Stocks To Buy

Stock market volatility has been rising in recent sessions, and few spaces look immune to potential wild daily swings. For the semiconductor space, however, a supply crunch is likely to limit potential downside damage. That’s especially true for Micron (MU). The company beat on earnings estimates, and raised its forecast for the year for earnings, margin, and revenue. While shares sank when reporting earnings on Wednesday, and on Thursday's market meltdown, the longer-term uptrend looks intact. Shares have also benefitted in recent ...
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Shares of rideshare firm Lyft (LYFT) are set to move higher yet again. That’s thanks to the company’s latest ride numbers, which are now on par with March 2020. Average daily rides are up 4 percent, and volumes are up 5.4 percent from the previous month. That’s a great trend, and one likely to continue to rise over time, as economies look to end restrictions and reopen. And with shares already near all-time highs, there’s room for a surge higher. The rideshare ...
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The latest retail company to report earnings has continued the trend of failing to report guidance. And that’s once again spooked the market into a selloff. With where stocks are at right now, the move has created some opportunities to buy near the lows of the year. The latest player? Target (TGT). The company earned $2.73 per share for the last quarter of 2020, a massive jump from the $1.65 per share in the fourth quarter of 2019. Yet despite those massive ...
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The digital age, driven by software and other technology, still requires some physical gadgetry to work. That physical tech requires certain components to work, which in turn are driven by certain commodities used in manufacturing. One space that has gotten a large amount of attention is lithium. It’s a key element for the technology in the latest generation of rechargeable batteries, particularly those for electric vehicles. So it’s no surprise that with a pullback in recent weeks, shares of Albemarle (ALB) are ...
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Most companies looking to survive in the past year moved heavily towards ecommerce sales. However, a few companies have a business model known as the “found treasures.” They offer steep discounts compared to the non-sale price, but the catch is that buyers have to find them by scrounging through a physical store. One such play is Ross Stores (ROST). Shares are just now climbing back to pre-pandemic levels. And shares look like a bargain as shoppers look forward to perusing those ...
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Earnings season continues to offer traders a number of new buying opportunities in great names. That’s even the case when a company declines due to technical reasons rather than fundamental ones. Take the case of Plug Power (PLUG). The hydrogen energy company sold off following an earnings miss. The miss occurred as the company recognized charges from the vesting of warrants. The warrants vested faster than expected in part due to the rising stock price. Talk about being punished for being successful! ...
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Payment processing company Square (SQ) has had a tremendous year. But the market wasn’t too impressed by the company’s recent earnings numbers. While it beat on both revenue and profit expectations, the rate of growth appears to be slowing. That’s led to a selloff in shares, adding to losses from the tech selloff earlier in the week. However, those numbers overlook some more powerful trends in place. For instance, the company saw its revenue derived from Bitcoin rise from over $100 million ...
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One lingering trend from the pandemic is more uncertainty than usual from companies when they report their quarterly earnings. Any time a company decides not to provide forward guidance, the market will take the stock down—even if it probably doesn’t deserve it. Take, for instance, Home Depot (HD). The home improvement retailer beat on earnings and revenue expectations—with revenue up 25 percent in the past year. Yet shares dropped as the company didn’t offer guidance. Besides the strong beat, the company is ...
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