Day: April 24, 2022

Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, +8.13% stock rose 4.5% in Friday premarket trading after it reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations and raised its full-year guidance. The 150-year-old consumer products company posted net income of $523 million, or $1.55 per share, down from $584 million, or $1.72 per share, last year. Adjusted EPS of $1.35 beat the […]

HCA Healthcare Inc. shares HCA, -21.82% slid 10.6% in premarket trade Friday, after the operator of hospitals and walk-in centers missed revenue estimates for the first quarter and lowered its guidance, hurt by inflation and rising costs. The company posted net income of $1.273 billion, or $4.14 a share, for the quarter, compared with $1.423 […]

Stocks were trading modestly lower after the opening bell Friday, with the S&P 500 turning negative for the week as Treasury yields push to levels last seen in late 2018. An early rally for equities on Thursday turned into a rout after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that a half-point rate hike was “on […]