Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Snowflake, Moderna, Broadcom & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Snowflake — Shares surged 24% after the company’s second-quarter results topped analyst expectations. For the quarter, Snowflake posted adjusted earnings of 62 cents per share on revenue of $1.55 billion. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had anticipated 45 cents in earnings per share and $1.48 billion in revenue. The company also raised its full-year product revenue guidance. Software stocks — Snowflake’s rally lifted its software peers as well. Datadog jumped more than 5%, while ServiceNow was up by 3%. Meanwhile, Salesforce rose just over 1.5%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise — The enterprise technology company slipped 3%. HPE is calling for earnings growth of 16% to 20% for the fiscal year ending October 2027, while the FactSet consensus sought a 18.7% increase. Cash flow for the period is expected to be at least %5 billion, versus the Street’s forecast for $4.79 billion. Broadcom — The chipmaker lost 2.5% as investors responded negatively to the company’s revenue forecast for the fourth quarter, which came in at $34.8 billion compared to a $35.03 billion estimate. Fourth quarter non-GAAP operating margin projections came in at 66%, below the 66.5% estimate. Broadcom reported revenue of $29.59 billion for the third quarter and adjusted earnings of $3.32 per share. Campbell’s Company – The food and beverage company fell almost 7% after it reported earnings guidance for its fiscal year 2027 that came in below expectations. Campbell’s expects earnings of between $1.65 and $1.80 per share in fiscal 2027, compared to a FactSet consensus for $1.83 per share. It also forecasted for revenue growth to contract at a wider rate than expected in the fiscal year. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical – Shares plunged more than 46% after the company reported that Phase 3 trial results for its drug to treat Angelman syndrome, a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, did not achieve its primary endpoint. The company said it was disappointed in the result and will evaluate the program to develop the drug, as well as implement significant cost reductions. Petco – The pet products retailer jumped almost 9%. Adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter came in at 8.2% versus the StreetAccount consensus estimate of 7.4%. Excluding a tariff benefit, the metric came in at 7.7%, which would still beat analysts’ expectations. Moderna – Shares were off more than 2% after the biotechnology company was downgraded by Rothschild & Co Redburn to sell. Analysts at the firm said the stock, after a huge surge following the success in a trial of its experimental cancer vaccine for melanoma, is now overvalued. Argan – The engineering and construction stock popped nearly 7.5% after the company posted better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the second quarter. Argan earned $3.76 per share in the period, well above the $2.64 per share that analysts polled by FactSet had called for. The company’s revenue came in at $384 million, while analysts were looking for $300.5 million. Five Below – The discount retailer rose 4.5% after second-quarter results beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. Five Below earned $1.68 per share on revenue of $1.26 billion, while analysts polled by FactSet sought $1.40 per share and $1.22 billion. Same-store sales also surpassed estimates. Victoria’s Secret – The women’s apparel retailer sunk more than 18% after the company slightly missed estimates on revenue in its second quarter results. Guidance for the company’s operating income in the current quarter also came in below expectations, according to analysts polled by FactSet, but the company’s forecast for full-year revenue came in-line with estimates. Adjusted earnings for the second quarter also beat expectations. Netskope – Shares of the cybersecurity company popped 12%. Netskope sees full-year revenue in a range of $888 million to $892 million, while the LSEG consensus estimate called for $881 million. The company also anticipates an adjusted loss of 15 cents a share for the period, narrower than the estimated loss of 18 cents per share. NetApp – The data infrastructure company shed 8%. Deferred revenue in the first quarter came in at $4.85 billion, falling slightly short of the $4.86 billion StreetAccount consensus estimate. Non-GAAP gross margin for the period was 70.6%, while the Street called for 69.7%. – CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Tobias Burns contributed reporting.
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