Warner Bros. Discovery ( NASDAQ:WBD ) reported first-quarter results that missed analyst expectations on both the top and bottom lines, despite strength in its streaming unit. The company's stock fell nearly 4% in premarket trading. The company, which owns streaming service Max, a portfolio of cable TV networks including TNT and Discovery, and a film studio, said...
Upstart Holdings, Inc., ( NASDAQ:UPST ) the leading AI lending marketplace, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended March 31, 2024. The company reported a 24% increase in revenue to $128 million, while total fee revenue increased 18% year-over-year. Transaction volume and conversion rate reached $1.1 billion across the...
Bain Capital is in discussions to purchase education-software provider PowerSchool ( NYSE:PWSC ), a company based in Folsom, California. The $6 billion deal is still weeks away from being finalized, and it is expected to arrive at a time when private equity-led buyouts appear to be undergoing a resurgence. PowerSchool ( NYSE:PWSC ), which makes cloud-based...
Intel Corp ( NASDAQ:INTC ) has revised its current-quarter revenue guidance after the US Department of Commerce revoked certain licenses for exporting certain items to a Chinese company. The move comes amid U.S. alarm at Huawei's ability to develop advanced chips, as demonstrated in the Mate 60 Pro smartphone released in August, despite sweeping export controls...
Celsius ( LSE:CEL ), the native token of Celsius Network, has experienced a 370% price rally in a week, defying market selloff. The rally is attributed to the token's massive burn initiated recently, which resulted in the destruction of 94% of its total supply. This massive incineration led to a weekly pump of roughly 370% for the token, which is part of the...
Consumer financing firm Affirm Holdings ( NASDAQ:AFRM ) reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the March quarter, while revenue and other financial metrics beat Wall Street targets. Guidance came in above expectations, and Affirm stock was down 8.8% in morning trading. The company reported a 43-cent per share loss for the three months ended March 31, compared...
Toncoin ( LSE:TON ) will be listed on HashKey Exchange, a licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong, starting on May 9. The listing schedule includes deposits and withdrawals, with the trading pair TON/USD available only to professional traders. The partnership between TON Foundation and HashKey Group extends beyond listing arrangements, as both entities...
Reddit shares ( NYSE:RDDT ) rose 10% after the social media platform posted strong revenue growth and improved profitability in its first earnings report since its market debut. The company surprised Wall Street with a forecast that it could post an adjusted profit in the second quarter, and its revenue outlook was far above estimates. Reddit's revenue for the...
Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify ( NYSE:SHOP ) has reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two years, with its U.S. shares slumping 20.5% in premarket trading. The company's core clientele, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), have been more susceptible to the hit from sticky inflation. Analysts estimated current-quarter revenue to grow 19.35%,...
Uber (NYSE: NYSE:UBER ) announced its first-quarter results on Wednesday, which surpassed analysts' revenue estimates but also reported a net loss. The company's revenue increased by 15% to $10.13 billion year over year. However, the gross bookings fell short of expectations, with the company reporting $37.65 billion, compared to the $37.93 billion expected by...
Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) reported Q1 CY2024 results that exceeded analysts' expectations, with revenue up 2.3% year on year to $14.55 billion. The company made a GAAP profit of $0.54 per share, down from its $0.81 per share in the same quarter last year. Brand strength, marketing strategies, and shifts in consumer preferences influence the company's...
Lyft ( NASDAQ:LYFT ), a ride-hailing company, reported mixed Q1 results, with quarterly losses of 8 cents per share, which missed the analyst consensus estimate of earnings of 3 cents per share. However, quarterly sales were $1.28 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 billion by 10.02%. This represents a 27.59% increase over the same period last year....
Coca-Cola Consolidated ( NASDAQ:COKE ) reported its first quarter 2024 results, which showed a 5% increase in income from operations to $215 million. The operating margin for the first quarter of 2024 was 13.5%, up 40 basis points from the first quarter of 2023. The company intends to purchase up to $3.1 billion of its Common Stock through both a modified "Dutch...
Solana ( CRYPTOCAP:SOL ), a cryptocurrency, has experienced a 5% increase in value today, driven by significant on-chain activity and ecosystem growth. The market cap is down by 1%, but Solana's price has risen by 5.5% to $153, with a $69 billion market cap and a $3.2 billion 24-hour trading volume. The central driver behind Solana's recent success is its...
GlobalFoundries ( NASDAQ:GFS ) has surpassed Wall Street's first-quarter earnings targets and provided better-than-expected guidance for the current period. The Malta-based company earned an adjusted 31 cents a share on sales of $1.55 billion in the March quarter, which was 40% below analysts' expectations of 23 cents a share on sales of $1.52 billion. However, on...
Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital ( NASDAQ:MARA ) has seen its stock value rise by 18% after being listed by S&P Global in its SmallCap 600 index. The company's market cap rose by about $800 million over the weekend, marking a significant achievement for the digital asset company. The SmallCap 600 index is an index of companies with a small market cap,...
Celsius Holdings Inc. ( NASDAQ:CELH ) shares fell by 2.7% in early trading on Tuesday after the energy-drink maker's quarterly sales reached a record, yet still missed Wall Street expectations. The company, which had more than doubled over the past year, dropped as much as 18% in trading before US markets opened. If that carries into regular hours, the company...
Datadog ( NASDAQ:DDOG ), a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, reported strong first-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded expectations. The company's guidance was influenced by views, with Amit Agarwal being announced as the company's new president at the end of 2024. Datadog's ( NASDAQ:DDOG ) earnings for the March quarter were 44 cents...