Hotter-Than-Expected Nonfarm Payrolls for April.

ALKS' earnings and revenues lag first-quarter 2025 estimates. Sales of proprietary products surpass management's expectations.

AvalonBay's strategic expansion into high-growth Texas markets enhances geographic diversification and capitalizes on favorable demographic and economic trends in Sunbelt regions. Strong financial performance in 2024, with improved ROE, sustainable dividend payout, and robust interest coverage, underscores AvalonBay's financial resilience and growth potential. Despite legal risks and economic uncertainties, AvalonBay's solid balance sheet and prudent capital management position it well to navigate market volatility.

The Allstate Corporation's operating performance was weak due to high claims costs and catastrophe losses, but raising premiums and focusing on P&C improved financials. Despite outperforming the stock market, Allstate faced significant catastrophe losses in Q1 2025, impacting underwriting profitability and leading to a combined ratio of 97.4%. The company's stronger capital position from asset sales allows for increased capital returns, including an 8.7% dividend hike and resumed ALL share buybacks.

Transaction in Own Shares 2 May, 2025 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the ‘Company') announces that on 2 May, 2025 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to trading venue: Date of purchase Number of Shares purchased Highest price paid Lowest price paid Volume weighted average price paid per share Venue Currency 02/05/2025 690,000 £25.3950 £24.6200 £24.9829 LSE GBP 02/05/2025 100,000 £25.3600 £24.6300 £24.9852 BATS (BXE) GBP 02/05/2025 100,000 £25.3500 £24.6550 £24.9844 Chi-X (CXE) GBP 02/05/2025 694,000 €30.0100 €28.9850 …

U.S. equities took off at midday after the Labor Department reported job creation in April that was higher than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all rose more than 1%.

MAT's first-quarter 2025 results are likely to reflect dismal contributions from one of its top three power brands, offsetting the others' growth trends.

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL is scheduled to report first-quarter 2025 results on May 5, after the closing bell. In the last reported quarter, Sterling delivered adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.46, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 9% and growing 13.2% year over year.

MPWR reports higher revenues year over year in the first-quarter of 2025, backed by healthy demand trends in several markets.

LTM, HLF and BGC made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) growth stocks list on May 2, 2025.

VIRT's first-quarter results reflect improved trading income in the Market Making and Execution Services segments, partly offset by rising operating costs.

Fresenius Medical Care heads into the first quarter of 2025 with momentum from cost savings, innovation like the 5008X launch, and a steady recovery in U.S. treatment volumes.

Shares of Altria Group Inc. ( NYSE: MO ) have outperformed the broad market over the past month, posting a gain of 3.94% compared to the S&P 500's gain of just 0.13%.

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Michele Reber - Investor Relations Taylor Pickett - Chief Executive Officer Bob Stephenson - Chief Financial Officer Megan Krull - Senior Vice President of Operations Matthew Gourmand - President Vikas Gupta - Chief Investment Office Conference Call Participants Jonathan Hughes - Raymond James Seth Berge - Citibank Juan Sanabria - BMO Capital Markets Emily Meckler - Green Street Omotayo Okusanya - Deutsche Bank Nick Yulico - Scotiabank John Kilichowski - Wells Fargo Farrell Granath - Bank of America Wes Golladay - …

To wrap up a big week for Mag 7 earnings, Kevin Hincks looks at two other names within the megacap tech group. For Nvidia (NVDA), the A.I.

The continued solid uptake of Hims & Hers offerings and expanding subscriber base are likely to have driven the company's performance in the first quarter of 2025.

BUD Q1 results are expected to reflect benefits from pricing actions, premiumization and revenue-management initiatives amid a tough macroeconomic environment.

SIRI's first-quarter 2025 results reflect weakness in subscriber, advertisement and equipment revenues.

Although the revenue and EPS for TDS (TDS) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE:BFLY ) Q1 2025 Results Conference Call May 2, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Heather Getz - Chief Financial & Operations Officer Joseph DeVivo - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Andrew Brackmann - William Blair Josh Jennings - TD Cowen Suraj Kalia - Oppenheimer & Company Benjamin Haynor - Lake Street Capital Operator Good morning, and welcome to the Butterfly Network First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. My name is Carla, and I will be coordinating your call today.