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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: JetBlue, Sprouts Farmers Market, Varonis Systems and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: JetBlue — The airline soared almost 20% after reporting second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations . The Phoenix-based grocery chain also raised its full-year earnings guidance, forecasting revenue rising between 9% and 10%, compared to analysts' 8.2% consensus growth estimate. Revenue of $695 million was higher than the $686 million analysts has estimated. Lattice Semiconductor — Shares pulled back 8.5% after second-quarter earnings and current-quarter revenue guidance came in below expectations. Howmet Aerospace — The aerospace manufacturer rallied 14% after second-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street estimates.

Persons: Varonis, Woodward, FactSet, LSEG, Howmet, Corning, Gamble —, Stanley Black, Decker, —, Alex Harring, Samantha Subin, Lisa Kailai Han, Hakyung Kim Organizations: JetBlue —, New, Revenue, Systems, FactSet, Inc, —, Technology, Semiconductor, Bank of America, CNBC, Delta Air Lines, Microsoft, Merck, Howmet Aerospace, Wall, PayPal, LSEG, Procter, Technologies Locations: New York City, LSEG, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Connecticut

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: CrowdStrike, Merck, PayPal, JetBlue and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Revenue of $695 million was also higher than the $686 million expected. Adjusted earnings of 5 cents per share topped the loss of 2 cents per share forecasted by analysts polled by FactSet. Additionally, Howmet increased its quarterly dividend to 8 cents per share from 5 cents per share, to be payable Aug. 26. JetBlue — Shares jumped 4% after the airline said adjusted earnings per share was 8 cents for the second quarter. Analysts expected a profit of $2.80 per share on revenue of $1.18 billion, according to StreetAccount.

Persons: Woodward, FactSet, LSEG, Archer, Gamble —, Leidos, StreetAccount, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Hakyung Kim, Lisa Kailai Han, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Fred Imbert, John Melloy Organizations: CNBC, Delta Airlines, Microsoft, FactSet, Inc, —, Technology, Merck —, pharma, Semiconductor, Bank of America, Pfizer —, Pfizer, Varonis Systems, Howmet Aerospace, Corning, LSEG, Daniels, Midland, JetBlue —, Revenue, PayPal —, PayPal, Procter, Gamble, U.S . Pentagon Locations: FactSet .

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia, Corning, Helen of Troy, UiPath and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Helen of Troy — The housewares stock plummeted nearly 28%, hitting a new 52-week low during the session. The company posted an earnings miss for its first quarter of fiscal 2025 before the bell, earning 99 cents per share, excluding items. Lucid — The electric vehicle company's stock added nearly 1% after rallying about 8% in the previous session. Lucid jumped after the firm said it delivered 2,394 vehicles in the second quarter, marking a 70% year-over-year increase. Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle company popped more than 4%.

Persons: Blackwell, Helen of Troy —, FactSet, UiPath, Lucid, Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, Eli Lilly, Morgan Stanley, Corning, Yun Li, Pia Singh, Sarah Min, Darla Mercado Organizations: Nvidia, UBS, BP — U.S, Novo Nordisk, Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, Sony, Paramount, National Amusements, Skydance Media, Apollo, CNBC Locations: Novo

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Autodesk, Broadcom, AMC Networks, Virgin Galactic and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Virgin Galactic — The struggling space company slid 15% as the stock's 1-for-20 reverse stock split took effect. The company also announced that Brenda Morris, who served as interim CEO, will remain on its board of directors. Autodesk — Shares gained more than 6% following activist fund Starboard Value taking a $500 million stake in the software company. The company beat earnings and revenue estimates for the second fiscal quarter last week, and it announced a 10-for-1 stock split. Chipotle — The restaurant chain's stock rose nearly 3% ahead of the company's 50-for-1 stock split , which is how it will begin trading at the market open on June 26.

Persons: Mark King, Brenda Morris, BTIG, Goldman Sachs, Corning, Fox, Chipotle, —, Alex Harring, Yun Li Organizations: Virgin Galactic, AMC Networks, Autodesk —, Broadcom, Shattuck Labs, Louisiana - Pacific, TDK, Apple, UBS, Fox Advisors Locations: Louisiana

Eli Lilly — Shares added 5% after Eli Lilly, maker of the Mounjaro diabetes and weight loss drug, beat analysts' expectations for first-quarter adjusted earnings. PayPal — Shares gained 3.6% after the payment company posted $7.70 billion in first-quarter revenue, beating analysts' estimates for $7.51 billion, according to LSEG. The chipmaker posted adjusted earnings of $3.24 per share, higher than the consensus estimate of $3.16 per share, according to LSEG. Earnings of 24 cents per share on $1.37 billion in revenue exceeded consensus forecasts of 11 cents and $1.36 billion, according to FactSet. Adjusted earnings of 71 cents per share topped anticipated earnings of 65 cents per share.

Persons: Eli Lilly —, Eli Lilly, drugmaker, Jefferies, Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Tenet, Corning, FactSet, Sysco, Medifast, Paccar, Bob Bakish, Skydance, Needham, Macheel, Michelle Fox, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han, Pia Singh, Sarah Min Organizations: PayPal —, PayPal, Semiconductor, Tenet, FactSet, Technology, GE Healthcare Technologies, LSEG, Taco Bell, KFC, Paramount Global, CBS, Paramount Locations: Indianapolis, China, LSEG, FactSet, Houston

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Bank of America, General Motors, UPS and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The company reported adjusted earnings of $1.24 per share on $42.98 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023. While the company's operating income also beat analysts' estimates, it declined on a year-over-year basis. On Monday, Sanmina reported adjusted earnings of $1.30 per share, more than analysts' estimates for earnings of $1.15 per share, according to FactSet. Smith issued full-year guidance, with the lower end of its forecast coming in below analysts' estimates, per FactSet. The company anticipates adjusted earnings for 2024 of $3.90 to $4.15 per share, while analysts called for $4.05 per share.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, FactSet, Sanmina, MSCI, Nucor, LSEG, Smith, —, Alex Harring, Hakyung Kim, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound, Samantha Subin Organizations: General Motors, United Parcel Service, UPS, LSEG, Wall Street . Bank of America, Citigroup, Bank of America, JetBlue Airways —, JetBlue, Petroleum, Marathon Petroleum, Whirlpool, Corning — Corning, FactSet, Management, Computer Locations: FactSet, Corning, U.S

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Cava, Domino's Pizza, Kroger, Lennar and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Wall Street firm said it believes there will be "significant improvement" in the company's return on invested capital over the next two to three years. Domino's Pizza — The pizza chain gained 6.46% after Stifel upgraded the stock to buy from hold. The Wall Street firm said investors should buy the weakness in Target shares, which are down 15% over the past month. The Wall Street firm said it was bullish long term, but believes the stock price has been seeing appreciation much stronger than experienced in the broader market. The Wall Street firm also boosted its price target to $40 from $36, suggesting upside of more than 20% from Wednesday's close.

Persons: Kroger —, Kroger, Rodney McMullen, Bernstein, Lennar, Oppenheimer, Corning, John Wiley, Mizuho, Patterson, Morgan Stanley, Yun Li, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Sarah Min Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Cava Group, Deutsche Bank, Stifel, —, Technologies, Corning —, Citi, Corning, Management, UTI Energy, Patterson Locations: Wednesday's

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves before the bell: American Express, Domino's, Coinbase and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cognyte Software — Shares rose 5.6% in the premarket following the software company's quarterly report. American Express — Shares of the credit card company dipped 2% in premarket trading after Citi warned that credit card spending trends have slowed. Citi opened a negative catalyst watch for American Express, warning that travel and entertainment categories are slowing more sharply than other categories. SoFi — Shares slid 4% after Oppenheimer downgraded the financial technology stock to perform from outperform. Zions Bancorp — The bank stock slid 1.4% in the premarket.

Persons: Cognyte, Wall, Aldeyra, Mizuho, SoFi, Oppenheimer, Janney, —, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox, Jesse Pound Organizations: FactSet, Therapeutics, Citi, American Express, Stifel, Corning, Zions Bancorp, Bancorp Locations: Wednesday's

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Tesla, General Motors, DocuSign and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Tesla , General Motors -- Both carmaker stocks were climbing in premarket trading, with gains of 5.7% and 5%, respectively. General Motors announced on Thursday plans to utilize Tesla's electric vehicle charging network, and said its vehicles will also utilize Tesla's North American Charging Standard port in its cars starting in 2025. Nio — Shares of the electric vehicle company dipped 2% in premarket trading after it reported that vehicle sales decreased 0.2% year over year. The company's vehicle margin and net loss also worsened year over year.

Persons: Corning, Morgan Stanley, Wells, Sonoma, —, Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: Target Corp, General Motors, Adobe, Citi, Sonoma Pharmaceuticals Locations: Queens, New York, Europe, U.S

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Pinterest, First Citizens, Caterpillar & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pinterest — Pinterest gained 4.3% after UBS upgraded the social media stock to buy and said shares could pop more than 25% as the company improves its advertising strategy. First Republic , PacWest — Regional bank stocks were moving higher on Monday following a report from Bloomberg News that U.S. authorities were considering expanding government support for banks to provide additional liquidity. Shares of First Republic jumped 23% in premarket trading, while PacWest Bancorp rose about 9%, and Western Alliance gained 5%. KeyCorp — KeyCorp gained 6.8% after Citi upgraded the stock to buy from neutral. Corning — Shares advanced 2.3% after Deutsche Bank upgraded Corning to buy from hold.

☆ Stocks making the biggest midday moves: Coinbase, First Citizens, Roku and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

First Citizens BancShares — The Raleigh, NC-based bank soared 50% after agreeing to buy Silicon Valley Bank's deposits and loans. Roku — Shares of the media platform jumped more than 4% after Susquehanna upgraded it to positive from neutral. The Wall Street firm said it continues to see Roku as "a prime beneficiary of the secular shift of linear budgets." It reaffirmed revenue of $2.95 billion to $3 billion, compared to $3 billion expected by analysts, per StreetAccount. Marqeta — The payments stock jumped nearly 10% after Wolfe Research upgraded it to outperform from peer perform.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: General Electric, Salesforce, Alibaba and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Shares of GE were up about 2% in premarket trading. Microsoft — Microsoft shares dropped about 2% after UBS downgraded the tech giant to neutral from buy. Merck — Merck's stock rose about 1.7% after being upgraded to buy from neutral by Bank of America. Honeywell — Shares of Honeywell slipped 1.8% in the premarket after being double downgraded by UBS to sell from buy.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Wynn Resorts, Microsoft, Honeywell, Salesforce and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Wynn Resorts logo stands illuminated as people sit by the fountain at the Wynn Macau casino resort in Macau, China, on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday:Wynn Resorts — The casino operator's stock jumped nearly 7%, building on its solid start to 2023. Salesforce — Shares of the cloud-based software company jumped more than 3% after Salesforce announced that it is cutting 10% of its personnel and reducing some office space as part of a restructuring plan. Celanese — The global chemical and specialty materials company jumped more than 6% after being upgraded by RBC Capital Markets to outperform from sector perform. The firm cited the solar company stock's "steep drop from the initial euphoria created by the Inflation Reduction Act."

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