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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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.
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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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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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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Stanley Druckenmiller is renowned for his macro-driven investment style – he looks for big-picture economic trends and isn’t afraid to make bold, concentrated bets when an opportunity arises. His philosophy centers on anticipating economic cycles and central bank policy shifts and then positioning his portfolio aggressively.
In practice, Druckenmiller often rotates capital from popular,
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Grab Holdings has evolved into Southeast Asia’s leading super-app with operations spanning ride-hailing, food/grocery delivery, and financial services.
Growth momentum has been strong, particularly since 2023 which was a pivotal year when Grab hit its first quarterly profit. That took place in Q4 2023 on $653 million revenue, up 30% year-on-year.
Under the hood,
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Alphabet (Google’s parent) has significantly ramped up research and development spending in recent years. In 2022, Google spent about $39.5 billion on R&D, which jumped to $45.4 billion in 2023. This ~15% increase was driven largely by higher personnel costs (adding thousands of engineers) and one-time charges like office space consolidation.
R&D now represents roughly 15% of Google’s annual revenue,
Stanley Druckenmiller has an exemplary history and track record trading so we wanted to investigate whether any opportunities leap out in his current portfolio.
Which positions, if any, are underwater? And are there any diamonds in the rough now that are on sale?
In Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office there are 75 stock positions as of September 30,
CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) share price declined by over 23% over the past twelve months. Hurting shareholders was the recent leadership transition from CEO Karen Lynch to David Joyner, a shift that brought uncertainty to the company’s direction as investors questioned the company’s stability while facing ongoing challenges.