The actions increased in January, stimulated by encouraging inflation data, optimism concerning the pro-business program of President Donald Trump and the announcement of a major investment on the infrastructure of the AI.
But the month was not without its road bumps. The Trump administration allowed the markets on the last day of the month with its plan to move forward with prices against China, Canada and Mexico, three of the largest American business partners. In addition, technological investors have been caught by the release of an astonishingly effective Chinese AI model which raised questions about the competitiveness of American models and the wisdom of massive spending of Silicon Valley.
Below, we examine some actions that could see notable price movements this month.
Nvidia
The NVIDIA (NVDA) stock dropped in the last week of January when Wall Street attracted the wind of the Chinese start-up Deepseek and the surprisingly effective AI model, it says that the cost of around 6 million dollars to develop. Deepseek says it has formed its model on the Nvidia H800 fleas, which have been designed to comply with export restrictions and provide lower results with the more advanced chips available for American companies.
The success of the model has encouraged a lot to wonder if more powerful fleas have been used and, if not, if the export restrictions must be tightened to prevent China from developing AI that corresponds to American capacities. The leaders of a Congress Committee responsible for assessing American-Chinese relations on Thursday urged President Trump’s national security advisor to tighten the restrictions on Thursday. The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, would have traveled on Friday at the White House, probably to discuss Deepseek.
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In addition, NVIDIA should publish profits for the three months ending on January 31 after the closing of the markets on February 26. When calling the results, analysts are likely to question Huang on Deepseek’s implications for Nvidia and if his sales prospects have changed.
After winning 170% in 2024, Nvidia’s shares fell 11% in January.
Palantant
Palant (PLTR) should point out the profits from the fourth quarter and the year after the bell on Monday, February 3, and the investors hope that the results will justify its large evaluation.
The software company was one of the greatest winners in the AI enthusiasm at Wall Street. The shares have increased by around 400% in the last 12 months, and Friday, they have reached 1.6% to close to a record level. The P / E ratio of the stock of more than 400x is one of the highest in the S&P 500.
The consensus among analysts followed by Visible Alpha is that Palantir will publish an adjusted benefit of 11 cents per share, against 8 cents a year ago. Annual profit should total 38 cents per share against 25 cents last year. Revenues should have increased by 27% to around $ 775 million in the fourth quarter.
Palants’ results could land like that of software peers (now) of Software Peer ServiceNow, which, last week, intervened slightly and less income estimates, which drops its two -digit stock. Eleven of the 13 palantir analysts allocated a note of “conservation” or “sale” to the title. Their average target price of $ 50.33 is almost 40% below Friday record.
APPLORVE
The Applovin market software (APP) should publish quarterly results after the closing bell on February 12.
Applovin was the most efficient action in Russell 1000 in the past year, increasing more than 700% in the twelve months until Friday. The shares climbed almost 50% the day after its last report on the results in November.
Investors owe their vertiginous yields to the growing demand for advertising tools powered by Applovin. The company’s advertising revenues increased by 66% in the third quarter while its profit tripled.
Most analysts remain optimistic. Nine of the 11 Applovin analysts followed by Visible Alpha assigned a note “buy” to the title; The other two evaluate a “catch”. Their average price target of $ 381.60 is 3% above Friday fence price.
Allstate
Allstate (all) should publish results of the fourth quarter after the market closure on Wednesday, February 5, then welcome its results with analysts the next morning.
Allstate is one of California’s largest real estate insurers, and its advice could reflect the severity of the damage caused by forest fires in Los Angeles last month. Costar Group real estate service provider estimates that fires have caused more than $ 30 billion in material damage, making it the most expensive fire in the history of California.
Analysts will likely ask leaders of the estimated cost and the fires mean for the future of its activities in California and other areas subject to disasters.
Despite the risk of heavy losses related to disasters, Wall Street is generally optimistic about the actions of Allstate. Ten of the 11 analysts followed by Alpha visible the rate a “purchase”. The aberrant solo value recommends selling. The average price target of $ 231 is 20% above the Friday fence price.
Oil companies
Oil stocks, including Exxonmobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX), could be volatile in February while President Trump continues two basic campaign promises.
Trump promised to “release American energy” by reducing government regulations and encouraging American oil producers to “drill, baby, forest”. While addressing the World Economic Forum last month, Trump actually called Saudi Arabia and OPEC to reduce world oil prices by increasing production. The OPEC + will meet on February 3 to fix the production levels, and with the oil prices that have hovered near their lowest level since 2021, OPEC is unlikely to take into account Trump’s call.
The Trump administration prices on Canadian and Mexican imports could also track the oil markets this month. While the White House imposes tariffs of 10% on energy imports from Canada, as opposed to 25% for other goods, politics should increase costs for American refiners and, ultimately, consumers. In 2023, Canadian crude represented 50% of American oil imports and Mexico represented 11%. Canada and Mexico have both sworn to retaliate with prices that have their own prices.
