Yahoo Finance·2025-12-29 14:06Micron Technology - Micron Technology has outperformed the market by approximately 143% year-to-date, with projected revenue for fiscal 2025 expected to jump by 49% to $37.4 billion and gross margins expanding to over 40% [1][2] - The company is a leader in high bandwidth memory (HBM), which is crucial for data center and AI buildouts, with all HBM capacity sold out for 2024 and 2025, and most of 2026 already committed [1][2] - The data center revenue reached about 56% of total company revenue with gross margins of 52%, and the cloud memory business unit revenue increased by 257% [2][3] - Valuation concerns exist, with a price to free cash flow ratio of 100, which may set high expectations for growth [1][3] Robinhood Markets - Robinhood has significantly outperformed the market by over 176%, with total earnings per share up by 259% for Q3 2025 and total platform assets increasing to $333 billion, a 119% year-over-year growth [5][7] - The company has diversified its offerings beyond stock trading to include crypto, prediction markets, and options, which has attracted a broader range of investors [5][8] - Despite its success, there are concerns about the sustainability of its growth, especially given its high valuation and dependence on market conditions, particularly in the crypto and stock markets [6][8] Newmont Corporation - Newmont Corporation has also outperformed the market by over 143%, benefiting from a realized gold price of $3,539 per ounce, a 41% year-over-year increase [11][12] - The company generated a record $1.6 billion in free cash flow in Q3 2025, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of free cash flow generation, and has been actively paying down debt and returning value to shareholders [11][12] - Newmont is positioned well due to its status as the world's largest gold miner and its involvement in copper mining, which is increasingly relevant for AI infrastructure [11][13]