-- Tech stocks declined late Monday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) fractionally lower and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) falling 3.2%.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index dropped 1.4%.
In corporate news, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares fell 3.2% after Northland downgraded the company's stock to market perform from outperform.
Nucor (NUE) reported fiscal Q1 earnings late Monday of $3.23 per diluted share, up from $0.67 a year earlier.Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.82.Revenue for the 13 weeks ended April 4 was $9.5 billion, up from $7.83 billion a year earlier.Analyst surveyed by FactSet expected $8.88 billion.For Q2, the company said it expects higher consolidated earnings compared with its Q1.
CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:We maintain our 12-month target price of $73, calculated using a 11.5x multiple against our 2027 EPS view of $6.37. Our multiple is a premium to the 10-year forward P/E mean of 7.9x, reflecting MTH's 60-day closing strategy that has the potential to move volumes in a normalized environment. We revise our 2026 EPS view to $4.96, down from $6.61 and 2027 revised to $6.37 from $8.08. We expect elevated incentives will keep a lid on MTH's margins, while a competitive landscape limits significant market share gains. MTH's primary growth driver, an aggressive expansion in community count, helps offset slower per-store sales but adds its own pressures in a limited demand environment. However, MTH trades at a 20% discount to book value, reinforced by MTH's share repurchase program, providing downside support for shares. While we expect Q2 to benefit from favorable comps, we would like to see tangible improvement in housing demand in 2H 2026 before becoming more bullish on shares.
Canadian telecom operator Rogers Communications (RCI-B.TO) is offering voluntary departure packages to half of its 25,000 employees, the Globe and Mail is reporting on Monday.It's the telecom sector's largest round of buyouts in recent years amid slowing growth, the paper says.(Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally, and/or from other media sources. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)