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South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea
Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain
S&P 500   4,191.98
DOW   33,426.63
QQQ   336.51
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China tells tech manufacturers to stop using Micron chips, stepping up feud with United States
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SpaceX launches two Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station
Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of 'hostile' laws
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South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea
Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain
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South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea
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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
$105.82
-2.0%
$93.53
$54.57
$109.57
$170.41 B1.9461.98 million shs67.88 million shs
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
$0.08
-27.1%
$0.53
$0.07
$30.00
$32.15 M1.49122.76 million shs192.18 million shs
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
$8.47
-1.7%
$9.20
$6.81
$12.76
$7.65 B1.17.25 million shs4.81 million shs
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
$126.24
+0.7%
$143.15
$115.03
$217.25
$48.12 B1.73.54 million shs2.60 million shs
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
$2.41
-1.2%
$2.48
$2.17
$5.12
$1.49 B2.6610.64 million shs6.56 million shs
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
$180.14
+1.8%
$178.18
$101.81
$314.67
$570.95 B2118.49 million shs136.20 million shs
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
$3.70
-1.1%
$3.47
$2.94
$11.71
$882.71 M1.283.13 million shs1.81 million shs
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$36.10
-1.9%
$38.91
$33.55
$67.52
$6.44 B2.434.90 million shs3.55 million shs
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
$5.03
-0.8%
$5.04
$3.77
$27.50
$2.61 B1.831.91 million shs10.68 million shs
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
$5.38
-0.6%
$4.35
$3.17
$7.20
$3.14 B1.595.94 million shs2.99 million shs

Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
0.00%+11.09%+19.67%+34.80%+13.18%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
0.00%+7.34%-39.69%-90.22%-97.97%
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
0.00%-3.09%-12.14%-18.16%-15.97%
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
0.00%-2.37%-10.37%-24.23%-7.35%
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
0.00%0.00%+4.78%-19.93%-48.94%
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
0.00%+7.24%+9.12%-13.52%-18.60%
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
0.00%+0.54%+14.20%-37.71%-64.56%
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
0.00%+2.06%-5.40%-23.01%-40.40%
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
0.00%-3.27%+0.80%-4.01%+67.25%
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
0.00%+7.39%+27.19%+29.64%-8.66%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
2.3808 of 5 stars
2.45.00.02.53.02.51.9
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
1.7317 of 5 stars
2.52.00.02.41.21.71.3
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
1.7257 of 5 stars
3.00.00.00.02.32.50.0
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
2.6363 of 5 stars
4.21.00.04.62.43.31.3
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
1.5907 of 5 stars
2.91.00.00.02.00.01.3
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
2.6778 of 5 stars
3.23.00.03.52.43.32.5
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
2.9799 of 5 stars
4.13.02.50.01.83.31.9
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
2.9683 of 5 stars
4.25.01.70.63.10.01.9
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
1.2796 of 5 stars
0.73.00.03.61.21.70.6
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
1.3814 of 5 stars
1.04.00.00.02.51.70.6

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
2.73
Moderate Buy$96.31-8.99% Downside
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
1.00
Reduce$3.704,826.76% Upside
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.00
Hold$11.7338.46% Upside
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
2.36
Hold$179.1341.90% Upside
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
1.89
Hold$4.7496.75% Upside
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
2.36
Hold$204.3313.43% Upside
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
2.29
Hold$6.6178.57% Upside
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
2.40
Hold$48.7835.12% Upside
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
1.40
Reduce$3.22-35.98% Downside
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
2.00
Hold$5.502.23% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest Meme Stocks Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/18/2023
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
3M
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Reiterated RatingMaintains
5/18/2023
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price Target$4.25 ➝ $5.00
5/18/2023
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
CIBC
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UpgradeSector Underperform ➝ Neutral$4.20 ➝ $6.50
5/18/2023
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
Robert W. Baird
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Boost Price Target$5.00 ➝ $5.50
5/12/2023
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
Barclays
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Lower Price Target$10.00 ➝ $9.00
5/12/2023
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
Royal Bank of Canada
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Lower Price Target$7.00 ➝ $5.00
5/11/2023
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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Boost Price Target$9.00 ➝ $10.00
5/11/2023
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
Credit Suisse Group
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Outperform$50.00
5/8/2023
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Initiated CoverageOverweight$54.00
5/5/2023
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price Target$185.00 ➝ $153.00
5/5/2023
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
Barclays
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Lower Price Target$8.00 ➝ $4.00
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Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
$23.60B7.22$5.57 per share19.01$33.96 per share3.12
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
$6.21B0.01$1.88 per share0.04$2.18 per share0.03
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
$1.36B5.63N/AN/A$7.80 per share1.09
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
$19.26B2.50$22.91 per share5.51$49.48 per share2.55
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
$628.37M2.37N/AN/A$8.34 per share0.29
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
$86.04B6.64$5.25 per share34.33$15.41 per share11.69
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
$1.13B0.78$2.27 per share1.63($9.74) per share-0.38
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$12.45B0.52$8.36 per share4.32$35.29 per share1.02
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
$3.91B0.67N/AN/A($4.99) per share-1.01
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
$656M4.78$0.40 per share13.50$1.47 per share3.66

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
$1.32B$0.23460.0931.978.131.71%7.19%5.83%8/1/2023 (Estimated)
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
-$559.62M-$15.20N/AN/AN/A-20.54%N/A-18.68%6/27/2023 (Estimated)
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
-$1.03B-$1.30N/AN/A-76.47%-16.40%-4.58%8/1/2023 (Estimated)
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
$8.36B$11.5710.91N/AN/A31.77%25.87%18.75%8/2/2023 (Estimated)
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
-$476.80M-$3.04N/AN/AN/A-294.54%-6.51%-5.26%7/27/2023 (Estimated)
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
$12.58B$3.4052.9840.212.3513.66%27.29%15.06%7/19/2023 (Estimated)
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
-$8.27M-$0.40N/A2.39N/A-7.06%N/A-1.64%8/3/2023 (Estimated)
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
-$123M-$4.64N/A6.294.48-6.78%4.02%1.82%7/19/2023 (Estimated)
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
-$973.60M-$0.89N/AN/AN/A-21.36%N/A-7.13%8/3/2023 (Estimated)
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
-$734M-$1.38N/AN/AN/A-111.89%-10.91%-6.15%6/22/2023 (Estimated)

Latest Meme Stocks Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/5/2023Q1 2023
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
-$0.17-$0.13+$0.04-$0.09$931.67 million$954.40 million      
5/4/2023Q1 2023
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
-$1.77$0.19+$1.96$0.19$1.17 billion$1.86 billion    
5/2/2023Q1 23
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
$0.5640$0.60+$0.0360$0.95$5.31 billion$5.35 billion      
4/19/2023Q1 23
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
$0.85$0.85N/A$0.73$23.36 billion$23.33 billion    
4/19/2023Q1 23
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
-$0.05-$0.23-$0.18$0.84$2.77 billion$2.67 billion    
4/10/20232/28/2023
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
-$0.06-$1.90-$1.84$1.82$150.13 million$145.59 million    
3/31/2023Q4 23
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
-$0.07-$0.02+$0.05$0.77$150.97 million$151.00 million    
2/28/2023Q4 2022
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
-$0.20-$0.14+$0.06-$0.02$1.03 billion$990.90 million    
2/23/2023Q4 2022
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
$4.66$3.61-$1.05$3.61$5.02 billion$5.08 billion      

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
$0.68905.46%N/AN/A N/A
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
$0.6016.22%+17.49%N/A N/A
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
$0.401.11%N/AN/A N/A
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest Meme Stocks Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/2/2023
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
Quarterly$0.1518.81%6/15/20236/16/20236/30/2023
5/4/2023
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
quarterly$0.101.16%5/15/20235/16/20236/2/2023
2/23/2023
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
Quarterly$0.1510.71%3/30/20233/31/20234/14/2023
2/23/2023
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
quarterly$0.100.83%3/6/20233/7/20233/23/2023
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
0.05
2.38
1.74
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
N/A
0.73
0.17
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
N/A
1.32
1.32
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
0.04
3.46
3.26
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
0.09
1.61
1.18
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
0.03
1.57
1.04
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
N/A
0.04
0.04
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
0.29
1.78
0.92
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
N/A
0.43
0.43
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
N/A
1.02
1.02

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
67.17%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
64.16%
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
58.81%
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
63.11%
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
11.59%
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
43.00%
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
83.82%
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
N/A
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
26.14%
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
42.43%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock logo
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
25,0001.61 billion1.60 billionOptionable
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock logo
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
32,000428.10 million420.82 millionOptionable
Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock logo
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2,300902.96 million758.86 millionNot Optionable
Moderna, Inc. stock logo
MRNA
Moderna
3,900381.21 million321.36 millionOptionable
Tilray Inc stock logo
TLRY
Tilray
1,800618.01 million602.31 millionOptionable
Tesla, Inc. stock logo
TSLA
Tesla
127,8553.17 billion2.37 billionOptionable
Uniti Group Inc. stock logo
UNIT
Uniti Group
754238.57 million235.71 millionOptionable
Alcoa Co. stock logo
AA
Alcoa
13,100178.40 millionN/AOptionable
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock logo
AMC
AMC Entertainment
33,694519.19 million517.63 millionOptionable
BlackBerry Limited stock logo
BB
BlackBerry
3,181583.23 million573.90 millionOptionable

Meme Stocks Headlines

SourceHeadline
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) PT Raised to $5.50BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) PT Raised to $5.50
americanbankingnews.com - May 21 at 7:12 AM
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Receives New Coverage from Analysts at StockNews.comBlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Receives New Coverage from Analysts at StockNews.com
americanbankingnews.com - May 20 at 6:44 AM
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Raised to Neutral at CIBCBlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Raised to Neutral at CIBC
americanbankingnews.com - May 19 at 7:55 AM
BlackBerrys (BB) Maintains Rating Reaffirmed at 3MBlackBerry's (BB) Maintains Rating Reaffirmed at 3M
americanbankingnews.com - May 19 at 7:10 AM
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Given New $5.00 Price Target at Royal Bank of CanadaBlackBerry (NYSE:BB) Given New $5.00 Price Target at Royal Bank of Canada
americanbankingnews.com - May 19 at 6:38 AM
BlackBerry Forecasts 54% Revenue Growth In 2026BlackBerry Forecasts 54% Revenue Growth In 2026
baystreet.ca - May 18 at 12:32 PM
Are BlackBerry Phones Still Around Today? What Happened After The MovieAre BlackBerry Phones Still Around Today? What Happened After The Movie
msn.com - May 13 at 6:18 PM
Stocks To Watch: Retail Earnings, Debt Standoff And ChatGPT Goes To DCStocks To Watch: Retail Earnings, Debt Standoff And ChatGPT Goes To DC
seekingalpha.com - May 13 at 10:00 AM
‘BlackBerry Review: A Biopic Of A Smartphone Turns Out To Be As Triumphant And Tragic As ‘Elvis’ - Deadline‘BlackBerry Review: A Biopic Of A Smartphone Turns Out To Be As Triumphant And Tragic As ‘Elvis’ - Deadline
news.google.com - May 13 at 8:18 AM
The 6 Most Iconic Blackberry Phones of All TimeThe 6 Most Iconic Blackberry Phones of All Time
tbreak.com - May 12 at 6:05 AM
BlackBerry review: Geeky biopic recalls gadget the iPhone killed - New York Post 'BlackBerry' review: Geeky biopic recalls gadget the iPhone killed - New York Post
news.google.com - May 11 at 9:56 PM
Review: BlackBerry is a look back at phone wars also-ran - Sent-trib - Sentinel-TribuneReview: 'BlackBerry' is a look back at phone war's also-ran - Sent-trib - Sentinel-Tribune
news.google.com - May 11 at 4:54 PM
Review: Blackberry tells the story of your former favorite phone - Detroit NewsReview: 'Blackberry' tells the story of your former favorite phone - Detroit News
news.google.com - May 11 at 4:54 PM
BlackBerry movie review: How iPhone killed the tech giant - The Arizona Republic'BlackBerry' movie review: How iPhone killed the tech giant - The Arizona Republic
news.google.com - May 11 at 1:49 PM
BlackBerry reveals the rise and fall of Barack Obamas favorite smartphone - Yahoo Entertainment'BlackBerry' reveals the rise and fall of Barack Obama's favorite smartphone - Yahoo Entertainment
news.google.com - May 11 at 1:49 PM
In ‘BlackBerry’ Matt Johnson finds gold in the rise and fall of ‘the best phone in the world’In ‘BlackBerry’ Matt Johnson finds gold in the rise and fall of ‘the best phone in the world’
thestar.com - May 11 at 8:49 AM
BlackBerry film hails the must-have gadget that the iPhone turned into a forgotten relic'BlackBerry' film hails the must-have gadget that the iPhone turned into a forgotten relic
galvnews.com - May 10 at 12:45 PM
BlackBerry film taps into device that ruled pre-iPhone era'BlackBerry' film taps into device that ruled pre-iPhone era
finance.yahoo.com - May 10 at 11:07 AM
Review: BlackBerry is a look back at phone wars also-ran - The Associated PressReview: 'BlackBerry' is a look back at phone war's also-ran - The Associated Press
news.google.com - May 9 at 7:55 PM
Review: BlackBerry is a look back at phone wars also-ran - AOLReview: 'BlackBerry' is a look back at phone war's also-ran - AOL
news.google.com - May 9 at 7:06 PM
Review: BlackBerry is a look back at phone wars also-ran - ABC NewsReview: 'BlackBerry' is a look back at phone war's also-ran - ABC News
news.google.com - May 9 at 4:21 PM
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Advanced Micro Devices

NASDAQ:AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. engages in the provision of semiconductor businesses. It operates through the following segments: Computing & Graphics, and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. The Computing and Graphics segment includes desktop and notebook processors and chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units, data center and professional GPUs and development services. The Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment includes server and embedded processors, semi-custom System-on-Chip products, development services and technology for game consoles. The company was founded by W. J. Sanders III on May 1, 1969 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
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Bed Bath & Beyond

NASDAQ:BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. engages in the operation of retail stores and retails domestics merchandise and home furnishings. Its products include domestic merchandise and home furnishings such as bed linens and related items, bath items, kitchen textiles, kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic house wares, general home furnishings, and consumables. The company was founded by Warren Eisenberg and Leonard Feinstein in 1971 and is headquartered in Union, NJ.
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Robinhood Markets

NASDAQ:HOOD
Robinhood Markets, Inc. operates financial services platform in the United States. Its platform allows users to invest in stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), options, gold, and cryptocurrencies. The company also offers various learning and education solutions comprise Snacks, a digest of business news stories; Learn, which is a collection of approximately articles, including guides, feature tutorials, and financial dictionary; Newsfeeds that offer access to free premium news from various sites, such as Barron's, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal; lists and alerts, which allow users to create custom watchlists and alerts to monitor securities, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies, as well as cash management services; and offers First trade recommendations to all new customers who have yet to place a trade. Robinhood Markets, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
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Moderna

NASDAQ:MRNA
Moderna, Inc. engages in the development of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). Its product pipeline includes the following modalities: prophylactic vaccines, cancer vaccines, intratumoral immuno-oncology, localized regenerative therapeutics, systemic secreted therapeutics, and systemic intracellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Noubar B. Afeyan, Robert S. Langer, Jr., Derrick J. Rose and Kenneth R. Chien in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
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Tilray

NASDAQ:TLRY
Tilray, Inc. engages in the research, cultivation, processing, and distribution of medical cannabis. The company offers its products in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa. Tilray, Inc. is headquartered in Nanaimo, Canada.
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Tesla

NASDAQ:TSLA
Tesla, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of fully electric vehicles and energy generation and storage systems. The company operates through the following segments: Automotive and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment includes the design, development, manufacture, sale, and lease of electric vehicles as well as sales of automotive regulatory credits. The Energy Generation and Storage segment includes the design, manufacture, installation, sale, and lease of stationary energy storage products and solar energy systems, and sale of solar energy systems incentives. The company was founded by Jeffrey B. Straubel, Elon Reeve Musk, Martin Eberhard, and Marc Tarpenning on July 1, 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.
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Uniti Group

NASDAQ:UNIT
Uniti Group, Inc. is a real estate investment trust company, which is engaged in the acquisition and construction of mission infrastructure in the communications industry. It operates through the following business segments: Leasing, Fiber Infrastructure, Towers, Consumer CLEC, and Corporate. The Leasing segment represents the real estate investment trust operations of the company and includes the results from leasing business, Uniti leasing, which engages in the acquisition of mission-critical communications assets and leasing them to anchor customers on either and exclusive or shared-tenant basis. The Fiber Infrastructure segment refers to the operations of the fiber business of the company, Uniti Fiber, which provides infrastructure solutions, including cell site backhaul and dark fiber, to the telecommunications industry. The Towers segment encompasses Uniti Towers, which acquires and construct tower-related real estate in the United States and Latin America. The Consumer CLEC segment is the operations of Talk America, which provides local telephone, high-speed internet and long distance services to customers in the eastern and central United States. The Corporate segment consi
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Alcoa

NYSE:AA
Alcoa Corp. engages in the production of bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products. It operates through the following segments: Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminum. The Bauxite segment represents the company' global bauxite mining operations. The Alumina segment includes the company's worldwide refining system, which processes bauxite into alumina. The Aluminum segment combines smelting and casting operations to produce primary aluminum. The smelting operations produce molten primary aluminum, which is then formed by the casting operations into either foundry ingot or into value-add ingot products, including billet, rod, and slab. The company was founded by Charles Martin Hall on July 9, 1886 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.
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AMC Entertainment

NYSE:AMC
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. engages in the theatrical exhibition business through its subsidiaries. It operates through the U.S. Markets and International Markets segments. The U.S. Markets segment is involved in owning, leasing, or operating theaters and screens in the U.S. The International Markets segment focuses on owning, leasing, or operating theaters and screens in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Saudi Arabia. The company was founded by Barney Dubinsky, Maurice Durwood and Edward Durwood in 1920 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.
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BlackBerry

NYSE:BB
BlackBerry Ltd. engages in providing intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments. The firm leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver solutions in the areas of cyber security, safety, and data privacy solutions, and also focuses on the areas of endpoint security, endpoint management, encryption, and embedded systems. The company was founded by Michael Lazaridis, James Laurence Balsillie, and Douglas E. Fregin on March 7, 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Key Points

  • Meme stocks are companies that saw soaring share prices during the early part of 2021.
  • Most meme stocks had heavy levels of short interest, which resulted in parabolic short squeezes.
  • Meme stocks were a beneficiary of easy money policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and are unlikely to regain their meteoric highs.

What is a meme stock? 

If you were an active trader during the early months of 2021, you could watch the meme stock rally unfold in real-time. Investors and institutions will study the events of that time for decades as immense fortunes were made (and lost) in just a few weeks. 

While the meme stocks are fizzling out today, it's important to understand how the craze came about and whether these companies are still worthy of our capital in the present day.

What is a Meme Stock?

So what is a meme stock, exactly? And what is a meme stock rally? To borrow a quote from a famous Supreme Court justice, it's something you'll know when you see it. Meme stocks aren't a specific sector or class of equities, but a loosely-tied group of securities paraded about by social media influencers, retail investors and pot-stirring CEOs.

To understand meme stocks, you'll need to understand the meme definition. In a broad sense, a meme is simply an imitation, such as an image or video spread around the internet. Anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account has encountered a meme, like the Drake Hotline Bling image or the two "Always Has Been" astronauts. Usually, people use memes repeatedly with different quotes or connotations, which enables them to spread virally over social media.

The meme stock meaning piggybacks on this viral nature as many traders flocked to these stocks due to repeated pushing on Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media outlets. News of these stocks spread like wildfire throughout the internet, causing lots of dollars to flow in from various sources. 

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Meme Stocks, Explained

The meme stock market has a few overarching characteristics. First, most of these companies are small by the measure of market cap. It's much easier for a viral trend to lead to actual price movement when the float and market cap are small. 

Secondly, the original meme stocks had a sense of nostalgia attached to them. Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NASDAQ: GME) was the original meme stock and many traders had fond childhood memories of visiting GameStop locations and selecting their favorite console games. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AMC) is another meme stock led by nostalgic feelings, since who didn't love going to the movies in their youth?

Finally, the key to meme stock mania was short interest. The original meme stocks were shorted heavily by certain institutions and hedge funds, which many retail traders viewed as a coordinated attack on these businesses. The concentration of short selling from sophisticated investors created a narrative in which meme stock traders viewed themselves as a force for good, fighting back against "Wall Street pros" who unfairly harmed their favorite businesses. This "us vs. them" mentality created a rallying cry for social media influencers to push these stocks for moral reasons. 

The reality of the situation was murkier. Many of these companies were in severe financial distress, and they based the short thesis on actual stats, not market manipulation. Retail traders considered hedge funds a monolithic entity even though many hedge funds profited from parabolic meme stock moves while others lost billions on their short positions.

How Social Media Influences Meme Stocks

Meme stocks tend to go viral just like your typical internet meme. In most cases, these viral stock trending instances stay confined to certain sections of social media, like finance people on Twitter or the WallStreetBets group on Reddit. Occasionally, a person with a large following can induce a viral craze that results in millions of dollars of altered market cap.

Tesla CEO and social media provocateur Elon Musk is one of those people. During the meme stock craze of 2021, Musk tweeted several times about GameStop and the meme-themed cryptocurrency Dogecoin, causing both prices to escalate after he published his tweets. 

However, "virality" works both ways, and memes often have short lifespans. Social media influencers can push meme stocks higher if enough eyeballs land on their posts, but the rallies usually dissipate as quickly as they start. And for those who entered these stocks at the end of the rally fray, the results were frequently disastrous

When Did Meme Stocks Start?

GameStop was the original meme stock, garnering significant attention on the WallStreetBets Reddit board. An investor named Keith Gill (known by his Reddit handle, which we can't print here) proposed a theory about the beaten-down game retailer, claiming the stock was so heavily shorted by institutions that a large short squeeze could occur. Gill accumulated shares and stock options beginning in 2019, sharing his insights and activities with the WallStreetBets board. 

In January 2021, former Chewy Inc. (NASDAQ: CHWY) CEO Ryan Cohen joined the GameStop board, which sparked the short squeeze. Hedge funds and retail investors piled into the stock, lowering the price and forcing short sellers to buy more shares to close out their positions. GameStop rocketed 1,500% in weeks, and several other heavily shorted stocks such as AMC, Blackberry Inc. (NASDAQ: BB) and Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. joined the action with their short squeezes. 

Meme stocks saw drastic price movements into Q2 of 2021, but the mania began to fade at that point, and many of these stocks crashed down hard from their peaks. For example, AMC reached a high of over $72 per share in May of 2021 but was back trading under $15 by the end of the year. 

Meme Stock Terms to Know

You may read and hear about some particular meme stock terms. Take a look, just in case meme stocks come back into vogue:

  • Short squeeze: The catalyst of most parabolic meme stock moves is a short squeeze. A short squeeze is like feedback into a microphone: it builds on itself through a loop. When a stock is shorted, the investor must borrow shares and sell them immediately, intending to repurchase them later, after the price has declined. Short sellers must scramble to buy shares to close out their positions when the price rises quickly, creating intense demand for the stock. They force prices higher as longs and shorts gobble up shares.
  • Diamond hands: When someone holds a meme stock through bouts of extreme volatility, they are said to hold the shares with "diamond hands." Traders with diamond hands can tolerate the volatility and believe in the long-term goals of the meme stock trading groups.
  • Paper hands: The opposite of diamond hands is paper hands. A trader with paper hands will sell shares at the first sign of trouble or volatility, which makes them a target of ridicule amongst the "true believers" in the meme stock brigade.
  • Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD): Since many of the meme stocks had poor financials or questionable management, plenty of articles or analyst media appearances focused on the downside risk of these companies. Meme stock traded considered this type of media to be FUD, a catch-all term to describe any pundit, investor or institution that didn't believe in the meme stock thesis.

Examples of Meme Stocks

The original meme stock, GameStop, is a brick-and-mortar video game retailer that many meme stock traders remember vividly from childhood. GameStop shares rose from around $20 to over $400 in a few weeks, kicking off the meme stock craze.

Another heavily shorted childhood favorite, AMC, was on sketchy financial ground as moviegoers turned to streaming services over theaters. AMC CEO Adam Aron leaned into the meme stock craze, announcing several ventures appealing to meme stock traders (while quietly unloading his own shares at elevated prices).

Another troubled retailer, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY), also benefited from a short squeeze in early 2021. Unfortunately, BBBY remains in financial peril and has struggled to find a buyer for its declining business.

Is the Meme Stock Craze Over?

While meme stocks remain popular trades in certain sections of social media and the internet, the days of meteoric gains are probably over. Remember, these companies were shorted for a reason. Many of them had faced declining revenue and obsolescence in the face of newer competitors, especially meme stocks in the retail sector.

You likely have missed your opportunity if you're attempting to get rich quickly on meme stocks. Meme stocks are still volatile trades, and proper timing can result in some fast profits. But life-changing wealth from owning GameStop or AMC shares won't be coming back anytime soon, if ever. The short squeezes are over, and all that remains are the downtrodden companies and their fanatical followers.

Meme Stocks Had Their Day, but the Fun is Likely Over

The meme stock craze of 2021 will undoubtedly be an interesting lesson in business and economics courses over the next few years, but like all memes, they have fizzled out, and most participants have moved on to something else. Stocks trending on the news will always garner attention, and financial media like CNBC certainly leaned into this craze. (Who can forget the legendary Ja Rule interview on "Fast Money"?) 

Meme stocks are still volatile, and you can profit on both the downside and upside, but traders made the easy money long ago. Meme stocks today are just another form of gambling amongst risk-seeking retail traders.

FAQs

Still interested in learning what a meme stock is? Here are a few frequently asked questions about these mercurial markets.

What are the meme stocks today?

Today, the meme stocks remain the same as they were in their heyday: GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, Bed Bath and Beyond and the like. But volatility has petered out, and many meme stocks today are down over 90% from their highs during the mania. If you want to invest in meme stocks long term, you better have an excellent reason for an unexpected turnaround in the underlying businesses.

Are meme stocks real investments?

Meme stocks aren't long-term investments since most are downtrodden companies with heavy short interest. Meme stocks are best used as short-term trading vehicles for quick profits, especially today, now that media attention and social media "virality" has faded into the background.

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