Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings.
However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
Shares of IT services provider DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) fell 7.4% in the morning session after the company reported weak first quarter 2025 results as its full-year revenue and EPS guidance fell short of Wall Street's estimates. Sales dipped over 6%, and even after adjusting for acquisitions and currency swings, organic revenue was still down more than 4%.
On the other hand, DXC beat analysts' revenue, EPS, and EBITDA expectations. Overall, this quarter could have been better.
Business services providers play a critical role for enterprises, assisting them with everything from new hardware integrations to consulting and marketing. Still, investors are uneasy as firms face challenges from AI-driven disruptors and tightening corporate budgets.
These doubts have caused the industry to lag recently as services stocks have collectively shed 3.1% over the past six months. This performance was discouraging since the S&P 500 held steady.
IT services provider DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales fell by 6.4% year on year to $3.17 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $3.07 billion was less impressive, coming in 1.4% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.84 per share was 8.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the major indices popped (Nasdaq +3.4%, S&P 500 +2.5%) in response to the positive outcome of U.S.-China trade negotiations, as both sides agreed to pause some tariffs for 90 days, signaling a potential turning point in ongoing tensions. This rollback cuts U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods to 30% and Chinese tariffs on U.S. imports to 10%, giving companies breathing room to reset inventories and supply chains.
The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%.
But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) and the best and worst performers in the it services & consulting industry.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how IBM (NYSE:IBM) and the rest of the it services & consulting stocks fared in Q4.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how DXC (NYSE:DXC) and the rest of the it services & consulting stocks fared in Q4.
What a brutal six months it’s been for DXC. The stock has dropped 21.4% and now trades at $16.38, rattling many shareholders. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
