Petco Health & Wellness Co. (WOOF) is down more than 25% in Wednesday morning trading after delivering 3rd quarter earnings that featured a surprise loss. The pet supply store reported total sales of $1.49 billion, which came in just below the consensus of $1.51 billion. This was also a 0.5% drop year over year, [...]
Temu parent company PDD Holdings (PDD) reported third-quarter earnings that came in well above what analysts were expecting, sending shares more than 18% higher Tuesday morning. The Chinese holding company is known primarily for its fast-fashion brand Temu, which is quickly becoming a household name. It’s previously been compared to Shein, a foreign discount [...]
Foot Locker (FL) started Monday morning on the wrong side of the bed falling nearly 5% in pre-market trading. Since the bell sounded though, the stock has recovered those losses and settled around a 1% loss. All this came after Citi Bank downgraded the stock to a sell. Analyst Paul Lejuez believes the stock [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:AMPH), is a bio-pharmaceutical firm, that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products to its customers in the United States, China, and France. The company was incorporated in 1996 in Rancho Cucamonga, California where it is currently headquartered. It has [...]
Shares of iRobot (IRBT) are up more than 39% Friday morning as rumors are gaining traction that Amazon will gain approval in the EU to take over the company. This is something that the world’s largest e-commerce giant has been working on for a while, as the deal was first announced back in August [...]
Shares of Deere & Co (DE) are trading more than 6% lower Wednesday morning after the company reported fiscal 4th quarter results accompanied by a weak full-year outlook for 2024. The manufacturer of agricultural, construction, and turf equipment did perform well to finish off fiscal 2023, though. Sales may have fallen nearly 1% but [...]
It’s been a tough third quarter for retailers, who have all felt the effects of slowing consumer spending. We’ve seen similar sentiments in earnings from Target, Walmart, and now today, Kohl’s (KSS). The company reported earnings that exceeded analyst expectations, and yet, dwindling sales have sent the stock more than 9% lower in Tuesday [...]
It’s been a crazy weekend in the AI world after OpenAI fired co-founder and CEO Sam Altman without warning late Friday. There was reason to believe he would be returning to the company just 48 hours later before OpenAI’s board of directors squashed that rumor, rejecting Altman’s offer. Then, tech-giant Microsoft (MSFT) capitalized on [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Stride Inc. (NYSE:LRN), a technology-based education services company was incorporated in 2000 in Reston, Va. where it is currently headquartered. The company was formerly known as K12 Inc., but changed its name to Stride, Inc. in December 2020. It has $1.89 billion in annual sales and a market capitalization [...]
Shares of Gap Inc. (GPS) skyrocketed 31% Friday morning to end the week with a bang as the stock has now gained 74% in the past 3 months. The timing is right for Gap investors after the company delivered impressive 3rd quarter earnings and teased that more was to come in the quarters ahead. [...]
