Alphabet Stock Is Soaring After an Impressive Earnings Beat

Text size Stock in Alphabet, Google’s parent, is up more than 40% over the past year. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alphabet crushed expectations and announced plans for a 20-for-one stock split afte...

PayPal Stock Sinks as Earnings Miss, Guidance ‘Lacks Anything Redeeming’

Text size PayPal stock was sinking after the company reported disappointing earnings. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal stock was sinking after the payments company reported earnings and guidance th...

Visa Stock Is Rising After Earnings Report. May Break Away From Mastercard.

Text size Stock in Visa was up nearly 9% on Friday morning. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Visa stock achieved its biggest bounce in nearly two years as investors responded to surprisingly strong financial ...

Tesla Reported Record Profits. Its Stock Was Punished. It’s a Better Buy Than GM or Ford.

Text size The reaction to Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings report was the worst to an earnings beat in its history. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg What the heck just happened to Tesla stock? Its shares go...

Caterpillar Beats Earnings Estimates. Supply-Chain Issues Aren’t a Problem.

Text size A Caterpillar front loader is displayed on a mound of dirt Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Caterpillar shares were lower even after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter numb...

U.S. Steel’s Earnings Fell Short. That Isn’t the Real Problem.

Text size The price of steel coils is dropping. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images United States Steel stock is doing nothing after a bad earnings miss. Investors just don’t appear to care about prof...

Apple Stock Rises on Strong iPhone Sales

Text size Once again, the Apple story will be dominated by the strength of iPhone demand. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Apple reported better-than-expected results for its December quarter late ...

Teradyne Earnings Were Great. The Stock Gets Crushed on Guidance.

Text size Dreamstime Stock in robotics and semiconductor test equipment maker Teradyne was plummeting after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter numbers. The fourth quarter isn’t t...

Blackstone Profits Nearly Double as Total Assets Set Quarterly Record

Text size Signage outside the Blackstone headquarters in New York. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Shares of Blackstone rose Thursday after total assets at the world’s biggest alternative asset manager rose t...

Tesla’s Earnings Beat Was Better Than You Think. Here’s Why.

Text size Joe Raedle/Getty Images Tesla’s quarterly earnings call had everything: Robots, self-driving car claims, production updates and more. All that might have distracted investors from an importa...

Tesla Reports a Record Profit. Its Outperformance Was Below Average.

Text size Tesla earned $2.54 a share in the fourth quarter of 2021. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Tesla stock was bobbing around the break even line after the company reported better-than-expected earnings ...

Intel Reports Earnings Beat But Stock Slides On a Mixed Forecast

Text size Intel launched its 12th Gen Intel Core processors in January. Courtesy Intel Corporation Intel shares were down in late-trading Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected four...

AT&T Earnings Beat Forecasts. The Stock Can’t Get Past Spinoff Uncertainty.

Text size AT&T stock rose despite a “disappointing” earnings outlook. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T ‘s reported fourth-quarter results on Wednesday that continued a streak of s...

Microsoft Stock Falls Despite Strong Earnings

Text size Microsoft earnings were up 22% in its latest quarter. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft shares were down about 5% in late-trading Tuesday, despite better-than-expected December qu...

Verizon’s Earnings Were Good Enough. What You Need to Know.

Text size Verizon offered better-than-expected guidance for 2022. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Verizon Communications delivered as-expected results for the 2021 fourth quarter on Tuesday morning, and m...

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...

IBM Earnings Are Strong as Turnaround Takes Hold

Text size IBM sales were up 6.5% in the fourth quarter, to $16.7 billion. Ethan Miller/Getty Images IBM posted strong results Monday for its fourth quarter, with its best sales growth in more than a d...

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...

ASML Stock Jumps as Chip Supplier’s Earnings Beat Expectations

Text size ASML is a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the world’s biggest chipmakers. Courtesy Bart van Overbeeke/ASML ASML , a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the ...

Banks’ Earnings Show Lenders Aren’t All the Same. It’s Time to Pick and Choose.

Text size JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup both reported declines in trading revenue. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The time has come to take a stock-picking approach to investing in banks. That was the le...

Wells Fargo Stock Rises as Earnings Easily Top Estimates

Text size Wells Fargo bank David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Wells Fargo shares got a boost early Friday after the bank’s fourth-quarter earnings easily topped Wall Street’s expectations. Profits at the San...

Bed Bath & Beyond Had Big Earnings Miss. The Stock Is Jumping.

Text size Comparable-store sales at Bed Bath & Beyond fell by 7%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond is up about 13% even after the company’s financial results fell short...

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...