August 12, 2026 10:27 am
Key Moments BofA maintained its Buy rating on Intel Corporation (INTC) while lowering its price objective to $145 from $160, implying roughly 48% upside from the $97.71 close. The $20 billion equity offering, equal to 210.5 million shares at $95, was multiple times oversubscribed despite an expected 4-5% dilution to existing shareholders. BofA projects Intel’s […]
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Key Moments Coherent shares advanced 5.7% in pre-market trading to $347.37 after a strong report from peer Lumentum Holdings. Wall Street is projecting Coherent’s fiscal Q4 revenue at approximately $1.98 billion and non-GAAP EPS of $1.43, about 93% higher year-over-year. Analyst optimism, a proposed FCC ban on Chinese optical transceivers, and Nvidia’s $2 billion investment […]
Read moreAugust 12, 2026 8:54 am
Key Moments Lumentum stock rose 8.7% in pre-market trading to $892 after reporting fiscal Q4 2026 results that beat analyst expectations across all major metrics. Revenue reached $1.01 billion, up 109% year-over-year, while non-GAAP gross margin surpassed 50% for the first time at 50.4%. Management projected Q1 FY2027 revenue of $1.225 billion to $1.275 billion, […]
Read moreAugust 12, 2026 8:38 am
Key Moments Super Micro Computer shares climbed 10.1% in pre-market trading after a substantial fiscal Q4 2026 earnings beat and stronger-than-expected guidance. Non-GAAP gross margin rose to 17.6% in Q4, far above prior guidance of 8.2%-8.4% and rebounding from 10.1% in Q3. New orders exceeding $60 billion drove backlog to record levels, while fiscal 2027 […]
Read moreAugust 11, 2026 2:24 pm
Key Moments Baird upgraded First Solar to Outperform from Neutral and raised its price target to $318 from $205. The firm said the Section 232 tariff outcome removes a major overhang and should enable bookings to resume at higher ASPs. Baird extended its forecasts through 2030, citing ongoing utility-scale solar strength and First Solar’s capacity […]
Read moreAugust 11, 2026 2:03 pm
Key Moments: Monster Beverage Corp shares are up 1.2% in morning trading, changing hands at $46.27 on a split-adjusted basis. The 2-for-1 stock split, executed as a 100% stock dividend for holders of record on July 24, became effective at today’s open. Second-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.60 and record revenue of $2.54 billion exceeded […]
Read moreAugust 11, 2026 1:49 pm
Key Moments Mizuho TMT specialist Jordan Klein designates Microsoft as his top long software idea into year-end, driven by expectations for Azure growth potentially exceeding 50% as capacity expands. Klein cites Azure acceleration, removal of overhang from FY27 guidance, and Microsoft’s commitment to remaining free-cash-flow positive as core elements of his bullish thesis. Despite a […]
Read moreAugust 11, 2026 1:45 pm
Key Moments Under Armour Inc A (UAA) is rated Strong Sell across daily, weekly, and monthly signals at $5.87, with an RSI of 33.9 approaching oversold levels. Revenue has fallen for three consecutive fiscal years while net income moved from a $232M profit to a $496M loss, pointing to structural, not cyclical, weakness. Analysts now […]
Read moreAugust 11, 2026 10:43 am
AppLovin Shares Under Pressure After Rare Revenue Miss and Softer Outlook Key Moments AppLovin stock declined 1.5% in pre-market trading to $333.84, nearing its 52-week low of $332.19. Q2 2026 revenue of $1.92 billion came in below the roughly $1.95 billion Wall Street consensus, with Q3 guidance midpoint at about $2.075 billion, also under expectations. […]
Read moreAugust 11, 2026 9:40 am
Key Moments Bank of America lowered Broadcom’s issuer and bond ratings to Marketweight from Overweight, citing uncertainty tied to the XPV platform with Blackstone and Apollo. BofA projects Broadcom’s revenue and free cash flow will grow 3-4 times from fiscal year 2025 to fiscal year 2028 while gross leverage remains at 1.3 times. Modeled XPV […]
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