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74 stories on the Earnings beat — every filing on this desk, newest first.
H. B. Fuller reported adjusted earnings of $1.52 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.45 by 4.8%. The company's net revenues rose 5.2% year over year to $938.2 million, slightly…
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. posted a 55.1% jump in net earnings for the third quarter of 2026, driven by higher loan income and lower funding costs. Despite this profit growth, shares of the bank lost 1.9% in the period…
Global stock markets rose on Wednesday, driven by news that Elon Musk's SpaceX reported its first quarterly profit as a publicly traded company. The announcement, released after the close of Tuesday's trading on Wall Street, lifted…
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) executives warned on October 13, 2026, that cost trends for commercial benefits are exceeding initial expectations of 11%, citing high-cost specialty drugs and the No Surprises Act. The company raised its full-year…
Pre-market futures showed mixed results on Monday, October 19, 2026, as investors braced for a wave of corporate earnings and new housing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 88 points, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 376 points…
RBC Capital has raised its rating on the Healthcare sector from Market Weight to Overweight, identifying 11 high-conviction investment ideas. The firm cited improving capital flows, positive earnings and sales revision profiles, and…
Wedgewood Partners, an investment management company, stated in its third-quarter 2026 investor letter that the market underestimates Apple Inc.'s long-term ability to differentiate its artificial intelligence ecosystem through deep…
Tennessee defeated No. 6 Alabama 26-10 on the third Saturday in October, handing the Crimson Tide its second consecutive regular-season loss. This marks the first time Alabama has dropped back-to-back regular-season games since 2007.
LSU remains in contention for the College Football Playoffs after a 31-0 victory over No. 16 Mississippi State on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The win snapped a losing streak for the Tigers, who had suffered an overtime defeat to Kentucky…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has informed league owners that Seattle is no longer a guaranteed destination for expansion, citing Mexico City as a potential alternative. According to a report by ESPN, the commissioner told the board of…
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, but a foot and ankle surgeon warns that returning before his hamstring is fully healed could lead to a more serious injury…
Harris Oakmark’s Oakmark Select Fund returned 11.50% in the third quarter of 2026, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 Index’s 2.30% gain. The fund’s strong results were driven primarily by positions in information technology and…
Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin told ESPN that a players-only meeting becoming a public topic suggests a team is in serious trouble. Speaking on the "New Heights" podcast, Tomlin offered a blunt assessment of the Dallas…
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY) shares have risen about 7.7% over the past month, outperforming the S&P 500, following a second-quarter fiscal 2026 report in which earnings and revenues missed analyst expectations. The company…
Alphabet Inc. is scheduled to release its third-quarter operating results on Oct. 28, and investors are watching for signs that artificial intelligence is sustaining growth in its core businesses. The stock currently trades at a valuation…
Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) shares have climbed 15.7% to $124.41 over the past six months. This gain outpaced the S&P 500, which rose 13.5% during the same period. The rehabilitation provider operates 161 specialized facilities across 37…
Salesforce stock has gained 10.9% since the company raised its fiscal 2027 profit forecast on August 26, 2026, outpacing the S&P 500's 1.1% return over the same period. Despite this overall advance, the stock has declined in the sessions…
Week 5 of the NFL season produced a slate of games defined by late drama, defensive miscues, and five specific touchdown catches that stood out for their difficulty and timing. These plays featured Parker Washington, Justin Jefferson…
Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes on Sunday as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 34-22, to improve their record to 3-2. The 42-year-old quarterback finished the game with 235 passing yards and has now thrown…
Georgia has claimed the No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 following an upset-filled Week 6 of college football. The Bulldogs moved to the top of the polls after defeating Alabama in Tuscaloosa, a victory described as arguably the most…
Chemed (CHE) shares have climbed to $493.23, marking a 26.2% increase over the past six months. This performance has allowed the stock to outperform the S&P 500 by 11.9%. Despite this recent momentum, analysts at StockStory express limited…
Adobe shares have declined 31% over the past twelve months, underperforming the S&P 500's 17.0% return. The drop reflects investor concern over slowing subscription growth, a topic that dominated the question-and-answer session during the…
Stocks mostly declined on Thursday, led by losses in artificial intelligence-related companies after OpenAI disclosed that its annualized revenue was lower than figures previously reported. The company stated that its annualized revenue…
W.W. Grainger, Inc. stock underperformed its benchmark in the third quarter of 2026 because short-term sentiment toward cyclical industrials weakened, even though the company reported a beat-and-raise quarter with no material change in its…
The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees 5-2 on Monday night, seizing a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League Division Series. The decisive factor in the loss was a defensive collapse, as the Yankees committed four errors that…
Tetairoa McMillan had a career day against the Detroit Lions, helping the Carolina Panthers defeat the Lions 32-26 in a Sunday night game in Carolina. The Lions dropped to 2-2 after their defense was outplayed by an offense that combined…
Buffalo Bills cornerback C.J. Gardner-Johnson dismissed the significance of New England Patriots receiver Efton Chism III's one-handed touchdown catch following a 29-26 loss. The play, which put the Patriots ahead against their AFC East…
Lamine Yamal scored a powerful sixth-minute goal against Czechia on Saturday, extending Spain's unbeaten run to 41 matches in the Nations League. The 19-year-old forward cut inside from the right and curled the ball into the top left…
Adobe Inc. shares trade at 13 times their trailing earnings, a significant discount to the 21.4 times median for S&P 500 companies. This valuation gap follows a 33% decline in the stock over the last twelve months, a period when the…
FOX News Media finished the third quarter of 2026 as the top news brand on YouTube for the eighth consecutive time. The network recorded 918 million video views during the period, according to Emplifi data. This total placed the company…
Medtronic PLC shares have declined by approximately 6.4% in the month following its most recent earnings report, a performance that trails the S&P 500 index. The stock has underperformed despite the company reporting first-quarter fiscal…
StockStory analysts advise caution regarding 8x8, despite the company's stock price climbing to $2.19 over the past six months. The shares have outperformed the S&P 500 by 13.1%, a gain attributed partly to solid quarterly results, yet the…
A joint study by Northeastern University and Consumer Reports has quantified how connected cars transmit data to advertisers and technology firms. The researchers tested 21 vehicles from 19 different brands to measure actual network…
Carillon Tower Advisers released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund, noting that Shake Shack Inc. detracted from the fund's performance. The investment management firm attributed the…
King Charles III and Prince William are reportedly furious after Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, published a memoir containing damaging allegations about the monarch. The book, titled "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," was released…
Two hikers died on Sauk Mountain in Washington state within a 24-hour period, according to the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office. Gary Idleburg, a 66-year-old from Olympia, fell between 800 and 1,000 feet to his death while navigating a…
The Florida Gators defeated the No. 4 ranked Ole Miss Rebels in Gainesville, marking the first time the Gators have beaten a top-5 team since a victory over Georgia in 2020. The win came after a high-intensity game against LSU and former…
Hims & Hers reported a negative EBITDA margin for the second consecutive quarter, a result that contrasts sharply with the positive adjusted figures presented by management. The company's unadjusted profitability turned negative in the…
Robert Strang, a 20-year-old from Atlanta, has been identified as one of two University of Mississippi students found dead under suspicious circumstances in recent days. His family's attorney confirmed the identification to Fox News…
AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) reported record full-year sales of $20.3 billion for fiscal 2026, driven largely by a surge in commercial parts demand. The Memphis-based retailer said fourth-quarter sales rose 5.6% to $6.6 billion, while diluted…
Novo Nordisk shares dropped because investors remained skeptical about the company's direction. The stock movement reflects a lack of confidence in the drugmaker's plan to reverse its fortunes. In plain terms, the market is not buying the…
Volkswagen's financial troubles have escalated as the company prepares to leave a major blue-chip index following a new profit warning. A blue-chip index is a collection of large, well-established companies that often serve as a benchmark…
The short version is that Warner Music Group has converted a copyright lawsuit into a paid licensing deal with Suno. In plain terms, a licensing agreement is a contract that allows one company to use another's creative work for a fee. This…
A government rule about Chinese-controlled vehicle software just cost one automaker its entire US market, and the damage is now visible in its delivery forecast. A delivery forecast, in plain terms, is the target number a company tells…
The short version: Washington is producing far fewer sweet cherries this year, and for self-employed growers, a difficult harvest can do more than cut income. Net earnings, which is the figure Social Security uses for self-employed workers…
When a tech company reports higher revenue from its data centres, those are the warehouses full of computing hardware that businesses rent rather than own, it should be a moment to celebrate. Instead, Oracle finds itself navigating…
Oracle reported a 121% year-over-year jump in cloud infrastructure revenue, meaning the segment that rents computing power and storage to businesses over the internet more than doubled compared with the same period a year ago. The surge…
A bear case, the list of specific reasons a skeptical investor would cite for avoiding or selling a stock, had been forming around Oracle's AI spending. When the company's latest earnings r
A cyberattack has put Boston Scientific's financial guidance for 2026 in jeopardy. The company, which trades under the ticker BSX, said Tuesday that a cybersecurity incident on August 25 is expected to have a "material impact" on its…
A specialty materials supplier to the aerospace and defense industry raised its full-year profit outlook for 2026, after a second quarter that beat its own prior estimates on every reported line. Full-year guidance is management's stated…
College football is back for a full weekend, and for Arch Manning, the opener in Austin arrives with real weight behind it. Texas hosts Texas State in what the sport calls a guarantee game, meaning the smaller school accepts a fee to…
Dolly Parton beat Hollywood critics to her own punchline. Following the death of the country singer and actress at age 80, directors, collaborators, and media historians described how Parton turned self-deprecation, the practice of making…
A record number of retirement savers hit seven figures inside their workplace accounts last quarter. A 401(k) is a tax-deferred account: employees set aside a slice of each paycheck before income taxes apply, the money grows inside the…
No federal agency has ever told Americans which virtual private networks, tools that encrypt internet traffic and route it through a remote server, are actually safe enough to trust. A prominent US senator is now asking the National…
Going public means selling shares to outside investors on a stock exchange for the first time. Oura, a ring maker, has filed to start that process, saying its business has seen significant revenue growth over the past year.
A profitability milestone landed at a major Canadian bank before management expected it. Return on equity, the ratio measuring how much profit a bank generates for every dollar shareholders have committed, reached 14.2% at the Bank of Nova…
An outlook miss, in market terms, is what happens when a company's own forecast for a future period falls short of what investors expected. Marvell Technology had one on Friday, and it was enough to
Businesses are spending more on cybersecurity, the tools and practices that protect digital systems from attack, as artificial intelligence spreads, and that demand is showing up in company results. Okta's stock skyrocketed 27% and…
The short version: Salesforce shares are up 20% today, heading for the second-best session in the company's history. Two things drove it: a second-quarter earnings beat, which means reported results came in above what analysts had…
Raising a full fiscal year outlook means a company now expects to do better over its entire year than it told investors it would at the start. Best Buy did that on Thursday. The consumer electronics retail
When a company's quarterly results land below what Wall Street analysts had collectively forecast, the shortfall is called an earnings miss. Dick's Sporting Goods had one on Tuesday: shares fell 15% after the sporting goods chain reported…
Interest on the national debt, which is the annual charge taxpayers cover simply to carry the government's outstanding borrowing, has reached nearly $1.2 trillion this year. That makes it the largest single line item in the federal budget…
A wave of AI spending just produced record results at a major networking company. That wave has a name in the industry: a "supercycle," meaning a period of demand strong enough to sustain e
A stock falling below its IPO price, meaning the fixed rate at which shares are first sold to the public, is the market's way of saying early buyers are now at a loss. That happened Wednesday to Applied Aerospace & Defense after the…
When AI demand doubles the revenue of a cloud supplier in a single quarter, hyperscalers, the handful of giant technology companies that build and operate data centers at an industrial scale, are usually the explanation. CoreWeave, which…
A stock's IPO price, the figure at which a company's shares first sold to outside investors during its public listing, tends to act as a psychological reference point long after the day of the offering. SpaceX crossed back above that line…
Egg freezing, the process of retrieving and storing a woman's unfertilized eggs for potential future use, moved to the center of a political argument Saturday when Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she is undergoing the…
An AI spending surge, meaning the rapid increase in capital that companies are committing to artificial intelligence before those investments generate returns, pushed SpaceX down 10% and un
An online home-goods retailer posted its best U.S. revenue growth since 2020, and shares climbed more than 15% on the news. "Pandemic darling" is the shorthand traders use for companies whose sales spiked during 2020 lockdowns and then…
Revenue, the total money a company collects from customers before any costs are subtracted, rose 92% at SpaceX in the second quarter. The result came in the company's first public earnings report, a milestone that matters because it…
Cloud revenue, meaning money corporations pay to rent computing infrastructure and software from a provider rather than own and run it themselves, crossed $100 billion at Microsoft's Azure division for the full fiscal year. Microsoft also…
A replay challenge in Major League Baseball is a manager's one attempt to have a call reviewed on video. The Cincinnati Reds used theirs in the first inning of Tuesday's doubleheader opener against the Cleveland Guardians, successfully…
Luxury spending turned up in Asia and held firm in the United States, a half-year earnings report showed. Half-year results cover a company's financial performance across the opening six months of the fiscal year, a snapshot investors use…
A boxing career ended at ringside in Sydney. Errol Spence Jr. announced his retirement from boxing after Tim Tszyu won by unanimous decision, a result in which all three ringside judges score the fight for the same fighter. Spence made the…