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Shares of Western Digital Corp. WDC, +1.93% dropped 2.1% in premarket trading Thursday, after the data storage company reported fiscal first-quarter profit that was well below expectations even as revenue beat, and also provided a downbeat outlook for the current quarter. Net income fell to $27 million, or 8 cents a share, from $610 million, […]

Shares of Labcorp LH, -6.37% tumbled 4.7% in premarket trading on Thursday after the diagnostics company said revenue in the third quarter of 2022 came in lower than expected as fewer people got PCR or antigen tests for COVID-19. Labcorp had earnings of $352.8 million, or $3.90 per share, in the third quarter of 2022, […]

Shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META, -23.52% plunged 23.6% in premarket trading Thursday, in the wake of disappointing third-quarter results, putting them on track to trade below the $100 mark after the opening bell for the first time since February 2016. The implied price decline ahead of the open would wipe out about […]

McDonald’s Corp. shares MCD, +0.34% soared 2.6% in premarket trade Thursday, after the fast-food giant blew past estimates for the third quarter. The company posted net income of $1.982 billion, or $2.68 a share, for the quarter, down from $2.149 billion, or $2.86 a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell to $5.872 billion from […]

Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. LUV, -0.72% jumped 2.6% in premarket trading Thursday, after the air carrier reported third-quarter profit beat expectations and load factor that exceeded pre-pandemic levels, as leisure travel demand remained strong and business travel trends improved. Net income fell to $277 million, or 44 cents a share, from $446 million, or […]

An earlier version of this report had a typo in the adjusted EPS figure, It has been corrected. Caterpillar Inc. shares CAT, +1.09% rose 3.6% in premarket trade Thursday, after the construction and mining equipment maker topped estimates for the third quarter. Caterpillar posted net income of $2.0141 billion, or $3.87 a share, for the […]