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| Ticker Nerd 20 | +3.8% | +30.9% | +42.6% | | S&P 500 Equal Weight | +2.4% | +15.8% | +22.2% | | S&P 500 | +3.5% | +14.0% | +22.7% | | Nasdaq 100 | +5.1% | +18.0% | +26.4% |
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Market Radar · 10 Aug 2026 DaVita and Sezzle both beat expectations, and both fell about 23%.Friday's jobs report showed U.S. job losses, and stocks rose anyway: investors read it as making a Fed rate rise less likely. The S&P 500 finished at a new high. The gap between it and its equal-weight version, 3.5% against 2.4%, says the biggest companies did most of the lifting. Space stocks led. Voyager Technologies (VOYG), which makes parts for satellites and spacecraft, rose 71% after sales grew 51% in three months and it lifted its revenue forecast. Redwire (RDW), another space supplier, rose 58% on record sales and a record order book. The Trade Desk (TTD), which buys digital ads for brands, fell 24% after guiding third-quarter revenue 19% below analysts' estimates. |
What moved The week’s biggest price moves.Among stocks liquid enough for the model to own. The rank is each stock’s current score, 0–100. Up | VOYG | +70.6% | rank 5 | | Voyager Technologies, Inc. · Space hardware | | Sales jumped; raised revenue forecast | | RDW | +57.7% | rank 33 | | Redwire Corp. · Space hardware | | Record sales and order book | | IOVA | +55.8% | rank 89 | | Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. · Cancer cell therapy | | Record sales beat its own guidance |
Down | SEZL | −23.7% | rank 92 | | Sezzle, Inc. · Consumer instalment payments | | Beat and raised, but costs rose | | TTD | −23.5% | rank 43 | | The Trade Desk, Inc. · Digital advertising platform | | Guided to a revenue decline | | DVA | −23.5% | rank 90 | | DaVita, Inc. · Kidney dialysis clinics | | Beat, but profit outlook disappointed |
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Rank movers The Ticker Nerd Rank’s biggest moves.In places out of 100, since 1 Aug 2026. A big move means the numbers the model scores — cash generation, debt, analyst forecasts — just changed, whatever the price did. Up | EE | +33 | now 63 | | | Excelerate Energy, Inc. · LNG services | | Paying down existing debt | | MGNI | +31 | now 80 | | | Magnite, Inc. · Digital ad marketplace | | Analysts raised forecasts after a beat | | VIAV | +29 | now 81 | | | Viavi Solutions, Inc. · Network test equipment | | Repaid its term loan and notes |
Down | NNI | −30 | now 57 | | | Nelnet, Inc. · Student loan servicing | | Sales and profits no longer growing | | KVUE | −27 | now 52 | | | Kenvue, Inc. · Consumer health brands | | Analysts cutting forecasts after a miss | | RRR | −27 | now 52 | | | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. · Las Vegas casinos | | Growth slowed from record quarters |
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Factor spotlight ValueThe whole model is factor investing: decades of research keep finding the same measurable things behind stocks that do well, and the rank scores every US stock on them. Each week we highlight one. This week: value. Buying a business for less per dollar of what it earns and owns has paid off over long periods, partly because the market over-reacts to bad news and extrapolates gloom too far. | BMY Scores highest | score 100 | | Bristol Myers Squibb Co. · Prescription drugs | | Value trap? Its biggest drugs go generic | | OKLO Scores lowest | score 1 | | Oklo, Inc. · Small nuclear reactors | | Priced on reactors not yet built |
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This is general information and educational content only, not financial advice. It's published for every reader alike and doesn't consider anyone's personal circumstances. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Ticker Nerd 20 figures are simulated before 20 July 2026 and live since; backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded. Disclaimer → Ticker Nerd · 189 Queen St, Suite #1171, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia Ranks as at 8 Aug 2026 |
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