Shares of telehealth company Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) fell 6.3% in the afternoon session after Cigna Group's Evernorth division introduced a monthly $200 price cap for weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound, a move that could significantly disrupt pricing in the weight loss drug market.
Shares of blockchain infrastructure company Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) jumped 6.6% in the afternoon session after stocks tied to digital assets surged as Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market cap, reached a new all-time high, edging past the $110,000 mark.
Shares of video game retailer GameStop (NYSE:GME) jumped 7.8% in the afternoon session after stocks tied to digital assets surged as Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market cap, reached a new all-time high, edging past the $110,000 mark.
Shares of health insurance company Humana (NYSE:HUM) fell 6.5% in the afternoon session after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a significant expansion of its audit program for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
Online vehicle auction company Copart (NASDAQ:CPRT) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales rose 7.5% year on year to $1.21 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.42 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
IT solutions provider ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 10.2% year on year to $498.1 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.11 per share was 28.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Footwear and apparel conglomerate Deckers (NYSE:DECK) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 6.5% year on year to $1.02 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $900 million was less impressive, coming in 2.1% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $1 per share was 65.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Design software company Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 15.2% year on year to $1.63 billion. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was better than expected at $1.73 billion at the midpoint, 1.6% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.29 per share was 6.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Off-price retail company Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) reported Q1 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 2.6% year on year to $4.98 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $5.37 billion was less impressive, coming in 2.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $1.47 per share was 2.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Tax and accounting software provider, Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) reported Q1 CY2025 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 15.1% year on year to $7.75 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($3.74 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 5.7% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $11.65 per share was 6.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Finance and HR software company Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) reported Q1 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 12.6% year on year to $2.24 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.23 per share was 11% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
The U.S. is on track to borrow more than two trillion dollars this year, but that’s going to require a lot of new loans from investors, and it’s looking like there is limited investor appetite for ever larger amounts of federal Treasuries.
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