Check out the companies making headlines before the bell rings. Nvidia, Alphabet, Broadcom – Shares of Nvidia fell 3% after The Information reported, citing sources, that the meta platform is considering spending billions of dollars on Alphabet’s AI chips. Alphabet shares were up 4% based on the report with Broadcom. Kohl’s – The department store’s stock rose 23% after third-quarter results beat expectations. Kohl’s adjusted earnings came in at 10 cents per share, compared with the loss of 20 cents expected from analysts surveyed by LSEG. Its revenue of $3.41 billion also topped the consensus estimate of $3.32 billion. Symbiotic – Robotics stock posted a 15% jump in fiscal fourth-quarter revenue that beat analysts’ expectations. The company’s revenue was $618 million. Analysts had expected revenue of $604 million, according to LSEG. Keysight Technologies – Computing and electronics firm Keysight posted stronger-than-expected earnings results, sending its shares up 14%. The company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $1.92 per share, compared to the FactSet consensus of $1.83 per share. Its communications and electronics industrial revenues were $990 million and $429 million, respectively, topping analysts’ forecasts. The firm also announced a new share repurchase program of up to $1.5 billion of its common stock. Pony AI – The stock rose 13% after the AI firm posted strong third-quarter financial results and said it would expand its robo-taxi fleet in China. Amentum Holdings – Shares rose 11% after the engineering and technology solutions firm reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. Revenue came in at $3.93 billion, beating the FactSet consensus of $3.61 billion. The company also reported earnings of 63 cents per share, excluding certain items, well above the expected 59 cents per share. Fluence Energy – The battery storage maker rose 11% after fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA topped Wall Street analyst estimates, and its order backlog grew from about $4.9 billion at the end of June to about $5.3 billion as of Sept. 30, according to FactSet data. Fluence also issued guidance for the upcoming fiscal year for the first time. Zeta Global – The marketing cloud company rose 6% after raising fourth-quarter revenue guidance. Zoom Communications – The video conferencing stock rose 5% on better-than-expected third-quarter results. The company earned $1.52 per share, adjusted for revenue of $1.23 billion. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected profit of $1.44 a share on revenue of $1.21 billion. Zoom’s fourth-quarter earnings guidance also exceeded expectations. Brinker International – Shares of the casual restaurant operator and parent company of Chili’s rose nearly 4% after Citi upgraded the stock to a buy rating from neutral. The Wall Street firm said a decline in Brazilian tariffs would ease pressure on the company’s beef outlook. Applied Materials – The chip equipment maker rose 2% after UBS upgraded it to buy from neutral. “AMAT is the biggest beneficiary of this DRAM spending growth,” the bank wrote of Applied Materials. Alibaba – E-commerce giant Alibaba saw its stock rise 2% after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results. These figures were driven by a 34% increase in cloud sales. Agilent Technologies – The life sciences stock declined 2% after Agilent’s fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations. The company reported earnings of $1.59 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $1.86 billion. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected earnings of $1.58 per share on revenue of $1.83 billion. Estée Lauder – Shares fell about 3% after Rothschild downgraded it from neutral to sell. “Despite the improvement in sales growth, we argue that deeper investment is required, putting the scale of margin recovery at risk,” analysts said in a note to clients on Tuesday. Burlington – Burlington fell 5% after posting mixed third-quarter results. The off-price retailer reported earnings of $1.80 per share, excluding some items, above analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.64 per share, according to FactSet. However, the company’s revenue came in at $2.71 billion, or slightly below the Street’s expectation of $2.72 billion. Dick’s Sporting Goods – Shares fell nearly 9% after the company announced it was closing some Foot Locker stores as part of a larger restructuring so the sneaker company doesn’t weigh on Dick’s profits. The company expects its comparable sales to be down in the mid to high-single digits in the current quarter. However, the company’s third-quarter earnings and revenue beat analysts’ expectations. — CNBC’s Scott Schnipper, Michelle Fox-Theobald, Yun Li, Fred Imbert, Sarah Min and Sean Conlon contributed reporting.
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