Avg Daily Volume: 12,694,614 Market Cap: 29.17B Sector: Technology Short Interest: 1.11 |
EARNINGS EXPECTATIONS:
THIS QTR: EPS: .51 REV: 13,970/M
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LAST QTR: EPS: .51/share ACTUAL: .52/share (BEAT)
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NEXT QTR: EPS: .55/share REV: 14,700/M
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FY19: EPS: 2.15/share REV: 58,860/M
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*These are the base metrics we will be watching against the actual release numbers
BEAT/MISS HISTORY: 67% OF THE TIME THEY BEAT ESTIMATES
PRIOR ‘JUMP ZONE’ MOVES (3 QTRS %) -18.9, -1.92, -3.85
POTENTIAL JUMP MOVE: 6-10%
Links To Latest News and Headlines
Spanish AI firm Multiverse Computing said on Thursday it has raised 189 million euros ($217 million) from investment firm Bullhound Capital, HP Inc, Forgepoint Capital and Toshiba, to compress AI language models. The company said it has developed a compression technology capable of reducing the size of large language models (LLMs) by up to 95% without hurting performance and reducing costs by up to 80%. It combines ideas from quantum physics and machine learning in ways that mimic quantum systems but doesn’t need a quantum computer.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how hardware & infrastructure stocks fared in Q1, starting with HP (NYSE:HPQ).
HP (NYSE:HPQ) recently declared a cash dividend of $0.29 per share, the fourth for fiscal year 2025, affirming its commitment to providing shareholder value. Over the past week, HP’s stock price remained relatively flat amid a market that saw a 1.3% increase. The company’s announcement added weight to broader market movements influenced by positive inflation data and progress in China-U.S. trade talks. HP’s modest performance aligned with a generally buoyant market environment, as the S&P 500…
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StockJumpers trajectory analysis reveals a negative market reaction to the earnings release. We were expecting to see a pop on the news on a beat, but like last quarter the stock fell in a big way even on a beat. They tend to be in-line on the metrics from their guidance and investors are more concerned about what they forecast going forward and any headwinds.
NOTE: The broad market is down 350 points
We are SHORT for this event, but think any down move will bounce back.
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TRADE PLAN:
ENTRY: SELL (revised to HOLD)
STOP LOSS: 5%
TAKE PROFIT: 7%
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UPDATE: (2:42PM) Our recent models show a bounce up post release and any initial drop may be short lived. The safest play is to stay on the sidelines until the release, and go long on any dip.
POST RELEASE ACTION: we are long on HPQ
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