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UPS Grew U.S. Sales With Fewer Daily Packages
UPS raised its outlook as domestic sales and profit grew despite lower daily package volume. Higher unit costs and last year’s asset gain add context.
Anthropic’s $80.7 Billion Loss Has a Different Cash-Flow Story
Anthropic’s IPO filing pairs a huge first-half net loss with positive operating cash flow. Financing accounting explains the gap; future compute payments complicate the outlook.
EQT’s Range Deal: The 0.987 Share Ratio Behind the Big Headline
Range shareholders would receive 0.987 EQT shares per share. Here’s how that fixed ratio, the combined enterprise value and management’s cash-flow forecasts fit together.
Western Digital’s Storage Growth Comes With an EPS Comparison Trap
Western Digital’s fiscal Q1 sales rose 55%, while GAAP EPS fell sequentially. Sandisk gains, storage demand and cash flows explain the different signals.
Lockheed Martin’s Record Backlog Meets an F-35 Funding Question
Lockheed Martin raised its annual cash-flow outlook, but an F-35 funding warning and mixed segment forecasts deserve a closer look.
AT&T Plans to Spend Less. Why Isn’t Its Cash-Flow Target Rising?
AT&T’s call explains the lower 2027–2028 investment forecast, and why Mexico’s sale, customer-acquisition spending and interest leave cash-flow targets unchanged.
Hasbro’s Magic Quarter Comes With a Second Story in Toys
Magic supplied about three-quarters of Hasbro’s revenue increase. A closer look at toy profits shows why the recovery is bigger than a tariff refund alone.
Cleveland-Cliffs’ 2027 Outlook Has a $1.1 Billion Pricing Assumption
Cleveland-Cliffs’ earnings recovery is real. Its illustrative 2027 outlook also depends on steel-price assumptions, contract resets and cash conversion.
Trump Paused New Russia Penalties. The Oil-Market Details Still Matter.
Trump waived specified new Russia tariffs and sanctions on October 16. Existing restrictions remain, and company-level evidence matters more than headline percentages.
J.B. Hunt’s Next Profit Test: New Accounts and New Prices
J.B. Hunt’s Intermodal profit gains nearly matched Dedicated’s decline. New-account costs and a gradual repricing calendar explain what investors should watch next.