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STZBulls might be betting that Constellation Brands (STZ) is building a group of up-and-coming beer brands led by Pacifico. You probably think of the company as the maker of Corona and Modelo, with sales in decline, and its revenue did fall 4.3% over the twelve…
ABBVAbbVie (ABBV) stock returned 40.6% in the year to November 4, 2026, against 14.9% for the S&P 500. You may hold it after that run or be thinking of buying. Either way, the company’s profit is hard to project because AbbVie’s net income more than…
NOWFor investors who own ServiceNow (NOW), one number may matter more than the rest: current backlog. Management calls this signed business a good indicator of revenue in 2027, and it stood at $13.65 billion at the end of September 2026. Management expects the backlog to…
BSXFor a Boston Scientific (BSX) holder, the 5% fall in sales of its EP business from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2026 stands out as a worrying figure. Management singled out EP and WATCHMAN as the two businesses under pressure, and expects…
ISRGIntuitive Surgical (ISRG) stock has gained 30.9% in three months. That rally included a 9.4% jump on November 4 and occurred as the S&P 500 barely moved. The shares remain 18.7% below their January high. A buyer today pays 56.9 times the company’s last twelve…
ELVElevance Health (ELV) stock returned about 40% over the past year, against about 15% for the S&P 500. A buyer today therefore comes in after a strong run. The stock rose 4.9% on November 4, the day after the midterm elections, as health insurer stocks…
GDDYAfter covering the costs of running the business, one internet company now keeps about 26 cents of every dollar in sales. That company is GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY), and its operating margin over the twelve months to September 2026 reached a ten-year high. For a shareholder,…
INTCShares of Intel (INTC) closed on November 4, 2026, 58.7% below their June high. The stock lost 34.9% in the two trading days after the company’s October 29 report, although it remains up 57.4% over twelve months. In fiscal Q3 2026, Intel’s data center sales…
PLTRPalantir Technologies (PLTR) shareholders are paying 56.7 times sales for the company’s growth, compared with 3.2 times for the S&P 500. At that price, anything that could slow the growth matters to a shareholder. During the November 2, 2026 earnings call, management said several eight-figure…
FFord Motor (F) shareholders share a straightforward concern: what if the materials, memory chips and shipping behind each vehicle keep getting more expensive? On its October 28, 2026 call, management raised its expected 2026 commodity cost increase by about $500 million, to nearly $2.5 billion.
VRTXIf you own Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), you probably bought a profitable drug maker built on Trikafta, its best-selling medicine. On November 2, 2026, Vertex reported third-quarter results that include Crinetics, the company it bought to add the hormone drug Palsonify. A purchase like that is…
RIGIn six of the last ten years, Transocean (RIG) stock has fallen 50% or more from a high to a later low within a single calendar year. A drop of that size would not be new for its holders. Today, the main worry is the…
MARBuyers are paying a premium for Marriott International (MAR) stock, which currently trades at 41.7 times its earnings over the last twelve months. The S&P 500 carries a multiple of 22.8 times. Investors are paying this multiple even though Marriott’s revenue grew 5.2% a year…
CSCOCisco Systems (CSCO) stock returned 45.9% in the year through November 4, 2026. The S&P 500 returned 14.9% over the same period. Following that run, the shares trade at 30.8 times Cisco’s earnings for the four quarters ending July 25, 2026. That compares with an…
FIXComfort Systems USA (FIX) stock has lost 40% since October 6, its highest close of the past month. The steepest daily decline was also the most recent, a 15.1% drop on November 4. After a fall that steep, some holders want out while others want…
DELLTo get its stock back to $560, Dell Technologies (DELL) needs profit from its fast-growing server sales to hold up as input costs rise. The shares recently traded above that level, closing at $587.59 on September 17, 2026. After the shares fell 37%, that peak…
PINSPinterest (PINS) generated free cash flow equal to 10.5% of its market value over the last twelve months, compared with 4.1% for the median S&P 500 company. A yield that high signals either a business on sale or one the market expects to shrink. So…
LOWShares of Lowe’s Companies (LOW) climbed 25.7% between October 6 and November 4, 2026, yet the stock still trades below the median S&P 500 company’s multiple. The stock trades at 19.3 times earnings, compared with 22.9 for the median company. This discount could mark a…
NVDABetween October 6 and November 4, 2026, NVIDIA (NVDA) stock fell 16.3% while the S&P 500 lost 1.6%. Anyone thinking of buying wants to know whether that drop is a chance or a warning. The answer depends less on demand, which management says is larger…
VMCInvestors holding or considering Vulcan Materials (VMC) likely watched the stock rise 12.3% in the five sessions through November 4, 2026, as the S&P 500 fell 0.7%. A stock that diverges from the broader market can alter the behavior of an entire portfolio. So does…
CRWDCrowdStrike (CRWD) stock has fallen 13.6% since its October 6 high, while the S&P 500 lost 1.6%. Declines of this size tempt buyers. A 50% rally has followed earlier falls, but a similar recovery today depends on sales growth holding up while the stock trades…
LRCXLam Research (LRCX) stock lost 33.7% between October 6 and November 4, 2026, while the S&P 500 fell 1.6%. Yet one customer group points the other way, with memory chipmakers spending heavily. So how much of Lam’s equipment are memory makers buying right now? Image…
BKNGInvestors holding Booking Holdings (BKNG), the company behind Booking.com, Priceline and Agoda, alongside broad market funds just watched the stock rise 15.6% in the five sessions to November 4, 2026, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.715%. This performance matters for the rest of a portfolio,…
ZMZoom Communications (ZM) stock trades at 8.3 times earnings, compared with a 22.8 multiple for the median S&P 500 company, though on operating profit its $26.9 billion market value is about 23 times. Yet the software maker expanded its sales, margins and cash flow over…
REGNIf you hold Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) or plan to, its 19.0% rise from October 26 to November 2, 2026, while the S&P 500 fell 1.8%, likely caught your eye. Your other money probably already follows the market, so how Regeneron performs on the market’s good…
XELIf you own Xcel Energy (XEL), you likely bought a steady utility that pays you an income: its dividends over the last twelve months came to 2.8% of its market value. It is worth checking your holding now. On October 29, 2026, Xcel paired its…
LMTShares of Lockheed Martin (LMT) returned 33.3% over the year to November 3, 2026, outpacing the 11.9% return for the S&P 500. The company continually repurchases its own stock, reducing its diluted share count by 7.5% over the three years to September 2026, so each…
PCGManagement says the money PG&E (PCG) invests in its grid provides the main source of its earnings growth. Yet you probably know PG&E for wildfire risk, and the stock trades at 9.5 times earnings, against 22.8 for the S&P 500. That gap suggests investors want…
CSXCSX (CSX) stock trades at 26.2 times its adjusted earnings. That multiple prices the railroad’s normalized net income over the twelve months ended September 30, 2026, a steep price that follows a 42.6% total return over the past year. That is a lot to pay…
FSLRFirst Solar (FSLR) stock trades at 10.7 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. Closing only part of that discount would cover a 50% jump in the share price, but the solar module maker would first need to get its sales…
AALFuel is the worry for anyone holding American Airlines (AAL) stock. The airline paid $3.85 a gallon in fiscal Q3 2026, up $1.48 from a year earlier. On its October 22 call, management forecast another quarterly loss and said it expects to pay about $4.70…
PPLPPL (PPL) stock trades at 22.2 times its adjusted earnings over the four quarters ended June 30, 2026, a profit figure that adds stock-based pay, after tax, to normalized net income. The valuation looks full on a trailing basis, but the picture shifts when weighed…
MTDShares of Mettler-Toledo International (MTD) have climbed 22.3% since the close before the company raised its fiscal 2026 forecasts on July 30, 2026, compared with a 3.5% gain for the S&P 500. Buyers appear to be betting that the rest of the year holds up…
BOXInvestors in Box (BOX) know the usual rule: a lower price-to-earnings multiple, what investors pay for each dollar of profit, means a cheaper stock. But income from outside the business lifted the company’s recent profit. Box’s multiple was 70.4 three years ago and sits at…
LLYIf you own Eli Lilly (LLY) stock, or are thinking of buying it after the shares rose 9.9% over the last five trading sessions while the S&P 500 fell 2.0%, you most likely hold an index fund as well. Adding any single stock shifts how…
GOOGMany holders bought Alphabet (GOOGL) for a search and advertising business that turned its profit into cash and returned much of it. The company’s third-quarter report on October 28, 2026, is a good moment to check whether that still describes what you own. So what…
TAT&T ended September with net debt at 3.13 times adjusted EBITDA, management’s measure of earnings, up from 2.68 times in June. Management tied the increase to the spectrum licenses AT&T (T) bought from EchoStar at the end of July. The company expects to bring the…
JNJJohnson & Johnson (JNJ) stock trades at 29.0 times its last twelve months of earnings (normalized profit plus stock-based pay after tax). Meanwhile, its price against sales ended September at the highest level of any quarter-end in ten years. That is a lot to pay…
CASYA 30% jump from its November 3, 2026 close of $665.39 would still leave Casey’s General Stores (CASY) stock below its June 11, 2026 close of $914.72. Buyers looking for that 30% rise may be betting on a surprising business for a gas station chain:…
IBMThe number International Business Machines (IBM) shareholders are watching comes from one business: its software. You may think of IBM as a consulting and hardware company, but its growth question lies in software. Yet over the year to November 3, 2026, IBM stock lost 16.5%,…
ZMThe growth outlook for the Online business is the one number that should worry a Zoom Communications (ZM) holder, though the concern remains a moderate one. Online brought in about 38% of Zoom’s revenue in fiscal Q2 2027. During its August 25, 2026 call, management…
CRMSalesforce (CRM) called its fiscal Q2 2027 a record second quarter. When that period ended on July 31, 2026, the company owed $41.7 billion in total debt, a sum close to the $43.9 billion of revenue it brought in over the past twelve months. Any…
WDCWestern Digital (WDC) is expanding faster on price than on volume, leaving its price per terabyte as the number a holder should watch. During fiscal Q1 2027, its average price per terabyte rose 28% from a year earlier, outpacing a 22% increase in shipped storage.
RCLRoyal Caribbean (RCL) has agreed to buy half of Sandals and Beaches Resorts. Current and prospective shareholders likely already have money that follows the broader market. The cruise operator’s daily moves pile on top of whatever those broader holdings do. So when the market has…
ACNThe chances of a 30% jump for Accenture (ACN) stock depend mostly on whether the company keeps growing its revenue. Shares returned 50.3% between August 5 and November 3, 2026, while the S&P 500 lost 1.7%. Even after that run, a Trefis three-year scenario built…
MAYou may hold Mastercard (MA), the company behind 3.8 billion Mastercard- and Maestro-branded cards, or plan to add it alongside money that already tracks the market. Those shares change the overall volatility of your account, and you want to be paid for that extra movement.
OSCROver the past year, Oscar Health (OSCR) stock returned 80.1%, compared with 11.9% for the S&P 500. A buyer today pays for a turnaround that is only two quarters old. Oscar lost money in the last two quarters of 2025 before earning $362 million in…
CVNACarvana (CVNA) stock gained 11.9% in the month through November 3, 2026, while the S&P 500 lost 2.6%. The shares jumped 15.7% in a single session on October 29, a day after the online retailer reported a third quarter with record revenue. The business can…
SNOWSnowflake (SNOW) stock trades at 19.0 times sales, compared with 3.2 for the S&P 500, even though the company still runs at an operating loss. Buyers are betting that its new AI tools, Cortex Code and CoWork, will keep pulling workloads onto the platform, and…
LULULululemon Athletica (LULU) stock has fallen 74.6% from its highest close since late October 2024, a peak reached on January 30, 2025. This steep decline makes the shares worth a closer look. By the close on November 3, 2026, the free cash flow Lululemon generated…
NOWShares of ServiceNow (NOW) have lost 40.6% over the past year, while the S&P 500 returned 11.9%. The sharpest single-day decline occurred on October 29, 2026, when the shares fell 27%. To determine whether the selling is nearly done, investors can start with what is…
MUMicron Technology (MU) stock lost 19.6% between October 5 and November 3, 2026, while the S&P 500 fell 2.6%. The decline came even after the company reported what it called a record fiscal fourth quarter on September 30, and said it was positioned for a…
CMCSComcast (CMCSA) stock offers a free cash flow yield of 20.3%, against 4.2% for the median S&P 500 company. Buyers at this price are either uncovering a bargain or paying for a business the market expects to get smaller. So how much cash does Comcast…
MKCMcCormick (MKC) stock trades at 8.6 times earnings, against 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. Part of that discount comes from fiscal Q1 2026, when McCormick booked a $1,022 million profit on $253 million of operating income. The shares also lost 22.7% over the…
CIENCiena (CIEN) stock has fallen 33.3% in less than a month, dropping from its October 9 close to $300.08 on November 3, 2026. Buying after a decline of that speed is tempting. A buyer makes money only if this drop ends like most of Ciena’s…
DGDollar General (DG) stock trades at 16.9 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. That discount has held even after the shares returned 34.8% in the twelve months to November 3, 2026, against 11.9% for the S&P 500. The lower multiple…
GISAt 8.4%, the free cash flow yield on General Mills (GIS) stock is twice the 4.2% for the median S&P 500 company. Such a high yield means one of two things: a business on sale or one the market expects to shrink. General Mills is…
NEMNewmont (NEM) turned 8.9% of its market value into free cash flow over the last twelve months, compared with 4.2% for the median S&P 500 company. A cash yield that high marks either a business on sale or one the market expects to shrink. So…
AGIShares of Alamos Gold (AGI) have fallen 17.7% from their recent high on October 9, closing on November 3 at their lowest price in a year. The steepest daily decline, a 9.0% drop, came on October 29 when the gold miner held its third-quarter earnings…
EXPEExpedia (EXPE) raised its revenue forecast for fiscal 2026 on August 5, 2026, yet the stock has slipped 6.3% from its August 5 close, the last before that after-market release, through November 2, against a 2.4% fall for the S&P 500. A higher forecast alongside…
BAXBaxter International (BAX) stock offers a free cash flow yield of 9.1%, compared with 4.2% for the median company in the S&P 500. A yield that high means one of two things: a business on sale, or a company investors expect to get smaller. During…
WMTWalmart (WMT) stock returned 22.5% in the month to November 2, 2026, outpacing a 2.3% loss for the S&P 500. Investors are now paying 46 times Walmart’s earnings over the past twelve months, compared with 22.8 times for the median S&P 500 company. This price…
EIXEdison International (EIX) stock trades at 6.0 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. Part of that profit falls outside management’s core earnings: on core earnings of $6.75 a share over the same twelve months, the stock trades at about 8.8…
KLACKLA (KLAC) stock has lost about half its value since its peak at the end of June. That decline includes a 26.0% drop in the past month, a period when the S&P 500 slipped 2.3%. The slide continued through an October 28 report in which…
EBAYeBay (EBAY) stock returned 50.6% over the year to November 2, 2026, compared with 11.5% for the S&P 500. The company is also spending more. Management said on the October 28 call that third-quarter sales and marketing expense increased, including spending on Depop, the secondhand…
HOODRobinhood Markets (HOOD) reported record revenue for its third quarter on October 27, 2026. For a holder, however, the pace of that sales growth is the number to worry about. The stock trades at 37.9 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the S&P 500. A…
GEVOn October 28, 2026, GE Vernova (GEV) agreed to buy Trench Group, a maker of high-voltage grid equipment, for $9 billion. Management plans to fund the deal with an equal mix of new debt and cash on hand. That same day, the company doubled its…
ABNBFor Airbnb (ABNB) holders, the number to watch is how much of each sales dollar the company keeps as operating profit. Over the twelve months to June 2026, Airbnb’s operating margin was 20.8%, down from 22.5% a year earlier. Sales are growing faster than profit,…
BEBloom Energy (BE) stock has dropped 50% or more within a calendar year in five of the last seven years, recording a median worst yearly fall of 60.4%. A decline of that size would not be new. The number that should worry a holder now…
NTAPShares of NetApp (NTAP) fell 17.9% in the month to November 2, 2026, while the S&P 500 lost 2.3%. The case for owning the shares is slower and steadier than that move. NetApp has reduced its diluted share count every year for three years, by…
CRMShares of Salesforce (CRM) trade 38.5% below their December 4, 2024 high, making the company’s cash generation worth examining. Over the last twelve months, Salesforce generated free cash flow equal to 8.2% of its market value, compared with 4.2% for the median S&P 500 company.
COSTCostco Wholesale (COST) is allocating more money each year to capital projects, the investments it makes in buildings and equipment. During its September 24, 2026 call, management said this spending belongs to a three-year stretch of outsized growth that began in fiscal 2025. This pace…
AEMAgnico Eagle Mines (AEM) stock trades at 14.0 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. From its October 30, 2025 close to November 2, the stock returned 5.7%, compared with 11.8% for the S&P 500. That is either a sound gold…
LRCXLam Research (LRCX) stock fell 34.5% from October 2 to November 2, 2026, while the S&P 500 lost 2.3%. Buyers have an argument for stepping in, as management called the September quarter Lam’s fifth consecutive quarter of record revenue. For this fall to be a…
ADBEAdobe (ADBE) stock is priced at 13.6 times earnings, compared with 22.8 for the median S&P 500 company. The shares lost 25.9% over the past year as the S&P 500 returned 11.8%. That represents a steep fall for a company whose sales rose 12.0% over…
IAGIamgold (IAG) stock offers a 17.3% free cash flow yield, compared with 4.2% for the median S&P 500 company. A yield that high usually means one of two things: the business is on sale, or buyers expect it to shrink. Yet Iamgold’s revenue grew 87.2%…
FFord Motor (F) stock offers a free cash flow yield of 10.2%, against 4.2% for the median company in the S&P 500. A yield that high marks either a business on sale or one investors expect to shrink. This cash counts for an owner only…
FICOShares of Fair Isaac (FICO) fell 12.0% between the October 22 close and November 2, capping a hard year. Over the past year, the stock lost 56.4%, while the S&P 500 rose 10.3%. After a decline of this size, some investors want to buy at…
NFLXNetflix (NFLX) stock has lost 44.3% over the past year, trailing the 11.5% return of the S&P 500. For shareholders, the immediate concern is how much further it can slide. The shares currently trade at $62.34, testing a level where they found buyers and reversed…
PLPlanet Labs (PL) stock has lost 66.4% since May 4, 2026, while the S&P 500 gained 5.3%. Anyone thinking of buying wants to know whether the business has broken. Planet has not shrunk, though. It reported record revenue of $116 million for fiscal Q2 2027,…
OKTAEven after returning 110.3% in the past year, Okta (OKTA) stock trades more than a third below the high it set in February 2021. Many holders still measure the stock against that price, acting as if February 2021 showed where Okta belongs and every year…
CWTShareholders of California Water Service (CWT) know the usual rule: a lower price-to-earnings multiple, or what investors pay for each dollar of profit, indicates a cheaper stock. Three years ago, Cal Water traded at 66 times its profit. Today the multiple sits at 22.5. So…
DHRDanaher (DHR) stock trades at 34.2 times its earnings over the last twelve months. This multiple uses adjusted earnings: normalized profit with stock-based pay added back after tax. That represents a steep price for a single year of profit. The forecasts below count profit on…
NOWServiceNow (NOW) stock trades at 34.2 times its adjusted earnings over the last four fiscal quarters. This profit figure adds after-tax stock-based compensation to normalized net income. That is a high price for a single year of profit, but the valuation looks different when measured…
PGProcter & Gamble (PG) stock currently trades at 23.2 times its adjusted earnings for the past twelve months. That earnings measure is normalized net income plus after-tax stock-based compensation. Paying that multiple represents a steep price for a company that grew sales 3.5% over the…
DELLOne business stands out at Dell Technologies (DELL): traditional servers, the non-AI machines companies run in their own data centers. You probably think of Dell as an AI server seller, but this older business is growing fast. Yet the stock lost 30.1% from October 2…
GEInvestors holding GE Aerospace (GE) alongside an S&P 500 fund own a jet-engine maker that has increased sales from a year earlier in each of the last five quarters. A growing business can still produce a volatile stock, however, and your portfolio feels the stock’s…
CCKCrown (CCK) stock returned 26.4% over the past year, compared with 11.3% for the S&P 500, while the can maker steadily repurchased its own shares. Crown reduced its diluted share count again in the twelve months to September 2026. This gave each share a larger…
CEGBulls may be betting on Constellation Energy (CEG) selling its nuclear power years ahead to large companies under long-term contracts. You may still view Constellation as a power producer whose profit swings from quarter to quarter. Long-term agreements change one part of that picture by…
WDAYWorkday (WDAY) shares peaked in February 2024, and the close on October 30, 2026 left the stock more than a third below that level. It is natural to keep measuring the shares against that old price, treating the peak as where Workday belongs and today’s…
FEA lower price-to-earnings multiple, the price investors pay for each dollar of profit, usually reads as a cheaper stock, and the multiple for FirstEnergy (FE) has fallen a long way. Three years ago, in September 2023, the stock traded at 37.4 times its profit over…
CTASCintas (CTAS) stock returned 20.7% in the year to October 30, 2026, against 11.3% for the S&P 500. If you held the stock through that run, you may wonder if the easy money is gone, and if you only watched it, you might wonder if…
DINOHF Sinclair (DINO) stock returned 120.1% in the past year, compared with 11.3% for the S&P 500. It still trades at 5.7 times earnings, well below the 22.6 multiple for the index, so buyers appear to doubt the refiner’s profit will last. Buybacks are the…
TTDTrade Desk (TTD) stock trades at 14.1 times its earnings over the last twelve months. Compared with a multiple of 22.6 for the S&P 500, that valuation can make the shares look like a bargain. But buyers may be overlooking how quickly the company’s sales…
FSLRFirst Solar (FSLR) stock has fallen 45.2% from its June 2026 high. It lost 27.8% over the past twelve months, while the S&P 500 returned 11.3%. At the October 30 close, buyers pay 10.1 times the company’s earnings, against 22.6 times for the S&P 500.
ALNYAlnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) stock closed at $165 on October 30, 2026, 29.5% below its October 15 close. Most of that fall came on October 29, the day Alnylam reported its third quarter and management said it was not yet satisfied with demand growth; the shares…
KLACKLA (KLAC) stock lost 21.2% from October 1 to October 30, 2026, trailing a 1.1% dip for the S&P 500 over the same dates, in the same month it reported what management called record quarterly revenue. A 40% gain would lift the shares from the…
LLYShares of Eli Lilly (LLY) gained 10.0% over October 29 and 30. The advance spanned the day the company raised its 2026 revenue forecast and the subsequent trading session, a two-day stretch where the S&P 500 fell 2.1%. Seeing a higher forecast and a rising…
ISRGFor holders of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), the number to worry about is what the company earns on instruments and accessories each time a surgeon operates with a da Vinci system. Total instrument and accessory sales generated $1.8 billion of the company’s $3.05 billion in fiscal…
STXIf you own Seagate Technology (STX), you likely bought into a hard disk manufacturer whose profits expanded in strong years and contracted in weak ones. The company released its fiscal first quarter of 2027 results on October 27, 2026. Management said on the earnings call…
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