Hot or Not, Stock Market Edition: 08/14/2025

What’s hot? What’s not? We know, and we’re dishing: 

• Hot: Evercore Inc. (EVR) gains following earnings; Expedia Group (EXPE) resumes its rally
• Not: Axon Enterprise (AXON) loses post-earnings gains; XPeng Inc. (XPEV) drops amid concerns about the future of EVs

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🔥 HOT: Shares of Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR) gained 4.1% on Tuesday as the stock continued to exhibit increased volatility after its second-quarter earnings report last Wednesday. Analysts across the board upped their ratings and increased their price targets for EVR after the company beat its EPS and revenue projections by 36.2% and 16.5%, respectively. We’re pretty bullish on Evercore, ranking it sixth out of 58 stocks we rate in the Capital Market industry. Our research gives the stock A ratings in Sentiment and Financials and a B rating in Artificial Intelligence. EVR’s Momentum and Growth temper our enthusiasm slightly, leading to an overall Zen Rating of B and a Buy rating.

🥶 NOT: Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON) shares fell by 6.1% on Tuesday as the company continued to give back the earnings-related gains it enjoyed after last week’s big outperformance. AXON gained 16.9% over three days after obliterating Wall Street’s predictions for the company’s quarterly revenue and EPS by 4.3% and 45.7%, respectively. This week, however, aggressive profit-taking has seen the stock fall by 11.9% over three days as investors rush to take some risk off following the big move. The company’s Director, Caitlin Kalinowski, sold just over $500,000 worth of stock, while its President, Joshua Isner, sold almost $2.1 million worth of shares. Our analysis gives AXON D ratings in AI and Value, with a lone bright spot in Sentiment (B rating). We think that AXON isn’t as solid as its recent spike might suggest, and give it a C Zen Rating and a Hold recommendation.

🔥 HOT: Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) resumed its post-earnings rally on Tuesday, gaining 5.5% and bringing its total gain since last Thursday’s earnings report to 8.3%. The company’s strong performance in Asia offset weakness in the U.S. market, giving investors hope that the company will continue its outperformance despite less volume from Americans. EXPE’s 8.5% gain YTD is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s also not going to turn many heads. With that said, we feel that the company’s current Value (B rating), along with its strong Financials (A rating), put it in a good position to finish the year strong. We give EXPE a B Zen Rating and a Buy recommendation.

🥶 NOT: Shares of Chinese EV manufacturer XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) lost 6.2% amid growing concerns over the overall health of the automotive and EV industry in China. XPEV has lost 5.1% over the last three months, and the company reported declining sales in its July 2025 report to shareholders. Our analysis finds that the company’s Financials are poor (D rating) and its Value is overinflated (D rating). We also take into account the abysmal F rating we give the Auto industry as a whole when we give XPEV a C Zen Rating and a Hold recommendation. XPEV has a lot of Growth potential (A rating), but we’re concerned about its performance in the near term due to the current market conditions.

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