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Shares of IREN Limited dropped 5.97% in after-hours trading on Thursday. Despite strong expansion in AI Cloud, the costs from infrastructure transition and associated accounting impacts weighed on the company.
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Shares of IREN Limited dropped 5.97% in after-hours trading on Thursday. Despite strong expansion in AI Cloud, the costs from infrastructure transition and associated…
| Operating ARR | $1.0B |
| Contracted 2026 ARR | $4.0B |
| 2026 IT capacity | ~0.3GW |
| 2027 IT capacity target | ~0.8GW |
| Recent revenue / MW | >$20M |
| Customer prepayments | 45–55% GPU capex |
| Metric | FY25 | FY26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $501.0M | $707.0M | +41.1% |
| AI Cloud revenue | $16.4M | $128.8M | +685% |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $269.7M | $245.7M | -8.9% |
| Net income/(loss) | $86.9M | -$702.6M | NM |
| Regular close | $40.53 |
| After-hours | $38.11 |
| Implied value change | ~-$865M |
| 52-week range | $22.63–$76.87 |
| Ratings | 7 Buy / 2 Hold / 1 Sell |
| Average target | $77.44 |
Watch: quarterly adjusted EBITDA fell 67.7% sequentially as staffing and platform costs arrived before the revenue ramp. Deferred revenue drove $1.722 billion of quarterly operating cash flow.
PLEASANTON, California, August 27, 2026, 17:30 – Workday shares fell 7.0% in after-hours trading after the company issued a subscription revenue outlook of $2.52…
Market snapshot: August 27, 2026, 17:30 EDT · Quarter ended July 31
Bar lengths are normalized within each comparison, not a common scale.
| Metric | Current | Investor signal |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 subscription revenue | ~$2.515B | Broadly in line |
| FY subscription revenue | $9.94–$9.95B | Tiny midpoint raise |
| New buyback authorization | $4.0B | ~9% of AH value |
| After-hours value loss | ~$3.3B | 7.02% move |
| Consensus | Outperform |
| Analysts | 41 |
| Average target | $188.21 |
| Median target | $202.00 |
| Target range | $92–$275 |
| Upside to average | 4.6% |
Watch enterprise IT budgets, large-deal timing, AI pricing, Financials adoption and acquisition speculation. Extended-hours liquidity can amplify the move.
Rubrik shares fell significantly after the bell, even though the company reported much stronger earnings than expected. The reaction suggested investors had already anticipated…
| Metric | Q2 FY27 | Q2 FY26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $427.3M | $309.9M | +38% |
| Subscription ARR margin | 14.0% | 9.4% | +4.6 pp |
| Non-GAAP gross margin | 81.0% | 81.6% | −0.6 pp |
| Free cash flow | $65.7M | $57.5M | +14% |
| FCF margin | 15% | 19% | −4 pp |
| Metric | Prior range | New range | Midpoint lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.638B–$1.648B | $1.685B–$1.693B | +$46M |
| Subscription ARR | $1.854B–$1.862B | $1.880B–$1.885B | +$24.5M |
| Free cash flow | $293M–$303M | $323M–$333M | +$30M |
| Adjusted EPS | $0.25–$0.35 | $0.47–$0.53 | +$0.20 |
3,084 large customers+23% YoY$1.75B liquidity
Extended-hours liquidity can distort price discovery. Rubrik remains GAAP-loss-making. Non-GAAP gross margin slipped 0.6 point, free-cash-flow margin fell four points, and a record-high setup leaves little room for execution misses.
Sources: Rubrik/Business Wire results, Rubrik prior guidance, Public after-hours data, WSJ market data and Yahoo Finance analyst data. Figures are company-reported unless otherwise stated.
SentinelOne, Inc. dropped roughly 3.1% in after-market trade on Thursday, coming after the stock surged 10.5% during the regular session to close at $22.71.
Midpoints: revenue $1.200B → $1.2045B; operating income $120M → $126M; EPS $0.35 → $0.31; share count 350M → 361M.
38 ratings aggregated by Robinhood. Ratings are not investment advice.
Autodesk Inc. shares dropped 5.0% in extended trading as investors focused more on the expense of growth rather than a robust quarter.
MaintainX raises reported sales guidance, while financing and transaction costs reduce near-term cash conversion.
| Metric | May | August | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY revenue midpoint | $8.185B | $8.320B | +$135M |
| FY FCF midpoint | $2.763B | $2.738B | −$25M |
| Non-GAAP margin | ~39% | ~39% | Flat |
| FY adjusted EPS | $12.53 | $12.56 | +$0.03 |
| AECO revenue | $1.029B | +17% |
| AutoCAD family | $500M | +14% |
| Manufacturing | $385M | +15% |
| Current RPO | $5.245B | +12% |
| Total RPO | $7.433B | +2% |
| Unbilled deferred revenue | $3.175B | −8% |
| Buy ratings | 30 |
| Sell ratings | 0 |
| Regular-session volume | 3.71M |
| Market value at close | about $57.1B |
Sources: Autodesk fiscal Q2 release; Yahoo Finance; Public after-hours data; Investing.com analyst compilation. Extended-hours prices can be volatile and less liquid.
Take-Two Interactive Software stock declined 2.12% while Rockstar Games initiated its last marketing campaign for Grand Theft Auto VI.
| Metric | Latest | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2027 bookings | $1.39B | −3% year on year; slightly above guidance |
| Recurrent consumer spending | 84% of bookings | −1% year on year |
| FY2026 bookings | $6.72B | Baseline before GTA VI launch year |
| GTA V installed base | >230M units | Proof of franchise durability |
| GTA VI pre-orders | “Unprecedented” | Management description; not yet recognized sales |
Search attention and the showcase are strong. The stock still fell 2.12%, suggesting investors want execution evidence, not another anticipation cycle.
At $228.50, the market discounts roughly 30% upside to the analyst target. That spread also embeds delay, launch-quality and mobile-performance risk.
Microsoft Corp. began taking general preorders Thursday for its $899.99 Xbox Series X25 lineup. The high-end release gauges demand following a sharp drop in…
The collection directly enters Xbox hardware revenue at a 12.5% premium to the standard 1TB Series X. A sellout would support pricing power and average selling price, but even an aggressive 250,000-unit scenario produces about $225 million of gross sales—only 1.7% of one recent More Personal Computing quarter.
Watch: production volume, sell-through speed, channel inventory, discounting before November 13 and any hardware-margin disclosure. Scarcity can create a sellout without proving mass-market demand. The 1.5% MSFT gain occurred during a broad technology rally and should not be attributed to Xbox alone.
Shares of Synopsys climbed 10.7% as increased demand for chip design enabled the software firm to boost its yearly guidance. The stock was last…
| Measure | FY2026 / Q4 range |
|---|---|
| FY revenue | $9.69B-$9.74B |
| FY adjusted EPS | $15.04-$15.10 |
| Q4 revenue | $2.53B-$2.58B |
| Q4 adjusted EPS | $4.10-$4.16 |
| FY operating cash flow | About $2.8B |
| FY free cash flow | About $2.6B |
| Signal | Current reading | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Cash + short-term investments | $3.608B | Integration flexibility |
| Outstanding debt | $10.037B | Debt paydown pace |
| Recurring revenue | 82% | Renewal quality and pricing |
| Q3 operating cash flow | $813M | Conversion into free cash flow |
BOISE, Idaho, August 27, 2026, 09:39 EDT — Micron Technology's stock has erased 82% of its Nvidia-driven opening gap, with attention staying on its…
The AI-memory read-through remains strong. Price action says investors still want Micron-specific proof on HBM volume, pricing and margins.
August 27 value is intraday at 09:39 EDT; earlier values are official closes. The stock opened at $967.01 before fading.
| Metric | Current / latest | Comparison | Investor reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Q3 revenue | $41.46B | $23.86B prior quarter | +73.8% sequential |
| Operating cash flow | $25.39B | $11.90B prior quarter | Cash conversion strengthened |
| Adjusted free cash flow | $18.3B | $7.1B capex | Funds expansion internally |
| Adjusted gross margin | 84.9% | 74.9% prior quarter | Exceptional, hard to sustain |
| Forward P/E | 6.5× | 21.2× trailing | Large earnings-cycle assumption |
| Net cash | $23.75B | $21.03 per share | Balance-sheet cushion |
HBM is stacked memory placed beside AI accelerators. Higher accelerator shipments increase the addressable memory content, but Micron’s realized revenue still depends on qualification, allocation, pricing and yield.
| Reference | Target / value | Upside from $943.46 | Implied FY2027 P/E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current price | $943.46 | — | 6.1× |
| BMO / Mizuho | $1,300 | 37.8% | 8.4× |
| Analyst average | $1,515 | 60.6% | 9.8× |
| Analyst low | $361 | −61.7% | 2.3× |
| Analyst high | $2,200 | +133.2% | 14.2× |
PALO ALTO, August 27, 2026, 06:49 EDT — HP shares dropped 10.6% in premarket trade after the company reported that global PC shipments declined…
| Metric | Result | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.7B | +12.5% YoY |
| Adjusted EPS | $0.83 | $0.69 LSEG |
| Personal Systems revenue | $11.8B | +18% YoY |
| PC units | −16% | Consumer −19% |
| Personal Systems margin | 4.6% | 5.2% in Q2 |
| Printing revenue | $3.9B | −2% YoY |
| Quarterly free cash flow | $1.6B | $0.8B in Q2 |
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The stated 74-cent midpoint includes an estimated eight-cent tariff refund. Removing it leaves 66 cents, one cent below consensus.
| Premarket equity value | ≈$24.95B |
| Close P/E | 11.65× |
| Dividend yield at close | 3.93% |
| Average analyst target | $27.88 |
| Fresh targets, Aug. 27 | Goldman $22 · UBS $28 |
| Consensus | Hold |
Premarket equity value equals $27.28 multiplied by 914.52M shares. Analyst data updated Aug. 27 at 06:45 EDT.
Downside mechanism: memory and storage inflation outpaces repricing, pushing Personal Systems margin below 4.6%.
Upside mechanism: premium and AI-PC mix supports price while shipment declines moderate.
Invalidation check: strip tariff refunds from EPS before comparing core execution with consensus.
CrowdStrike stock jumped 9.34% to $206.85 in premarket trade on Thursday. The price was noted at 06:39:33 EDT following record quarterly bookings.
| Metric | Q2 FY27 | Q2 FY26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.47B | $1.17B | +26% |
| Subscription revenue | $1.40B | $1.10B | +27% |
| Net-new ARR | $332.8M | $221.1M | +51% |
| Free cash flow | $377.4M | $283.6M | +33% |
| GAAP operating result | −$33.2M | −$105.5M | Loss narrowed 69% |
| GAAP subscription margin | 78% | 77% | +100 bp |
| Ending ARR | $6.603B–$6.612B |
| Revenue | $5.991B–$6.011B |
| Non-GAAP operating income | $1.497B–$1.508B |
| Non-GAAP EPS | $1.25–$1.26 |
| Net-new ARR growth midpoint | 34% |
The target sits only 1.8% above $206.85. Fresh post-earnings revisions may change this comparison.
Falcon Flex: More than $2.29B of ARR, or about 39% of total ending ARR.
Q3 bridge: Guidance implies about $346M of net-new ARR, roughly 4% above Q2.
The $18.0B premarket gain equals about 54 times quarterly net-new ARR and 272 times the revenue-guide midpoint increase.
GAAP operations remain loss-making. Competition, discounting and outage-related costs can pressure margins.
Okta Inc. shares surged 20.89% to $162.50 in premarket deals as of 04:08:52 EDT. The gain came after Okta beat quarterly backlog estimates, providing…
| Test | Latest | Next threshold | Investor read |
|---|---|---|---|
| cRPO growth | 14% | 11%–12% Q3 guide | Deceleration is already guided |
| Revenue growth | 11% | 10% Q3 guide | Backlog must convert cleanly |
| FCF margin | 28.1% | 21%–23% Q3 guide | Quarterly seasonality rises |
| Net retention | 107% | Hold or improve | Confirms expansion quality |
NVIDIA Corporation rose 7.37% to $225.12 in premarket trading at 05:43 EDT. The move followed quarterly revenue that more than doubled and a forecast…
| Metric | Current | Comparison |
|---|---|---|
| GAAP gross margin | 75.0% | 74.0% Q3 midpoint |
| GAAP operating income | $63.73bn | +124% Y/Y |
| Operating cash flow | $24.08bn | Q2 FY2027 |
| Accounts receivable | $63.06bn | +64% since Jan. 25 |
| Inventory | $31.58bn | +48% since Jan. 25 |
| Capital returned | $26.0bn | Q2 buybacks + dividends |
| Forward P/E | 17.9× |
| AMD forward P/E | 37.2× |
| Intel forward P/E | 46.2× |
| Analyst consensus | Buy · 61 analysts |
| Average target | $305.79 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy · $352 |
Waymo is set to start mapping Munich in the coming weeks as it prepares for a commercial rollout by late 2027. This marks Alphabet's…
| Item | Current fact |
|---|---|
| Stage | Mapping begins within weeks |
| Testing | Manual mapping, then trained safety specialists |
| Commercial target | Public robotaxi service by late 2027 |
| Regulation | Local, Bavarian and federal approvals required |
| Operating footprint | 11 U.S. cities today; Munich would be first German market |
| Economics disclosed | No fleet, price, capex or revenue forecast |
| Measure | Current figure | Investor read |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulative Waymo trips | 20M+ | Commercial scale is proven |
| Weekly commercial rides | 500K+ | 26M+ annualized ride volume |
| Illustrative revenue run rate | $468M | 500K rides × $18 assumed fare × 52 weeks |
| Other Bets Q2 revenue | $382M | Up $9M, or 2.4%, year over year |
| Other Bets Q2 operating loss | $1.799B | Up $553M, or 44.4% |
Waymo remains too small to explain Alphabet's valuation alone. Its importance lies in optionality and future capital intensity.
Consensus from 12 analysts shown by Google Finance on Aug. 27, 2026.
| Scenario | Annual ride revenue | Versus annualized Other Bets loss |
|---|---|---|
| $15 average fare | $390M | 5.4% |
| $18 average fare | $468M | 6.5% |
| $20 average fare | $520M | 7.2% |
| Annualized Q2 Other Bets loss | $7.20B | 100% |
| Driver | Positive evidence | Pressure point |
|---|---|---|
| Utilization | More paid trips per vehicle | Idle fleet raises cost per mile |
| Pricing | Fare premium holds in new cities | Discounting limits revenue per ride |
| Capital | Partners fund vehicles and depots | Alphabet absorbs expansion costs |
| Regulation | Munich approvals arrive on schedule | Testing or launch slips beyond 2027 |
| Disclosure | Waymo reports standalone economics | No clear path from rides to margin |
Menlo Park, August 27, 2026, 04:32 - Meta Platforms saw its share price advance by 1.1% and its valuation climb by $13.5 billion after…
D-Wave Quantum Inc. shares dropped 9.51% on Wednesday following news of the chief financial officer's retirement. The stock ended the session at $17.51, before…
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The SEC filing says the resignation was not caused by a disagreement over operations, accounting, disclosures or controls.
| Q2 revenue | $3.1M |
| Q2 GAAP operating expenses | $55.0M |
| Q2 adjusted EBITDA loss | $37.1M |
| First-half bookings | $35.5M |
| Remaining obligations | $40.7M |
| Cash + securities | $546.2M |
The $543M unrecovered value equals 15.3× first-half bookings and roughly 175× quarterly revenue.
| Company | Close | Move | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-Wave | $17.51 | −9.51% | $6.52B |
| IonQ | $40.03 | −4.83% | $14.72B |
| Rigetti | $15.94 | −5.87% | $5.31B |
| Quantum Computing | $8.35 | −1.24% | $1.88B |
The average target is 101% above the $17.51 close. Targets are estimates, not guarantees.
Large system contracts make revenue recognition uneven. First-half bookings included one $20 million sale. A slower conversion of the $40.7 million obligation balance, continued operating-cost growth, or another finance-management change would increase valuation pressure. Continuity on September 2 is the next confirmed governance checkpoint.
