Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares rose on news that Larry Ellison is throwing his personal fortune behind Paramount Skydance’s bid for it, aiming to give his son’s company an advantage in a fiercely contested takeover battle with Netflix. Both suitors moved on Monday to strengthen the financial backing for their offers, though they stopped short of increasing their bids. Netflix refinanced a portion of its planned $59 billion of debt as a way to ensure a lasting investment-grade rating — a key advantage it holds over the lower-rated Paramount. Warner Bros. shares gained 3.4% in New York afternoon trading, and changed hands during the session for as much as $28.98. Paramount rose as much as 8.1% while Netflix dropped about 1%.
- First Solar (FSLR) rose as much as 6.2%, touching the highest intraday since June 2024, after news Alphabet will buy clean-energy developer Intersect Power in one of the company’s biggest deals aimed at boosting its AI-related data-center footprint.
- Navan (NAVN) shares climb as much as 12% after the business travel and expense management software maker announced that it had been added to the broad-market Russell 3000 Index and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index, as of Monday’s opening bell.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) shares are up 3.9% in premarket trading after Larry Ellison agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4 billion of the equity financing for the offer and any damages claims against Paramount. Paramount Skydance rises 3.1%, while Netflix ticks 0.4% higher.
- Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares are up 2.1% in premarket trading, after Citi opened a positive catalyst watch on the chipmaker ahead of next month’s CES conference.
- Rocket Lab (RKLB) shares jumped 18% on Friday and closed at a record high of $70.52 after the U.S. Space Development Agency on Friday awarded the company an agreement worth up to $805 million to provide 18 missile warning, tracking and defense satellites. Rocket Lab said the agreement was its largest single contract to date.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Warner Bros Discovery shares are up 3.9% in premarket trading after Larry Ellison agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4 billion of the equity financing for the offer and any damages claims against Paramount. Paramount Skydance rises 3.1%, while Netflix ticks 0.4% higher.
- Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst agreed to buy asset manager Janus Henderson Group (JHG) for about $7.4 billion. Shareholders will receive $49 a share in cash, up from $46 a share that the investors offered in October, according to a statement Monday. Trian already owns 20.6% of Janus Henderson’s shares.
- Shares of Newmont (ASX:NEM) rose over 5% in recent trade and reached their all-time peak in recent trading on the Australian bourse on Monday after gold touched a fresh record on expectations of US rate cuts.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) moved higher ahead of the US market open as Paramount Skydance Corp. sweetened its bid for WBD, including offering a personal financial guarantee by Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison, as it seeks to beat out a rival bid from Netflix Inc. Ellison has agreed to personally guarantee $40.4 billion in equity financing for Paramount’s proposed $108.4 billion offer for Warner Bros., according to a statement Monday.  Ellison, whose son David Ellison is chief executive officer of Paramount, agreed not to revoke the Ellison family trust.
- Shares of Rocket Lab (RKLB) climbed in early trading after the company won a US Space Force contract to design and build 18 satellites, marking the company’s largest single contract to date. The deal includes additional subsystem opportunities that could take the contract's total value to about $1 billion.
- Shares of Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) rallied in premarket trading as a group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire Clearwater in a deal valuing the investment and accounting software maker at $8.4 billion including debt. Clearwater investors would get $24.55 a share for an equity value of about $7 billion, according to a statement confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg News. The company said the price, which is roughly 10% higher than the stock’s last close, represents a 47% premium to the price on Nov. 10, before Bloomberg reported the two buyout firms were in talks to buy it.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Netflix (NFLX) has refinanced part of a $59 billion bridge loan to support its potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
The streaming giant secured a $5 billion revolving credit facility and two $10 billion delayed-draw term loans to refinance part of the bridge facility it took out for its Warner Bros. bid, according to a filing on Monday. That leaves $34 billion for syndication.

- Shares of Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) rallied in premarket trading as a group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire Clearwater in a deal valuing the investment and accounting software maker at $8.4 billion including debt. Clearwater investors would get $24.55 a share for an equity value of about $7 billion, according to a statement confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg News. The company said the price, which is roughly 10% higher than the stock’s last close, represents a 47% premium to the price on Nov. 10, before Bloomberg reported the two buyout firms were in talks to buy it.

- Shares of Datavault AI (DVLT) soared ahead of the US market open after the company announced the issuance of two U.S. patents supporting its push into AI-powered data monetization and blockchain-based content licensing. The patents, which enable automated smart contract enforcement and tokenized royalty distribution, bolster the company’s position in the $369 billion global content licensing market.

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On This episode of Stock Movers:
- BHP and other miners are up as gold rose to an all-time high, as escalating geopolitical tensions and bets on further US rate cuts added momentum to the best annual performance in more than four decades.
- Dairy makers are being hit after news that China will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties of 21.9% to 42.7% on certain dairy products imports from the European Union from Dec. 23, according to a Ministry of Commerce statement.
- Harbour Energy agreed to acquire LLOG Exploration Co. for $3.2 billion, marking the UK company’s entry into the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

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On This episode of Stock Movers:
- Telecom Italia’s board approved a proposal to convert the company’s savings shares into ordinary stock and to reduce its share capital, moving toward a long-delayed change that would simplify its capital structure.
- Fresnillo and other miners are up as gold rose to an all-time high, as escalating geopolitical tensions and bets on further US rate cuts added momentum to the best annual performance in more than four decades.
- Harbour Energy agreed to acquire LLOG Exploration Co. for $3.2 billion, marking the UK company’s entry into the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Computer data storage companies SanDisk (SNDK) and Micron (MU) both saw a boost to their share prices, coinciding with the rise of AI and computer technology spaces

- Rivian (RIVN) sees their stock price climb 10.7% with anticipation for the release of the R2, their mid-size SUV

- Frozen potato product brand Lamb Weston (LW) dropped 26% after a consistent decline and the company re-affirming its guidance

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Cruise group Carnival (CCL) sees their share price jump by over 9% today as the company expects profits to increase next year

- WhiteFiber (WYFI) shares rose after it announced a 10-year 40 megawatt co-location agreement between its subsidiary Enovum Data Centers Corp. and Nscale Global Holdings, representing around $865 million in contracted revenue. 

- KB Home (KBH) saw their stock decrease by 8.5% after posting fiscal 4th quarter revenue that missed analyst estimates

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Oracle (ORCL) sees a 7% boost after it was announced that they would be leading a group of buyers in purchasing TikTok.

- Nike (NKE) is down for the fourth day in a row with an 11% drop today. Sales are continuing to decline, citing difficulty in China as well as their Converse brand.

- BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN) is up big at 17% with their agreement to buy Amicus Pharmaceutics, helping expand their treatments for rare diseases.

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