Financial Movers

Alphabet Inc, AKA Google, announced Q1 earnings and it was a blowout! The tech company reported Q1 GAAP EPS of $26.29 (beats by $10.62) and revenue of $55.31B (+34.4% Y/Y).

Shares of #Google are trading at an all time high of $2,410, which is an increase of +80% over the past year. Google's earnings were spectacular, but should investors be buying its stock at an all time high?

Visa (#V) announced Q2 earnings and beat analyst expectations! The credit card company reported Non-GAAP EPS of $1.38 (beats by $0.11) and revenue of $5.7B (-2.6% Y/Y).

Shares of #Visa have rallied to all time highs in post market on the excitement surrounding the earnings report. Should investor buy, hold, or sell Visa stock?

Microsoft (#MSFT) reported their FQ3 and beat analyst blew out analyst expectations! The company tech company announced Non-GAAP EPS of $1.95 (beats by $0.17) and revenue of $41.71B (+19.1% Y/Y).

Shares of #Microsoft have slipped in post-market and are trading at $255.15 (-2.60%) because their Azure growth came in at analyst targets estimates. Regardless, Azure growth was up +50% Y/Y, which could give investors a great buy on dip opportunity.

Intel (#INTC) reported Q1 earnings and beat analyst expectations! The chip maker announced Non-GAAP EPS of $1.39 (beats by $0.25) and Revenue of $19.7B (-0.7% Y/Y).

Revenues were down this quarter compared to Q1 2020, but #Intel does expect revenues to increase and finish the year at $77B. Is Intel a good stock to buy? If there's a dip, should investors take advantage?

Earlier this week Procter & Gamble (#PG) reported earnings and beat analyst expectations! The company announced GAAP EPS of $1.26 (beats by $0.07) and revenue of $18.11B (+5.2% Y/Y).

Organic sales were up +4% and the company announced that they expect them to keep growing while simultaneously increasing its share buyback program. Should investors buy any dip in PG stock?

This morning the Nasdaq (#NDAQ) company announced Q1 earnings and beat analyst expectations! The exchange reported non-GAAP EPS of $1.96 (beats by $0.22) and revenue of $851M (+21.4% Y/Y).

Many investors don't realize that the #Nasdaq isn't only an index, but an actual financial service company that can be invested into. Over the past 10 years their stock is up +484%, which means that it averages +48% a year. Is the Nasdaq stock the best stock to buy now?

Verizon Communications (#VZ) announced Q1 earnings and topped analyst expectations! The company reported Non-GAAP EPS of $1.31 (beats by $0.02) and revenue of $32.9B (+4.1% Y/Y).

Currently, #Verizon is paying a dividend yield of 4.30%, which is a dividend rate of $2.51 per share a year. They also have an 8 year track record of increasing the dividend and based on recent earnings, they shouldn't have a problem increasing it to 9 years. Is Verizon the best dividend stock to buy?

Netflix (#NFLX) shares are down -10% after the company reported Q1 earnings! What happened?

The streaming company announced GAAP EPS of $3.75 (beats by $0.78) and revenue of $7.16B (+24.1% Y/Y). Although strong dollars values, #Netflix disappointed on the subscription front and logged 3.98M global streaming paid net additions, short of guidance for 6M. Is this a long-term concern?

Should investors buy the Netflix dip?

Lockheed Martin (#LMT) reported Q1 earnings and shares traded sideways after the report. The defense company announced GAAP EPS of $6.56 (beats by $0.24) and revenue of $16.3B (+4.2%).

It was interesting to see shares trade flat after the company raised net sales guidance up to $67.3B-68.7B from prior guidance of $67.1B-$68.5B. Shares of LMT are up 10% since LMT are up 10% over the past month, so should investors buy, hold, or sell since earnings have been released?

IBM announced Q1 earnings and beat analyst expectations! The company reported Non-GAAP EPS of $1.77 (beats by $0.12) and revenue of $17.7B (+0.7% Y/Y).

Shares of #IBM are trading at $137.39 (+3.21%) in post-market after posting earnings. Investors appear to be excited because IBM was able to post revenue growth for the first time after four straight quarters. Does this quarter's revenue growth warrant a buy sign for IBM investors?