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MongoDB plunges on weak Q1 guidance, despite fourth-quarter earnings beat

MongoDB is down more than 27% in premarket trading Tuesday, extending its sharp after-hours decline yesterday, after the database software company forecast lower-than-expected Q1 earnings and full-year revenue.

The company actually beat estimates for the fourth quarter (ended January 31), in which revenue rose 27% year on year to $695.1 million, and adjusted earnings came in at $1.65 per shareahead of Wall Street estimates of $670 million and $1.48 per share, respectively. In the earnings release, CEO CJ Desai said results were driven by “continued go-to-market execution and the broad-based demand we are seeing across our product lines.”

Yet the company’s outlook for Q1 has disappointed investors, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.15 to $1.19 below analyst estimates of $1.20. Its revenue forecast, meanwhile, sits at $659 million to $664 million, the midpoint of which fell below the $662 million that had been penciled in. Full-year revenue guidance of $2.86 billion to $2.9 billion also fell slightly below consensus estimates, though EPS guidance of $5.75 to $5.93 came in ahead of the $5.69 forecast.

Alongside its earnings report, MongoDB announced a leadership overhaul, including the departure of its president of field operations, Cedric Pech, and its chief revenue officer, Paul Capombassis. The company also announced the appointment of Erica Volini as the new chief customer officer.

MongoDB’s “NoSQL database” is considered a more flexible, modern format than traditional table-based databases, allowing developers to store data more easily. But with fears growing that established software companies may lose their edge to rising agentic AI, MongoDB’s shares had already fallen roughly 23% this year before this morning’s slide — and are now down about 44% year to date.

Alongside its earnings report, MongoDB announced a leadership overhaul, including the departure of its president of field operations, Cedric Pech, and its chief revenue officer, Paul Capombassis. The company also announced the appointment of Erica Volini as the new chief customer officer.

MongoDB’s “NoSQL database” is considered a more flexible, modern format than traditional table-based databases, allowing developers to store data more easily. But with fears growing that established software companies may lose their edge to rising agentic AI, MongoDB’s shares had already fallen roughly 23% this year before this morning’s slide — and are now down about 44% year to date.

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With their recent surge, Intel shares just hit their highest level since the dot-com era

Intel’s surge of nearly 60% this month has the iconic American chipmaker’s stock price approaching levels last seen during the dot-com era. Bloomberg noted that shares just touched their highest intraday level since the turn of the century:

The stock rose as much as 1.5% to $69.55, topping a peak it hit on Jan. 24, 2020. The shares are up 90% this year, after soaring 84% in 2025. Intel is now roughly 8% from its all-time closing high of $74.88, established on Aug. 31, 2000.

That’s just the most recent late-’90s-era throwback we’ve been seeing in tech shares lately. Oracle is currently pacing for its best week since late 1999.

What’s even more remarkable, however, is that Intel’s forward price-to-earnings ratio today dwarfs the premiums the market was putting on the stock during the nuttiness of the dot-com mania.

That reflects the fact that the recent run-up in Intel shares is, essentially, giving the chip giant credit for a massive turnaround that hasn’t actually happened yet.

One also might wonder if the fact that Intel is partially owned by the US government means it’s more attractive — and therefore worth a higher premium — than other chipmakers without the state imprimatur.

Still, kind of startling.

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Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill hit nearly 1,400 prescriptions in first week

Eli Lilly rose after preliminary numbers cited by Wall Street analysts showed strong uptake of its new weight-loss pill.

The FDA approved Foundayo on April 1 and shipments began on April 9. In its first week, roughly 1,400 US prescriptions were written for the drug, according to IQVIA data cited by Deustche Bank analysts in a Friday note.

Novo Nordisk, Lilly’s rival in the GLP-1 market, released its GLP-1 pill earlier this year, and early signs show that it’s expanding the market, inviting patients who were turned off by weekly injections. Novo’s pill had a stronger first week than Lilly’s, with its Wegovy pill hitting 3,071 US prescriptions in the first four days after its launch on January 5.

Lilly’s pill has an advantage over Novo’s, which is that it can be taken at any time of day, with or without food. Lilly disclosed in a February regulatory filing that it had $1.5 billion worth of prelaunch inventory ready ahead of the FDA approval — which is about as much as analysts polled by FactSet expect it to sell this year.

Novo Nordisk, Lilly’s rival in the GLP-1 market, released its GLP-1 pill earlier this year, and early signs show that it’s expanding the market, inviting patients who were turned off by weekly injections. Novo’s pill had a stronger first week than Lilly’s, with its Wegovy pill hitting 3,071 US prescriptions in the first four days after its launch on January 5.

Lilly’s pill has an advantage over Novo’s, which is that it can be taken at any time of day, with or without food. Lilly disclosed in a February regulatory filing that it had $1.5 billion worth of prelaunch inventory ready ahead of the FDA approval — which is about as much as analysts polled by FactSet expect it to sell this year.

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Critical Metals jumps after Greenland’s government approves CRML to take majority control of the Tanbreez mining project

Critical Metals is up more than 25% in premarket trading on Friday after the critical mining company announced that it now owns 92.5% of the Tanbreez rare earth deposit following an approval from the government of Greenland.

With that latest government support, Critical Minerals added an additional 50.5% stake to its ownership, reportedly acquired from Rimbal Pty Ltd, per Bloomberg News. With access to eight heavy rare earth elements often used in consumer electronics and defense, the site is one of the world’s largest undeveloped rare earth deposits and a key source of rare earth supply outside of China, according to the company.

In Critical Metals’ press release, Chairman Tony Sage commented that the approval “removes the most significant structural overhang on the project and provides the clarity to advance Tanbreez to production with confidence,” especially as Tanbreez’s location offers a significant logistical advantage through its year-round direct shipping access, compared to rival projects.

With 92.5% of the project now vested in Critical Metals Corp., and the remainder owned by European Lithium Ltd., CRML now has full control of the project and is seeking to accelerate development there, with plans for a new international airport and a 150-tonne bulk sample program, which is slated for June 2026.

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