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California Resources Corporation is cutting costs and improving well productivity, but a rich valuation and falling 2026 estimates keep the investment case mixed.

The Hangzhou-based humanoid robot maker closed at 845 yuan on Wednesday, giving it a market value of around $50 billion

Lowe's (LOW) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +4.27% and -0.68%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Estee Lauder (EL) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +21.88% and +2.15%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

The upstart chipmaker recently reported strong second-quarter revenue growth and issued an upbeat outlook.

Comparable sales grew 3.8% in the second quarter, topping Wall Street estimates, though a tariff refund inflated the earnings figure

A successful cancer vaccine would be an important new market for Moderna, whose investors have been impatient for it to expand beyond its Covid prevention vaccine.

Manufacturer of analog chips Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 39.6% year on year to $4.02 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($4.3 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 5.4% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.45 per share was 3.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) shares were up early Wednesday after the electronics test and measureme

Pipeline operators are collecting tolls on surging LNG exports and NGL shipments while most investors overlook the sector entirely. Three midstream names are quietly raising payouts and posting record cash flows, and the window to lock in above-market yields may not stay open long.

According to a Reuters report, Samsung Electronics is raising prices on some advanced foundry services by up to 15% amid strong demand for AI chips.

Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy. The market seems to be debating where we are in the cycle as industrials stocks were flat over the past six months. At the same time, the S&P 500 rose by 12.9%.

Investing.com -- Estee Lauder shares jumped after the beauty company forecast full-year profit above Wall Street estimates, betting on sustained demand for premium fragrances and strong performance in key markets as its turnaround strategy continues to bear fruit.

Target has moved quickly to rewrite its merchandising wrongs to improve traffic to its stores and online.

ENS, NESR and VLO made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) growth stocks list on August 19, 2026.

Estée Lauder (NYSE:EL) shares moved sharply higher after the beauty group issued a fiscal 2027 profit forecast that came in above Wall Street expectations, supported by resilient demand for premium fragrances and improving performance across important markets. The company also delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.

CoreWeave (CRWV) is back in focus after MasterClass chose CoreWeave Cloud and W&B Weave to power and evaluate its AI teaching agents, linking the stock story more closely to real world AI education workloads. See our latest analysis for CoreWeave. CoreWeave’s share price has been volatile, with a 1 day share price return that fell 12.10%, a 30 day share price return of 27.26%, and a year to date share price return of 17.46%, while the 1 year total shareholder return is 0.30%. This suggests...

Estée Lauder Cos. posted quarterly results that beat estimates and ended a run of three straight declines in annual revenue, a sign the beauty conglomerate's turnaround efforts are gaining momentum.

Soleil Boughton retains roughly 339,000 shares and additional derivative securities.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says the company can maintain its impressive revenue growth trajectory.

Weak China sales, sluggish Nike Direct performance and intensifying competition continue to weigh on sentiment.

Electronic measurement provider Keysight (NYSE:KEYS) reported Q2 CY2026 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 36.5% year on year to $1.85 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($1.94 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 6.3% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.07 per share was 23.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

The South Korean chipmaker said it will buy back and ‘cancel’ these shares between Aug. 20 and Nov. 19.

In recent days, DigitalOcean Holdings, through its Cloudways unit, launched a Managed AI Agents product line and raised its revenue outlook, while Chief Accounting Officer Cherie Barrett sold 4,456 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The combination of expanding AI-focused cloud offerings and an upgraded revenue outlook highlights how AI integration is becoming a core driver of DigitalOcean’s business direction. We’ll now examine how the new Managed AI Agents launch and upgraded...

Stocks continued to be under pressure after the S&P 500 fell for three days in a row.

SK Hynix said on Wednesday it would buy back and cancel 40 trillion won ($28.61 billion) ‌worth of treasury shares and allocate more than 50% ‌of free cash flow generated between 2025 and 2027 to boost shareholder returns. The ​move comes amid growing pressure from investors for SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics to return a bigger share of excess cash through dividends or share buybacks, after the chipmakers offered scant detail on ‌capital returns despite ⁠reporting record profits fuelled by booming demand for AI memory chips. Those calls have intensified as SK Hynix ⁠and Samsung shares retreated after hitting record highs in June amid concerns about the durability of AI spending, though their stock prices ​remain far ​higher than earlier this year.

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared nearly six-fold in its Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is preparing to raise as much as A$5 billion through its first Australian-dollar bond sale, potentially setting a record for the country’s corporate debt market. The Google parent is considering 3-year, 5-year, 10-year and 20-year tranches. The shorter maturities...

Franklin Biotechnology Discovery has a much higher 13% five-year annualized return than a biotech index ETF’s 5.3%

Nvidia's profits are growing too fast for it to be overvalued.