As the earnings season winds down, investors are turning their attention to updated quant ratings following the latest round of corporate results. The scores provide a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions after reporting their quarterly performance. Below is a snapshot of small-cap utility companies with market capitali...
As the earnings season winds down, investors are turning their attention to updated quant ratings following the latest round of corporate results. The scores provide a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions after reporting their quarterly performance. Below is a snapshot of small-cap utility companies with market capitalizations between $300M and $2B, highlighting those with the highest and lowest quant ratings after the earnings season, underscoring the stocks that strengthened their fundamentals as well as those that lagged behind. Among the highest SA quant-rated companies, all having a Hold rating are:: Suburban Propane Partners ( SPH ), Quant Rating: 3.40. XPLR Infrastructure ( XIFR ), Quant Rating: 3.37. Unitil Corp ( UTL ), Quant Rating: 3.34. Cadiz ( CDZI ), Quant Rating: 2.95. Consolidated Water Co ( CWCO ), Quant Rating: 2.93. Among the lowest SA quant-rated companies, all having a Sell rating are:: ReNew Energy Global ( RNW ), Quant Rating: 1.56. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima ( EDN ), Quant Rating: 1.89. Genie Energy ( GNE ), Quant Rating: 2.21. Middlesex Water Company ( MSEX ), Quant Rating: 2.23. The York Water Company ( YORW ), Quant Rating: 2.48. More on Consolidated Water, Cadiz, etc. Suburban Propane: Questionable Model That Relies On Debt And The Weather Yet Brings About No Results ReNew Energy Global: Volatile, Leveraged, And Worth The Risk ReNew Energy Global Plc (RNW) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Middlesex Water Q4 2025 Earnings Preview Most and least shorted utilities stocks with up to $2B market cap as of mid-Feb
Micron Technology (MU 6.68%) has been one of the best artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to own over the past few months. If you bought shares six months ago, your position is already up about 250%. That's a monster return in a short time frame, although some contend the stock is still cheap. Is this the case? Or is there something else going on with Micron's stock? Micron's stock looks cheap, bu...
Micron Technology (MU 6.68%) has been one of the best artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to own over the past few months. If you bought shares six months ago, your position is already up about 250%. That's a monster return in a short time frame, although some contend the stock is still cheap. Is this the case? Or is there something else going on with Micron's stock? Micron's stock looks cheap, but there's a catch If you value Micron's stock on a forward earnings basis, the stock looks incredibly cheap. The stock rallied from nearly 3 times forward earnings all the way up to 12. However, with the S&P 500 trading for about 21.9 times forward earnings, this price tag still looks cheap. So, what's the catch? It all has to do with the industry that Micron is involved in. Micron makes memory chips, which don't have much differentiating technology. That means that memory chips are fairly commoditized, and there's not a lot of difference between the products Micron offers versus its competitors. Memory demand goes in cycles, and currently, we're ramping up. AI demand has consumed nearly all memory chip capacity for the foreseeable future, which has caused memory prices to skyrocket. Micron's input costs are relatively stable, so when the price of the commodity soars due to a fixed cost, Micron's profits will also skyrocket. This makes the stock look cheap, at least for the time being. Once Micron and its peers have expanded their production capacity enough to meet demand, prices for memory chips will drop, and so will Micron's profits. Furthermore, if demand falls, Micron's profits will shrink even more due to having excess production capacity. This highlights the cyclical nature of Micron's business and is the reason why the stock doesn't have a much higher valuation. But that doesn't mean you have to ignore Micron's stock. While I'm not investing in it, you can still buy shares of Micron today if you believe the memory chip crunch will last for multiple years. The longer...
is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A site called PSprices has been tracking prices on Sony’s digital game store and noticed something unusual: some games were being offered at different prices to different users. What’s more, tho...
is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A site called PSprices has been tracking prices on Sony’s digital game store and noticed something unusual: some games were being offered at different prices to different users. What’s more, those offers are tracked in the PlayStation API with experiment identifiers like IPT_PILOT and IPT_OPR_TESTING. Dynamic pricing is nothing new and is used across a number of industries. But it’s often met with backlash and isn’t typically found in online game stores. According to PSprices, Sony is running A/B testing on prices for over 150 games in 68 regions, though the US doesn’t currently appear to be part of the experiment. For now, at least, Sony isn’t toying with raising prices. Instead, the program appears to offer discounts to select users, ranging from 5 percent to 17.5 percent, on titles like Spider-Man 2, God of War, and Red Dead Redemption 2. Still, even if Sony’s version of dynamic pricing is focused on lowering costs for some users, it’s likely to draw ire. Customers receiving a 10 percent discount on Sid Meier’s Civilization VII probably won’t be thrilled when they find out their next-door neighbor was offered 25 percent off. We reached out to Sony for comment, but have yet to receive a response.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG 4.49%) had been one of the restaurant industry's steadier stocks. For two straight years, transactions grew around 5% annually. Then last year, traffic turned negative in all four quarters. Entering 2026, the restaurant landscape had shifted. Fast-casual and fast-food prices had climbed so much that some diners needed a rest. Casual dining chains like Chili's picked up ...
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG 4.49%) had been one of the restaurant industry's steadier stocks. For two straight years, transactions grew around 5% annually. Then last year, traffic turned negative in all four quarters. Entering 2026, the restaurant landscape had shifted. Fast-casual and fast-food prices had climbed so much that some diners needed a rest. Casual dining chains like Chili's picked up traffic, while Wingstop and Chipotle lost it. A brand built on affordable food and quality ingredients is not supposed to be on that list. Management has been fairly specific about who is pulling back. Households earning under $100,000 a year make up about 40% of Chipotle's sales. Younger diners in the 25 to 35 range are visiting less, too. Lunch and snack visits took the biggest hit last year. The company says these customers aren't leaving for competitors. They're eating out less often and shifting more spending to groceries and food at home. Maybe. But not every investor is going to buy the idea that they are suddenly home, cooking for themselves. Fewer orders, same overhead Transactions fell 4.9% in the second quarter, improved to a 0.8% decline in Q3, then slipped to negative 3.2% in Q4. That's not a recovery. It's a bounce that faded. For the full year, same-store sales fell 1.7%. Check growth alone won't cover the fixed costs. The efficiency that makes this model best in class on margins is the same reason there's not much flexibility when volume drops. When traffic falls, Chipotle is still running the same kitchens with the same labor for fewer orders. It is a model built for throughput, and weaker traffic shows up quickly in margins. Restaurant-level operating margin fell from 28.9% in Q2 2024 to 23.4% in Q4 2025, roughly 550 basis points in six quarters. In a model this lean, it is tough to cut fat. The fix is getting customers back through the door. No discounts, just patience Management's answer is to push the value messaging harder without discounting, feeling ...
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Latin American nations to use military power against the “cancer” of drug cartels and offered to support them with US missile strikes targeting narco kingpins. Trump, currently waging a war with Iran, laid out a muscular position for advancing Washington’s interests in the western hemisphere, pronouncing that communist-led Cuba was “in its last moments o...
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Latin American nations to use military power against the “cancer” of drug cartels and offered to support them with US missile strikes targeting narco kingpins. Trump, currently waging a war with Iran, laid out a muscular position for advancing Washington’s interests in the western hemisphere, pronouncing that communist-led Cuba was “in its last moments of life” and advocating tough action by allies against organised crime blighting the region. He formally launched a 17-nation “counter cartel” coalition which the White House described as a pledge from governments in the region to use “hard power” against security threats. Advertisement “We’re working with you to do whatever we have to do. We’ll use missiles. You want us to use a missile? They’re extremely accurate,” Trump told a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean at his Doral golf club near Miami. “‘Piu’, right into the living room,” he said, suggesting the sound of a missile in flight. “That’s the end of that cartel person. But we’ll do whatever you need.” US President Donald Trump reacts after signing the “Commitment to countering cartel criminal activity” document during the “Shield of the Americas” summit with Latin American leaders in Miami, Florida, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters Trump has already staked bold claims in Latin America with the ousting of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro and working with his replacement, Delcy Rodriguez, to claim Venezuelan oil reserves for America.
Key Points With the upcoming MI450 release this year, AMD could potentially be in a position to challenge Nvidia. The company predicts a 35% compound annual growth rate for revenue over the next three years. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › In 2026, evaluating Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock has arguably become a struggle for investors. After almost returning to it...
Key Points With the upcoming MI450 release this year, AMD could potentially be in a position to challenge Nvidia. The company predicts a 35% compound annual growth rate for revenue over the next three years. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › In 2026, evaluating Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock has arguably become a struggle for investors. After almost returning to its all-time high in January, its most recent earnings report appeared to disappoint investors, leading to a 25%-plus decline from the stock's October 2025 all-time high price. It now trades around $196 a share. Despite the recent drop, the 2025 surge has some investors wondering if AMD stock could reach $300 per share. There are reasons to believe that milestone could come in 2026, and here's why. 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 » Where AMD stock stands AMD is a semiconductor company specializing primarily in the design and sale of CPUs, GPUs, and embedded chips. Although it still drives significant revenue from all of those business segments, the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market is its largest and fastest-growing. Management is forecasting a 35% revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next three years for AMD. That CAGR rises to 60% for the data center segment, which designs AI chips. Although Nvidia leads the AI chip market, AMD is emerging as the second-most prominent company in this area. AMD has historically been adept at catching up to competitors, and AI chips are no exception. The MI450 will have a 2-nanometer node thanks to its work with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, an advantage over Nvidia's Vera Rubin, which will run on the 3nm node. Moreover, AMD's MI450 chip just delivered its first megadeal, as Meta Platforms has agreed to a $100 billion deal where Met...
In 2026, evaluating Advanced Micro Devices (AMD 3.46%) stock has arguably become a struggle for investors. After almost returning to its all-time high in January, its most recent earnings report appeared to disappoint investors, leading to a 25%-plus decline from the stock's October 2025 all-time high price. It now trades around $196 a share. Despite the recent drop, the 2025 surge has some invest...
In 2026, evaluating Advanced Micro Devices (AMD 3.46%) stock has arguably become a struggle for investors. After almost returning to its all-time high in January, its most recent earnings report appeared to disappoint investors, leading to a 25%-plus decline from the stock's October 2025 all-time high price. It now trades around $196 a share. Despite the recent drop, the 2025 surge has some investors wondering if AMD stock could reach $300 per share. There are reasons to believe that milestone could come in 2026, and here's why. Where AMD stock stands AMD is a semiconductor company specializing primarily in the design and sale of CPUs, GPUs, and embedded chips. Although it still drives significant revenue from all of those business segments, the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market is its largest and fastest-growing. Management is forecasting a 35% revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next three years for AMD. That CAGR rises to 60% for the data center segment, which designs AI chips. Although Nvidia leads the AI chip market, AMD is emerging as the second-most prominent company in this area. AMD has historically been adept at catching up to competitors, and AI chips are no exception. The MI450 will have a 2-nanometer node thanks to its work with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, an advantage over Nvidia's Vera Rubin, which will run on the 3nm node. Moreover, AMD's MI450 chip just delivered its first megadeal, as Meta Platforms has agreed to a $100 billion deal where Meta will purchase 6 gigawatts of custom AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs and sixth-gen AMD EPYC CPUs. This includes a performance-based warrant for Meta to purchase up to 160 million AMD shares, about 10% of the current total shares. AMD made a similar deal with OpenAI for another 160 million shares. Admittedly, those deals could be somewhat dilutive in later years, but they are undoubtedly a huge step forward for its business. Expand NASDAQ : AMD Advanced Micro Devices Today's Change ( -3.4...
In 2026, evaluating Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock has arguably become a struggle for investors. After almost returning to its all-time high in January, its most recent earnings report appeared to disappoint investors, leading to a 25%-plus decline from the stock's October 2025 all-time high price. It now trades around $196 a share. Despite the recent drop, the 2025 surge has some inve...
In 2026, evaluating Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock has arguably become a struggle for investors. After almost returning to its all-time high in January, its most recent earnings report appeared to disappoint investors, leading to a 25%-plus decline from the stock's October 2025 all-time high price. It now trades around $196 a share. Despite the recent drop, the 2025 surge has some investors wondering if AMD stock could reach $300 per share. There are reasons to believe that milestone could come in 2026, and here's why. 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 » Image source: AMD. Where AMD stock stands AMD is a semiconductor company specializing primarily in the design and sale of CPUs, GPUs, and embedded chips. Although it still drives significant revenue from all of those business segments, the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market is its largest and fastest-growing. Management is forecasting a 35% revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next three years for AMD. That CAGR rises to 60% for the data center segment, which designs AI chips. Although Nvidia leads the AI chip market, AMD is emerging as the second-most prominent company in this area. AMD has historically been adept at catching up to competitors, and AI chips are no exception. The MI450 will have a 2-nanometer node thanks to its work with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, an advantage over Nvidia's Vera Rubin, which will run on the 3nm node. Moreover, AMD's MI450 chip just delivered its first megadeal, as Meta Platforms has agreed to a $100 billion deal where Meta will purchase 6 gigawatts of custom AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs and sixth-gen AMD EPYC CPUs. This includes a performance-based warrant for Meta to purchase up to 160 million AMD shares, about 10% of the current total shares. AMD made a similar de...