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#earnings

Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) is scheduled to unveil its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with analysts eyeing an EPS loss of 3 cents and revenue of $1.7 billion. Here's what investors need to know. Historical Context And Market Sentiment Leading up to this earnings call, Snap has navigated a tumultuous landscape marked by underperformance and broader market weakness. This backdrop of volatility underscores the critical nature of the upcoming earnings report as a potential catalyst for reversing recent downward trends in its stock price.

Wall Street is expecting EPS of 48 cents to 49 cents on revenue of $10.34 to $10.44 billion, representing 82% to 83.8% year-over-year (YOY) growth. Shares have gained 4.17% over the past year, trading near $29.71, close to the 52-week low of $27.60.

Josh D'Amaro appears to be the frontrunner in the race to be Disney's next CEO, and the Mouse House's latest quarterly earnings showed why. Disney's experiences business, which D'Amaro oversees, is the backbone of a company that's being weighed down by the struggling pay-TV business and isn't yet lifted up by its streaming profits. And when that part of the business sneezes, the stock catches a cold.

SoFi Technologies (Nasdaq: SOFI) crossed the $1 billion quarterly revenue threshold for the first time in company history, delivering Q4 2025 results that beat estimates across the board while adding a record 1 million new members. The fintech platform reported revenue of $1.01 billion versus the $982 million consensus, alongside GAAP EPS of $0.13 that surpassed the $0.12 estimate by 8%.

When the company reported 2025 full-year and Q4 results on Jan. 27, its stock hit a record high after announcing that it beat earnings expectations and projected stronger growth in 2026, alongside a 20% increase in its dividend and a new $6 billion share repurchase authorization. Revenue came in at $45.29 billion, just below expectations of $45.8 billion, which marked a 5.1% decline year-over-year. But EPS stood at $2.51 versus consensus estimates of $2.20.

UnitedHealth Group ( ) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings this morning that fell slightly short of analyst estimates, while offering guidance for the coming year that indicated a roughly 2% decline year-over-year due to its right-sizing efforts payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans in 2027 that was far below what was anticipated. The market's response was immediate, sending UnitedHealth's stock tumbling as much as 15% in premarket trading this morning.

According to James Cordwell, a senior expert at Rothschild & Co Redburn, Meta's advertising lead and rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) footprint will push its stock much higher from here in 2026. Cordwell upgraded the multinational this morning to "buy" and raised his price objective to $900, indicating potential upside of a staggering 38% from current levels. "With imminent FY26 outlook set to leave estimates factoring in all the cost and little upside from AI, now seems opportune for investors to start building positions,"

Shares of cloud-based storage solutions provider Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) lost 6.93% over the past month after losing 6.26% and 5.34% the two months prior. But since hitting its one-year low on April 4, the stock is up nearly 62%. When the company reported FY 2025 Q3 earnings on Nov. 20, 2025, it beat on the top and bottom lines with EPS of 20 cents exceeding expectations of 15 cents, and revenue of $942.1 million exceeding expectations of $898.5 million.

Fortive's Q3 revenue of $1.03 billion grew just 2.3% while net income plummeted from $222 million to $55 million. Operating margin compressed 390 basis points to 15.5%. Management blamed operational challenges, but the numbers tell a story of lost pricing power in automation and sensing businesses. Full-year 2025 EPS of $1.86 represents a 38% decline from 2024's $2.99.

Ford beat earnings estimates in three straight quarters through Q3 2025, with a stunning 367% surprise in Q1. The stock responded by going... nowhere. Up 47% over the past year but still trading at $13.60, barely above where it sat in 2016. That's the Ford pattern in a nutshell: promise without payoff, execution without escape velocity.

When the company reported Q3 earnings on Oct. 30, it beat on the top and bottom lines, with EPS of $1.95 vs. an estimated $15.7, and revenue of $180.17 vs. $177.80 estimated. Meanwhile, revenue from Amazon Web Services was $33 billion and revenue from advertising was $17.7 billion. Concerns about the company's enormous AI CapEx remain, but after the Q3 earnings call, the stock was rewarded by bullish investor sentiment, hitting its first record high since February 2025.

Another holiday-shortened trading week begins today, and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( NYSEMKT: VOO) is feeling the Christmas spirit. The ETF opened up 0.6% Monday. Helping to fuel the rally is again Nvidia ( Nasdaq: NVDA), which plans to begin shipments of its H200 AI chip to China in February. Initial orders are said to total anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 H200 chips.

Shares of Micron ( NASDAQ: MU) are up about 14%, or by $31 this morning. All thanks to strong earnings. EPS of $4.78 beat by 82 cents. Revenue of $13.64 billion beat by $760 million. Moving forward, the company expects to earn between $8.22 and $8.62 per share, with revenue expected to be between $18.3 billion and $19.1 billion for the second quarter. Analysts were looking for $4.78 per share on revenue of $14.3 billion.

Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) gained 6.13% over the past month after gaining 9.65% the month prior. The legacy automaker's stock has gained more than 57% since its YTD low on April 8. So far this year, Ford is up 41.66%. It continues to pay patient shareholders with a dividend currently yielding 4.39%, or 15 cents per share quarterly.

After strong performance in 2025, the index is showing signs that future gains will depend less on liquidity and more on earnings quality and valuation resilience. "The market has shifted from being liquidity-driven to earnings-sensitive," said Saqib Iqbal, market analyst at Becoin.net. "With multiple rate cuts behind us and macro data softening, Nasdaq performance is now tied to profit growth and cash-flow resilience, rather than just cheap money."

All as it continues to gap higher on strong earnings and a dividend. Not only did the company just declare a 59-cent dividend (payable on January 20 to shareholders of record as of January 6), it also just earned a profit of $1.28, up 44% year over year, and 35 cents better than expected. Sales of $10.65 billion, up 4.6% year over year, beat estimates by $50 million.