Diamonds and Dogs

8/29/24

Apple (AAPL) regains its top spot as the largest US company, up 2% today thanks to an upgrade at Citigroup as their Top Pick as the analyst anticipates an artificial intelligence update for the iPhone at their September product launch event.

The dog of the day goes to Dollar General (DG), down 28% after missing earnings, missing sales estimates and lowering guidance for the full year. Same store sales growth was also cut in half as their financially constrained customers are struggling to get by.Other that, the company is doing well.

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