Shares of AstroNova, Inc. ALOT have gained 17.3% since the company reported results for the quarter ended April 30, 2026, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 Index, which has declined 1.7% over the same period. Over the past month, AstroNova shares have advanced 16.9% compared with a 3% decline for the broader market benchmark, reflecting a ...
Key Points Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) was among the biggest early winners of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Customers rushed to the company for its AI-driven software platform, and this helped supercharge Palantir’s revenue growth. Investors rewarded this performance by piling into the stock, and that pushed it to a gain of more than 700% ...
Key Points SpaceX opened at $168 per share, a 22% jump from its $135 IPO price, pushing its market cap above $2.2 trillion. Amazon and Microsoft fell slightly on above-average volume, suggesting investors sold some of their existing tech holdings to fund SpaceX purchases. Oil prices fell more than 2% as investors grew hopeful that ...
When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock’s price, but are they really important? Let’s take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Netflix (NFLX) before we ...
Key Points After surging higher for several straight weeks, Ford Motor (NYSE: F) stock is giving back some of those gains this week. As of late Friday trading, Ford stock was down about 15.5% for the week, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Even so, shares have gained nearly 30% over the ...
Cathie Wood is trying to get back on track since blowout returns in 2020 that made her one of the most widely followed growth stock investors in the country. It hasn’t been easy for the co-founder, CEO, and investor at Ark Invest. Her exchange-traded funds have trailed the market badly in two of the past ...
Shares of Aeries Technology, Inc. AERT have declined 15.6% since the company reported results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, underperforming the S&P 500’s 1.7% decline over the same period. Over the past month, Aeries shares have declined 5.2% compared with a 3.1% decline for the broader market, reflecting weaker investor sentiment despite ...
Key Points All eyes are on the market as SpaceX makes its debut. Shares have been priced at $135, and the stock offering, with 555,555,555 shares available, will raise $75 billion for the company. This offering is only about 5% of the company’s total worth, though, and once it goes public, it’s expected to be ...
Key Points Apple unveiled the new Siri at its annual developer conference this week. The conversational chatbot, powered by a partnership with the Gemini LLM, can do many things beyond the standard LLM, since it connects across a user’s devices and accounts. That provides its 2.5 billion user base with free, high-level AI services. 10 ...
Key Points Inclusion in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is a big deal for a stock. It helps validate a company’s success, and the stock typically gets an immediate boost, as funds that track the index are forced to purchase shares. Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) will become one of the newest members of the index ...
