, supported by approximately $13 billion in AI server revenue alone, reflecting continued hyperscaler, enterprise, sovereign, and neocloud deployments. DELL is expected to have benefited from an expanding clientele that surpassed 4,000 with growth across neoclouds, sovereigns and enterprise customers in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. Dell Technologies exited fiscal 2026 with a record $43 billion AI backlog and highlighted that demand continues to outpace supply, giving the company strong near-term revenue visibility. Importantly, management emphasized that enterprise AI adoption is accelerating, with t...

Civilians including children are among the thousands to have died in this war, yet the world is paying remarkably little attention Lebanon was an afterthought when Israel and the US were bombing Iran, and remained one when they stopped. It still appears to be one even as Washington and Tehran speak of peace. The US has suggested that a deal is within reach, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that a return to war was unlikely , though profound differences remain evident. Tehran says that Lebanon must be part of any agreement. Yet this week, Lebanon’s supposed ceasefire looks more threadbare than ever, with Israel intensifying its offensive as Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “crush” Hezbollah. Israeli strikes killed 31 people on Tuesday alone, and on Wednesday the military ordered the evacuation of the entire city of Tyre. Its troops have pushed out of the buffer zone that it established in the south, which far-right ministers want to annex. Israel may be intensifying attacks before the US reins it in, or in the hope of destabilising the talks. War allows Mr Netanyahu to dodge accountability at home. Domestic demands for continued attacks on Hezbollah are also growing, given the mounting threat from its drones to soldiers in Lebanon and residents of Israel’s north. Continue reading...

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Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Micron and SK Hynix joining the $1 trillion market cap club and seeing continued momentum. Plus, Taiwanese prosecutors suspect three individuals of smuggling Nvidia chips to China through Japan. And, XPRIZE founder and early SpaceX investor Peter Diamandis joins to discuss SpaceX's IPO as the company celebrates a major Starship milestone. (Source: Bloomberg)

Image source: The Motley Fool. Friday, May 15, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer — Gregory Poilasne Chief Financial Officer — David Robson TAKEAWAYS Revenue -- $1.93 million for the quarter, up from $1.79 million driven by product sales and higher grant revenues, partially offset by a drop in service revenues as management fees from the Fresno EV infrastructure project were absent. -- $1.93 million for the quarter, up from $1.79 million driven by product sales and higher grant revenues, partially offset by a drop in service revenues as management fees from the Fresno EV infrastructure project were absent. Annual Revenue -- $4.79 million for the year, down from $5.29 million due to lower service revenues after Fresno EV management fees ended, partially offset by higher product and grant revenues. -- $4.79 million for the year, down from $5.29 million due to lower service revenues after Fresno EV management fees ended, partially offset by higher product and grant revenues. Gross Margin -- 24.2% for the quarter versus 15.8% reflecting a higher mix of grant revenues and improved product pricing. -- 24.2% for the quarter versus 15.8% reflecting a higher mix of grant revenues and improved product pricing. Annual Gross Margin -- 39.1%, up from 33.1% in the prior year driven by revenue mix improvements. -- 39.1%, up from 33.1% in the prior year driven by revenue mix improvements. Impairment Charge -- $3.47 million inventory impairment recognized for 125-kilowatt V2G DC Chargers deemed nonconforming, reducing their carrying value to zero and presented as a separate line item due to significance. -- $3.47 million inventory impairment recognized for 125-kilowatt V2G DC Chargers deemed nonconforming, reducing their carrying value to zero and presented as a separate line item due to significance. Operating Costs -- Operating costs (excluding cost of sales and inventory impairment) were $3.7 million in the quarter, down from $5.9 million in ...

A stronger dollar during the first month of the US-Iran conflict spurred foreign official institutions to sell Treasuries, according to Goldman Sachs. The US currency is “one of the most meaningful drivers of valuation-adjusted foreign official Treasury demand,” Goldman strategist Isabella Rosenberg wrote in a note Wednesday. Foreign holdings of Treasuries fell in March from a record high, while the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index climbed 2.4%, its strongest monthly gain since July. The shifts, Rosenberg noted, appear to come as some foreign governments focus on supporting their local currencies and mitigating capital outflows amid the war. It’s likely a temporary pattern that isn’t indicative of a structural shift in demand for Treasuries, she said. After US and Israeli strikes on Iran began in late February, the dollar benefited from demand for traditional haven assets, as well as from the US’s position as the world’s largest oil producer. The conflict disrupted energy markets and fueled global inflation concerns, putting pressure on economies that rely heavily on imported energy. Read More: Resurgent Political Risk Derails Rallies in Emerging Markets Currencies including the Indian rupee, South Korean won, Turkish lira and Japanese yen were among the 10 worst performers versus the dollar out of the 31 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg since the war started. “Central banks’ defense of currency arrangements typically signals a strong intention to remain tied to the dollar and maintain ownership of Treasuries in the long run,” Rosenberg wrote. “Assuming the conflict ends, we would expect a return to the dollar weakening trend to provide a modest tailwind to foreign official institutions’ Treasury demand, as it had started to do once again pre-conflict.”

Over the past few years, Microsoft (MSFT 0.79%) has traded at a premium to the market. However, that's no longer the case. The company didn't do much to lose this premium; instead, it looks like that premium shifted to Alphabet (GOOG +0.92%) (GOOGL +0.96%). However, I think that has created a potential opportunity for Microsoft stock to rally over the next few months and regain its premium valuation by the time 2026 is over. On a price-to-earnings basis, Microsoft stock hasn't been this cheap since 2019, and based on the value proposition it's offering investors, there has seldom been a better time to buy. Microsoft has reached a rare valuation point Microsoft does a lot of different things as a business, but none is more important than artificial intelligence. This is the technology that will define the company's future, and Microsoft must get it right. Based solely on its finances, I think it's doing just fine so far. Microsoft's revenue rose 18% year over year during its latest quarter, but the annual run rate of its AI business rose by 123% to $37 billion. Its cloud computing segment, Azure, grew at a 40% clip, another strong performance compared to its peers. Expand NASDAQ : MSFT Microsoft Today's Change ( -0.79 %) $ -3.27 Current Price $ 412.76 Key Data Points Market Cap $3.1T Day's Range $ 409.57 - $ 415.93 52wk Range $ 356.28 - $ 555.45 Volume 1M Avg Vol 33.7M Gross Margin 68.31 % Dividend Yield 0.86 % Yet despite how well Microsoft is doing well from a business standpoint, that hasn't helped its case from a valuation perspective. The two valuation metrics I want to focus on are the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio and the price-to-operating-cash-flow ratio. The P/E ratio may be more commonly used by retail investors to gauge the value of stocks, but as a metric, it is affected by more items. One of them is changes in the value of the company's portfolio of investments, and over the past few quarters, that factor has been significant for Microsoft. By contrast,...

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Thea Energy has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series B led by U.S. Innovative Technology Fund, the fusion startup told TechCrunch. The sum places the company among the better funded fusion startups, giving it an improved chance at achieving a commercial reactor. The new funding will help Thea expand manufacturing for its uniquely designed smaller magnets and begin construction of Eos, its “power plant relevant” demonstration device, starting next year. Thea previously closed a $20 million Series A in early 2024. The new round brings total private investment to $130 million, the startup told TechCrunch. Magnets are at the core of many fusion power plant designs — they are what keeps the superheated matter called plasma compressed and burning hot enough to fuse atoms, which then release heat and energy. But Thea’s magnets are different: each rectangular magnet can be tuned to create the shape the reactor’s overall magnetic field. Thea likens these to pixels in a computer monitor, which collectively follow software’s instructions to create the text and images the monitor displays. This animation shows how Helios can be disassembled for maintenance. Image Credits:Thea Energy For Thea, that flexibility will be important. The type of reactor it’s designing is known as a stellarator. Stellarators are capable of keeping plasma in very stable configurations, but to do so, they have to twist and bend to accommodate the plasma. That’s in contrast to tokamaks, another leading magnetic design, which uses more brute force to keep plasma confined. But the irregular shape of a stellarator drives up complexity and cost for magnet manufacturing. Thea is betting that by shrouding its reactor core in dozens of regular magnets, it can use software to control the smaller, turnable magnets and create a stellarator-shaped magnetic field inside a much simpler physical structure. The software should also help with assembling the reactor. Thea has purposefully installed test magnets o...

fotokostic/iStock via Getty Images LSB Industries, Inc. ( LXU ) is a small-cap stock that has quietly put up one of the best returns in the Chemicals sector in the last year, up nearly 76%. The surge in nitrogen-based product pricing has enabled the company to see both strong volumes and strong pricing. While this has helped the company to produce record results in the past twelve months, the tightening in the nitrogen market that has been brought about by the Middle East conflict seems to be past its worst days, and price pressure should begin to alleviate from here. I expect that this results in downside pressure on nitrogen pricing for the company, and with the poor timing of a turnaround at one of their three production facilities in the US, I believe the company is set up to miss street estimates, all the while trading at a valuation that is untenable. I begin my coverage with a Sell rating. Business Profile LSB, headquartered in Oklahoma, produces and sells nitrogen-based products for both industrial and agricultural end customers. The company is the fifth largest producer of ammonia and one of the leading marketers of nitric acid in the US. Products range from ammonia and nitric acid to ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acid, and CO2. These can be used in a whole host of end markets on the industrial side, ranging from semiconductors, metals processing, chemical feedstock, explosives, water treatment, and even food refrigeration. For agriculture, it's primarily used as fertilizer for corn and other crops. The company has three production facilities: El Dorado, AR; Cherokee, AL; and Pryor, OK. The company also operates a nitric acid production facility for Covestro ( COVTY ) in Baytown, TX. Investor Presentation Source: Investor Presentation. From a mix perspective , AN & Nitric Acid comprise 39.3% of sales, UAN comprises 31.1%, ammonia comprises 23.8%, and the balance is Other at 5.9%. These are based on 2025 figures. The company has a slight majority tilt by end ma...

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Shares of Micron soared nearly 20% on Tuesday, lifting its market value above $1 trillion and bringing the Roundhill Memory ETF's return to nearly 120% in less than two months.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency will begin building a moon base with near-monthly robotic landings starting in 2027, with astronauts potentially living on the lunar surface for months at a time by the early 2030s. By the time Artemis 4 astronauts land in 2028, “they’re going to already have some infrastructure of the moon base waiting for them,” Isaacman said Wednesday in a Bloomberg Television interview. NASA has tapped Blue Origin and other contractors to deliver landers and rovers as part of a three-phase strategy to lay the groundwork for crewed missions. The approach marks a return to the strategy NASA used during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs of the 1960s, Isaacman said. Rather than locking in designs for lunar infrastructure today, the agency will use the initial wave of landings to inform decisions about what hardware works best. The focus in this phase will be the “science of survival,” he said. Phase two, extending into the early 2030s, will shift to deploying heavier equipment and extending astronaut stays from days to potentially weeks. Phase three envisions crew rotations similar to the International Space Station, with astronauts remaining on the moon for months. Isaacman said NASA is “extremely advantaged” compared to China’s lunar program because of its partnerships with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. , Blue Origin and other commercial providers. The agency announced plans to invest $20 billion over seven years in the moon base effort. “SpaceX is probably our greatest commercial space company, hands down. We rely on SpaceX heavily to put our astronauts to and from the international space stations,” Isaacman added. While he expressed confidence in both SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander, Isaacman cautioned that the orbital economy “has been grossly overstated,” noting NASA cannot yet identify who would purchase the 50th lunar lander if not the government. (This story was produced with the assistance ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 27, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday poured cold water on the prospect of Iran transferring its store of highly enriched uranium to Russia or China as part of any deal to end the war with the U.S. "No, I wouldn't be comfortable" with that arrangement, Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. The Kremlin, which has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, has previously said it would accept Iran's enriched uranium to help facilitate a peace deal. China has also been speculated to be willing to take in that material, news outlets have reported . Trump declared in a Truth Social post Monday that Iran's enriched uranium will be destroyed, either in the U.S., in the Islamic republic itself, or "at another acceptable location." The comments at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting came as the U.S. and Iran continue to signal they are working toward at least a short-term agreement to end the three-month-old war in the Middle East. Oil prices , which have increased dramatically due to the war's impact on global energy supplies, fell after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the meeting that the U.S. wants to give diplomacy "every chance to succeed." Read more CNBC politics coverage Judge tosses Kilmar Abrego Garcia charges, calls prosecution 'vindictive' Trump skipping wedding of son Donald Jr. to Bettina Anderson Tulsi Gabbard resigning as Trump's intelligence chief Kevin Warsh sworn in as Fed chair as Trump seeks interest rate cuts New lawsuits against Trump's DOJ 'lawfare' fund Trump also said the U.S. is "not talking about any easing of sanctions" on Iran, or giving them any money as part of a deal. "No sanctions, no money, no nothing," he said at the meeting. "We have control of money that they claim is theirs. We'll keep control of that money. When they behave properly, and when they do what's...

Andranik Hakobyan/iStock via Getty Images Free Cash Flow Is King Investors have been challenged in the face of heightened geopolitical risk , inflation pressure , and elevated AI capex spending . Hence, strong fundamentals are in the spotlight. With the world’s four largest hyperscalers planning to ramp up AI infrastructure spending to over $700B in 2026, investors are increasingly focused on the durability of free cash flow generation, as SA Analyst Mike Zaccardi recently highlighted . Mike Zaccardi Free cash flow is the discretionary cash left after a company covers all of its expenses. They include expenses like operating costs, capex, interest, and taxes. And companies with solid free cash flow generation can use this excess funding to support reinvestment, pay dividends , pursue acquisitions, and strengthen balance sheets. Robust cash flow can also help reduce reliance on external financing, which becomes increasingly pivotal during periods of uncertainty. Finding stocks with strong free cash flow can be challenging because of accounting variances - especially with respect to foreign companies. Investors cannot always easily dive into company filings to identify FCF like they can net income or cash from operations. Moreover, not all strong free cash flow stocks have impressive collective fundamentals. Seeking Alpha’s quantitative tools can help investors find companies that possess both. How I Picked The Best Free Cash Flow Stocks Using Seeking Alpha’s Stock Screener , I selected large-cap U.S. stocks with Strong Buy or Buy Quant Ratings, high free cash flow generation, and strong profitability factor grades. I excluded stocks with negative historical FCF growth and weak Dividend Safety Grades. I selected three stocks with the best collective strengths in total free cash flow, growth, and margins. Seeking Alpha’s Quant Ratings are generated by a proprietary model that analyzes more than 100 metrics for each stock relative to sector peers and grades them across ...

Universal Pictures has released one last trailer for Disclosure Day , director Steven Spielberg’s hotly anticipated return to his “aliens are among us” summer blockbuster roots. And the director features prominently, offering his thoughts on the existence of aliens in between footage from the film. Per the official logline: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to 7 billion people. We are coming close to… Disclosure Day.” David Koepp, who has worked with Spielberg on numerous projects (including Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds ), wrote the screenplay, while John Williams composed the score. Emily Blunt stars as a TV meteorologist in Kansas City. Her co-stars include Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell, Elizabeth Marvel, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Michael Gaston, and Mckenna Bridger. Professional wrestlers Chavo Guerrero Jr., Lance Archer, and Brian Cage will also appear. Read full article Comments

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Ирина Мещерякова/iStock via Getty Images PetMed Express ( PETS ) is a declining pet pharmacy and pet healthcare company. The current market valuation ignores several factors, which include cash, real estate, prior acquisition interest, and signs of management's turnaround efforts. Two prior acquisition bids were $4-4.25 per share. Yes, revenue is declining and margins are decreasing, and the share price has fallen. Further, concerns have increased due to competition. The current valuation suggests investors are pricing in a significant deterioration in the franchise. Execution risk is substantial. The assets provide downside support - although continued operating losses will reduce that support. The current valuation suggests investors are pricing in a significant deterioration in the franchise value. Any meaningful improvement will create material upside in the stock price. Ultimately, the investment case depends less on asset values and more on whether management can stabilize revenue and translate operational improvements into earnings. PETS lacks a permanent CEO, or an interim CEO with experience in the pet pharmacy industry. Leadership stability is critical to turnarounds. An interim CEO makes for additional activist or new acquisition talks. Interim leadership might emphasize immediate value realization over long-term transformation. Risks During the last 10-Q, revenue fell 22.7% and reorder sales fell 22.6%. Operating cash flow was -$23.7M. The $26.7M in goodwill was fully impaired due to lower forecasts and a declining market value. The $2.1M inventory write-down indicates operational errors. With interim leadership, it's hard to turn a company around. PETS is a high-risk turnaround. The business is shrinking, although the balance sheet provides time. The stock trades at around $2.20, with a market cap of $46M and an enterprise value of $19.22M. Latest data show cash fell to about $26.9M from negative operational cash flow. The prior YOY cash balance was 54....

Micron Technology (MU +1.31%) reached a market cap of $1 trillion on Tuesday, after receiving a huge upgrade from an analyst. With a new price target of $1,625 from UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri, investors saw more reason to be bullish on this already scorching-hot stock. Entering trading on Wednesday, the stock has soared by around 880% over the past 12 months. That means a $10,000 investment in the company a year ago would now be worth nearly $100,000. It's a staggering return. But with an even higher price target, investors may be convinced that it has even more upside still left. Could Micron really still be a bargain buy at its current price? Most analysts aren't nearly as bullish Analyst price targets can vary significantly for a stock. And while analysts have largely been raising their price targets for Micron in recent months, the consensus average is around just $570 right now -- suggesting the stock may have a downside risk of approximately 38%. Arcuri's justification for the increase in price is due to Micron's modest price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. Based on its expected future profits, Micron looks cheap, trading at a multiple of only nine. By comparison, the S&P 500 average is 26, and tech giant Nvidia is not far behind with a forward P/E of nearly 25. The logic is that for Micron, its business should be valued higher with respect to earnings. However, there arguably needs to be some compensation for risk. Nvidia's business is larger, more robust, and potentially much less volatile than Micron's. While demand for Micron's memory products is through the roof right now, that may not hold over the long run, and historically, it has experienced volatility. While investors may want to believe this time is truly different due to spending on artificial intelligence (AI), it may not turn out to be the case. And if there is a slowdown in its impressive growth, the stock could have plenty of room to fall. Expand NASDAQ : MU Micron Technology Today's Change ( 1.31 %) ...

The countdown has begun for SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO), which is on track to be the largest IPO ever. The SpaceX IPO thrusts the budding space economy into the limelight, an economy that McKinsey projects could be worth $1.8 trillion by 2035. As launches become cheaper and more satellite constellations are deployed, two stocks that have been crushing it are Rocket Lab (RKLB +2.97%) and Planet Labs (PL +2.46%), whose stocks are up 372% and 1,017% in the last year alone. Here's why these two space stocks are quietly becoming some of the market's best opportunities for investors. Rocket Lab has scored major deals with the U.S. government Rocket Lab is one of the top launch services companies in the United States today, second only to SpaceX in terms of total launches. The company has a strong presence in the small launch services market with its Electron rocket and has its sights on bigger things with its medium-lift Neutron rocket, which management expects will take flight later this year. By expanding into rockets capable of carrying larger payloads, Rocket Lab positions itself to compete for high-margin contracts. In addition to launch services, Rocket Lab has a bustling space systems business that is experiencing strong growth. Here, the company provides components for solar arrays, communications, spacecraft, and sensors. In the first quarter, the company delivered record revenue of $200 million and a backlog of $2.2 billion, with 58% of it in space components and the remainder in launch services. Expand NASDAQ : RKLB Rocket Lab Today's Change ( 2.97 %) $ 4.25 Current Price $ 147.45 Key Data Points Market Cap $83B Day's Range $ 137.94 - $ 150.78 52wk Range $ 25.24 - $ 150.78 Volume 1.2M Avg Vol 25.1M Gross Margin 33.77 % Looking toward the future, Rocket Lab is excellently positioned to capitalize on the rapidly growing space economy and increased government investments in it. One noteworthy agreement is a $816 million prime contract with the U.S. Spac...

Key Points Micron's stock has been surging this week after an analyst gave it a price target of $1,625. The consensus price target, however, suggests that Micron may be due for a decline. The stock may look cheap with respect to earnings, but its business has been volatile in the past. 10 stocks we like better than Micron Technology › Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) reached a market cap of $1 trillion on Tuesday, after receiving a huge upgrade from an analyst. With a new price target of $1,625 from UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri, investors saw more reason to be bullish on this already scorching-hot stock. Entering trading on Wednesday, the stock has soared by around 880% over the past 12 months. That means a $10,000 investment in the company a year ago would now be worth nearly $100,000. It's a staggering return. But with an even higher price target, investors may be convinced that it has even more upside still left. Could Micron really still be a bargain buy at its current price? 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 » Most analysts aren't nearly as bullish Analyst price targets can vary significantly for a stock. And while analysts have largely been raising their price targets for Micron in recent months, the consensus average is around just $570 right now -- suggesting the stock may have a downside risk of approximately 38%. Arcuri's justification for the increase in price is due to Micron's modest price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. Based on its expected future profits, Micron looks cheap, trading at a multiple of only nine. By comparison, the S&P 500 average is 26, and tech giant Nvidia is not far behind with a forward P/E of nearly 25. The logic is that for Micron, its business should be valued higher with respect to earnings. However, there arguably needs to be some compensation for risk. Nvi...

Key Points The space economy could reach $1.8 trillion by 2035, according to estimates by McKinsey. Rocket Lab has a growing launch business along with its expanding space systems segment. Planet Labs captures satellite imagery daily and is a prime contractor with the U.S. government. 10 stocks we like better than Rocket Lab › The countdown has begun for SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO), which is on track to be the largest IPO ever. The SpaceX IPO thrusts the budding space economy into the limelight, an economy that McKinsey projects could be worth $1.8 trillion by 2035. As launches become cheaper and more satellite constellations are deployed, two stocks that have been crushing it are Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) and Planet Labs (NYSE: PL), whose stocks are up 372% and 1,017% in the last year alone. Here's why these two space stocks are quietly becoming some of the market's best opportunities for investors. 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 » Rocket Lab has scored major deals with the U.S. government Rocket Lab is one of the top launch services companies in the United States today, second only to SpaceX in terms of total launches. The company has a strong presence in the small launch services market with its Electron rocket and has its sights on bigger things with its medium-lift Neutron rocket, which management expects will take flight later this year. By expanding into rockets capable of carrying larger payloads, Rocket Lab positions itself to compete for high-margin contracts. In addition to launch services, Rocket Lab has a bustling space systems business that is experiencing strong growth. Here, the company provides components for solar arrays, communications, spacecraft, and sensors. In the first quarter, the company delivered record revenue of $200 million and a backlog of $...