A sign hangs above a Dollar General store in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images Dollar General shares tumbled Thursday after the discount retailer slashed its sales and profit guidance for the full year, suggesting its lower-income customers are struggling in this economy. Shares of the retailer, which caters to more rural areas, tumbled 25%…
A binary code is displayed on a laptop screen in the background, while the Nvidia logo is showcased on a phone on April 28, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia shares fell on about 6% Thursday, as the company’s fiscal second-quarter gross margin dipped slightly, and its revenue beat was eclipsed by a backdrop of increasingly lofty…
Salesforce shares rose 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the business software maker reported robust fiscal second-quarter results that beat estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook. The company also said Amy Weaver, its chief financial officer, will step down. She will remain at the company as the CFO until a successor is appointed and, after that, will…
Foot Locker on Wednesday said comparable sales grew for the first time in six quarters as its efforts to refresh its stores and improve the customer experience continue to bear fruit. The beleaguered sneaker company’s same-store sales grew 2.6% during its fiscal second quarter, far better than the 0.7% uptick that analysts had expected, according to StreetAccount. Its gross…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at the COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters For Nvidia investors, the past two years have been a joyride. But recently they’ve been on more of a roller coaster. As the primary beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, Nvidia has seen its…
Cava on Thursday raised its full-year outlook as its restaurants reported strong traffic, fueling better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue. Shares of the company rose 9% in extended trading. The stock has more than doubled its value this year, bringing Cava’s market cap up to about $11.6 billion, as of Thursday’s close. Here is what the company reported for the…
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan speaks at the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images for Dropbox Zoom shares soared the most since November 2022 on Thursday after the video chat company reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance. The stock rose 13% to close at…
Peloton said Thursday it is digging itself out of the red and eked out a slight sales increase for the first time in nine quarters as it slashed its overall losses. The company’s shares spiked 35% on Thursday. The beleaguered connected fitness company, which two board members have run since former CEO Barry McCarthy resigned earlier this year, saw…
A Target store stands in Manhattan, New York City, on March 5, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Target said Wednesday that sales grew about 3% in its fiscal second quarter, a return to growth after a prolonged stretch of sluggish sales and squeezed profits. The discounter beat Wall Street’s earnings and revenue expectations, as shoppers made more visits…
Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it’s cutting 7% of its global workforce and reported quarterly results that topped analysts’ estimates. Here are the key numbers: Earnings: 87 cents per share, adjusted, vs. 85 cents per share expected, according to LSEG. Revenue: $13.64 billion vs. $13.54 billion expected, according to LSEG. Cisco…
