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This latest earnings season has given investors more insight into the roll out of AI technologies. Some companies are able to show big revenues and profits from rolling out AI. Others are starting to show signs of stalling out, slowing down, or simply not growing as fast as expected. Either way, that’s creating an opportunity for investors to separate great companies from the mediocre ones. And to determine which companies are best likely to rally in the challenging months ahead. One big ...
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William Jurgensen, a director at Lamb Westin Holdings (LW), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his position by 6%, and came to a total cost of $554,291. He was joined by another director who bought 5,000 shares, at a cost of $277,476. These are the first insider transactions of 2024. The last insider activity was last October, with a buy for 3,000 shares. Going further back in 2023 and 2022, insiders were more likely to be sellers. Overall, Lamb Westin ...
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Electric and gas utility company Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) is up 23% over the past year. One trader is betting the utility will trend even higher in the second half of the year. That’s based on the December 20 $82.50 calls. With 140 days until expiration, 7,000 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 113, for a 62-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $3.40 to make the bullish bet. PEG shares recently ...
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Earnings season is underway. And this quarter, companies that miss on expectations are getting hit harder than average. However, companies that beat expectations are being rewarded above average. And for companies that aren’t only beating on earnings, but are raising their expectations for the full-year, that trend is even better. As investors demand to see results from companies this quarter, those who can deliver are in great shape. That includes payment company PayPal (PYPL). Shares popped higher after the company beat ...
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Keith Harvey, President and CEO of Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), recently bought 2,588 shares. The buy increased his position by 3%, and came to a total cost of $199,871. This marks the first insider buy over the past two years. Otherwise, company insiders have been occasional sellers of shares, with the company CFO selling shares on a regular basis in 2022 and 2023. There was only one sale this year, by a SVP, back in May, when Kaiser traded over 20% higher. Overall, ...
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Chipmaker Intel (INTC) is down 14% over the past year, underperforming the chip space as a whole. One trader sees a further decline in the weeks ahead. That’s based on the August 23 $26 puts. With 22 days until expiration, 18,424 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 109, for a massive 169-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $0.28 to make the bearish bet. Intel shares recently traded for just over $30. Shares ...
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Earnings season gives companies an opportunity to not only report how well they’ve done in the most recent quarter, but how they expect the next few quarters to play out. For companies that don’t have good numbers to report now, future expectations can help soothe the markets. That’s especially true when a company has been facing some known challenges. That can include a rise in competition, price pressure, or changing customer tastes. For fast food giant McDonald’s (MCD), it’s been a mix ...
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Peter Warwick, President and CEO of Scholastic Corporation (SCHL), recently bought 1,674 shares. The buy increased his position by 2%, and came to a total cost of $50,997. He was joined by the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, who bought $50,430 in shares on the same day. Warwick was the last buyer of shares at the company in September 2022, when he bought 3,245 shares for just over $100,000. There have been two insider sales in the interim. Overall, Scholastic insiders own ...
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