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美股掘金 | 盈利预期大幅上调!百思买股价飙升14%创两年新高;美版“花呗”Affirm业绩大超预期,绩后暴涨近32%

US Stocks Insight | Earnings expectations significantly raised! Best Buy's stock price soared 14% to reach a two-year high; U.S. version of "Huabei" Affirm's performance greatly exceeded expectations, surging nearly 32% after the results.

Futu News ·  Aug 30 18:11

Editor's note: "US Stock Gold Mining" Keep up with daily market trends, insight, and consolidate hot and outstanding stocks, providing multi-dimensional investment opportunities for Mooer and helping them grasp investment opportunities with one chart! Focus on: 1. Performance and stock prices take off! Global fast fashion giant $Gap Inc (GPS.US)$ soared nearly 29% after its performance, reaching a new high for the year. Gap announced its first fiscal 2023 first-quarter results, with net sales of $3.4 billion, exceeding analysts' expectations of $3.28 billion, and earnings per share of $0.41, with overall comparable sales growth of 3%, better than expected 0.91%. In addition, the gross profit margin for the quarter reached 41.2%, higher than analysts' forecast of 38.5%. Its subsidiary brand Old Navy's same-store sales grew by 3%, exceeding market expectations of 2.5%. Based on this, Gap raised its sales and operating profit outlook for the year. Baird has recently raised its target share price for Gap from $23 to $28, and Goldman Sachs has raised its target share price for Gap from $20 to $27. 2. US electric power stocks collectively agitated! The largest wind and solar power generator developer in the United States $NextEra Energy (NEE.US)$, the fourth largest power plant in the United States $Southern Company (SO.US)$, the power and natural gas company $CenterPoint Energy (CNP.US)$, and the electrical production and transmission company $Edison International (EIX.US)$ have all reached new highs for the year. On the news front, as AI technology often requires a lot of energy to develop and operate, utility stocks are becoming a new opportunity for investors. 3. Low-key AI beneficiaries! Data storage giantToday's weather is good Today's weather is good.Please use your Futubull account to access the feature.

1. The Q2 performance of the chain retail giant exceeded expectations! $Best Buy (BBY.US)$ The stock price opened with a gap up, reaching a near two-year high!

Best Buy announced its Q2 performance on August 29th, with net sales declining from $9.58 billion in the same period last year to $9.29 billion, but higher than Wall Street's expectation of $9.24 billion. The company raised its full-year profit forecast, expecting adjusted earnings per share to be as high as $6.35, higher than the previous $6.20, due to better-than-expected profitability in the first half of the year. This indicates that the company's efforts to turn losses into profits are starting to pay off as consumers purchase more electronic products.

2. The American version of 'Huabei' (Ant Group's credit service) $Affirm Holdings (AFRM.US)$ Single-day surge of nearly 32%! Significant FY24Q4 performance exceeds expectations.

CNI Xiangmi Lake Fintech Index, co-founded by PayPal, primarily provides "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) services. The company's Q4 revenue grew by 48% year-on-year, reaching 0.659 billion US dollars, significantly exceeding analysts' expectations of 0.604 billion US dollars. Analysts have pointed out that Bank of America's interest rate policy will help Affirm reduce financing costs and increase loan sales revenue.

3. Planning to sell mobile network assets? $Nokia Oyj (NOK.US)$ Stock price surges nearly 7%.

Reports suggest that Nokia Oyj is considering selling its mobile network assets, including partial or complete sales, with the department being valued at 10 billion US dollars. Samsung Electronics has shown preliminary interest in acquiring part of Nokia's assets, aiming to expand its scale in the wireless access network field. Samsung Electronics has refused to comment on this, while Nokia has stated that the company will not comment on speculation.

4. Medical giant $Boston Scientific (BSX.US)$ Reached a historical high, and the latest product obtained the CE certification of the European Union.

Boston Scientific recently announced that its latest transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) product - the ACURATE Prime transcatheter implantable aortic valve system has obtained the CE certification of the European Union. According to the company's Q2 performance, cardiovascular disease business revenue of 2.632 billion yuan accounted for 63.88% of net sales.

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