Elon Musk twitter account is seen by way of Twitter brand on this illustration taken, April 25, 2022.
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Try the businesses making headlines in noon buying and selling Thursday:
EPAM Systems — Shares jumped 10% after the pc software program firm posted better-than-expected outcomes for the earlier quarter. EPAM reported $2.49 earnings per share on revenues of $1.17 billion. The corporate was forecasted to earn $1.79 per share on revenues of $1.06 billion, based on a consensus estimate from FactSet.
Booking Holdings — Reserving’s inventory value jumped 4% after the corporate’s quarterly outcomes topped analyst expectations. The journey firm additionally reported $27 billion in gross bookings for its most up-to-date quarter, document quarterly quantity for Reserving. The corporate additionally mentioned it’s making ready for a busy journey season in the summertime.
Shopify — Shares of the e-commerce platform inventory fell 14% after the corporate forecast that revenue growth would be lower within the first half of the yr, because it navigates robust pandemic-era comparisons. Shopify additionally reported adjusted quarterly earnings of 20 cents per share, nicely under the Refinitiv forecast of 64 cents per share.
Twitter — Shares gained greater than 3% after CNBC’s David Faber reported Elon Musk is anticipated to function temporary CEO of Twitter for a number of months after he completes his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. Regulatory filings revealed Thursday additionally confirmed Musk obtained one other $7 billion from associates and traders to purchase Twitter.
Etsy — Shares of the web market dropped 16% after the corporate launched weaker-than-expected steering for the present quarter amid a drop in disposable earnings for customers. Etsy did report earnings that matched expectations and publish better-than-expected income.
— CNBC’s Yun Li and Hannah Miao and contributed reporting.
