Tuesday, October 20, 2026

RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) Q3 FY12/26 Earnings Update - Accumulate, Record $340bn Backlog, Zones And Stop Inside

RTX reported 11% sales growth to $25.0 billion, raised 2026 guidance and reached a record $340 billion backlog, while free cash flow fell…

Heico Corporation

HEICO sells FAA-approved aircraft replacement parts at 30% to 50% discounts to OEMs, gaining customers as restrictive aftermarket contracts…

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) Q3 FY12/26 Earnings Update - Accumulate, Record Backlog, Zones And Stop Inside

Northrop Grumman posted 7% Q3 sales growth to $11.1 billion, lifted profit guidance and reached a record $109.6 billion backlog, led by…

Disney: Century-Old Franchises at 14x Forward Earnings

Disney trades at 14x FY27 consensus EPS of $7.50 as parks, merchandise and streaming rebuild its franchise flywheel.

[scuttleslops] AMZN, MTCH, SPOT, Open vs. closed models

Amazon’s fulfillment network and customer-review base limit autonomous AI shopping agents, whose referrals generate under 0.5% of major…

Taiwan Semiconductor: The Margin Peak That Isn't

TSMC says 2nm ramp costs and overseas fabs are temporarily pressuring gross margin as AI demand keeps semiconductor supply tight.

TSM $2.2T

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Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXXII

CoreWeave and neocloud peers face financing pressure, but sold-out GPU capacity and rising H100 and B200 rental rates support continued AI…

Urban Outfitters: Nuuly Is More Valuable Than Its Margins Suggest

Urban Outfitters' Nuuly subscription service grew sales 28.6% and reached a 10.1% operating margin, with management targeting $700 million…

URBN $7.5B

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Group 1 Automotive: The Debt Stress Test

Group 1 Automotive’s $1.25 billion Atlanta borrowing lifts net corporate debt to about $4.4 billion; a 2009-style downturn leaves it near…

Goldman Sachs: Undervalued Growth With A Buy Rating

Goldman Sachs carries a $1,116 price target, based on $82.69 estimated 2027 EPS and growing recurring revenue from investment banking,…

GS $257B

SA The Curious Analyst Oct 20 4 clicks

Lagging Edge will have a Permanent Glut

Texas Instruments faces a permanent lagging-edge chip glut as Chinese capacity floods auto and industrial markets, weakening pricing and…

Crane Co.

Crane Co. sells sole-source aerospace and process-control components, with 40% aftermarket revenue and margin expansion following its 2023…

RH - the Universe Intervenes?

RH’s debt-funded luxury expansion faces weakening demand, deeper member discounts and a balance sheet strained by $2.4 billion of net debt.

[P] UNH: Itemized Governance Signals

UnitedHealth Group's governance disclosures are assessed for investment signals.

[P] TENB: Tenable Reasons to Sell

Tenable Holdings faces a potential sale, with attention on M&A signals around the cybersecurity software company.

Intel's One True Stakeholder is Here

Intel's leading-edge foundry is framed as a US strategic asset needing a government stake, anchor customers and separation from its CPU…

Earnings: Hyperscalers, AMD, ALAB, ANET

Meta Platforms (META) 2Q25: SuperMetalligence

Meta’s 22% Q2 revenue growth and AI-driven ad engagement support its core business, while planned 2026 capex of roughly $100 billion…

Global Spirits Part III: Distilling Value - to Age or Not to Age?

Campari and Diageo outperformed spirits peers by turning working capital faster, while Rémy Cointreau's aged-cognac inventory constrained…

AAON

AAON shares have fallen 45% from November 2024 highs as core HVAC bookings weaken, while BASX supplies hyperscale data-center growth.