Stocks traded mostly higher Friday and the
S&P 500
moved past 5000 as the broad market index got a boost from strong corporate earnings.
These stocks made moves Friday:
Expedia Group
reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.72 a share, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.68 but shares of the online travel agency slumped 18% after it announced that CEO Peter Kern would be replaced by Ariane Gorin, who has served in multiple roles at the company since joining in 2013, most recently as president for business. Gorin’s appointment is effective May 13.
Expedia
also reported gross bookings in the quarter of $21.67 billion, up 6%, but a little shy of Wall Street estimates of $22 billion. Competitor
Booking Holdings
declined 2.1%.
Cloudflare
surged 20% after the internet infrastructure company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 15 cents a share, up from 6 cents a year earlier and ahead of analysts’ expectations of 12 cents. Revenue rose 32% to $363 million and beat estimates of $353 million as the business was “driven by robust momentum with large customers,”
Cloudflare
said.
Fiscal second-quarter revenue at
Affirm Holdings
rose 48% from a year earlier to $591 million and the lending and payments company posted a loss of 54 cents a share. Gross merchandise volume rose 32% from last year to $7.5 billion, accelerating for the third consecutive quarter, according to the company, which raised its fiscal-year forecast for gross merchandise volume to more than $25.25 billion, up $1 billion from its prior outlook. The stock fell 11% on Friday after rising 10% on Thursday in the lead-up to the earnings report.
PepsiCo
reported fourth-quarter earnings adjusted earnings of $1.78 a share, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.72. Revenue of $27.9 billion fell 0.5% from a year earlier and missed forecasts of $28.4 billion. Shares of the beverages and snacks company fell 3.6%.
AMC Networks
fell 15% after the television broadcasting and production company reported a 30% fall in quarterly revenue following a decline in subscribers.
Pinterest
reported fourth-quarter revenue that slightly missed Wall Street estimates and adjusted profit of 53 cents a share that exceeded expectations by 1 cent. For the first quarter,
Pinterest
projected revenue of $690 million to $705 million, up 15% to 17%, but with the middle of that range slightly below Wall Street consensus of $702 million. Shares of the social media site fell 9.5%.
Take-Two Interactive Software
reported fiscal third-quarter adjusted revenue, or net bookings, that were in line with analysts’ estimates, but the videogame publisher’s revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of between $1.27 billion to $1.32 billion missed estimates of $1.51 billion. Take-Two said it saw weakness in mobile advertising and revenue from its NBA 2K24 basketball game. The stock declined 8.7%.
Masonite International
reached an agreement to be acquired by
Owens Corning
in a cash deal valued at $3.9 billion, or $133 a share. Shares of Masonite, a manufacturer of doors, rose 35% to $130.51.
Arm Holdings
climbed 1.2% on Friday after ending Thursday’s session with a gain of 48% following a bullish revenue outlook and earnings that topped Wall Street expectations. The chip designer has received a boost from a faster-than-expected shift to artificial intelligence.
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