Intel stock punished again as slimmer profit margins ding earnings forecast, but CEO sticks to his plan

Intel Corp. executives expect profit margins to remain pressured in the long term as the chip maker builds out manufacturing capacity, leading to a disappointing earnings guidance that dinged the comp...

Teradyne stock plunges nearly 20% after earnings guidance misses

Teradyne Inc.’s first-quarter financial guidance fell short of Wall Street projections, sending shares down nearly 20% in after-hours trading to $115.03. The company projected 71 cents to 93 cents a s...

Opinion: Microsoft stock’s post-earnings roller-coaster ride won’t be the last

Microsoft Corp. reported incredibly strong holiday-season earnings Tuesday afternoon, topping $50 billion in quarterly sales for the first time and beating expectations across the board. Yet the stock...

Microsoft stock turns green after strong sales forecast, reversing a post-earnings decline

Microsoft Corp. sales topped $50 billion for the first time in the holiday quarter of 2021, and a stock decline in late trading turned around Tuesday after the software giant predicted stronger revenu...

Raytheon Stock Falls as Fourth-Quarter Revenue and Outlook Miss Forecasts

Text size Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg Shares of Raytheon fell 3.5% in premarket trading Tuesday after the aerospace and defense company reported fourth-quarter profit that topped Wall Street forecasts, but...

Verizon beats earnings expectations, gives upbeat outlook

Verizon Communications Inc. exceeded earnings estimates for the most recent quarter while giving an upbeat earnings outlook for the full year ahead. The company posted net income of $4.74 billion, or ...

GE earnings: Wall Street analysts have lowered the beat bar, but investor expectations are now ‘slightly elevated’

General Electric Co. investors should expect a “particularly noisy” earnings report for the industrial conglomerate’s fourth quarter, which will be the first since the company said it was breaking up,...

Intel still has a lot to prove to Wall Street one year after Pat Gelsinger came home

Intel Corp. had a rough 2021, and it looks like the chip maker will still face Wall Street criticism in 2022 for its ambitious capital investment plan and the success of competitors amid continuing de...

IBM Reports Its Earnings Monday. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size IBM has previously said it expects annual growth to return to the mid-single-digits range, starting this year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg IBM will report fourth-quarter earnings after the c...

Bank of America Earnings Rise 28% and Top Forecasts. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size A Bank of America branch in New York. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Bank of America delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, bucking a trend seen across much of the sector this earning...

Disney’s ‘longer, slower profit climb’ could stop the stock from rising, says analyst

Walt Disney Co. faces a “longer, slower profit climb” that could limit upside for its shares, in the view of one analyst. In particular, Disney DIS, -4.09% risks seeing “additional and more prolonged ...

IBM stock slips amid questions about cloud competition, revenue growth

International Business Machines Corp. shares fell Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the stock on concerns about revenue growth following Big Blue’s spinoff of Kyndryl Holdings Inc. and IBM’s ability...

Rio Tinto Is Building Its Lithium Business. The Move to Green Energy Will Boost the Stock.

Diversified miner Rio Tinto is pivoting toward clean-energy products. Courtesy of Rio Tinto Text size A fat dividend and a robust pivot toward clean-energy products should make United Kingdom–based di...

These 12 ‘Dividend Aristocrat’ stocks have been the best income compounders over 5 years

Stock-market investors typically want to anticipate industry events or companies’ successes so they can make as much money as possible. But as a new year begins, a look back can be useful, especially ...

Cheaper Stocks Boost S&P 500’s Prospects in New Year

Investors banking on a roaring bull market in U.S. stocks in 2022 are enjoying the company of an unexpected ally: valuations.  The S&P 500 rose 27% in 2021, capping a third consecutive year of dou...

While FuelCell Earnings Disappointed, Some Analysts Still See an Upside

Text size A hydrogen fuel-cell powered tractor Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images Shares of FuelCell Energy were rallying Thursday even though fourth-quarter earnings disappointed Wall Street, prompt...