Today's Pre-Market Stock Movers And Top Ratings: GOOG, KO, MSFT, SPOT and More
Pre-Market Stock Movers
Gapping up
$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ +6.45%
(The Google parent popped more than 6% after topping Wall Street's second-quarter earnings expectations, fueled by growth in its cloud-computing segment. The company also announced that its chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, would step into a new role as president and chief investment officer.)
$PacWest Bancorp (PACW.US)$ +29.00%
(Shares of the regional bank stock jumped more than 28% on news that it will be acquired by Banc of California to create a new firm called Pacific Western. Banc of California shares added about 6%.)
$Coca-Cola (KO.US)$ +1.08%
(The beverage giant saw shares climb more than 1% in premarket trading after the company reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped estimates. Its organic revenue increased 11% in the quarter, fueled by higher prices. Coca-Cola also raised its full-year outlook following the strong report.)
$Boeing (BA.US)$ +3.07%
(The aircraft manufacturer rose more than 3% after it posted a revenue beat for the second quarter. Boeing’s losses per share also came in lower than expected. The company’s results were driven by an uptick in airplane deliveries.)
$Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.US)$ +2.79%
(The bank stock added 2.5% after announcing a $30 million share buyback program late Tuesday. Wells Fargo also said that its board approved a previously announced dividend hike to 35 cents from 30 cents per share.)
$Teladoc Health (TDOC.US)$ +7.55%
(Shares jumped 7% after Teladoc Health beat on the top and bottom lines in its most recent quarter. The telehealth company reported a narrower-than-expected loss of 40 cents per share compared to a loss of 41 cents per share, according to the consensus estimate from StreetAccount. The firm also posted revenue of $652.4 million, better than the expected $649.2 million.)
$AT&T (T.US)$ +1.42%
(AT&T rose 2% after posting its latest quarterly results. The company topped earnings but fell short on revenue expectations, reporting adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents on $29.92 billion in revenue. Free cash flows topped expectation, which the company said it would use to pay down debt.)
$Union Pacific (UNP.US)$ +7.28%
(The railroad operator's stock popper more than 8% even after revenue fell short of expectations. The company named a new CEO and changes to its board.)
Gapping down
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ -3.48%
(The software giant lost about 4% after reporting slowing revenue growth within its cloud business during its fiscal fourth quarter and called for lower-than-expected guidance. Microsoft, however, did beat Wall Street’s estimates, reporting earnings of $2.69 per share on $56.19 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by Refinitiv anticipated earnings per share of $2.55 on revenue of $55.47 billion.)
$Texas Instruments (TXN.US)$ -4.56%
(Texas Instruments fell 4% even after reporting results that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. The semiconductor stock shared lighter-than-expected guidance for the current period, citing sluggish demand.)
$Snap Inc (SNAP.US)$ -17.19%
(The Snapchat parent shed more than 17% after issuing weak guidance for the current quarter. Snap topped second-quarter expectations, reporting a narrower-than-expected loss of 2 cent a share on $1.07 billion in revenue. That beat expectations for a 4-cent loss and revenues of $1.05 billion, per Refinitiv.)
(Shares sank 6.6% in the premarket. Thermo Fisher Scientific reported earnings and revenue that fell short of expectations, citing a difficult macro environment.)
Source: CNBC
US Top Rating Updates on 7/26
$FinVolution (FINV.US)$ initiated at Buy by Daiwa Capital, announced target price at $7.
$Spotify Technology (SPOT.US)$ was upgraded by Deutsche Bank from Hold to Buy, increased target price to $180.
$NetApp (NTAP.US)$ was upgraded by Morgan Stanley from Underweight to Equal-Weight, increased target price from $60 to $74.
$Independent Bank (INDB.US)$ was downgraded by Piper Sandler from Overweight to Neutral, decreased target price from $40 to $44.
$Aspen (1F3.SG)$ was downgraded by Keybanc from Overweight to Sector-Weight.
Source: Dow Jones
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727727727 : I don't think the Activision/blizzard acquisition is totally priced into Microsoft yet. That alone should offset their concerns of slower cloud growth (which I also don't think will materialize next quarter anyway!). Q3 and Q4 for MSFT ought to be great. Mark my words.