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APPLE 245.27 −4.96%
Mittal 32.32 −5.83%
BAM 8.38 −1.00%
BESI 140.30 −3.51%
BERKHATH 489.13 −2.14%
BYD 109.20 −0.46%
ESSILOR 273.40 −1.65%
FAGRON 21.00 +2.94%
NVIDIA 183.16 −3.15%
SHELL 31.04 −3.27%
SAMSUNG 94,200.00 +9.53%
SOFTBANK 22,355.00 −2.66%
TMSC 1,440.00 +1.77%
TESLA 413.49 −5.74%
Investment Analysis: Americas Stock Market Overview – Week 37, 2025

The Americas equity landscape remains bifurcated between AI-led growth and rate‑sensitive defensives. Mega-cap tech continues to compound on superior margins and cash generation, fueled by an unprecedented AI infrastructure cycle and software monetization ambitions. Financials in the U.S. and Canada benefit from resilient credit and fee income, while LatAm banks and platforms show robust ROE and secular digitization tailwinds despite macro sensitivity. Energy is steady but cyclical, with cash returns balancing softer y/y comps. Staples trade on durability, though select names face margin repair and payout constraints. Against this backdrop, balance-sheet strength, pricing power, and clear paths to operating leverage are commanding valuation premia into 2026–2028.



Sector Review

Technology and Software benefit from scale economics and AI attach. Companies with broad distribution and recurring enterprise ties are positioned to monetize AI via copilots and cloud services, as seen in Microsoft’s margin structure and cash flow. Apple’s ecosystem and silicon edge provide optionality, though legal scrutiny lingers. Alphabet and Meta lean on ad resilience and AI-driven product refresh cycles, with regulatory risk a known swing factor.

Semiconductors are led by NVIDIA’s platform dominance and software stack, translating extraordinary demand into high margins and cash. Execution and policy risks exist, yet hyperscaler capex and ecosystem lock-in support durability. Intel remains a policy-backed turnaround with negative profitability and execution risk, making it highly binary relative to peers.

E-commerce and Internet platforms show improving operating leverage. Amazon’s AWS and ads underpin retail efficiency gains, while MercadoLibre compounds on logistics, fintech penetration, and category expansion across Latin America. Execution on unit economics and capex cadence remains central to sustaining premium multiples.

Payments remain structural compounders. Visa’s high margins, network effects, and low beta support steady earnings growth with limited balance-sheet risk. Regulatory changes are the key exogenous threat, but cash generation and pricing power provide buffers.

Financials exhibit solid profitability and improving sentiment. JPMorgan and Bank of America benefit from fee initiatives and scale efficiencies, though rate paths and credit normalization are watch items. In Canada, RBC’s fundamentals and capital returns screen well. In LatAm, Itaú’s ROE and conservative valuation, and Credicorp’s strong margins and cash, argue for continued compounding.

Energy is balanced between dependable cash returns and macro sensitivity. Exxon Mobil offers low-beta income with disciplined capex, whereas Petrobras and Suncor carry higher policy and operational risks. Execution on costs and portfolio discipline is crucial as product cracks and realizations normalize.

Consumer Staples are defensive with mixed momentum. Coca‑Cola’s dividend durability contrasts with PepsiCo’s near-100% payout and margin repair needs, which cap flexibility. Procter & Gamble’s margin discipline and cash conversion support steady, lower-volatility returns.

Consumer Discretionary and Retail show divergence. Walmart continues to execute on omnichannel and efficiency, while Walmex must improve earnings conversion despite healthy sales growth. Tariff and wage trends remain key cost variables.

Healthcare features low-beta, cash-generative compounders. Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech execution and U.S. capacity investments improve resilience and potential pricing durability, with tariff policy a watch item.

Industrials/Aerospace benefit from backlog visibility. Embraer’s record backlog and improving margins set a credible path to profitable growth, contingent on supply-chain stability and cost control.

Telecoms and Materials are macro-levered. América Móvil’s growth is steady but exposed to competition and regulation, while Vale’s commodity cyclicality, debt, and legal noise elevate downside risk despite solid operating margins.


TOP 5 Investment Picks

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) combines fortress margins with a clear AI monetization roadmap. With $281.72B TTM revenue, 44.90% operating margin, $101.83B net income, and $136.16B operating cash flow, Microsoft can fund inference infrastructure and embed Copilot across Windows, Office, and developer tools. Ecosystem reach lowers customer acquisition and raises switching costs, while balance-sheet strength absorbs capex cycles. Execution risk on AI adoption exists, but high recurring enterprise relationships and demonstrated pricing power support multi‑year earnings compounding.

NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) remains the picks-and-shovels leader of AI, pairing a 60.84% operating margin and 52.41% profit margin with accelerating hyperscaler demand and a defensible product-plus-software stack. Guidance toward $54B in Q3 and a $56.79B cash position underscore demand depth and flexibility. While volatility and policy risks persist, roadmap velocity, CUDA/software lock-in, and ecosystem breadth argue for durable cash flow growth through 2028 if supply ramps and TCO advantages are sustained.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) offers multiple engines of compounding. AWS and advertising drive high‑margin growth, while retail narrows cost-to-serve with automation and logistics density. With $670.04B TTM revenue, strengthening 11.43% operating margin, and $121.14B operating cash flow, Amazon has ample capacity to invest in AI compute, Kuiper, and grocery initiatives. If double‑digit top-line growth persists with stable or improving margins, earnings power should outpace the market, with valuation supported by improving return on capital.

Visa Inc. (V) delivers structural, lower-risk compounding via network effects, robust free cash flow, and industry-leading profitability. With $38.89B TTM revenue, a 52.16% profit margin, and below-market beta, Visa offers dependable earnings growth and capital returns without balance-sheet risk. Exogenous regulation is the key variable, yet diversification, pricing power, and secular digitization of payments provide multi‑year visibility and downside buffers.

MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI) pairs high-growth e-commerce with a rapidly scaling fintech ecosystem across underpenetrated LatAm markets. TTM revenue of $22.38B with 37% quarterly revenue growth, complemented by 13.06% operating margin, shows operating leverage from logistics, credit underwriting, and marketplace density. Partnerships like Oxxo enhance financial inclusion and engagement. While macro and FX volatility are real, category leadership and ecosystem synergies support superior growth and expanding profitability over a three‑year horizon.

Honorable mentions: Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) for cash generative AI optionality despite antitrust overhangs. Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) for exceptional margins and AI-driven engagement with regulatory caveats. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) for resilient MedTech-led compounding and dividend support. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK‑B) for unparalleled balance-sheet flexibility and disciplined capital allocation. Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (ITUB) for high ROE with conservative valuation and low beta within Brazil’s premium franchise set.


BOTTOM 5 Investment Risks

Intel Corp. (INTC) faces a difficult turnaround with negative profitability and cash burn. Despite $53.07B TTM revenue, net income is −$20.5B and levered free cash flow is −$8.32B, with $50.76B in debt. The story hinges on policy support and execution on Xeon 6 and foundry capacity, leaving investors exposed to timing slippage, capital intensity, and potential dilution if free cash flow recovery stalls.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) carries elevated policy and balance‑sheet risk. While TTM revenue is $496.25B and quarterly earnings growth is 48.60% y/y, the business remains highly sensitive to Brazilian regulatory dynamics and oil price volatility. High debt burdens constrain flexibility, and share price volatility alongside political interference risk can impair capital returns despite cyclical upswings.

Vale S.A. (VALE) is leveraged to commodity cycles and legal overhangs, with a recent 17.2% y/y earnings decline and a significant debt load. Strong operating margins can be eclipsed by iron ore and copper price swings, environmental liabilities, and litigation noise, limiting multiple expansion. Dividend allure can mask downside beta in a weakening macro or China demand slowdown.

Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (FMX) shows pressured fundamentals with a 78.5% quarterly earnings decline, a thin 2.43% profit margin, and substantial debt of approximately 265.48B. While scale and category exposure offer long‑term potential, near‑term earnings repair, balance‑sheet discipline, and clearer margin trajectory are necessary before risk‑reward improves materially.

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) blends innovation with litigation and margin pressures. TTM revenue is $92.72B, but the latest quarter saw −11.80% y/y revenue and a 6.34% profit margin amid price competition. High beta, governance controversies, and Autopilot legal risks could constrain software monetization timelines. The equity increasingly depends on autonomy and energy execution to offset auto margin compression, raising downside if milestones slip.

Watchlist risks: GMBXF (GMBXF) for OTC liquidity and governance concentration despite attractive margins. América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX) for regulatory and competitive pressures in telecom. Suncor Energy Inc. (SU.TO) for operational efficiency questions in a volatile crude backdrop. PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) for a near‑100% payout ratio limiting flexibility amid margin repair needs. Walmart de México S.A.B. de C.V. (WMMVY) for earnings lag versus sales growth, requiring margin stabilization.


Key Investment Themes

AI monetization and infrastructure scale are the dominant profit pools, favoring platforms with distribution, data, and capital to fund model training and inference at scale. Companies translating AI into workflow productivity and customer engagement, while sustaining pricing power, should extend margin leadership.

Cash flow resiliency and capital allocation discipline differentiate outcomes. Firms with large, predictable operating cash flow and conservative payouts can fund capex cycles, defend margins, and return capital without stressing balance sheets, which supports premium multiples in uncertain macro conditions.

In LatAm, ecosystem effects drive compounding where penetration gaps are wide. E-commerce, fintech, and high-ROE banks with prudent risk management and strong unit economics can outgrow GDP, though FX and policy volatility require valuation discipline and staggered entry.

Cyclical and regulated sectors require selective exposure. Energy and materials offer income and optionality but are tethered to macro and policy. Banks benefit from scale and fees, yet rate paths and credit costs must stay benign. Consumer staples and healthcare anchor portfolios with lower beta, but idiosyncratic margin and litigation dynamics will shape relative returns.



This article is not investment advice. Investing in stocks carries risks and you should conduct your own research before making any financial decisions. Note also that this review per region is based only on the companies followed in this magazine (see the Stocks in the Finance section).