Snap and Pinterest Sink After Meta’s Big Miss. Both Report Earnings Thursday.

Text size nikkimeel/Dreamstime Shares of Snap and Pinterest and pretty much all social media stocks were falling sharply Thursday after Meta Platforms , the parent of Facebook, reported weaker-than-ex...

Nokia Reinstates Dividend, Sets New, Long-Term Margins Target

Text size The logo of telecommunications giant Nokia before the company’s press conference in Espoo, Finland. Markku Ulander /Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Nokia on Thursday reinstated its quar...

The party’s over for AMC and GameStop investors — but the luckier meme-stock winners are now bracing for a massive tax bill

When Jason Gutierrez kept refreshing GameStop’s performance between work tasks during the wild, early days of 2021, he admits future tax obligations weren’t his No. 1 priority. “It was in the back of ...

Should You Buy PayPal Stock After Its Big Drop? Don’t Rush In.

PayPal refrained from reiterating growth targets, trimmed its forecasts, and said it was shifting strategy away from growing its user base in its latest earnings. Dreamstime Text size PayPal Holdings ...

Opinion: Meta CFO cries ‘wolf’ again with bleak Facebook outlook — but he may be right this time

Chief Financial Officer David Wehner has warned of impending financial doom at Facebook so many times that this column has dubbed him “the Chicken Little of Silicon Valley.” But this time, the sky may...

Here’s Why PayPal Stock Fell Down So Much Today

Text size PayPal stock is on pace for its worst percentage decline on record. Getty Images PayPal stock was in free-fall as investors—and Wall Street—reassessed the payments company after it issued a ...

Qualcomm stock slips following strong earnings and outlook

Qualcomm Inc. shares slipped in the extended session Wednesday as the chip maker’s quarterly results and outlook topped Wall Street estimates, but certain business segments fell short of expectations....

Facebook parent Meta stands to shed more than $200 billion in market value after rough earnings report

Shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. plunged more than 20% in extended trading Wednesday after detailing a holiday-earnings miss, weak guidance and intensifying competition. Meta FB, +1.25% s...

Dynatrace Reports Strong Earnings. Why the Stock Is Falling Sharply.

Text size Dreamstime Shares of Dynatrace fell sharply after the software intelligence company posted earnings that beat expectations, but issued guidance that disappointed investors. Dynatrace (ticker...

PayPal Is Plunging. Wall Street Is Reassessing the Stock.

Text size PayPal stock pointed 19% lower in premarket trading Wednesday. Getty Images PayPal ‘s fourth-quarter earnings, and particularly its disappointing outlook, are spooking investors. Wall Street...

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...

Opinion: Google is finally splitting its stock; will Amazon be next, leading to a Dow shakeup?

Alphabet Inc. is finally carving into its gargantuan stock price with a stock split, which leaves only one Big Tech company remaining with a huge per-share price despite an easy avenue to change it. A...

Google could challenge for $2 trillion market cap after earnings, stock-split news

Google parent Alphabet Inc. headed toward a couple of elusive marks Tuesday evening, after disclosing earnings and plans for a stock split: A $3,000 share price and $2 trillion market cap. Alphabet sh...

PayPal stock sinks after earnings as inflation, spending pressures weigh on outlook

PayPal Holdings Inc. largely matched expectations for its holiday quarter but shares plunged late Tuesday after the company delivered an earnings forecast that came up shy of expectations. Shares were...

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...

AMD Reports Earnings This Afternoon. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size An AMD processor. Growth in demand for chips used in PCs is expected to slow, while analysts are upbeat about the outlook for servers. Dreamstime While the recent downdraft in high-price tec...

AT&T Is Getting Closer to a Clean Slate. Here’s What Comes Next.

Text size After a saga of misguided M&A, there’s still work to be done for AT&T. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images AT&T shed some light on its pending exit from the media business on ...

AT&T CFO Defends Spinoff, Saying It Benefits Retail Investors

Text size AT&T’s chief financial officer, Pascal Desroches. Courtesy AT&T AT&T is defending its move to spin off its big stake in WarnerMedia rather than pursue a split-off, or excha...

AT&T’s Move to Spin Off WarnerMedia Disappoints Investors

Text size AT&T plans to pay a $1.11 annual dividend, down from the current $2.08 a share. Stefani Reynolds /AFP via Getty Images AT&T ‘s decision Tuesday to spin off its stake in WarnerMedia t...

Nio Deliveries Fell Last Month. What That Means for Tesla Stock.

Text size Deliveries for XPeng, Li, and NIO combined were down in January, snapping a two-month streak of gains. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Electric-vehicle deliveries at NIO , XPeng , and Li...

AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Plans Deep Cut to Its Dividend

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T said Tuesday it would spin off its interest in WarnerMedia following WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery . AT&T (ticker: T) also said its board appr...

Tesla, GM, and 3 Other Stocks That Could Be Best EV Plays

Text size Tesla stock is a pick for a play on autonomous driving. Jens Schlueter/Getty Images Electric vehicles are taking over. That spells opportunity for investors. The growth of EV sales is great,...

With Chevron Stock Near Record Highs, Analysts Are Divided

Text size A Chevron petroleum storage tank in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The oil giant missed analysts’ earnings estimates when it reported fourth-quarter results on Friday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images C...

Opinion: AT&T and 4 more unloved dividend stocks to buy in a ‘risk-off’ era

With stocks off to one of their worst starts to the year since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it’s no longer crazy to talk about a sustained period of market volatility or a prolonged “risk off” envi...

NXP Semiconductors’ stock volatile as revenue, outlook exceed Street expectations

NXP Semiconductors NV shares were volatile in the extended session Monday after the chip maker’s quarterly revenue results and forecast exceeded Wall Street expectations. NXP NXPI, +8.44% shares, whic...

These 7 semiconductor stocks may be close to a bottom. This chart pattern shows when and how much they might rebound.

Semiconductor stocks have been hit hard since the industry group rose to a record in early January. Analysts at Jefferies see a “peaking” pattern similar to those of 2014-2015 and 2017-2018, and expec...

Why Electric-Component Supplier Wesco’s Stock Is a Buy

Demand for cloud computing, power from renewable sources, and electric vehicles, along with more extreme weather events, mean that electrical infrastructure will need extensive investment for years to...

The Worst Big IPOs of 2021

Text size Oscar Health shares closed at $6.20 on Friday, down 84% from the IPO price. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg IPOs soared for most of 2021, making the year one of the best ever for companies to list the...

This Is What a Stock-Market Earnings Slowdown Looks Like. Things Could Take a Turn for the Worse.

Text size It’s been a painful time for investors hoping that earnings could drive stocks higher. Even the rallies are stomach-churning. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:...

Caterpillar stock suffers biggest selloff in more than a year as margin, cost disappointments offset big earnings beat

Shares of Caterpillar Inc. took a dive Friday, as surging costs and a disappointing outlook on profit margins overshadowed a big quarterly earnings beat. The construction and mining equipment company ...

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 ...

Is Google’s ‘phenomenal’ fiscal run about to end?

A phenomenal fiscal year for Alphabet Inc. is about to close, and there are concerns that the future isn’t as rosy. Google’s parent company should expect “tricky waters to traverse in 2022” after it r...