Shares of FedEx Corporation FDX rose sharply in today’s pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter and authorized a new $5 billion share repurchase program.
FedEx reported quarterly earnings of $3.86 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.45 by 11.88% and represents a 13.2% increase over earnings of $3.41 per share from the same period last year. Quarterly sales came in at $21.7 billion, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $22.04 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
FedEx shares surged 12.4% to $297.72 in pre-market trading
Here are some other stocks moving in pre-market trading.
Gainers
- Murano Global Investments PLC MRNO shares rose 266.4% to $35.43 in pre-market trading after falling 46% on Thursday.
- Nova LifeStyle, Inc. NVFY rose 62.5% to $2.99 in pre-market trading after gaining around 22% on Thursday.
- BIOLASE, Inc. BIOL shares rose 32.8% to $0.1990 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings results.
- Griid Infrastructure Inc. GRDI climbed 30.9% to $1.44 in pre-market trading.
- Visionary Holdings Inc. GV shares gained 16.1% to $0.1950 in pre-market trading after dipping 6% on Thursday.
- SU Group Holdings Limited SUGP gained 13.1% to $3.29 in pre-market trading after declining around 9% on Thursday.
- HeartBeam, Inc. BEAT shares rose 10.8% to $2.56 in pre-market trading as the company reported fourth-quarter financial results.
- Ocugen, Inc. OCGN gained 9% to $1.46 in pre-market trading after gaining 8% on Thursday. Ocugen recently appointed Huma Qamar, MD, MPH as Chief Medical Officer.
- Worthington Steel, Inc. WS gained 3.9% to $33.15 in pre-market trading as the company posted stronger-than-expected results for its third quarter on Thursday.
Losers
- Abits Group Inc. ABTS dipped 17.6% to $0.6398 in pre-market trading after declining over 6% on Thursday.
- Lululemon Athletica Inc. LULU declined 12.8% to $417.25 in pre-market trading. Lululemon posted better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter, but issued a weak forecast for the first quarter.
- Selina Hospitality PLC SLNA fell 11.5% to $0.2478 pre-market trading after jumping around 30% on Thursday.
- Pyxis Oncology, Inc. PYXS fell 11.3% to $4.40 in pre-market trading after falling over 8% on Thursday. The company, on Thursday, reported FY23 financial results.
- Ispire Technology Inc. ISPR fell 11.3% to $7.20 pre-market trading after dipping 15% on Thursday.
- Asset Entities Inc. ASST fell 10.9% to $0.5750 in pre-market trading. Asset Entities shares surged around 23% on Thursday after the company announced that it entered into an agreement with Zendrop.
- MMTec, Inc. MTC shares tumbled 10.7% to $2.05 in pre-market trading after gaining 20% on Thursday.
- JOANN Inc. JOAN shares fell 9.1% to $0.14 in pre-market trading after surging 14% on Thursday.
- Next.e.GO N.V. EGOX shares fell 8.4% to $0.0461 in pre-market trading after dipping 16% on Thursday.
- NIKE, Inc. NKE shares tumbled 6.3% to $94.49. Nike reported upbeat earnings and sales results for its third quarter on Thursday.
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