Gainers

  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. RKLB jumped 37.3% to settle at $20.72. Rocket Lab reported 1H sales of $29.5 million and announced it has been awarded a contract to deploy an entire satellite constellation for Kinéis. Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on Rocket Lab USA with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $30.
  • Gevo, Inc. GEVO shares jumped 37.1% to close at $7.94 on Thursday. The company announced with Chevron that the two companies plan to invest in building and operating one or more new facilities that would process inedible cord to use in aviation fuel. This will help lower the carbon intensity in aviation fuels.
  • Torrid Holdings Inc. CURV shares rose 32.4% to close at $24.44 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 EPS and sales results. Torrid sees Q3 sales of $305 million - $315 million, above the consensus of $294.74 million. The company expects FY21 sales of $1.29 billion - $1.31 billion, above the consensus of $1.26 billion.
  • Impel NeuroPharma, Inc. IMPL gained 27.3% to settle at $21.13. Impel NeuroPharma reported pricing of $45.0 million public offering after the closing bell.
  • PaySign, Inc. PAYS surged 24.6% to close at $2.94.
  • Gold Royalty Corp. GROY gained 24.3% to close at $5.12. Gold Royalty, Abitibi Royalties and Golden Valley recently announced plans to combine to create a leading growth and Americas-focused precious metals royalty company.
  • Montauk Renewables, Inc. MNTK climbed 24.3% to close at $8.90.
  • The Lovesac Company LOVE climbed 24.1% to close at $62.62 after the company reported second-quarter FY22 sales growth of 65.4% year-on-year, to $102.4 million, beating the analyst consensus of $90.97 million.
  • Hyzon Motors Inc. HYZN climbed 23.5% to close at $10.87 after JP Morgan initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating and an $18 price target.
  • Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. KAVL jumped 20.8% to close at $9.66.
  • Elite Education Group International Limited EEIQ surged 20.3% to close at $5.22.
  • Aehr Test Systems AEHR jumped 20% to close at $10.70. Aehr recently received $19.4 million order for multiple FOX-XP test and burn-in systems from a major automotive semiconductor supplier.
  • Motorsport Games Inc. MSGM gained 19.9% to settle at $12.88.
  • Blade Air Mobility, Inc. BLDE surged 18.8% to close at $10.44.
  • Arbutus Biopharma Corporation ABUS rose 15.2% to settle at $3.87.
  • Enveric Biosciences, Inc. ENVB surged 15.1% to close at $3.50.
  • BSQUARE Corporation BSQR jumped 14.2% to settle at $2.82.
  • ProQR Therapeutics N.V. PRQR gained 12.5% to close at $7.66 after the company announced Axiomer RNA editing licensing and research collaboration with Lilly.
  • Support.com, Inc. SPRT surged 12.4% to settle at $26.02 on volume.
  • Sprinklr, Inc. CXM gained 12.1% to close at $19.59. Sprinklr posted upbeat quarterly results after the closing bell on Thursday.
  • Lululemon Athletica Inc. LULU shares gained 10.5% to close at $420.71 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 results and issued strong Q3 revenue guidance.
  • Aterian, Inc. ATER surged 10.5% to settle at $10.18 after jumping 29% on Wednesday.
  • Trinity Biotech plc TRIB climbed 10.3% to close at $2.78 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 results.
  • Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. KRBP gained 9.5% to close at $3.68. Kiromic BioPharma was recently granted EU patent titled 'Nanoparticle-Based Vaccine Targeting Cancer/Testis Antigens (CTA) And Its Use In Solid And Hematological Malignancies.'
  • Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PIRS rose 9% to close at $5.70.
  • Centessa Pharmaceuticals Limited CNTA jumped 5.8% to close at $22.26 after the company announced topline data from proof-of-concept study of SerpinPC in severe hemophilia A and B patients not on prophylaxis.

 

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Losers

  • Humanigen, Inc. HGEN shares tumbled 47.3% to close at $7.97 on Thursday after the company said the Food and Drug Administration has declined its request for emergency use authorization of lenzilumab to treat newly hospitalized COVID-19 patients. JP Morgan downgraded Humanigen from Neutral to Underweight.
  • Tuesday Morning Corporation TUEM fell 45.2% to settle at $2.34 after the company reported downbeat Q4 earnings.
  • Invacare Corporation IVC dropped 34.9% to close at $5.40 after updating Q3 FY21 guidance. The Company said that headwinds related to labor, material, and freight, will continue to impact its business. For Q3 FY21, Invacare expects constant currency net sales of 0% - 4% Y/Y, against the growth rate of 4% - 7% expected earlier.
  • Couchbase, Inc. BASE shares declined 19.3% to close at $41.61 after the company reported a wider loss for its second quarter.
  • Otonomo Technologies Ltd. OTMO fell 17.4% to close at $6.64 as the company announced a strategic partnership with LeasePlan USA.
  • Calavo Growers, Inc. CVGW fell 17.1% to settle at $39.20 after the company reported a Q3 loss and announced the retirement of James Gibson as CEO.
  • Inogen, Inc. INGN declined 15.5% to settle at $50.33.
  • Helbiz, Inc. HLBZ dropped 15.5% to close at $10.99.
  • China Liberal Education Holdings Limited CLEU declined 15.2% to settle at $3.07. China Liberal entered into $3.85 million million purchase and sale contract of all-in-one machine AI-Space.
  • NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation NMTC fell 13.1% to settle at $4.39. The FDA recently granted 510(k) clearance to NeuroOne Medical Technologies Evo sEEG Electrode technology for temporary (less than 24 hours) use.
  • AeroVironment, Inc. AVAV fell 12.8% to close at $92.00 after the company reported Q1 earnings results.
  • The Beauty Health Company SKIN dropped 12.8% to settle at $23.97.
  • Avid Bioservices, Inc. CDMO fell 12.1% to settle at $20.80 following Q1 results.
  • Offerpad Solutions Inc OPAD shares fell 11.7% to close at $10.20.
  • CPI Card Group Inc. PMTS dipped 11.7% to settle at $32.27.
  • Riskified Ltd. RSKD fell 10.6% to close at $31.93 as the company reported second-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 47% year-on-year to $55.7 million.
  • Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc OCDX dipped 9.5% to close at $17.82. Ortho Clinical Diagnostics recently reported a 22 million share secondary offering by affiliate of Carlyle Group.
  • Xunlei Limited XNET fell 8.4% to settle at $3.28.
  • HUYA Inc. HUYA shares fell 8.4% to settle at $9.93. HUYA’s CFO Catherine Xiaozheng Liu resigned for personal reasons, effective September 8, 2021.
  • eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. EFTR fell 8.3% to close at $24.92 after surging around 112% on Wednesday.
  • Box, Inc. BOX fell 6.9% to settle at $23.60. Starboard delivered an open letter to Box stockholders.
  • The Boston Beer Company, Inc. SAM fell 3.8% to close at $538.31 after the company announced it withdrew 2021 financial guidance.
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