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Recently, Duolingo reported strong fundamentals, with revenue climbing 41% year over year and free-cash-flow margins remaining healthy as its language-learning platform scaled. What stands out is the company’s record pace of converting free users into paying subscribers while consistently generating positive free cash flow, underscoring growing monetization efficiency. Next, we’ll assess how this acceleration in paid subscriber conversion shapes Duolingo’s existing investment narrative and...

Wondering if Lockheed Martin is still attractive at around $474 a share or if the best days are behind it? This article will unpack what the current price really implies about potential future returns. The stock has been almost flat over the past year, slipping 0.2% despite a 54.5% gain over the last 5 years and only modest moves of 0.9% over 30 days and 6.5% over 3 years. This hints at a market that is undecided rather than outright bearish. Recently, investors have been digesting headlines...

Vertical Aerospace recently announced a partnership with Skyports Infrastructure and Bristow Group to launch the UK's first electric air-taxi routes, connecting Canary Wharf with major hubs such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Cambridge and Oxford, with services targeted from the first quarter of 2029. This collaboration places Bristow at the center of an emerging urban air mobility ecosystem, linking its UK operating certificates and flight expertise with new eVTOL technology and dedicated vertiport...

Domino's Pizza (DPZ) has quietly outperformed the broader market over the past month, with shares gaining around 8% as investors warm to its steady revenue and earnings growth despite a choppy consumer backdrop. See our latest analysis for Domino's Pizza. That recent 1 month share price return of roughly 8% has helped Domino's claw back some earlier weakness, and with a 1 year total shareholder return of about 3% the overall trend still looks like steady, if unspectacular, momentum rather...

In recent days, Hamilton Lane has drawn attention for its strong fundamentals, with more than US$100.00 billion in assets under management, solid revenue and earnings growth, a sustainable dividend payout ratio of 37%, and renewed analyst optimism reflected in fresh research coverage. At the same time, Hamilton Lane’s participation in acquiring a majority stake in Cold-Link Logistics alongside Slate Asset Management highlights its push into infrastructure-related opportunities that...

In recent weeks, Silicon Motion Technology has drawn fresh investor attention as analysts projected roughly 44% year-over-year earnings growth for the latest quarter, underpinned by a pattern of earnings and revenue beats and reinforced by upbeat trading in its US-listed ADRs. A key insight is that analysts’ stable or improving estimates, combined with Silicon Motion’s consistent outperformance versus expectations, suggest growing confidence in the company’s ability to convert demand for...

B. Riley Financial, Inc. reported its previously delayed second‑quarter 2025 results, showing revenue of US$225.3 million and net income of US$139.47 million, a sharp swing from a large loss a year earlier, alongside a US$314 million reduction in total debt and timely filing of its Form 10‑Q to meet Nasdaq requirements. Beyond the headline profit rebound, one-off gains from the sale of GlassRatner and senior note exchanges played a central role in the earnings turnaround and helped stabilize...

GeneDx Holdings (WGS) just saw its GUARDIAN newborn genomic screening study highlighted in JAMA’s Research of the Year, a credibility boost that could quietly reshape how investors view its long term growth runway. See our latest analysis for GeneDx Holdings. The recognition has landed while momentum is already strong, with GeneDx’s share price up 76% year to date and an 81% total shareholder return over the last year, signaling investors are steadily repricing its growth story. If this kind...

Patria Investments Limited recently implemented a new corporate structure and created a Global Chief Operating Officer role, appointing Nikitas Psyllakis, formerly of DWS Group, to oversee finance, funds, technology, legal and compliance, risk management, and internal audit, reporting directly to CEO Alex Saigh. This consolidation of core control and support functions under a single global leader may meaningfully influence how efficiently Patria scales its alternatives platform across...

Dropbox (DBX) has quietly slipped about 6 % over the past 3 months, even as the broader tech space marched higher. That underperformance is exactly what makes the stock interesting right now. See our latest analysis for Dropbox. Over the past year, Dropbox’s share price return has been slightly negative, but a solid three year total shareholder return above 25 % hints that recent weakness reflects shifting sentiment more than a broken long term story. If Dropbox’s recent drift has you...

Riot Platforms recently detailed a shift away from its traditional Bitcoin mining focus toward building large-scale AI and high‑performance computing data centers, starting with core‑and‑shell development of two buildings at its Corsicana, Texas campus following land acquisition and campus design completion earlier this year. This move recasts Riot as a power‑rich digital infrastructure developer rather than a pure crypto miner, raising fresh questions about execution, capital intensity, and...

In recent months, Alibaba Group has doubled down on cloud, AI and instant commerce, expanding Cainiao–Tmall Supermarket fulfilment for four-hour grocery delivery, courting access to Nvidia’s H200 chips, and pushing its Qwen AI models globally, even as big investors such as David Tepper selectively trimmed positions while keeping the stock a core holding. These moves highlight how Alibaba is recasting itself as an AI and cloud-centric technology platform, using heavy investment in logistics,...

Recent commentary around BWX Technologies (BWXT) has zeroed in on its accelerating Commercial Operations. The Kinectrics integration, microreactor work, and medical isotopes are reinforcing already solid government backed earnings and lifting investor confidence. See our latest analysis for BWX Technologies. The share price has cooled slightly with a 1 month share price return of minus 1.9 percent. However, a powerful year to date share price return of 58.3 percent and a 3 year total...

Weatherford International (WFRD) is back in the spotlight after a new clean fuels partnership with Eclipse Energy and a wave of upbeat analyst views, pushing investors to revisit the stock’s longer term potential. See our latest analysis for Weatherford International. That clean fuels deal and the steady drumbeat of upbeat coverage have arrived on the back of a roughly 24% 3 month share price return and a powerful multiyear total shareholder return track record, suggesting momentum is still...

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) just enrolled the first patient into its new PPD CorEvitas Alzheimer's Disease Registry, a real world data initiative that quietly reinforces the stock's long term healthcare infrastructure story. See our latest analysis for Thermo Fisher Scientific. That backdrop of new registries and high productivity lab platforms lands in a stock that has already logged an 18.4% 90 day share price return and a 25.59% five year total shareholder return, which suggests that...

Banner (BANR) has quietly drifted higher over the past month, and that steady move is getting investors to revisit the regional bank’s mix of growth, income, and valuation. See our latest analysis for Banner. That 10.36% 1 month share price return stands out against a flat year to date move and a modest 1 year total shareholder return of 3.8%. This suggests momentum is only just starting to rebuild as investors reassess Banner’s earnings resilience and valuation. If Banner’s steady climb has...

If you have been wondering whether TechnipFMC is still a smart buy after its huge run, you are not alone. This stock is exactly the kind investors worry they might be late to. Despite a recent dip of 3.5% over the last week, the shares are still up 1.7% over 30 days, 51.2% year to date, 55.7% over the last year and an eye catching 575.0% over five years, which says a lot about how the market view of its prospects has evolved. Part of this momentum reflects growing optimism around offshore...

Certara (CERT) is stepping into 2026 with a leadership reset, as long time CEO Dr. William Feehery exits and former IQVIA executive Jon Resnick takes the helm, reshaping expectations for the stock. See our latest analysis for Certara. The leadership handover seems to have sparked a modest rebound, with a 1 month share price return of 9.41 percent after a tough stretch that left the year to date share price return at negative 14.92 percent and the 5 year total shareholder return at negative...

Why Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Is Back in Focus Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has quietly staged a strong comeback, with the stock up about 44% over the past 3 months and more than doubling over the past year. See our latest analysis for Warner Bros. Discovery. The recent leg higher looks more like momentum building than a one off bounce, with a 20.3% 1 month share price return feeding into a triple digit year to date gain and a similarly powerful 1 year total shareholder return, even as the...

Builders FirstSource (BLDR) slipped after Jefferies cut its rating to Hold, a change that prompted investors to reassess how much future growth they are willing to pay for in this housing cycle. See our latest analysis for Builders FirstSource. That caution is showing up in the tape, with the 1 month share price return still positive at about 8 percent even as the year to date share price return sits near negative 27 percent and the 1 year total shareholder return is down roughly 31 percent...

If you are wondering whether Blackstone Mortgage Trust is still worth buying after its recent run, or if the easy money has already been made, you are not alone. The stock is up 22.6% over the last year and 13.2% year to date, with a strong 9.6% gain in the past month even after a small 1.6% pullback this week. Recent moves have been driven largely by shifting expectations around interest rates and commercial real estate credit risk, as investors reassess which mortgage REITs can navigate...

Perfect (NYSE:PERF) just released a new trend report on how AI is reshaping holiday shopping, showing that nearly 90% of consumers already lean on AI tools to discover products and personalize their experience. See our latest analysis for Perfect. The upbeat reaction to this latest AI shopping report adds a modest boost to Perfect’s recent momentum, with a 1 month share price return of 4.02 percent. However, that sits against a much weaker year to date share price return and a still heavily...

WeRide (WRD) just flipped the switch on public robotaxi rides in Dubai, rolling out its autonomous fleet on the Uber app across busy beachside districts, and investors are now weighing what this expansion means for future growth. See our latest analysis for WeRide. The launch in Dubai comes after a strong operational ramp up this year, yet the stock tells a more cautious story, with a 30 day share price return of 20.22 percent but a year to date share price return of negative 39.68 percent...

Stephens just kicked off coverage of Apogee Therapeutics (APGE) after highlighting fresh data around its lead drug APG777 in atopic dermatitis, a move that shines a brighter light on the company’s long term pipeline story. See our latest analysis for Apogee Therapeutics. That backdrop helps explain why investors have been leaning in, with Apogee’s 30 day share price return at 21.18 percent, a powerful 90 day share price return of 111.74 percent, and a 1 year total shareholder return of 62.13...