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.
FedEx reported fiscal Q3 earnings that topped expectations, posting $5.25 earnings per share and $24 billion in revenue, an 8.1% increase year‑over‑year. The company lifted its full‑year revenue growth outlook to 6‑6.5% and raised adjusted EPS guidance to $19.30‑$20.10. Analysts responded by upgrading price targets, highlighting the carrier’s strongest U.S. market‑share gains in two decades and a shift toward higher‑margin B2B shipments. A planned spin‑off of FedEx Freight on June 1 adds a structural catalyst for the stock.
HSBC upgraded Chevron to Buy, lifting its price target to $215, implying roughly 7% upside from the latest close. The bank highlighted Chevron’s markedly lower exposure to Middle‑East oil—under 200,000 barrels per day versus Exxon’s 900,000+—as a key risk buffer...
$META and $AMZN stocks are flat over the past ~1.5 years. $MSFT is flat over the past 2+ years. Kind of interesting.
MTN and Vodacom, South Africa’s telecom behemoths, each generate more than R1 billion in revenue within two to three days, dwarfing the daily earnings of all JSE‑listed technology companies. MTN’s daily run rate sits at roughly R621 million and Vodacom’s at R417 million,...
FedEx Corp. posted $24.0 bn in third‑quarter revenue, $1.35 bn operating income and $1.06 bn net income, surpassing expectations and prompting an upgrade to its fiscal‑2026 earnings outlook. The company also reaffirmed its plan to spin off FedEx Freight as a standalone public...
I know from my own losses and in reading your comments on X/Twitter how distraught many of you are with falling share prices. In looking at the likely 2026 industry-wide Box Office, we still expect it to grow materially over...
For the cap-weighted index, price has remained quite elevated and well above the rising uptrend line. While the trailing P/E ratio has contracted from 26.1x to 23.9x, it remains elevated. The equal-weighted index is far less extended against its rising trendline,...
Jabil Inc. (NYSE:JBL) posted a 23% year‑over‑year revenue jump to $8.28 billion in Q2 2026, driven by AI‑related demand in intelligent infrastructure and regulated‑industry segments. The company’s aggressive share‑repurchase program trimmed the share count by 4.4% year‑to‑date, supporting a 2.5% stock price...
Cloudflare reported 34% YoY revenue growth and beat forecasts, sparking a 30% stock rally. Management framed the company as the AI‑agent platform of the internet, positioning it for the next wave of autonomous services. This week, rumors of a native...
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The boat is getting tippy. About $64 billion has come out of SPY + QQQ over the past 3 months. That's nearly double the previous decade's extreme. Still not all that extreme as a % of assets tho. https://t.co/Ep1DBUQEqI
Adobe announced a record first‑quarter revenue of $5.5 billion, a 12% year‑over‑year increase, driven by strong adoption of its AI‑enhanced Creative Cloud and Document Cloud products. The earnings highlight how large‑cap tech firms are leveraging generative AI to accelerate growth.
My focus continues to be on the Mag 7, which has remained in its narrow range since last October. Should we break the lows, the broader indices will be at risk of a deeper correction. https://t.co/DCwPOyMXCH
Interactive Brokers posted a stellar 2025, with net income up 30% to $984 million and revenue climbing 20% to $6.21 billion. Commission revenue surged 27% to $2.15 billion as daily average revenue trades rose 30% year‑over‑year, while client assets hit $820 billion, a 40%...
DBS lifted China Aviation Oil's target price to S$2.50 from S$1.75 after the jet‑fuel trader posted FY2025 net profit of US$110.6 million, beating forecasts by 14%. Gross profit per tonne surged 77% to US$4.70, driven by heightened market volatility and backwardated...
Nvidia reported $68 billion in revenue, announced a restart of H200 chip sales to China and faced a public jab from Elon Musk. The earnings boost AI optimism while geopolitical and supply‑chain issues loom large for the chipmaker and its large‑cap...
Jim Cramer’s CNBC Investing Club highlighted a market pull‑back driven by hotter‑than‑expected wholesale inflation data and rising oil prices amid Middle‑East tensions. Amazon stock slipped nearly 2% after a Reuters report warned that AI‑driven cloud spending could surge, prompting concerns...
277 out of 334 analysts covering the world's seven largest stocks say buy. Five of the seven have zero sell ratings. That's not analysis. It's a standing ovation. New research examined thousands of boom-bust episodes. Before every crash, every expert signal...
Feels like they ran the $NVDA playbook nearly identically on $MU. Run it up into an earnings print everyone knew was going to be a massive beat, trap everyone at the top and dump it. https://t.co/U6oFLLrLx9
On March 17, MarketBeat’s stock screener identified NVIDIA, Invesco QQQ, Tesla, Micron Technology and SanDisk as the five large‑cap stocks to watch, noting they posted the highest dollar trading volume of any large‑cap shares over the past several days.
$V Daily. Fresh breakdown and multi-quarter lows for Visa. Other credit cards look similar: $AXP $COF $MA. Continued short ideas. Recession indicator https://t.co/PMviYmmHiu
IMPACT @t1alpha All 4 of these widely bag-held stocks continue to signal Bearish TREND @Hedgeye = $LLY $NVDA $AVGO $META https://t.co/kg1UG6fV2x
On March 16‑17, 2026, U.S. large‑cap stocks rallied as the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 0.9% to 46,946.41 and the S&P 500 rose about 0.7‑1%, while Brent crude breached $100 a barrel. The rally unfolded as the Federal Reserve began...
On Monday, March 18, 2026, Meta Platforms Inc. announced a $27 billion artificial‑intelligence partnership with AI specialist Nebius, sending Meta’s shares up about 3% to roughly $627 on the Nasdaq. The deal comes as the company signals a potential workforce reduction...
On March 15, 2026, Nvidia (NVDA) reported fiscal fourth‑quarter revenue of $68 billion, a 73% year‑over‑year increase, surpassing analyst expectations. The earnings release, disclosed in a Motley Fool article on March 16, 2026, reaffirmed the company’s AI‑driven growth trajectory and sent...
BYD Company Ltd has become the world’s top‑selling electric‑vehicle brand, overtaking Tesla in 2025, and exported more than one million cars abroad that year. The Chinese automaker sold over 4.6 million vehicles in 2025 and aims for 1.6 million exports this year,...
Dow Jones futures edged up 0.3% while U.S. crude oil slipped nearly 2%, setting a modestly positive tone for U.S. equities. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave policy unchanged at its Wednesday meeting, limiting immediate macro surprises. Meanwhile,...
Lululemon athletica reported fourth‑quarter revenue of $3.6 billion and full‑year revenue of $11.1 billion, marking a 5% increase year‑over‑year. International sales surged 22% while the Americas segment slipped, resulting in a modest overall comparable‑sales gain of 2%. Inventories rose 18% to $1.7 billion...
Caterpillar, a Dow Jones component, is hovering near its 50‑day moving average as the broader market struggles to recover from recent losses. Small‑cap stocks are leading a modest rally, while other Dow names like Cardinal Health, Dell Technologies, and Ubiquiti...
UBS analysts say US airline stocks may be nearing a bottom after a 22% drawdown in the S&P 500 Passenger Airlines Index, driven by a sharp jet‑fuel price surge linked to Middle‑East disruptions. The firm expects most carriers to hit...
Credo Technology and Astera Labs saw their shares jump after Oracle and Broadcom reported strong data‑center growth. Oracle announced a plan to add 10 GW of capacity over the next three years, accelerating demand for AI‑infrastructure networking. Both companies specialize in...
Is the London Stock Exchange Group $LSEG the ultimate "all-weather" compounder hiding in plain sight? With a clear path to 15-20% annualized returns, the shift from a legacy exchange to a data powerhouse is hit with a valuation dislocation. https://www.compoundwithrene.com/p/deep-dive-london-stock-exchange-group
Disney’s shares are trading at a sub‑15 price‑earnings multiple, the lowest level since early 2019, making the stock appear historically cheap. The parks and experiences segment posted $3.31 billion profit on $10.01 billion revenue, beating consensus and driving high‑single‑digit operating‑income growth. Streaming...
📺 RANGE COMPRESSION IN $NVDA, EARNINGS RISK IN $MU $NVDA raised its AI outlook to roughly $1 trillion in demand/revenue visibility through 2027, effectively doubling prior expectations and reinforcing the long-term AI bull case. Despite that, Nvidia is still range-bound and struggling...
The Transcript introduced Catalyst Watch, a premium weekly briefing that distills the most important themes from recent earnings calls. This edition spotlights three market‑shaping developments: energy‑driven inflation dynamics, early signs of recovery in cyclical sectors, and broader macro trends. The...
Thoughts? What do you think? Micron estimates raised by Baird on surging DRAM pricing and AI demand
.@Srasgon on $NVDA: “frankly we increasingly wonder how anyone else can compete with this.” “the order book suggests further upside to numbers, with the stock (in our opinion) almost absurdly valued given their positioning.” https://t.co/qVFTS3D69T
Caesars Entertainment shares jumped nearly 20% after reports that billionaire Tilman Fertitta is negotiating a buyout that could value the casino operator at about $7 billion, or $34 per share. The rally follows a Q4 earnings beat on revenue, driven by...
Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates, warns that the S&P 500 will average just 3.1% annual total return over the next ten years – roughly one‑fifth of the 15.5% pace seen since 2016. He attributes the slowdown to a projected 40%...
Nvidia announced its Blackwell and Rubin AI chips will generate at least $1 trillion in revenue through 2027, unveiling new products including a Groq‑acquired chip and a general‑purpose CPU system at its GTC event. Micron Technology topped the S&P 500 pre‑market, up...
Big update on demand: Stock goes from up 2% to up 3%. Raised CY27 revenue to be about 7% higher than the Street. Specifics: Jensen now says through end of CY27 there is $1 trillion in demand for Rubin. Three weeks...
MTN Group announced a R6 billion share‑buyback programme targeting 1.7 %‑2 % of its equity over the next three years. The initiative is part of an enhanced shareholder remuneration framework that also guarantees a minimum 40 % free‑cash‑flow dividend, with a potential additional 20 %...
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC reduced its NVIDIA position by 516,584 shares in Q3, a 3.2% decline that left the trust with 15,576,960 shares valued at roughly $2.91 billion. The stake still represents about 8% of the trust’s portfolio, making NVIDIA...
Cinctive Capital Management LP added a new stake in ASML Holding N.V., buying 4,892 shares worth about $4.7 million. The purchase joins several institutional investors—Telos Capital, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Principal Financial Group and the Regents of the University of California—who increased...
There's a new market value champion in parcel logistics. For the first time in over 50 years, @FedEx just passed $UPS as the most valuable company in parcel. The Memphis-based pioneer is now worth over $85 billion. While UPS still retains...
Nvidia: $1 trillion through 2027. But note also that 60% of revenues to come from hyperscalers. https://t.co/evpntwphxH
Bridgefront Capital LLC disclosed a new position in Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), purchasing 3,950 shares valued at roughly $665,000 during the third quarter. The filing also shows a wave of institutional activity, with several firms expanding their ICE stakes, some by...
The fact that Jensen guided CY27 revenue about 7% ahead of the Street, yet the stock only moved about 1% higher on the news, speaks to investors' willingness to believe. $NVDA
Meta +3% in premarket (note reuters report on 20% job cuts too) and Nebius +11%
Morningstar lifted NatWest Group's fair‑value estimate to GBX 710 per share, up from GBX 550, after a strong fourth‑quarter 2025 showing 18% return on tangible equity and expanding deposit margins. The firm raised its mid‑cycle profitability assumptions, citing a durable structural hedge...
