Today's Large Cap Stocks Pulse
Kraft Heinz appears vastly undervalued despite market share losses
Three independent valuation models peg Kraft Heinz’s intrinsic equity value between $51 billion and $54 billion, far above its current $28 billion market capitalization. The company, however, is losing U.S. market share and its earnings are under pressure, making free‑cash‑flow forecasts uncertain.
Hedge Fund Inflows Surge to $45 B as Large‑Cap Stocks Reach Record Highs
Hedge funds pulled in $45 billion of fresh capital this month, the biggest inflow in years, as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 closed at all‑time highs. The surge reflects renewed risk appetite fueled by mega‑cap technology earnings, especially Apple’s upbeat forecast, and a broader shift in institutional positioning.
Caterpillar Reports Record Order Activity and Resilient End Markets in Q1 2026 Earnings Call
Caterpillar Inc. announced record order activity and continued resilience in its construction and mining end markets during its Q1 2026 earnings call. While the company did not disclose specific order volumes, the call emphasized a strong demand backdrop and progress...
Broad Q1 Earnings Beat Propels US Stocks to New Records
Corporate America delivered better‑than‑expected first‑quarter results, with two‑thirds of S&P 500 companies reporting and the miss rate at its lowest since 2021. The surprise lifted the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 to new record territory, reviving confidence in equities despite...
Cut Large‑Cap Oil Exposure Amid Market Rout
MOEX flat as Brent -5.1% and gold up; RUB steady. LUKOIL -4.9% led declines; PhosAgro/Magnit outperformed. Risk: oil rout pressures energy. Insight: reduce exposure to large-cap oil names. 🛢️ — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA. More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Microsoft Beats Earnings, Yet Loses $124 Billion as Shares Fall 3.9%
Microsoft reported a double‑digit earnings beat for FY 2026 Q3, but its stock slipped 3.93% on April 30, erasing roughly $124 billion of market value and leaving the company at a $3.029 trillion valuation. The decline reflects investor concerns over soaring AI‑related capital spending...
Shareholders Reject Workforce Report, Keep Berkshire Board Intact
Berkshire shareholders rejected workforce report, approved say-on-pay and kept board. Decentralized model preserves subsidiary autonomy; operational incidents persist. Trade: overweight BRK.B. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Clarivate Shares Jump Over 18% After Strong Q1 Earnings Beat
Clarivate reported first‑quarter revenue of just under $586 million and a 25% jump in non‑GAAP net income to $119 million, prompting its shares to climb more than 18% for the week. The results beat revenue and earnings estimates and reinforced the company's...
Chevron's Production Soared Along With Oil Prices in the First Quarter, But Its Profits Fell. What Happened With the Oil...
Chevron's Q1 adjusted earnings fell to $2.8 billion, or $1.41 per share, despite Brent oil climbing to $81 a barrel. Production rose 15% year‑over‑year, driven by the Hess acquisition and U.S. growth, but slipped from the prior quarter because of Middle‑East...
‘Traders Need to Be Really Careful Here’: Schwab on the Fed Decision and Powell’s Uncertain Future
Charles Schwab’s market update warned traders to tread carefully ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy meeting, where the Fed is widely expected to hold rates steady at 3.5%‑3.75% for a third consecutive session. The real market catalyst could be...
Adobe Undervalued: Burry Adds Position, Buyback Boosts Value
Burry's quietly added to $ADBE. Adobe at $241. The market is pricing it like Figma already won and AI ate the rest. The fundamentals say otherwise. BuyTrigger: $319 ValueTrigger: $458 (Undervalued) SellTrigger: $729 +90% to fair value. +203% to my sell zone. Buyback Reality Index: A rating....
Roku Posts $86 Million Q1 Profit as Platform Revenue Jumps 28% and Active Households Top 100 Million
Roku announced a Q1 2026 profit of $86 million, driven by a 28% rise in platform revenue to $863 million and a 27% jump in ad sales. The company also surpassed 100 million active streaming households, though device revenue slipped 16% on lower...
Qualcomm Shares Jump $15B on Q2 Beat and 5G/AI Growth Outlook
Qualcomm's shares surged 12% after the chipmaker posted fiscal Q2 results that beat forecasts, highlighted a 38% jump in automotive revenue and outlined a roadmap for custom silicon and AI‑enabled 5G chips. The rally added roughly $15 billion to the company's...
Oppenheimer Holdings Posts Q1 Loss as Legal Settlement Drags Earnings
Oppenheimer Holdings reported a first‑quarter net loss of $20.6 million, or $(1.93) per share, despite a 21% revenue rise to $445.1 million. The loss was dominated by a $70 million legal accrual for a cash‑sweep litigation settlement and a $22.3 million stock‑based compensation charge....
April 2026 S&P Gains 10% Amid War, Optimism Returns
In April 2026, US equities saw light in the midst of war and chaos. The S&P 500 rose 10.43%, its best month since April 2020, coming of COVID lows, and the ERP for the index dropped to 4.37%. The market...
Newmont: $100 Oil Weighs, Gold Falls, But Profit Trends Are Sublime
Newmont Corp. posted record first‑quarter results, delivering $2.90 non‑GAAP EPS on $7.3 billion revenue and $3.1 billion free cash flow, while launching a $6 billion share‑repurchase program. Despite these strengths, the stock trades about 20% below its January peak as gold prices slip...
Is Regeneron a Buy After the FDA Approved Its Gene Therapy to Restore Hearing?
Regeneron posted a strong first‑quarter, with revenue climbing 19% to $3.6 billion and adjusted EPS up 15% year‑over‑year, yet the stock slipped 5% after the results. Sales of its eye drug Eylea dropped 10% to $941 million, but the high‑dose version surged...
From AMD To Disney, The Wall Street Week Ahead Is Packed
Wall Street ended the week on a high note as Apple posted its strongest March quarter, lifting the stock nearly 4%, while Alphabet delivered $109.9 billion in Q1 revenue and saw Google Cloud exceed $20 billion for the first time. Oil prices...
Warren Buffett Asked Tim Cook to Take a Bow in a Surprise Speech at Berkshire Meeting
At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, Warren Buffett singled out Apple CEO Tim Cook, inviting him to take a bow for turning a $35 billion investment into roughly $185 billion of pre‑tax value. Buffett praised Cook’s execution, noting Apple remains Berkshire’s largest holding...
Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX): Billionaire Tom Steyer Is Loading Up on This Stock
Boston Scientific (BSX) has attracted renewed attention from billionaire investors, with Farallon Capital boosting its holding to 7.4 million shares—a 56% rise from the prior quarter. The company showcased two breakthrough devices at Heart Rhythm 2026: FARAPULSE PFA, which outperforms antiarrhythmic drugs for...
Villere St Denis Dumps 134,000 Tidewater (TDW) Shares Worth $9.3 Million
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC sold 134,355 Tidewater (TDW) shares for roughly $9.34 million, cutting its holding to 292,866 shares valued at $24.47 million, or 2.7% of its 13F assets. The sale represents a 31% reduction of the position, yet...
High EPS Growth Forecasts Often Precede Weak SPX Returns
These charts use consensus NTM Growth Rates and subsequent SPX Returns monthly going back to 1996 Current SPX EPS Growth Rate is 20% Purple Line Sample correlation is -21% Intuition to me makes sense that most of the time when growth rate expectations...
Barclays Adjusts MercadoLibre (MELI) PT Preceding the Release of First Quarter Results
Barclays lowered its price target for MercadoLibre (MELI) to $2,500 from $2,600 and kept an Overweight rating ahead of the company’s Q1 2026 earnings. Cantor Fitzgerald also trimmed its target to $2,350 while maintaining Overweight, citing macro‑related risks despite expected...
Greg Abel Has $400 Billion
Berkshire Hathaway’s cash reserves surged to $397.383 billion in Q1 2026, adding more than $24 billion after a Q4 dip. The conglomerate continued its 14‑quarter streak of net selling non‑Berkshire equities while restarting a modest share‑repurchase program of roughly $250 million. Since Warren...
Citi Resets Outlook on General Motors' Stock Price Target
Citi raised its price target for General Motors to $108 from $105 after the automaker’s Q1 2026 results beat expectations, highlighting strong margin expansion and a $500 million tariff refund. GM posted adjusted EPS of $3.70 versus the $2.62 consensus and EBIT‑adjusted...
Warren Buffett’s Parting Gift to Investors Is Crushing the Market 6 Months Later
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a roughly $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet in mid‑November, sending the stock up about 40 % in six months. The investment marks Buffett’s rare late‑career bet on a technology giant, following his earlier large position in Apple....
Corporate America Earnings Beat Back Wall Street’s Wall of Worry
First‑quarter earnings season has outperformed expectations, pushing US equities to new records. The proportion of S&P 500 companies missing analysts’ forecasts fell to its lowest level since 2021, driven largely by non‑tech firms posting the strongest surprise since Q4 2024. Small‑cap stocks...
Q4 Results Today Live: Kotak Mahindra Bank Profit Jumps 13%; CDSL Q4 Profit Dips; Avenue Supermarts, APL Apollo Tubes, Epigral,...
Kotak Mahindra Bank posted a 13% jump in Q4 profit to ₹4,027 crore (≈$491 m), beating analyst forecasts, driven by strong loan demand and deposit growth. Central Depository Services (CDSL) saw its profit fall 20% to ₹80 crore (≈$9.8 m) despite higher income, as...
Nvidia Reclaims $5 Trillion Market Cap, Sets Sights on $6‑$10 Trillion
Nvidia's shares jumped more than 21% in April, pushing the chipmaker back above a $5 trillion market valuation. The rebound is tied to strong demand for AI inference chips and projections that the company could reach $6‑$10 trillion in market cap within...
Buffett‑Backed S&P 500 ETFs Flagged as Must‑Holds for Long‑Term Investors
Warren Buffett reiterated that most investors should anchor their portfolios with a single S&P 500 index ETF, such as SPDR's SPY or Vanguard's VOO. The Oracle of Omaha’s endorsement comes amid data showing that nearly 90% of large‑cap funds have lagged...
Chevron Posts $2.8 B Adjusted Q1 Profit, CFO Bonner Outlines $4 B Capex Plan
Chevron delivered $2.8 billion in adjusted earnings for Q1 2026, driven by higher oil prices and Hess asset integration. CFO Eimear P. Bonner confirmed $3.9 billion of organic capital spending and a $4.1 billion adjusted free‑cash‑flow figure, while reiterating 2026 production and cost‑reduction targets.
Berkshire Hathaway Earnings Beat, Cash Hoard Swells; Spotlight On Warren Buffett Successor
Berkshire Hathaway posted first‑quarter operating profit of $11.3 billion, an 18% jump that beat expectations, while insurance underwriting income surged 29% to $1.7 billion after a tough wildfire year. The conglomerate’s cash pile swelled to a record $397 billion, and it resumed share...
ExxonMobil Q1 Upstream Production Rises 8% Amid Middle East Disruptions, Earnings Drop 46%
ExxonMobil posted Q1 2026 earnings of $4.18 billion, down 46% from a year earlier, but its upstream segment grew 8% year‑over‑year despite external disruptions in the Middle East, Kazakhstan and a Permian winter storm. Management highlighted record Guyana output, a new...
Brookfield Renewable Posts 19% Q1 FFO Jump, Shares Climb 3.2% to $34.19
Brookfield Renewable Partners posted a record first‑quarter Funds From Operations of $375 million, up 19% year‑over‑year, and its shares jumped 3.2% to $34.19. The surge reflects strong hydro, wind‑solar performance, a $6.5 billion Boralex acquisition and nearly $3 billion of asset‑recycling proceeds.
Spotify Shares Tumble 44% as Earnings Miss Fuels Valuation Debate
Spotify's shares dropped 44% after the music streaming giant posted modest revenue growth and a sharp profit surge, prompting analysts to question the sustainability of its user growth and whether the current valuation is justified.
Alphabet Q1 Earnings Spotlight Surging AI‑cloud SaaS Revenue, Shares Jump 7%
Alphabet reported a sharp rise in AI‑cloud services revenue in Q1, sending its stock up 7% in pre‑market trading. The earnings underscore the growing importance of SaaS‑based AI offerings for enterprise customers and set a benchmark for the broader cloud...
Taiwan Semi Is Selling ARM Stock. Should You?
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has fully exited its stake in Arm Holdings, selling roughly 1.1 million shares for about $231 million. Despite the divestment, Arm’s shares continued to rise, reflecting strong investor confidence in its AI‑driven growth. The chip‑design firm posted...
📊 Weekly Market Recap 5/2/26: Record Highs, Big Earnings, and a Market Getting Much More Selective
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed the week at record highs, but the rally was driven by a narrow group of mega‑caps rather than broad market participation. AI‑heavy names like Nvidia sparked early gains, while earnings winners such as Alphabet,...
S&P 500 Q1 EPS Jumps 27.1%, Strongest Since 2021
With 63% of the S&P 500 reported, the blended YoY EPS growth rate for Q1 is 27.1% which would mark the strongest growth since Q4'21. via FactSet
Google Cloud Matches 2014 Google Size, 25% More Profitable
Google Cloud is now the same size Google itself was a decade ago, and it is 25 percent more profitable. $GOOG https://t.co/6lPID0NAuE
Aon Posts $5.0 Billion Q1 Revenue, 6% YoY Rise, Boosts Dividend
Aon announced first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $5.0 billion, a 6% year‑over‑year increase, while adjusted operating margin rose to 39.1%. The insurer‑consultant also lifted its quarterly dividend 10% to $0.82 and reaffirmed full‑year guidance.
S&P 500 EPS Projected to Rise 22% This Year
22% S&P 500 EPS growth expected this year... and it has been trending higher GS https://t.co/MIGNciysdn
Berkshire's Cash Surges to $397B After $8.1
A tender for Berkshire shares by BRK seems more than possible: "cash jumped to $397 billion in the first quarter as it offloaded a net $8.1 billion of equity holdings in the period. Operating earnings got a boost from an...
Linde Posts 10% EPS Jump, Raises Dividend as Europe Sales Slump
Linde plc announced first‑quarter earnings per share of $4.33, a 10% increase year‑over‑year, and raised its annual dividend by 7% to $2.20 per share. The German industrial gas leader cited strong pricing, a growing backlog and disciplined capital allocation, while...
Berkshire's Cash Swells to $400B Amid 14 Quarters Net Selling
Buffett's Cash Position is now near $400B - 14 straight quarters of net selling*, Berkshire exited another $8B of stocks in Q1. *(bought ~$16B, sold ~$24B), data from official earnings/10-Q and 13F-related disclosures. https://t.co/btLzzDvF3e
Top 10 Stocks Now Contribute 33% of Earnings
A major uptick in the earnings contribution from the 10 largest stocks.. now 33% GS https://t.co/XJI0aB2hzH
US Futures Rise as Oil Slides on Iran Cease‑Fire Optimism, Apple Leads Tech Rally
U.S. equity futures edged higher, with the S&P up 0.3% and Apple surging 3.8%, after Iran submitted a response to U.S. cease‑fire amendments, sparking optimism that the Gulf conflict may de‑escalate. At the same time, Brent crude fell about $1...
Profit Margin Forecasts Diverge From Recent S&P Trends
As @jessefelder rightly notes of a must see interview this week w/legendary investor @ptj_official “Forward profit margin expectations for the 493 are strikingly disconnected from the trend of recent years” (He, of course, refers to $SPX net of the Mag7) https://t.co/1s0EuVOTQr
Hyperscalers' Earnings Surge Thanks to Private Equity Stakes
GS: The hyperscalers' earnings growth this quarter was boosted by an unusually large contribution from equity stakes in private companies. https://t.co/24FLhlxevX
61% of S&P 500 Beat EPS Forecasts, Surpassing Norm
GS: 61% of S&P 500 companies have beaten consensus EPS expectations by more than a standard deviation of estimates, above the historical average of 49% https://t.co/LZixPHA1q7
Only a Handful of Stocks Drove This Week’s Market Highs
Hey @grok How many stocks really pushed the NASDAQ and S&P 500 to new highs this week? List the only stocks that were the alpha this week.