NIO Inc. (NIO) reported its latest delivery numbers for March on Friday. The Chinese electric vehicle company delivered 9,985 cars last month – an increase of 37.6% year-over-year. The deliveries in March consisted of: 1,726 ES8s – the company’s six-seater or seven-seater flagship premium smart electric SUV 5,064 ES6s – the co...
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. reported its latest financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 on Thursday. The pharmaceutical company reported revenue of $33.756 billion in the quarter, beating analyst forecast of $33.228 billion. Earnings per also topped analyst estimates at $1.59 per share vs. $1.39 per share expected. CEO Ro...
The FAANG stocks are perhaps the most well-known and well-advertised stocks in the market. The FAANG stocks are made up of META (Which used to be Facebook), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (now traded as Alphabet). They are often grouped as they are some of the biggest tech players in the market with a collective market cap of around 7 trillion ...
US President Joe Biden is pushing to invoke the Defence Production Act as soon as the end of the week. The president is aiming to boost domestic production of critical minerals which are essential to the production of Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries and military hardware. The legislation was originally designed to help the federal government gai...
Paychex Inc. reported its latest financial results before the opening bell on Wall Street on Wednesday. The US payroll services company reported total revenue of $1.276 billion for the quarter ending February 28, 2022 (a 15% increase year-over-year) vs. $1.22 billion expected. Earnings per share reported at $1.15 per share, above analyst esti...
Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian trans-Tasman retailer headquartered in Bella Vista, Sydney, with extensive operations throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the largest company in Australia by revenue and the second-largest in New Zealand. Goldman Sachs has labelled Woolworths as a buy in their latest broker note release. Woolwort...
JB Hi-Fi is an Australian/New Zealand consumer electronics, Home Appliances and Technology retailer. The company operates 316 stores across Australia and New Zealand. JB Hi-Fi appears to be still going strong despite the general retail disruptions brought on by COVID-19. Based on the uncertain nature of the pandemic, they are having issues with ...
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications company which builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 and Australia's largest telecommunications company by market share. Key points Tels...
A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a proportion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. How do stock dividends work? A dividend is paid per share of stock — if you own 30 shares in a company and that company pays $2 in annual cas...
Xpeng Inc. reported its Q4 2021 financial results before the market open in the US on Monday. The Chinese electric vehicle company topped Wall Street expectations, beating both revenue and earnings per share estimates. World’s 21st largest automaker reported total revenue of $1.764 billion in the quarter (200.1% increase year-over-year) vs. $1...
The market looks for another volatile week as geopolitical concerns and high commodity prices look likely to remain a key factor in the last week of March. Market sentiment will also be dictated by the Federal Reserve's responses to key core figures coming out later this week. Commodities Oil prices are set to remain in focus with concerns fr...
Premier Investments is a company that was established as an investment vehicle to maximise growth in capital returns to shareholders through the acquisition of controlling or strategic shareholdings in premier Australian companies, with a particular focus on retailing, importing and distributing. Premier Investments’ Half-Year Results Premi...
NIO Inc. reported its fourth quarter 2021 financial results after the market close on Wall Street on Thursday. The Chinese electric vehicle maker reported revenue of $1.558 billion (49.1% increase year-over-year) that was above analyst forecast of $1.537 billion. NIO reported higher than expected loss per share in the fourth quarter of -$0.17...
Drones are slowly becoming mainstream in our airspace. Along with unmanned aviation vehicles (UAV), these high flying devices can commonly be reported as a potential UFO. There has been quite a lot of hype over potential growth of the drone market. The potential value of the global drone industry has been estimated to double within the next five...
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has recently doubled down on their hawkish views, after Jerome Powell’s latest speech. There are preparations to substantially increase the interest rate in May. The speech has subsequently put pressure on the Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) to raise the interest rate at a faster pace. Mr Powell said “the US centra...