Illumina Stock Plunges Despite Strong Results, Gene-Sequencing Sales

Text size Illumina turned in stronger financial results than expected. Dreamstime The gene-sequencing supplier Illumina delivered on its March quarter financial forecasts, as global demand for genetic...

Zillow Stock Tumbles After Selling More Homes Than Expected. Here’s Why.

Text size Zillow says it has 1,300 homes left in its inventory, most of which have sold or are in agreement to be sold or disposed. Courtesy of Zillow Faster-than-expected home sales in Zillow’s iBuyi...

AMD Earnings Beat Expectations. The Stock is Rising.

Text size AMD stock has been under pressure this year, largely because of a weakening demand for PCs. Dreamstime Advanced Micro Devices’ high-end server-chip business is thriving and taking share from...

Expedia Stock Falls Sharply Even as It Sees a ‘Robust’ Summer Recovery

Text size Expedia’s CEO says the company is ‘feeling very good about a summer recovery that should be very robust.’ Dreamstime Expedia was falling sharply Tuesday even after revenue ...

Paramount’s Streaming Losses Mount as Subscriber Count Grows

Text size Paramount+ accounts for the bulk of the company’s streaming subscribers. Dreamstime The streaming-stock bloodbath continues: Paramount Global (ticker: PARA) is the latest company in th...

ON Semiconductor Gets Backed by Auto Demand. Stock Rises on Record Revenue.

Text size ON Semiconductor said it expects automotive and industrial customers to account for an increasing share of revenue. Photograph by Adi Goldstein  ON Semiconductor delivered record revenue for...

Earnings Season Has Been Just One More Reason to Sell Stocks

Text size Apple dropped 3.7% on Friday after its outlook disappointed. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg The only takeaway to be drawn from a volatile week of earnings reports was that we shouldn’t get our hopes ...

Berkshire Hathaway First Quarter Operating Profits Edged Higher as Buybacks Slowed

Berkshire Hathaway made a big bet on other stocks in the first quarter, and energy was a favorite. Warren Buffett’s company bought $51.1 billion worth of equities in the quarter, according to the comp...

AbbVie Shares Drop Amid Missed Sales Expectations for Key Drugs

Text size AbbVie stock is up 15.4% so far this year. Courtesy of AbbVie In a quarterly earnings report out Friday, the drugmaker AbbVie cut its full-year earnings guidance, and a number of its key dru...

Rivian Killed Ford Earnings. Now It’s Crushing Amazon’s.

Text size Rivian’s wild stock swings are distorting earnings at both Ford and Amazon. Courtesy Rivian Ford Motor and Amazon.com were early investors in Rivian Automotive . They still own Rivian ...

PayPal Trims 2022 Outlook But Beats Revenue Forecast

PayPal lowered its forecast for adjusted profit for 2022 to a range of $3.81 to $3.93 a share. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size PayPal Holdings said its first quarter was a “solid start” but cut...

Alphabet Earnings Disappoint. The Stock Is Dropping.

Text size Alphabet’s latest quarterly earnings came in below Wall Street’s expectations. Dreamstime Alphabet shares dipped late Tuesday after the company missed first-quarter earnings expe...

Texas Instruments Stock Is Tanking. Guidance Fell Short.

Text size A Texas Instruments chip. Dreamstime Texas Instruments provided a revenue forecast for the June quarter below expectations, citing lower demand in China. Its shares were falling in after-hou...

QuantumScape Stock Falls. Earnings Aren’t the Problem.

Text size Investors know that significant sales are still years away for QuantumScape. Courtesy QuantumScape Solid-state battery technology company QuantumScape reported a wider-than-expected loss for...

Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.

Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...

Verizon Stock Had Its Worst Its Day Since the Pandemic Hit

Verizon Communications’ first-quarter report won’t be changing any investors’ thesis on the stock. The wireless giant continues to spend big on improving its 5G network to meet management’s promises f...

Cleveland-Cliffs Crushes Earnings Estimates. Contract Steel Pricing Does It.

Rising prices helped steel maker Cleveland-Cliffs report much better-than-expected first-quarter sales and earnings. Prices for Cliffs steel rose even as spot prices for steel dropped in the first qua...

Blackstone’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Assets Under Management Are Rising.

Text size Blackstone Group had net inflows of $50 billion in the quarter. Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg Blackstone, the private-equity giant, reported higher distributable earnings than expected and came clo...

IBM Stock Soared. Why the 111-Year-Old Tech Company Outperformed Today.

Text size IBM’s results lifted other low-multiple, legacy-tech stocks including Oracle and HP. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Score one for the old timers. On a day when Netflix stock plunge...

Tesla’s Earnings Crushed Expectations, Setting More Records. The Stock Is Up.

Tesla’s first-quarter profit was far higher than expected. Above, CEO Elon Musk speaks at the opening party for Tesla’s new factory in Texas. SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP / Getty Images Text siz...

Charles Schwab Stock Is Falling. Earnings Missed.

Text size Charles Schwab reported less profits than Wall Street expected. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg  Charles Schwab stock is tumbling after the discount broker missed first-quarter earnings and revenue...

DiDi Global Stock Sinks on Plans for U.S. Delisting

Text size The Didi ride-hailing app is displayed on a smartphone. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg DiDi Global shares sank in premarket trading Monday after the Chinese ride-hailing company said it was preparing ...

Rite Aid Stock Is Soaring. The Outlook Impresses Investors.

Text size Rite Aid’s quarterly loss was bigger than expected. Mario Tama/Getty Images Rite Aid’s stock surged after the drugstore chain said it expects to lose less money in the current fiscal y...

CarMax’s Awful Earnings Send a Warning to All Car Stocks. Here’s What to Know.

Text size Cars sitting in the parking lot are reflected in the windows of used car retailer CarMax. Yana Paskova/Getty Images Used car giant CarMax delivered an earning miss that has sent the stock lo...

WD-40 Stock Soars After Earnings. Analyst Expects Better Times.

Text size The price of crude oil is a key point to watch for WD-40 stock. Dreamstime The maintenance and cleaning products company WD-40 is likely finished with cutting its financial forecasts, and be...

RH Delivers Mixed Earnings, Announces 3-for-1 Stock Split

Text size A staircase at an RH outlet. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for RH RH stock is trading lower Wednesday morning after the home-furnishings retailer reported a mixed fiscal fourth quarter, a...

Micron Stock Is Rallying. Earnings and the Outlook Were Strong.

Text size Shares of memory-chip maker Micron were up nearly 3% on Tuesday, in advance of the earnings report. Dreamstime Memory-chip maker Micron Technology posted better-than-expected results for its...

Olive Garden Parent Darden Predicts Lower Sales This Year, but the Stock Is Up.

Text size In addition to Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, Darden owns brands such as Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, and The Capital Grille. Dreamstime.com Shares of Darden Restauran...

Joby Reports a Profit From No Sales. The Stock Is Soaring.

Text size Courtesy Joby Aviation Electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation managed to produce a profit in the fourth quarter even though it doesn’t have any sales just yet. Shares were rising sharply Frid...

AMC Stock Rises After GameStop Earnings. What It Says About the Meme Trade.

Text size Meme stock GameStop posted a surprise quarterly loss. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A number of familiar “meme” stocks were on the move Friday after GameStop —the most popular meme stock ...

Berkshire-Backed StoneCo Issues a Bullish Outlook. The Stock Is Soaring.

Text size Dreamstime Shares of Brazilian payment processor StoneCo were skyrocketing Friday after Citi upgraded the stock, citing an attractive valuation and the company’s strong outlook for the first...

Rivian’s Earnings Are Thursday. Here’s What To Expect.

Text size Courtesy of Rivian Electric truck startup Rivian Automotive will report fourth-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon. Trading in the stock following the report should be wild. Investors better...