The Motley Fool (U.S.)

13 hours ago | fool.com | Beth McKenna

In March 2020, I outlined where I thought tech giant Nvidia's business and stock would be in five years, or in March 2025. It's now a little past the five-year mark, so how did I do? Overall, I'd give myself a B or a B+. I was mostly correct in my business predictions and accurate about what investors care about the most, the stock price: "I feel very comfortable predicting that Nvidia stock will solidly outperform the market over the next half decade," I wrote.

16 hours ago | fool.com | Lou Whiteman

Here's our initial take on CrowdStrike's (CRWD 0.48%) financial report. Key MetricsMetricQ1 FY25Q1 FY26Changevs. ExpectationsRevenue$921 million$1.1 billion19%MetEarnings per share$0.79$0.73-8%BeatNet new ARR$212 million$194 million-8%N/AFree cash flow$323 million$279 million-14%N/ACrowdStrike powering through post-outage headwindsComing up on the one-year anniversary of CrowdStrike's disastrous July 2024 global outage, the cybersecurity company continues to make progress moving past the incident.

23 hours ago | fool.com | Dominic Basulto

Heading into 2025, XRP (XRP -1.44%) was the hottest crypto on the planet. But after hitting a 52-week high of $3.39 in January, XRP has fizzled out. It's now down 35% from its 2025 peak, and investors are understandably concerned. Is now the time to buy the dip on XRP? Or is your money better spent elsewhere? Let's take a closer look. Pro-crypto euphoriaHeading into November, XRP had basically flatlined at the $0.50 price level.

1 day ago | fool.com | Harsh Chauhan

Shares of Datadog (DDOG 0.92%) have jumped an impressive 36% in the past two months, well beyond the broad recovery stocks have seen as President Trump put a pause on his most aggressive trade policies. As a cloud observability and security solutions provider, the company has been growing at a robust pace thanks to a sizable addressable market and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools across the economy.

1 day ago | fool.com | Keithen Drury

Two of the most popular AI stocks to invest in right now are Palantir Technologies (PLTR -2.34%) and SoundHound AI (SOUN 2.32%). Both have been impressive since the start of 2024, with Palantir rising around 650% and SoundHound AI increasing about 365%. Despite their strong performance over the past year and a half, they remain popular stock picks in the AI world. Is there a better option between the two? After all, these two companies are in entirely different stages.