Stock Movers

Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.

On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. (META) fell in the aftermarket session, after the company gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the current quarter, intensifying investor concerns about the social media giant’s unprecedented spending on artificial intelligence. Meta said third-quarter revenue will be $61 billion to $64 billion, with the midline of that range below the average analyst estimate of $63.2 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Meta relies on its advertising business to finance its expensive bets on AI products and infrastructure, including data centers and AI-powered glasses.

- Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) moved higher in extended trading, after the software company reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations on key metrics, including cloud revenue. Microsoft’s cloud unit grew at the fastest pace in four years, suggesting that the company’s computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence services continue to make inroads with businesses. Azure cloud-computing revenue increased 43% during the fiscal fourth quarter, the company said Wednesday in a statement. That was the fastest quarterly growth since early 2022, and topped analysts’ average growth estimate of about 40%. Azure sales topped $100 billion for the first time during the fiscal year ended in June.

- Shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) declined after Wednesday's close, after the world's largest maker of smartphone processors, gave a weak profit forecast for the current quarter, signaling that component shortages and rising costs are taking a toll on its main market. Earnings will be $2.05 to $2.25 a share in the period running through September, excluding some items, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Even the upper end of that range would miss the average analyst estimate. Revenue will be $9.7 billion to $10.5 billion, compared with an average projection of $9.95 billion.

- Starbucks (SBUX) raised its annual outlook after quarterly results surpassed market estimates, showing that efforts to attract diners with speedier service and new products are paying off. The stock rose in extended trading and extending gains during the company’s conference call with analysts. The shares have advanced 23% this year through Wednesday’s close, more than three times the gain of the S&P 500 Index.
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Ford (F) shares climb. Ford Motor Co. raised its profit outlook for the second time this year as consumers continue to buy the automaker’s high-margin sport-utility vehicles. The company’s quarterly earnings were better than expected, and it now expects to earn as much as $11 billion before interest and taxes this year, up from its prior forecast.
Caterpillar (CAT) falls after Baird analyst Mircea Dobre cut the recommendation to neutral from outperform, citing a growing trend of state and local government actions targeting data centers, which have become a key growth driver for the industrial giant.
Skyworks (SWKS) shares sink. The semiconductor-device company gave an outlook for adjusted fourth-quarter earnings that was slightly weaker than expected. It also reported third-quarter results that beat expectations, though it said it “has decided not to declare any quarterly dividends going forward,” given its pending deal with Qorvo.
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Meta (META) shares are mixed. Meta lead Magnificent 7 stocks higher in premarket trading ahead of its quarterly earnings update due after the close Wednesday.
Microsoft (MSFT) shares fall. The UK’s consumer and antitrust watchdog is investigating whether Microsoft Corp. misled customers into paying more for its productivity tools software subscriptions after adding its Copilot AI product to the suite.
Seagate (STX) shares gain. The computer hardware and storage company reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations and gave a revenue forecast that is ahead of the consensus estimate.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Humana (HUM) is sinking after the insurer maintained its yearly profit guidance despite a strong second quarter.
- P&G (PG) shares are moving after it gave a conservative outlook for its current fiscal year and results in the latest quarter fell short of estimates.
- Kering (PPRUY) shares jumped after the luxury goods maker reported better-than-expected revenue at Gucci in the second quarter.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Humana (HUM) is sinking after the insurer maintained its yearly profit guidance despite a strong second quarter.
- Ford (F) share are climbing as after the carmaker reported second-quarter adjusted profit that topped analyst estimates and boosted the 2026 adjusted Ebit guidance.
- Biogen (BIIB) is up after it reported quarterly revenue and adjusted earnings that beat analysts’ expectations as sales of newly acquired kidney and eye-disease drugs helped offset declining revenue from multiple sclerosis medicines.
- SK Hynix (SKHY) shares are lower as its profit disappoints and spending soared. The company earmarked at least $31 billion in capital spending this year after reporting a six-fold surge in quarterly profit. It expects its capital investments to rise around 50% to at least 45 trillion won and posted margins of more than 80% for the June quarter.
- Bloom Energy (BE) shares are up after the solid-oxide manufacturer boosted its revenue guidance for the full year that beat the average analyst estimate.
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