Category: Stock Market
Shares of AbbVie Inc. ABBV, -5.26% fell 2.9% in premarket trading on Friday after the company trimmed guidance for adjusted earnings per share for the year. AbbVie had earnings of $3.9 billion, or $2.21 per share, in the third quarter of 2022, compared with $3.2 billion, or $1.78 per share, in the same quarter a […]
Bloomin’ Brands Inc. stock BLMN, +2.06% rose 2.5% in premarket trade Friday, after the Outback Steakhouse parent posted better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter and raised its full-year revenue guidance. Tampa, Fla.-based Bloomin’, which also operates Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, posted net income of $31.986 million, or […]
The plunge in Amazon.com Inc.’s stock AMZN, -9.31% following a disappointing third-quarter earnings report and outlook puts the ecommerce giant on track to lose its place as a trillion-dollar company for the first time in 2 1/2 years. The stock dropped 12.0% in premarket trading, and is heading for the first trade below the $100 […]
Exxon Mobil Corp. shares rose 2.3% in premarket trade Friday, after the energy giant blew past estimates for the third quarter. The Irving, Texas-based company posted net income of $19.7 billion, or $4.68 a share, for the quarter, up from $17.850 billion, or $4.21 a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted for one-time items, the […]
Shares of Chevron Corp. CVX, +0.46% rallied 2.4% toward a record high in premarket trading Friday, after the oil and gas giant reported third-quarter profit, revenue and free cash flow beat expectations by wide margins, as total oil-equivalent production from U.S. upstream operations increased by nearly 50,000 barrels per day. Net income jumped to $11.23 […]
A World Health Organization advisory group said Friday the omicron sublineages named BQ.1 and XBB do not appear to have immune escape mutations that warrant the designation of variants of concern, even as they are spreading around the world. “The two sublineages remain part of Omicron, which continues to be a variant of concern,” said […]
Caterpillar CAT, +7.71% was downgraded to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank, which did increase its price target from $196 to $221. “The quarter was really good…but we have to draw a line in the sand on intrinsic value,” said analysts led by Nicole DeBlase. Pointing to the firm’s mid-September deep dive, DeBlase said nothing […]
Shares of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. AIMC, +48.37% rocketed 48.1% toward an 11-month high in premarket trading Thursday, after the electromechanical power transmission motion controls company announced an agreement to be acquired by Regal Rexnord Corp. RRX, -12.81% in a cash deal with an enterprise value of $4.95 billion. Regal’s stock was still untraded in […]
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic first started, has been locked down again as China moves to halt a widening outbreak of cases, Reuters reported. China on Thursday reported a third straight day of more than 1,000 new COVID cases nationwide, a modest tally compared with the tens of thousands per day […]
LKQ Corp. LKQ, +2.75% said Thursday that it raised its quarterly dividend by 10.0%, and boosted its stock repurchase program by $1 billion. The auto parts company’s new dividend of 27.5 cents a share, up from 25.0 cents a share will be payable Dec. 1 to shareholders of record on Nov. 17. Based on Wednesday’s […]
