Apple, PG&E, D.R. Horton And An Industrial Stock On CNBC's 'Final Trades'

Author: Avi Kapoor | August 13, 2025 07:18am

On CNBC's “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets, named TopBuild Corp. (NYSE:BLD) as his final trade.

Lending support to his choice, TopBuild, on Aug. 5, reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and raised its FY25 sales guidance above estimates.

Jim Lebenthal, partner at Cerity Partners, picked PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG).

On the earnings front, PG&E, on July 31, reported quarterly earnings of 31 cents per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of 36 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $5.898 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $6.369 billion.

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Joe Terranova, senior managing director at Virtus Investment Partners, named Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as his final trade.

On Aug. 7, B of A Securities analyst Wamsi Mohan maintained a Buy rating on Apple and raised the price target from $240 to $250.

Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist, head of investment solutions and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors, said D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) is acting very well, but it's still down 9% in the past year. The stock trades at 13 times earnings for the best operator in the industry.

Supporting her view, D.R. Horton reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results on July 22.

Price Action:

• TopBuild shares gained 3.5% to settle at $429.66 on Tuesday.
• PG&E shares rose 2.3% to close at $15.46 during the session.
• D.R. Horton shares surged 2.1% to close at $158.26 on Tuesday.
• Apple shares rose 1.1% to settle at $229.65 during the session.

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