Know What's Happening in Large Cap Stocks
Know What's Happening in Large Cap Stocks
Qualcomm launches $20 billion buyback and lifts dividend to $0.92
Qualcomm unveiled a $20 billion share repurchase program and raised its quarterly dividend to $0.92 per share, aiming to bolster investor confidence as its smartphone business faces challenges.
U.S. equity indexes slipped on February 19 as Walmart issued a muted earnings outlook and investors grew uneasy about artificial‑intelligence regulatory risks. The Dow Jones fell about 0.8%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.7%, and the Nasdaq slipped roughly 0.9%. Walmart’s guidance highlighted slower discretionary spending and tighter margins, sending its shares down more than 3%. AI‑related concerns added pressure to tech stocks, widening the market decline.
One positive aspect of the evolution of this market cycle has been how the market has become less reliant on multiple expansion. Earnings and dividends now comprise almost half of the cumulative gains since October 2022, with the P/E expansion...
Value now of $1 invested 25 years ago: Monster Beverage: $8,025 Apple: $779 Nvidia: $761 Amazon: $301 Booking .com $217 Autozone $144 Sherwin-Williams:42 Caterpillar $35 Deere $29 Costco $23 Lowe’s $20 Starbucks $16 Adobe: $14 Microsoft: $14 McDonald’s $11 Nike: $10
DoorDash reported Q4 revenue of $3.96 billion, up 38% YoY, but earnings per share fell short at $0.48 versus the $0.59 consensus. Total orders rose 32% to 903 million, and marketplace gross order value jumped 39%. The miss triggered a 10% drop...
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Klarna posted a record fourth‑quarter revenue of just under $1 billion, a 38% year‑on‑year rise, while gross merchandise volume hit $38.7 billion, up 32%. Active customers grew to 118 million, and the firm continued its push to become a full‑service bank. Despite the...
Senate Democrats are intensifying pressure on Paramount CEO David Ellison after he refused an in‑person antitrust hearing on the proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The senators, led by Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker, accused Ellison of a "pattern of...
Vedanta Ltd. is trading at a discount to its aluminium peers, and Kotak Securities believes the company is well positioned to benefit from a strong aluminium price environment. Aluminium prices slipped to $3,030 per tonne, pressured by a firmer US...
Amazon reported $716.9 billion in 2025 revenue, overtaking Walmart's $713.2 billion for the first time. The shift ends Walmart's 13‑year streak as Fortune's top‑revenue company and highlights Amazon's transformation into a tech‑services powerhouse. Growth is now driven by Amazon Web Services, advertising...
Macquarie has highlighted two key risks in PhonePe’s upcoming IPO: elevated Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) expenses that compress EBITDA margins, and a heavy reliance on a few revenue streams that could be hit by regulatory shifts. The broker estimates...
(In contrast to the bullish view expressed yesterday on the Fin TV show - see SLINK's confident consumer outlook on @cnbc), we remain cautious on the consumer. This week we put on a three way pairs trade - long $AMZN/Short $COST...
Devarsh Vakil, head of prime research at HDFC Securities, says Indian equities are showing a broader base for upside after rebounding from the February 2, 2026 lows. He highlights resilient corporate earnings and a particularly positive outlook for financial stocks....
CRISPR Therapeutics shares rose over 12% after reporting Q4 2025 earnings that showed a larger‑than‑expected loss and minimal recognized revenue. The company’s flagship therapy CASGEVY generated $54 million in sales, but under its revenue‑sharing deal with Vertex only $0.86 million was recorded. CRISPR...
British Gas, owned by Centrica, saw operating profits in its residential supply business drop 39% to £163 million in 2025, partly due to an £80 million hit from the UK’s warmest year on record, which reduced heating demand. Despite the profit slump,...
Uber announced it will tighten driver background checks by permanently barring anyone convicted of violent felonies, sexual offenses, and child or elder abuse, regardless of how long ago the crime occurred. The move follows a New York Times investigation that...
Walmart’s advertising arm surged 46% in 2025, generating nearly $6.4 billion, while the broader company posted $713.2 billion in revenue. Walmart Connect alone grew 41% in Q4, and the Vizio acquisition added high‑minimum‑price inventory. AI chatbot Sparky, now tested with ads, drives...
🚨Chinese officials had urged banks to limit purchases of US government bonds, and instructed those with high exposure to SELL their positions. Data shows China’s holdings of US Treasuries fell to $682.6 billion, the lowest since the Financial Crisis.👇 https://globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-the-us-dollar-gradually-losing-its-safe-haven-status
With credit spreads low and profit margins seemingly on the rise, valuations seem OK at current levels. These two variables are important drivers for the equity risk premium, which is currently at 4.0% according to my version of the DCF...
Australia’s wealthiest individuals added $11 billion in 2026, lifting the top‑five’s combined net worth to $94 billion – a 14 percent rise despite global uncertainty. Gina Rinehart stayed at the summit but saw her fortune dip 15 percent to $24.6 billion amid weaker iron‑ore prices....
Chart of the Week - Defensives With tech in trouble (+a number of macro risks lurking on the horizon), defensives are starting to look interesting… Defensives (i.e. an equal-weighted basket of: Utilities, Healthcare, Consumer Staples) are turning up vs the S&P500 —after...
S&P 500 is up 77% over the last 5 years. These tech stocks didn't beat it: Amazon: +27% Netflix: +46% And these stocks got destroyed: Nike: -55% Disney: -42% PayPal: -86% Shopify: -18% Past winners aren't always future winners.
Los Angeles County prosecutors are examining whether Southern California Edison (SCE) bears criminal responsibility for the Eaton wildfire that killed 19 people and razed much of Altadena. Edison’s CEO cited a century‑old, idle transmission line that may have re‑energized and...
$PANW: TR +15%, Product Rev +22%, TTM Software Firewall +42%, RPO +22% and 110 new platformization deals w/conserve but DD guides. $30B worth of M&A hasn't even kicked in yet.
$PWR: more evidence of the DC+Grid+Power theme - EPS beat/raise with Year-End Remaining Performance Obligations of $23.76B and Total Backlog of $43.98B. Year-End Electric Infrastructure Solutions Segment RPO and Total Backlog Reach All-Time Highs.
Thailand’s leading capital‑market players – the Government Pension Fund, the Association of Investment Management Companies and the Stock Exchange of Thailand – have launched a coordinated strategy to align listed firms with the country’s nationally determined contributions under the Paris...
Automation efforts are cutting down labor costs, increasing productivity and improving delivery speeds @Walmart per its earnings call. @DowJones
The ex-U.S. trade is finally working Every major country is outperforming the S&P 500 this year The gap since the start of 2025 is widening Germany & South Korea haveoutperformed over the past 5 yrs Will it last? https://t.co/WxrRxkwriN https://t.co/JKBVG5eT39
YETI Holdings reported a record Q4 2025 with net sales of $583.7 million, up 5 % year‑over‑year, driven by 6 % growth in drinkware and a 25 % surge in international revenue. Adjusted gross margin fell to 58.4 % as tariffs added a 310‑basis‑point cost...
We're LIVE with my accountable teammates - kicking things off with a BUY Hershey $HSY rundown by Biolsi @Hedgeye_Staples , also analyzing toilet paper
Despite the NYSE Advance-Decline line hitting new all-time highs again yesterday, the American Association of Individual Investors reported this morning that there are actually more bears the bulls for the first time since Thanksgiving. What do you think they're so...
Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA) trimmed its FY 2026 sales outlook to $750‑$760 million, reflecting a $50 million shortfall from a major customer’s store closures. Gross margin fell to 19.6% year‑over‑year but rose sequentially, and operating income is projected between $72 million and...
You've got the same-day delivery guy with the influencer POV phone setup. The Walmart earnings presentation cover slide is a snapshot of the state of retail https://t.co/71SdhBOqeq
The volume of retail-focused private credit funds has ballooned over the last few years, and is expected to grow to trillions of dollars of assets in that next few years. This points to why this could challenge the broader industry:...
Extra Space Storage reported a 2.5% rise in core FFO for Q4 2025 and 1.1% growth for the full year, signaling resilience amid a competitive self‑storage market. Same‑store revenue turned positive, up 0.4% in the quarter, while same‑store NOI edged...
TCS will still achieve my lower targets I think - the chart is already wrecked - targets given by Indiacharts Research
the software playbook used to be: lock users in, protect the workflow, build the moat. a day before blowout earnings, @zoink told us the opposite, don't be sacred about locking in users in the AI era. "Start anywhere, go everywhere."...
Texas Roadhouse reported total revenue just under $5.9 billion for 2025, with all three brands posting both sales and traffic growth. Same‑store sales rose 4.9% year‑over‑year, driven primarily by a 2.8% increase in guest traffic. Restaurant margin slipped to 13.9% as...
Bitcoin's drop has coincided with a decline in the Russell 1000's Pure Growth P/E. What do they have in common? Both are long-duration, and are being shunned during the underlying rotation into shorter-duration (cyclical) securities (think value, dividend payers, Energy...
TechnipFMC reported full‑year 2025 revenue of $9.9 billion, up 9%, and adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 billion, a 33% increase driven by strong operating leverage. The Subsea segment generated $10.1 billion of inbound orders, with more than 80% awarded on a direct basis through...
CenterPoint Energy reported a 9% rise in both non‑GAAP earnings per share and dividend payouts for 2025, posting $0.45 non‑GAAP EPS in Q4 and $1.76 for the full year. Management reaffirmed 2026 non‑GAAP EPS guidance at $1.89‑$1.91 and highlighted a...
Newmont’s Q2 2025 earnings call highlighted a suspension of operations at the Red Chris mine after two fall‑of‑ground incidents, while reporting record quarterly free cash flow of $1.7 billion. Gold production of 1.5 million ounces and copper output of 36,000 tonnes stayed in...
World Kinect Corp (WKC) posted record free cash flow of $2.5 billion for 2025 and a $769 million Q4 surge, driving a stronger balance sheet and enabling a 40% free‑cash‑flow payout target. Margins rose 66% to $2,283 per ounce, while all‑in sustaining...
Cushman & Wakefield reported a strong 2025 year, delivering adjusted EPS of $1.22—a 34% YoY increase—and total revenue of $7.1 billion, up 7% across all service lines and regions. Adjusted EBITDA rose 11% to $656 million with a 46‑basis‑point margin expansion, while...
GATX Corp reported Q4 2025 net income of $97 million, or $2.66 per diluted share, and full‑year earnings of $333.3 million, $9.12 per share, marking an 11% EPS increase year‑over‑year. The company maintained a conservative 3.3‑to‑1 leverage ratio and ROE above 12%...
Vicor reported Q4 2025 product revenue of $92.7 million, a 4.5% sequential rise and 15.3% YoY growth, while full‑year revenue climbed 4.1% to $350.3 million. Advanced‑product sales surged 26.6% YoY, pushing the advanced‑product share of total revenue to 58% despite a slight...
AutoNation reported fourth‑quarter revenue of $6.9 billion, a 4% year‑over‑year decline driven by a 9% drop in new‑vehicle sales and a 60% plunge in battery‑electric units. Adjusted EPS rose 2% to $5.08 and full‑year EPS jumped 16% to $20.22, while adjusted...
Casella Waste Systems reported record Q3 2025 results, with revenue of $485.4 million, up 17.9% YoY, and adjusted EBITDA of $119.9 million, up 16.4%. Growth was driven by $53.4 million of acquisition revenue and solid‑waste pricing, while same‑store landfill volumes rose 11.7%. Management...
Harmonic Inc. reported Q3 2025 revenue of $142.4 million, led by $90.5 million in broadband and $51.9 million in video, with video SaaS reaching a record $16.1 million. Non‑GAAP EPS was $0.12 and free cash flow hit $21 million, while backlog stood at $495 million, 63% slated...
Quanta Services reported a record full‑year 2025 revenue of $28.5 billion, up 20% year‑over‑year, and posted all‑time highs in adjusted EBITDA, EPS, cash flow and free cash flow. The company ended the year with a $44 billion backlog, the strongest ever, driven...
Opendoor reported $1.6 billion revenue for the quarter and posted its first adjusted EBITDA profit in three years, $23 million, driven by wider offer spreads and pre‑spring acquisition timing. The company completed a full rollout of its agent‑driven platform, which is delivering...
