Earnings
Qualcomm tops estimates for earnings and revenue on strong smartphone demand
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon speaks at the Computex forum in Taipei, Taiwan, June 3, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Qualcomm reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday and issued strong guidance for the current period. Here’s how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ending Dec. 29: Earnings per share: $3.41, adjusted, […]
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IBM is the best Dow stock over the past 3 months, but one CIO says its AI message is disappointing
IBM has been the best-performing stock in the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past three months, climbing 27%, but according to Scott Nations, president and chief investment officer of Nations Indexes, the original tech stock has more to prove in artificial intelligence. Nations appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Wednesday to share his […]
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Novo Nordisk CEO says he’s confident about Wegovy supply, next-generation weight loss drugs
It’s been a rocky few months for Novo Nordisk. Prescription data from IQVIA suggests Novo’s obesity drug Wegovy is losing ground to rival Zepbound from Eli Lilly. Wegovy’s potential successor, CagriSema, came up short of investor expectations in a closely watched Phase 3 trial. Novo’s stock has fallen more than 20% over the last year, […]
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Alphabet shares fall more than 7% on revenue miss, heightened AI investments
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images Alphabet shares dropped more than 7% premarket Wednesday after the search giant fell short of Wall Street’s fourth-quarter revenue expectations and announced big spending plans for its ongoing artificial intelligence buildout. The company topped […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Apple, AMD, Uber, Alphabet, PDD and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the stock market open. Alphabet — The Google parent tumbled 7% after fourth-quarter revenue of $96.47 billion lagged the $96.56 billion estimated by analysts polled by LSEG. Alphabet also said it plans to invest $75 billion in 2025 as it expands its artificial-intelligence strategy, more than the $58.84 […]
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Uber beats fourth-quarter revenue expectations but offers soft guidance
Uber shares fell around 7% in premarket trading Wednesday after the ride-sharing company reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations for revenue but offered soft guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per share: $3.21. That does not compare with the 50 cents expected by LSEG. Revenue: $11.96 billion vs. $11.77 billion expected by LSEG. Uber’s revenue […]
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Santander shares jump 7% after lender announces record quarterly profit, 10-billion-euro buyback
Shares of Banco Santander jumped after Spain’s largest lender reported record profit in the fourth quarter and announced plans for 10 billion euros ($10.4 billion) in share buybacks from 2025 and 2026 earnings and anticipated excess capital. The bank’s net profit picked up by 11% year-on-year to 3.265 billion euros in the fourth quarter and […]
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Novo Nordisk shares rise on fourth-quarter profit beat, Wegovy sales jump
Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Novo Nordisk logo displayed on a screen in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Novo Nordisk rose on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected net profit in the fourth quarter amid soaring demand for its Wegovy obesity drugs, but forecast a slight slowdown in […]
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European markets open mixed ahead of more earnings reports; GSK up 6%
TotalEnergies posts 21% drop in annual profit French oil major TotalEnergies on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in full-year earnings, against a backdrop of lower crude prices and weak fuel demand. The oil and gas giant posted full-year 2024 adjusted net income of $18.3 billion, reflecting a 21% fall from $23.2 billion a year earlier. Analysts had expected TotalEnergies’ […]
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TotalEnergies posts 21% drop in annual profit, targets $2 billion of buybacks per quarter this year
Poster and logo on the Coupole Tower, compagny Total’s head office renamed TotalEnergies in 2021 in the La Defense business district west of Paris in Courbevoie, France on 7 June 2024. Antoine Boureau | Afp | Getty Images French oil major TotalEnergies on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in full-year earnings, against a backdrop of […]
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