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Expedia, Cloudflare, Affirm, PepsiCo, AMC Networks, Pinterest, Take-Two, and More Movers


Expedia Group

reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.72 a share, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.68 but shares of the online travel agency slumped 18% after it announced that CEO Peter Kern would be replaced by Ariane Gorin, who has served in multiple roles at the company since joining in 2013, most recently as president for business. Gorin’s appointment is effective May 13.

Expedia

also reported gross bookings in the quarter of $21.67 billion, up 6%, but a little shy of Wall Street estimates of $22 billion. Competitor

Booking Holdings

declined 3.4%.

Cloudflare

surged 22% after the internet infrastructure company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 15 cents a share, up from 6 cents a year earlier and ahead of analysts’ expectations of 12 cents. Revenue rose 32% to $363 million and beat estimates of $353 million as the business was “driven by robust momentum with large customers,”

Cloudflare

said. 

Fiscal second-quarter revenue at

Affirm Holdings

rose 48% from a year earlier to $591 million and the lending and payments company posted a loss of 54 cents a share. Gross merchandise volume rose 32% from last year to $7.5 billion, accelerating for the third consecutive quarter, according to the company, which raised its fiscal-year forecast for gross merchandise volume to more than $25.25 billion, up $1 billion from its prior outlook. The stock was falling 9.4% on Friday after rising 10% on Thursday in the lead-up to the earnings report.

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PepsiCo

reported fourth-quarter earnings adjusted earnings of $1.78 a share, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.72. Revenue of $27.9 billion fell 0.5% from a year earlier and missed forecasts of $28.4 billion. Shares of the beverages and snacks company fell 2.9%.

AMC Networks

was down 18% after the television broadcasting and production company reported a 30% fall in revenue following a decline in subscribers.

Pinterest

reported fourth-quarter revenue that slightly missed Wall Street estimates and adjusted profit of 53 cents a share that exceeded expectations by 1 cent. For the first quarter,

Pinterest

projected revenue of $690 million to $705 million, up 15% to 17%, but with the middle of that range slightly below Wall Street consensus of $702 million. Shares of the social media site were falling 11%.

Take-Two Interactive Software

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reported fiscal third-quarter adjusted revenue, or net bookings, that were in line with analysts’ estimates, but the videogame publisher’s revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of between $1.27 billion to $1.32 billion missed estimates of $1.51 billion. Take-Two said it saw weakness in mobile advertising and revenue from its NBA 2K24 basketball game. The stock declined 8.1%.

Masonite International

reached an agreement to be acquired by

Owens Corning

in a cash deal valued at $3.9 billion, or $133 a share. Masonite, a manufacturer of doors, rose 35% to $129.98.

Arm Holdings

was down 2.1% on Friday after ending Thursday’s session with a gain of 48% following a bullish revenue outlook and earnings that topped Wall Street expectations. The chip designer has received a boost from a faster-than-expected shift to artificial intelligence.

Write to Joe Woelfel at joseph.woelfel@barrons.com



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