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GE Vernova soars after lifting outlook and doubling dividends amid AI-powered electricity boom

GE Vernova is up more than 10% as of 6:05 a.m. ET, after the maker of power generation equipment raised its multiyear earnings forecast and boosted shareholder returns.

At Tuesday’s investor day, the company said it now expects $52 billion in revenue and a 20% adjusted EBITDA margin by 2028, up from the $45 billion and 14% that it projected last December, as electricity demand surges on the back of the AI and data center boom.

CFO Ken Parks said momentum is being driven by a “large and growing backlog, with healthy margins from services and better equipment pricing.” GE Vernova expects its total backlog to grow from $135 billion today to ~$200 billion by 2028, including doubling its electrification backlog to $60 billion.

The company also doubled its quarterly dividend to $0.50 per share, while expanding its share repurchase authorization from $6 billion to $10 billion.

CEO Scott Strazik dismissed concerns of an AI-driven energy bubble, saying AI “isn’t the only driver” for the company, adding that demand from hyperscalers is growing in magnitude. Separately, GE Vernova also said it’s collaborating with the US government to shore up supplies of rare earth material yttrium, now in short supply amid China’s export curbs.

With this morning’s jump, shares are up more than 105% for the year so far.

The company also doubled its quarterly dividend to $0.50 per share, while expanding its share repurchase authorization from $6 billion to $10 billion.

CEO Scott Strazik dismissed concerns of an AI-driven energy bubble, saying AI “isn’t the only driver” for the company, adding that demand from hyperscalers is growing in magnitude. Separately, GE Vernova also said it’s collaborating with the US government to shore up supplies of rare earth material yttrium, now in short supply amid China’s export curbs.

With this morning’s jump, shares are up more than 105% for the year so far.

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United beats Q1 earnings and revenue estimates, lowers full-year profit guidance amid surging jet fuel prices

United Airlines reported its first-quarter earnings results after the bell on Tuesday. The carrier’s shares ticked down in after-hours trading.

For Q1, United reported:

Adjusted earnings of $1.19 per share, compared to the Wall Street estimate of $1.08 per share compiled by FactSet.
$14.6 billion in revenue, compared to the $14.39 billion consensus estimate.

In the first quarter, United’s fuel expense grew 12.6% from the same period last year to $3.04 billion.

For the second quarter, United expects adjusted earnings per share of between $1 and $2, shy of Wall Street expectations of $2.08. For the full year ahead, United said it expects earnings between $7 and $11 per share, compared to its prior guidance of between $12 and $14 per share.

“Guidance assumes United’s revenue recovers 40% to 50% of the fuel price increases in the second quarter, 70% to 80% of the fuel price increases in the third quarter and 85% to 100% of the fuel price increases in the fourth quarter 2026,” read the company’s investor update.

Earlier this month, United was among the first major US airlines to hike its bag fees amid higher fuel costs. Its shares have fallen more than 15% from a February high days before the war in Iran began.

United has also made waves this month following reports that CEO Scott Kirby had floated the idea of a merger with American Airlines to President Trump. A merger between two of the big four airlines would create a true US behemoth, controlling more than a third of the American market. American Air last week said it wasn’t interested in merging with United and hadn’t held talks on the idea. On Tuesday, Trump told CNBC that he doesn’t like the idea either.

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Stocks slip as peace prospects dim

Stocks swung from positive to negative as Vice President Vance’s trip to Pakistan for Iran peace talks was canceled.

Grizzly bear growling USA.

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Hedge funds are following retail traders into the Magnificent 7

Hedge funds are following retail traders into the stocks the masses never stopped buying.

“As we kick off earnings for megacap tech stocks, this stood out: [hedge funds] have started buying Mag7 stocks again this month though positioning remains well below the peak levels seen in early 2016,” wrote Goldman Sachs’ Cullen Morgan.

Goldman PB Mag 7 — Source: Goldman Sachs

In early April, JPMorgan strategist Arun Jain noted that retail investors had basically been selling everything but the Magnificent 7 stocks as part of a more cautious stance due to the Iran war.

(Apple has been a long-standing exception to this trend, presumably because retail traders aren’t fond of its hands-off approach to AI.)

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Last August, Jain discussed how retail activity tended to “crowd in” institutional buyers in meme stocks, while Goldman’s John Marshall advised clients to piggyback on stocks beloved by retail traders. Speculative, retail-geared assets proceeded to go on a tremendous run that soured in October.

But there are some early indications that a similar bout of speculative fervor is bubbling up once more.

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POET Technologies surges above $10 for first time in 4 years amid explosion in call volumes

POET Technologies is up nearly 40% this week as options market activity goes haywire in a faint echo of what got the stock on retail traders’ radars in October.

As of 11:12 a.m. ET, more than 10 calls have changed hands for every put traded. This bullish impulse has propelled the stock above the $10 threshold for the first time since March 2022.

Shares of the optical communications firm briefly dipped last week after Wolfpack Research said it was short the company because its investors would be exposed to an “IRS tax nightmare.”

The company responded that day saying it was taking measures for US shareholders that “should mitigate certain potential adverse US federal income tax consequences to it that could otherwise result from the Company’s status as a passive foreign investment company.”

The parabolic surge in Avis reached new heights, with shares halted for volatility

More motivated buyers than motivated sellers.

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