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Best Buy cuts full-year sales forecast due to softer demand for consumer electronics
Best Buy on Tuesday cut its full-year sales forecast and missed Wall Street’s quarterly revenue expectations, as early holiday shopping and a fresh batch of iPhones and AI-enabled laptops weren’t enough to drive higher sales. The consumer electronics retailer said it now expects full-year revenue to range from $41.1 billion to $41.5 billion, compared to […]
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Barclays says these global stocks are ripe for share buybacks — and analysts give one 45% upside
European equity markets might look “gloomy” right now, but Barclays noted that one investment strategy has delivered “solid outperformance” over recent months. “Buyback strategies remain a bright spot for Europe, with strong volumes and returns. Amid a gloomy equity market, our buyback announcement basket (BCEUBUYB) has outperformed by 4.6% since Oct,” the investment bank’s strategists […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Dolby Labs, Nio, Netflix and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Target – Shares plunged more than 17% after the Minneapolis-based retailer missed third-quarter earnings and revenue estimates and slashed its full-year guidance, just three months after raising that forecast. Target cited only a slight uptick in customer traffic and its CEO noted “lingering softness in discretionary […]
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TJ Maxx parent says holiday shopping is off to a ‘strong start,’ but its guidance tells another story
TJX Companies touted a “strong start” to the holiday shopping season on Wednesday, but its shares slid after the fast-growing retailer offered guidance that appeared to underwhelm Wall Street. TJX comfortably beat Wall Street’s expectations during its fiscal third quarter, but it’s expecting earnings per share for its holiday quarter to be between $1.12 and […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Spotify Technology, Cava, Rivian Automotive and more
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Spotify Technology – Shares of the music-streaming service jumped about 8%. Total monthly active users for the third quarter came in at 640 million, reflecting an 11% jump from a year earlier and beating FactSet consensus estimates of 639.0 million. Still, Spotify fell short of the […]
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Nissan shares plunge over 10% after downbeat quarterly results, production-cut plans
The Nissan ARIYA on the EV test track at the New York International Auto Show on March 28, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Shares of Japanese automaker Nissan tumbled as much as 10.12%, a day after the company posted downbeat quarterly results and said it would reduce global production capacity by 20%. Shares of the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Airbnb, Pinterest, Expedia, Rivian and more
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Rivian — The electric vehicle maker added nearly 2% despite missing on both top and bottom lines in the third quarter. Rivian posted an adjusted loss of 99 cents per share on $874 million in revenue. Analysts polled by LSEG had forecast a loss of 92 […]
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E.l.f. shares soar as cosmetics retailer raises guidance after posting 40% sales gain
e.l.f Beauty power grip primer. Courtesy: e.l.f Beauty E.l.f. Beauty raised its full-year guidance on Wednesday after posting a 40% growth in sales. Shares of the company rose nearly 20% in after-hours trading. The cosmetics retailer’s earnings came in well ahead of expectations on the top and bottom lines and it now expects sales to […]
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Burger King parent Restaurant Brands falls short of third-quarter expectations
A new Burger King restaurant under construction in Tortosa, Spain, following the current expansion of Restaurant Brands International Inc. – the parent company of BK- in new and existing markets. Joan Cros | NurPhoto | Getty Images Restaurant Brands International on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as domestic same-store sales growth […]
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Yum Brands earnings miss estimates as KFC, Pizza Hut report same-store sales declines
Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed Wall Street’s expectation as same-store sales at KFC and Pizza Hut slid more than expected. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.37 adjusted […]
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