Carvana ( NYSE: CVNA) is down 15.1% over the past week, extending a brutal month that has seen shares fall 25.2% since mid-January. Yet Wall Street analysts still see the online used car retailer climbing to an average target of $481.05, implying 40.3% upside from current levels. That gap between price and target is now one of the widest among major consumer stocks,
When it comes to the world's richest billionaires, tech founders litter the top of the list. AI has been heralded as a multi-trillion-dollar industry, catapulting many founders to extreme wealth; but now AI bubble fears and doubts over valuations have led to billions erased from CEOs' net worths overnight. For Larry Ellison, whose net worth has been hardest hit, that looks like a $59.2 billion loss since the year started-and we're only in February.
First, management's tone wasn't amiable on the call, and in follow-up interviews, as CEO Jeff Green flagged tariff-related uncertainty that could pressure large global brands, precisely the kind of advertisers that dominate TTD's mix. That spooked investors about second-half visibility. Moreover, guidance for Q3 revenue of "at least" $717 million implied growth decelerating from Q2's 19% to the mid-teens, which is hardly a collapse but enough to challenge a once-lofty multiple.
Nvidia is particularly interesting, though, because while those other companies mainly produce software, Nvidia has been making bank by selling the hardware powering the AI industry's explosive ascent. If the AI industry is a gold rush, then Nvidia is selling shovels - and when the shovel seller starts to struggle, everybody gets nervous. Analysts were left perplexed by the selloff, casting around for specific causes.