Hot or Not, Stock Market Edition: 08/08/2025

Here’s what’s moving as we head into the weekend:

• Hot: New York Times (NYT) surprises the market and investors (in a good way); Reddit’s (RDDT) post-earnings pop continues
• Not: Both AMD (AMD) and Snap Inc. (SNAP) suffer following their respective earnings announcements

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🔥 HOT: Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) continued to prove that its post-earnings pop is more than a flash in the pan on Wednesday, gaining 6.9% by the closing bell. The company has now gained 42.5% since it reported outstanding revenue and EPS numbers last Thursday. Reddit’s new ad business is booming, largely due to how crucial the site is for AI tools and chatbots. An estimated 5.5% of Google’s AI snippets, for example, contain Reddit content according to research by Ahrefs. If the current trend continues, RDDT is only just getting started. Our analysis shows that Reddit is in a strong place Financially (A rating) and has solid Growth potential and Sentiment surrounding the stock (B ratings). We give RDDT a B Zen Rating and a Buy recommendation.

🥶 NOT: Shares of AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) fell by 6.4% on Wednesday despite beating its earnings and revenue estimates for the second quarter. The issue was that the company failed to provide a chip sales estimate for the remainder of the year due to difficulties getting approval to sell chips in China. The stock is a major player in the CPU and GPU markets, with a lot of Growth potential (A rating). However, the latest issues surrounding licensing in China are a real concern. Due to this uncertainty, we give AMD a C Zen Rating and a Hold recommendation.

🔥 HOT: The big surprise on Wall Street on Wednesday came courtesy of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). The newspaper giant gained 15.5% after it reported that its subscriber count and ad revenue both rose more than expected during the second quarter. The paper’s digital subscriber count grew by more than 200,000, while its ad revenue rose by 10%, significantly higher than anyone anticipated. EPS for the second quarter came in at $0.58, $0.07 higher than the upper end of the range of estimates from Wall Street analysts. Our analysis shows that Sentiment surrounding the paper and its Financials are both good, earning NYT B ratings in both categories. With this latest outperformance in mind, we give NYT a B Zen Rating and a Buy recommendation.

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🥶 NOT: Shares of Snapchat owner Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) plummeted 17.2% on Wednesday after its second-quarter earnings fell short of analysts’ predictions. The company reported a loss of $0.16 per share, about 3.5% wider than expected. Its quarterly revenue also missed the mark, coming in $5 million below the projected range. Snap tried to blame its lower revenue on an abnormal number of mistaken discounts issued during the quarter, but it seems as though the market isn’t buying it. Oppenheimer added fuel to the fire by issuing a report claiming that Snap’s advertising business is lagging behind similar platforms in the space. We see SNAP as a take-it-or-leave-it stock at the moment. Our analysis gives it C ratings across all metrics and a C Zen Rating. We give the stock a Hold recommendation.

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