In today’s fast-paced financial markets, staying informed about the stocks that experience significant price movements is crucial for both seasoned investors and those new to the trading landscape.
This blog post will delve into the stocks with the largest moves today, offering insights into the factors driving these fluctuations and their potential implications for investment strategies.
By analyzing the day’s biggest gainers and losers, we aim to equip our readers with the knowledge needed to navigate the ever-evolving world of stock trading. Whether you are looking to capitalize on opportunities or simply enhance your understanding of market trends, this overview will provide valuable information to help guide your decisions.
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Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA)
On Friday, February 14th Moderna announces financial results for Q4 and full year 2024. Here are highlights of the business updates:
- Fourth quarter revenues of $1.0 billion, compared to $2.8 billion in the same period in 2023.
- GAAP net loss of $(1.1) billion for Q4 of 2024, compared to net income of $217 million for the fourth quarter of 2023. Loss includes about $0.2 billion in non-cash charges linked to manufacturing resizing.
- GAAP EPS of $(2.91) for Q4 for 2024, compared to earnings per share of $0.55 for the fourth quarter of 2023.
- Full-year revenues totaling $3.2 billion for 2024, compared to $6.8 billion in 2023. Lower sales of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine were reported as primary cause of the decline in overall revenue. 2024 saw net product sales of $3.1 billion, a 53% drop from 2023.
- Net loss for the entire year 2024 was $3.6 billion, compared to $4.7 billion in 2023.
- Loss per share for the full year 2024 was $(9.28), compared to $(12.33) in 2023.
- Moderna projects 2025 revenue between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion, with an ending cash position of roughly $6 billion.
- Reports submitting three investigational mRNA products for regulatory approval, including an advanced COVID vaccine, RSV vaccine aimed at high-risk adults aged 18 to 59, and a combined flu/COVID vaccine.
- Starting 2025 with two approved products, Spikevax® and mRESVIA®.
The company, which is rushing to introduce new products and bounce back from the sharp fall of its once-thriving Covid business, is going through another difficult quarter. In premarket trading, Moderna’s stock fell more than 4% in response to the earnings announcement.
Moderna Chief Financial Officer Jamey Mock stated in an interview that the company’s 27% expense reduction from 2023 is one of the key lessons to be learned from its full-year 2024 performance. Moderna anticipates a $1 billion cost reduction by the end of 2025 over 2024.
Airbnb Inc. (NASDAQ: ABNB)
Over the past few years Airbnb rebuilt their platform on a new technology stack. Their Q4 results show that these efforts are already having a beneficial effect on the business:
- The number of nights increased more quickly in Q4 than in Q3, making it the year’s highest-growth quarter.
- Reported revenue in Q4 is $2.5 billion, a 12% increase from the previous year. A minor increase in the Average Daily Rate (“ADR”) and strong growth in nights stayed were reported as the main drivers of the revenue increase from $2.2 billion in Q4 2023 to $2.5 billion in Q4 2024.
- Q4 net income was $461 million, representing a 19% net income margin.
Airbnb’s (ABNB) stock is up 15% after the home rental company reported better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter of last year. Airbnb is taking position as a much stronger company today than it was a few years ago. Since their 2020 IPO their revenue has tripled, and in 2024, they surpassed the travel industry’s growth. Their platform is ready to launch new offerings as part of their May 2025 Summer Release focusing on enhancing their core service and expanding in global markets.
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GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME)
Following a social media post indicating that GameStop is considering a cryptocurrency buying strategy, the company’s stock surged by 10%. The stock has dropped 8% so far this year and is 76% below its peak during the 2021 meme-stock frenzy.
CEO Ryan Cohen shared a picture of himself with Michael Saylor, co-founder and chairman of MicroStrategy, the biggest corporate bitcoin holder, on the social media platform X last weekend. This is not the first time GameStop has experimented with cryptocurrency. The business started a cryptocurrency wallet service in 2022 but shut it down a year later.
The company would follow a larger trend of businesses owning digital assets if it did decide to include cryptocurrency on its balance sheet. According to the bitcoin tracking website Bitcoin treasuries, over 70 public companies currently hold bitcoin, with some of the largest holders being companies like Riot Platforms, Coinbase and Block.
Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU)
Following the streaming service’s better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, Roku’s stock surged 13% in Friday’s pre-market trading.
Roku reported Q4 the first quarter with more than $1 billion in Platform revenue, fueled by more consumers switching to streaming. The Roku Channel’s streaming hours increased 82% year over year and reached almost 145 million households in the US.
Here are some key results for 2024:
- Total net revenue increased 18% year over year to $4.1 billion.
- Platform revenue was reported at $3.5 billion, up 18% year over year. Platform revenue in Q4 was above projections mainly because of advertising, especially from the political vertical. In Q4, political ad spends represented approximately 6% of Platform revenue.
- There were 89.8 million streaming households, a net gain of 9.8 million from 2023.
- Gross profit was $1.8 billion, up 19% year over year.
Roku’s subscriber base, ad revenue, and general growth have all increased as a result of the rise in political ad spending and the introduction of streaming services like Peacock, Disney+, and HBO Max.
In the future, sell-side analysts predict that revenue will increase by 12.2% over the next 12 months, which would be a modest slowdown from the previous three years. Nevertheless, this forecast is higher than typical for the industry and indicates that the Roku will gain some speed with its newest products and services.
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