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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Microchip Technology's Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know
Chandler, Arizona-based Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP) develops, manufactures, and sells smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas and internationally. With a market cap of $40.4 billion, the company has two major product lines: Microcontrollers and Analog. MCHP is expected to report its Q1 earnings on Thursday, August 7, after the market closes. Ahead of the event, analysts expect MCHP to report an EPS of $0.17 per share, down 63.8% from a profit of $0.47 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. It has exceeded analysts' earnings estimates in three of the past four quarters, while missing on one occasion. More News from Barchart It's Never 'Happened in the History of Tech to Any Company Before': OpenAI's Sam Altman Says ChatGPT is Growing at an Unprecedented Rate Ditch 'Basic' Nvidia and Buy This 'Unique' Chip Stock Instead Tesla Earnings, Powell Speech and Other Can't Miss Items this Week Stop Missing Market Moves: Get the FREE Barchart Brief – your midday dose of stock movers, trending sectors, and actionable trade ideas, delivered right to your inbox. Sign Up Now! For the current year, analysts expect MCHP to report an EPS of $1.11, up 9.9% from $1.01 in fiscal 2024. MCHP stock has declined 18.3% over the past 52 weeks, underperforming the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund's (XLK) 16.3% surge and the S&P 500 Index's ($SPX) 13.6% uptick during the same time frame. On May 8, MCHP shares grew 2.2% following the release of its Q4 earnings. The chipmaker posted revenue of $970.5 million in the period, topping Street forecasts. Furthermore, the company's adjusted EPS for the quarter came in at $0.04, surpassing the consensus estimates by 33.3%. For the quarter that ended in June, MCHP expects its EPS to range from 18 cents to 26 cents and its revenue to be in the range of $1.02 billion to $1.07 billion. Wall Street analysts are highly bullish about MCHP's stock, with a "Strong Buy" rating overall. Among 23 analysts covering the stock, 16 suggest a 'Strong Buy,' one recommends a 'Moderate Buy,' and six recommend a 'Hold.' While MCHP currently trades above its mean price target of $72.43, the Street-high target of $90 indicates a potential upswing of 20.4% from the current market price. On the date of publication, Kritika Sarmah did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Globe and Mail
3 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Palantir Just Hit a Record High. What's the Smart Move Now?
Key Points The tech company's revenue growth rate accelerated in Q1. Palantir's commercial business in the U.S. is seeing explosive growth. The stock's wild valuation leaves no room for error. 10 stocks we like better than Palantir Technologies › Data and artificial intelligence company Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) seemed to defy gravity in 2024. Shares more than quadrupled, rising a staggering 340%. With such an incredible rise, you'd be forgiven for guessing that the stock would cool off in 2025. But, so far, the opposite is true. Shares are heating up, rising by more than 105% year to date as of this writing. This has given the tech stock a gain of approximately 800% since the start of 2024. With shares trading at record highs. What should investors do? Does it make sense to buy more shares and hope the momentum continues? Or should investors take a more cautious approach and hold or even sell the stock? Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Learn More » Soaring sales One thing Palantir really has going for it is its top-line growth. The tech company posted first-quarter revenue of $884 million, up 39% year over year. Highlighting the company's momentum, this was an acceleration from 36% year-over-year growth in the previous quarter. Fueling Palantir's first quarter of 2025 was 55% year-over-year growth in U.S. revenue. Accounting for $628 million of the quarter's total revenue, the U.S. market is vital for Palantir. Supporting this market was a 71% year-over-year increase in commercial revenue and a 45% jump in government revenue. Zooming out to all of the company's markets, Palantir said in its first-quarter update that it closed 139 deals worth $1 million or greater, 51 deals worth at least $5 million, and 31 deals worth $10 million or more. With these strong results now behind it, management had the confidence to raise full-year revenue guidance. The company said it now expects 2025 revenue to be between $3.890 billion and $3.902 billion. This compares to revenue of about $2.9 billion in 2024. The midpoint of management's 2025 revenue guidance range, therefore, assumes about 36% growth. This impressive top-line growth is bolstering profits. Palantir's first-quarter net income was approximately $214 million, more than double its profit of about $106 million in the year-ago quarter. Comments from Palantir co-founder and CEO Alexander Karp in the company's first-quarter earnings call suggest he believes the company is still in its early innings. "We are in the middle of a tectonic shift in the adoption of our software, particularly in the U.S..." Karp noted. "We are delivering the operating system for the modern enterprise in the era of AI." A valuation problem While Palantir's top-line momentum is certainly impressive, there's one big problem for investors: The market seems to have already priced in more rapid growth for years to come. Today, Palantir's market capitalization sits at about $365 billion -- more than 93 times the high end of management's guidance range for full-year 2025 revenue. Using the company's trailing-12-month sales, Palantir currently has a price-to-sales ratio of 123. This would be a high figure even for a price-to- earnings ratio. And what is Palantir's price-to-earnings ratio? It's 672. Yes, you heard that right. It's safe to say that investors have already bid up the stock to a level that prices in the most optimistic assumptions for this company. So, what should investors do? The decision is a personal one -- one that you'll have to make on your own. However, if I owned the stock, I'd sell. And for those who don't own shares, I'd avoid them like the plague at this price. Of course, I could be wrong. It's always possible that Palantir exceeds even my most bullish assumptions. Still, I believe there are likely better places with less risk and greater upside potential for investors to allocate their capital. Palantir is a great company. But expectations are simply too high. Investors would be wise to wait to see if they can buy shares at a better entry price. Should you invest $1,000 in Palantir Technologies right now? Before you buy stock in Palantir Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Palantir Technologies wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $652,133!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,056,790!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 1,048% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 180% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of July 15, 2025
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Palantir Just Hit a Record High. What's the Smart Move Now?
Key Points The tech company's revenue growth rate accelerated in Q1. Palantir's commercial business in the U.S. is seeing explosive growth. The stock's wild valuation leaves no room for error. 10 stocks we like better than Palantir Technologies › Data and artificial intelligence company Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) seemed to defy gravity in 2024. Shares more than quadrupled, rising a staggering 340%. With such an incredible rise, you'd be forgiven for guessing that the stock would cool off in 2025. But, so far, the opposite is true. Shares are heating up, rising by more than 105% year to date as of this writing. This has given the tech stock a gain of approximately 800% since the start of 2024. With shares trading at record highs. What should investors do? Does it make sense to buy more shares and hope the momentum continues? Or should investors take a more cautious approach and hold or even sell the stock? Soaring sales One thing Palantir really has going for it is its top-line growth. The tech company posted first-quarter revenue of $884 million, up 39% year over year. Highlighting the company's momentum, this was an acceleration from 36% year-over-year growth in the previous quarter. Fueling Palantir's first quarter of 2025 was 55% year-over-year growth in U.S. revenue. Accounting for $628 million of the quarter's total revenue, the U.S. market is vital for Palantir. Supporting this market was a 71% year-over-year increase in commercial revenue and a 45% jump in government revenue. Zooming out to all of the company's markets, Palantir said in its first-quarter update that it closed 139 deals worth $1 million or greater, 51 deals worth at least $5 million, and 31 deals worth $10 million or more. With these strong results now behind it, management had the confidence to raise full-year revenue guidance. The company said it now expects 2025 revenue to be between $3.890 billion and $3.902 billion. This compares to revenue of about $2.9 billion in 2024. The midpoint of management's 2025 revenue guidance range, therefore, assumes about 36% growth. This impressive top-line growth is bolstering profits. Palantir's first-quarter net income was approximately $214 million, more than double its profit of about $106 million in the year-ago quarter. Comments from Palantir co-founder and CEO Alexander Karp in the company's first-quarter earnings call suggest he believes the company is still in its early innings."We are in the middle of a tectonic shift in the adoption of our software, particularly in the U.S..." Karp noted. "We are delivering the operating system for the modern enterprise in the era of AI." A valuation problem While Palantir's top-line momentum is certainly impressive, there's one big problem for investors: The market seems to have already priced in more rapid growth for years to come. Today, Palantir's market capitalization sits at about $365 billion -- more than 93 times the high end of management's guidance range for full-year 2025 revenue. Using the company's trailing-12-month sales, Palantir currently has a price-to-sales ratio of 123. This would be a high figure even for a price-to-earnings ratio. And what is Palantir's price-to-earnings ratio? It's 672. Yes, you heard that right. It's safe to say that investors have already bid up the stock to a level that prices in the most optimistic assumptions for this company. So, what should investors do? The decision is a personal one -- one that you'll have to make on your own. However, if I owned the stock, I'd sell. And for those who don't own shares, I'd avoid them like the plague at this price. Of course, I could be wrong. It's always possible that Palantir exceeds even my most bullish assumptions. Still, I believe there are likely better places with less risk and greater upside potential for investors to allocate their capital. Palantir is a great company. But expectations are simply too high. Investors would be wise to wait to see if they can buy shares at a better entry price. Should you invest $1,000 in Palantir Technologies right now? Before you buy stock in Palantir Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Palantir Technologies wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $652,133!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,056,790!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 1,048% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 180% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of July 15, 2025 Daniel Sparks and his clients have no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Palantir Technologies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Palantir Just Hit a Record High. What's the Smart Move Now? was originally published by The Motley Fool
Mint
5 days ago
- Business
- Mint
Reliance Q1 Results LIVE: Mukesh Ambani-led RIL likely to deliver strong earnings led by growth in O2C, Jio; stock eases
Reliance Q1 Results LIVE: Reliance Industries (RIL), the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led energy-to-telecom conglomerate, is set to announce its Q1 results today. The board of directors of Reliance Industries will meet today to consider and approve the financial results for the first quarter of FY26. Reliance said it will hold an analyst meet, post Board Meeting to discuss the financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Reliance Q1 Results Preview Reliance Industries' net profit in the April-June quarter is expected to see a strong one-off gain from the Asian Paints stake sale. The company's consolidated operating profit, or EBITDA, is also likely to jump led by healthy performance of core verticals, such as oil-to-chemicals (O2C), telecom, and retail. Reliance's consolidated revenue in Q1FY26 is projected to grow 7% YoY to ₹ 2.5 lakh crore, while net profit is expected to jump 40% YoY and EBITDA is estimated to rise by nearly 16% YoY. Analysts expect Reliance's O2C segment to benefit from higher GRMs and better petchem in Q1FY25, whereas Jio is anticipated to gain from increased Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and subscriber base. Reliance Retail's EBITDA margins are expected to remain stable. Reliance share price has gained just 3% in one month, while the stock has risen 15% in three months. Reliance Industries shares have registered 20% year-to-date (YTD) gains, and the stock has risen 66% in the past five years. Stay tuned to our Reliance Q1 Results LIVE Blog for the latest news updates. Follow updates here: 18 Jul 2025, 12:21 PM IST Reliance Q1 Results LIVE: Reliance Industries' net profit in the April-June quarter is expected to see a strong one-off gain from the Asian Paints stake sale. The company's consolidated operating profit, or EBITDA, is also likely to jump led by healthy performance of core verticals, such as oil-to-chemicals (O2C), telecom, and retail. 18 Jul 2025, 12:14 PM IST Reliance Q1 Results LIVE: Reliance Industries (RIL), the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led energy-to-telecom conglomerate, is set to announce its Q1 results today. The board of directors of Reliance Industries will meet today to consider and approve the financial results for the first quarter of FY26. Reliance said it will hold an analyst meet, post Board Meeting to discuss the financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.
North Wales Live
12-07-2025
- North Wales Live
Review: Keychron Q1 HE is the ultimate keyboard for gamers and pros
Right, where do I start? If you sit at home all day in front of a computer, one of the most impactful things you can ever buy yourself is a mechanical keyboard. It's up there with a cappuccino machine for your home office. I can't quite put it into words why but trust me, the first time I got to try one and felt and heard the reassuring clickety click, it got a little dusty in the room! Of all the mechanical keyboards I have tested I've not come across a real stinker, but the king at the moment is definitely Keychron. The keyboards are just so solid and give you a lovely typing experience every time. However, they do cost. It's not that they're overpriced but sometimes if you want the best you're going to have to pay for it. The latest to come across my desk is the Keychron Q1 HE. It's the first 75% wireless QMK keyboard with Hall Effect Gateron double-rail magnetic switches. What does that mean? The Hall Effect mechanism offers super-fast rapid response times and allows user to assign multiple actions to a single key, depending on how deeply it is pressed. Sounds like magic. To be honest, if you're filling out spreadsheets or writing a report, you're not going to go out of your way to try this. However, if you're a a gamer of a video editor I'd imagine with a bit of imagination you'll have a field day. What will make you sit up straight, however, is the tactile feel of the keys themselves that will have you purring. Its small form factor means it doesn't dominate your desk, while having all the essential keys you'll need. It does not have a number pad, you'll have to get a full-sized keyboard for that. And don't be fooled by its size into thinking the Q1 is portable. It's made of aluminum and weighs a ton! Your cat will not be knocking it off your desk anytime soon. I found the typing angle comfortable and more than a little reminiscent of an old-fashioned typewriter. Due to the weight, you can't adjust that angle. This being a Keychron, if you're a pro user you can really get stuck in and customise the keycaps, the switches and even some of the internal components. There's also plenty of scope to make it your own by using the Keychron Launcher web app, which I found frwsshingly user-friendly for the layman. As for connections, you can take your pick from Bluetooth, 2.4GHz wireless dongle or wired. The Bluetooth 5.1 support allows pairing with up to three devices. You are given keys to switch in and out depending if you're on a Mac or Windows. I'm a shallow man in many ways so while all the tech is very cool, I found that I spent far to long playing with the 22 types of RGB backlight settings you have to choose from! As this might indicate, the Keychron Q1 HE is really for the pros and high-end users, although its form factor makes it great in the home office environment. And, if nothing else, it's built to last. If you're a light user, it's probably a little too much. I'd still recommend getting a mechanical keyboard, but you can pick up a perfectly decent one for half the price. But for anyone else, it's well worth a look.
