Technicians work on machinery at the Applied Materials facility in Santa Clara, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Thursday: Applied Materials — Shares of Applied Materials rose 1.2% in after-hours trading on the back of fiscal third-quarter results that beat analyst expectations. The
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There’s been one relatively consistent rule in the market over the past few years. Winning stocks generally have stayed stocks to buy, while losing stocks have stayed stocks to sell. That trend is part of a “growth versus value” split in which high-growth, high-priced stocks have significantly outperformed the rest of the market. There have
It was a choppy day on Thursday as we approach mid-August near the highs. With that in mind, though, let’s look at a few top stock trades to end the week with. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Fastly (FSLY) Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) became the growth darling from the first half of 2020. However, it
Consumer staples giant The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) beat earnings per share (EPS) estimates on July 30, extending its winning streak to 21 consecutive quarters. The stock traded higher and set its all-time intraday high of $135.97 on Aug. 12. That was just above this week’s risky level at $135.21, where some profit taking
Investors who are not too risk-averse and looking to bet on electric trucks should buy a small amount of Ayro (NASDAQ:AYRO) stock. Source: Alexandru Nika / Shutterstock.com That’s because the electric-truck maker has found a niche in which it can be successful, and it has already recruited a great partner. And importantly, at this point,
CNBC’s Jim Cramer is worried President Donald Trump‘s administration will keep applying pressure to China into the election, creating a headwind for the market. “I think that the president is keeping the heat on. I expect more negatives about China,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Cramer’s remarks Thursday come as the relationship between
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tapestry (TPR) – The company behind the Coach and Kate Spade luxury brands reported an adjusted quarterly loss of 25 cents per share, smaller than the 57-cent loss anticipated by analysts. Revenue was also well above estimates, with e-commerce sales providing a boost even as the
Hertz (NYSE:HTZ) stock represents ownership in a company that investors should be very wary of. Market speculation regarding HTZ shares is high in this volatile market. Source: aureliefrance / Shutterstock.com As investors abandon rational investment behavior the company finds many are willing to risk purchasing its stock. However, Hertz has attempted to stick it to
There’s a lot to like these days about Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) stock. The hydrogen fuel cell company’s stock is up 250% on a year-to-date basis, reaching levels not seen since 2009. Source: Halfpoint/ShutterStock.com Plug Power is coming off a strong second-quarter earnings report in which it recorded beats on both revenue and earnings per share.
Cisco logo exhibited during the Mobile World Congress, on February 28, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Cisco Systems — Cisco shares fell more than 6% in after-hours trading despite reporting fiscal fourth-quarter profit and revenues that topped analysts’ expectations. The results, though better than
Here at InvestorPlace, we tend to write about subjects and companies that our readers have expressed interest in. That’s why I’m writing about Chesapeake Energy (OTCMKTS:CHKAQ) today. I’m the fifth InvestorPlace contributor to write about Chesapeake Energy stock in the past two weeks alone. Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com I don’t think there’s any question
After a painful finish on Tuesday, equities bounced back hard on Wednesday. And with that in mind, let’s look at a few top stock trades for Thursday. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Home Depot (HD) Shares of Home Depot (NYSE:HD) continue to chug higher. The stock hit new all-time highs on Wednesday, and
I have a Mount Rushmore of failure for the last decade’s business leaders. It includes Virginia Rometty of IBM (NYSE:IBM), Brian Krzanich of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Jeff Immelt of General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Randall Stephenson of AT&T (NYSE:T). And today we’re going to talk specifically about AT&T stock. Source: Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock.com Their failures all
Kevin Matras writes about two very different bullish options strategies, and how they work.
For many years, a large percentage of financial planners and stockbrokers crafted portfolios for their clients that were composed of 60% equities and 40% bonds or other fixed-income offerings. And these so-called balanced portfolios did rather well throughout the 80s and 90s. But, a series of bear markets that started in 2000 coupled with historically
Last Friday, Uber (NYSE:UBER) reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings, giving Uber stock a 3% haircut. But the bad news for the California ride-hailing company was just beginning, as Uber gave back another 3% Tuesday when a Californian court ruled for both Uber and rival Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) to reclassify workers as direct employees. Source: Shutterstock With Uber
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) published last week its positive Phase1/2 results for its novel coronavirus vaccine. The market loved the results and pushed NVAX stock up 20%. It looks like its valuation climb has more to go based on what analysts are saying about the company. Source: Cryptographer / Shutterstock.com Keep in mind that the stock is
GoDaddy (NASDAQ:GDDY) is a U.S. domain registrar and web hosting company. It is also a very profitable company with over a 23% return on equity in 2019. GoDaddy stock is very cheap compared to its peers and deserves another look by value-based investors. Source: dennizn / Shutterstock.com GoDaddy’s domain bookings and average revenue per user
Oftentimes, cheap stocks are cheap for a reason. The company’s underlying fundamentals and growth prospects have become weak, and the discounted valuation on the stock appropriately reflects that reality. Other times, though, cheap stocks are great buys. In such instances, the market thinks the company’s fundamentals and growth prospects are weak, but they actually aren’t.
The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) stock popped to all time highs in early August after the data-driven ad-tech platform reported second-quarter earnings which came in much better than expected. Additionally, the company’s management made upbeat comments about its second-half growth trends. Source: shutterstock.com The results confirmed that, while the Covid-19 pandemic slowed the growth of The