U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Friday, taking a breather after a sharp rally powered by a sweeping Trump win and an expected interest-rate cut took the S&P 500 futures above the 6,000 mark for the first time.
Market Snapshot
Dow E-minis were up 22 points, or 0.05%, S&P 500 E-minis were unchanged and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were down 32.75 points, or 0.15%.
Pre-Market Movers
Trump Media & Technology Group was down 4.8% in premarket trading after sliding 23% on Thursday, the stock's largest percentage daily decrease on record since merging with special-purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition in March, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The stock was on track to finish the week lower, even though Donald Trump, which is majority shareholder of Trump Media, won the U.S. presidential election.
Lender Upstart Holdings Inc. posted positive surprises across the board Thursday, and its stock was moving 17% higher in premarket following those upbeat earnings.
Pinterest, the social media platform, reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations and said it now has 537 million monthly active users, up 11% from a year earlier. The stock was down 12%, however, after Pinterest said it expects fourth-quarter operating expenses of between $495 million and $510 million, up 11% to 14% from a year earlier, as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence.
Arista Networks fell 4.8% in premarket trading after the cloud-networking company reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analysts' estimates and announced a 4-for-1 stock split. Arista also said it expected fourth-quarter revenue of $1.85 billion to $1.9 billion compared with estimates of $1.81 billion.
Airbnb reported third-quarter revenue up 10% from a year earlier to $3.73 billion, with the short-term stay company saying the gains were "primarily driven by the growth of nights stayed on the platform." Gross booking value in the period rose 10 to $20.1 billion, with nights and experiences booked rising 8%. Airbnb said it was seeing "strong demand trends" in the fourth quarter. The stock was down 6.8%.
Nvidia was up 0.5%. The stock rose 2.3% on Thursday, hitting a record close and making it the first company in history to reach a market capitalization of $3.6 trillion. Nvidia, along with Sherwin-Williams, joins the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday.
Third-quarter earnings and revenue at cybersecurity company Fortinet beat Wall Street estimates but the stock was down 4.8% after billings guidance for the fourth quarter came up short of expectations. Fortinet said it anticipates billings in the period of $1.95 billion versus estimates of $2 billion.
Cloudflare, the cybersecurity and software company, was down 6.3% after issuing fourth-quarter revenue guidance that missed Wall Street estimates. The company said it sees revenue in the period of $451 million to $452 million below forecasts of $453.4 million.
Doximity was rising 38% after the online platform for medical professionals reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street estimates.
Monster Beverage was down 4.8% after the energy-drink maker reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of 40 cents a share, missing analysts' expectations of 42 cents.
Block, the fintech payments company that operates the Square and Cash App platforms, was falling 1% after third-quarter revenue of $5.98 billion missed Wall Street expectations of $6.24 billion. Gross profit in the period rose 19% from a year earlier to $2.25 billion, and Block said it anticipates fourth-quarter gross profit to increase 14% to $2.31 billion.
Rivian Automotive, the electric-vehicle company, reported a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss of $1.08 a share on sales of $874 million. Wall Street was expecting Rivian to post a loss of 96 cents a share on sales of $992 million. The company said it remained on track to report a "modest positive gross profit" during the fourth quarter despite a parts shortage that affected third-quarter production. Shares were up 0.5% in premarket trading.
Lucid Group rose 2.7% after posting a third-quarter adjusted loss of 28 cents a share on revenue of $200 million. Analysts were expecting a loss of 31 cents a share and revenue of $196.2 million. The company delivered about 2,800 Air sedans during the third quarter, a record. Lucid said it remained on track for annual production of about 9,000 electric vehicles.
Online travel website Expedia reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $6.13 a share, higher than estimates of $6.05, but revenue of $4.06 billion missed forecasts of $4.11 billion. Total gross bookings in the quarter rose 7% to $27.5 billion. The company also said Chief Financial Officer Julie Whalen will be stepping down in February. Shares were up 3%.
DraftKings, the sports-betting company, cut its fiscal-year revenue outlook for revenue and said it expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of between $240 million and $280 million, down from prior guidance of $340 million to $420 million. The company cited the "impact of customer-friendly sport outcomes early in the fourth quarter" for the reduced forecast. The stock fell 5%.
Affirm Holdings, the "buy now, pay later" company, reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter revenue and a narrower-than-expected loss. Revenue in the period rose 41% to $698 million. Gross merchandise volume of $7.6 billion increased 35% and topped expectations of $7.28 billion. Shares, however, slipped 0.6%.
Toast rose 13% after the digital-payment platform for restaurants reported third-quarter revenue that was better than expected. The company's annualized run-rate rose 28% to $1.6 billion, higher than consensus of $1.5 billion.
Market News
China's latest stimulus falls short of expectations
Investors hoping China would announce extra fiscal buffers for an economy girding for another Donald Trump presidency were disappointed on Friday.
China's top legislative body, the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), did as was expected, approving bills to allow local governments to allocate 10 trillion yuan ($1.40 trillion) towards reducing off-balance sheet, or "hidden", debt.
Paramount Global posts sales miss on weak box office, cable TV declines
Paramount Global missed quarterly revenue estimates on Friday as a lack of big hits at the box office and declines in its cable business outweighed better-than-expected subscriber growth at its streaming service after the return of NFL content.
Revenue at the TV media business, which includes CBS and MTV, fell 6% in the third quarter due to lower spending from advertisers, a drop in subscribers and absence of pay-per-view boxing events.