Semiconductor and data infrastructure company Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) absolutely trounced the market last year by a factor of over 3x, delivering a trailing 12-month return of almost 94%.
While the stock was rising gradually all year, the company’s shares soared in early December and finished the year extremely strong.
Why are Marvell shares rising,
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Costco’s stock price has experienced enormous growth over the last few years. At the beginning of 2020, you could purchase a share for a little less than $300. Today, shares trade for closer to $1,000.
Not surprisingly, this growth has encouraged a lot of analysts to speculate about when Costco will split its shares.
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Few realize that Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) traces part of its engineering DNA back to Atieva, a company that initially specialized in developing advanced battery systems for Formula E racing teams. Before the high-profile splash of the Lucid Air sedan, Lucid’s engineers were quietly perfecting electric drivetrains in the crucible of motorsports.
This racing pedigree helped the company engineer a powertrain that offers truly impressive range—up to 516 miles on a single charge for the Lucid Air Grand Touring edition,
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is doing very well and making great progress with its 21st Century Security® strategy. The bold plan concentrates on three main initiatives that aim to boost the company’s role in the defense and aerospace industries.
The first initiative focuses on making Lockheed Martin’s production system stronger and able to handle more.
Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ:CELH) is the maker of a line of energy drinks that has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years.
Once virtually unknown, Celsius has used social media marketing and celebrity influencer deals to rapidly build its brand awareness.
Although the product itself has been quite successful, the stock’s performance hasn’t matched it.
2024 has been a surprising year for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. The company became the first American business outside of the tech sector to achieve a $1 trillion valuation, and an unusually buoyant stock market has caused many of its holdings to gain substantially in value.
Despite these successes, Buffett personally appears to be turning bearish.
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At today’s $673 billion valuation, Walmart’s metrics track remarkably close to Microsoft’s pre-trillion phase, though through a distinctly retail-centric lens.
Where Microsoft achieved its milestone through software margins expanding from 28% to 35% over five years, Walmart charts its course through scale economics and business mix evolution, as evidenced by its operating margin expansion from 4.6% to 4.7% year-over-year.
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With the S&P 500 having advanced by about 23.7% year-to-date, deals among large-cap companies appear few and far between.
One stock that may be attractive, however, is Idexx Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX). This company specializes in veterinary diagnostic devices as well as poultry and livestock testing, among other animal-care essentials. Idexx also makes water testing supplies to monitor and maintain water quality.
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Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT) isn’t particularly well-known on US shores but it sits at the intersection of financial technology and the growing demand for cross-border transactions.
If you’re not already familiar with the firm it has a pretty diverse portfolio of financial technology services that encompass ATMs,
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The Honest Company (NASDAQ:HNST) is a lifestyle brand most famously associated with founder Jessica Alba that sells a variety of personal care and beauty products, as well as diapers and other baby care products.
It primarily sells online through its own website and other eCommerce channels, though its brand also has a presence in brick-and-mortar retailers.
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