A battle is quietly brewing, and a small company called Lattice is secretly winning.After a number of large acquisitions from chip design giant Intel in 2015 and another by AMD in 2022, I've written about how small chip design house Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC 1.23%) is the last FPGA pure-play company left standing.FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) are a type of logic chip. They have the ability to be reprogrammed using software to allow engineers to change the FPGA's function -- even after the chip ha ...

These two healthcare stocks are well-known for their top-tier dividend programs.Dividend stocks tend to struggle in high-interest-rate environments. The core reason is investors have an abundance of low-risk, high-yield income options when interest rates spike.Conversely, fund managers have historically pivoted to top-tier dividend stocks when interest rates fall. The logic behind this trend is that dividend stocks ought to deliver superior returns to risk-free assets like U.S. T-bills in low-rate environme ...

Although these stocks are trading at discounts, they come with some risk.Are you look for deeply discounted stocks to buy? One way you can find deals is by looking at stocks which are trading below their book values. Depending on the industry and the risk a company is facing, investors may not be willing to pay even book value for a stock. And in some cases, that risk is overblown, and it could make for a great buying opportunity.Three stocks that are trading below their book values today are Kraft Heinz (K ...

The future keeps getting brighter for these companies.Drugmakers outside the biosimilar or generic-medicine market must constantly innovate to be successful over long periods. Some are better at it than others.Eli Lilly (LLY 3.19%) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN -0.65%) have historically been in the more successful group. That's why they are among the most prominent players in the game.Can Eli Lilly and Regeneron keep this up? Recent developments suggest that the answer is yes. Both companies have anno ...

Investors will find many reasons to like this business.Block (SQ 0.45%) has taken its investors on a wild ride. Shares were once a huge winner in the years leading up to the all-time high reached in August 2021. It helped that the stock market performed well during that time.But with general pessimism surrounding growth-oriented businesses in more recent times, particularly ones that benefited greatly during the depths of the pandemic, it's been a disappointing story since. This fintech stock currently trad ...

This company benefits from big trends in AI and digital advertising, but its core business is still a big growth story.This year already saw two new companies' market caps surpass $2 trillion, and a third is poised to hit that milestone.The current members of the $2 trillion club are some of the most well-respected names in their fields, and all of their businesses revolve around technology.Microsoft ($3 trillion) established itself as an AI leader with a smart investment in OpenAI. Its Azure cloud computin ...

Core Viewpoint - JPMorgan Chase is considered one of the best bank stocks, but it comes at a high valuation, with a market capitalization of $578 billion, significantly larger than its closest competitor, Bank of America [1][2] Group 1: Company Performance - JPMorgan is projected to grow 13% and reach a stock price of $227 per share within a year according to Jefferies analyst Ken Usdin [1] - The bank has a return on equity (ROE) of 15.7% and a return on assets (ROA) of 1.3%, which are key performance indicators for banking investors [2] - JPMorgan's stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 20 percentage points over the past year, indicating strong market performance [2] Group 2: Investment Considerations - JPMorgan's price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 1.9, which is higher than many rival banks, suggesting that while it has superior performance metrics, it is not priced cheaply [2][3] - The bank is valued at just over 12 times earnings, with a projected long-term growth rate of 4%, which may not justify the current stock price [3] - Despite the high valuation, JPMorgan is viewed as a smart investment option for bank investors, particularly if acquired at a more favorable price [3]

Investors looking to buy a relatively cheaper AI stock would do well to take a closer look at this name thanks to its solid position in a lucrative market.There is no doubt that Nvidia (NVDA 3.58%) has been one of the top artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to buy on the market in the past year-and-a-half thanks to the critical role it is playing in the advancement of this technology.After all, training large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT wouldn't have been possible without chips from Nvidia. Major ...

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This booming stock might be on your radar, but you can't ignore some important risk factors.Thanks to its monster success at spearheading streaming video entertainment, Netflix (NFLX -0.02%) is a global media powerhouse. And investors have been rewarded as shares have skyrocketed 1,150% and 14,530% in the past 10 and 20 years, respectively.There aren't many businesses that can show this type of wealth creation. But before you rush to scoop up this top streaming stock, first take the time to understand my th ...