Today's Large Cap Stocks Pulse
Eli Lilly surges 156% EPS, propelling stock into buy zone
Eli Lilly reported a 156% jump in earnings per share to $8.55 and a 56% revenue increase to $19.8 billion in Q1 2026, driven by obesity drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound and retatrutide. Institutional investors now own about 44% of the float, with Fidelity Contrafund and Franklin Growth among the top holders, prompting the stock to trade in a buy zone.
Autohome Inc (ATHM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
AutoNation (AN) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $6.9 billion, a 4% decline year‑over‑year, driven by a 9% drop in new‑vehicle sales and a 60% plunge in battery‑electric units. Despite the revenue headwind, aftersales and Customer Financial Services (CFS) posted record gross‑profit growth, lifting adjusted EPS 2% to $5.08 and full‑year EPS 16% to $20.22. The company returned $785 million to shareholders via share repurchases, cutting the share count by 10%, while deploying $1.5 billion in capex and acquisitions. Management warned of a softer automotive market in 2026 but emphasized continued profitability in services and finance segments.
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
AutoZone reported Q2 2026 total sales of $4.3 billion, up 8.1% year‑over‑year, while EPS fell 2.3% to $27.63 after a $59 million non‑cash LIFO charge. Excluding the LIFO impact, EPS would have risen 7.1% and gross margin would have improved. Domestic same‑store...
U.S. Large‑Cap Stocks Overpriced by 176% Historically
Large caps are extremely expensive, well beyond 3 standard deviations above average, but back a little from last year's all-time high. These two charts come from long-run valuation work (Advisor Perspectives / Crestmont style datasets) and show how expensive the U.S....
Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings, CFO Spencer Neumann Sell $48 Million Worth of Combined Shares
Netflix co‑founder Reed Hastings and CFO Spencer Neumann sold a combined $48.1 million in Netflix shares, according to March 4 regulatory filings. Hastings disposed of $39.8 million worth of 410,550 shares at $96‑$97.50 each and simultaneously bought back the same number at $9.7...
Wedbush Maintains $350 Apple Target as Product Blitz Reinforces AI Hardware Push
Wedbush Securities reaffirmed its "outperform" rating on Apple and kept a $350 price target, citing a sweeping product launch that bolsters its AI hardware ambitions. The new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, built on a Fusion Architecture, promise more than four‑times...
Equal‑Weighted Index Holds, Cap‑Weighted Faces 10% Risk
At the same time, the equal-weighted price index remains in a solid uptrend and unlike its cap-weighted sibling is not over its skis from a trend perspective. The broader market is well-grounded from a price, breadth, earnings, and valuation perspective. It’s the...
S&P Falls, yet Most Large Caps Rally—Rare Since 2000
As of yesterday, the S&P 500 has a three-month negative return. However, more than half of large cap stocks are up 5% or more over the last three months & 38% have advanced 10% or more. We'd have to go back...
Wall Street Loves FIGS—Why Do Price Targets Predict Pullback?
Medical apparel maker FIGS has surged 260% over the past year, trading above $17—a four‑year high. The rally follows Q4 2025 earnings that showed a 33% revenue jump to $200 million and strong international growth, prompting several analysts to lift price...
Retail Money Floods Korean Funds Amid Record Market Crash
🔴THIS IS INSANE: South Korean equity funds saw $3.7 BILLION in inflows last week, bringing the year-to-date total to a record $21 BILLION. The vast majority of these flows were driven by retail investors. Meanwhile, the Korean KOSPI index has CRATERED -24% from...
Market Panic Fizzles: No Downside Follow‑Through
MARKET PANIC WITHOUT FOLLOW-THROUGH Just 24 hours ago, fear was dominating sentiment. Many commentators were predicting a market crash after $SPY opened below the key $675 level, briefly falling to around $669. However, the market quickly proved those fears wrong. Instead of...
Solar Flare: A Perfect Storm for Solar Stocks
Solar stocks rallied sharply as SolarEdge and Enphase posted strong Q4 2025 results. SolarEdge reported a 70% revenue jump, 23.3% non‑GAAP gross margin and $43.3 million free cash flow, while Enphase delivered EPS of 71 cents and a 46.1% margin. Both...
U.S.-Iran Attacks, Trump Tariffs: Where Should Investors Draw The Line?
U.S.–Iran hostilities and renewed Trump tariff threats pushed the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow below their 50‑day moving averages, deepening market volatility. The IBD Breakout Opportunities ETF (BOUT) gapped down, testing its 10‑week average, while individual breakout candidates like Ubiquiti, Motorola...
Animal Spirits: A Wave of Redemptions
Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund is experiencing a wave of redemptions, marking one of the sharpest outflows in the private‑credit space this year. The fund’s investors have withdrawn roughly 5% of assets within a few weeks, prompting concerns over liquidity...
Why Vertiv Stock Soared 37% in February
Vertiv Holdings' shares jumped nearly 37% in February after the company posted a robust Q4 2025 report and issued 2026 guidance that far exceeded Wall Street expectations. Revenue rose 23% YoY to $2.88 billion, while adjusted EPS increased 37% to $1.36,...
Adidas Attributes 2025 Sales, Profit Surge to ‘Strategic Discipline’
Adidas reported a robust sales surge in 2025, propelling net profit up 67 percent. The company credited the growth to heightened consumer demand across its footwear and apparel ranges. Executives highlighted a renewed focus on "strategic discipline," encompassing tighter cost...
Prediction: The Current Bull Market Will End When This Happens
The article warns that the AI‑driven bull market, which has lifted the S&P 500 88.5% since early 2023, could end if AI data‑center spending wanes. It highlights more than $600 billion in cloud‑infrastructure capex this year and the resulting boost to GDP...
BlackRock Says Buy AI Energy Stocks Over Big Tech in 2026. Here Are 3 Top Picks.
BlackRock’s 2026 outlook shifts focus from AI chip makers to the energy firms powering AI data centers, citing a projected thirty‑fold rise in U.S. power consumption through 2035. The firm highlights three stocks—Bloom Energy, Constellation Energy, and GE Vernova—as top...
Is NuScale the Smartest Investment You Can Make Today?
NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) stock is trading near its 52‑week low, down more than 75% from its October 2025 peak. The company retains a unique first‑mover advantage as the sole NRC‑approved SMR design, bolstered by a partnership with...
Wall Street Bristles over Senate Housing Proposal
The Senate is advancing a bipartisan housing bill that would bar institutional investors from holding rental single‑family homes longer than seven years, requiring them to sell any newly built units to individuals. The proposal, championed by President Trump, Senate Banking...
Axis Bank Ties up with Tesla as Preferred EV Financier in India
Axis Bank announced it will serve as Tesla's preferred financing partner in India, becoming the first lender to provide loan tenures up to 10 years for premium electric vehicles. The partnership will roll out across major metros and emerging EV...
Hua Medicine Announces the Approval of Dorzagliatin for Marketing in Hong Kong SAR, China
Hua Medicine announced that its glucokinase activator dorzagliatin, marketed as MYHOMSIS®, received marketing approval from Hong Kong’s Department of Health under the “1+” regulatory pathway. The drug, the world’s first‑in‑class GKA, targets the root cause of glucose dysregulation in Type 2 diabetes...
‘Mr. Lufthansa’ Taps Crisis Playbook to Tackle Costs and Union Battles
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr is leveraging his crisis‑management experience to improve margins, centralise the group and expand long‑haul capacity. After a 60% share‑price rise since early 2025, the airline posted its best punctuality in a decade with over 80% on‑time...
Volatility Deepens on Dalal Street; Srinivas Rao Ravuri Advises Selective Approach
Indian equities deepened their decline on Tuesday as fragile sentiment and weaker-than-expected third‑quarter earnings weighed on the market. CIO Srinivas Rao Ravuri highlighted that forward earnings multiples sit around 19‑times, which he finds comfortable but not compelling. He favoured domestic‑driven...
Gujarat Gas Shares Plunge 4% After 50% Supply Cut to Industrial Users Amid Middle East Conflict: Report
Gujarat Gas announced a 50% cut in gas supplies to industrial customers after the US‑Iran conflict disrupted regasified LNG imports, sending its shares down 4% to Rs 382 on the BSE. The company, which sources roughly 70% of its gas from...
Retail‑Heavy Korean Market Crashes, Triggers Circuit Breaker
*CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIGGERED AFTER S. KOREA'S KOSPI PLUNGES 8% *KOREA'S KOSPI EXTENDS DROP TO 10% AFTER TRADING RESUMES The chart shows that the South Korean KOSPI stock index has doubled since last August (green) and has already corrected 17% from Friday's high...
Takeda Slashes 400 US Jobs in Restructuring
Takeda to Cut 400 US Jobs as Part of Overhaul, Nikkei Says @business cc @dailyjobcuts @MacroEdgeRes
Endeavour Group Sees Retail Profits Hurt by Low-Cost Push
Endeavour Group’s half‑year earnings show a 17.1% drop in net profit to $247 million despite a modest 0.2% rise in retail sales to $5.5 billion. The decline stems from an aggressive low‑price strategy that squeezed the retail drinks gross margin down 84...
War Won’t Sustain Defense Stock Multiples, Says Analyst
Lockheed Martin up 6% Monday. Down 1.3% today. The defense trade isn't fading because the war is ending. It's fading because the market is starting to realize war doesn't fix earnings multiples. https://t.co/xXNtusNgkE
Amazon Gaps Post‑Earnings, Eyeing Fill and Profit
$AMZN chewing nicely on the ER gap. Watching for a fill to move stops maybe take a little profit off.
Broadcom Inc (AVGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Broadcom reported record Q4 2025 results and set an aggressive Q1 2026 outlook, driven by explosive AI semiconductor demand. Consolidated revenue reached $18 billion, up 28% YoY, with AI revenue climbing 74% to $6.5 billion and an AI‑related order backlog exceeding $73 billion....
Citi Flags Extreme SPX Bearishness, Skew Near 3‑year Highs
Citi: Options investor positioning in the SPX index is extremely bearish, with skew close to 3-year highs https://t.co/8bOEw1FFfS
Key Factors for Trusting Today's Market Bounce
Can this bounce be trusted.. or not??. I'll break out WHAT needs to happen to have more confidence, today at 2:25 EST on @FoxBusiness w/ @cvpayne
Miller Industries Inc (MLR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Miller Industries reported a strong rebound in Q4 bookings, up 42% sequentially and 35% year‑over‑year to $540 million, signaling early demand recovery, especially in North America. Despite this, revenue fell to $923 million and the company posted a $16 million adjusted operating loss,...
Market Values Future Risk over Current Earnings
MongoDB: Revenue up 27%. Beat on earnings. Rule of 40. Record cash flow. Stock: Down 22%. Why? Two top execs left. Guidance light. The market doesn't care what you did. It cares what you're about to lose. https://t.co/u0W819CWth
Weekly S&P 500 Trend Overview Across North American Sectors
a weekly glance at the short, intermediate and long-term S&P 500 $SPX relative trend condition of all the key North American sectors and assets... #SectorWatch https://t.co/CZoeJ2bjDH
TMTB EOD Wrap: Software Vs. Semis
Software equities outperformed semiconductors sharply, driving the IGV‑SOX performance spread to a 10‑year high of 14.70% on a six‑day rolling basis. This marks the largest spread since the index’s inception, with only six days in the past decade exceeding a...
Small‑cap Slump Exposes Market Weakness Despite Dow Rally
Everyone is watching the Dow recover 800 points off its lows. Nobody is watching IWM. Down 1.7%. Hit $253 intraday. Back to November levels. Small caps don't lie. They don't have buyback programs to prop them up. The canary is choking. https://t.co/N8FcBwc8lA
S&P Outpaces Russell, Growth Stocks Lead Rally
$SPX up about double $RSP and 57% of large cap stocks are advancing this morning. Large cap growth leading the drive, up 1.28% compared to LC Value up 0.31%.
Equity ETFs Added $110 Billion in February – See the Leading ETFs
Equity exchange‑traded funds recorded $110 billion of net inflows in February, according to FactSet data. Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF (VOO) topped the list with $17 billion, followed by Invesco’s equal‑weight S&P 500 ETF (RSP) at $5.6 billion. Other top performers included Vanguard’s international (VXUS) and...
Large‑cap Average Outpaces S&P 500 Despite Mega‑cap Slump
Chart from Sunday's Thrasher Analytics note.... While the S&P 500 has stagnated due to the poor performance of mega caps and specifically the Mag 7, the average performance of large cap stocks has been strong and is up double that of...
SPX Futures Slip 3 Points After SPY Reclaims Range
$spx futures -3 as today settles out a bit after $spy hit $669 and reclaimed $675 to get home back on the range https://t.co/NY794d92MH
LYB Surges to $58 as Analysts Upgrade to Buy
Chemicals $LYB February: $58 December: $42 *Sell-side research analysts across Wall Street., scrambling to upgrade to buy from sell / hold.
KOSPI Slides 18% in Three Days, Near Bear Market
Korea’s KOSPI index could enter a bear market after just 3 days.. index is down 18% now from last Thursday’s close 😱 https://t.co/mh7dDzAwFg
SPX Beats Midpoint Yet Slides 50bps in 12 Days
Odd stat of the day: the $SPX has closed ABOVE its intra-day midpoint in 11/12 days. It's down a net 50 bps over that time span.
Trade Desk Faces Growing Threat From Amazon
If Trade Desk has not felt rising competition yet, just wait. $TTD $AMZN The LightShed Podcast, Ep. 303. With @BrandoLightShed and @WaltLightShed https://t.co/CI8LQ71sUY
CrowdStrike Hits $5B ARR Milestone, Record FY26
CrowdStrike just delivered a record FY26, capped by a blockbuster Q4. 🔒 $5.25B ending ARR - the ONLY pure-play software cyber company to cross $5B 📈 $331M net new ARR in Q4, all-time record, up 47% YoY. 💰 $1.24B FY26 free cash flow....
Record Volume Hits ACWI After 2% Dip, Model Rotation Suspected
Intriguing, $ACWI (and $28b old dog ETF I rarely think about) saw record volume today. Maybe bc it fell 2%, which is bad but not Code Red.. my guess is a model rotated out of it. We've seen a lot...
32 Large‑Cap Hits New Highs, 14 Slip to Lows
there are 32 large-cap stocks hitting the 52-week new highs list today... there are 14 large-cap stocks hitting the 52-week new lows list... #FinanciallyINsync #HighLowShow #marketUpdate #investing
IGV Holds $80, Forms
$igv held $80 and made a higher low like many Software names including $msft $now $orcl. For tactical Cash flow
SPY Rebounds to $682, Easing Market Pressure
Yes. Pretty amazing that $spy reclaimed $675 to relieve some pressure. Now it’s $682+ to manage