The Weekly Brief (As of September 11)
- Salesforce (CRM) reported an EPS and revenue of $2.91 on a revenue of $10.24 billion, beating expectations on both fronts of $2.78 and $10.14 billion, respectively, while cutting 4,000 customer service jobs during the quarter and announcing a $20 billion increase to its share buyback program to a total of $50 billion.
- Lululemon (LULU) stock tumbles as the company reported weak U.S. demand with a same-store sales decline of 4% for the quarter, along with tariff costs.
- Nebius Group (NBIS)’s share price jumped materially as the company announced the deal to supply Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure to Microsoft (MSFT) over a five-year period.
- Oracle (ORCL)’s shares skyrocketed despite a slight earnings miss, as the company reported solid remaining performance obligations – a measure of contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which was up 359% from the prior year.
- Synopsys (SNPS) – the parent company of the chip design software- reported an EPS of $3.39 on a total revenue of $1.74 billion, which missed the expectation of $3.75 on the topline of $1.77 billion, while signalling a potential slowdown in China, which led to a tumble in share price.
*Analysts of 5i Research responsible for this report ave a financial or other interest in SNPS, MSFT, LULU. The i2i Fund has a financial or other interest in NBIS.
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