Merck (MRK) received US FDA approval on Tuesday after the market’s close for Winrevair to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), causing the stock to climb 4.6% pre-market. The company’s market cap is around $332.7 billion, indicating any notable movement is a result of a significant event, so the approval demonstrates a pretty big win [...]
Krispy Kreme (DNUT) is up more than 30% in Tuesday trading after the Winston-Salem, NC company announced a strategic partnership with worldwide fast-food chain McDonald’s. The rollout will begin in the back half of this year, at which point customers will be able to buy Krispy Kreme doughnuts at select McDonald’s. The partnership will [...]
Last week we saw a bit of a sell-off in the AI and tech industries as a whole, but one stock actually managed to gain about 5% - Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL). This came after the hardware manufacturer got a shout-out from Wall Street darling Nvidia. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a GTC Keynote [...]
FedEx (FDX) is ending the week with a bang. The stock is up more than 8% Friday morning after the company beat the expectations for third-quarter earnings and announced a massive stock buyback program. The company did disappoint in revenue, with a 2% slip year over year to $21.7 billion. However, the bottom line [...]
Shares of Micron Technology (MU) surged more than 15% Thursday after the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings easily beat the consensus, driven by the AI craze. The company doubled down on these results with an upbeat outlook for the road ahead, too. The memory and storage chip manufacturer grew revenue from just $3.69 billion this [...]
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) climbed 6% higher Wednesday morning after announcing that its board of directors had approved a 50 to 1 stock split. This will make the stock more accessible to employees along with other retail investors, as it currently trades at around $2,973/share. If the company gains shareholder approval for the move [...]
Shares of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) are up more than 11% this Tuesday morning after the company delivered solid Q3 earnings, outpacing analysts on the bottom line despite coming up a bit short on the top line. The company grew revenue 7% to 13.28 billion, but this fell just shy of the $13.3 billion analysts [...]
Shares of Boeing Co. (BA) are down more than 3% to start the week after news of the US Justice Department’s criminal investigation broke. The airliner is being probed for its role in a recent near-disaster aboard a January 5 flight in which a door plug blew out, leaving a hole in the 737 [...]
Shares of Crowdstrike (CRWD) are up more than 15% Wednesday morning after the company delivered Q4 earnings that topped analyst expectations on both the bottom and top lines. The company also announced news of an acquisition alongside its guidance for the year ahead. The cybersecurity company brought in revenue of $845 million, a 33% [...]
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has been informed by US officials that the AI chip they’ve been developing for China will need additional licensing before it can be exported. Shares are down a bit today on this news, but as we’ll explore in just a moment, AMD is still worth buying. The chip in [...]
