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Nvidia’s CoreWeave position alone would be one of the most profitable US companies

It was a little curious when Nvidia took an anchor position in CoreWeave’s IPO. The move had a bit of an ouroboros feel to it — the dominant industry player supporting an upstart whose business model has been dependent on access to the chip designer’s powerful products.

And well, if Jensen Huang ever gets bored of running a $3 trillion company, there just might be a place for him in the hedge fund world.

Over the course of this quarter (which is only about two-thirds complete), the value of Nvidia’s CoreWeave position has increased by about $3.1 billion, assuming it hasn’t sold any.

That’s about $900 million in value at the end of Q1 (24,182,460 shares at a price of $37.08) turning into nearly $4 billion as of this afternoon.

For perspective, that gain is more in net income than 473 companies in the S&P 500 generated last quarter, ahead of Pfizer and right behind Disney on the leaderboard.

I guess forgoing $8 billion in H20 sales to China this quarter stings a little less now that nearly 40% of that has been offset (so to speak) by CoreWeave’s rally, in which the recently IPO’d company has been a retail darling thanks to its huge backlog and exposure to the AI boom.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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