Why Ross Stores Shares Are Trading Higher By Over 8%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket

Shares of Ross Stores, Inc. ROST rose sharply in today's pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and increased its profit forecast for the year.

The company posted quarterly revenue of $4.858 billion, versus estimates of $4.833 billion. Earnings came in at $1.46 per share, versus estimates of $1.34 per share, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Ross Stores shares jumped 8.2% to $142.73 in the pre-market trading session.

Here are some other stocks moving in pre-market trading.

Gainers

• Netcapital Inc. NCPL rose 105.2% to $0.3587 in today's pre-market trading after jumping 15% on Thursday.
• Akanda Corp. AKAN shares gained 99.2% to $4.76 in pre-market trading after dipping 35% on Thursday.
• Cue Health Inc. HLTH gained 36.4% to $0.1288 in pre-market trading after falling around 12% on Thursday. Cue Health, last week, announced that it voluntarily and temporarily paused sales and distribution of its EUA COVID-19 Test Cartridge.
• Verastem, Inc. VSTM gained 35.3% to $16.48 in pre-market trading. Verastem Oncology disclosed positive initial interim safety and efficacy results from RAMP 205 trial evaluating avutometinib plus defactinib in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer​.
• Nuburu, Inc. BURU shares rose 26.8% to $0.1759 in pre-market trading.
• Blue Star Foods Corp. BSFC shares gained 24.8% to $3.13 in pre-market trading. The company, earlier during the week, reported first-quarter financial results.
• Candel Therapeutics, Inc. CADL shares climbed 19.2% to $12.74 in pre-market trading. Candel Therapeutics reported prolonged overall survival in Phase 2 clinical trial of CAN-2409 for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) in patients non-responsive to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) treatment at 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting.
• OneMedNet Corporation ONMD gained 17% to $1.72 in pre-market trading. OneMedNet shares jumped 208% on Thursday after the company highlighted a ‘five-fold expansion’ of its iRWD network and platform.
• Biora Therapeutics, Inc. BIOR gained 12.3% to $0.5579 in pre-market trading after tumbling 28% on Thursday.

Losers

• Soluna Holdings, Inc. SLNH shares declined 43.7% to $1.40 in pre-market trading after dipping 6% on Thursday.
• Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc.. SNSE shares declined 31.5% to $1.00 in pre-market trading. Sensei Biotherapeutics presented clinical data from Phase 1 dose escalation study of SNS-101.
• Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. BNED shares dipped 24.1% to $0.60 in pre-market trading after the company reported preliminary FY24 consolidated revenue of approximately $1.567 billion.
• Summit Therapeutics Inc. SMMT shares fell 21.2% to $3.40 in pre-market trading.
• Akoustis Technologies, Inc. AKTS shares fell 15.8% to $0.1765 in pre-market trading after dipping 33% on Thursday. Akoustis recently announced a $10 million registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.
• Pineapple Energy Inc. PEGY shares fell 13.7% to $0.2090 in pre-market trading after jumping 61% on Thursday.
• Phoenix Motor Inc PEV shares fell 13% to $0.62 in pre-market trading. Phoenix Motor said it has rescheduled its first quarter 2024 earnings call to Thursday, May 30, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
• Roadzen Inc RDZN fell 12.6% to $3.36 in pre-market trading.
• Workday, Inc. WDAY shares declined 12.4% to $228.48 in pre-market trading. Workday posted upbeat earnings for its first quarter. However, the company lowered its forward guidance and now sees second-quarter subscription revenue of $1.895 billion and fiscal-year subscription revenue of between $7.7 billion and $7.725 billion.
• Intuit Inc. INTU shares fell 6.3% to $620.82 in pre-market trading. Intuit posted better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter and boosted its full-year outlook. However, the company issued weak earnings guidance for the current quarter.

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