Announces Dividend of $0.53 per Share for Fourth Quarter MEDFORD, Ore. , Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) today reported the highest fourth quarter revenue in company history and the first profitable year for Financing Operations, which includes Driveway Finance Corporation.

Google's 4Q24 earnings showed robust growth in search, YouTube, and cloud, with the latter achieving 30% YoY sales growth, highlighting its multi-line AI powerhouse status. Despite a modest profit beat, Google's low valuation multiple compared to peers presents a compelling investment opportunity, especially given its strong operating profit up-scaling. Google's strategic investments in AI and cloud are expected to drive significant profit growth, with a forecasted operating profit run rate of $140-150 billion in 2025.

The year is a more than a month old, but Aurora Cannabis (ACB -2.87%) is already one of the hottest stocks to own in 2025. As of Feb. 11, the pot stock has soared more than 50% since the year began -- and that rally began only a few days ago.

XPENG officially enters the UK, strengthening its global footprint. Showcases for the first time in the UK its AI-defined future mobility ecosystem from Smart EVs to flying car.

Chevron (CVX 1.07%) is a leading global oil and gas producer. Last year, the energy giant produced a record 3.3 million barrels of oil equivalent ( BOE ) per day.

Optimists have had every reason to smile over the last two-plus years. Since the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite bottomed out in October 2022, the bulls have been in firm control on Wall Street.

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Entain PLC (LSE:ENT) shares climbed back up 1.5% on Wednesday morning after falling almost 11% the day before on the back of the departure of chief exec Gavin Isaacs after just five months. "Entain has struggled to hang on to its CEOs in recent years," Deutsche Bank pointed out.

BOH, AUB and BHRB made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on February 12, 2025.

Few investors garner as much attention on Wall Street as Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A 0.50%) (BRK.B 0.52%) billionaire CEO, Warren Buffett. The reason is simple: he outperforms.

It seems nothing can go wrong for Palantir Technologies (PLTR -3.45%) these days. Shares of the artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics software company skyrocketed 167% in 2023 and 340% in 2024.

Investors snapped up shares of some of America's largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies over the past couple of years, which isn't surprising since their incredibly strong returns have provided most of the propulsion that has driven the S&P 500 to back-to-back annual gains of more than 25%. The last time the market had a two-year stretch like that was in 1997 and 1998, as it headed toward the early 2000 peak of the dot-com bubble.

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A high dividend yield often indicates that a company's growth days are in the rearview mirror. Without a lot of attractive investment opportunities, these companies return a significant percentage of their cash flow to investors by paying dividends.

French oil major TotalEnergies has signed a deal to supply the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation with 400,000 metric tons of liquefied natural gas annually beginning next year, the companies said on Wednesday.

A massive short-covering taking place in the Super Micro Computer stock after-hours trading: Bears started to panic. The downward pressure may be finally coming to an end now. Effectively, the firm missed on both the top and bottom lines as the consensus was waiting for $5.77 billion in sales and ~$0.61 EPS, according to Seeking Alpha data. On the other hand, SMCI's strong relationship with Nvidia and readiness to offer advanced tech solutions underpin its competitive edge and future growth potential.

Investors are looking for a catalyst to break its five-day losing streak. Seller exhaustion could do it soon.

Amazon (AMZN -0.16%) and Apple (AAPL 2.18%) have become among the world's most recognized companies. They've also become very valuable, with the former's market cap exceeding $2.4 trillion and the latter's about $3.4 trillion.

A $1,000 investment might not seem like much in the stock market today. But with commission-free and fractional trades, it's now easier than ever to build up positions in stocks that are trading at a few hundred or thousand dollars per share.

AMD (AMD 0.56%) signaled that it could spend close to $8 billion buying shares of AMD stock.