Stock futures dipped Thursday evening, with investors eyeing a couple of disappointing earnings results from Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) that punctuated an otherwise solid quarterly reporting season from many major companies. Contracts on the S&P 500 fell, pulling back after the blue-chip index set a record closing high on Thursday. Nasdaq futures underperformed amid the drawdown in the big technology names. Amazon shares dropped in late trading after the e-commerce juggernaut missed… Source link
Read More »Why GM shares are getting run over after earnings
Corvette pusher GM is feeling a bear raid on Wednesday even as execs at the company continue to supremely hype its push to electric vehicles and the profits they believe will rain down on the automaker as a result. Shares of GM tanked nearly 6% in Wednesday afternoon trading in the wake of the company’s third quarter earnings report. Experts told Yahoo Finance there is some disappointment on the Street on how GM’s margins and and market share fared in the quarter, as well as cautious… Source link
Read More »Rent the Runway shares close below IPO price
Rent the Runway (RENT) started trading above its IPO price on Wednesday before dipping below that level over the course of the session. Shares closed the session down 8% at $19.29 each. The stock had opened at $23 per share after the fashion rental company priced its debut at $21 each, at the top of its marketed range. The company raised $357 million in the public offering. Rent the Runway offers subscribers “the world’s largest shared closet” of over 18,000 styles by more than 750… Source link
Read More »Tesla briefly hits $1 trillion market cap as shares rally to record high
Tesla (TSLA) shares jumped for a fourth straight session on Monday, bringing the market capitalization for the electric-vehicle maker above $1 trillion for the first-time ever. The stock closed higher by 12.7% to reach $1,024.86 per share. Tesla’s year-to-date advance came in at nearly 45.2%, with the stock outperforming against the S&P 500’s 21.6% rise over that same period. With a $1 trillion market capitalization, Tesla joins an exclusive club of mega-cap technology companies with a… Source link
Read More »Tesla Shares Touch a Fresh Record as Good News Piles Up
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. shares touched a new all-time high on Monday, hitting that milestone for a third straight trading session. Most Read from Bloomberg It’s turning out to be a good day for the electric-vehicle maker, with research firm Jato Dynamics saying the company’s Model 3 was the top-selling vehicle in Europe last month, car-rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc. reported to have placed an order for 100,000 Teslas and Morgan Stanley boosting its price target on the stock by… Source link
Read More »Google cuts app store fees, lifting shares of app developers
In this photo illustration the Duolingo logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of app developers like Bumble, Duolingo and Roblox rose on Thursday after Google said it would reduce the company’s cut from subscriptions on its Android app store. The change by Google would cut the commission on recurring subscriptions through the Google Play store from 30% to 15%, a move that could significantly reduce costs for any company that makes a lot of… Source link
Read More »Tesla Shares Are Roaring Back
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. shares are staging a comeback as investors expect the Elon Musk-led electric carmaker to navigate the crippling semiconductor shortage better than rivals that have been severely disrupted. Most Read from Bloomberg The stock gained as much as 0.9% to $850.99 in U.S. premarket trading on Monday, set for a 50% increase from a March 8 low of $563. That comes after eight weeks of gains, its longest winning streak since before the Covid-19 pandemic roiled markets. The… Source link
Read More »A new ‘megacycle’ may send shares of this dirt-moving equipment maker up 25%: analyst
Caterpillar (CAT) is poised to drive into the middle of a new financial “megacycle” that could send its stock price higher by at least 25%, argues Cowen analyst Matt Elkott. “We are projecting a megacycle of financial performance for Caterpillar in the next three years starting in 2021. Growth in revenue, gross margin, operating margin and EPS. It’s fairly consistent with the consensus, but I think what is somewhere overlooked here is this will be the first time in 14 years that Caterpillar… Source link
Read More »Why AT&T Shares Are Tumbling Today – Yahoo Finance
AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) is trading lower Monday after Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar maintained the stock with an Equal-Weight rating and lowered the price target from $34 to $30. The Barclays analyst cited challenging technicals as a result of the equity performance at Discovery Inc (NASDAQ: DISCA), which AT&T will be merging its media business with. AT&T was among the top three trending stocks on Stocktwits at publication time. AT&T is set to announce its third-quarter financial results… Source link
Read More »Why Alibaba Shares Are Rising Today
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) is trading higher Monday morning after China fined food delivery giant Meituan $534 million for antitrust violations, which increased investor optimism that China’s regulation on their large tech companies is easing. China technology stocks listed in Hong Kong rallied following the announcement as the $534 million fine was not as large as expected. Jefferies analysts said the antitrust fine has removed an “overhang” over Meituan. “We believe the SAMR… Source link
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