Usually in the ballpark of a few thousand bucks per year, but the precise answer ultimately depends on what your goal is, and what you're willing to give up.
Digital media conglomerate IAC (NASDAQGS:IAC) reported Q4 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, but sales fell by 10.5% year on year to $646 million. Its GAAP loss of $0.99 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.
The recent market rotation toward small caps and value has also extended toward sectors, with Technology, which was one of the top-performing sectors of 2025, turning from a leader into a laggard in January.
Walmart has had an amazing run so far during the 2020s, with its market cap rising from a little more than $300 billion in early 2020 to more than $1 trillion today.
Telecom software provider Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) met Wall Streets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 4.1% year on year to $1.16 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.81 per share was 3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Shares of online legal service provider LegalZoom (NASDAQ:LZ) fell 19.3% in the afternoon session after the broader software and data services sector sold off as artificial intelligence firm Anthropic released an automation tool for lawyers. The news appeared to spark worries about how AI could disrupt the software industry. The sell-off was widespread, affecting several other companies in the sector.
Telecommunications infrastructure company Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) reported Q1 CY2026 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, but sales fell by 4.4% year on year to $3.04 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.23 per share was significantly above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Despite strength in defensive sectors and select earnings winners, a deepening selloff in enterprise software stocks and a sharp decline in PayPal Holdings Inc. weighed heavily on sentiment.
Engineering and automation solutions company Emerson (NYSE:EMR) met Wall Streets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 4.1% year on year to $4.35 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.46 per share was 3.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Gaxos stock soars as the company secures a new agreement with Amazon Web Services. But several underlying risks caution against chasing the rally in GXAI shares.
Property and casualty insurer The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) fell short of the markets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025 as sales rose 3.3% year on year to $1.67 billion. Its GAAP profit of $5.47 per share was 3.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Financial services giant Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) met Wall Streets revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 11.6% year on year to $14.52 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.30 per share was 1.9% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Insurance holding company American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) reported Q4 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 1.8% year on year to $2.06 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.65 per share was 10.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Measurement equipment distributor Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 25.6% year on year to $83.86 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.26 per share was 17.5% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Water analytics and treatment company Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025 as sales rose 3.8% year on year to $1.40 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.04 per share was 6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
