AMD Reports Q2 Earnings Tonight — Here’s What a 46% Revenue Jump Means for Investors

Advanced Micro Devices reports its second-quarter 2026 results tonight, August 4, after the closing bell — and the setup is unusually charged. AMD guided for approximately $11.2 billion in Q2 revenue, which would represent roughly 46% year-over-year growth. Wall Street analysts have nudged their consensus estimate slightly higher to $11.3 billion, setting up the classic scenario where AMD needs to beat its own guidance and the street number to avoid disappointing a market that has grown accustomed to upside surprises ...
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Reddit Crushed Q2 Estimates — Then Crashed 23%. What Investors Need to Know

Reddit printed one of the clearest earnings beats of the entire Q2 2026 season — and the market absolutely torched the stock anyway. Revenue surged 61% year over year to $805 million, crushing the $745 million Wall Street consensus. Earnings per share hit $1.25, blowing past the $0.95 estimate, while net income came in at $253 million. The company beat on revenue, profit, guidance, and average revenue per user. RDDT still dropped 23%, its worst single-day decline since its 2024 ...
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Apple’s Best Quarter Ever Still Sent AAPL Stock Down 6% — Here’s Why

Apple delivered its best June quarter in company history on July 30, yet investors still punished the stock. Revenue came in at $109.4 billion, up 16% year over year, while diluted earnings per share hit $2.02, a 29% increase that was boosted by $0.11 in favorable tariff refunds. iPhone revenue surged 22% to $54.25 billion, and every single geographic segment posted double-digit growth. It was, by every headline metric, a blowout quarter — and AAPL still fell roughly 6% in ...
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Oil Plunges 7% as Trump Cancels Iran Strike — What It Means for Energy Stocks

Oil prices cratered on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was calling off a planned military strike on Iran in favor of resuming nuclear negotiations. Brent crude dropped as much as 7.3%, trading as low as $81.55 a barrel before stabilizing around $83.50 — a sharp reversal after crude surged nearly 25% in July alone, its biggest monthly gain since March, on fears of an escalating U.S.-Iran military conflict. WTI crude fell by a similar magnitude. The move ...
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Palantir Blows Past Q2 Estimates With $1.85 Billion in Revenue as AI Contracts Surge

Palantir Technologies delivered a decisive earnings beat on Monday, August 3, reporting Q2 2026 revenue of $1.85 billion — well above the $1.81 billion analyst consensus and up significantly from $1.63 billion in Q1 2026, which itself represented an 85% year-over-year surge. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.35, topping the $0.28 Street estimate. The results mark Palantir's twelfth consecutive quarter of beating revenue estimates, cementing the company's reputation as one of the most consistent AI growth stories in ...
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Amazon Hits Its First $200 Billion Quarter as AWS Surges 37% — AMZN Soars 9%

Amazon crossed a historic milestone on July 31, reporting its first-ever $200 billion quarter. Q2 2026 revenue came in at $200.6 billion, up 20% year-over-year, while operating income surged 43% to $27.5 billion. The headline that moved markets, however, was Amazon Web Services: AWS grew 37% to $42.2 billion in quarterly revenue — the fastest cloud growth pace since late 2021 — and delivered an operating margin of 39.4%. AMZN stock jumped roughly 9% in after-hours trading on Thursday and ...
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Microsoft Azure Crosses $100 Billion Milestone With 43% Growth as MSFT Stock Surges

Microsoft delivered a landmark fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report on July 29, announcing that Azure cloud crossed $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time in company history. Azure grew 43% in the quarter — the fastest pace since early 2022 — handily topping the 40% increase analysts had forecast. The result sent Microsoft stock surging, with shares jumping sharply in after-hours trading and extending gains on July 30. The company reported total Q4 revenue of $90 billion, up 18% ...
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Meta Beats on Revenue but Free Cash Flow Collapses 91% as AI Spending Hits $31 Billion

Meta Platforms reported Q2 2026 revenue of $60.8 billion on July 29 — a 28% year-over-year gain that topped the Wall Street consensus of $60.2 billion. But the headline number is where the good news ends for bulls. EPS of $6.18 missed the $7.22 estimate by 14%, and free cash flow cratered 91% to just $784 million — down from $8.55 billion in Q2 2025. Meta stock tumbled 9% to 11% in after-hours trading, a sharp reversal from what had ...
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