18+ hour, 30+ min ago (410+ words) One of the best investments we can make is in our own knowledge and skill set. With that in mind, this article will work through how we can use Return On Equity (ROE) to better understand a business. To keep the lesson grounded in practicality, we'll use ROE to better understand CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDW). So, based on the above formula, the ROE for CDW is: 41% = US$1.1b " US$2.5b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2025). The 'return' is the amount earned after tax over the last twelve months. Another way to think of that is that for every $1 worth of equity, the company was able to earn $0.41 in profit. Check out our latest analysis for CDW By comparing a company's ROE with its industry average, we can get a quick measure of how good it is. Importantly, this is…...

17+ hour, 53+ min ago (153+ words) At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. Oops, something went wrong Originally spun out of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, Agilent has evolved into a leading life science and diagnostic firm. Today, Agilent's measurement technologies serve a broad base of customers with its three operating segments: life science and applied tools, cross lab consisting of consumables and services related to life science and applied tools, and diagnostics and genomics. Over half of its sales are generated from the biopharmaceutical, chemical, and advanced materials end markets, which we view as the stickiest end markets, but it also supports clinical lab, environmen Upgrade to begin using premium research reports and get so much more. Exclusive reports, detailed company profiles, and best-in-class trade insights to…...

7+ hour, 30+ min ago (301+ words) Spend Management Software company American Express Global Business Travel (NYSE:GBTG) jumped 3.7%. Is now the time to buy American Express Global Business Travel? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Developer Operations company JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) jumped 2.6%. Is now the time to buy JFrog? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Vertical Software company Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) jumped 4.6%. Is now the time to buy Alarm.com? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Endpoint Security company CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) jumped 3.2%. Is now the time to buy CrowdStrike? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Alarm.com's shares are not very volatile and have only had 5 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today's move indicates the…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago (193+ words) The U.S. stock market rallied. The S&P 500 climbed 1.5% Monday for one of its best days since the summer and added to its jump from Friday, finding some strength following a shaky few weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 2.7%. Stocks got a lift from rising hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate again in December, which could boost the economy and investment prices. The market also benefited from strength for stocks caught up in the artificial-intelligence frenzy, particularly for Alphabet. Trading this week will be shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. The S&P 500 rose 102.13 points, or 1.5%, to 6,705.12. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 202.86 points, or 0.4%, to 46,448.27. The Nasdaq composite rose 598.92 points, or 2.7%, to 22,872.01. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 44.70 points, or 1.9%, to 2,414.28. The S&P 500 is up 823.49 points,…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago (83+ words) As 2025 heads toward a close, one sector is starting to attract defensive-minded investors: consumer staples. The stock is also testing a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders breakout from August 2019. Oops, something went wrong Consumer Staples Stocks Take the Spotlight. What the Charts of Walmart, Target, Coca-Cola Say. As 2025 heads toward a close, one sector is starting to attract defensive-minded investors: consumer staples. The stock is also testing a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders breakout from August 2019....

10+ hour, 55+ min ago (286+ words) Professional Staffing & HR Solutions company Alight (NYSE:ALIT) jumped 6.5%. Is now the time to buy Alight? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Enterprise Networking company Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) jumped 11.8%. Is now the time to buy Applied Digital? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Hardware & Infrastructure company Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG) jumped 4.1%. Is now the time to buy Pure Storage? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Digital Media & Content Platforms company WEBTOON (NASDAQ:WBTN) jumped 3.9%. Is now the time to buy WEBTOON? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Hardware & Infrastructure company Xerox (NASDAQ:XRX) jumped 4.4%. Is now the time to buy Xerox? Access our full analysis report here, it's free for active Edge members. Applied Digital's…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago (1136+ words) Delivers solid results in Q4, initiates FY26 guidance Fourth-quarter fiscal year 2025 GAAP net income of $434 million; earnings per share (EPS) of $1.53, up 25% from the fourth quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP(2) net income of $452 million; EPS of $1.59, up 9% from the fourth quarter of 2024. Full fiscal year 2025 Revenue of $6.95 billion for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, exceeding revenue guidance and representing growth of 6.7% on a reported basis and up 4.9% on a core(1) basis compared with fiscal year 2024. GAAP net income of $1.303 billion; EPS of $4.57, up 3% from fiscal year 2024. Non-GAAP(2) net income of $1.592 billion; EPS of $5.59, up 6% from fiscal year 2024. Fiscal year 2026 and first-quarter outlook SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 24, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported revenue of $1.86 billion for the fourth quarter ended October 31, 2025, exceeding revenue guidance and representing growth of 9.4% reported and up 7.2% core(1) compared with the fourth quarter of 2024. Fourth-quarter GAAP net income…...

17+ hour, 30+ min ago (89+ words) At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. Oops, something went wrong Based in Everett, Washington, Fortive provides professional and engineered products, software, and services for a variety of end markets. The company has approximately 18, Upgrade to begin using premium research reports and get so much more. Exclusive reports, detailed company profiles, and best-in-class trade insights to take your portfolio to the next level...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago (420+ words) The Retail-Wholesale group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Expedia (EXPE) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Retail-Wholesale sector should help us answer this question. Expedia is one of 195 companies in the Retail-Wholesale group. The Retail-Wholesale group currently sits at #11 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. The Zacks Rank emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find stocks with improving earnings outlooks. This system has a long record of success, and these stocks tend to be on track to beat…...

17+ hour, 23+ min ago (293+ words) At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. Oops, something went wrong If it wasn't clear earlier this month, it should be by now. The major stock indices have stalled on a weekly basis, while daily momentum has rolled over into bearish territory for the first time in nine months. The uptrend since May has been busted and prices have traced out lower highs and lower lows for the first time since late 2024/early 2025. While there are technical concerns, most of which have to do with very questionable market breadth and the price action of the average stock, we have not seen much in the way of price breakdown. So we are not ready to pack it in and start…...