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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: PayPal, Robinhood, Qualcomm, Clorox, DoorDash and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company is calling for revenue ranging between $610 million and $645 million, while analysts called for $632 million, per Refinitiv. Qualcomm posted $8.44 billion in adjusted revenue, while analysts polled by Refinitiv forecast $8.5 billion. Zillow forecasts revenue of $458 million to $486 million, while analysts polled by FactSet are calling for revenue of $488.1 million. The company reported revenue of $494 million in the second quarter, while analysts polled by Refinitiv anticipated $473 million. The company posted $533 million in revenue, while analysts polled by Refinitiv sought $518 million.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Horizon Therapeutics, Capital One, RH, Home Depot and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Western Alliance Bancorp — Western Alliance shares jumped 3.6% after Bank of America reinstated coverage on the stock with a buy rating. Home Depot , Lowe's — Shares of home improvement retailers Home Depot and Lowe's lost 1.4% and 1% in midday trading Tuesday. On Monday, Daniel Welch, a director at Seagen, disclosed the sale of 1,864 shares, a stake worth more than $370,000. GE HealthCare — The medtech company's shares gained nearly 3% after Oppenheimer initiated coverage with an outperform rating on Monday. GE HealthCare separated from parent company General Electric earlier in 2023 and began publicly trading on the Nasdaq Jan. 4.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: PacWest, SolarEdge, Etsy, Qualcomm and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Etsy — Etsy jumped 6.7% after beating first-quarter revenue expectations. The online marketplace focused on handmade goods reported revenue of $641 million, topping the estimate of $622 million, according to consensus data from Refinitiv. TripAdvisor — TripAdvisor slid 6.2% after disappointing first-quarter earnings results. The online travel firm posted adjusted earnings of 5 cents per share, lower than the consensus forecast for 7 cents per share, according to Refinitiv. The firm reported a loss of 6 cents per share, better than the 8 cents per share loss expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

☆ Print-on-demand sellers who make 6 figures a year share 7 strategies for standing out on Etsy — and getting a store started with low up-front costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Insider spoke with three Etsy sellers who've made six figures on the platform in a year with print-on-demand products. Take inspiration from other sellers' designs — but don't copy themChristina Umerez, 27, made 324,839 Canadian dollars, or about $241,015, from her Etsy store last year. Umerez said she used eRank, a platform that helps Etsy sellers find "low-competition, high-search" keywords related to topics. Dobosenski found mock-up images of models that matched the style she wanted from other Etsy sellers. Umerez used EverBee, a market-research browser extension that showed her all the tags other sellers used and how many searches each tag got.

☆ I began selling stickers on Etsy as a fun hobby and now make 6-figures from my business. Here's how I got started.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jenkinson makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from selling stickers and courses. Mim JenkinsonI wanted a creative hobby to keep my mind occupied, so I started to make stickers for my planner. A few months after I started, I started getting questions from customers about how I was making the stickers. I aim to find out what I can make easier for them, whether they're buying or making stickers. I would never have imagined that selling stickers would've had the impact that it's had on my life.

Etsy — The e-commerce company's shares rose 3.9% after Piper Sandler upgraded them to overweight from neutral. Virgin Orbit — The satellite launch company sank 14% in the premarket after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle maker ticked up nearly 1% in premarket trading. Tesla stock declined 6.1% a day earlier, with investors seemingly responding to the company's vehicle delivery report from the weekend. The media company's shares have jumped 7.8% year to date.

☆ Exclusive: Union Square Ventures warned startup founders in November to diversify their deposit holdings after alarm over Silicon Valley Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Union Square Ventures warned portfolio companies in November to diversify their bank deposits. The warning, which has not been previously reported, never specifically mentioned SVB. "If you read the SVB financial statements, which most people don't do, you could see an impending liquidity crisis," said one source. Venture investment firm Greenoaks Capital Partners also warned its startup founders of potential problems at SVB last November, Bloomberg reported. In December, a New York banker at a large financial institution started getting calls from current Silicon Valley Bank startup founders asking to open accounts, Insider previously reported.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: First Republic Bank, Moderna, Newmont, Illumina and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike SegarCheck out the companies making the biggest moves midday:Regional banks —Shares of regional banks plummeted following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Citi , Bank of America , Goldman Sachs — Shares of major banks also saw losses after the closure of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Moderna — The biotechnology company's shares gained nearly 6% after TD Cowen upgraded the stock to outperform from market perform. Spot gold passed the key level of $1,900 as investors bet the Federal Reserve may tone down rate hikes on the heels of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. Over the weekend, NBC News reported that the e-commerce company warned sellers that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is causing delays in processing payments.

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Silvergate, Etsy, SVB Financial, Uber and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines before the opening bell:Etsy — Shares fell more than 6% in premarket after Jefferies double-downgraded the online marketplace to underperform from buy. Silvergate Capital — Shares of the crypto lender tumbled 50% after the company announced it will wind down operations and liquidate Silvergate Bank. Uber — Shares of the ride-hailing company rose about 2% in premarket trading following a Bloomberg report that Uber is considering spinning off its freight logistics division. SVB Financial — The financial services company's stock dropped 30% after the firm announced that it intends to offer $1.25 billion of its common stock and $500 million of depositary shares. LoanDepot — The mortgage lender's shares shed over 10% after its fourth-quarter earnings report missed analysts' expectations.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: General Electric, Silvergate Capital, Peloton, Etsy and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Silvergate Capital — The crypto lender's stock sank 23% after the company announced it will wind down operations and liquidate Silvergate Bank. Revenue came in at $150.2 million, topping the $145 million expected. CEO Dustin Moskovitz also said he was buying 30 million shares. Revenue came in at $103.5 million compared to the $101.7 million expected. Adjusted earnings per share came in 1 cent ahead of estimates at 18 cents.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Beyond Meat, Live Nation, Yeti, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Live Nation — The ticker seller fell 9%, despite reporting fourth-quarter revenue of $4.29 billion, up about 60% year over year and topping StreetAccount's estimate of $3.6 billion. EOG Resources — The energy company dropped 5.1% after reporting fourth-quarter earnings, excluding items, that were short of analysts' expectations, according to StreetAccount. Etsy — Etsy slipped 4.8%, a day after gaining more than 2% on its fourth-quarter earnings beat. The company also offered cautious guidance for its first quarter, anticipating $2.95 billion to $3.15 billion in gross merchandise revenue. However, Autodesk beat fourth-quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines, according to Refinitiv.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Lucid, Nvidia, Dollar General, Sunrun and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Lucid Motors — The electric vehicle maker saw shares slide 14% premarket after reporting that fourth-quarter revenue fell short of expectations. eBay — The online auction platform fell 5% despite posting fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analysts' estimates as gauged by Refinitiv. The company also forecast current quarter revenue of $600 million and $640 million, compared to estimates of $622 million. Bath & Body Works — Shares fell more than 4% after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings. Sunrun — The solar company rose 1.5% after its fourth-quarter earnings topped Wall Street's expectations.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Nvidia, Etsy, Lucid, Bumble, Moderna and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Etsy posted revenue of $807 million, smashing estimates of $752 million, according to Refinitiv. The company also forecast current quarter revenue of $600 million and $640 million, compared to estimates of $622 million. eBay — The online auction platform reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.07 per share excluding items, on revenues of $2.51 billion. Bumble — The online dating site jumped nearly 5% after it reported better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings and revenue. Bumble posted revenue of $191 million, above the $186 million estimated by analysts polled by FactSet.

☆ Private venture-capital returns from one of the largest endowments reveal Union Square Ventures has been wildly successful. Sequoia and Y Combinator have lost money so far.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

USV's 2004 fund returned more than $305 million in cash from a $22 million UTIMCO investment, with an IRR of 66%. Thrive Capital, the venture firm Joshua Kushner founded in 2009, has delivered -34% IRR on two funds from late 2021. UTIMCO's $6.7 million invested has been marked down to $4.6 million. Two funds UTIMCO invested in the VC firm Initialized at the beginning of 2022 have a -5.5% IRR. Upfront Ventures, the most prominent early-stage firm in Los Angeles, has returned only $31 million though UTIMCO invested $110 million since 2015.

☆ 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."

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Under Armour, Robinhood, Peloton, Lincoln National and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The real estate tech company reported earnings of 38 cents per share on revenue of $483 million. Robinhood — Shares of the trading app soared 9.7% after the company reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as well as revenue that topped analyst forecasts. Lincoln National — Shares dropped 33% after Lincoln National missed earnings per share expectations in its third quarter, despite surprising to the upside on its sales forecast. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.13, in line with Wall Street expectations. Otherwise, the company reported a strong third-quarter earnings report, beating on the top and bottom lines.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Roku, Qualcomm, Etsy and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Carmen Reinicke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Qualcomm – Shares of Qualcomm lost 6% after the company reported earnings after the bell that included a guidance for its fiscal first quarter that fell below expectations, due to weak demand in China and elevated inventories. The technology firm reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.13, in-line with Wall Street expectations, according to Refinitiv. The company reported third-quarter results that beat analysts' forecasts, with a per-share loss of 88 cents compared to a $1.28 loss, according to Refinitiv. Etsy — Etsy jumped more than 10% after the company reported quarterly earnings that beat the Street. Revenue was $483 million where Wall Street expected $456 million.

☆ My logistics company operates warehouses in 2 of the sector's hottest markets. We made 8 figures in revenue last year thanks to the boom in e-commerce.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After 20 years of working in transportation and third-party logistics distribution for organizations like Airborne Express and DHL, I started Boxzooka in 2014. During the pandemic, some clients had to close their brick-and-mortar stores, but they also saw a boom in e-commerce businessHeegan. At the same time, stay-at-home orders resulted in consumers turning to online shopping, which led to a significant boom for our e-commerce clients. We've leased multiple spaces in the last 7 yearsWe first leased space in Secaucus in 2015. When we leased the Harrisburg space, the market was just starting to warm up, but nothing like Secaucus.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Ford, Las Vegas Sands, Nvidia, Kraft Heinz and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ford Motor , General Motors — Shares of Ford and GM fell 7% and 5% respectively, after UBS downgraded both stocks. The firm lowered Ford to a sell rating from neutral and cut GM to a neutral from a buy. Casino stocks — Shares of hotel and casino companies were the top decliners in the S&P 500, with Wynn Resorts down 11.6% and Las Vegas Sands losing 8.5%. Kraft Heinz — The food maker's shares rose 2% after Goldman Sachs upgraded them to buy from neutral, noting that higher profit margins haven't been fully priced into the stock. Merck — Shares of the pharmaceutical giant rose 2.8% after Guggenheim upgraded Merck to buy from neutral.

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