Stocks in Play - August 28th 2025

Stocks in Play: PSTG, SNOW, ASTI

Welcome to today's Stocks in Play report. Below are the key stocks to watch, along with brief x-ray and analysis.

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1) Pure Storage (PSTG) (Rating: B+, Multi-Day)

X-Ray PSTG: Industry Group: Computer Hardware, Market Cap: 19.89B, Float: 308.80M Short Interest 3.49%, Days to Cover: 4.23, Exchange: NYSE

Solid beat on EPS ($0.43 vs est. $0.37), Solid beat on Revs, Rapid growth in Subscription model. ARR shift for revs stability. Strategic hyperscaler wins - META. Enterprise AI winner. Sticky product, Raised Full Year Guide. Very nice Chart. In Theme - Infrastructure Winner. Lots of analyst upgrades

Honorable Mention to:

SNOW: Solid earnings, Solid Beat on EPS ($0.35 vs est. $$0.27), Slight Beat on Revs (32% YoY), Strong KPIs specifically RPO Growth (Most important KPI for this stock) +33% YoY. $235 is resistance, this might be another one that is a better delayed reaction but still only coming out of a large IPO Base. Nice Weekly chart. AI Theme.

X-Ray SNOW: Industry Group: Software - Application, Market Cap: 66.86B, Float: 320.78M Short Interest 3.27%, Days to Cover: 2.49, Exchange: NYSE

ASTI: Ascent Solar Technologies shares are trading higher after the company announced it signed an MOU with Star Catcher Industries to aid in the proliferation of thin-film PV solutions in space environments. Microcap with a nice looking chart. Capable of big moves, Solar theme. Story stock.

X-Ray ASTI: Industry Group: Solar, Market Cap: 6.40M, Float: 2.78M Short Interest 2.41%, Days to Cover: 0.03, Exchange: NASDAQ

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Market Awareness

NVDA posted solid earnings, The initial negative reaction has been bought up and it is essentially flat pre market. That makes me bullish today for new trades. Lot’s of nice movers pre market and we have had our last Vol event of the month. Wall St. will be back from Vacation after Labor Day. I think we run into the end of this week. Tomorrow is the final trading day of the month so weird moves are to be expected and it is a long weekend (Markets are closed Monday). Low volume will be common.

Traditionally September is the weakest month in the markets. Don’t be surprised to see Chop throughout the month.

Bullish today. Not listed above but also watching NVDL for NVDA red to green move.

Sources & Services I Use in my Trading:

• Finviz - Short Interest, Float, Articles, Fundamentals (Free)

• Benzinga Pro - News Source + News Squawk + Earnings Data (Paid)

• Tradingview - Charting & Scanning (Paid)

• Koyfin - Fundamental Data (Paid)

• EarningsWhispers - Earnings Calendar (Free)

• Tradersync - Trade Journal (Paid)

_{PS: There are many ways to trade stocks in play. It does not have to be the one that keeps going straight up and sometimes it doesn’t even have to be day one of the catalyst. Everyone must find a setup, timeframe and method that works for them. This list is supposed to educate on the criteria I use and the methods in which I find Stocks in Play. Yours may differ and that is completely okay.}