Meta Rises, Nebius Up, Dollar Tree Gains on Sales Projection

On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Meta (META) shares rise after news it will pay as much as $27 billion over the next five years for access to artificial intelligence infrastructure from cloud provider Nebius Group NV. This comes as it spends aggressively to compete with the industry’s top frontier models. Reuters also reported on Friday that the social media giant is planning layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company.

- Nebius (NBIS) shares gain. Nebius Group NV is being started with a buy rating and $169 price target at Citi, which sees strong growth potential for the cloud-computing provider. Meta will also spend up to $27 billion on Nebius AI infrastructure.

- Dollar Tree (DLTR) shares gain. Sales are projected to be as much as $20.7 billion this year, with growth of about 7%, following a gain of 10% last fiscal year. The company is shifting merchandise in stores to sell more goods in a range of $3 to $5, including toys and party supplies that boosted results last quarter.

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