Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Amazon, Shopify, Grail, Akamai Technologies, Walmart & more
Here are some of the stocks making the biggest moves in midday trading. Tariff beneficiaries — In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, retailers that had been hit by the levies rallied, but were recently trading off their highs for the session. E-commerce giant Amazon added more than 2%, and Shopify climbed 4%. Furniture retailer Wayfair and home improvement play Floor & Decor each advanced more than 4%. Jefferies called out several stocks that stand to benefit, including Yeti and Nike , while a Needham analyst touted Steve Madden . Blue Owl Capital — Shares slid nearly 3%, one day after after the private market and alternative assets manager fell 5.9% following the sale of $1.4 billion in loans . Blue Owl is down more than 9% this week, on pace for a fifth straight weekly loss. CoreWeave – Shares of the cloud infrastructure play slid about 12% after Business Insider reported that Blue Owl could not arrange financing for a proposed $4 billion CoreWeave data center in Pennsylvania. Walmart — The retail juggernaut dropped more than 2% after HSBC downgraded it to hold from buy, pointing to a “lack of immediate momentum.” Earlier this week, Walmart anticipated fiscal full-year adjusted earnings per share of $2.75 to $2.85, missing the LSEG consensus call for $2.96 per share. Grail — Shares cratered 48% after the company said a trial of one of its drugs missed its primary endpoint and failed to show statistically significant Stage III-IV cancer reduction. Opendoor Technologies — The residential real estate sales platform rose 7%. Fourth-quarter revenue of $736 million beat the LSEG consensus estimate of $549 million. Opendoor sees a first-quarter adjusted EBITDA loss in the low to mid $30 million range, versus the FactSet consensus call for a loss of $32.2 million. Management said the company is “driving to Adjusted Net Income positive by the end of 2026, measured on a 12-month go-forward basis.” Akamai Technologies — Shares of the cloud computing company slumped about 10%, weighed down by weak guidance. Akamai sees first-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.50 to $1.67 per share, compared to the $1.75 per share consensus estimate from analysts polled by LSEG. Copart – Shares of the online car auction company dropped 4%. Copart earned 36 cents per share in the fiscal second quarter , down 10% from the year-earlier period and short of the FactSet consensus call for 39 cents per share. Revenue of $1.12 billion also missed the Street’s estimate of $1.15 billion. Texas Roadhouse — The casual dining chain rose 2%. Comparable sales at company-owned restaurants in the first seven weeks of the first quarter increased 8.2% from the year-ago period. Texas Roadhouse boosted its dividend 10% and expects to lift menu prices by 1.9% in early April. AppLovin — The stock rose 4% after Bloomberg reported that the advertising technology provider is developing plans for its own social media platform. Live Nation Entertainment — The concert producer posted strong fourth-quarter results, sending shares 4% higher. Live Nation reported $6.31 billion in revenue for the period, exceeding the $6.11 billion estimated from analysts polled by LSEG. Comfort Systems — Shares were up more than 3% after the HVAC and electrical service contractor posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. Comfort earned $9.37 per share, topping a FactSet consensus estimate of $6.75 per share, on revenue of $2.65 billion, above the estimate of $2.34 billion. Newmont — The miner dropped nearly 3%. Newmont earned an adjusted $2.52 per share in the fourth quarter, topping the FactSet consensus estimate of $2.04 per share. Newmont also announced a record $7.3 billion in free cash flow for the year. Chemours — Shares plunged 18% after the industrial and specialty chemicals producer reported underwhelming results. Chemours earned 5 cents per share excluding one-time items for the fourth quarter, below a FactSet consensus estimate of 7 cents per share, on revenue of $1.33 billion, matching the Street’s forecast. Celsius Holdings — Shares of the energy drink maker jumped 7% after a management presentation to the Consumer Analyst Group of New York. Celsius expects its distribution footprint to continue growing, with Celsius and Alani Nu shelf space expanding by more than 17% and 100%, respectively. Celsius also touted its partnership with PepsiCo, allowing annual contract value to double, enhanced execution and international expansion as a significant long-term opportunity. — CNBC’s Christina Cheddar Berk and Darla Mercado contributed reporting.
