Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Home Depot (HD) reported a key sales metric that beat expectations in the latest quarter on steady demand, though the retailer cautioned that macroeconomic challenges remain. Comparable sales, which track performance at locations open at least a year, rose 0.4% in the quarter ended Feb. 1, better than the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Earnings per share, excluding some items, also outpaced expectations in the period.
- Paramount Skydance (PSKY) raised its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), extending the long-running battle for one of Hollywood’s iconic studios, according to people familiar with the matter.The new, unspecified bid improves on the $30-a-share, all-cash proposal that Paramount took directly to Warner Bros. shareholders on Dec. 8 and addresses some of the company’s concerns with previous Paramount bids, according to the people, who asked to not be identified because the details aren’t public. Those concerns include greater certainty of Paramount financing.
- Keysight Technologies (KEYS) rise in trading after the company reported EPS and sales above estimate.
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