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Bloom Energy (BE) earned nearly 90% of its latest quarterly revenue from selling its power equipment. In fiscal Q2 2026, a record quarter for the company, those equipment sales reached $935 million. Over the past year, the stock returned 314%, against 16.8% for the S&P 500. A stock that has run this far would be exposed if those sales slowed. Should investors in Bloom Energy worry that its record quarter came mostly from one kind of sale.

Merck (MRK) stock returned 96% in the past twelve months, against 16.8% for the S&P 500. With the shares 4.0% below their 52-week high, you need a reason Merck can keep growing. In its fiscal Q2 2026 call, management looked past its best-selling drug to newer ones. So what is Merck stock's biggest opportunity from here.

Coherent (COHR) and Amphenol (APH) both sell connections inside AI data centers, but Coherent relies on that business more. Data center and communications made 79% of Coherent's latest quarterly revenue. At Amphenol, sales from IT datacom made up 43% of Q2 2026 sales, and communications networks another 11%. At 68.6 times the past twelve months of profit, Coherent's price makes sense only if its orders become sales and cash. So what does Amphenol offer you that Coherent does not.

Caterpillar's shifting revenue mix reveals a company changing its core narrative. Management sounds notably different on its earnings calls today compared to a year ago. Through 2025, leadership kept pointing to one specific sales tool for its construction machines. However, in the fiscal Q2 2026 call, management pivoted to lead with data centers instead. Construction is still about a third of Caterpillar's revenue, so you should care when management changes how it talks about a business that si

Look at the breakdown of Intuitive Surgical's revenue streams—Instruments and Accessories alone generate roughly 60% of the top line on a per-procedure basis. That tight link between surgery volume and cash flow explains why investors reacted so sharply when Intuitive noted in its fiscal Q2 2026 call that U.S. procedure growth had slowed. With recurring earnings visibility clouded, how much downside risk is the market actually pricing in.

Q2 Holdings (QTWO) has been moving without a clear headline catalyst, which often pushes investors to focus squarely on fundamentals such as recent returns, revenue trends and profitability when reassessing the stock. Recent trading tells a mixed story for Q2 Holdings. The share price has slipped over the past month, with a 1-day move down 1.84%, a 7-day share price return down 4.89% and a 30-day share price return down 15.40%, even though the 90-day share price return is up 14.55%. Over a...

If you own CrowdStrike (CRWD), one worry stands out: did its best quarter come from a burst of AI urgency that will fade? Management called fiscal Q2 2027 the company's very best quarter. Over the last year, CrowdStrike stock returned 112%, against 18.0% for the S&P 500. A $10,000 holding a year ago is now worth about $21,200. Which threat could take that gain back.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALKT) just lost the strategic optionality that had surrounded its stock. After a review of potential alternatives, the digital banking software provider decided to remain independent, sending shares nearly 20% lower on September 23. JPMorgan subsequently downgraded the stock to Underweight. But the bigger question is whether the selloff reflects weaker fundamentals […]

Everpure (P) grew revenue 38% from a year earlier in fiscal Q2 2027, and management expects that pace to last for some time. The stock costs 144.1 times its past year of earnings, against 22.4 for the S&P 500. Two things must hold. Customers must keep paying far higher prices, and Everpure must keep getting parts at costs it can absorb. Is the cost of Everpure's parts already climbing.

Arista Networks (ANET) ended fiscal Q2 2026 with about $9.7 billion of multi-year purchase commitments. These are promises to buy from its suppliers over several years. If demand for its switches slows, those promises remain. Will the company's sales keep pace with what it has promised its suppliers.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) shares fell 10.4% in the past year, while the S&P 500 returned 16.5%. Much of the market has focused on moderating U.S. procedure growth. The more telling number is 144 trade-ins in fiscal Q2 2026, up from 83 a year earlier. Most came from customers moving to the new da Vinci 5 robot. Those trade-ins matter most if upgrades continue and each surgery also earns more. Is that number a blip, or are customers still trading up.

If you own CVS Health (CVS), the primary focus shifts from 2026 execution toward potential headwind variables heading into 2027. Management raised its 2026 earnings outlook on its fiscal Q2 2026 call in August. It also gave an early read on 2027, a quarter sooner than usual. One warning in that read came with no number. Over the past three months, the shares lost 15.2%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.0%. What is the 2027 problem CVS would not put a number on.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has stopped leading with the problem that opened its call a year ago. That problem was keeping one of its accelerators out of China. The latest call was fiscal Q2 2026. This time, management did not lead with the subject at all. So what was AMD leading with back then.

If you hold NVIDIA (NVDA) stock, one number deserves your attention: roughly a quarter. That is the share of fiscal 2028 business management expects from AI labs it will back with its own balance sheet. NVIDIA's revenue more than doubled year over year in fiscal Q2 2027, so this number is easy to miss. An important thing to watch is how much future demand depends on NVIDIA backing its own customers.

Once every planned deal is signed, Micron Technology (MU) expects about 40% of its revenue to sit under fixed prices or price ceilings near calendar Q2 2026 market levels. That matters because higher pricing drove most of the jump to a record gross margin in fiscal Q3 2026. The contracts typically run five years, and the largest also lock in a floor. But the ceiling is the number a holder should worry about most.

Low-volatility stocks may offer stability, but that often comes at the cost of slower growth and the upside potential of more dynamic companies.

AI is moving from shiny demo to real-world risk story, as regulators, security experts, and Big Tech leaders argue over how far powerful models should go. That debate creates a window for investors. Some companies exposed to this news may need to spend more to keep up. Others might gain trust and a larger share of enterprise AI budgets. This article examines three stocks from the screener that may be positioned for this turning point. The three stocks covered below are just a sample from this...

Eli Lilly (LLY) grew revenue 48% in Q2 2026, driven by Zepbound and Mounjaro. A more understated metric for investors to watch is pricing. Lilly's U.S. price fell 9% from a year earlier, excluding changes to rebate estimates. So far, volume covers that cut. The risk is the quarter it cannot.

Snap (SNAP) generates free cash worth 7.4% of its market value a year, against 4.5% for the median S&P 500 company. A yield that high usually points one of two ways: a bargain, or a business the market expects to shrink. Snap is not shrinking: revenue grew 19% year over year in Q2 2026. So the market is pricing something else, the profit that sits underneath the cash.

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) has fallen about 22% since late August and now trades at its lowest price in the past year. Is that a chance to buy? Its own record says dips here have paid off more often than not. The catch is that the recent ones have not. And Lululemon's own women's leggings sales, in a category it leads, fell about 20% in fiscal Q2 2026.

Amazon.com (AMZN) stock has returned 8.9% over the past twelve months and trades about 13% below its 52-week high. Its cloud arm spent those months doing something the share price has not reflected. AWS growth sped up again in Q2 2026, and the contracts queued up behind it kept building. The upside case for the stock rests almost entirely on turning that queue into revenue.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) added $333 million of net new annual recurring revenue in fiscal Q2 2027, a record and 51% more than a year earlier. That figure is the case for a stock at its 52-week high, up 117% over the past year. It is also the number to worry about. At 44.5 times sales, the price looks built on that pace, and the company's own guide for fiscal Q3 2027 calls for a slower one.

Software is rapidly reducing operating expenses for businesses. The undeniable tailwinds fueling the industry have also led to strong returns for SaaS stocks lately as they’ve gained 39.5% over the past six months, outpacing the S&P 500’s 14.2% rise.

On September 10, Piper Sandler analyst Bill Carcache initiated coverage of Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO), giving the stock an Overweight rating and setting the price target at $82. The research firm started coverage on companies in the payments and consumer finance group and named Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO) as its preferred name in the sector. […]

Investing.com -- Piper Sandler initiated coverage of a group of financial infrastructure and specialized payments companies on Thursday, naming Q2 Holdings as its preferred stock and assigning it an "Overweight" rating, citing recurring revenue growth, improving margins and stronger free-cash-flow conversion.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock fell 39% between mid-June and September 10, while the S&P 500 gained 2.4%. The stock fell 39%—about twice as far as L3Harris Technologies, down 18.9%, and far more than Lockheed Martin, down 1.3%, and Northrop Grumman, down 5.3%—suggesting company-specific headwinds compounded broader sector softness. Yet the company just posted record revenue, and the CEO counts more than $1 billion of new contracts since Q2 2026 began. None of that changed the Neutron rocket's calendar.

UiPath (PATH) sells software that brings AI agents, robots, and people together to run business processes. Its Q2 FY2027 results beat management's guidance and the fiscal 2027 outlook went up, yet the shares fell 16.6% on September 4, the first trading day after the report, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.4%. The earnings call also carried an analyst's question about a new AI model said to be far better at workflow jobs.

Home Depot (HD) stock is down about 24% over twelve months, while the S&P 500 returned about 19%. Most of that gets blamed on a frozen housing market, fair enough. The quieter risk sits inside the fiscal Q2 2026 results, which beat the company's own expectations: the growth is arriving in bigger baskets, and there are fewer of them.

Marvell Technology (MRVL) raised its revenue outlook again with its fiscal Q2 2027 results in late August. The size of the raise is the easy story. What fell out of management's script matters more, because the business you own has narrowed toward a single bet.

Looking back on vertical software stocks’ Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Q2 Holdings (NYSE:QTWO) and its peers.

Companies with more cash than debt can be financially resilient, but that doesn’t mean they’re all strong investments. Some lack leverage because they struggle to grow or generate consistent profits, making them unattractive borrowers.

The data center infrastructure provider is growing fast, but its stock just hit a rough patch, leaving investors to weigh a powerful history against a pricey present.

Selling the complete data-center powertrain expands what Vertiv supplies per megawatt, and it also makes a late part harder to recover from once several of its own plants feed one job.

The Russell 2000 (^RUT) is packed with potential breakout stocks, thanks to its focus on smaller companies with high growth potential. However, smaller size also means these businesses often lack the resilience and financial flexibility of large-cap firms, making careful selection crucial.

The multiple rests on a launch vehicle that has yet to fly and an acquisition that has yet to close, while most of the revenue arriving today comes from satellites.

The top line has swung from shrinking to double-digit growth, and one demand driver management points to is the self-driving software already in its cars, not the robots it is building for later.

The distribution arm inside Home Depot has gone from dragging comparable sales down to comping above the company average, and that shift is the clearest upside lever left while housing stays frozen.

The software line that fell hardest at IBM is the one its upside case runs through, and the capacity behind it is already installed.

Q2 Holdings (QTWO) continues to draw investor attention as its stock trades around $63.89 in late August 2026, following mixed return patterns across recent periods that raise fresh questions about valuation and expectations. See our latest analysis for Q2 Holdings. Over the past few months, Q2 Holdings has seen strong short term momentum, with a 30 day share price return of 16.99% and a 90 day gain of 42.26%, contrasting with a 1 year total shareholder return that is down 16.72% and a 5 year...

nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue growth and raised portions of its full-year outlook, as the company highlighted demand for its banking software platform and growing customer adoption of its AI capabilities. Total revenue for the quarter was $161 million, up 8% from a

The stock looked sleepy and its latest revenue print was down, but a careful look at the company’s backlog revealed a substantial increase in order volume was developing just beneath the surface.

Q2 Holdings stock has nearly doubled over the past three years, yet the current checks send mixed valuation signals. The intrinsic value estimate based on a Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model points to a large discount to fair value, while market multiples lean the other way and suggest the shares are priced more richly. Q2 Holdings has delivered a return of about 97.0% over three years, which puts recent weakness into context and raises the question of how much of the story is already in...

The stocks featured in this article are seeing some big returns. Over the past month, they’ve outpaced the market due to some combination of positive news, upbeat results, or supportive macro developments. As such, investors are taking notice and bidding up shares.

The evidence that search advertising was getting more valuable, not less, sat in Alphabet's own numbers weeks before the price started to move.

The revenue guidance came down after the second-quarter miss; the operating pretax margin and free-cash-flow commitments did not.

Even if a company is profitable, it doesn’t always mean it’s a great investment. Some struggle to maintain growth, face looming threats, or fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their future potential.

What changed against expectations was pricing power rather than the revenue line, and the open question is how fast scale turns into margin against the cost of the debt behind the build.

Archer's post-earnings rally was driven by a dual catalyst: an all-stock acquisition of three Boeing units and a Q2 revenue beat of over 150.

The outlook cuts profit much more than revenue, and a cost base the company now owns is a big part of why.

Most of what AMD sells now comes from data center, and management puts the gross margin on the accelerator ramp driving that growth just below average.