Stocks to Watch: Samsung, Pepsi, TSMC -- WSJ
Dow Jones2026/10/08 13:55By WSJ Staff Samsung Electronics (KR:005930): The Korean chip company said it expects its operating profit for this quarter to be more than double what it made for all of 2025. Still, shares fell, showing how lofty expectations from AI beneficiaries have become. Chip stocks including Micron (MU), Nvidia (NVDA) and Intel (INTC) also slipped in the U.S. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM, TW:2330): The chip giant's September sales rose 55% on year, but they were down 0.6% from the previous month. Its U.S.-listed ADRs slipped. PepsiCo (PEP): The snacks and soda maker cut its earnings outlook for the year but said it saw improvement in its underperforming North American business; shares rose. Pacira BioSciences (PCRX): Shares in the pain-drug maker surged after Viatris (VTRS) agreed to buy it for $1.65 billion. This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage). (END) Dow Jones Newswires October 08, 2026 09:55 ET (13:55 GMT)
By WSJ Staff
Samsung Electronics (KR:005930): The Korean chip company said it expects its operating profit for this quarter to be more than double what it made for all of 2025. Still, shares fell, showing how lofty expectations from AI beneficiaries have become.
Chip stocks including Micron (MU), Nvidia (NVDA) and Intel (INTC) also slipped in the U.S.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM, TW:2330): The chip giant's September sales rose 55% on year, but they were down 0.6% from the previous month. Its U.S.-listed ADRs slipped.
PepsiCo (PEP): The snacks and soda maker cut its earnings outlook for the year but said it saw improvement in its underperforming North American business; shares rose.
Pacira BioSciences (PCRX): Shares in the pain-drug maker surged after Viatris (VTRS) agreed to buy it for $1.65 billion.
This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage).
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 08, 2026 09:55 ET (13:55 GMT)
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