Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia — Shares for the artificial intelligence and infrastructure company rose over 7% in premarket trading after beating expectations on both lines in the second quarter and reporting that revenue more than doubled on Wednesday. Nvidia earned $2.22 per share after adjustments and $96.22 billion in revenue against analyst consensus estimates of $2.10 per share and $92.17 billion in revenue, according to LSEG. The company expects revenue to rise to $108 billion in the third quarter, also higher than expected. Dollar General — The discount retailer jumped 12% after raising its full-year earnings guidance. The company now sees profit between $7.80 and $8 per share, up from a previous range of $7.20 to $7.45 per share. Dollar General also said it “intends to repurchase shares under its existing share repurchase program in the second half of the fiscal year ending January 29, 2027.” HP — The PC maker dropped nearly 11% despite beating posting fiscal third-quarter results that beat the Street. Its full-year earnings guidance was also above expectations. Salesforce — The software giant jumped nearly 12% after reporting second-quarter results that beat analyst expectations. Adjusted earnings of $5.90 per share beat an LSEG estimate of $3.27 per share. Okta – Shares increased by over 19% after the company’s second-quarter results exceeded analyst expectations on Wednesday. Okta reported adjusted earnings of $1.05 per share on revenue of $805 million for the quarter. That’s above the 97 cents in earnings per share and $795 million in revenue that analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected. The company also raised its earnings and revenue guidance for the full year. CrowdStrike —Shares increased nearly 10%after the global cybersecurity company’s second-quarter results beat consensus on revenue and earnings per share. Full-year earnings guidance also topped estimates. Everpure — The data management and storage company went up nearly 3% after Bank of America upgraded the company to buy from neutral. Analysts cited multiple reasons for the upgrade, including confidence that estimate revisions will be positive and noting the company’s revenue will grow because of its internal hyperscaler use. Abercrombie & Fitch — Shares fell 1.4% after Citi downgraded the retailer to neutral from buy, saying there isn’t much upside left after a monster run for the stock. The apparel name is up 35% earlier this week after it beat on second-quarter estimates and raised its full-year outlook. — CNBC’s Scott Schnipper, Sean Conlon, Alex Harring and Davis Giangiulio contributed reporting
