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MACOM’s (NASDAQ:MTSI) Q4 Sales Top Estimates, Provides Encouraging Quarterly Revenue Guidance

Network chips maker MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: MTSI) reported Q4 CY2024 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 38.8% year on year to $218.1 million. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was optimistic at $230 million at the midpoint, 2.1% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.79 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.

Roblox’s (NYSE:RBLX) Q4 Sales Top Estimates But Stock Drops 21.5%

Gaming metaverse operator Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) reported Q4 CY2024 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 31.8% year on year to $988.2 million. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $1.00 billion, coming in 2.5% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP loss of $0.33 per share was 26.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Analysis-Trump's aid cuts imperil emerging market investment cash

The United States' decision to freeze and potentially scrap its core aid agency jolted countries receiving its funding and could make it harder for emerging economies to attract private cash, investors said. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) not only disbursed $44 billion in fiscal 2023, but anchors private investment in everything from healthcare to small businesses, and underpins the creditworthiness of bigger emerging markets borrowing money on sovereign debt markets.

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) Exceeds Q4 Expectations, Stock Soars

Clinical research company IQVIA (NYSE: IQV) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 2.3% year on year to $3.96 billion. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $15.93 billion at the midpoint came in 0.6% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.12 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.