Shares of BRC Inc. (Black Rifle Coffee Company) (NYSE: BRCC) , a premium coffee company focused on saving the veteran, active military, and first-responder communities, are soaring 24% higher as of 1 p.m. ET time Tuesday. BRC reported first-quarter earnings yesterday afternoon that sailed past analysts' expectations. Sales grew 21%, and the company reached GAAP breakeven profitability, reporting n...
Shares of BRC Inc. (Black Rifle Coffee Company) (NYSE: BRCC) , a premium coffee company focused on saving the veteran, active military, and first-responder communities, are soaring 24% higher as of 1 p.m. ET time Tuesday. BRC reported first-quarter earnings yesterday afternoon that sailed past analysts' expectations. Sales grew 21%, and the company reached GAAP breakeven profitability, reporting net income of $0.00 for the quarter. Analysts were expecting a loss of $0.01 and revenue growth of only 9%, so its outsize growth helped prompt today's ballooning share price. While BRC's share price may lead investors to think it is a "penny stock," the company's return to sales growth and improving profitability make it a consumer goods stock worth watching, in my opinion. Over the last year, BRC's retail bagged coffee grew sales by 33%, while the coffee industry grew by 12%. Best yet, despite selling premium-priced coffee, the company's velocity (how quickly its coffee sells) soared to over 101%, meaning it sells more quickly than its cheaper peers -- quite a feat. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Shares of BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR) turned sour this morning. After a disappointing Q2 report with a side of sour full-year guidance, the stock crashed as much as 46.9% lower in the morning session. As of 12:46 a.m. ET, BellRing still showed a 42.4% single-day price drop. Image source: Getty Images. The company behind protein-boosted products PowerBar, Dymatize, and Premier Protein saw 2% year-...
Shares of BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR) turned sour this morning. After a disappointing Q2 report with a side of sour full-year guidance, the stock crashed as much as 46.9% lower in the morning session. As of 12:46 a.m. ET, BellRing still showed a 42.4% single-day price drop. Image source: Getty Images. The company behind protein-boosted products PowerBar, Dymatize, and Premier Protein saw 2% year-over-year sales growth in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026. Adjusted earnings fell from $0.53 to $0.14 per share. The analyst consensus had called for 3.5% revenue growth and earnings near $0.32 per share. Continue reading
A Swedish firm’s pursuit of the product testing company Intertek suggests investors’ price expectations are yet to be shifted by the Iran war It was a bad day for the FTSE 100 index on Tuesday – down 1.4% – but the puzzle in many quarters is why share prices haven’t fallen further since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. The index is still up by a couple of percentage points since new year, w...
A Swedish firm’s pursuit of the product testing company Intertek suggests investors’ price expectations are yet to be shifted by the Iran war It was a bad day for the FTSE 100 index on Tuesday – down 1.4% – but the puzzle in many quarters is why share prices haven’t fallen further since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. The index is still up by a couple of percentage points since new year, which is not a bet most would have made at the time if they had been told an inflationary energy price shock lay around the corner. An absence of Iran-related corporate profits warnings partly explains the relative resilience, even if those usually take a while to arrive. So, too, the fact that the Footsie is overpopulated with overseas earners for whom the US economy, which isn’t suffering Europe’s soaring natural gas prices, matters more than their home market. And higher oil prices obviously help the likes of Shell and BP. Continue reading...
Jae Young Ju/iStock via Getty Images Onsemi ( ON ) produced stronger-than-expected second-quarter guidance due to a surge in AI data center demand coupled with the automotive and industrial markets finally reaching an inflection point. "AI DC grew 30% QQ in 1Q vs. expectations of high teens and is now expected to double YY in 2026, driven by broader Power Tree adoption across multiple XPU vendors ...
Jae Young Ju/iStock via Getty Images Onsemi ( ON ) produced stronger-than-expected second-quarter guidance due to a surge in AI data center demand coupled with the automotive and industrial markets finally reaching an inflection point. "AI DC grew 30% QQ in 1Q vs. expectations of high teens and is now expected to double YY in 2026, driven by broader Power Tree adoption across multiple XPU vendors and all leading hyperscalers," said Evercore ISI analysts Mark Lipaics and Affan Ahmed in a Tuesday investor note. "Mgmt cited 30+ active programs and estimates per rack content steps from $9,500 at 120kW to $115,000 at 800V." Evercore also highlighted 5% year-over-year growth in Onsemi's auto segment, which was the first growth reported following seven consecutive quarters of decline. "China auto revs grew YY despite the China passenger vehicle market being down -6%," Lipacis noted. "Mgmt indicated that ON's SiC share at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show is about 55% across new EV models. Management indicated auto strength was led by China, followed by North America, while Europe remains the laggard as the regional auto market has yet to recover." Evercore retained its Outperform rating and increased its price target to $121 from $80. Similarly, Susquehanna reiterated its Positive rating on the stock and increased its target to $120 from $100. "Overall, the company finally called the bottom for the cycle as several indicators materially improved through the quarter," said Susquehanna analysts, led by Christopher Roland, in a note. "More specifically, management noted lead times started to extend in 1Q as the broader market is recovering in earnest." "Industrial was significantly better than expectations, driven primarily by broad-based strength in traditional markets," he added. Onsemi shares edged up 0.5% by afternoon trading on Tuesday. Other analog semiconductor stocks were inching up as well. Texas Instruments ( TXN ) increased 1%, Analog Devices ( ADI ) and NXP Semiconductor...
JHVEPhoto Shopify ( SHOP ) was added as a new long idea at Hedgeye. "Shopify is structurally advantaged as commerce shifts from “click-based” to “agent-executed," Hedgeye analyst Andrew Freedman wrote in a note on Monday. "In an agentic commerce world, discovery, comparison, and checkout are abstracted away from the consumer interface and handled by AI agents. SHOP effectively becomes default comm...
JHVEPhoto Shopify ( SHOP ) was added as a new long idea at Hedgeye. "Shopify is structurally advantaged as commerce shifts from “click-based” to “agent-executed," Hedgeye analyst Andrew Freedman wrote in a note on Monday. "In an agentic commerce world, discovery, comparison, and checkout are abstracted away from the consumer interface and handled by AI agents. SHOP effectively becomes default commerce infrastructure for agents, not just a storefront provider." "In a world where agents choose what to buy and where to buy it, the key bottleneck becomes trusted identity, payment credentials, and conversion optimization," Freedman added. "Shop Pay is already one of the highest-converting checkout rails on the internet." Freedman added that " Agent-driven commerce replaces clicks and impressions with conversion-based economics (e.g., cost-per-outcome, agent-mediated take rates). This structurally benefits Shopify, which sits closest to the transaction." Shares of Shopify ( SHOP ) plunged 15% on Tuesday after reporting Q1 results , given Q2 outlook. More on Shopify Inc Shopify Inc. (SHOP) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Shopify Preview: Expensive, But Not Overhyped Ahead Of Q1 Shopify's Next Leg Isn't Valuation - It's AI-Driven Commerce (Double Rating Upgrade) Shopify expects Q2 revenue growth in the high 20s, as AI channels drive nearly 13x order growth Shopify tops $100B in GMV in Q1, points to its AI edge
Trump Admin Working To Ease Memory Chip Crunch And Soaring Prices With Supply Chain Coalition In a world where high commodity prices are the cure for high commodity prices, it was only a matter of time before we saw a surge in oil output in response to near-record oil prices, as Diamondback did ovenright . The same logic applies to memory chips, another commodity, whose prices have exploded in rec...
Trump Admin Working To Ease Memory Chip Crunch And Soaring Prices With Supply Chain Coalition In a world where high commodity prices are the cure for high commodity prices, it was only a matter of time before we saw a surge in oil output in response to near-record oil prices, as Diamondback did ovenright . The same logic applies to memory chips, another commodity, whose prices have exploded in recent months due to soaring demand by data centers. And while markets expect prices to drop once more supply comes on line, the proposed timline - which spans well into 2027 - is unacceptable, meanwhile the raging memory prices are translating into higher prices for virtually all electronics at a time when inflation is already set to explode higher. Which is why the US is working to address the global memory chip shortage through a supply chain coalition with allies in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Nikkei Asia reported citing a US official. The State Department unveiled the Pax Silica initiative in December, a coalition with allies to secure supply chains involving semiconductors, artificial intelligence and critical minerals while reducing dependence on China. Fourteen countries including India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the Philippines have joined the coalition, with Norway set to do so this week, Jacob Helberg, undersecretary of state for economic affairs, told Nikkei Asia on the sidelines of the 2026 Milken Institute Global Conference. Jacob Helberg, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic affairs, speaks at the 2026 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles on May 5. The global memory chip supply shortage continues to worsen as the industry struggles to keep pace with skyrocketing demand boosted by artificial intelligence, weighing on tech companies big and small from AI chipmakers to Apple. The Trump administration is looking to address the memory chip crunch by leveraging the supply chain coalition, particularly with Asian allies such as South Kor...
The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:SOXL) made a 160%-plus move in thirty days, and the fund added another 15% today to trade near $146. Returns like that show up when the most volatile sleeve of the market reverses sharply and a triple-leveraged ETF amplifies the bounce. The reason for the rip is simpler ... Up 160% in One Month, This AI ETF Can Still 5X
The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:SOXL) made a 160%-plus move in thirty days, and the fund added another 15% today to trade near $146. Returns like that show up when the most volatile sleeve of the market reverses sharply and a triple-leveraged ETF amplifies the bounce. The reason for the rip is simpler ... Up 160% in One Month, This AI ETF Can Still 5X
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) reports first-quarter results Thursday after the close. Critics have called the AI cloud provider’s foundation circular financing on shifting sand. A month-long run of contract wins has started to flip that script. Critics Said It Was Built on Sand CoreWeave borrows heavily, buys NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) GPUs, and rents them to a concentrated ... Here’s Where CoreWeave Proves ...
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) reports first-quarter results Thursday after the close. Critics have called the AI cloud provider’s foundation circular financing on shifting sand. A month-long run of contract wins has started to flip that script. Critics Said It Was Built on Sand CoreWeave borrows heavily, buys NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) GPUs, and rents them to a concentrated ... Here’s Where CoreWeave Proves the Doubters Wrong Once and For All
Few stocks have captured the Artificial Intelligence (AI) moment quite like Advanced Micro Devices. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has climbed 59% year to date, and the one year return stands at 245%, according to Yahoo Finance. Those numbers reflect a market that has decided AMD is no longer a ...
Few stocks have captured the Artificial Intelligence (AI) moment quite like Advanced Micro Devices. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has climbed 59% year to date, and the one year return stands at 245%, according to Yahoo Finance. Those numbers reflect a market that has decided AMD is no longer a ...
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses growth of the company’s prediction markets and the firm’s involvement in Trump Accounts for children. (Source: Bloomberg)
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses growth of the company’s prediction markets and the firm’s involvement in Trump Accounts for children. (Source: Bloomberg)
Earnings Call Insights: Fiserv (FISV) Q1 2026 Management View CEO Michael Lyons said Q1 results were “in line with the expectations we shared with you in February,” adding the company is “confident in our strategy” and is executing the “One Fiserv Action Plan.” Lyons highlighted leadership additions, including “new heads of operations for both Merchant Solutions and Financial Solutions, new Chief ...
Earnings Call Insights: Fiserv (FISV) Q1 2026 Management View CEO Michael Lyons said Q1 results were “in line with the expectations we shared with you in February,” adding the company is “confident in our strategy” and is executing the “One Fiserv Action Plan.” Lyons highlighted leadership additions, including “new heads of operations for both Merchant Solutions and Financial Solutions, new Chief Revenue Officers for Clover and Enterprise Merchant and a new Head of Product for Financial Solutions.” Lyons said Clover value-added services continued to scale, noting “Clover VAS revenue represented 27% of Clover revenue in Q1, growing 18% from a year ago,” while “CommerceHub transaction growth… was up nearly 200% in Q1.” Lyons cited Financial Solutions progress but ongoing pressure, saying “core bank account and revenue attrition remain above our long-term trend,” while “we’ve seen early signs that our client service initiatives have been well received,” and reiterated “positive client feedback on our decision to continue supporting all of our cores.” CFO Paul Todd said, “total company Q1 adjusted revenue was $4.68 billion, a decrease of 2.4% compared to the prior year period,” with “adjusted operating margin of 29.7%,” and “adjusted earnings per share was $1.79.” Outlook Todd reiterated full-year expectations: “we continue to expect 2026 organic revenue growth in the range of 1% to 3%,” with “Merchant Solutions revenue growth in the mid-single digits and Financial Solutions flat to slightly down,” and said this “continues to assume a stable macro environment.” Todd maintained profitability and EPS targets: “adjusted EPS of $8 to $8.30,” and “adjusted operating margin of approximately 34% for the year,” with “first half adjusted operating margin of approximately 31% to 32%” and “second half… 35% to 36%.” Versus Q4 2025, guidance language was reiterated as “consistent with our prior guidance,” including the prior framework that “Q2 [is] the trough” and Financial Solution...
Earnings Call Insights: BRC Inc. (BRCC) Q1 2026 Management view CEO Chris Mondzelewski said, "2026 is off to a strong start with first quarter performance reflecting meaningful progress against our core growth priorities," and pointed to retail execution where "distribution gains across key retail partners are translating into higher volume, better shelf productivity and improved SKU level perform...
Earnings Call Insights: BRC Inc. (BRCC) Q1 2026 Management view CEO Chris Mondzelewski said, "2026 is off to a strong start with first quarter performance reflecting meaningful progress against our core growth priorities," and pointed to retail execution where "distribution gains across key retail partners are translating into higher volume, better shelf productivity and improved SKU level performance." Mondzelewski emphasized the shelf-space strategy: "Execution against our land and expand strategy continues to translate into gains in retail breadth and shelf presence," adding that the company expanded "distribution by approximately 7 points of ACV year-over-year" and that "the average grocer is now carrying nearly two more Black Rifle items than a year ago." On category share, Mondzelewski said, "According to Nielsen, Black Rifle Coffee grew 34.6% in the quarter," and added, "Bagged coffee dollar share increased 55 basis points to 3.3% and pods increased 45 basis points to 2.2% at the end of the quarter." CFO Matthew Amigh said, "In the first quarter, net revenue increased 21% year-over-year," and attributed the increase to wholesale and direct-to-consumer, including "Wholesale revenue increased 31.5% year-over-year" and "Direct-to-consumer revenue increased 7% in the first quarter." Amigh detailed margin and cost actions: "First quarter gross margin was 33%, down 305 basis points year-over-year," citing "elevated coffee costs" and "nonrecurring items," including "roughly 100 basis points of costs associated with onboarding a new direct-to-consumer fulfillment provider" and "approximately 210 basis points from a onetime noncash write-down tied to coffee extract resulting from a formulation change." Outlook The company raised full-year targets as Amigh said, "For 2026, we are increasing our revenue outlook to at least 8% growth or approximately $430 million," and "increasing our adjusted EBITDA guidance to at least 35% growth or approximately $29 million, up from o...
Earnings Call Insights: OPENLANE, Inc. (OPLN) Q1 2026 Management View “During the first quarter, we continued to build on OPENLANE's positive momentum, growing consolidated revenue by 15% and delivering adjusted EBITDA of $97 million, a 17% increase. We also generated $160 million in cash flow from operations.” (CEO & Director Peter Kelly) “In the Marketplace segment, we grew overall vehicles sold...
Earnings Call Insights: OPENLANE, Inc. (OPLN) Q1 2026 Management View “During the first quarter, we continued to build on OPENLANE's positive momentum, growing consolidated revenue by 15% and delivering adjusted EBITDA of $97 million, a 17% increase. We also generated $160 million in cash flow from operations.” (CEO & Director Peter Kelly) “In the Marketplace segment, we grew overall vehicles sold by 19%, increased gross merchandise value by 32% to $9.1 billion and delivered $52 million in adjusted EBITDA, representing a 39% increase.” (CEO & Director Kelly) “In the United States, OPENLANE dealer-to-dealer transactions continue to accelerate with growth in the upper 20% range. This represents a significant outperformance of the industry and a meaningful gain in market share.” (CEO & Director Kelly) “On the commercial vehicle side, the 25% increase in vehicles sold was driven in large part by the onboarding of our latest private label customer.” (CEO & Director Kelly) “We extended our technology advantage in the first quarter with our public release of OPENLANE Intelligence.” (CEO & Director Kelly) “We are very proud to report a record quarter for OPENLANE. For the quarter, we transacted more GMV, sold more vehicles, generated more revenue and produced more adjusted EBITDA than any quarter in our company's history as a digital marketplace.” (Executive VP & CFO Bradley Herring) Outlook “We are raising our full year expectations for adjusted EBITDA from a range of $350 million to $370 million to a range of $365 million to $385 million.” (Executive VP & CFO Herring) “The entire increase is coming from our Marketplace segment... [and] reflects the full year impact of the repeal of the Canadian DST.” (Executive VP & CFO Herring) “With respect to our Finance segment, we maintain our previous guided position as the volatility and macro trends are largely offsetting the decreased likelihood of any rate cuts in 2026.” (Executive VP & CFO Herring) Compared with the prior quart...
Medifast ( MED ) shares surged nearly 18% on Tuesday, jumping from yesterday's close of $10.63 to around $12.63 after the company reported its Q1 2026 earnings results. The stock also sharply outperformed the broader S&P 500 ( SP500 ) with a 15.13% gain on the one-day chart. On a YTD basis, Medifast is now up 18.26%. The rally came even as the company reported weaker YoY financial results, as inve...
Medifast ( MED ) shares surged nearly 18% on Tuesday, jumping from yesterday's close of $10.63 to around $12.63 after the company reported its Q1 2026 earnings results. The stock also sharply outperformed the broader S&P 500 ( SP500 ) with a 15.13% gain on the one-day chart. On a YTD basis, Medifast is now up 18.26%. The rally came even as the company reported weaker YoY financial results, as investors focused on its cost-cutting efforts, strong balance sheet, and long-term transformation strategy. Q1 revenue fell 34.3% to $76M, mainly due to a sharp decline in active earning coaches, which dropped 44.9% to 14,000. The company said client acquisition remains pressured by the rapid adoption of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. However, average revenue per active coach rose 19.2% to $5,432, showing stronger productivity from its remaining coach base. Gross profit declined 38.6% to $51.8M, while SG&A expenses fell 35.6% as the company reduced costs. Moreover, net loss also widened to $2.1M, or $0.19 per share. Despite the slowdown, the company ended the quarter with $168.9M in cash and no debt. Management also said the company has meaningfully realigned its cost structure to current market conditions and expects to generate over $30M in future savings. It also plans to launch a new metabolic health system in July, which could fuel the price rally further. For now, both SA quant ratings and Wall Street analysts continue to maintain a “hold” view on the stock despite a sharp post-earnings rally. More on Medifast Medifast, Inc. 2026 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Medifast, Inc. (MED) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Medifast, Inc. (MED) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Medifast reconfirms $270M-$300M 2026 revenue outlook as it targets profitability improvements starting in Q4 2026 Medifast GAAP EPS of -$0.19 beats by $0.33, revenue of $76M beats by $6.8M
Earnings Call Insights: Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) Q1 2026 Management View "We are pleased with our first quarter financial results and are well positioned to achieve our financial objectives for the year." (CEO & Director Chuck MacFarlane) "We completed our $230 million wind repowering project earlier this year... These upgrades are expected to result in a 20% increase in output." (CEO & Direc...
Earnings Call Insights: Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR) Q1 2026 Management View "We are pleased with our first quarter financial results and are well positioned to achieve our financial objectives for the year." (CEO & Director Chuck MacFarlane) "We completed our $230 million wind repowering project earlier this year... These upgrades are expected to result in a 20% increase in output." (CEO & Director MacFarlane) "We removed the 430-megawatt load previously under a term sheet from our pipeline... we will only adjust our internal forecast for loads that have a signed electric service agreement." (CEO & Director MacFarlane) "We produced diluted earnings per share of $1.73 in the first quarter... We are maintaining our 2026 diluted earnings per share guidance range of $5.22 to $5.62." (CEO & Director MacFarlane) "We generated diluted earnings per share of $1.73, a 7% increase compared to the same time last year." (VP & Chief Financial Officer Tyler Nelson) "We continue to be in a position of financial strength with a balance sheet capable of funding our rate base growth plan without any external equity needs through at least 2030." (VP & Chief Financial Officer Nelson) Outlook "We are affirming our annual diluted earnings per share guidance range of $5.22 to $5.62, which is expected to produce a return on equity of approximately 12%." (VP & Chief Financial Officer Nelson) "We continue to be in a position of financial strength... without any external equity needs through at least 2030." (VP & Chief Financial Officer Nelson) "In our Electric segment, we have a planned major outage at a coal facility beginning in the second quarter and expect higher O&M spend midyear related to asset health and resiliency initiatives." (VP & Chief Financial Officer Nelson) "In our Manufacturing segment, we are optimistic about increased sales volumes in the first quarter, but demand visibility becomes less certain in the second half of the year." (VP & Chief Financial Officer Nelson) "In o...
The 10-year Treasury sits at almost 4.4%, the Fed funds upper bound is parked just under 4%, and the 2-to-10 spread has compressed back to about half a point. If you stretched for yield by buying 20-year paper in 2022, you are still nursing the bruise. If you stayed in cash, you watched real purchasing ... Want Income Without Betting The Farm On Interest Rates? Read This
The 10-year Treasury sits at almost 4.4%, the Fed funds upper bound is parked just under 4%, and the 2-to-10 spread has compressed back to about half a point. If you stretched for yield by buying 20-year paper in 2022, you are still nursing the bruise. If you stayed in cash, you watched real purchasing ... Want Income Without Betting The Farm On Interest Rates? Read This