Stocks and companies
Stocks and companies: connect earnings, expectations, and price
Read company results, valuation, ownership, and stock-price moves through the money a business earns and the expectations already in the price.
A good company result does not automatically produce a higher stock price. Prices react to what changed relative to expectations, including future sales, margins, cash flow, financing needs, and valuation.
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Explore earnings reactions, valuation, dividends, share structures, capital spending, and company events.
Trip.com earnings
Trip.com posts Q2 loss as hotel antitrust penalties outweigh revenue growth
The roughly RMB5.2 billion charge includes a fine and confiscated gains. The regulator targeted hotel exclusivity and pricing requirements; adjusted earnings remove further items.
Microsoft
Microsoft raises dividend to $0.98 with a smaller increase than last year
The quarterly payment has risen from $0.83 to $0.91 and now $0.98. The company-stated increase eased from 10% to 8%; payment is due December 10, 2026.
Stock buybacks
Why can buybacks leave the share count unchanged?
Repurchases can remove shares while employee awards and other issuance add them back. Money spent buying stock is not the same as a net reduction in shares outstanding.
Intel
Intel prices $20B stock offering at $95 per share
Intel expects about $19.7 billion in net proceeds from the offering, which is scheduled to close on August 12, 2026, subject to customary conditions.
Dow Jones
Dow closes at record 53,178 as Brent falls 4.7%
The Dow gained 693 points, the S&P 500 finished 0.1% below its record close, and fuel-sensitive airline and cruise stocks rallied as oil and Treasury yields fell.
Palantir earnings
Palantir Q2 revenue rose 93% as shares gained 14.9% after hours
Palantir's revenue and adjusted earnings exceeded LSEG estimates. The stock rose 14.9% from its regular-session close by 7:59 p.m. Eastern time.
Amazon earnings
Amazon Q2 net income reached $62.6B with $53.4B in Anthropic-related pre-tax income
Operating income rose 43% to $27.5 billion, while Anthropic-related investment income lifted the bottom line. Trailing-12-month free cash flow moved to a $7.6 billion outflow as AI investment increased.
KOSPI
KOSPI surges record 17.91% as Samsung rises 26.81% and SK hynix 29.95%
The KOSPI added 1,001.89 points in the July 31 regular session as its two largest chipmakers rebounded. The index still ended July down 22.19%.
KOSPI
KOSPI falls 38.6% from June peak after rapid first-half rally
The KOSPI climbed from 4,214.17 at the end of 2025 to 9,114.55 in June before semiconductor losses and leveraged selling pulled it back to 5,593.56.
Microsoft earnings
Microsoft quarterly revenue reached $90B as Azure grew 43%
Microsoft's quarterly revenue rose 18% to $90.0 billion. Azure and other cloud services grew 43%, and annual Azure revenue surpassed $100 billion for the first time.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson proposes $5.5B deal for about 76,000 talc claims
The proposed talc settlement calls for up to $3 billion to be paid in 2027, with no additional payments due before 2028.
Apple stock
Apple rises from third to first in market cap, retaking lead after 14 months
Apple rose from third place in July 2025 to reclaim the global market-cap lead about 14 months after it last held the top position.
CXMT
Samsung falls 13.39% and SK hynix 14.65% as CXMT adds to competition fears
The KOSPI dropped 10.84% and triggered a circuit breaker as a regional chip selloff hit Korean memory stocks. Analysts differed over CXMT's near-term supply impact.
Amazon Leo
Amazon seeks FCC approval for 5,105 direct-to-device satellites
The proposed Amazon Leo network would use Globalstar spectrum and begin satellite deployment in 2028. It would operate alongside Amazon's existing broadband constellation.
CXMT
CXMT jumps 466% in Shanghai debut, closes at 49 yuan
CXMT closed its July 27 Shanghai debut at 49 yuan with a market value of about $487.7 billion. The article compares that valuation with the three largest global DRAM makers.
Alphabet earnings
Alphabet Q2 revenue reached $119.8B as shares fell 7.1%
Alphabet reported $119.8 billion in quarterly revenue and lifted its 2026 capital-spending forecast to $195 billion-$205 billion. The stock closed 7.13% lower the next day.
SpaceX stock
SpaceX falls to $115.26 after Tom Sosnoff called for a drop below $135
SpaceX closed at $115.26 on July 22, more than a month after Tom Sosnoff said the stock would fall below its $135 IPO price.
Tesla earnings
Tesla Q2 revenue reached $28.24B as shares fell after hours
Tesla's second-quarter revenue rose 26% to $28.24 billion, while net income fell 5% to $1.11 billion. Shares dropped another 3.92% after the results.
SpaceX stock
SpaceX fell below its IPO price. What happened to IPO, opening-day, and peak investors?
SPCX fell to $132.15 before closing at $135.27. A $1,000 IPO allocation was about $1,002 at that close; $1,000 bought at the $150 opening price was about $902, and at the $225.64 peak about $599.
IBM stock
Why did IBM stock crash 25%?
IBM lost 25.2% in one day after a $660 million revenue miss and delayed large deals. A $1,000 position would fall to $748 and need about a 33.7% gain to recover.
Dividends
Why does a stock fall on the ex-dividend date?
If a $50 stock pays a $1 dividend, it may begin ex-dividend trading near $49. The investor may still have roughly $50 of value before taxes and market moves: $49 in stock plus $1 to be paid in cash.
SK hynix
SK hynix on Nasdaq: What does one ADR represent?
One SK hynix ADS represents one-tenth of a Korean common share. The $149 offer raised about $26.5 billion, while the new shares dilute existing ownership by about 2.45% in a simple calculation.
Strategy
Why would Strategy sell Bitcoin?
Strategy had about $2.55 billion in dollar reserves against roughly $1.76 billion in annual preferred dividends and interest expense. That is about 17.4 months of coverage before adding any Bitcoin monetization capacity.
Michael Burry
Why Michael Burry is shorting AI stocks
If a stock is shorted at $1,051.87 and later trades at $975.56, the simple difference is $76.31 per share before fees. That is why a falling stock can become a gain for a short seller.
Trump stock trades
Trump stock trades: why timing matters
The trades were not new. The disclosure was. Once policy can move stocks nearly 10% in a day, the timing of personal stock trades becomes a market-trust issue.
CoreWeave stock
Why CoreWeave stock fell after Meta's AI cloud plan
CoreWeave fell 14% and then another 4.6% after Meta's reported AI cloud plan. A two-day drop of about 18.0% needs roughly a 21.9% gain to recover.
Stocks
Why can a stock fall after good earnings?
Good earnings do not always mean a higher stock price. If investors expected even better numbers, weaker guidance, lower margins, or a high valuation can turn good news into a loss.
Three steps for reading a company and its stock
1. Separate the business from the stock
Revenue, profit, and cash flow describe the company, while the stock also reflects expectations, valuation, share count, and risk.
2. Compare results with expectations
Guidance, margins, estimates, and what the price already assumed often explain why apparently good news disappoints.
3. Follow cash and ownership
Review recurring earnings, free cash flow, debt, capital spending, dividends, dilution, and the rights attached to each share.
Assumptions and limits
- A stock price reflects changing expectations and market conditions, not one reported metric.
- Reported earnings can differ from recurring cash generation because of accounting or one-time items.
- Explaining a price move is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.