Stocks surged Thursday, led higher by technology shares, following blowout sales from
Nvidia
and the company’s forecast that revealed demand remains strong for its artificial-intelligence data center chips.
These stocks made moves Thursday:
Nvidia
rose 16% to a record close after the chip maker reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $5.16 a share, beating analysts’ estimates of $4.59, as revenue of $22.1 billion rose 265% from a year earlier and beat analysts’ projections of $20.4 billion. Data-center revenue in the period rose 409%. Nvidia said it anticipates fiscal first-quarter revenue of $24 billion versus analysts’ forecasts of $22.2 billion. “Accelerated computing and generative AI have hit the tipping point. Demand is surging worldwide across companies, industries and nations,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Other semiconductor stocks rallied following Nvidia’s report.
Super Micro Computer
jumped 33%,
Arm Holdings
rose 4.2%,
Advanced Micro Devices
gained 11%, and
Broadcom
was up 6.3%.
Rivian Automotive
plans to lay off 10% of its salaried workforce after reporting a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss and saying it expects to produce 57,000 EVs in 2024, down from a year-earlier 57,232 and below Wall Street forecasts. “Economic and geopolitical uncertainties and pressures, most notably the impact of historically high interest rates, have informed our expectations for 2024,” the company said in a letter to shareholders. Rivian shares tumbled 26%.
Lucid Group
fell 17% after the EV maker posted fourth-quarter revenue of $157.2 million, down from $258 million a year earlier, and said it expects to produce about 9,000 vehicles in 2024, below consensus expectations.
Moderna
rose 14% after the vaccine maker reported fourth-quarter earnings of 55 cents a share, versus analysts’ expectations for a loss of 99 cents. Revenue of $2.81 billion beat analysts’ expectations but fell from $5.08 billion a year earlier.
Synopsys
jumped 6.9% after the provider of electronic design automation software reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings of $3.56 a share, and raised its forecast for the fiscal year, with CEO Sassine Ghazi saying that artificial intelligence “continues to drive our customers’ investments in silicon and systems that position them for future growth.”
Wayfair
jumped 11% after the online furniture retailer posted a narrower-than-expected fourth-quarter loss and a gain in active customers.
Etsy
fell 8.4% after the online marketplace posted fourth-quarter earnings of 62 cents a share, below Wall Street estimates of 77 cents, and the company said it was having a “slow start” to the first quarter in which it anticipates gross merchandise sales to decline in the low-single-digit range from a year earlier.
Royal Caribbean
was up 6.7% after raising earnings guidance for 2024, with the cruise company saying it “continues to be very encouraged about the demand and pricing environment for 2024” and that bookings “have been significantly higher than during the same period last year.”
Sunrun
was down 18% after the residential solar-power installer reported a fourth-quarter loss of $350 million and revenue of $516.6 million, down from $609.2 million a year earlier and below analysts’ forecasts of $532.7 million.
DoorDash
rose 5.9% to $121.41 after shares of the food-delivery company were upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at
Morgan Stanley
and the price target was increased to $145 from $135.
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