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.
S&P, Nasdaq Hit Record Highs on Tech Boost, More Plans for U.S.-Iran Peace Talks
U.S. equities opened higher on Friday as the S&P 500 rose to 7,125 and the Nasdaq surged 0.7% to a record‑high 24,603, driven by a 25.7% jump in Intel shares. The chipmaker’s upbeat AI‑focused revenue outlook lifted the broader tech sector, which also saw Texas Instruments rally more than 19% on strong analog‑chip demand. Despite lingering uncertainty over U.S.–Iran tensions and oil prices climbing above $100 a barrel, earnings momentum kept investors optimistic.
Baker Hughes Q1 Revenue Beats Estimates by $260 Million as LNG Orders Surge
Baker Hughes reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $6.59 billion, topping analysts' forecasts by $260 million. The Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) segment drove growth, posting a 14% year‑over‑year increase to $3.35 billion, while the Oilfield Services segment fell 7% amid Middle‑East tensions. Orders...
Leveraged ETF Rebalancing Drives $14B Inelastic Close Buying
Another stall day. At current prices 14BN of inelastic buying must occur on the close. This is heavily front run through the balance of the day. That flow is heavily tilted to NDX and Semis. It...
Prudential 'Still Very Committed' To Japan Market: CEO
Prudential Financial CEO Andrew Sullivan said the insurer remains "very committed" to Japan, pledging a decades‑long presence despite recent scandals. A misconduct investigation at its Japanese subsidiary could cut the company's pretax adjusted operating profit by as much as $575 million...
BP vs Shell: Which Oil Giant Offers Better Returns as Prices Rally?
Private investors are snapping up oil stocks as Brent crude slipped below $90, prompting a 7.36% drop in BP and a 5.57% fall in Shell. With Morgan Stanley projecting Brent at $110 in Q2 and BP’s trading desk delivering “exceptional”...
Volvo AB Q1 Profit Falls 15% as Sales Slump and Supply‑chain Woes Bite
Volvo AB posted a 15% year‑over‑year decline in first‑quarter profit to SEK8.315 billion ($791 million) and a 9.1% slide in revenue to SEK110.765 billion ($10.5 billion). The Swedish automaker blamed weaker vehicle sales and ongoing supply‑chain disruptions for the downturn, underscoring broader challenges in...
Intel Shares Surge Nearly 20% After Blockbuster Q1 Earnings Beat
Intel reported Q1 revenue of $13.58 billion and EPS of $0.29, beating forecasts and propelling its stock up 19.9% to $80.10. The earnings beat fuels optimism across large‑cap stocks as the S&P 500 nears record highs.
Safran Posts €8.62bn Q1 Revenue, Beating Forecasts, Lifts Paris Stock
Safran announced adjusted first‑quarter revenue of €8.62 billion (about $9.3 billion), surpassing analysts' expectations. The result pushed the company's Euronext‑Paris shares up 2.3% in early trade, underscoring the aerospace and defense sector's strength despite broader market headwinds.
TESLA Q1 Was Confusing. Technical and Business Decoding Is Required
Tesla’s Q1 2026 report showed rising free cash flow, expanding margins and an earnings beat, but investors were spooked by higher capital expenditures and the absence of a firm timeline for scaled unsupervised robotaxis. Full Self‑Driving (FSD) subscriptions jumped to...
US Futures Slip on Iran Talks, Boosting Pressure on Asian Markets as SK Hynix Posts Record Profit
US equity futures slipped 0.1% as Iran‑U.S. negotiations stalled, reigniting concerns over Middle‑East volatility. The dip hit Asian markets hard, even as South Korea’s SK Hynix posted record quarterly profits, underscoring a split between macro risk and strong corporate earnings...
Haitong Unitrust Q1 Profit Falls 23% as Leasing Revenue Slumps 14%
Haitong Unitrust International Financial Leasing posted a first‑quarter profit of RMB320.94 million, down 23% from a year earlier, while revenue fell 14.1% to RMB1.471 billion. The decline signals stress in China’s financing‑leasing sector, a key conduit for corporate credit.
Bollore Posts 6.5% Organic Q1 Revenue Rise, Highlighting B2B Logistics Strength
Bollore Group announced a 6.5% year‑over‑year organic revenue increase to €815 million in Q1 2026, underscoring robust demand for its B2B logistics services. Energy revenues rose 7.9%, while the company signaled an exceptional interim dividend later this year.
Reliance Retail Q4 Profit Flat at Rs 3,563 Cr
Reliance Retail posted a marginal 0.5% rise in profit after tax to Rs 3,563 crore (≈$429 million) for the March quarter, while gross revenue jumped 10.84% to Rs 98,232 crore (≈$11.8 billion). The retailer expanded its footprint with 333 new stores in the quarter, reaching a...
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Artificial Intelligence Has Evolved From Pilot Projects to Differentiators Among Insurance Firms
Insurance carriers have moved AI from experimental pilots to core production tools, turning the technology into a competitive moat. Travelers’ digital quoting platform now handles over one million transactions a year, while AIG’s AI-driven underwriting processes four times as many...
We're Booking a 375% Gain in a Stock to Raise Cash for Unloved Names
Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust sold 25 Broadcom shares at about $418.57, crystallizing a 375% gain on positions bought in September 2023. The sale trims the trust’s Broadcom weighting to roughly 4% of the portfolio, down from 4.30%. The move comes...
Morgan Stanley's Cynical Intel Call Misses Major Upside
MS is taking a L on their post-earnings note on Intel.. I get some of the risk reward debate, but cmon. "We have missed a large move here at EW, and we aren't trying to be stubborn - we just remain...
ServiceNow Stock Plunges 15% as SaaSpocalypse Debate Reignites
ServiceNow’s shares tumbled 15% after the company missed Q1 earnings expectations and analysts slashed price targets, citing a 75‑basis‑point headwind from delayed Middle‑East on‑premise deals tied to the Iran‑Israel conflict. The fallout spilled over to rival Salesforce, whose stock slipped...
Nasdaq/Dow Ratio Hits Record, Tech Leads Market
The Nasdaq 100 to Dow ratio (tech to blue chip) gapped to a record high this morning - overtaking October's previous peak. Intel earnings certainly helped. Is this a sign that AI and tech is a leading theme again? Is...
Michael Burry Adds a New Microsoft Bet, Doubles Down on Software
Investor Michael Burry disclosed a new long position in Microsoft, adding to his recent builds in MSCI, PayPal and Adobe. He argues that deep price declines—Microsoft down 25%, PayPal 37% and Adobe 54%—have created oversold opportunities in software and fintech....
Earnings Growth Offsets P/E Drops, Yields Positive Returns
The resilience and even acceleration in earnings has kept the recent decline to single digits instead of the nearly 20% drawdown in the forward P/E ratio. The earnings & valuation chart below shows the various noteworthy episodes when earnings are growing...
Dealers Guard SPX Floor Amid Summer Downside Hedge
What are Vegas odds for gap down Monday? (Likely gets bought in a week, but still.) Dealers are defending $SPX $7100 floor past six days, where $SMH has risen 42% in 19 days - all the while institutions are hedging for...
Hyundai Steel Posts $12 M Operating Profit in Q1 as Sales Rise 3.2%
Hyundai Steel posted a 15.7 billion‑won ($12 million) operating profit for Q1 2026, narrowing its net loss to 41 billion won ($31 million) as sales rose 3.2% to 5.74 trillion won ($4.4 billion). The result comes as peers report mixed earnings and India‑South Korea trade talks...
Charter CEO Eyes Cable Acquisitions as Shares Tumble
'We'd like to acquire more cable assets if can be done at an appropriate price [and] conditions,' said Charter CEO Chris Winfrey. Meanwhile, Charter shares are slumping amid disappointing Q1 results. @Light_Reading https://t.co/Yr519C4o2H
Nvidia Shares Surge 3.7% Amid DeepSeek AI Concerns
Amazing back-to-back heds on the Terminal: Nvidia Stock Faces Headache From DeepSeek's New AI Model (Barron’s) *NVIDIA EXTENDS GAIN TO SESSION-HIGH 3.7% (BBG)
Digital Realty Q1 2026 Earnings Show 16% Revenue Jump as AI Data‑center Demand Surges
Digital Realty reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.635 billion, up 16.2% year‑over‑year, and core FFO per share of $2.04, a 15% increase. The company highlighted a $707 million annualized leasing book, driven by a record 200 MW AI inference lease and a 40%...
Charter Set to Eclipse Comcast as Top ISP
Charter, after finalizing the Cox acquisition later this year, will become the largest Internet Service Provider in the U.S., overtaking @Comcast. But Charter CEO Chris Winfrey is denied access to the @Cablefax 100 VIP skybox? Comcast, meanwhile, gets not one...
US Market Resilience Fueled by Broadening Earnings Revisions
Behind the resilience of the US market is broader earnings. While cap-weighted earnings’ contribution remains Tech heavy, as it’s been for years, we’ve move up to a broader number of companies seeing positive EPS revisions alongside the continue strength in...
Procter & Gamble Reports 7% Sales Growth
Procter & Gamble posted Q3 2026 net sales of $21.2 billion, a 7% year‑over‑year increase. Organic sales rose 3% after stripping out currency and acquisition effects, while diluted earnings per share climbed to $1.63, up 6%. The beauty division led volume growth...
CPU Resurgence Fuels Gains for Intel, AMD, ARM, Qualcomm
$INTC, $AMD, $ARM, $QCOM all about to open higher on the great CPU resurgence. Expectations are $QCOM fleshes out their data center CPU/accelerator strategy soon.
SAP Q1 2026 Earnings Beat EPS but Miss Revenue, Shares Slide 6.2%
SAP SE posted a modest earnings per share beat of $1.92 versus $1.91 forecast, yet revenue fell short at $11.04 billion versus $11.17 billion expected. The mixed results sparked a 6.19% drop in the ADR to $166.22, highlighting investor concern over a...
Intel Sentiment Surges: More Buys, Higher 2026 Target
Wall Street Research on Intel $INTC 2026 Stock at $84 Buys: 17 Holds: 31 Sells: 4 2022 stock at $24 Buys: 11 Holds: 20 Sells: 12 *Bloomberg ANR data.
Intel Shares Surge on AI‑Driven Sales Outlook, Reach 2000‑Era Peaks
Intel reported a 22% year‑over‑year jump in datacenter AI revenue and projected Q2 sales of $13.8‑$14.8 billion, sending the stock sharply higher and reviving confidence in its AI‑focused turnaround plan.
Malaysia's FBM KLCI Gains 0.5% as Regional Indices Slip on Profit‑Taking
The FBM KLCI climbed 8.06 points (≈0.5%) to 1,715.55, outpacing a broader Asian market decline caused by profit‑taking and rising oil prices. Trading volume hit 2.05 billion shares worth about $303 million, with blue‑chip gains led by Press Metal, Telekom Malaysia and...
Former Dividend Aristocrat AT&T Posts Strong Earnings, Tries to Win Back Investors
AT&T posted a strong Q1 2026, delivering $0.57 earnings per share and $31.51 billion in revenue, both beating analyst forecasts. The company highlighted a record fixed‑broadband performance and the acquisition of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber business, which will add millions of new...
Big Tech Earnings Week Promises Positive News for Hyperscalers
This is a key week ahead for Big Tech earnings with the entire market watching and we believe good news ahead for the hyperscalers @CNBCMorningCall 🏆📺🐂👇@CNBC @CNBCtech @TheDomino https://t.co/fOFsfeiBDP
Be in the Know. 17 Key Reads for Friday…
Intel’s latest earnings beat expectations, sending the stock up 29% as AI‑driven demand for its CPUs accelerates. Analysts, including HSBC, raised price targets to $100, citing a resurgence in server‑grade chip sales. The AI rally spilled over to broader markets,...
The Market Brief
U.S. equities are riding a sharp rally that faces its toughest test next week as the five Magnificent Seven megacap stocks report earnings and the Federal Reserve is expected to hold rates steady. So far, 82% of S&P 500 companies...
Stock Market Today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 Score Record Closes; Rally Faces Mag 7 Earnings Test (Live Coverage)
The Nasdaq composite jumped 1.6% on Friday, delivering a fourth straight week of record‑closing gains, driven by a surge in chipmakers after Intel’s earnings beat. Intel surged nearly 28% while AMD and Arm also posted double‑digit gains, and Nvidia added...
Here Are Friday's Biggest Analyst Calls: Apple, AMD, Intel, Oracle, Caterpillar, Shake Shack & More
Wall Street analysts issued a flurry of upgrades and initiations on Friday, with Intel and AMD both upgraded to Buy as AI‑driven CPU demand and data‑center growth accelerate. Apple was reiterated as a Buy ahead of the iPhone 17 launch, while...
SPX Holds Near 7046, Eyes 7147 Pivot High
Yesterday $SPX held the 8-day around 7046, and now we’ll see if it can clear highs, though the tape can feel vulnerable when headlines hit. Trim and trail, know what you can handle, and the pivot high is 7147. https://t.co/tayVTcW34A
Procter & Gamble Gave the Market What It Wanted: A Reason to Buy
Procter & Gamble reported a stronger‑than‑expected fiscal Q3, with net revenue of $21.24 billion, up 7.3% year‑over‑year, and earnings of $4 billion. The results eased earlier concerns about tariffs, FX headwinds and margin pressure, pushing the stock 1.65% higher to $148.11. Robust...
Intel Spikes After Record Q1, Tops Chip P/E
$INTC Intel surges on a blowout Q1, ranks the highest forward P/E of any large-cap chip stock @finviz_com $SMH https://t.co/Pk7bCzcrLc
IndusInd Bank Q4 Results: Lender Reports Profit of Rs 533 Cr vs Loss Year Ago; Declares Rs 1.5/share Final Dividend
IndusInd Bank posted a standalone net profit of Rs 533 crore (~$64 million) in Q4 FY 26, a sharp turnaround from a Rs 2,236 crore loss a year earlier. Net interest income surged 43% YoY to Rs 4,371 crore (~$527 million), while pre‑provision operating profit reached Rs 2,215 crore. Asset quality...
Freeport-McMoRan: Grasberg Restarts, Now the Real Work Begins
Freeport‑McMoRan (FCX) restarted its flagship Grasberg mine in Indonesia in March, beating its own timeline but with production still well below original goals. The company trimmed its 2026‑2027 output target to 60,000 tonnes per day, citing wet drawpoint issues that...
Seven Firms Dominate 30% of S&P 500 – Rethink Benchmark
"30% of the S&P 500 is made up by seven companies. The S&P 500 should not be the benchmark for your portfolio. If you do that, you are exposed only to US large cap companies." - Rodney Comegys (EP.498) With thanks to...
ServiceNow Shares Tumble 13% After Earnings, Despite Raised Subscription Outlook
ServiceNow’s shares dropped 13% after its Q1 2026 earnings, despite the company raising full‑year subscription revenue guidance and announcing a $2 billion share‑repurchase acceleration. Investors flagged slower deal closures tied to Middle‑East conflict and margin headwinds from the Armis integration.
Intel Q1 2026 Revenue Beats Forecast at $13.6B, Server CPUs Surge
Intel reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $13.6 billion, $1.4 billion above the midpoint of analysts’ guidance. The beat was powered by strong Xeon server CPU demand, a 60% share of AI‑related revenue, and a non‑GAAP EPS of $0.29. The company also announced...
Texas Instruments Jumps 9% on Strongest Q2 Outlook Since Dot‑com Boom
Texas Instruments (TXN) surged 9% in pre‑market trading, the largest one‑day jump since the dot‑com era, after the company posted a $4.8 billion Q1 and lifted its Q2 revenue outlook to $5.0‑$5.4 billion. The upbeat guidance, driven by data‑center and industrial demand,...
Hana Financial Posts 53% Profit Jump and 138% Revenue Surge in Q1
Hana Financial Group announced a 53.4% increase in pre‑tax profit to KRW 142.3 billion and a 137.7% surge in sales to KRW 8.67 trillion for the first quarter, highlighting strong growth amid a volatile Asian banking environment.
Enova Holdings Posts 33% YoY Loan Originations Surge, Hits Record $875M Revenue
Enova Holdings announced Q1 2026 loan originations of $2.3 billion, up 33% year over year, and record revenue of $875 million, up 17%. The results highlight the fintech lender’s expanding small‑business portfolio and a strategic push toward AI‑driven risk management and a...