Shares of Square parent Block Inc. are heading higher Monday, building on Friday’s record rally, after an analyst at BMO Capital Markets said he saw further upside for for the payment-technology stock. BMO Capital Markets analyst James Fotheringham upgraded Block shares SQ, +6.41% to outperform from market perform late Sunday, writing that their valuation looks attractive following a sharp drop in multiples across the payments industry. While Block shares rocketed 26% in Friday’s session to log their largest single-day percentage gain on record, and up about 5% further in Monday trading, the stock is off 55% from its August closing high. The company’s forward price-to-earnings multiple had come down 70% over the past year as of the writing of Fotheringham’s note. “We view this as a rare GA

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously said that 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' So it might be obvious that you need to consider debt, when you think about how risky any given stock is, because too much debt can sink a company. We can see that Singapore Airlines Limited$SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD(C6L.SI)$ does use debt in its business. But should shareholders be worried about its use of debt? Debt assists a business until the business has trouble paying it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. In the worst case scenario, a company can go bankrupt if it cannot pay its creditors. However, a more common (but still painful) scenario is that

XPen$XPeng Inc.(XPEV)$ stock fell -8.96% to $29.25 against a previous-day closing price of $32.13. With 8.92 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 10.41 million shares. During the session, the Auto Manufacturers company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $30.87 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $29.08. The 52-week range on XPEV shows that it touched its highest point at $56.45 and its lowest point at $18.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $42.76.Price Performance and Earnings:Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price perf

SummaryMicrosoft Corporation is an enormously strong and diversified technology company with a multi-trillion valuation.The company's cash flow doesn't justify its valuation, especially counting stock-based compensation, with free cash flow returns <2%.The company's enormous scales and business lines don't have a path to increasing its returns to a reasonable level, making the company a poor investment.Entrance of Microsoft headquarters building in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris, FranceMicrosoft Corporation $Microsoft(MSFT)$ is one of the largest technological companies in the world with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 trillion. However, that massive size isn't supported by cash flow, even with the company's growth. Going forward, we

Apple Inc. is getting ready to show investors the money. Thursday afternoon earnings report not only will reveal how the consumer-electronics giant is managing supply-chain and macroeconomic pressures, but it should also contain the company’s annual update on its capital-return plans. Apple typically announces its latest buyback and dividend strategies in conjunction with its March-quarter earnings, and this year’s update could be the “most incremental potential positive” element of Apple’s entire report, according to Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers. The company continues to be a cash-generating machine, and with its shares only yielding about 0.5%, Rakers expects that Apple could add at least $90 billion to its buyback program and raise its dividend by upward of 10%. For context, th

SembCorp Marin$SEMBCORP MARINE LTD(S51.SI)$ share price was higher   The offshore and marine company had clarified on a proposed merger with Keppel Offshore and Marine Analysts foresee price drops for the stock in the next 12 months Sembcorp Marine shares closed nearly 3% higher on Monday, after the company responded to shareholder queries on its proposed merger with Keppel Corporation’s offshore and marine unit (Keppel O&M).In the last one month, Sembcorp Marine shares have skyrocketed approximately 24%. However, following the initial 27 April 2022 announcement of the proposed merger, shares have plunged by roughly 27% in the subsequent days.The counter’s recent subpar performance has led analysts to give it an average rating of ‘underper

Technology stocks have plunged big time in 2022, with the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index down nearly 35% so far this year thanks to a hawkish Federal Reserve that's hiking interest rates in a bid to keep surging inflation in check.The sharp decline in tech stocks has brought some high-flying names crashing into the ground this year. The likes of Micron Technology$Micron Technology(MU)$ (MU-0.24%) and amd$AMD(AMD)$ have borne the brunt of the stock market sell-off in 2022.However, a closer look at the markets that these companies serve indicates that they could regain their mojo and deliver terrific upside in the long run. It wouldn't be surprising to see the likes of  Micron

The Singapore stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the three-day slide in which it had surrendered more than 100 points or 3.3 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 3,200-point plateau and it opens in the green again on Thursday. The global forecast is broadly positive on bargain hunting and easing inflation concerns after crude oil prices retreated sharply. The European and U.S. markets were firmly higher and the Asian bourses are tipped to open in similar fashion. The STI finished sharply higher on Wednesday following gains from the financial shares, industrial issues and property stocks. For the day, the index spiked 46.52 points or 1.48 percent to finish at 3,195.38 after trading between 3,136.49 and 3,203.38. Volume was 1.6 billion shares worth 1.54 bi

Nvidia(NVDA) is one of the most well-known semiconductor companies in the world. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSM) has a market capitalization of more than $460 billion. Micron Technology(MU) gets the largest share of its revenue from its computer and networking business unit. If you’re into tech stocks — or if you tried to buy a car or computer anytime recently — you’ve heard about the semiconductor chip shortage that helped push prices higher. But as an investor, you need to start thinking about what’s next — the coming chip glut — and how that will affect chip stocks. Yes, there’s a chip glut coming. Semiconductors are considered a pretty cyclical industry and plants are churning out as many chips as they can right now to meet the pent-up demand. But those heady times for