Wynn nearly back in Macao, Vegas strong ahead of Super Bowl, Chinese New Year

Wynn nearly back in Macao, Vegas strong ahead of Super Bowl, Chinese New Year

Wynn Resorts posted beats on its top and bottom lines in the fourth quarter. In results released after the closing bell Wednesday, both Macao locations and Las Vegas were strong while Boston Harbor was essentially in line with expectations. The Club stock moved higher in after-hours trading. Operating revenue for the three months ended Dec. … Read more

Disney stakes its claim in the upcoming Peltz board fight with an amazing quarter

Disney stakes its claim in the upcoming Peltz board fight with an amazing quarter

Disney reported stronger-than-expected fiscal 2024 first-quarter earnings after the closing bell Wednesday as cost reductions across its many businesses boosted margins despite flat revenue. A strong profit forecast for the rest of fiscal 2024 and an upsized capital return program helped send shares up more than 6% higher in after-hours trading. Revenue was about flat … Read more

Ford’s turnaround back on track after carmaker posts beat and raise

Ford’s turnaround back on track after carmaker posts beat and raise

Ford Motor delivered an earnings beat Tuesday, along with a stronger-than-expected outlook as cost cuts and higher profits from its commercial car business are expected to more than offset the losses from electric vehicles. The cherry on top: Management announced a supplemental dividend of 18 cents per share. Automotive revenue increased 3% year over year, … Read more

GE Healthcare (GEHC) stock finally gets some respect after Q4 earnings

GE Healthcare (GEHC) stock finally gets some respect after Q4 earnings

Business at GE Healthcare Technologies capped off 2023 on a strong note despite ongoing concerns about China. That coupled with management’s upbeat view of this year propelled shares up more than 13% to over $83 each at session highs. That was their highest level since July 2023. The Club stock closed just under $82. Total … Read more

Cloud back at Amazon, putting stock on a path back to Covid-era record highs

Cloud back at Amazon, putting stock on a path back to Covid-era record highs

Amazon shares jumped after-hours Thursday, following the e-commerce and cloud computing giant’s strong fourth quarter. Results like this happen when Amazon shifts its mindset from an “investing” cycle to a “harvesting” phase, which usually leads to big profit numbers like what we saw in the quarterly print and what was forecasted in the future. Revenue … Read more

Two key points in Apple’s earnings that its sellers are overlooking

Two key points in Apple’s earnings that its sellers are overlooking

Club name Apple (AAPL) on Thursday delivered an earnings beat for the December quarter. But shares of the consumer tech giant fell in the after market, thanks to a bit of top-line weakness in its services business and what appears to be a miss on guidance. Those sellers are overlooking a couple important updates. Revenue … Read more

Knockout Meta profit wasn’t even the best surprise of the quarter

Knockout Meta profit wasn’t even the best surprise of the quarter

Meta Platforms delivered a home-run earnings report after the closing bell Thursday — beating on sales and earnings while declaring its first-ever dividend and boosting its buyback. The bullish combination sent shares soaring in extended trading and fortified our belief in one of our largest positions. Revenue in the three months ended Dec. 31 rose … Read more

Microsoft gets a price target lift after great quarter driven by AI

Microsoft gets a price target lift after great quarter driven by AI

Microsoft reported strong fiscal second-quarter results Tuesday, boosted by the strength of AI. It also announced two new positive developments: solid revenue guidance for the third quarter and talk of a slight margin expansion for the year. Revenue increased about 17% year over year, to $62.1 billion, beating the Street consensus estimate of $61.1 billion, … Read more

We’re raising our Alphabet price target after earnings that shouldn’t have dinged the stock

We’re raising our Alphabet price target after earnings that shouldn’t have dinged the stock

Alphabet delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales and earnings after the closing bell Tuesday. While there was some weakness in the key advertising parts of Google’s business, there was also a lot to like, despite the stock decline. Total revenue rose 13.5% year-over-year to $86.31 billion, outpacing the $85.33 billion expected, according to estimates compiled by LSEG. … Read more

Here’s why Starbucks shares can rally after a quarterly earnings miss

Here’s why Starbucks shares can rally after a quarterly earnings miss

Starbucks on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings and sales that, technically, missed Wall Street estimates — but it was hardly a surprise to investors, including us. Revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31 totaled $9.43 billion, below the $9.59 billion expected by analysts, according to LSEG. On a year-over-year basis, sales rose 8.2%. Starbucks’ adjusted … Read more