Buy, Sell, Or Hold Cisco Stock? — Neutral

CSCO   Forbes — February 14, 2025

Note: Cisco's fiscal year 2024 ended on July 27, 2024.

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Apple Q1 Reinforces My Sell Thesis, But With One Massive Caveat — Positive

AAPL   Seeking Alpha — February 14, 2025

Apple's Q1 2025 report shows underwhelming performance, with only 4% YoY growth, causing investors to question the bullish outlook on the stock. Despite a 10% EPS growth, AAPL's financial engineering, particularly in controlling OpEx, raises doubts about its long-term growth sustainability. Revenue slowdowns are making it harder for the Company to post strong YoY operating margins, revealing weaknesses in its growth strategy.

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Wall Street sets Coca-Cola stock price for the next 12 months — Negative

KO   Finbold — February 14, 2025

On Tuesday, February 11, the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) released its Q4 and full-year 2024 results, showing 14% organic revenue growth despite currency headwinds and regional market pressures.

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Is Estée Lauder an Undervalued Stock Right Now? — Neutral

EL   The Motley Fool — February 14, 2025

Estée Lauder (EL 0.93%)is experiencing slower growth as the industry faces headwinds.

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Full-year 2024 GAAP financial results of $3.01 per diluted share; full-year 2024 non-GAAP adjusted financial results of $3.14 per diluted share Initiating 2025 adjusted earnings guidance of $3.13 to $3.33 per diluted share and reaffirming 5% to 7% long-term earnings per share growth using a base of $3.08 per diluted share, the mid-point of original 2024 adjusted earnings guidance PORTLAND, Ore. , Feb. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) today reported net income based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of $313 million, or $3.01 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024, which …

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Magna Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 Results and 2025 Outlook — Neutral

MGA   GlobeNewsWire — February 14, 2025

Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights Sales increased 2% to $10.6 billion, in-line with global light vehicle production Diluted earnings per share of $0.71 and Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.69, compared to $0.94 and $1.33, respectively Generated $1.9 billion in cash from operating activities Returned $335 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases Raised quarterly cash dividend to $0.485 per share, marking our 15th consecutive year of fourth quarter increases Outlook Highlights 2025 Sales expected to be between $38.6 billion and $40.2 billion, mainly reflecting negative impacts of foreign currency translation, lower light vehicle production and end of production …

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Nvidia Stock Investors Just Got Great News From TSMC — Negative

NVDA   The Motley Fool — February 14, 2025

Good news has been difficult to come by for Nvidia (NVDA 3.16%) investors lately, which is evident from the roughly 10% decline in the company's stock price in the past three months.

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Alibaba shares soar on reports of potential Xi meeting with Jack Ma — Positive

BABA   TechXplore — February 14, 2025

Alibaba shares soared by more than six percent on Friday following reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping was poised to meet with the tech juggernaut's co-founder Jack Ma.

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Here's How Generative AI Factors Into Amazon's Plan for Growth — Neutral

AMZN   The Motley Fool — February 14, 2025

Amazon (AMZN 0.63%) ranks among the greatest growth stories in the stock market. Jeff Bezos founded the company in his garage in 1994 as an online bookseller.

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You might not realize it, but today (Feb. 14) marks the deadline for what can be described as the most important data release of the first quarter.

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SMCY: Collecting Income From Super Micro Computer Uncertainty — Neutral

SMCI   Seeking Alpha — February 14, 2025

The YieldMax SMCI Option Income Strategy ETF launched in September 2024, tracking Super Micro Computer, with a current AUM of approximately $112M. SMCY offers an estimated annual dividend yield of over 97%, generated from an underlying synthetic option strategy against SMCI. Investors can use SMCY as a way to capitalize on SMCI's price volatility and uncertainty; timing entry when SMCI stabilizes could make SMCY more attractive.

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Best Income Stocks to Buy for February 14th — Positive

PAHC   Zacks Investment Research — February 14, 2025

PAHC made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on February 14, 2025.

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Massive News for Super Micro Stock Investors — Neutral

SMCI   The Motley Fool — February 14, 2025

Super Micro Computer (SMCI 6.55%) updated investors with preliminary results that relieved some concerns.

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Shares of Alphabet (GOOG 1.32%) (GOOGL 1.38%) have been falling in recent days after the company released its earnings numbers. Investors are bearish on the tech giant after it missed expectations for revenue.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Radian Group, Urban Edge Properties and Middlefield Banc — Neutral

MBCN  RDN  UE   Zacks Investment Research — February 14, 2025

Chicago, IL – February 14, 2025 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks and ETFs featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.

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Alphabet Q4: Mixed Results And A Buying Opportunity — Positive

GOOG  GOOGL   Seeking Alpha — February 14, 2025

I recommend buying Alphabet shares after 4Q24 earnings, despite mixed results, due to strong YouTube performance and fair valuation. Alphabet's net revenue of $96.47 billion fell short of expectations, with the cloud business underperforming but search and YouTube ad revenue showing strength. Concerns exist over high CapEx investments in AI, but cost control and a 25% upside potential make Alphabet a compelling buy.

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Obtaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a key medication can be a huge catalyst for a healthcare stock. It opens up new growth opportunities for the business.

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Designated person notification — Neutral

MT   GlobeNewsWire — February 14, 2025

With reference to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulations), ArcelorMittal announces that notification of share transaction by a Designated Person (i.e. Directors or Executive Officers) is available in the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's electronic database OAM on www.bourse.lu and on ArcelorMittal's web site www.arcelormittal.com under Investors > Share Transactions by Management: https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/investors/corporate-governance/share-transactions-by-management

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Where Will Palantir Technologies Be in 5 Years? — Positive

PLTR   The Motley Fool — February 14, 2025

Palantir Technologies (PLTR 0.44%) stock is off to a remarkable start in 2025, rising more than 54% as of this writing on account of the company's accelerating growth and fast-improving revenue pipeline that points toward a bright future.

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Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, oversees a $298 billion portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities, besides numerous wholly owned subsidiaries. Berkshire is also sitting on $325 billion in cash, which Buffett and his team can invest in new opportunities when they arise.

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