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[Capella]

NVDA March buys (think it was March, maybe Feb?) taking me to heights I didn’t think I’d see for a few more years. I run projections every year and I didn’t think I’d be here until late 2027. Crazy. Not bragging at all bc it could tank tomorrow just feeling very fortunate.

Plus most of us (that didn't leave the market) are in the same boat.

I'm up 174% on a pretty large holding with NVDA (dates back to the market crash during Trump's previous admin).

Yea I’m going back to 2022 here. Damn his first admin? Amazing.

 

[BassNBrew]

Again major props to @Todem on VRT

Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.83 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.67 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +14.46%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.62 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.64, delivering a surprise of +3.23%.


Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.

Vertiv, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $2.64 billion for the quarter ended June 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11.86%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $1.95 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.

The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.

Vertiv shares have added about 25.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.3%.

Stock ran to $151 before profit taking knocked it back to $140...currently at $145 up 2%. YoY you have a 42% increase in earnings and 35% in revenue which supports the price appreciation.

Indeed. I really couldn't tell you what these guys do and I'm up 66% on the position.

They build and run data centers. Pretty important in the world of AI.

I believe they supply the parts for these data centers.

Vertiv Holdings Co. is engaged in the design, manufacturing and servicing of critical digital infrastructure for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments. Its range of offerings includes alternate current and direct current power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure.

Son's girlfriend works for a company that builds and sells data center space. It's basically raining money at their company. I assume that power will become a constraint, but not sure if there's a good way to play that.

 

[BassNBrew]

NVDA March buys (think it was March, maybe Feb?) taking me to heights I didn’t think I’d see for a few more years. I run projections every year and I didn’t think I’d be here until late 2027. Crazy. Not bragging at all bc it could tank tomorrow just feeling very fortunate.

Bragging or not...it was good to have voices around here calling for buys when the majority sentiment was doom and gloom. More importantly, it's awesome hearing about guys around here tearing it up and securing their financial future.

April 8th AMD +133
April 4th AMD +112

April 4th NVDA +93

I owned ZERO NVDA entering the year. I had 3 shares of AMD. I missed out on all the fun in 2024. Combined they now represent over 15% of my portfolio. That March/April dip was life changing. It could all tank tomorrow, but it would just be another buying opportunity.

 

[BassNBrew]

Dang it Powell. You're making it hard for us to like you.

 

[General Malaise]

Alright, for the second time this year I sold all of my UAMY while it was still green for me. Should have sold after the CEO's on-air interview with Maria Barfpillow but whatever. Was starting to worry about this one falling completely apart and losing any gains, so say la vee.

And now, I'm going to double my position in BROS ahead of the earnings.

Didn't have quite enough cash to double the position, but I did nearly double it (90%). I think the earnings call is going to be a good one.

 

[Sand]

Dang it Powell. You're making it hard for us to like you.

We knew this answer. I'm surprised the market is surprised.

 

[BassNBrew]

Boom!!!!!

Meta shares jumped 8% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat on revenue. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:

• Earnings per share: $7.14 vs. $5.92 expected
• Revenue: $47.52 vs. $44.80 billion expected

Trimming 10% on the news here.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

market likes MSFT earnings.

 

[Capella]

 

[BassNBrew]

Microsoft (MSFT) reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines on the strength of its cloud revenue.

Microsoft stock climbed more than 6% on the news.

"Cloud and AI is the driving force of business transformation across every industry and sector," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement.


“We’re innovating across the tech stack to help customers adapt and grow in this new era, and this year, Azure surpassed $75 billion in revenue, up 34%, driven by growth across all workloads.”

For the quarter, Microsoft saw adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.65 on revenue of $76.4 billion. Wall Street was anticipating adjusted EPS of $3.37 and revenue of $73.89 billion, according to Bloomberg analyst consensus estimates. The company saw adjusted EPS of $2.95 and revenue of $64.72 billion in the same period last year.

Intelligent Cloud segment revenue, which includes Microsoft’s Azure business, topped out at $29.8 billion. Analysts were looking for $29.09 billion.

 

[guru_007]

geez louise, Meta and MSFT

 

[identikit]

TMDX up 11% after hours after their earning report

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

RBLX popping pre-market as well

 

[identikit]

Should be an interesting day on Wall Street

 

[BassNBrew]

Out of Moderna today for an 89% loss. I guess this is why smart people use stop loses.

 

[Capella]

Amz reporting today. Will be interesting if the party continues.

 

[Dezbelief]

Amz reporting today. Will be interesting if the party continues.

I think so. I saw a hitpiece on Temu having a poor reaction to the tariffs and lost some sales to Amazon. It's one of those articles that I don't know how to believe and how much to doubt.

https://www.thestreet.com/retail/temu-struggles-to-win-back-customers-due-to-unexpected-rival

 

[The Z Machine]

I dumped QCOM. Earned a whopping 0.5% over 2 months. I should a gone AMD...

 

[General Malaise]

Alright, I'm in for 3K shares of this stupid Hydrograph stonk. Don't buy this one. Let me be the lone idiot here. When we're all flying in planes made out of graphene, think of me then.

 

[ChiefD]

Alright, I'm in for 3K shares of this stupid Hydrograph stonk. Don't buy this one. Let me be the lone idiot here. When we're all flying in planes made out of graphene, think of me then.

I'm in.

I'll say to you what I said to my high school girlfriend:

"I trust you."

 

[Bob Sacamano]

wcgw?

 

[Capella]

It’s always the days you think will be huge that kinda just sputter along. Well except for meta.

 

[Ridgeback]

I took a SOXS position this afternoon. I read an article about an EU "Bazooka" and it triggered Hank Paulson memories of 2008.

Likely hold for 2-3 weeks.

I took one yesterday while it was under $7. Wish I would have taken a bigger bite after today's move. We'll see if it's a head fake or the start of something...

 

[General Malaise]

Alright, I'm in for 3K shares of this stupid Hydrograph stonk. Don't buy this one. Let me be the lone idiot here. When we're all flying in planes made out of graphene, think of me then.

I'm in.

I'll say to you what I said to my high school girlfriend:

"I trust you."

OH GOD NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO~!!!!!111



Never trust me. Ever. For anything. For any reason.



But this could be a fun lottery ride.



Or got t!its up.

 

[BassNBrew]

Amazon wait. I see nothing that isn't a positive yet the headlines read over wise. If I didn't already own enough to have a board seat, I'd be a buyer here.

 

[pecorino]

Out of Moderna today for an 89% loss. I guess this is why smart people use stop loses.

Or maybe it's the smart people who bought MRNA today (yes, I am referring to myself).

 

[fruity pebbles]

Amazon wait. I see nothing that isn't a positive yet the headlines read over wise. If I didn't already own enough to have a board seat, I'd be a buyer here.

Forecasted flat operating income next quarter seems like the culprit

 

[Capella]

Amazon wait. I see nothing that isn't a positive yet the headlines read over wise. If I didn't already own enough to have a board seat, I'd be a buyer here.

Forecasted flat operating income next quarter seems like the culprit

Just setting us up for a big earnings next quarter when they smash that forecast.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Amazon wait. I see nothing that isn't a positive yet the headlines read over wise. If I didn't already own enough to have a board seat, I'd be a buyer here.

Forecasted flat operating income next quarter seems like the culprit

Just setting us up for a big earnings next quarter when they smash that forecast.

Classic Amazon move.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Amazon wait. I see nothing that isn't a positive yet the headlines read over wise. If I didn't already own enough to have a board seat, I'd be a buyer here.

Forecasted flat operating income next quarter seems like the culprit

Just setting us up for a big earnings next quarter when they smash that forecast.

They went low, low though. 19 this quarter and forecasting 15-20 next.

 

[BassNBrew]

Out of Moderna today for an 89% loss. I guess this is why smart people use stop loses.

Or maybe it's the smart people who bought MRNA today (yes, I am referring to myself).

I wish you success. I entered on a big dip. They are slashing workforce and Covid vaccine sales continue to fall. They are projected to lose money the next 3 years. I'd rather roll the dice on drones and quantum computing or find safety in a growing value company like Adobe, Paypal, or Cake.

 

[BassNBrew]

Amazon expects total net sales to be between $174.0 billion and $179.5 billion in the third quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of $173.08 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. The range for operating income in the current quarter was also light. Amazon forecast between $15.5 billion and $20.5 billion, compared with expectations of $19.45 billion.

 

[BassNBrew]

I was up over 85% yoy but tomorrow will be a gut punch. A double up isn't looking likely.

 

[BassNBrew]

The company’s capital expenditures — a number that has been watched closely in recent quarters as tech giants spend bucketloads of money to build the infrastructure to power AI — totaled $32.18 billion, up a whopping 83% from a year earlier. That compared to analysts’ forecasts of $26.36 billion and first-quarter spending of $25 billion.

Nvadia

 

[Sand]

The market is definitely in a bad mood. Apple kills it and it up 2%. Amazon is meh and is down 7%. Powell is the hall monitor making sure that no one has any fun.

 

[Ridgeback]

The market is definitely in a bad mood. Apple kills it and it up 2%. Amazon is meh and is down 7%. Powell is the hall monitor making sure that no one has any fun.

Thank god he's the hall monitor, at least for now.

 

[BassNBrew]

The market is definitely in a bad mood. Apple kills it and it up 2%. Amazon is meh and is down 7%. Powell is the hall monitor making sure that no one has any fun.

I know I replace phones before tariffs kicked in. I suspect a lot of people followed suit.

 

[fruity pebbles]

So while Amazon, Meta, Softie and Google are deflating their earnings by spending nearly as much as their net income on capex. Apple is juicing their earnings by using stock buybacks and spending a 1/10 as much as the others on capex.

 

[Capella]

Gonna be uggggggggly today

 

[Sparky Polastri]

Gonna be uggggggggly today

Most likely. People keep dumping on "traditional" factors and the like. That's noise IMO. The uncertainty fog/curtain we are living under is problem numero uno and that doesn't appear to changing any time soon.

 

[The Z Machine]

Tariff tantrum 2.0

 

[Capella]

Amazon being down 8% on really good numbers when everybody knows they’ll just blow past these next quarter projections is hilarious.

 

[Todem]

Again major props to @Todem on VRT

Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.83 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.67 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +14.46%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.62 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.64, delivering a surprise of +3.23%.


Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.

Vertiv, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $2.64 billion for the quarter ended June 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11.86%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $1.95 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.

The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.

Vertiv shares have added about 25.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.3%.

Stock ran to $151 before profit taking knocked it back to $140...currently at $145 up 2%. YoY you have a 42% increase in earnings and 35% in revenue which supports the price appreciation.

Indeed. I really couldn't tell you what these guys do and I'm up 66% on the position.

Cooling technology for data centers.

Pure data center infrastructure play.

They are best in class in cooling technology.

 

[Todem]

Tariff tantrum 2.0

Not quite there lol but the market is indeed overdue to cool down.

 

[Todem]

And yes I am alive…….

 

[identikit]

I have a decent chunk to invest today

Will see what drops big....

 

[pecorino]

Out of Moderna today for an 89% loss. I guess this is why smart people use stop loses.

Or maybe it's the smart people who bought MRNA today (yes, I am referring to myself).

I wish you success. I entered on a big dip. They are slashing workforce and Covid vaccine sales continue to fall. They are projected to lose money the next 3 years. I'd rather roll the dice on drones and quantum computing or find safety in a growing value company like Adobe, Paypal, or Cake.

Thanks, I've been trading it over the past six months or so. I like their pipeline and the price is right. I'll probably buy more as it looks to be on further sale today.

 

[BassNBrew]

Oldie but goodie Fulgent might take the sting out of Amazon and Trump tirade.

Investing.com - Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ: FLGT) reported second quarter EPS of $0.07, $0.25 better than the analyst estimate of $-0.18. Revenue for the quarter came in at $81.8M versus the consensus estimate of $76.21M.

Guidance​

Fulgent Genetics sees FY 2025 EPS of $-0.35-$0.00 versus the analyst consensus of $-0.55.

Fulgent Genetics sees FY 2025 revenue of $320.00M versus the analyst consensus of $310.70M.

 

[BassNBrew]

Sofi has pulled back significantly today. I've done a lot of reading on this and am adding back the shares I sold in the $24s. Yesterday's resiliency after the dilution was proof enough for me. The added capital will fund more than enough growth to cover the dilution.

 

[BassNBrew]

Here is where and when I post something very stupid. But I'm planting my flag here and now to say that the S&P hit the high of 6400 today and that level is not going to be recrossed for the rest of the year. This week is full of earnings and could be the beginning of a downturn. I will come back in December if not sooner to laugh at the foolhardy prediction but there, the flag has been planted.

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