Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) posted very impressive growth first quarter numbers and metrics on May 13, though lower than analysts’ estimates. If this trajectory is maintained, COIN stock is going to be much higher a year from now. Source: Primakov / Shutterstock.com For example, adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) spiked from $288
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) stock seldom goes on sale. When it does, income investors need to grab it like one of those prized rotisserie chickens offered at the back of the store. The most recent sale came around the end of February or early March. The COST stock share price fell 20%, from a high of
Dividend stocks are popular among investors. There’s a good reason for this. In fact, there are several good reasons. Besides the returns from growth in the stock’s value, you get dividend payments. These can be plowed back into your portfolio or used for income. Dividend stocks also tend to be lower risk — if the
Income investors have likely become familiar with stocks known as the Dividend Aristocrats and Dividend Kings, which represent stocks with 25+ and 50+ years of dividend increases, respectively. But there are plenty of quality stocks that aren’t included on these lists. Source: Iryna Imago / Shutterstock.com For example, the Dividend Achievers list covers those stocks
Dividend investors often gravitate towards certain sectors that are considered the safest in the market, including well-known sectors such as industrials or consumer staples. But in terms of growth, these sectors can often struggle, meaning investors may have to forfeit growth in exchange for stability. While that certainly has appeal for a lot of investors,
In October 2020, I created a dividend ladder for an article I was writing about dividend stocks. The idea was to select a stock yielding 1%, 2%, 3%, all the way to 7% or beyond. The thing is, you can’t always find good companies at precisely each of those yield points at a particular point
The key for dividend aristocrats is to have significant competitive advantages that attract customers to a company’s products or services regardless of economic conditions. Having a dominant position in an industry allows for companies to grow their revenue and earnings for long periods of time. This consistent growth, in turn, enables companies to return capital
So far in 2021, IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock has outperformed stock of cloud czars Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Source: shutterstock.com/LCV Big Blue is still a little bird among the clouds. It opened for trade May 14 at $145.11. That’s a market cap of $128.9 billion on 2020 revenue of $73.8 billion. A 14.5% rise
Thousands of stocks pay dividends, which can make choosing among them difficult, but there are some aspects of dividend stocks that are particularly attractive. One factor that can make a big difference is competitive advantage and leadership in a given industry. In general, larger companies with global dominance are considered safer and typically have more
Despite the heavy economic toll, last year’s recession was one of the shortest in history. Due to quick action by the Federal Reserve, the stock markets have recovered handily from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the first quarter was marked by intense price momentum for growth stocks. However, despite a pretty quick economic recovery, dividend
The technology sector continues to experience a roller-coaster ride in 2021. If you’re looking to take a breather, some blue-chip dividend stocks may be just the thing your portfolio needs. The U.S. Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:IYW) has lost nearly 46% over the past three months. IYW is higher by roughly 5% dating back to the start
As I sit here contemplating what to write about MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS), a Reddit favorite, I’m tempted to say MVIS stock is a piece of dog excrement. But that would be unprofessional. Source: Shutterstock So, instead, I’ll roll out the Forrest Gump line from the movie. Stupid is as stupid does. That only applies, however, if
GameStop (NYSE:GME) continues to take steps that will strengthen its e-commerce business, and the company should benefit from a couple of macro trends in the near-to-medium term. Nonetheless, GME stock remains meaningfully overvalued and the company is poised to be hurt by an important likely development in the longer term. Source: Northfoto / Shutterstock.com Given
With market sentiment turning negative towards both electric vehicle stocks and companies that went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), now is not the time to invest in Fisker (NYSE:FSR) stock. Source: Eric Broder Van Dyke / Shutterstock.com Currently, FSR stock is trading at around $10.50 a share, basically the same price it
As electric vehicles continue to widely proliferate in China and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) appears to be losing its momentum in the Asian country, Nio (NYSE:NIO) stock certainly has a great opportunity. Source: xiaorui / Shutterstock.com The company can radically boost its top and bottom in the medium and long term. Also positively for Nio stock and
Buying Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) stock is a bet that Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) will become the standard for making vehicles safe and even autonomous. Source: JHVEPhoto/shutterstock.com It’s also a bet on 26-year old Austin Russell, a California native who took Luminar public in December through a SPAC called Gores Metropoulos. LAZR stock shot out
It’s abundantly clear that the Reddit-driven rallies in names like Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) stock went too far. The supposedly epic “short squeezes” promised since late January haven’t materialized. GameStop (NYSE:GME), AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), SNDL stock and others remain well off their peaks. There’s plenty of reason for skepticism toward those names going forward as well.
After reviewing the statements of experts on the state of the pandemic in the U.S., reading CDC projections on the course that the coronavirus is likely to take and analyzing Ocugen’s (NASDAQ:OCGN) recent first-quarter earnings conference call, I remain extremely bearish on OCGN stock. Source: Shutterstock.com Ocugen has said that it is trying to get
The disruption that the novel coronavirus caused last year was nothing like we’ve had in centuries. Luckily, we have amazing vaccine companies that succeeded, plus others like Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) trying their hardest. NVAX stock is still full of potential and today we will debate owning it. Source: Ascannio/Shutterstock.com Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN)
Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) is a company in the healthcare sector that has experienced somewhat of a heart attack — or more accurately, a serious short-seller attack. This company went public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) back in January, but it has been a bit of a bumpy ride for CLOV