Amazon (AMZN) stock surged in after-hours trading on Thursday following a strong third-quarter earnings report that topped Wall Street’s expectations. The company’s results were driven by solid growth in its cloud and advertising businesses, which continue to be significant contributors to Amazon’s revenue growth. Quarter Highlights Amazon reported third-quarter revenue of $158.9 billion, marking [...]
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) is up more than 8% so far Thursday morning after reporting second-quarter earnings that easily surpassed the Wall Street consensus. The company also raised its guidance for the full year. The drugmaker posted adjusted earnings per share of $3.92, well ahead of the $2.60 that was expected by analysts. [...]
CVS Health Corporation (CVS) is down 1% today, making it an 8% loss on the week so far. The company’s latest earnings painted another disappointing picture, this time, as the healthcare-benefits segment struggled. The company’s net income of $1.77 billion was quite a step back from $1.90 billion this time last year. This worked [...]
Shares of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) are up more than 11% Tuesday on the heels of an impressive second-quarter performance. The company shoved it to the naysayers with 27% growth in revenue amidst “relentless AI demand”. Adjusted earnings per share came in just above analyst expectations at $0.09 compared to $0.08. Net income of $134 [...]
Amazon (AMZN) reported second-quarter earnings and spoke on its growing AI business, which was enough for some analysts to stand by their price targets. But as the stock continues to fall, VectorVest sees reason to consider selling it today. The online marketplace reported revenue of $147.98 billion, just short of the $148.56 billion consensus [...]
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported its second-quarter earnings results that easily surpassed analyst expectations thanks to unprecedented production in the Permian Basin and Guyana. The $9.2 billion in earnings worked out to $2.14 per share for Exxon, a 17% improvement year over year. This was well ahead of the $2.02 analysts were expecting. The performance [...]
Snapchat (SNAP) reported their 4th quarter earnings for 2022 yesterday, and once again came in under expectations. It appears the rumors of growing headwinds we discussed back in December of last year are proving to be true. SNAP reported an EPS of 14 cents which outperformed the expectation of 11 cents - but the [...]
