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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Friday, March 3, 2023, the stock price of Samsara Inc. (IOT), an American Internet of Things (IoT) company focused on the industrial sector, surged by +15.4% per share. From the perspective of revenues, the latest quarter and full-year figures disclosed came in higher than Wall Street expected. Samsara has seen …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading day of Tuesday, November 1, 2022, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), a major pharmaceutical and medical product provider, announced plans to acquire Abiomed, Inc. (ABMD), a medical device maker. Due to this development, for that day the stock price of Abiomed rose sharply by +49.9% per share, while the …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of RH (RH), a luxury lifestyle retailer perhaps better known by its former name of Restoration Hardware, had four negative return days and one positive return day in this past trading week. The worst day’s return was -10.6% per share, as seen on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The company …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Anaplan, Inc. (PLAN), a business planning software company, was in the headlines during the past trading week. This company was founded in 2006, became a privately held unicorn (valued at $1 billion) in 2016, and went public in 2018. A private equity firm will be acquiring Anaplan in full for $10.7 …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Coupa Software Incorporated (COUP) is a technology company focused on “Business Spend Management.” Coupa had a highly volatile week in the stock market, per the table seen above with two negative daily return days followed by three positive daily return days. Early in the trading week, Coupa disappointed Wall Street with …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, November 22, 2021, Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG), a leading telecommunications services corporation, delivered a return of +27.0% per share for the trading day. Why? The key catalyst here was an announcement from Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC), more commonly known as Ericsson. Over the weekend, Ericsson stated that it would …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) returned +108.3% and Chegg, Inc. (CHGG) returned -48.8% for the trading day. Avis, a vehicle rental and mobility solutions company, delivered strong 3Q2021 results and has announced a pledge to expand into using electric vehicles in the future. Avis has benefited …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR), a prominent discount variety store chain operator in North America, had an impressive gain of +16.5% for the trading day of Wednesday, September 29, 2021. As dollar store chains have faced rising inflationary, raw material cost, freight shipping cost, and labor cost pressures, store …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha Toast, Inc. (TOST) had its initial public offering (IPO) of Class A common stock on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 through the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Toast, Inc. is a cloud-based restaurant software company headquartered in Boston, MA. The company has an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform used by food …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha Teladoc Health, Inc. (TDOC) is a multinational virtual healthcare and telemedicine company. On Thursday, April 29, 2021, the company’s stock dropped by -8.3% for the trading day. Wall Street research analysts had expected a net loss for the latest (1Q2021) quarterly results. Teladoc surprised Wall Street research analysts by announcing a …
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