Adobe (ADBE) Analysis: Adobe’s stock was already under pressure heading into this year, and the increasing uncertainty around software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies has accelerated the sell-off in recent weeks. What happened to Adobe?The problem isn’t about financial performance, it’s about competition and AI. Adobe has always been the standard for creative tools, but cheaper alternatives have surfaced that have slowed growth…especially from the consumer front. Where Adobe does still shine is their enterprise reach, which they’ve rolled out new AI driver growth drivers to. With AI tools like OpenAI’s Sora, Gemini’s Nano Banana, and dozens of other names…investors fear that the long term dominance of Adobe is no longer predictable. The reality: If we look at SaaS stocks as a whole,...
Robinhood (HOOD) Pre-earnings Analysis Shares of the popular stock and crypto trading platform Robinhood have been suffering since the company’s last earnings report. The stock is down more than 40% in the last three months, leaving investors anxious about today’s earnings report. First thing to note about Robinhood is that it is a relatively young company battling in a very competitive industry, however they have managed to gain popularity with retail traders. Their gamification of the stock market has created a revolution, sparking large adoption among the younger generation. This business model has worked well for them, the company’s revenue has grown from about $1B in 2020 to $3B in 2024. Today’s earnings would wrap up Q4 of 2025, which...
Palantir (PLTR) Pre-earnings Analysis In a rare change of sentiment, Palantir is seeing more bearish activity in recent months, leading its stock to trade below the 200 day moving average for the first time since April 2023. With the stock below this key level and 25% below its record highs, the question now is whether or not it’s worth buying in the new year. Palantir is infamously known for their work in defense and with the U.S. government. In Q3 2025, U.S. government contract revenue grew 52% YoY, but that wasn’t the sole driver of growth. Commercial revenue grew 73% YoY, signaling successful enterprise expansion, something the company has targeted in recent years. Government contracts are good because they’re sticky...
Bayer (1BAYN) When it comes to turnaround stocks, especially those facing legal trouble, it sometimes takes a new political administration to lessen the burden and support the company’s comeback. A perfect example of this is Boeing over the past six years, which faced scrutiny after multiple crashes due to poor design and a criminal case by the DOJ. Shortly after Trump became present, the DOJ dismissed the case. Why? Because a company like Boeing is too big to hold down, especially when it fills political agendas.Bayer is a similar story, but facing a different dilemma. Thousands of claims that their weed-killer causes cancer and they failed to warn consumers have heightened uncertainty, however the five year battle may be changing...
Microsoft (MSFT) Pre-earnings Analysis Even after decades as a company, Microsoft is still performing like a high growth stock and finding ways to reinvest itself. The most prominent example of the company’s adaptive approach their transformation from their Windows business to the cloud-first ideology. Microsoft explicitly pivoted its business towards Azure, which has been an absolute success. Azure is now the backbone of Microsoft’s growth and competes directly with AWS. It’s a high margin business that’s based on longer term contracts, which gives them a ton of revenue visibility. Microsoft’s second pivot in recent years was into artificial intelligence. The company didn’t just introduce AI as an add-on, they embedded it across all its products (that’s the benefit of being...
