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Zoom's "Robust Performance" 📈

Plus, Intuit's TurboTax decline.

August 22, 2025

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Zoom's "Robust Performance" 📈

Zoom Communications $ZM ( â–Č 1.4% ) jumped 5.71% in after-hours trading on Thursday after posting strong financial earnings results and boosting its financial outlook.

Financials: Zoom reported earnings of $1.53 per share and revenue of $1.2 billion in the past quarter. Both were better than expected.

Quote: “We delivered an across-the-board strong Q2 marked by achieving our highest year-over-year revenue growth in 11 quarters and expanding GAAP operating margin year over year by 9 percentage points. With our robust performance, we are happy to raise our full year outlook.” - CEO Eric S. Yuan.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: The rise of hybrid work, rapid AI-driven innovation, strategic expansion into high-value verticals, and a revamped partner ecosystem contribute to an environment highly supportive of Zoom’s business in 2025.

  • With customer churn at record lows and platform usage at sustained high levels, Zoom’s utility and business retention remain robust through 2025.

Final Thoughts: It’s a recovery for Zoom, as the stock was down 10% this year.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ), Buckle (NYSE: BKE).

Notable IPOs Today: EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: EVAC), Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. II Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: CCII).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Loosid (Wefunder), Connection Technology (Loupt), Berlin Brewing Company (Honeycomb), The Craftery DIY Studio + Bar (Honeycomb).

Notable Economic Events Today: N/A.

Intuit's TurboTax Decline

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Despite posting better-than-expected financial earnings results on Thursday, Intuit $INTU ( â–Œ 0.2% ) fell 5.55% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Intuit reported earnings of $1.35 per share and revenue of $3.8 billion in the past quarter. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: In Intuit’s consumer business, there was a decline in TurboTax Online, resulting in lower average revenue per return.

Outlook: Intuit’s projection of revenue growth in the current quarter was lower than the revenue growth in the past quarter, which worried investors.

Final Thoughts: Intuit’s stock has been struggling in the past few weeks. It is down 8% in the last 30 days.

Ross Stores Survives Tariff Costs

Ross Stores $ROST ( â–Œ 0.5% ) posted mixed financial earnings results on Thursday, and the stock jumped 2.05% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Ross Stores reported earnings of $1.56 per share in the past quarter, which were better than expected. The company also reported revenue of $5.5 billion, which was lower than expected.

Powering the Story: What’s remarkable is that Ross Stores overcame an 11-cent negative earnings impact due to tariffs.

Final Thoughts: In a tariff-ridden year, shares of Ross Stores are down 4%.

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