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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 Thursday, October 21, 2022, the stock price of The Allstate Corporation (ALL), an insurance provider operating in the USA plus Canada, dropped by -12.9% per share, with a mix of various factors leading to the stock of The Allstate Corporation having troubles on this trading day. On a high level, …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the stock price of CarMax, Inc. (KMX), a used vehicle retailer, dropped by -24.6% per share. The American company’s latest quarterly performance results disappointed Wall Street, especially from the perspective of earnings per share (EPS). The current landscape of high inflation, higher interest rates (making for …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the stock of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (SPB), a branded consumer products company, fell in price by -16.2% per share. Within Spectrum Brands Holdings, there is a residential door hardware division offering the Baldwin and Kwikset brands. A rival company had expressed interest in acquiring this …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST), an American chain (“Ross Dress for Less”) of discount department stores, had its stock price drop by -22.5% per share on Friday, May 20, 2022. 1Q2022 sales were down from the same figure released for 1Q2021. Inflationary pressures have resulted in customers spending less overall, including at …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Sprinklr, Inc. (CXM), an American Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology company offering a customer experience management platform (CEMP), had its stock price increase by +21.2% for the trading day of Thursday, April 7, 2022. Sprinklr impressed Wall Street with its most recent quarterly and yearly results on several fronts – earnings, sales, revenues, …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the stock of Carnival Corporation & plc (CCL), a leisure travel company, delivered an +8.7% gain for the trading day. Investors cheered on the company’s plan to return to profitability, which includes an anticipated profit in the second half of 2022. The company expects that COVID-19’s …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the stock of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (AFRM), a digital and mobile commerce platform financial technology (fintech) company in the “buy now, pay later” payments arena, rose by +20.0% for the trading day. The catalyst here was a partnership announced between Affirm Holdings and Target Corporation (TGT), …
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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 …