On Monday, Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest sold shares of Tesla and Palantir, amidst competition and data misuse concerns. Ark also made significant trades in other companies, such as eToro and Illumina.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) and its peers.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the major indices fell further in the afternoon (Nasdaq -1.3%, S&P 500 - 1.4%) as Treasury yields rose, reflecting market anxiety over a draft federal budget that could worsen the already wide US fiscal deficit. A poor auction for 20-year U.S. Treasury bonds further raised concerns, as weak demand implies investors are becoming more cautious about holding long-dated U.S. debt.
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Genomics company Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales fell by 1.4% year on year to $1.04 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.97 per share was 3.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) and the rest of the life sciences tools & services stocks fared in Q4.
Healthcare companies are pushing the status quo by innovating in areas like drug development and digital health. But financial performance has lagged recently as players offloaded surplus COVID inventories in 2023 and 2024, a headwind for overall demand.
The result? Over the past six months, the industry has tumbled by 14.1%. This performance was worse than the S&P 500’s 9.3% decline.
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