It’s been a crazy weekend in the AI world after OpenAI fired co-founder and CEO Sam Altman without warning late Friday. There was reason to believe he would be returning to the company just 48 hours later before OpenAI’s board of directors squashed that rumor, rejecting Altman’s offer. Then, tech-giant Microsoft (MSFT) capitalized on [...]
Friday morning was a rude awakening for shareholders of the Trade Desk (TTD), which fell more than 18% after delivering third-quarter earnings Thursday evening. Despite exceeding analysts’ forecasts, the stock is down on concerns of a weak ad environment going into the biggest quarter of the year. The digital ad platform reported revenue of [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA ServiceNow (NOW), a NYSE-listed company, became public in 2004 in Santa Clara, California, where it is currently headquartered. It has $8.5 billion in annual sales and a market capitalization of $124.4 billion. ServiceNow added more than 2000 workers over the past year and projects sales growth of over 20% [...]
Shopify (SHOP) shares got a nice 22% boost in Thursday morning’s trading session after the company reported third-quarter earnings that beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines. The e-commerce platform also provided upbeat guidance for the remainder of the year. Revenue of $1.71 billion outperformed the analyst expectation of $1.67 billion. This [...]
Pinterest (PINS) reported third-quarter earnings after the closing bell Monday afternoon, sending shares higher in extended trading. That trend continued when the market opened this Tuesday morning as shares are up more than 18%. This came after the company grew revenue 11% year over year to $763.2 million compared to $684.6 million in 2022. [...]
Spotify (SPOT) sent ripples throughout the stock market this morning after surprising everyone with its first quarterly profit in the past year while analysts were expecting a loss. The Sweden-based streaming service grew sales by 17% year over year, reporting a figure that equates to $3.57 billion - just narrowly outperforming the analyst consensus [...]
Shares of Arm Holdings PLC (ARM) are up 3% in Monday morning’s trading session after news hit that the bulls love this stock. In fact, some analysts see as much as a 57% upside potential in the stock. The company, which specializes in chip design, is trading only 6% above its IPO price. That [...]
Shares of Adobe (ADBE) are down nearly 5% in Friday’s trading session after the cloud software firm reported third-quarter earnings. Despite beating the analyst consensus, the substantial investments in AI have yet to pay off. And, the outlook for the final quarter left much to be desired. Revenue for the quarter came in at [...]
Shares of Oracle (ORCL) are down 12% so far in Tuesday morning’s trading session even after the company posted first-quarter earnings that beat the consensus. The problem? The dismal guidance for the second quarter ahead. Oracle has benefited as more and more companies rush to claim their stake in the AI marketplace. The demand [...]
Amazon announced that it has reached an agreement for an enhanced collaboration with Shopify (SHOP) yesterday after the market closed. Shares rose in extended trading and they picked right back up this morning, as the stock has gained more than 9% so far in Thursday’s session. Amazon and Shopify already had a partnership in [...]
