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Shares of online marketplace Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY)
jumped 3.1% in the morning session after the stock hit a new 52-week high of $66.21, fueled by strong recent performance and positive analyst updates. The e-commerce platform's stock had already seen a significant climb, rising 48% over the past couple of months and gaining over 8% in the past week alone.
Shares of healthcare apparel company Figs (NYSE:FIGS)
fell 3.4% in the pre-market session after investors reacted to a cautious outlook from Wall Street analysts, which included a "Sell" rating from Goldman Sachs.
Shares of mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain CAVA (NYSE:CAVA) fell 6.3% in the afternoon session after analysts at William Blair lowered their earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the company's upcoming second quarter. The firm reduced its forecast for CAVA's second-quarter earnings to $0.13 per share from a previous estimate of $0.14. This revision signaled expectations of lower profitability and added to investor concerns regarding the stock's high valuation. CAVA traded at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of over 156, a significant premium compared to its industry's average of about 21. Such a high valuation often indicated that investors expected strong growth, making the stock particularly sensitive to negative revisions like the one from William Blair.
Shares of financial software provider SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) jumped 3.3% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong second-quarter 2025 financial results and announced a major acquisition.
Shares of online advertising giant Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
jumped 2.8% in the morning session after the company reported strong second-quarter financial results that beat Wall Street expectations and announced plans to increase its spending on Artificial Intelligence.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Global Investment Office (GIO) has launched the Equity Vulnerability Score, a proprietary tool that can help clients and the Financial Advisors who serve them measure and rank the susceptibility of US stocks to potential future drops in value.
CEO Haviv Ilan noted that the cyclical recovery is continuing, while customer inventories remain at low levels, and emphasized that in times like these, it is crucial to have sufficient capacity and inventory
Morgan Stanley is currently under investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for potential money laundering risks associated with its clients.
Shares of freight rail services provider CSX (NASDAQ:CSX)
jumped 4% in the pre-market session after the company's stock rose amid reports of potential merger and acquisition activity heating up within the U.S. freight rail industry.
Shares of metal packaging products manufacturer Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK)
jumped 3.6% in the morning session after the company reported second-quarter earnings that surpassed analyst expectations and raised its full-year guidance.
Shares of analog chips maker onsemi (NASDAQ:ON)
jumped 3.1% in the morning session after an analyst at Morgan Stanley raised the firm's price target to $54 from $39.
