Datadog and MongoDB are trading near 52-week lows. Yet both companies are seeing strong demand from customers.A 2022 examination of the information technology sector (let alone individual companies in that sector) would have just about any investor second-guessing the decision to go anywhere near it. TheNasdaq Compositeindex is largely made up of companies in theinformation technology sector, particularly software companies. Right now, the Nasdaq is trading down about 28.4% in 2022.Looking at that poor stock performance, it would seem most software and information technology companies did poorly this year. In some instances, the drop in valuation is truly warranted. Investors got caught up in ameme-stock euphoriain 2021 and several companies ended up overvalued based on short-term thinking

Senti Biosciences, Inc.(NASDAQ:SNTI) has rebounded strongly over the last week, with the share price soaring 68%. But that's not enough to compensate for the decline over the last twelve months. During that time the share price has sank like a stone, descending 68%. The share price recovery is not so impressive when you consider the fall. You could argue that the sell-off was too severe.While the stock has risen 68% in the past week but long term shareholders are still in the red, let's see what the fundamentals can tell us.Senti Biosciences isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast rev

Further progress has been made in all production areas at the 'ieFactory' as FF marches to start of production Continued production-intent vehicle builds along with testing and validation of these vehicles help ensure the FF 91 program remains on schedule to launch in Q3/Q4 2022 FF’s Hanford, Calif. manufacturing facility will officially be named ‘FF ieFactory California’ and will produce the FF 91 luxury EV for North America and China markets Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. ("FF") (NASDAQ: FFIE), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, today gave further progress updates at its North American manufacturing facility and unveiled the official name of the production plant located in Hanford, California which will now be identified as ‘FF ieF

Some on Wall Street aren't so bullish on Palantir stock for 2023.After two decades of staying privately held, big-data analytics companyPalantir Technologies(PLTR4.31%)went public in Sept. 2020. The stock quickly rose as popular technology investorCathie Woodwas revealed to be a large shareholder.However, 2022 was not so kind to technology stocks, and Palantir was no exception. While the company boasts several U.S. government agencies as well as brand-name commercial sector companies on its client roster, Wall Street has expressed concerns about Palantir's near-term growth rate.Palantir is off to a great start in 2023, and although some of the analyst concerns are valid, its valuation looks appealing for long-term investors.Buy, hold, or sell?Equity research analyst Brent Thill ofJefferies

Lei Zhang, CFA, is one of the richest Chinese investors, serving as the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) ofHillhouse Capital Management. The hedge fund has assets under management (AUM) of over $63.69 as of Q1 2022. Overall, $4.79 billion has been invested by the hedge fund in US equities, as revealed by the most recent 13F filings on March 31, 2022. Hillhouse is the biggest private equity firm operating in Asia, with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Hillhouse also has international offices in New York and London. The private equity firm employs over 350 investment professionals from leading universities across the globe. Zhang was born in 1972 in the city of Zhumadian, situated in the Henan province of China, at the peak of the Cultural Revolution. This w