Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:- GE Vernova (GEV) shares soar after the company doubled its dividend, increased the scope for share buybacks and raised earnings projections. The company has benefited from US demand for electricity driven by data centers, artificial intelligence and overall electrification of the economy, with shares rising about 90% this year.- Oracle (ORCL) shares are down ahead of quarterly earnings. Three months ago, Oracle Corp.’s scorching earnings outlook sent the shares soaring to their best day in three decades. But a quarter later, things look very different for the database software maker and the AI trade in general. - Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) drops as it expects sales to fall faster than it previously forecast, showing the country-themed restaurant chain is still struggling following a backlash to its failed logo change earlier this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has relied on Nvidia Corp. chips that are banned in the country to develop an upcoming AI model, according to a new report in The Information. - Cracker Barrel (CBRL) shares drop after the casual dining chain reported weaker-than-expected sales results for its first quarter, and cut its annual sales and profit guidance. Traffic declined 7.3% in the quarter, and is even worse so far this period. - GameStop (GME) shares slide after the video-game retailer reported net sales for the third quarter that declined nearly 5% year-over-year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- ByteDance and Alibaba have inquired about placing large orders for Nvidia’s (NVDA) H200 chip since President Donald Trump said he would allow its export to China, Reuters reports, citing people familiar with the matter.- GE Vernova (GEV) shares rally as much as 6.8% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the electric power company boosted its buyback to $10 billion, doubled its dividend to 50c, affirmed some aspects of its 2025 guidance and presented its 2026 financial guidance. - The US Navy is turning to Palantir Technologies (PLTR) as part of its years-long effort to speed up submarine production, in a bet that the company’s analytics capabilities can better expose supply-chain problems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Aegon the Netherlands-based insurer which generates the majority of its profit from the US, confirmed that it will move its headquarters there and rename itself Transamerica Inc.- Siemens Energy may be active after GE Vernova doubled its dividend, increased its scope for share buybacks and increased earnings projections at its investor day in New York. Analysts at Morgan Stanley see a positive read-across from the US maker of electric generation equipment’s updated 2028 targets.- Oddo BHF analyst Anthony Dick cut the recommendation on Ferrari NV to neutral from outperform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Aegon the Netherlands-based insurer which generates the majority of its profit from the US, confirmed that it will move its headquarters there and rename itself Transamerica Inc.- Cicor Technologies fell the most in more than five years after it cut its guidance, citing lower-than-expected demand in Germany and adverse currency effects.- Berkeley Group shares rise as much as 2.1% as the housebuilder delivers first-half profits that beat analysts’ forecasts and leaves full-year guidance unchanged.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers: GE Vernova (GEV) shares rose in afterhours trading after the US manufacturer of power generation equipment, doubled its dividend and increased its scope for share buybacks while increasing earnings projections amid soaring demand for electricity. At its investor day in New York Tuesday, the company estimated future earnings beyond 2028 to $52 billion from $45 billion and raised its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization margin for the same period to 20% from 14%.  AeroVironment (AVAV) shares slipped postmarket  after the maker of drones cut its fiscal year adjusted earnings per share outlook. JPMorgan (JPM) shares dropped 4.7% to $300.51 in New York Tuesday, their biggest decline in eight months. The bank's executive Marianne Lake said the bank anticipates spending $105 billion next year, an outlook that surpasses analyst estimates and sent shares falling Tuesday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Tim Stenovec and Carol Massar. On this episode of Stock Movers: - CVS (CVS) shares rose 2.23% today after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and said earnings would rise in 2026. It's a sign of hope as it navigates a turbulent retail environment and government scrutiny across the health care industry. - Mama's Creations (MAMA) closed 28% higher today after the maker of fresh deli prepared foods said fiscal third-quarter revenue grew 50% from the year-ago period, fueled by the acquisition of Crown I Enterprises. The New Jersey-based company posted revenue of $47.3 million, up from $31.5 million in the year-earlier period - JPMorgan Chase (JPM) fell 4.66%, the stock's biggest one-day drop since April. JPMorgan Chase’s Marianne Lake said the bank anticipates spending $105 billion next year, an outlook that surpasses analyst estimates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - CVS (CVS) shares rise after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and said earnings would rise in 2026. It's a sign of hope as it navigates a turbulent retail environment and government scrutiny across the health care industry. - Carvana (CVNA) rallied as much as 2.4%, putting the used-car retailer on track to extend gains for an 11th-consecutive session, matching a record rally set six years ago. On Monday, the stock jumped 12% following news it will join the S&P 500 Index starting Dec. 22. - Ares Management (ARES) surged as much as 9.4% Tuesday after an announcement that the stock will replace Kellanova in the S&P 500, effective Dec. 11.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- CVS (CVS) shares rise after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and said earnings would rise in 2026. It's a sign of hope as it navigates a turbulent retail environment and government scrutiny across the health care industry.- PepsiCo (PEP) shares drop after the company reached an agreement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management to reduce its US product lineup and lower prices, while paring its workforce. The company projected organic revenue growth of 2% to 4% in fiscal 2026 and plans to use savings from increased productivity to lower prices in its key brands.- Ares (ARES) shares jump after news that S&P Dow Jones Indices said the stock will replace Kellanova in the S&P 500, effective Dec. 11.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) shares rise after Paramount made a $30-a-share all-cash bid to buy Warner valuing the company at $108.4 billion, including debt.- CVS Health (CVS) gains after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and said earnings would rise in 2026. It's a sign of hope as it navigates a turbulent retail environment and government scrutiny across the health care industry.- Home Depot (HD) shares are up after the company offered cautious preliminary guidance for next year. It's a sign that the home-improvement retailer doesn’t anticipate the housing market to rebound in the short term.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- President Donald Trump granted Nvidia (NVDA) permission to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% surcharge, a move that lets the world’s most valuable company potentially regain billions of dollars in lost business from a key global market.- Paramount Skydance (PSKY) launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. at $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix Inc. The offer values Warner Bros. at $108.4 billion, including debt.The bid compares with Netflix’s offer of $27.75 in cash and stock, for an enterprise value of about $82.7 billion including debt. Paramount’s offer is for all of Warner Bros., while Netflix is interested only in the Hollywood studios, HBO and the streaming business.- Toll Brothers (TOL) shares fall after the luxury builder forecast deliveries for 2026 that missed the average analyst estimate. Analysts note that the quarter was stronger than expected, but the forward looking targets missed estimates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Nvidia (NVDA) outperforms Magnificent Seven stocks in premarket trading after President Donald Trump granted the chip giant permission to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% surcharge. - The fight over the future of Hollywood just got nastier. Paramount Skydance (PSKY) launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. at $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix Inc. The offer values Warner Bros. at $108.4 billion, including debt.- Home Depot (HD) is offering cautious preliminary guidance for next year, a sign that the home-improvement retailer doesn’t anticipate the housing market to rebound in the short term.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- European defense stocks rise as Germany is set to approve a record €52 billion in military orders as part of the government’s push to build Europe’s strongest conventional army.- British American Tobacco shares decline as much as 4.5%, paring this year’s big gains, after the company said it expects revenue growth in 2026 at the lower end of its mid-term guidance.-  Thyssenkrupp expects to swing to a loss in the current financial year, hit by persistent weakness in the automotive sector and hefty restructuring charges.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- European defense stocks rise as Germany is set to approve a record €52 billion in military orders as part of the government’s push to build Europe’s strongest conventional army.- Shares in Orsted jumped to their highest level in four months after a US federal judge ruled President Donald Trump’s executive order banning new wind projects illegal.- HelloFresh drops as much as 11% after the German subscription meal company was downgraded to underweight from equal-weight at Morgan Stanley, with analysts saying there’s intensifying competition in the US for ready-to-eat meals and signs of further deterioration in 4Q.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Carvana (CVNA) CRH and Comfort Systems USA were selected for inclusion to the S&P 500. The companies will join the benchmark in a quarterly rebalance at the end of December, S&P Dow Jones Indices said Friday. The trio will replace LKQ Corp., Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. and Mohawk Industries Inc. prior to the start of trading on Dec. 22. Shares of the used car-retailer Carvana hit an all time high in trading on Monday. - Pepsi (PEP) announced a series of operational changes backed by activist investor Elliott Investment Management on Monday, including a review of its supply chain and slashing its overall number of products. The company is also planning layoffs in North America, according to an internal memo. The moves, which include the removal of nearly 20% of its US product lineup, will “accelerate organic revenue growth, deliver record productivity savings and improve core operating margin – starting in 2026,” Chief Executive Officer Ramon Laguarta said in a statement. Shares in PepsiCo have fallen roughly 5% this year through last week’s close, giving the company a market value approaching $200 billion. - Netflix (NFLX) shares slid today after Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix executives looked to reassure investors that they’ll be the ultimate owners of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. after Paramount Skydance Corp. launched a competing, hostile offer for the iconic entertainment company. The pair said the Paramount offer was “entirely expected” but that Netflix would win over regulators. They also reiterated Netflix’s plans to keep releasing Warner Bros. films in theaters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) closed 4.42% higher after it received a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance for $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix. The offer values Warner Bros. at $108.4 billion, including debt. The bid compares with Netflix’s offer of $27.75 in cash and stock. Paramount’s offer is for all of Warner Bros., while Netflix is interested only in the Hollywood studios, HBO and the streaming business. - Nvidia (NVDA) finished with a gain of 1.7%, after Semafor reports that the company will soon be allowed to export its H200 chips to China, citing a person with knowledge of the plan. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick supports the plan, according to Semafor - Netflix (NFLX) is down. Executives looked to reassure investors that they’ll be the ultimate owners of Warner Bros. Discovery. Co-Chief Executive Officers Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters told investors at the UBS conference in New York on Monday that they’re “extremely confident” that their deal with Warner Bros. will be approved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) received a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance for $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix Inc. The offer values Warner Bros. at $108.4 billion, including debt. The bid compares with Netflix’s offer of $27.75 in cash and stock. Paramount’s offer is for all of Warner Bros., while Netflix is interested only in the Hollywood studios, HBO and the streaming business. Warner Bros. shares were up 3.1% to $26.90 at 1:35 p.m. in New York on Monday. Paramount was up 8% while Netflix was down 4.3%. - Elon Musk is eager to transform Tesla (TSLA) into a robotics and artificial intelligence company, but the electric-vehicle maker’s stock price already reflects those businesses and is at a “full valuation,” according to Morgan Stanley, which lowered its rating on the company to the equivalent of a hold, its first cut since June 2023. Tesla shares trade at about 210 times projected earnings over the next 12 months, making it the second most expensive company in S&P 500 Index, trailing just Warner Brothers Discovery Inc. at 220 times and well ahead of third place Palantir Technologies Inc.’s multiple of 186. The stock fell as much as 3% on Monday to trade around $441.  - Strategy (MSTR) shares rose in trading Monday after the digital asset treasury company said it bought $962.7 million worth of Bitcoin from Dec. 1 to Dec. 7, marking its largest acquisition since July. Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings are now worth more than $60 billion, but the company’s premium to its token holdings has continued to shrink. Strategy’s enterprise value at one point worth more than 2.5 times its Bitcoin holdings, but that has now fallen to a multiple of 1.1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) shares rise after President Trump says the proposed Netflix and Warner Bros. deal would “create a big market share” and “could be a problem.”- IBM (IBM) shares are down after news that the company is buying the data-streaming platform Confluent Inc. for $11 billion including debt, marking one of its largest takeovers yet and a major bet on the kind of enterprise software that artificial intelligence tools need to perform tasks in real time. - Carvana (CVNA) shares rise following news it will join the S&P 500 Index starting Dec. 22. BofA Global Research raised its price target on the used car retailer citing the S&P Dow Jones Indices announcement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Netflix (NFLX) shares drop after President Trump says the proposed Netflix and Warner Bros. deal would “create a big market share” and “could be a problem.”- Tesla (TSLA) shares fall after Morgan Stanley downgraded the electric-car maker to equal-weight from overweight, saying non-auto catalysts priced into the stock. - IBM (IBM) shares are down after news that the company is buying the data-streaming platform Confluent Inc. for $11 billion including debt, marking one of its largest takeovers yet and a major bet on the kind of enterprise software that artificial intelligence tools need to perform tasks in real time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Netflix’s (NFLX) $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)sets up a sweeping antitrust regulatory fight, as the world’s largest streaming platform seeks approval to absorb HBO Max and one of Hollywood’s marquee studios. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be personally involved in the decision-making process and that there “could be a problem.”- International Business Machines (IBM) is buying the data-streaming platform Confluent (CFLT) for $11 billion including debt, marking one of its largest takeovers yet and a major bet on the kind of enterprise software that artificial intelligence tools need to perform tasks in real time.IBM has agreed to buy Confluent for $31 a share, according to a statement issued Monday. That represents an equity value of around $9.3 billion, according to Bloomberg calculations. The companies expect the deal to close by the middle of 2026.- Carvana jumps after being selected for inclusion to the S&P 500.The company will join the benchmark in a quarterly rebalance at the end of December, S&P Dow Jones Indices said Friday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.