AI Rout Sends the Tech Sector to Its Worst Day Since the Covid Crash
Worries that Democrat political gains will slow the AI buildout morphed into a broader selloff Thursday pulling every sector lower, led by Tech.
Worries that Democrat political gains will slow the AI buildout morphed into a broader selloff Thursday pulling every sector lower, led by Tech.
We went searching for the best stocks in two consumer sectors. Here’s what we found.
Another drawdown in Tech, following its worst month since March 2025, overshadowed six sectors advancing more than 1%.
– $GKOS +16% (record Q3 sales and a large FY revenue-guidance raise topped expectations)
– $INSM +14% (BRINSUPRI revenue grew 29% sequentially and guidance was raised for both BRINSUPRI and ARIKAYCE)
– $NCLH +12% (Q3 results topped guidance and the FY EBITDA and EPS outlooks were raised)
– $CVNA +8.4% (large Q3 revenue beat and accelerating retail-unit growth outweighed an EPS miss)
– $CMG +8.3% (Q3 comparable sales beat expectations despite a modest profit miss)
– $DASH +6.9% (record GOV, revenue and net income alongside an agreed $17B acquisition of CART)
– $LITE +6.9% (MRVL is reportedly in advanced acquisition talks, with a deal potentially announced next week)
– $EBAY +6.1% (Q3 revenue and GMV growth accelerated, reinforcing improving marketplace momentum)
– $HII +5.6% (record Q3 revenue, $32.4B of contract awards and higher FY shipbuilding-revenue guidance)
– $LLY +5.1% (annual revenue guidance topped expectations)
– $NVS +3.2% (2026 core operating-income guidance was raised despite a drug-trial write-down)
– $RCL +3.5%, CCL +3.0% (cruise names rise after NCLH beat and raised its FY outlook)
– $MSFT +1.1% (strong cash flow and cloud guidance signaled better returns from heavy AI investment)
– FTNT -27% (headline beat and raised guidance failed to offset sharply slowing product growth and concerns the refresh cycle is fading)
– NOW -19% (strong topline results were overshadowed by softer forward cRPO expectations and unfavorable renewal phasing)
– HLN -14% (Q3 organic sales missed and FY organic-growth guidance was cut to around 2.5%)
– OSK -13% (quarter missed and FY revenue and EPS guidance were cut as fire-truck production problems persisted)
– MRVL -12% (reported talks to acquire LITE sparked concerns over deal cost and execution risk)
– $CAT -11% (quarter beat, but the margin outlook and durability of AI-infrastructure demand fell short of elevated expectations)
– $GOOGL -11% (Q3 profit and revenue missed as softer search advertising and surging AI spending intensified cash-burn concerns)
– $EGO -10% (2026 gold-production guidance was cut and cost outlooks were raised amid a slower Skouries ramp)
– $CTSH -10% (Q3 beat, but the FY revenue-growth outlook narrowed and Q4 growth guidance disappointed)
– $SCI -8.9% (Q3 earnings missed and guidance was cut)
– $ZS -7.1%, $OKTA -7.5%, $PANW -6.8%, $RBRK -6.8%, $CRWD -6.8%, $SAIL -8.0% (cybersecurity names fall on FTNT’s product-growth slowdown and refresh-cycle concerns)
– $NBIS -6.7%, $CRWV -6.4%, $STRL -6.6% (AI-infrastructure names retreat as $GOOGL’s spending surge renews concerns about monetization and cash returns)
– $HUBS -6.5%, $TEAM -6.9%, $CRM -5.8%, $TYL -5.8%, $WDAY -6.1% (enterprise-software names weaken after NOW’s forward cRPO and renewal outlook disappointed)
Let’s dig in following an up day on Wall Street to see what’s happened and what to expect.
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