SAP Q1 Beats Estimates on Cloud Strength, Maintains Annual Guidance
Earnings James Calloway

SAP Q1 Beats Estimates on Cloud Strength, Maintains Annual Guidance

SAP beat Q1 estimates with cloud revenue up 27% in constant currencies. Operating profit rose 17% to €2.74B. The company reaffirmed its 2026 targets and full-year guidance.

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MaxLinear Soars 23% on AI Optical Demand, Q2 Revenue Guidance Tops Estimates
Earnings James Calloway

MaxLinear Soars 23% on AI Optical Demand, Q2 Revenue Guidance Tops Estimates

MaxLinear reported Q1 revenue of $137.2M, up 43% YoY, and issued Q2 guidance of $160M-$170M, far above analysts' $137.1M estimate, fueled by AI data-center demand for optical chips.

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Comfort Systems USA Profit Surges on Data Center Boom, Shares Rally
Earnings James Calloway

Comfort Systems USA Profit Surges on Data Center Boom, Shares Rally

Comfort Systems USA Q1 profit more than doubled to $370.4M, revenue surged 56.5% to $2.87B on data center demand. Backlog hit $12.45B, shares rose 3%.

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AmEx Q1 Earnings Beat, But Flat Guidance and Travel Spending Concerns Weigh on Stock
Earnings James Calloway

AmEx Q1 Earnings Beat, But Flat Guidance and Travel Spending Concerns Weigh on Stock

American Express beat Q1 earnings estimates with EPS of $4.28, but shares dropped as the company kept its full-year outlook unchanged and noted pressure on travel spending.

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AMD Shares Near Stifel Target as May 5 Earnings Loom
Technology Sarah Chen

AMD Shares Near Stifel Target as May 5 Earnings Loom

AMD shares neared Stifel's $320 target before retreating. The chipmaker reports Q1 earnings on May 5, with AI deals from Meta and OpenAI under scrutiny.

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Applied Digital Shares Surge on $7.5B AI Data Center Lease Deal
Technology Sarah Chen

Applied Digital Shares Surge on $7.5B AI Data Center Lease Deal

Applied Digital shares rose 12% after a $7.5B, 15-year lease with a U.S. hyperscaler for 300 MW at its Delta Forge 1 data center in Louisiana, lifting total contracted lease revenue above $23 billion.

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Expedia Shares Tumble on CFO Transition Ahead of Earnings
Markets Daniel Marsh

Expedia Shares Tumble on CFO Transition Ahead of Earnings

Expedia Group names former Snap CFO Derek Andersen as its next finance chief, effective May 11. Shares fall 5.4% as investors digest the leadership change ahead of earnings.

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SolarEdge Surges 11% on New Battery Launch, But Wall Street Remains Wary
Markets Daniel Marsh

SolarEdge Surges 11% on New Battery Launch, But Wall Street Remains Wary

SolarEdge shares surged 11% to $47.36 on Thursday after launching a 197 kWh commercial battery system. Despite 2025 revenue rising 31%, the company posted a net loss of $405.4 million and analysts remain bearish with a $29.90 target.

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Tempus AI Stock Drops on USC Partnership as Cancer Data Strategy Faces Scrutiny
Technology Sarah Chen

Tempus AI Stock Drops on USC Partnership as Cancer Data Strategy Faces Scrutiny

Tempus AI shares fell 7.3% after announcing a partnership with USC to deploy its molecular testing and AI tools across the health system, covering over 1.5 million annual patient visits.

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Skillz Stock Skyrockets After $420M False Advertising Win Over Papaya Gaming
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Skillz Stock Skyrockets After $420M False Advertising Win Over Papaya Gaming

Skillz stock soared 187% after a jury ordered Papaya Gaming to pay $420 million for false advertising, with the possibility of an additional $652 million in disgorgement.

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Lucid Shares Slide 9.6% as Uber Stake Fails to Calm Funding Fears
Markets Daniel Marsh

Lucid Shares Slide 9.6% as Uber Stake Fails to Calm Funding Fears

Lucid Group shares dropped 9.6% after Uber disclosed an 11.52% stake, as a $1.05 billion capital raise and partnership news failed to ease investor worries about liquidity and production.

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Palantir Secures $300M USDA Contract Ahead of Q1 Earnings
Technology Sarah Chen

Palantir Secures $300M USDA Contract Ahead of Q1 Earnings

Palantir Technologies secured a $300 million software agreement with the USDA, boosting its non-defense government portfolio ahead of its May 4 earnings report.

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