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In this analysis, we will look at some of the aspects the market may have adapted when pricing Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and explore why the stock may retain current levels. Even though the fundamentals may not reflect the current valuation.

When debt becomes expensive, growth stories leave the headlines, and market woes take their place. In that environment, money looks for a safe harbor provided – amongst the others – in the Consumer Staples sector. Thus, it is not surprising that General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) has been doing better than expected, providing a stable dividend at a very reasonable valuation compared to its peers.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) is captivating investors with its high 79% revenue growth rate, and an estimated total addressable market (TAM) value of $53b by 2025. However, the company has a forward price to sales ratio of 14.3x, which is ahead of the 7.9x industry average ratio. In order for this to work for investors, the company must keep up its high performance for more than 6 quarters to reach the average, when it can afford to have lower growth rates.

In the Q4 earnings release, Costco (NASDAQ:COST) reported that net sales for the quarter increased by 15.2% to $70.76 billion, and their net sales for the fiscal year increased by 16% to $222.73 billion. Their net income for the fourth quarter was $1.868 billion, which is $4.20 per diluted share, and their net income for the fiscal year was $5.84 billion, or $13.14 per diluted share.

With growing geopolitical tension, and the recent reclassification of natural gas as a green energy source, midstream companies have been taking the spotlight on the energy market. For that reason, we'll look into CNX Resources Corporation (NYSE:CNX), a company that has a strong growth perspective in that sector.

Vladimr Putin’s latest mobilization caused the oil price to spike yesterday morning. Somewhat predictably, energy stocks opened higher, - but then very quickly reversed course, along with the price of crude, when it emerged that US inventories increased by 1.1 million barrels from a week earlier. Exxon (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) all closed lower on the day.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS), and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) are the three key telecom operators in the US. The stocks had lackluster performance, with TMUS delivering 6.8% in the last 12 months, T experiencing a deep drop of 38.4% and VZ losing some 23.3%. In this article we will discuss the effects of debt, 5G and consumer spending on the valuations of these stocks as well as see how their fundamentals compare.

The U.S. administration is may widen the restrictions on exports of semiconductors to China in order to limit China's ability to import technology that can be used against U.S. national security interests. Stocks like AMAT, KLAC, LRCX have 27%+ revenue exposure to the Chinese market which may be affected.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) will be conducting a 3-for-1 stock split after the market closes on Tuesday 13th September. On Wednesday, shareholders will receive two additional shares for each share they hold at the close on Tuesday. With a pre-split share price of ~$570, shares should be trading at ~$190 after the split. The number of shares outstanding will increase from ~99.4 million to ~299 million.