Crown Holdings Q3 2026 Earnings: Sales Up 16%, Gross Profit Flat at $724M
Crown Holdings earned $225M on $3.71B of Q3 2026 sales (+16%), but $405M of the gain was aluminum pass-through and gross profit stayed flat at $724M.
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Collectibles Are Taxed at 28%: Why Coins, Art, and Gold ETFs Pay More Than Stocks
IRS rules cap long-term collectibles gains at 28%, not 20% — and grantor-trust gold ETFs like GLD and IAU count as collectibles.
Cleveland-Cliffs Q3 2026 Earnings: $165M Profit, $612M EBITDA and a $4B 2027 Guide
Cleveland-Cliffs swung to a $165M Q3 2026 profit as steel prices rose 14%; adjusted EBITDA of $612M beat guidance and 2027 is guided above $4B.
Carpenter Technology Q1 FY2027 Earnings: Record $196M Operating Income, EPS Up 34%
Carpenter's Q1 FY2027 operating income hit a record $196.4M, up 28%, on a 37.7% alloys margin; the held $850–880M outlook needs a 20% hotter back half.
CACI Q1 FY2027 Earnings: $2.47B Revenue, a 2.0x Book-to-Bill, and Debt-Funded Growth
CACI Q1 FY2027: revenue rose 8.2% to $2.47B on a 2.0x book-to-bill, but only 2.1% was organic and a 59% jump in interest held net income growth to 4.5%.
Boston Beer Q3 2026 Earnings: Gross Margin Hits 51.7% as Depletions Fall 5%
Boston Beer earned $43.2M on $520.1M revenue (−3.2%) in Q3 2026 as gross margin hit 51.7%; a $194.5M verdict accrual now sits on a debt-free balance sheet.
BDITs, Explained: How to Control Inherited Assets Without Owning Them for Estate Tax
A BDIT makes you the income-tax owner of assets you don't own for estate tax under Section 678 — sell to it, keep control, freeze your estate.
Badger Meter Q3 2026 Earnings: 20.2% Margin on Flat Sales as AMI Pauses
Badger Meter earned $35.9M on flat $235.9M Q3 2026 sales; EPS rose 4% to $1.24 and operating margin hit 20.2% as utility sales fell 3% ex-UDlive.
Autoliv Q3 2026 Earnings: 9.7% Margin, but the Guide Needs a Record Q4
Autoliv Q3 2026 sales slipped 0.5% to $2.69B at a 9.7% adjusted margin; the narrowed 10.5% full-year guide implies a ~13.7% Q4 margin, its 2026 high.
Western Digital Q1 FY2027 Earnings: $4.38B Revenue, 57.8% Gross Margin, and the First Clean Quarter
Western Digital Q1 FY2027 revenue rose 55% to $4.38B at a 57.8% gross margin; GAAP and non-GAAP net income matched at $1.78B as SanDisk noise cleared.
Tractor Supply Q3 2026 Earnings: Comps Turn Positive, Freight Eats the Margin
Tractor Supply Q3 2026 sales rose 5.1% to $3.91B as comps turned positive at +0.4%, but freight costs cut gross margin 91 bp and EPS fell 11.6% to $0.43.
How the Three Financial Statements Connect: Net Income Into Retained Earnings, Balance-Sheet Changes Into Cash, and Closing Cash Back to the Balance Sheet
Net income flows into retained earnings and opens operating cash flow; ending cash must tie to the balance sheet to the dollar.