Stocks trading between $10 and $50 can be particularly interesting as they frequently represent businesses that have survived their early challenges. However, investors should remain vigilant as some may still have unproven business models, leaving them vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of the broader market.
Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
Consumer discretionary businesses are levered to the highs and lows of economic cycles. This sensitive demand profile can lead to some stock price volatility, but over the past six months, the industry has stayed on track as its 4% return was close to the S&P 500’s.
Growth is oxygen. But when it evaporates, the consequences can be extreme - ask anyone who bought Cisco in the Dot-Com Bubble (Nvidia?) or newer investors who lived through the 2020 to 2022 COVID cycle.
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Electric vehicle charging company EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 35% year on year to $67.51 million. On the other hand, the company’s outlook for the full year was close to analysts’ estimates with revenue guided to $360 million at the midpoint. Its GAAP loss of $0.11 per share was 13.9% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Hair care company Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2024, but sales fell by 9.8% year on year to $100.7 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $420.5 million at the midpoint came in 4.4% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.01 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
Growth expectations for the U.S. economy are falling as China and Canada announce their next move in the tit-for-tat trade spat with the White House.
Wall Street's main indexes fell on Tuesday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading declines, as investors feared that an escalating trade war between the U.S. and its partners could damage the economy. The Nasdaq Composite index fell 10% from its record high hit on December 16 into what is commonly known as correction territory. At 10:01 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 610.73 points, or 1.41%, to 42,580.51, the S&P 500 lost 86.35 points, or 1.50%, to 5,762.26 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 284.14 points, or 1.55%, to 18,066.06.
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