In a move that underscores the relentless momentum of the artificial intelligence revolution, Celestica (NYSE:CLS) has significantly upwardly revised its financial targets for the 2026 fiscal year. The Toronto-based electronics manufacturing giant, which has successfully pivoted from a traditional contract assembler to a high-value engineering partner for the world's
The narrative around OpenAI has completely flipped, challenging Oracle's justification of borrowing money to fund artificial intelligence (AI) investments.
Shares of electronic equipment provider Vontier (NYSE:VNT) jumped 12.1% in the morning session after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that significantly beat revenue expectations, though it provided a mixed outlook.
Shares of aerospace and defense company Howmet (NYSE:HWM)
jumped 8.9% in the morning session after it reported fourth-quarter 2025 financial results that surpassed analyst expectations and provided a strong revenue forecast for the upcoming quarter.
Shares of machine vision technology company Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) jumped 33.5% in the morning session after the company reported strong fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat analyst expectations and provided an optimistic forecast for the upcoming quarter. Cognex's revenue for the quarter grew 9.9% year-over-year to $252.3 million, surpassing Wall Street's estimates. Adjusted earnings per share also came in strong, rising 35% from the same period in the previous year to $0.27, which was also well ahead of projections. Looking forward, the company offered a positive outlook, forecasting first-quarter 2026 revenue between $235 million and $255 million. The midpoint of this range was more than 7% above what analysts had anticipated, signaling accelerating demand for its machine vision systems.
Shares of water management manufacturer Watts Water (NYSE:WTS)
jumped 6.8% in the morning session after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that surpassed Wall Street's revenue and earnings estimates. For the quarter, sales grew 15.7% year-over-year to $625.1 million, beating expectations by 2.3%. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $2.62, which was 12% above analysts' consensus estimates. The company's profitability also showed improvement, with its operating margin increasing to 18.2% from 16.5% in the same period of the prior year. This was supported by a notable expansion in gross margin, which rose to 49.5%. Overall, the strong top- and bottom-line beats, coupled with expanding margins, drove positive investor sentiment.
Shares of aerospace and defense company Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW)
jumped 8.1% in the morning session after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat analyst expectations and provided an optimistic outlook for 2026. For the fourth quarter, revenue grew 14.9% year-over-year to $947 million, surpassing Wall Street's estimates. The company's adjusted earnings per share of $3.79 also came in ahead of consensus. Looking ahead, Curtiss-Wright's guidance for the full year 2026 was also strong, projecting full-year revenue of $3.74 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $14.93 at the midpoints of its ranges, with both figures exceeding analysts' forecasts.
As the first quarter of 2026 unfolds, the technology sector is asserting its dominance with a vigor that has caught even the most optimistic market spectators by surprise. Following a two-year period characterized by what analysts described as a "necessary digestion" of the explosive gains from the early 2020s, the
In a move that underscores the high-stakes reality of the global artificial intelligence "arms race," Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) successfully closed a massive $20 billion bond offering this week, meeting a tidal wave of investor appetite that exceeded $100 billion in total orders. The capital raise, which was upsized from
As the global economy stabilizes into a period of disinflationary growth, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has released a robust 2026 stock market outlook, forecasting a 12% total return for the S&P 500. This optimistic projection, which places the index target between 7,200 and 7,600 by year-end, suggests
Shares of Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) soared more than 9% in heavy trading on Thursday after Chief Financial Officer Mark Murphy announced that the company has officially commenced volume production and shipments of its next-generation High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM4). The announcement, which came during a key investor update on February 11,
This artificial intelligence (AI) stock fell hard following its latest quarterly report, giving savvy investors a great opportunity to buy before it starts soaring.
