Walmart (NYSE:WMT) tumbled in spite of strong Q4 results that revealed a 5.3% year-over-year sales increase to $182.6 billion and adjusted earnings per share up 10% to $0.66.
It’s confusing at first glance to figure out why the stock fell so sharply because both numbers beat analysts estimates.
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Since SoFi’s CEO began snapping up shares of the student lender, the price has approximately doubled. It’s not entirely a surprise given that SoFi is an all-in-one fintech firm offering personal loans, home mortgages, car loans, credit cards, and digital banking. Over and above the broad array of products it’s grown like a weed on the customer front too.
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been by far one of the best stocks to hold over the last several years. Surging demand for AI data center chips has caused sales of the company’s GPUs to skyrocket, leading to explosive growth and massive returns for investors.
The question now, though, is whether the future will be as good to NVIDIA as the past few years have been.
Shares of EV major Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) have been defying gravity for years, rewarding longtime shareholders with very remarkably healthy returns. This year, though, TSLA has retreated on a combination of weakening outlook and the growing controversies surrounding Elon Musk.
What’s pushing Tesla shares lower, and how much more could the EV giant fall if it can’t regain its footing?
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At a time when tech stocks are surging, it’s somewhat rare to find a technology company that hasn’t advanced by double or even triple digits in the last 12 months. Today, however, we’ll be looking at one that has remained largely flat even as investors poured into practically every tech company they could find.
Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) has advanced less than 6 percent in the last 12 months despite solid revenue and earnings growth.
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David Bahnsen – founder of The Bahnsen Group and author of The Case for Dividend Growth – centers his investment philosophy on dividend growth investing.
In his view, a fundamental mentality shift is needed where investors need to focus on the cash income their portfolio generates rather than obsessing over short-term market prices.
» Read more about: Is David’s Dividend Strategy Perfect For Today’s Market? »
Gig economy food delivery service DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) has been running hot for most of the last year, gaining over 75 percent in the last 12 months. Such large increases, though, often leave stocks susceptible to corrections that bring their prices back down to earth. We examine DoorDash’s performance and valuation to see whether the stock is a buy,
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Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has emerged from a growth slowdown into a phase of reaccelerating revenue and improving profitability in 2024-2025. After a modest ~17% revenue growth in 2023, Palantir’s top-line expanded by 29% in 2024 to $2.87 billion, buoyed by rising demand for its data analytics and AI platforms.
The company also achieved GAAP profitability,
» Read more about: Palantir’s Path to $10 Billion: Can This AI Giant Keep Growing? »
Pest control giant Rollins (NYSE:ROL) is the parent company of well-known brands that include Orkin and Waltham Pest Services. Through its network of subsidiaries and franchisees, Rollins offers pest control services throughout the United States, Canada, the UK and even Australia.
By building out its family of brands over time, Rollins has staked out a prominent position in a reliable,
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In early 2025, billionaire investor Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, revealed a substantial new position in Uber Technologies. By January, Pershing Square had accumulated 30.3 million Uber shares, a ~1.4% stake worth about $2.3 billion.
Ackman described Uber as “one of the best-managed and highest-quality businesses in the world,” yet still “available at a massive discount to its intrinsic value.”
So is he right about Uber or will the bet flop?
» Read more about: Why Bill Ackman Bet $2.3 Billion That the Market Is Dead Wrong »
