Better Than Wall Street: These Stocks Just Exceeded Earnings Expectations

With the second-quarter earnings season winding down, investors are now looking ahead to what comes next.

Expectations for third-quarter earnings growth have risen to roughly 29.2 percent, setting another exceptionally high bar for companies in the coming periods.

The key question no longer lies in whether companies can deliver strong earnings, but in how they can sustain the rapid pace of profit growth as the exceptional gains from AI investments begin to normalize.

Against this backdrop,...