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7 S&P 500 Stocks Hit 52-Week Highs On Wednesday
A short list of stocks at new highs is dominated by a single part of the market. Only 7 names in the S&P 500 reached their highest price of the past year on Wednesday, a stark figure when the S&P 500 (SPY) has returned -1.4% over the las...
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72 Stocks Hit 52-Week Lows On Wednesday
The falling prices of household names obscure the more crucial story found in their fundamentals. As of Wednesday, September 9, 72 US and Canada-listed stocks with a market value above $500 million are trading at their 52-week lows. The list is ...
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Mid Cap Stocks At 52-Week Highs: Wednesday’s Full List
A short list of new highs emerges from a difficult market tape, raising questions about the nature of strength. While the S&P 500 has returned -1.4% over the last month, a small group of names is trading at its strongest price of the past ye...
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The 52-Week-High List: 11 Small Cap Names On Wednesday
A fresh list of small-cap names trading at their highest prices of the year shows a sharp split between recent price gains and underlying business results. Life Sciences Tools & Services, Apparel Retail, and Marine Transportation each placed...
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Large Cap Stocks At 52-Week Highs: Wednesday’s Full List
While a key market index is down, a small group of large companies is trading at new highs, dominated by a single part of the economy. While the S&P 500 has returned -1.4% over the last month, a small group of large companies is trading at i...
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Market Movers | Winners: IRD, FTK, BAND | Losers: TTAN, TBBK, OCGN
A day of sharp moves saw a winner with shrinking sales and a loser with growing ones, raising questions about what a price change really means. The S&P 500 returned -0.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned -0.8% as major indexes f...
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Should You Buy Vistra Stock For Its Shrinking Share Count?
Vistra (VST) has fallen about 19% over the past twelve months and trades roughly 30% below its 52-week high, with softer ERCOT power prices and an expected pause in some Texas data-center reviews among the worries. Underneath that tape, the compa...
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Amgen’s Forward Multiple Looks Cheap Until You Price The Margins It Assumes
Amgen (AMGN) trades at about $393 a share. On the last twelve months of adjusted earnings, that is a trailing multiple of about 23.3 times. With Prolia and XGEVA sales falling to biosimilar rivals, the multiple looks full. What the forecast under...
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Should You Buy Howmet Stock After Its Turbine Blade Scare?
Howmet Aerospace (HWM) has fallen about 21% from its August high, and the question is whether that is a gift or a warning. Its own record says falls this size have paid off more often than not, and that you will probably watch it fall further fir...
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Dips In UiPath Stock Have Mostly Kept Falling, Will This One Too?
UiPath (PATH) has dropped about 25% from its late-August high, and the question is whether that is an opening or a warning. Its own history leans toward warning: most declines this size kept falling. What that history cannot see is a company that...
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Why Is ExxonMobil Priced Above Peers With Fatter Margins?
ExxonMobil (XOM) carries the highest earnings multiple in its peer group at 20.5 times, and it is not the best business in that group. Its operating margin ranks fourth of six, and its revenue growth ranks fourth of six as well. The premium is pa...
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Should You Get Paid To Wait For Palo Alto Networks To Slow Down?
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) has returned 71.4% over the past year and trades about 15% below its 52-week high. You can be paid now for agreeing to buy the shares well below today’s price, and you keep that payment either way. The catch: the s...
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How Far Can Arista Networks Stock Move On You In A Year?
Arista Networks (ANET) trades near $195, and its option chain prices a range for the coming twelve months running from a floor near $112.90 to a ceiling of $336.68. That spread is wide enough to change what a sensible position looks like. The opt...
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Is Accenture’s Business Falling As Fast As Its Stock?
Accenture (ACN) trades at $179.03, about 53% below its two-year high, the price of a business the market thinks is ending. Over the last twelve months, it generated $12.58 billion of free cash flow, a yield of 11.5% on its market value against a ...
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Marvell Or NVIDIA: Which One Costs Less Per Dollar Of Profit?
If you own Marvell Technology (MRVL) or NVIDIA, you own one idea: the world is building AI data centers as fast as the supply chain allows. NVIDIA sells the whole factory and rents its architecture to everybody. Marvell designs the custom parts h...
