Check out the companies making headlines in pre-market transactions: Walmart – After issuing weaker guidance than expected, the retailer slides 8%. For fiscal year 2026, Walmart believes earnings per share will range in the range of $2.50 per share and $2.60 per share. The company also said it is not “immunity” to the effects of tariffs currently being postponed to Mexico and Canada. Shake Shack – Fast Food Chainsaw jumped 10.8% in pre-market trading after the company recorded stronger quarterly profits than expected. Total revenues increased 14.8% year-on-year. The company also opened 19 locations and nine new licensed sheds run by 19 new companies during the quarter. Alibaba – Shares rose more than 11% after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported a quarterly results that beat analyst expectations. The company’s net income reached 48.9945 billion yuan in the quarter ended December 31st with revenue of 28.0154 billion yuan. Analysts voted by LSEG predicted a net profit of 40.6 billion yuan with revenue of 27.934 billion yuan. CARVANA – After a quarter of results mixed, online used car retailers fell around 8%. According to analysts voted by FactSet, total retail revenue profit was $6,671, below the consensus estimate of $6,851. Meanwhile, earnings of 56 cents per share and revenue of $3.55 billion came to the top of analyst forecasts. Clearwater Analytics – Software inventory surged 18% behind strong revenue reports. Clearwater Analytics recorded a profit of 13 cents per share, earning $126.5 million, with the exception of one share in the fourth quarter. That exceeded the forecast of 11 cents per share and $120 million from the analysts voted on by FactSet. Piper Sandler upgraded his strain to overweight from Neutral following the report. WAYFAIR – Online furniture inventory accounted for 4% of fourth quarter revenues that beat analysts’ expectations. The company’s top line was $3.12 billion, with FactSet’s estimate of $3.07 billion. Amplitude – Software stocks rose 16.1% after earnings per share at $78.1 million for the fourth quarter, earnings per share at 2 cents per share, excluding earnings per share. Analysts voted by FactSet pinned the pencil at one cent per share and earnings of $76.7 million. Baird upgraded its stock to outperform and cited the company’s quarterly results. Hasbro – Toymaker scored 1.1% after surpassing its fourth quarter forecast. Hasbro recorded 34 cents per share earnings and analyst forecast of $1.030 billion per Factset, with 46 cents per share. Biomarine Pharmaceuticals – Biotechnology inventory rose 7% in the context of its revenue report, which exceeded its fourth quarter forecast. Biomarin won 64 cents per share with revenue of $747 million, but analysts voted by FactSet are projecting revenue of just 53 cents per share and $712 million. Ta. Klaviyo – Data Technology inventory fell 6.8% after posting weak guidance for operating profit for the current quarter. Klaviyo says he missed a $32 million consensus forecast from analysts voted by Factset and hopes for between $25.5 million and $28.5 million excluding items. However, when reporting fourth quarter revenue, the company exceeded expectations for both lines. Cheesecake Factory – The restaurant chain fell 1% despite fourth quarter revenue coming ahead of Wall Street estimates. Cheesecake Factory scored $1.04 per share for each analyst surveyed by LSEG, reaching $921 million, surpassing its revenue of $913 million. Builder First Sauce – The building materials company pulled back 4.5% after listing $3.82 billion in fourth quarter revenue. Meanwhile, earnings per share were higher than expected. Palantir Technologies – Data processing stocks were built on the 10% drop seen in the previous session, sliding 3.8% in commercial stocks on Thursday. The stocks were under pressure after the Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegses told Pentagon officials to prepare to cut by 8% per year over the next five years. Elsewhere on Wednesday, Palantir announced a new stock trading plan. – CNBC’s Fred Inbert, Hakyung Kim, Yoon Lee, Jesse Pound and Sarah Min contributed the report.
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