Industry overview

With earnings season underway and a historically favorable stretch for stocks ahead, Louis Navellier, editor of Market 360, says it is a good time to take a fresh look at what you own. The recent swings in AI stocks have made the buy, sell, or hold decision more urgent: a pullback can be a chance to buy a fundamentally superior business at a better price, but Navellier wants to see the numbers before putting money to work.

His checklist starts with strong sales and earnings growth, rising analyst estimates, and positive earnings surprises, plus management guidance showing the business has more room to grow. That discipline matters most with AI stocks right now. His focus is on companies already earning money, with solid fundamentals behind their growth, and he believes strong quarterly results could help those stocks regain momentum over the next several weeks.

On this week’s Navellier Market Buzz, he answers reader questions about the AI stocks on their radar. He explains why he would buy Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) on a dip and what he is watching in Western Digital Corporation (WDC) as earnings come into focus. He also looks at the power and cooling opportunity in GE Vernova Inc. (GEV), Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT), and Modine Manufacturing Company (MOD), including what order backlogs can tell us about demand ahead, and explains why Adobe Inc. (ADBE), despite its familiar products, does not currently make the cut for his portfolios.

Navellier also describes his Precursor Intelligence, or P.I., system, which analyzes roughly 6,000 stocks, combining eight fundamental signals with one quantitative money-flow signal. Beyond strong sales and earnings growth, he wants to see institutional investors picking up shares, and P.I. helps him look past the familiar names making headlines to find promising stocks other investors may be overlooking. In his latest presentation, he explains how P.I. works, why institutional buying matters, and what the system is flagging right now.

Industry overview based on InvestorPlace

What it means for investors

The core message is discipline: in a volatile AI market, earnings season is the filter that separates real businesses from hype. Navellier’s framework, sales and earnings growth, rising estimates, positive surprises, credible guidance, and evidence of institutional buying, is a practical checklist for anyone deciding whether to buy a dip or let a position go. His specific calls are instructive too: Micron is a buy on weakness, Western Digital is a watch item into earnings, the power and cooling names, GE Vernova, Vertiv, and Modine, offer a second-derivative way to play AI infrastructure through order backlogs, and Adobe shows that even a household name can fail a fundamentals test. The P.I. system adds a useful reminder that the next winners may not be the stocks dominating headlines. For readers, the takeaway is to let quarterly results and money flows, not price swings alone, drive buy, sell, and hold decisions over the next several weeks.

What it means for employees

There is no employee angle in this article, which is about stock selection, earnings, and institutional buying. It says nothing about jobs, hiring, or layoffs at the companies discussed.

What it means for customers

There is no direct customer angle in this article, which is written for shareholders rather than buyers of these companies’ products. The power and cooling demand it highlights is tied to AI data centers, which ultimately support the cloud and AI services customers use, but the article does not address customers directly.

The Editor hereby discloses that as of the date of this email, the Editor, directly or indirectly, owns the following securities that are the subject of the commentary, analysis, opinions, advice, or recommendations in, or which are otherwise mentioned in, the essay set forth below: Micron Technology, Inc. (MU), Western Digital Corporation (WDC), GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) and Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT).

Note: Investment calculations and projections are for illustrative purposes only. Market conditions change frequently. Consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.