Key Points Year to date, the Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF and the Vanguard Information Technology ETF have more than doubled the S&P 500’s return. The Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF is an actively-managed fund that provides exposure to stocks with strong recent performance. The Vanguard Information Technology ETF is a passively managed fund that ...
PulteGroup, Inc. PHM gave investors a mixed second-quarter readout. Earnings and revenues topped expectations, but both fell from the prior year as closings, pricing and margins weakened. The investment case now rests on balance. PHM offers capital returns, a solid balance sheet and modest price-target upside, but growth estimates and margins remain under pressure. PHM Beats ...
Investors aiming to buy into the artificial intelligence boom driving the economy and Wall Street for the foreseeable future might want to consider best-in-class, AI-boosted infrastructure stocks. The two Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stocks we explore today, Vertiv and EMCOR Group, have proven themselves to be big winners in the AI spending spree spanning everything ...
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) delivered its Q2 2026 results after the close on Wednesday, and by almost any measure, it was an exceptional quarter. Revenue hit a record. Google Cloud growth accelerated to a pace nobody expected. Earnings per share nearly quadrupled. And yet the stock fell in after-hours trading and extended those losses before the ...
Netflix (NFLX) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock’s performance in the near term. Shares of this internet video service have returned -0.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite’s +4.3% change. ...
The market expects Ford Motor Company (F) to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company’s earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results ...
Key Points Qwen could become Alibaba’s biggest competitive advantage. Cloud, not commerce, may define Alibaba’s next decade. Management is steadily transforming the company into an AI infrastructure platform. 10 stocks we like better than Alibaba Group › Ask investors to name the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the world, and you’ll probably hear the ...
Key Points The Nasdaq fell 2.6% mid-day while the S&P 500 dropped 1.4% and the Dow declined 1.0%. Alphabet dropped 7.0% despite 82% cloud revenue growth as negative free cash flow and raised capex guidance spooked investors. Brent crude briefly touched $100 per barrel on Red Sea tanker attacks. 10 stocks we like better than ...
Alphabet (GOOGL) reports earnings this afternoon, and expectations are high. Consensus estimates call for revenue of $101.28 billion, representing 23.9% year-over-year growth, and earnings of $2.87 per share, a 24.2% increase from the prior-year period. Last year marked a breakout period for Alphabet, as its vertically integrated ecosystem of proprietary hardware, software and large language ...
Key Points Buzz is building around a new cloud computing business from Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), and it looks like the stars are aligning for it to make the announcement on July 29 when it reports second-quarter earnings. The Facebook-parent has yet to make a formal acknowledgment about adding cloud infrastructure operations, but CEO Mark ...
