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The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and the rest of the processors and graphics chips stocks fared in Q4.

Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Mondelez (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and the best and worst performers in the shelf-stable food industry.

Encompass Health currently trades at $100.30 per share and has shown little upside over the past six months, posting a middling return of 3.8%. However, the stock is beating the S&P 500’s 1.4% decline during that period.

Align Technology has gotten torched over the last six months - since September 2024, its stock price has dropped 35.3% to $164.50 per share. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today, we are looking at specialty equipment distributors stocks, starting with Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN).

Although the S&P 500 is down 1.4% over the past six months, Matthews’s stock price has fallen further to $21.21, losing shareholders 8.6% of their capital. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the real estate services industry, including RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) and its peers.