Shares of data-mining and analytics company Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) jumped 7% in the pre-market session after the company revealed new commercial customers, including Walgreens Boots Alliance and Heineken. This signals that Palantir's commercial business is gaining traction beyond its traditional government contracts. Signing up major names like Walgreens Boots Alliance and Heineken highlights a shift that could help diversify its revenue streams.
Shares of experiential tourism company Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU) jumped 6.5% in the pre-market session after the company reported strong fourth-quarter 2024 results, which blew past analysts' sales, earnings, and EBITDA expectations. In addition, its full-year EBITDA guidance outperformed Wall Street's estimates by a wide margin.
Shares of facility services provider ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) fell 9.3% in the morning session after the company reported underwhelming fourth quarter 2024 results: Sales were roughly in line, but the company recorded a significant increase in cash burn.
Shares of leading designer of graphics chips Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) jumped 6.9% in the morning session as markets experienced a boost after data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that inflation for the month of February 2025 came in better than expected. The CPI (Consumer Price Index - a gauge of the average price consumers pay for goods and services) rose 0.2% from the previous month (vs estimates for a 0.3% increase), while headline inflation rose 2.8% year on year (vs estimates for a
Shares of customer experience software provider Sprinklr (NYSE:CXM) jumped 19.1% in the afternoon session after the company reported decent fourth-quarter 2024 results: Sales beat by a modest margin while EPS beat more convincingly. The key highlight for the quarter was the 18% increase in high-value customers spending over $1 million annually, which continued to help the more modest subscription revenue growth (up 3% year-over-year).
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The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer. However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.
Expensive stocks typically earn their valuations through superior growth rates that other companies simply can’t match. The flip side though is that these lofty expectations make them particularly susceptible to drawdowns when market sentiment shifts.