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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- American Eagle (AEO) shares gain after the apparel retailer announced a campaign headlined by actress Sydney Sweeney. The campaign was announced during the trading day on Wednesday; shares closed up 6.2%
- Tesla (TSLA) shares fall after Elon Musk warned of difficult times ahead for Tesla Inc. following one of the carmaker’s worst stretches since it first started producing electric sedans over a dozen years ago.
- Chipotle (CMG) shares sink. The restaurant chain cut its full-year outlook for the second time this year. Analysts note that a weaker comparable store sales in the quarter pressured its full-year sales outlook.

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- American Airlines (AAL) is lower after it reinstated annual earnings guidance in a lower range than expected, with results for 2025 ranging from an adjusted loss of 20 cents a share to a profit of as much as 80 cents. The carrier's outlook for the rest of the year diverged from new forecasts from United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. as businesses and consumers resume travel.
- Chipotle (CMG) is down after it cut its annual outlook for the second time this year, citing a traffic slump attributed to economic anxiety. The company said sales at established restaurants are now expected to be about flat for the full year, after previously forecasting a low-single digit expansion. CEO Scott Boatwright said lower-income consumers are under pressure and looking for value, disregarding Chipotle's key selling points such as quality, fresh, and abundance.
- American Eagle (AEO) shares jump 16% in premarket trading on Thursday, putting the stock on track to extend gains, after the apparel retailer announced a campaign headlined by actress Sydney Sweeney. The stock move accelerated during after-hours trading and continued to rally Thursday morning, soaring as much as 25% premarket before paring some of those gains.
- IBM (IBM) is lower this morning after it reported weaker-than-expected sales in its software segment, with second-quarter software unit sales increasing 10% to $7.39 billion. The company's management has heralded software and services as the path to rejuvenation, with software now more than 40% of the company's annual revenue, and bookings for the AI business have exceeded $7.5 billion since mid-2023.

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- Alphabet (GOOG) is trending higher after yesterday's earnings beat. Alphabet said demand for artificial intelligence products boosted quarterly sales, and now requires an extreme increase in capital spending. CEO Sundar Pichai explained that the investments are necessary in order to keep up with customer needs, saying "Our AI infrastructure investments are crucial to meeting the growth in demand from cloud customers". Chipmakers Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) are rising on this news.
- Tesla (TSLA) is lower in premarket trading after seeing a decline yesterday from its earnings miss. CEO Elon Musk did warn of difficult times ahead for Tesla after one of the automaker’s worst quarters in over a decade. Musk said Tesla will be in a transition period for the next year or more, losing electric vehicle incentives in the US and needing time to roll out autonomous vehicles.
- IBM (IBM) is lower this morning after it reported weaker-than-expected sales in its software segment, with second-quarter software unit sales increasing 10% to $7.39 billion. The company's management has heralded software and services as the path to rejuvenation, with software now more than 40% of the company's annual revenue, and bookings for the AI business have exceeded $7.5 billion since mid-2023.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) is higher this morning as it reported more new subscribers than analysts were expecting in the second quarter, with 830,000 new monthly phone customers. T-Mobile's CEO Mike Sievert said the company's satellite-based texting and data service will help attract and retain customers in the long term, and the company raised its full-year guidance due to its joint venture with KKR & Co.

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- Reckitt's shares surged to the highest in almost 17 months after the consumer goods company said its biggest brands will grow more than forecast, a sign its plan to revive the business is working.
- STMicro's shares plunged the most in a year after the chipmaker posted a surprise loss due to restructuring charges.
- BNP Paribas reported better-than-expected profit as the French lender got a boost from its fixed-income traders while equities slumped in the volatility triggered by the US tariff announcements.

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- Meme stock mania is spreading to a growing number of speculative stocks, underscoring the appetite among retail traders for riskier bets even with the market at all-time highs. Chatter across social media platforms first fixed on Opendoor Technologies Inc. (OPEN) but has since expanded to other heavily discounted names like Kohl’s Corp. (KSS), GoPro Inc. (GPRO) and Krispy Kreme Inc. (DNUT), sending them all flying to eye-popping rallies. While the number of stocks being drawn into the frenzy is growing, the rallies have been volatile and often short lived, raising questions about whether the companies will be able to take advantage of their elevated share prices to raise fresh capital, the way that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC) and GameStop Corp. (GME) did during the original meme stock craze of 2021. Krispy Kreme, for example, rose as much as 39% when the market opened Wednesday, but closed just 4.6% higher.   

- Thermo Fisher (TMO) shares jumped after the company raised its full year outlook as it no longer expects tariffs to bite as much as when it issued the forecast. "The US-China tariff situation has improved significantly versus our prior guidance assumptions,” Chief Financial Officer Stephen Williamson said during a call with analysts. “We reflected the Q2 benefit of that in our revised guidance. "Sales will be $43.6 billion to $44.2 billion this year, up $120 million from its previous view, Williamson said during a conference call. Analysts had expected $43.7 billion. The company also raised its profit view by 23 cents at the mid-point of its new target range.   

- Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) shares tumbled after the restaurant chain cut its annual outlook for the second time this year, suggesting that honey chicken and burrito giveaways haven’t been enough to offset a traffic slump. Chipotle now expects sales at established restaurants to be about flat for the full year, the company said Wednesday. It previously forecast the metric would expand by a low-single digit. Chipotle had already cut its annual guidance earlier this year after economic uncertainty, among other factors, dinged results. The Mexican-inspired chain has deployed everything from a limited-time launch of honey chicken to an adobo ranch sauce and free food to reel customers in. But transactions still slumped, driving a comparable sales decline of 4% in the quarter, which was a steeper decline than analysts were expecting.

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- Alphabet (GOOG) reported better-than-expected revenue but said 2025 capital expenditures will be higher than previously forecast, intensifying pressure on the company to justify the investments it is making to keep up in the AI race. Shares slipped about 2.8% in late trading after the search giant said capital expenditures would be $85 billion, compared to the $75 billion the company guided earlier this year. Second-quarter sales, excluding partner payouts, were $81.7 billion, the Google parent said Wednesday in a statement. Analysts had projected $79.6 billion on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
- Opendoor (OPEN) had a down day as the newest meme stocks see wild swings. Stocks are at all-time highs. Chatter on WallStreetBets is surging. Retail traders are flooding into low-priced shares. It’s not 2021, and the shares of the moment aren’t GameStop Corp., AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. or the now-bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond. In 2025’s meme stock mania, the companies du jour are Opendoor Technologies Inc. and Kohl’s Corp. The similarities are clear: Like the episode four years ago, which famously led Gabe Plotkin to shutter his hedge fund Melvin Capital Management, amateur traders are piling into heavily shorted companies with low share prices in a bid to strike quick riches. And, as was the case back then, it comes at a time of broad market euphoria: the S&P 500 is at an all-time high, Bitcoin has doubled in less than year and blank-check companies are all the rage again.
- IBM (IBM) reported weaker-than-expected sales in its closely watched software segment, disappointing investors who have grown increasingly optimistic about the business.Second-quarter software unit sales increased 10% to $7.39 billion, slightly below analysts’ average estimate of $7.49 billion. The company’s consulting business, which has been experiencing a growth slump, generated a revenue bump of 3% to $5.31 billion.Investors have grown enthusiastic about IBM’s software business and the potential for future growth from artificial intelligence tools and quantum computing. The company’s management has heralded software and services as the path to rejuvenation since the 1990s. However, only recently under Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna has the approach really begun to materialize.

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- NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) shares slumped 3.6% after the company raised $1.05 billion in an initial public offering. Shares of the consumer intelligence data firm opened at $20.25 each on Wednesday as of 12:43 p.m. in New York, versus an IPO price of $21 apiece. The offering of 50 million shares was marketed in a range of $20 to $24 each. The trading gives the former consumer intelligence unit of Nielsen Holdings a market value of nearly $6 billion based on the outstanding shares listed in its filings.

- Baker Hughes (BKR) shares stock surged after the company reported second quarter earnings that beat consensus estimates.

- Otis Worldwide (OTIS) shares are down today as the elevator manufacturer cut its forecast for full-year sales and free cash flow after second quarter sales missed expectations. “We did not expect the company to reduce operational guidance by this much,” JPMorgan analyst Steve Tusa writes. Second-quarter sales disappointed, hurt by a decrease in new equipment sales in China and the Americas. New equipment sales in the quarter fell 10% from the year-ago period, hurt by China and the Americas; new equipment sales were down more than 20% in China.

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- GoPro (GPRO) shares surge along with Krispy Kreme and Beyond Meat. Wall Street has been captivated in recent days by the resurgence in a handful of stocks popular on the WallStreetBets page of Reddit, known for sparking past bouts of meme-stock mania. Daniela Hathorn, senior market analyst at Capital.com, says the surges have been driven by a mix of social media buzz, short squeezes, and technical breakouts, despite little to no change in the companies’ underlying business fundamentals.
- Morgan Stanley (MS) shares are little changed after news of being probed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over its vetting of clients for the risk of money laundering. That's according to Wall Street Journal reporting.
- Texas Instruments (TXN) shares plunge after the company issued a third-quarter forecast that was more guarded than some investors had anticipated. The main concern is whether tariffs and trade disputes will hurt a sales resurgence, with executives acknowledging they don't know how much of the 16% revenue jump came from tariff-related "pull in."

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- Hasbro (HAS) shares jump after the toy company reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter, and boosted its full-year forecasts. This comes after after a record quarter for its Magic: The Gathering card game.
- Texas Instruments (TXN) shares plunge after the company issued a third-quarter forecast that was more guarded than some investors had anticipated. The main concern is whether tariffs and trade disputes will hurt a sales resurgence, with executives acknowledging they don't know how much of the 16% revenue jump came from tariff-related "pull in."
- Enphase Energy (ENPH) shares fall after the company said it sees the nation’s residential market shrinking 20% next year as tax credits for homeowners end under President Donald Trump’s economic legislation. Analysts at BloombergNEF expect residential solar installations to increase about 13% this year, but see the market shrinking by 35% in 2026.

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- Toyota (TM) shares are higher after President Trump agreed to a 15% tariff on automobiles imported from Japan, ending months of uncertainty and fueling a rally in shares of Japanese carmakers. The agreement should provide Japan’s automakers with relief and clarity, as they had been bracing for a 25% tariff on all cars and parts imported to the US, according to the text.
- Texas Instruments (TXN) is plunging after the company issued a third-quarter forecast that was more guarded than some investors had anticipated. The main concern is whether tariffs and trade disputes will hurt a sales resurgence, with executives acknowledging they don't know how much of the 16% revenue jump came from tariff-related "pull in."
- GoPro (GPRO) 1-800-Flowers.com (FLWS) and Krispy Kreme (DNUT) are all soaring in early trading on meme stock mania. Daniela Hathorn, senior market analyst at Capital.com, says the surges have been driven by a mix of social media buzz, short squeezes, and technical breakouts, despite little to no change in the companies' underlying business fundamentals. Hathorn adds, "Krispy Kreme seems to be the latest addition to the frenzy", with no significant news to justify the rally, just "sheer retail momentum".

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