A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after stocks extended their rebound, led by strong gains in the technology sector, as renewed optimism surrounding U.S.–China trade negotiations lifted investor sentiment.
Contributing to the bullish tone was a standout earnings report from enterprise software leader ServiceNow, which topped Wall Street’s expectations on RPO, profit, and earnings. More importantly, the company’s remaining performance obligations (RPO), a key forward-looking metric for future revenue, gave investors confidence that enterprise customers were not pulling back spending amidst uncertain macro.
This optimism was further reinforced by solid results from Texas Instruments and Lam Research. Their performance was especially encouraging for semiconductor stocks, which had been under pressure due to their exposure to global trade tensions. These earnings results suggested that, despite macroeconomic uncertainties, demand in key tech verticals remained resilient.
The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks.
Among others, the following stocks were impacted:
C3.ai’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 35 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 8 months ago when the stock dropped 19.8% on the news that the company reported weak second-quarter earnings and provided full-year sales and adjusted operating income guidance below Wall Street analysts’ estimates. Also, sales were underwhelming against the backdrop of the ongoing AI hype, which likely raised expectations ahead of earnings. Notably, revenue came in ahead by a narrow margin. Overall, it was a mixed yet weaker quarter for the company, with the stock’s reaction suggesting the market was likely expecting more.
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