Stock Talk With CK

HP Inc. ($HPQ) Earnings and Opinions: HP Inc. ($HPQ) is a company that creates personal computing devices in America and Internationally. The company was known as Hewlett-Packard Company, but changed its name to HP Inc. in 2015. The company was originally founded in 1939 and is currently headquartered in Palo Alto, California.  HP Inc. Revenue and EPS Results US GAAP EPS (diluted) were $0.99 beating the expectations of $0.92-$0.98 US GAAP Net Revenue was $17B beating expectations of $16.52B  EPS was  up  19% (YOY) and Revenue was  up  8.80% (YOY) HP Inc. Breakdown of Revenue Notebooks generated $8.42B  up  14% (YOY) Desktops generated $2.81B  up  17% (YOY) Workstations generated $534M  up  40% (YOY) HP Inc. Geography Breakdown Americas generated 40% of net revenues  down  1% (YOY) EMEA generated 35% of net revenues  up  8% (YOY) Asia-Pacific generated 25% of net revenues  up  30% (YOY) Opinion: HP ...

Zoom Video Communications ($ZM) Earnings Results and Opinion: Zoom Video Communications ($ZM) is a video communications company that became popular during the pandemic. The workplace shifted to a working from home method and caused Zoom to skyrocket in its growth. However, over the past couple months, with tech stocks taking a huge hit and is currently down around 76% from its all time highs. Follow along as we digest their quarter 4 results and compare them to last years.  Zoom Revenue and EPS reports: EPS of $1.29 (Non-GAAP) compared to estimates of $1.05. Revenue was reported at $1.071B compared to estimates of $1.05B  EPS was  up  6% (YOY) and Revenue was  up  21% (YOY) Zoom is expanding customer base: Customers contributing >100k in TTM revenue was  up  66% (YOY) Customers with 10 or more employees  grew  9% (YOY) 21% growth in America and 23% growth in ROW Zoom guidance: Zoom announces a new $1B share buyback program They foreca...

 Happy Monday Stock Talkers!     Overall markets continue to decline as tensions continue to rise in Ukraine. Nasdaq and Russell 2000 saw little gains, while S&P 500 and Dow saw declines.  Today was the last day of trading in February, where we saw every major index decline just a little over 3% this past month. As a new month of trading comes upon us, we (as investors) will be intrigued to see how not only the war plays out, but will also be keeping a close eye out for The Fed meeting and the decision made by Powell. Overlooking all of this is the current economic condition Russia is in. We saw Russia's currency (Russian Ruble) plummet in value on the exchange rate based on supposed sanctions pressed against the country. Trade was also halted on Russian companies that are currently on NYSE and Nasdaq. Stay tuned for more updates following economic impacts in Russia on the United States.  Most Volume Traded Today Grab Holdings Limited (GRAB) Advanced Micro D...