Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), and Eli Lilly And Co. (NYSE:LLY), hardware, semiconductors, cloud, fintech, social media, AI, and pharmaceutical, reflected diverse investor interests.
Apple
Apple reported strong second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on April 30, posting record March-quarter revenue of $111.2 billion and EPS of $2.01. iPhone revenue showed solid growth, Mac and Services hit highs, while gross margins expanded; the company also authorized another $100B in buybacks and raised its dividend 4% to $0.27/share. This marked Tim Cook‘s final earnings call as CEO before transitioning to executive chairman, with John Ternus taking over as CEO later in 2026.
Some retail investors were appreciating AAPL’s approach of not investing heavily in AI as compared to its Magnificent 7 peers.
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The stock had a 52-week range of $193.25 to $288.62, trading around $270 to $279 per share, as of the publication of this article. It rose 27.69% over the year, but declined by 0.02% and 0.19% over the last six months and year-to-date, respectively.
AAPL had a strong price trend in the medium, short and long term, with a poor value ranking, as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.
Alphabet
Alphabet reported strong first-quarter 2026 earnings, with consolidated revenue rising 22% YoY to $109.9 billion, driven by robust Google Search/YouTube ads and especially Google Cloud revenue surging 63% to over $20 billion for the first time. Net income jumped 81% to $62.6 billion, aided by operating margin expansion to 36.1% and unrealized gains on equity ...
