Stocks news summaries — Page 7
Essential facts and source links for recent stocks stories.
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Motley Fool’s 2026 stock pick is Monster Beverage over PepsiCo
Motley Fool favors Monster Beverage over PepsiCo for 2026, citing Monster’s latest-quarter revenue topping $2.5 billion for the first time and double-digit growth across regions. The article also notes Monster’s premium valuation and reliance on Coca-Cola for distribution. -
MP Materials sent magnets to GM for testing, expects Q4 commercial shipments
MP Materials sent rare-earth magnets to General Motors for testing in Q2 2026 and expects commercial shipments to begin in Q4 2026. The step would move it closer to becoming an automaker supplier, but the company still must prove it can deliver reliably. -
Motley Fool writer favors QuantumScape over D-Wave for 2026
Motley Fool’s author favors QuantumScape over D-Wave for 2026, calling both speculative bets years from commercial scale. QuantumScape had no FY2025 revenue and lost nearly $435.1 million; D-Wave generated revenue but lost about $355.1 million. -
Micron may post a blowout quarter, but shares may not rally
Motley Fool contributor Geoffrey Seiler expects Micron to post a blowout fiscal Q4 when it reports Sept. 30, citing record DRAM and NAND prices in August. He says strong results may not lift the stock because investors are focused on how long the memory boom will last. -
Warren Buffett’s crash advice: prepare instead of predicting a downturn
Buffett’s “build arks, don’t predict rain” advice is to prepare for downturns rather than try to time them. The article reports no immediate signs of an approaching crash and suggests younger adults save at least three months’ expenses, while families may want at least six. -
Motley Fool outlines four ways to prepare for a possible market correction
The Motley Fool advises investors to review speculative stocks and portfolio allocations, plan purchases for a downturn and avoid trying to time the bottom. Schwab data cited in the article show that six of 27 S&P 500 corrections since 1974 became bear markets. -
Why a Motley Fool contributor sees Uber as a better robotaxi stock than Tesla
Ryan Vanzo of The Motley Fool argues Uber may be a better robotaxi stock than Tesla, citing its established ride-hailing demand and shares trading at 14 times free cash flow, versus more than 200 times for Tesla. He expects both to become major players. -
Why a Motley Fool writer favors Shopify over MercadoLibre in 2026
A Motley Fool writer favors Shopify over MercadoLibre for 2026, citing growth with profitability. Shopify’s FY2025 revenue rose 30.1% to roughly $11.6 billion and net income was about $1.2 billion, while MercadoLibre is trading near-term profit for market share. -
Greg Abel’s $68 million Berkshire investment came in 2022, before his CEO role
Greg Abel bought $68 million in Berkshire Hathaway shares in 2022, before becoming CEO in 2026. The Motley Fool argues the stake aligns his financial interests with shareholders, while noting that ownership does not prevent him from making mistakes. -
Micron’s Sept. 30 report could benefit Lam Research, Motley Fool says
Micron Technology is due to report fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter results on Sept. 30; Motley Fool argues strong memory demand and tight supply could help it beat expectations and benefit Lam Research, which supplies chipmaking equipment to Micron and other firms. -
Tesla’s possible EU FSD vote, 2,500-Semi order and robotaxi incident reports
Reuters says Tesla believes an EU committee may vote on its supervised Full Self-Driving software before Oct. 6; no meeting date is announced. Tesla received an order for 2,500 Semi trucks, and NHTSA data lists four robotaxi incident reports filed in July and August. -
Motley Fool cautions against holding all seven Magnificent Seven stocks
Motley Fool argues against owning all seven Magnificent Seven stocks individually because their overlapping AI exposure could make them move together. It favors a diversified portfolio of about 50 stocks, while saying a broad index fund’s other holdings can help cushion the risk. -
Motley Fool sees RTX, Honeywell Aerospace as defense-spending plays
Global defense spending reached $2.9 trillion last year, about 2.5% of world output. The Motley Fool identifies RTX and Honeywell Aerospace as potential beneficiaries, citing RTX’s $289 billion backlog and Honeywell’s $500 million plan to expand U.S. facilities. -
Costco’s history suggests $330–$420 in yearly dividends on $20,000 by 2036
A roughly $20,000 investment in Costco would buy 22 shares at the cited price, paying about $129 in annual dividends now. If Costco raises its dividend 11%–14% yearly for 10 years, those shares could generate $330–$420 a year by 2036; the projection is not guaranteed. -
Ford's 4.6% yield may not justify buying it for dividend income
Ford Motor Co. offers a forward dividend yield of about 4.6%, but Motley Fool contributor Thomas Niel says it is not a strong long-term pick for dividend-focused investors: Ford has suspended its dividend twice, and its special payouts are difficult to predict. -
A Motley Fool writer’s Nvidia model points to $572 a share by 2030
Motley Fool columnist Adam Spatacco says Nvidia’s roughly $225 price implies a decade-low forward P/E of 14.3 on analysts’ $15.68 FY2028 EPS estimate. Assuming at least $26 in FY2030 EPS and a P/E of 22, he projects $572 a share, or $2,540 for $1,000 invested. -
Iridium shareholders back Rocket Lab’s roughly $8 billion deal
Iridium shareholders voted for Rocket Lab’s acquisition, with votes representing 81% of Iridium’s outstanding common shares. The deal values each share at $54, remains subject to regulatory approval, and the companies expect to complete it by mid-next year. -
A $25,000 Healthpeak investment would pay just over $127 monthly
Healthpeak Properties, a healthcare real estate investment trust, pays a monthly dividend of just over 10.33 cents a share. At about $20.30 a share, $25,000 would buy roughly 1,231 shares and generate just over $127 monthly, at a 6.02% annual dividend yield. -
AWS growth accelerates amid Amazon’s $220 billion data-center spending
Amazon is spending $220 billion on data centers, and a Motley Fool analysis argues that rising AI-computing demand justifies the outlay: AWS revenue grew 37% year over year in Q2, and its backlog reached $496 billion, growing at a triple-digit pace. -
Fidelity data: S&P 500 positive one year after 95% of midterms since 1938
Fidelity research says the S&P 500 posted positive returns in the 12 months after U.S. midterm elections 95% of the time since 1938. Motley Fool columnist Geoffrey Seiler recommends staying invested, but cautions that past performance does not assure future results. -
Motley Fool argues for diversification, citing 46 firms' market impact
Motley Fool argues stock pickers should diversify because market wealth creation has been concentrated among a small number of companies. Citing Hendrik Bessembinder's research, it says 46 firms accounted for half of stock-market value creation from 1926 to 2025. -
Aurora recommends rejecting Curaleaf’s $4-per-share takeover offer
Curaleaf’s $4-per-share cash-and-stock offer for Aurora Cannabis is open until Dec. 1, but Aurora recommends shareholders reject it. Curaleaf has also applied to Alberta’s Securities Commission to stop Aurora’s at-the-market share sales. -
Anthropic delays planned IPO to November; revenue run rate forecast above $110 billion
Anthropic has shifted its planned IPO from October to November and reportedly still seeks a $100 billion raise at a $2 trillion valuation. The company expects its annualized revenue run rate to top $110 billion by year-end, implying about 18 times sales at that target. -
Costco and Micron may become stock-split candidates if targets are met
Costco and Micron could be stock-split candidates if analysts’ median one-year targets are met: $1,100 and $1,600, compared with their Sept. 23, 2026, closing prices of $904.70 and $1,071.88. The article presents splits as possibilities, not announced plans. -
Micron posts 346% revenue growth as non-GAAP gross margin hits a record
Micron’s fiscal Q3 revenue rose 346% year over year to $41.46 billion; adjusted earnings were $25.11 a share. Its Q4 revenue guidance is about $50 billion, plus or minus $1 billion; tight supply and AI demand lift prices, but new capacity could ease them. -
Investors can prepare for a bear market without predicting when it comes
To prepare for a bear market, The Motley Fool says market timing rarely works and recommends modest portfolio shifts, checking tolerance for a 20%-plus drop, emergency savings to avoid forced sales and continued automatic investing if finances allow. -
Motley Fool highlights Marvell and ASML as chip-growth plays
A Motley Fool analysis highlights Marvell Technology and ASML as stocks that could benefit from AI and semiconductor demand, citing a World Semiconductor Trade Statistics forecast for the global chip market to grow 90% to $1.5 trillion in 2026. -
Former Netflix executive Josh Simon leads Funko's turnaround push
Funko CEO Josh Simon leads a turnaround after the company warned it might lack cash for debt payments. Second-quarter sales rose 7% to $207.7 million, and its $15.4-million profit depended on a $25.4-million benefit from expected tariff refunds. -
Why a Motley Fool writer would avoid Microsoft among the Magnificent Seven
A Motley Fool contributor says Microsoft is the Magnificent Seven stock he would avoid or sell, despite revenue rising 18% year over year and Azure growing 43% in the June quarter. Concerns include uncertain AI costs, Copilot uptake and weakness elsewhere.
