Fiera Capital press release ( FRRPF ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $0.38. Revenue of $153.3M. Adjusted EBITDA of $42.7 million decreased by $12.0 million or 21.9% compared to Q4 2025, primarily due to the timing of performance fees crystallized in the prior quarter, partly offset by lower employee compensation costs and sub-advisory fees. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $0.7 million or 1.6% compared to Q1 2025, p...
Fiera Capital press release ( FRRPF ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $0.38. Revenue of $153.3M. Adjusted EBITDA of $42.7 million decreased by $12.0 million or 21.9% compared to Q4 2025, primarily due to the timing of performance fees crystallized in the prior quarter, partly offset by lower employee compensation costs and sub-advisory fees. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $0.7 million or 1.6% compared to Q1 2025, primarily due to lower revenues, largely offset by lower employee compensation costs and sub-advisory fees. More on Fiera Capital Corporation Fiera Capital Corporation 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Fiera Capital Corporation (FSZ:CA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Fiera Capital names Gabriel Castiglio interim CEO as Maxime Ménard takes medical leave Historical earnings data for Fiera Capital Corporation Dividend scorecard for Fiera Capital Corporation
LeoPatrizi/E+ via Getty Images I've kept SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s ( SKM ) (017670.KS) as a 'Buy-rated' name. SKM's share price drivers pertaining to capital return and asset sales were highlighted in my prior February 23, 2026 update . These remain valid and justify a more demanding valuation for the stock. I'm also impressed by the company's above-consensus "Operating Profit/OP" for 1Q26. Quarterly...
LeoPatrizi/E+ via Getty Images I've kept SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s ( SKM ) (017670.KS) as a 'Buy-rated' name. SKM's share price drivers pertaining to capital return and asset sales were highlighted in my prior February 23, 2026 update . These remain valid and justify a more demanding valuation for the stock. I'm also impressed by the company's above-consensus "Operating Profit/OP" for 1Q26. Quarterly Operating Profitability Was A Positive Surprise The firm's 6-K filing disclosing its latest financials was released on Thursday, May 7. OP for SKM was 5.3% higher year-on-year at ₩538B in Jan-Mar '26. As per S&P Capital IQ, that surpassed the sell-side's projection by 4.7%. During the same period, the group's 1Q2026 turnover rose 1.4% to ₩4.39T which is aligned with consensus. This implies that better-than-anticipated margins were the difference maker. Its recent three-month EBIT-to-sales of 12.2% represented a +60bps beat versus the analysts' forecast. The OP margin was flat YoY, but substantially better than 4Q25's 2.8%. My take is that SKM's solid showing was achieved with up-selling tactics, portfolio reshaping, and AI-related tailwinds. At its results briefing , management drew attention to the mobile division's focus on "securing high-LTV (LifeTimeValue)" users. The company also noted "an increase in the share of (broadband) subscribers signing up for higher priced plans." The favorable mix shifts mentioned above led to a +1.4% sequential and +0.2% YoY growth in its 1Q2026 telecommunications segment ARPU. Also, SKM's earnings call commentary revealed the "discontinuation of low-margin businesses." I can understand why it delivered above-expectations profitability without the drag from underperforming units. Separately, the AI wave has boosted its "Data Center/DC" operations and cost control. The enterprise's AIDC-related topline jumped 89.3% year-on-year to ₩131B for the first quarter of '26. This was attributed to increased "utilization of new DCs and revenue contri...
Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images After recovering in the North American afternoon for the second consecutive session yesterday, the dollar has been sold again in Asia and Europe today. The market has mostly shrugged off news of new hostilities in the Middle East. As is often the case, the ceasefire has been frayed but appears to remain intact. Ostensibly, it runs until May 17. Late yest...
Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images After recovering in the North American afternoon for the second consecutive session yesterday, the dollar has been sold again in Asia and Europe today. The market has mostly shrugged off news of new hostilities in the Middle East. As is often the case, the ceasefire has been frayed but appears to remain intact. Ostensibly, it runs until May 17. Late yesterday, a federal trade court issued a narrow ruling on 2-1 vote to grant a request by a group of small businesses and Washington state to stop the US from collecting the Section 122 tariffs. The focus shifts to the US jobs report. Ahead of the report, the Fed funds futures have about two basis points of tightening discounted for this year, down from nearly eight at the beginning of the week. Given the uncertainties surrounding the Middle East, the market may pare risk exposure before the weekend. The dollar is mostly softer, and the drubbing of the UK’s Labour Party and the surprising drop in German industrial output failed to have much market impact. Prices G10 • The euro traded firmly yesterday but was unable to extend Wednesday’s rally, which took it to almost $1.1800. For the second consecutive session, the euro was sold in the North American afternoon. Disappointed longs appeared to move to the sidelines and sent the euro back to around $1.1735. Despite new hostilities in the Middle East and an unexpected decline in German industrial output, the euro has risen steadily and is challenging the $1.1775 area in Europe. There are options for 1.77 bln euros at $1.18 and 1.57 bn euros at $1.1750 that expire today. • What appears to be two rounds of BOJ intervention (April 30 and May 6) succeeded in driving the dollar from around JPY160.70 to almost JPY155 on Wednesday. It held above JPY156 yesterday and set the session high near JPY156.65 in North America. The dollar reached almost JPY157 today, where options for $620 mln expire today. Some observers look at the Fed’s custody...
Megadrought: We Just Experienced The Driest First Three Months Of A Year In US History Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, January, February and March were insanely dry . In fact, in all of U.S. history conditions have never been so dry during the first three months of the year. Just think about that for a moment. Not even during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s were conditio...
Megadrought: We Just Experienced The Driest First Three Months Of A Year In US History Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, January, February and March were insanely dry . In fact, in all of U.S. history conditions have never been so dry during the first three months of the year. Just think about that for a moment. Not even during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s were conditions this dry. Many were hoping that 2026 would be the year when our multi-year drought would finally break. Needless to say, that hasn’t happened. Scientists are telling us that the southwestern U.S. is in the midst of the worst multi-year drought in at least 1,200 years. We really are experiencing a “megadrought”, and this is something that experts such as Steve Quayle and Dane Wigington have been talking about for a long time. Unfortunately, it appears that our seemingly endless “megadrought” has gone to an entirely new level in 2026. If it simply doesn’t rain, there is not much that farmers and ranchers can do. Right now approximately 63 percent of the continental United States is experiencing at least some level of drought, and the first quarter of this year was one for the record books … Winter wheat is dying in Kansas fields that should be green by now. Ranchers in New Mexico are selling cattle they cannot afford to feed. Reservoir levels along the Colorado River system are dropping weeks ahead of the season when mountain snowmelt is supposed to refill them. Across roughly 63% of the contiguous United States, drought rated moderate to exceptional on the federal scale has taken hold, and the first three months of 2026 were the driest the nation has recorded in 131 years of continuous measurement. This isn’t just a crisis. This is catastrophic. It appears that the winter wheat crop in the U.S. is going to be a disaster. At this stage, more than 81 percent of the Southern Plains is experiencing drought… Heading into the harvesting season for the key winter wheat crop, muc...
lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images This is my first coverage of Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ), and I must confess I was quite overwhelmed by the bullish sentiment on Seeking Alpha. Indeed, the Strong Buys from Wall Street and Quant reveal superb fundamentals, but if one looks closely, one sees a sudden change of heart, at least with respect to Quant. What was considered a Hold for the better...
lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images This is my first coverage of Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ), and I must confess I was quite overwhelmed by the bullish sentiment on Seeking Alpha. Indeed, the Strong Buys from Wall Street and Quant reveal superb fundamentals, but if one looks closely, one sees a sudden change of heart, at least with respect to Quant. What was considered a Hold for the better part of three years has flipped, literally overnight, and is now a Strong Buy, with nary a change in the five grades but a significant 144bps bump in the score between May 4 and 5. Seeking Alpha For the life of me, I cannot understand this sudden bullishness. The Street, at least, has been more consistent, having a Strong Buy rating for MSFT since October 2023 . Seeking Alpha Moreover, the stock itself has loyally, if somewhat meanderingly, followed the path of the Street's ever-higher price targets, and while sell-side enthusiasm appears to be flagging in recent months, it is only because year-ago expectations may have been a little unrealistic. My own thesis for MSFT is that strong revenue growth rates that we saw in Q3 2026 reported late last month may not translate into superior capital appreciation in the medium term. Until the market can validate the company's $190 billion intended CapEx for CY 2026 and see tangible returns on these unheard-of investment amounts, I believe it will remain on the fence with regard to MSFT stock. I rate MSFT a Sell for now but this DOES NOT equate to fully liquidating one's position, only to trimming it to where the opportunity cost is minimal but there is still significant skin in the game. To be even more precise, I would recommend cutting down one's MSFT weighting to where it comfortably fits into the "high-risk, high reward" component of one's portfolio, with room for other, similar stocks such as NVDA. In stark contrast to my Strong Sell thesis on NVDA , this hesitance to award a Buy or even a Hold rating to MSFT is not based on th...
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Akamai Technologies — Shares surged 27% after the cybersecurity and cloud computing company said a leading U.S.-based frontier model provider has committed to $1.8 billion over seven years for its Cloud Infrastructure Services. Akamai also reported a first-quarter adjusted earnings beat, while its revenue came in line with expectations. C...
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Akamai Technologies — Shares surged 27% after the cybersecurity and cloud computing company said a leading U.S.-based frontier model provider has committed to $1.8 billion over seven years for its Cloud Infrastructure Services. Akamai also reported a first-quarter adjusted earnings beat, while its revenue came in line with expectations. CoreWeave — The cloud infrastructure company slid 7% as its second-quarter revenue guidance disappointed Wall Street. CoreWeave sees revenue ranging from $2.45 billion to $2.6 billion. The midpoint of $2.53 billion fell short of the $2.69 billion LSEG consensus call. Microchip Technology — The stock rose 3% after the company reported an earnings and revenue beat in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. It also delivered better-than-expected guidance for the current quarter. Microchip sees revenue coming in between $1.44 billion to nearly $1.47 billion in its fiscal first quarter, compared to analysts polled by FactSet expectations for $1.34 billion. IREN Limited — Shares jumped more than 8% after the data center owner and operator announced a deal with chipmaker giant Nvidia to deploy up to five gigawatts of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Nvidia will also invest $2.1 billion in the company. Gen Digital — The software stock popped 6% after sharing current-quarter and full-year revenue guidance that exceeded analysts' expectations, per FactSet. Gen Digital also posted a fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue beat. Upwork — Shares tumbled 23% after the company announced a restructuring plan that includes reducing its workforce by 24%. Upwork said it was doing this to make sure the company remains profitable as work evolves. It also reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that came in slightly lower than expected, according to StreetAccount. Trade Desk — The advertising technology stock plummeted almost 13% after Trade Desk reported current-quarter...
Earnings Call Insights: ProFrac Holding Corp. (ACDC) Q1 2026 Management view "We're pleased to report that our first quarter results exceeded our expectations that we discussed in March." (Executive Chairman & President Matthew Wilks) He tied Q1 variability to weather, saying "harsh winter conditions... created some operational disruptions that resulted in approximately $9 million of adjusted EBIT...
Earnings Call Insights: ProFrac Holding Corp. (ACDC) Q1 2026 Management view "We're pleased to report that our first quarter results exceeded our expectations that we discussed in March." (Executive Chairman & President Matthew Wilks) He tied Q1 variability to weather, saying "harsh winter conditions... created some operational disruptions that resulted in approximately $9 million of adjusted EBITDA impact," and added that the market tightened as "activity accelerated... characterized by calendar tightening and a reduction in white space." (Executive Chairman & President Wilks) "We have successfully implemented price increases for the majority of our active fleet." (Executive Chairman & President Wilks) He said the increases "layer in throughout the latter half of the second quarter and into the back half of the year" and concluded, "Based on these factors, we expect Q2 to trend higher sequentially." (Executive Chairman & President Wilks) "In March, we delivered record efficiency performance with average pumping hours per active fleet exceeding 600 hours." (Chief Executive Officer Ladd Wilks) He highlighted a fleet that "recorded an exceptional 682 pumping hours in the Eagle Ford in March" and added, "We have sustained efficiency levels through April and into May." (CEO Wilks) "The first quarter presented some challenges" in proppant, and "operational challenges and unplanned downtime have negatively impacted utilization and sales into the second quarter." (CEO Wilks) He said, "As a result, we expect volumes to be down from the first quarter." (CEO Wilks) "In the first quarter, revenues were $450 million" and "we generated $54 million of adjusted EBITDA with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 11.9%." (Chief Financial Officer Austin Harbour) He also said "free cash flow was negative $25 million" and that the winter storm "resulted in an estimated $9.3 million reduction to consolidated adjusted EBITDA." (CFO Harbour) Outlook "These increases layer in throughout the latter h...
Array Digital Infrastructure press release ( AD ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $2.08 misses by $1.61 . Revenue of $52.01M (+92.8% Y/Y) misses by $2.02M . On January 13, 2026, Array closed on the sale of certain 3.45 GHz and 700 MHz wireless spectrum licenses for $1,018.0 million and recorded a book gain of $156.6 million ($117.5 million net of tax expense) during the first quarter of 2026. 2026 Estimated Resul...
Array Digital Infrastructure press release ( AD ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $2.08 misses by $1.61 . Revenue of $52.01M (+92.8% Y/Y) misses by $2.02M . On January 13, 2026, Array closed on the sale of certain 3.45 GHz and 700 MHz wireless spectrum licenses for $1,018.0 million and recorded a book gain of $156.6 million ($117.5 million net of tax expense) during the first quarter of 2026. 2026 Estimated Results Array's current estimates of full-year 2026 results are shown below. Such estimates represent management's view as of May 8, 2026 and should not be assumed to be current as of any future date. Array undertakes no duty to update such estimates, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. There can be no assurance that final results will not differ materially from estimated results. 2026 Estimated Results Previous Current (Dollars in millions) Total operating revenues $200-$215 vs. $209.28M consensus Unchanged Adjusted OIBDA 1 (Non-GAAP) $50-$65 Unchanged Adjusted EBITDA 1 (Non-GAAP) $200-$215 Unchanged Capital expenditures $25-$35 Unchanged Click to enlarge Actual Results 2026 EstimatedResults Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Year EndedDecember 31, 2025 (Dollars in millions) Net income from continuing operations (GAAP) N/A $180 $172 Add back: Income tax expense (benefit) N/A 52 (31) Income before income taxes (GAAP) $770-$785 $232 $141 Add back or deduct: Interest expense 45 7 28 Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense 50 13 48 EBITDA (Non-GAAP) 1 $865-$880 $252 $218 Add back or deduct: Expenses related to strategic alternatives review — — 2 Loss on impairment of licenses — — 48 (Gain) loss on asset disposals, net — 1 2 (Gain) loss on license sales and exchanges, net (590) (157) (6) Short-term imputed spectrum lease income (75) (34) (69) Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP) 1 $200-$215 $62 $194 Deduct: Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities 140 40 174 Interest and dividend income 10 4 19 Adjusted OIBDA (Non-GAAP) 1 $50-$65 $18 $1 Click to e...
Stock futures climbed on Friday as top semiconductor stocks gained ahead of a payrolls report that’s expected to show a modest increase in hiring. Oil held steady as the Iran ceasefire appeared intact even with overnight clashes near the Strait of Hormuz. S&P 500 futures were up 0.5% as of 7:20 a.m. in New York, and Nasdaq 100 contracts added 0.7%. Heavyweight chips stocks Nvidia Corp. , Micron Te...
Stock futures climbed on Friday as top semiconductor stocks gained ahead of a payrolls report that’s expected to show a modest increase in hiring. Oil held steady as the Iran ceasefire appeared intact even with overnight clashes near the Strait of Hormuz. S&P 500 futures were up 0.5% as of 7:20 a.m. in New York, and Nasdaq 100 contracts added 0.7%. Heavyweight chips stocks Nvidia Corp. , Micron Technology Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. rose while Microchip Technology Inc. climbed 2.4% after earnings beat estimates. West Texas Intermediate crude oil was little changed at about $95 a barrel. “ US equities are rebounding so far this morning as the Iran ceasefire looks to be holding despite the exchange of fire on Thursday,” Vital Knowledge founder Adam Crisafulli wrote in a note. A federal trade court finding President Trump’s 10% global tariffs unlawful is also positive, he said. Equities investors may be looking through the Iran conflict, according to Goldman Sachs strategist Christian Mueller-Glissmann . “A lot of the clients we speak to do very little in terms of taking a view on that conflict,” he told Bloomberg Television. He also highlighted strong earnings. In earnings news, payments company Block Inc. climbed 8.0% on a rosier outlook after AI-driven job cuts. Akamai Technologies Inc. soared 25% as it raised the outlook for its Cloud Infrastructure Services business after announcing a deal with a leading frontier AI-model provider. AI data-center operator CoreWeave Inc. fell 7.2% after a disappointing forecast sparked concerns about slowing growth. Overall earnings trends and better investor sentiment prompted RBC to raise their rolling 12-month-forward price target for the S&P 500 to 7,900 from 7,750. Strategist Lori Calvasina sees “more upside potential as stocks climb the proverbial wall of worry.” Meantime, on the consumer front, Bank of America US economist Aditya Bhave warned that card spending growth per household “slowed sharply across most categories (besides ...
How has this affected you? Have you been able to make alternative plans? People could see their travel plans upended as airlines cancel or consolidate flights to conserve jet fuel as the war in the Middle East disrupts supplies. Airlines are reviewing their timetables to see which flights can be cancelled in advance and cause the least delays. Continue reading...
How has this affected you? Have you been able to make alternative plans? People could see their travel plans upended as airlines cancel or consolidate flights to conserve jet fuel as the war in the Middle East disrupts supplies. Airlines are reviewing their timetables to see which flights can be cancelled in advance and cause the least delays. Continue reading...