Restaurant stocks have had a challenging couple of years now. The U.S. economy was almost on full throttle earlier this year, nearly hitting escape velocity from the pandemic. But things turned around as the year progressed. Now we sit on variety of conflicting economic indicators — some encouraging, other flashing warning signs. And so, while
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Sesen Bio (NASDAQ:SESN) is a small biotech company attempting to develop a drug it calls Vicineum. SESN stock plunged last month after hitting a massive regulatory setback. Source: luchschenF / Shutterstock.com Sesen’s Vicineum aims to treat unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer using a locally administered recombinant fusion protein method. However, the Food and Drug Administration
When I wrote about Nio (NYSE:NIO) last month, I argued that the risks that could send NIO stock lower outweighed factors that could help it bounce back. Source: Robert Way / Shutterstock.com The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker has numerous strengths, such as high projected rates of growth in its home market. It also has
Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) is wildly overvalued at its present valuation of $30.3 billion. A major reason is that the company’s latest quarter showed a massive loss in free cash flow. This adds up to a cash crunch for Peloton sometime in the near future if this trend continues. And that is not going to fare
Aterian (NASDAQ:ATER) is a consumer products platform that, according to Yahoo! Finance, uses software which implements “machine learning, natural language processing, and data analytics to design, develop, market, and sell products.” Essentially, Aterian scales consumer brands. But what should you know about ATER stock? Source: Shutterstock This company calls itself a “leading consumer product platform” —
Earlier this month, Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) looked as though it had bottomed. Speculators bet on BABA stock bottoming at $160 by bidding the stock up close to $180, its 50-day simple moving average. Source: BigTunaOnline / Shutterstock.com The rally did not last because traders failed to account for the ongoing political risks and the massive “forced
As one of the most widely followed SPAC offerings this year, Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) has not exactly set the world on fire. After debuting on Jan. 8, the stock has mostly drifted downward with the exception of a short-term trading boost earlier this summer. CLOV stock currently has a $3.4 billion market capitalization and $412
Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM), the premier “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) lender with various merchants and shopping portals, still isn’t profitable. Buying AFRM stock now is likely to make you pay later since the company is cascading its losses with higher revenue and loans. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com But don’t tell that to recent investors in
Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG) stock is the latest meme play. But if you blink, you might miss it. Source: Michael Vi via Shutterstock Vinco is an investment company that has gotten into non fungible tokens (NFTs), launching an E-NFT platform for trading them. It also owns 80% of a short video content platform (think TikTok) called
Most companies that trade on the stock market today are usually legacy firms in search of growth, or newer business models in search of profits. But Gamestop (NYSE:GME) unfortunately is a combination of both. The company is desperately scrambling to find a business model that justifies the irrationally high market cap of $14 billion for
AT&T (NYSE:T) participated in the Bank of America (BofA) Communications and Entertainment Conference on Sept. 14. The CFO, Pascal Desroches, shed more light on its upcoming WarnerMedia combination with Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:DISCA). He also discussed the resulting expected dividend cut. Since then, T stock has kept falling. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com So far this
Investors pay up for growth. Witness Pinterest (NYSE:PINS). Revenues grew 48% in 2020. They rose 26% between the first and second quarter 2021. They should easily exceed the 2020 total after Q3 numbers are announced on Oct. 28. If 2021 sales hit $2.246 billion, the current PINS stock price equates to about 15 times sales. Source:
For years, many analysts considered Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) stock to be a no-brainer investment on the mercurial growth of the Chinese economy, particularly its burgeoning technology sector. Source: BigTunaOnline / Shutterstock.com For the most part, they’ve been right, with BABA stock soaring following some rough outings post its initial public offering. Today, the circumstances have completely
Reddit traders recently tried to send Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) stock “to the moon” once again. Source: Shutterstock The stock managed to crack $10 per share, but ultimately this rocket l did not launch. Instead of sending it back to the $25+ it traded for in June (during its short-squeeze rally), shares in the Medicare Advantage
The continued automobile scarcity in the U.S. continued in August, according to J.D. Power. Investors may react to the auto shortage by buying car companies dependent on internal combustion engines. Watching the electric vehicle market unfold is a better growth opportunity. Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) is an especially compelling trade, with LCID stock stuck in a narrow
Tattooed Chef (NASDAQ:TTCF) stock added almost 50% between the middle of August and September, but it is starting to fade. Source: Olena Yakobchuk/ShutterStock.com The company has a compelling bull case at this point, but TTCF stock trades at a valuation that is a tad too high. Tattooed Chef is a fast-growing plant-based food company that
If electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo (NASDAQ:GOEV) stock ends up imploding, it wouldn’t be for nothing. Source: shutterstock.com/rafapress Entering the public market via a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company, GOEV stock offered a tantalizing proposition to retail investors. Unlike traditional initial public offerings, SPACs represent a far more democratized process. In a typical
It may have slumped right after its most recent earnings call. But so far, disappointment around its quarterly results and guidance has only done minimal damage to the price of GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock. The “meme stock” that started it all trades for slightly below $200 per share as of this writing. Source: Shutterstock / mundissima
If e-commerce is now just commerce, then ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) stock is overvalued. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com ContextLogic runs Wish.com. Wish is an online store that looks like China’s Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD). It’s focused on creating impulse buys, on serendipity. It’s the kind of store that, in a shopping mall, you could spend hours in or walk
Social media traders on communities such as Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets have had an amazing 2021. All of Wall Street stopped what it was doing to watch the excitement in GameStop (NYSE:GME), BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) and other such meme stocks during their historic January short squeezes. After Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) temporarily suspended trading in GME stock and other meme names, however,