Stocks to Watch Tuesday: GM, Spotify, UPS, Tesla -- WSJ

Dow Jones04-23

By Anna Hirtenstein and Katy Barnato

These stocks are winning early Tuesday, amid a mixture of flurry of earnings reports and also some M&A news. (To find out which stocks are lagging today, click here.)

Tesla $(TSLA)$: All eyes are on the EV maker's earnings, due after the market close. Tesla stock rose over 2% in early trading, after a rocky stretch that has seen it fall over 40% in 2024.

General Motors $(GM)$: Shares of GM leapt nearly 5% after the car company raised its annual profit outlook.

Spotify $(SPOT)$: Shares zoomed up roughly 16% after the audio-streaming company swung to a first-quarter profit.

Danaher $(DHR)$: The healthcare conglomerate still expects underlying sales to fall this year, but flagged improving order trends in its bioprocessing business. Its shares leapt around 7%.

UPS $(UPS)$: The delivery company posted another drop in quarterly revenue, but its adjusted earnings beat expectations. Its shares rose roughly 1%.

Novartis (CH: NOVN), $(NVS)$: The pharmaceutical company raised its full-year guidance and reported forecast-beating profit and sales. Its stocks in Switzerland and the U.S. rallied.

SAP (XE: SAP), $(SAP)$: The business software giant's earnings beat expectations; its U.S. and Germany-listed stocks jumped more than 4%.

Hibbett $(HIBB)$, JD Sports (UK: JD): The British retailer said it would buy the U.S. sporting-goods company in a deal that values the latter at $1.08 billion. Shares of both companies rallied.

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