Maintaining a profit margin at an incredible 75% is unbelievable for a $4 trillion company. But shares can’t go up for the most over-owned company in the world if there are no new buyers. In the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Jan. 25, revenue gained 73% to $68.1 billion. Profit was $1.62 a share, excluding certain items. Analysts had predicted $65.9 billion in sales and $1.53 a share in earnings. Avoid (NVDA) stock, which hasn’t moved in six months.

the world’s biggest seller of alcoholic spirits, as the trade war tears its business apart. Weaker demand from North America and China had impacted earnings in its fiscal first quarter.  Net sales declined by 4% to $10.5 billion in the six months to December, as the company cited "pressure on disposable income impacting US Spirits. Operating profit was also 1.2% lower at $3.1 billion.

on record demand for its aircraft engines. The aerospace giant is targeting an underlying operating profit of between £4 billion and £4.2 billion in 2026, above the midpoint of £3.65 billion as expected by analysts polled by FactSet. It expects free cash flow of between £3.6 billion and £3.8 billion this year, also above expectations. Buy Boeing (BA) on dips, a major engine buyer.

Berkshire Hathaway's new Chief Executive, Greg Abel, faces numerous challenges as the successor to famed billionaire Warren Buffett. Buffett, 95, stepped down at year-end, concluding six decades in which he transformed a failing textile company into a more than $1 trillion conglomerate that owns several insurers, the BNSF railroad, and dozens of energy, industrial, and retail businesses. A new strategy will be laid out in a general meeting. Avoid (BRK/B) for now.

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased marginally last week, and the unemployment rate appeared to hold steady in February amid a stable labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 212,000 for the week ended February 21, the Labor Department said on Thursday.