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Fiserv reported first-quarter 2026 results that beat consensus on headline revenue and non-GAAP EPS but revealed deteriorating underlying trends. Organic revenue declined 4% year-over-year, adjusted EPS fell 16%, adjusted operating margin compressed to 29.7% from 37.8% a year earlier, and free cash flow decreased. Management said progress from its …
PayPal shares fell sharply after the company reported first-quarter 2026 results that beat top-line estimates but revealed weakening profitability and tepid user engagement. Management flagged near-term margin declines and unveiled a $1.5 billion cost reduction plan, while new CEO Enrique Lores emphasized a focus on growth and improved cash flow.
Huntington Ingalls Industries reported first-quarter 2026 results that topped consensus on both revenue and adjusted EPS, but the market reacted negatively to deteriorating profitability metrics and significant cash use. Adjusted EPS came in at $3.79 versus $3.69 expected, and revenue rose 13.4% year-over-year to $3.1 billion, beating the $3.02 bil…
Stocks across market-cap tiers swung sharply on Tuesday, with semiconductor names and select industrials posting notable advances while individual technology and small-cap names registered steep declines. Intel and Micron were among the largest winners in the mega-cap cohort. Earnings beats and company announcements drove large-cap rallies in const…
Shopify shares plunged 15.5% to $107.85 after the company reported Q1 2026 results that beat on revenue but flagged slower growth ahead. Management’s Q2 revenue guide and a mid-twenties gross profit growth outlook, rising loan and transaction losses, and a GAAP net loss driven by investment markdowns pressured the stock despite solid top-line expan…
Market participants head into Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with focus on two headline releases: the ADP Nonfarm Employment Change report, an early measure of private-sector hiring, and the Energy Information Administration's weekly crude oil inventories, a key gauge of petroleum demand. A wider slate of housing and fuel-stock indicators and a Fed public…
Applied Materials shares rallied more than 5% in afternoon trading after the company confirmed a definitive agreement to acquire the NEXX business from ASMPT Limited. The acquisition is positioned to broaden Applied's panel-level advanced packaging offerings to support larger, more energy-efficient AI accelerators. A string of analyst upgrades and …
Western Digital shares climbed sharply after the company posted a landmark Q3 FY2026 earnings report. The stock rose 5.79% to $467.98 during the session and reached a new 52-week high of $480.11, following an after-hours release on April 30 that beat expectations on both EPS and revenue. Management provided above-consensus forward guidance and disc…
Lam Research shares jumped to an all-time high after the company reported fiscal Q3 2026 results that topped expectations on both earnings and revenue, provided upbeat quarterly guidance, and drew renewed analyst enthusiasm including a new coverage start. The move was further supported by sector-wide strength in semiconductor equipment names and br…
Teradyne shares climbed sharply in mid-day trading after a steep post-earnings decline, supported by stronger-than-expected Q1 results, heavy revenue exposure to AI-related demand, and a high-conviction institutional upgrade. Analysts also lifted price targets following the quarterly beat, while the company warned of sequentially lower revenue for …
Akamai Technologies rallied sharply during today's trading session, climbing to $116.11 on a near 9.77% gain as investors repositioned ahead of the company's Q1 2026 earnings report scheduled for May 7. The move appears linked to renewed interest in Akamai's cloud infrastructure and AI-related compute potential, an Oppenheimer upgrade, sector-wide …
Pfizer projects a renewed acceleration in growth beyond 2028 driven by obesity treatments in development, a settlement that extends exclusivity for its heart drug Vyndamax and a favorable European court outcome on its COVID vaccine. The company beat first-quarter revenue and earnings forecasts thanks to strong Eliquis sales and recently acquired pr…
Sources familiar with the matter say President Donald Trump rebuked FDA Commissioner Marty Makary over the pace of approvals for flavored vaping and nicotine products, seeking counsel from aides about the political importance of flavored vapes to young 'Make America Great Again' voters. Regulators so far have permitted only 41 vape products, all to…
Qualcomm shares jumped sharply in midday trading, rebounding from a post-earnings decline as investors leaned into the company's AI and data-center expansion. The move followed reports of a collaboration to build an AI-native smartphone chip, progress on hyperscaler custom silicon, a recent earnings beat and several corporate actions including a ma…
President Donald Trump has criticized FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for what he sees as slow action on approving flavored vaping and nicotine products, according to people cited by the Wall Street Journal. Trump discussed the issue and Makary's role with advisers in multiple White House conversations, with aides telling the president the commission…
Waters Corp shares jumped after the company reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that outpaced analyst estimates, and it raised both its organic constant-currency revenue growth outlook and full-year adjusted profit guidance. The results reflected strong organic performance together with contributions from an acquired business of Be…
Duolingo shares fell more than 10% after the company’s after-hours earnings release as investors focused on fiscal 2026 revenue guidance and bookings outlook that came in below Wall Street estimates. The company delivered a solid first quarter with revenue, earnings and user metrics beating forecasts, but slower bookings growth guidance and concern…
Three asset managers filed in February to convert prediction-market contracts into exchange-traded funds, but planned launches have been delayed as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requests further information on product structure and investor disclosures. The pause affects more than two dozen proposed funds tied to elections, economic o…
Bank of America has singled out a cohort of mining and infrastructure companies it views as positioned to gain from the expansion of artificial intelligence data centers. The firms sit within a broader list of 67 Buy-rated stocks with an aggregate market capitalization near $5.5 trillion, and a focused subset covering positions 57 through 48 emphas…
EverQuote rallied sharply after posting Q1 2026 results that topped expectations across revenue, GAAP EPS and Adjusted EBITDA, and after issuing Q2 revenue and profitability guidance above consensus. Analyst price-target increases, a sizable share buyback, and management comments about aggressive adoption of agentic AI tools helped drive investor e…
Waters Corporation shares jumped sharply after the company reported first-quarter 2026 results that topped consensus on both revenue and adjusted earnings. The quarter included the first results from the Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions businesses acquired from Becton, Dickinson and Company, which contributed meaningfully to revenue and came in…
Ireland's media regulator has launched two formal probes into Meta Platforms Inc. to determine if Instagram and Facebook deny users the ability to choose non-profiled recommender feeds, in potential breach of the EU Digital Services Act. The investigations target recommender-system functionality, user interface design and possible steering away fro…
Rockwell Automation surged after releasing fiscal Q2 2026 results that topped expectations, showed robust margin expansion and prompted a significant raise to full-year guidance. The industrial automation company reported adjusted EPS of $3.30 for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, and raised its fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to $12.50-$13.10 whi…
OpenAI on Tuesday began replacing GPT-5.3 Instant with GPT-5.5 Instant as the default ChatGPT model. Internal evaluations reported sizable reductions in hallucinated and inaccurate claims, improvements across academic and visual-reasoning benchmarks, shorter responses, and a new memory sources feature that surfaces past chats, files and connected d…
Ulta Beauty stock rose about 3% in premarket trading to $533.72 on Tuesday after BofA Global Research upgraded the cosmetics retailer to a buy from neutral and set a $685 price target. BofA based the move on expectations for steady sales growth, margin improvement and scope for multiple expansion tied to stronger operating income and free cash flow…
