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Roku Stock Has Already Doubled From Its IPO. How Does Its Valuation Look?
That went well. Streaming media player maker Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) officially priced its initial public offering on Wednesday night at $14, the high end of the expected range listed in its amended....
3 Reasons Roku Stock May Be Peaking
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) was a rock-star debutante on Thursday. The IPO was set to price between $12 and $14; it hit the market at the high end of that range, and it still wasn't enough. The stock....
Is Veeva Systems Inc. a Buy?
Shares of Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV) hit an all-time high earlier this year, but the market responded harshly to recent signals suggesting years of blazing-fast growth are coming to an end.....
Why Snap May Continue to Disappoint Investors for Now
Snap's (NYSE: SNAP) troubles growing its daily active user count have been a big focus of investors ever since the company made its initial filing to go public. The biggest reason for the slowdown....
3 Stocks Up 30% or More Year to Date That Could Be Just Getting Started
There's arguably no better feeling in investing than watching one of your stocks deliver exceptional gains over the course of only a few months. But all too often, investors tend to take profits....
What Uber's Problems in London Mean for Its IPO
Uber has tentative plans to file for its initial public offering (IPO) in the next 18 to 36 months, according to the company's new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. But potential investors may be less....
Best Buy: Facebook, Netflix, or Amazon?
Tech has been on fire for the last few years, and companies at the top of their game have been reaping considerable rewards for investors. Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has the largest social media....
Twitter's Live Video Plans Get an Important Vote of Confidence
For quite a while, the balance of the news out of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has been discouraging, but in this MarketFoolery podcast segment, host Chris Hill, Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser,....
Google Strengthens Cloud Identity Management With Bitium Buy
In recent years, the number of various online services that enterprises have to tap into has proliferated, which has created a market for cloud-based enterprise identity management to help manage,....
Investors Embrace Twitter's 280-Character Limit, Users Revolt
On occasion over the years, I have called Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) 140-character limit "arbitrary," which didn't make me any friends on the service. Debate surrounding this limit has been polarizing....
Twitter's Got 99 Problems but 140 Characters Ain't One
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) finally started to loosen post size restrictions on Tuesday night. The social media juggernaut announced that it will double the size of the characters allowed on tweets in....
3 Stocks That Look Just Like Salesforce in 2002
As one of the first software-as-a-service (SAAS) companies, Salesforce.com started out as a humble supplier of one basic customer relationship management (CRM) software. That product is still its....
Facebook's Instagram Continues to March Towards 1 Billion Users
Five months after reaching 700 million monthly active users (MAUs), Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram service has achieved a new milestone: 800 million MAUs. Of those, 500 million are daily active....
Is Texas Instruments' 24% Dividend Increase Too Extreme?
There are dividend raises, and there are dividend raises. Texas Instruments' (NASDAQ: TXN) latest hike falls squarely into the second category -- the veteran analog chipmaker announced a nearly....
Twitter, Inc. to Experiment With Doubling Character Count
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has had a rough time in recent years. Monthly user growth has struggled and revenue growth subsequently turned to declines. As a result, Twitter stock has plummeted. Shares....
IBM CEO Defends Watson Against Critics
International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has invested billions of dollars in Watson, its cognitive computing system that made a name for itself by winning Jeopardy! back in 2011. Watson is....
3 Reasons Ciena Corporation Is Staying Ahead of the Competition
In researching my latest article on Ciena's (NYSE: CIEN) recent quarter, I found a lot to like about the company. As Foolish investors, we are always on the lookout for companies with outstanding....
3 Value Stocks to Hold for a Decade
Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.-- Warren....
3 Game-Changing Small-Cap Technology Stocks to Buy
Small companies must navigate more risks than large companies have to, especially when they're disrupting mature markets dominated by deeply embedded and well-heeled competitors. Nevertheless,....
Instagram's Advertiser Growth Might Be More Impressive Than Its User Growth
Instagram announced it's surpassed 800 million monthly active users at an advertising event in New York on Monday. Of those users, 500 million log in every day. It took just five months for the....
Will "Star Trek" Help CBS Take On Netflix?
If CBS (NYSE: CBS) wants its premium digital platform to "live long and prosper," it better hope that Sunday night's debut of Star Trek: Discovery wooed more than just longtime fans of the sci-fi....
3 Highest-Growth Stocks in the Market Today
Which stocks claim the highest growth rates in the entire market? The answer depends on how you define growth.There are several kinds of growth -- sales, earnings, stock price, cash flow, and....
4 Stocks That Turned $7,000 into $42,000
The single best performer on the S&P 500 has returned roughly 100% since the start of 2017. However, it's over longer time frames that investors can enjoy truly eye-popping stock price gains.....
Good News for Investors: Facebook Drops Shareholder-Unfriendly Stock-Split Plan
It's official: Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has decided to drop its controversial plan to split its stock. A controversial move from last year had been designed to allow Mark Zuckerberg to retain control....
3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy This Fall
Any season is the right season to invest in high-yield dividend stocks. However, which stocks are the best to pick can change. With fall now here, several dividend stocks look especially....