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Fiserv reduced its full-year adjusted earnings per share forecast and cut its organic revenue outlook after revenue and profit in key segments weakened in the second quarter. The company reported a decline in overall revenue and adjusted quarterly profit versus the prior year, and its shares fell sharply in premarket trading amid activist investor …
Western Digital shares fell about 15.5% in premarket trading despite an earnings and revenue beat. Strong quarterly execution and long-term customer contracts underpin the HDD supercycle thesis, but guidance that only modestly cleared consensus, HAMR transition costs, insider selling and sector-wide conservatism left investors wanting more. The mov…
JPMorgan upgraded Kraft Heinz's stock rating to Overweight from Neutral after the packaged foods company posted better-than-expected quarterly metrics and reaffirmed a disciplined approach to balance sheet management even as it increases investments in brand growth. The bank highlighted improved free cash flow conversion, a controlled leverage prof…
Saudi Arabia's stock market ended Thursday's session lower, with the Tadawul All Share index down 0.70% at the close. Losses were concentrated in the Energy & Utilities, Agriculture & Food and Transport sectors. Market breadth tilted heavily toward decliners, and several individual names recorded double-digit percentage moves in absolute terms, inc…
Oklo's stock rose 4.2% in pre-market trading after the company announced its Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Lockhart, Texas reached first criticality on August 6, 2026. The milestone marks the privately built reactor's first sustained low-power nuclear chain reaction, coming in under a year from groundbreaking and representing the first Reactor Pil…
Redwire rallied in pre-market trading after reporting second-quarter 2026 results that outpaced Wall Street revenue expectations and showed marked margin improvement, a record contracted backlog and reaffirmed full-year guidance. An analyst raised its price target the same day, and management scheduled a conference call to review the quarter and ou…
Insulet Corporation's stock fell in pre-market trade after the company reported a strong second-quarter result but lowered its full-year U.S. growth forecast and trimmed revenue guidance. Management cited weaker-than-expected retention and utilization among type 2 diabetes patients in the first 90 days, and analysts responded with a string of downg…
Magnite shares climbed sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported Q2 2026 results that beat estimates on several key metrics, led by strong contribution ex-TAC growth and margin improvement. Management raised full-year guidance and analysts responded with higher price targets, driving a near double-digit pre-open move that appears com…
Lamar Advertising Company shares ticked higher in pre-open trading after the company posted second-quarter results that topped expectations and raised its full-year 2026 diluted adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) per share guidance. Revenue, adjusted EBITDA, AFFO and free cash flow all increased year-over-year, providing investors with tangible …
AppLovin dropped about 19% in premarket trading to $337.67 following Q2 results that missed revenue estimates by $20 million on $1.92 billion in sales. The quarter delivered an 84% EBITDA margin and EPS of $3.76, narrowly beating the $3.75 expectation. Management attributes the shortfall to the later-than-expected rollout of AXON AI ad model improv…
First Advantage Holdings delivered a clear second-quarter 2026 outperformance, reporting adjusted EPS of $0.35 and revenue of $448.8 million, both ahead of analyst expectations. The company raised full-year revenue and EPS guidance, disclosed $45 million in voluntary debt prepayments and repurchased $18.7 million of stock in the quarter under its $…
RBC Capital Markets has identified a group of global energy companies it views as the highest-conviction investment ideas into the back half of 2026. The list, now including BP as a new addition, has delivered a 314.5% cumulative return since inception, far outpacing a hybrid benchmark gain of 100.4%. RBC’s picks are characterized by accelerating s…
Tripadvisor shares tumbled in pre-market trading after second-quarter results missed Wall Street estimates on both revenue and adjusted earnings per share. A sizable revenue shortfall, coupled with a weak analyst consensus and an uneven market backdrop, weighed on the stock, which traded well below its 52-week high but above its low.
Cronos Group's stock climbed sharply in pre-market trading after the company posted second-quarter 2026 results that far surpassed analyst forecasts. The firm reported EPS of $0.09 versus a $0.01 consensus and revenue of $53 million, outstripping the $44.73 million estimate. The report also included multiple record performance metrics across geogra…
Aug 6 - Fox Corp. reported fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings per share above Wall Street estimates, driven largely by a surge in advertising linked to its broadcast of the FIFA Men’s World Cup and continued digital expansion at its ad-supported streaming service Tubi. The company also reiterated a strategic move into connected-TV streami…
Honeywell Aerospace shares tumbled about 17% in premarket trading after the company trimmed its 2026 organic sales growth outlook and issued an adjusted earnings-per-share forecast below analyst consensus. The Nasdaq-listed supplier said supply-chain bottlenecks are forcing it to prioritize deliveries to large original equipment manufacturers over …
ConocoPhillips named finance chief Andy O’Brien as president and CEO effective September 1. Ryan Lance will transition to the role of executive chair after more than a decade leading the company. O’Brien is a near three-decade company veteran with broad finance, strategy and international operational experience and currently serves as CFO and execu…
Playtika shares gained modestly in pre-market trading after the mobile gaming company reported Q2 2026 results that beat revenue expectations and showed a significant return to profitability. Revenue of $731.1 million topped the analyst consensus of about $713 million and rose 5.0% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA jumped to $206.1 million, while net…
Evolent Health shares jumped 23.4% in pre-open trading after the company reported second-quarter 2026 results that exceeded Wall Street expectations on both earnings and revenue. The report showed EPS of $0.02 versus a consensus -$0.01 and revenue of $652.52 million versus an anticipated $597.46 million, reflecting year-over-year revenue growth nea…
Hertz reported a return to GAAP profitability in the second quarter of 2026, with $64 million in net income and revenue growth that outpaced expectations. Key per-unit pricing metrics rose even as the company ran a marginally reduced fleet, and adjusted corporate EBITDA exceeded the top end of the companys revised guidance. The combination of thes…
Jefferies reports that vehicle registrations across five major European markets rose 5.2% year-over-year in July after adjusting for working days. Year-to-date growth is 6.4%, with battery electric vehicle share and plug-in hybrid adoption both increasing. Total European sales are estimated to have grown 3.7% to 1.1 million units, but the market re…
JPMorgan downgraded insulin-pump maker Insulet to Neutral from Overweight and reduced its price target to $152 from $275, citing decelerating U.S. sales growth, increased attrition among Type 2 diabetes patients and a softer-than-expected 2027 outlook. The bank trimmed its 2027 revenue and EPS forecasts and removed the stock from its Analyst Focus …
Albemarle reported second-quarter 2026 results that outpaced analyst expectations, sending the stock higher in pre-market trading. Revenue came in at $1.74 billion and diluted EPS was $3.52, both above consensus ranges. A marked recovery in the Energy Storage segment, led by a near 60.5% rise in realized lithium pricing and double-digit adjusted EB…
Honest Company shares climbed in pre-market trading after the personal care firm reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter 2026 results, marked by rising margins, an earnings beat and higher guidance for the year. The company reported net income of $10.7 million, an 800 basis-point gross margin expansion to 48.4%, and a healthy cash balance wi…
First Advantage shares jumped 5.4% in pre-market trading after the background screening and identity verification firm reported record results for the second quarter of 2026 and raised its full-year guidance. The company posted $448.8 million in revenue, a roughly 14.9% increase from the prior year, and adjusted earnings per share of $0.35, both ah…
