Stocks news summaries — Page 15
Essential facts and source links for recent stocks stories.
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Motley Fool writer urges caution on Monster Beverage shares
Motley Fool contributor Selena Maranjian urges caution on Monster Beverage: its forward P/E of 34 is above its five-year average of 31, and its price-to-sales ratio is 9.5 versus 8.4. She also cites competition, inflation and analysts’ 10% revenue-growth estimate for 2027. -
New York Times shares slide amid suit alleging bias in Israel-Hamas coverage
Major shareholders sued The New York Times on Wednesday over alleged bias in its Israel-Hamas war coverage, seeking internal records. The company's shares fell as much as 11.9% this week and were down 9.8% at 2:09 p.m. EDT Thursday; the Times denied the claims. -
JCPenney closes Pittsburgh’s Ross Park Mall store after about 40 years
JCPenney has closed its Ross Park Mall store in Pittsburgh after about 40 years, saying it could not continue the lease on current terms or find another suitable site in the market. The retailer said it hopes to keep serving customers through nearly 650 stores nationwide and its. -
AWS profits and growth underpin Motley Fool’s case for Amazon shares
Amazon’s AWS supplied 60% of Q2 operating income on about 21% of revenue, while sales grew 37% and its backlog reached $496 billion. The Motley Fool argues the cloud unit’s profit and growth make it the main reason to buy Amazon shares. -
ServiceNow over Figma: a Motley Fool writer’s 2026 stock pick
A Motley Fool writer picks ServiceNow over Figma for 2026, citing its FY2025 revenue of nearly $13.3 billion, net income of roughly $1.7 billion and free cash flow of nearly $4.6 billion. Figma’s FY2025 revenue grew about 41%; its net loss was roughly $1.3 billion. -
Apple shares set a record weeks into John Ternus's CEO tenure
According to Yahoo Finance, Apple shares hit an intraday record of $345.34 on Sept. 23, then closed at $339.75, less than a month after John Ternus became CEO. Shares were up 25% for the year, and Apple's market value was just under $5 trillion. -
Starbucks plans 250 North American store closures by week's end
Starbucks plans to close 250 North American coffeehouses by week's end, about 1% of its roughly 18,000 stores. It says the undisclosed sites cannot consistently deliver its desired experience for customers and partners or lack a path to acceptable financial performance. -
Musk leaves a Tesla-SpaceX merger possible, but unconfirmed
Elon Musk gave no clear answer on a possible Tesla-SpaceX merger at the All-In Summit, citing close cooperation between the companies. The Motley Fool advises shareholders to avoid trading on speculation and judge each stock on long-term prospects. -
AtlasClear’s FY2026 revenue rose 85%, while operating loss doubled
AtlasClear’s FY2026 revenue rose 85% to $20.1 million; it reported about $2 million in GAAP net income as its operating loss widened to $9.8 million from $4.9 million. Net income included an $11.1 million noncash fair-value gain on an earn-out liability. -
Motley Fool sees NIO as a stronger decade-long bet than Lucid
Motley Fool contributor Leo Sun argues NIO is a stronger long-term turnaround bet than Lucid, citing 2025 deliveries of 326,028 versus 15,841 and net losses of 2.2 billion yuan and $3.68 billion, respectively. NIO also achieved adjusted profitability in the first half of 2026. -
Motley Fool cites market's best days in case for riding out downturns
Motley Fool argues for staying invested through bear markets: J.P. Morgan found the seven best days in two decades came within two weeks of the 10 worst. Missing the S&P 500’s 10 best days over 20 years cut annualized returns nearly 40%, the article says. -
A Motley Fool contributor picks Reddit over AppLovin for 2026
A Motley Fool contributor favors Reddit over AppLovin for 2026, citing seven straight quarters of ad growth, new profitability and AI licensing. Reddit's FY2025 revenue rose 69.4%, while AppLovin's net margin was higher at 60.8%, versus Reddit's 24.1%. -
Matt DiLallo calls Realty Income a bargain as its yield nears 6%
Realty Income shares fell from above $65 to about $55 over the past month, lifting its dividend yield from about 5% to nearly 6%. Motley Fool contributor Matt DiLallo calls it a bargain, while noting that higher rates can raise REIT borrowing costs. -
Buffett says finding value is tough as S&P 500 CAPE nears a record
In a recent CNBC interview, Warren Buffett said it is “tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling.” The S&P 500’s Shiller CAPE ratio stands at 41.6, near its 44.2 peak before the 1999 dot-com crash and above its 32.6 peak in 1929. -
Motley Fool writer picks IREN over Applied Digital for 2026
Motley Fool writer picks IREN over Applied Digital for 2026, citing five-year deals worth nearly $9.7 billion with Microsoft and roughly $3.4 billion with Nvidia, plus $4 billion in contracted annual recurring revenue for 2026 capacity. Both lost money in FY2026. -
BNP Paribas upgrades Nebius and lifts target to $399 as shares gain 9.5%
Nebius shares were up 9.5% at 1:53 p.m. ET after BNP Paribas analyst Stefan Slowinski upgraded the company from neutral to a buy-equivalent rating and raised his target from $260 to $399, implying 76% upside from the prior close. Shares had nearly tripled in 2026. -
Motley Fool contributor picks Joby over Archer as a 2026 eVTOL investment
A Motley Fool contributor picks Joby Aviation over Archer Aviation as a 2026 eVTOL investment, citing Joby’s FAA progress, Toyota manufacturing partnership and Delta backing. The article says passenger service for either may still be one or two years away. -
Burry calls five stocks full positions while adding to four short bets
Michael Burry said he bought more of QXO, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Sprouts Farmers Market, Birkenstock and MercadoLibre, which he called full positions. All were 29%–65% below 52-week highs; he added to short bets on Micron, Nebius, Palantir and the iShares Semiconductor ETF. -
Tesla's Q3 delivery forecasts range from 435,000 to 475,000 ahead of Oct. 2 report
Tesla is expected to report third-quarter production and deliveries on Oct. 2. Delivery estimates range from Goldman Sachs’ 435,000 to Barclays’ 475,000, with consensus near 461,000; the report may also provide clues on Cybercab and Semi production. -
Motley Fool columnist would put $1,000 or more into Realty Income
Motley Fool columnist Leo Sun says he would invest $1,000 or more in Realty Income despite rising bond yields, citing its 5.9% forward yield and projected 2026 adjusted funds from operations of $4.44–$4.45 per share, above its $3.26 forward dividend. -
Caterpillar posts 24% second-quarter growth as pipeline hits $72 billion
Caterpillar reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $20.5 billion, up 24% year over year, while its pipeline reached a record $72 billion, up $35 billion in a year. The Motley Fool credits AI-related demand but flags a trailing P/E above 35. -
GE Aerospace plans $11.75 billion purchase of casting supplier CPP
GE Aerospace plans to buy Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) for $11.75 billion, bringing an engine-casting supplier in-house to ease bottlenecks. GE plans to use $7 billion in cash and new debt for the rest; closing is expected in the second half of 2027. -
NATS fault disrupts hundreds of UK flights; Ryanair, Wizz Air seek changes
A NATS technical fault on Sept. 8 disrupted hundreds of flights at major UK airports. Wizz Air called for an overhaul and Ryanair for NATS CEO Martin Rolfe’s resignation; neither airline caused the failure, and no financial hit has been reported. -
Patrick Sanders says Nvidia's growth supports his plan to buy more shares
Motley Fool contributor Patrick Sanders says he plans to buy more Nvidia shares, citing fiscal Q2 2027 revenue of $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year, and the Vera Rubin AI platform's rollout. Net income rose 126% to $59.68 billion. -
Oracle’s force majeure notice raises payment questions for Project Jupiter
Bloomberg reports Oracle issued a force majeure notice for its 2.45-gigawatt Project Jupiter data-center site in New Mexico, seeking to delay payments if it is not online in 2028. Oracle says the project remains on schedule and the notice does not itself signal a delay. -
US stocks retreat as Treasury yields climb; Oracle falls after force majeure reports
At 11:37 a.m. ET Sept. 24, the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow were down 0.48%, 0.77% and 0.71% amid a bond sell-off; the 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.16%. Oracle fell nearly 5% after reports it invoked force majeure in connection with a New Mexico data-center project.
