Tag: Marketwatch

May 05
Boeing to move HQ to Washington, D.C., area from Chicago: WSJ

Boeing Co. BA, -3.54% executives are planning to move the aerospace company’s headquarters to Arlington, Va., from Chicago, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The move could be announced as soon as next week, the Journal said. Boeing did not immediately return a request for comment. The company moved […]

May 05
China-focused ETFs sink as Blinken reportedly plans to affirm China is main U.S. rival

Shares of two China-focused exchange-traded funds were down sharply Thursday morning, adding to steep losses this year, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly plans to affirm that China is the biggest rival of the United States despite so much global attention on the Russia-Ukraine war. Blinken had been scheduled to speak Thursday on […]

May 05
Green Thumb results ‘mixed’ amid pricing pressure and rising costs, analyst says

Cannabis company Green Thumb Industries Group Inc.’s GTBIF, -1.69% GTII, -1.87% first-quarter results beat revenue targets but missed his target for adjusted operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda), Benchmark analyst Mike Hickey said in a Thursday research note. The company’s drop in Ebitda “largely reflected inflation on raw material input and additional […]

May 05
Papa John’s tops estimates for Q1 and outline plan to open up to 320 units in fiscal 2023

Papa John’s International Inc. PZZA, +3.33% posted net income of $10.494 million, or 29 cents a share, for the first quarter through March 27, down from $33.9 million, or 82 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings came to 95 cents, a penny ahead of the 94 cent FactSet consensus. Revenue at […]

May 05
Secretary of State Blinken tests positive for COVID

Victor Reklaitis is MarketWatch’s Money & Politics reporter and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining MarketWatch, he served as an assistant editor and reporter at Investor’s Business Daily. Before IBD, he worked for several newspapers in Virginia. Follow Victor on Twitter at: @vicrek. Source: Marketwatch

May 05
Dow ends over 900 points higher as Fed’s Powell sparks relief rally

U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Wednesday, jumping as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered remarks following the conclusion of the Fed’s two-day policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.81% ended around 932 points higher, or 2.8%, while the S&P 500 SPX, +2.99% climbed about 3% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +3.19% jumped about […]

May 05
Costco April sales rise nearly 14%

Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +3.10% said late Wednesday its April net sales rose 13.9% to $17.33 billion, from $15.21 billion in April 2021. Same-store sales rose 12.6%, the retailer said, with e-commerce sales up 5.7%. The month had one fewer shopping day as compared with last year’s thanks to the later-than-usual Easter holiday. That trimmed […]

May 05
Sunrun stock jumps more than 10% after higher Q1 revenue

Shares of Sunrun Inc. RUN, +6.10% rallied more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the residential solar company reported sales that were well above Wall Street estimates, even as quarterly losses came in wider than expected. Sunrun said it lost $87.8 million, or 42 cents a share, in the first quarter, compared with a […]

May 05
One Medical’s Q1 revenue tops views, membership increases nearly 30%

1Life Healthcare Inc. ONEM, +5.53% shares rose in the extended session Wednesday after the parent company of One Medical doctor’s offices reported first-quarter revenue above analyst estimates and said its membership grew nearly 30%. 1Life said it lost $90.9 million, or 47 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with a loss of $39.3 million, […]

May 04
Vimeo stock falls more than 10% after mixed Q1 results

Vimeo Inc. VMEO, +2.32% stock dropped more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the video sharing and hosting platform reported a mixed quarter, swinging to a quarterly loss and showing revenue above Wall Street expectations. Vimeo said it lost $26.6 million, or 16 cents a share, in the first quarter, versus earnings of $3.3 […]