Trending tickers: Nvidia, Airbnb, Pinterest, IAG, Vistry

  • November 8, 2024

Nvidia ( NVDA )

Nvidia's stock price hit record highs on Thursday, bringing its market value to above $3.6tn (£2.8tn), as US indices continue to see a boost from Donald Trump's re-election as president . It's the first company in history to hit a valuation this high.

Shares closed out Thursday's session 2.3% higher, and looked set for further gains when the market opens on Friday. For the year-to-date the chipmaker is now more than 200% higher.

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As computing giants have raced to upgrade their AI capabilities, Nvidia has become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the chip boom.

According to Reuters, following this year's surge, Nvidia now exceeds the combined value of Eli Lilly ( LLY ), Walmart ( WMT ), JPMorgan ( JPM ), Visa ( V ), UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) and Netflix ( NFLX ).

Airbnb ( ABNB )

Airbnb stock looks set to almost erase a 4.6% gain made on Thursday following a mixed earnings report where it beat revenue estimates, but profit fell short of expectations.

The short let rental company said its revenue had been weighed down by lower bookings at the beginning of the quarter and a heavy spend on international marketing.

Airbnb said that its investments in advertising in markets such as Brazil and Japan had meant sales and marketing spend jumped 27.5% in the quarter to $5m.

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The booking rate on its 'experiences' offering grew 8% from a year earlier.

Meanwhile, its third-quarter gross booking value hit $20.1bn and revenue of $3.73bn, both up 10%, compared with a year earlier.

Pinterest ( PINS )

Pinterest stock was trading more than 13% lower in premarket on Friday, as its guidance for the current quarter troubled investors.

The plunge came in spite of the fact that third-quarter results came in better-than-expected.

Q3 earnings were $0.40 a share on revenue of $898.4m, beating expectations of $0.34 and $896.9m, respectively.

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While the number of monthly active users declined 11% to 537m, the average revenue per user rose by 5% to $1.70. The number of users exceeded the nine-analyst average estimate of 531 million.

It expects revenue to range from $1.125bn to $1.145bn, or $1.135bn at the midpoint, compared with estimates for$1.145bn.

IAG ( IAG.L )

British Airways owner IAG was among the top gainer in the FTSE 100 ( ^FTSE ) on Friday, up 6.7% in early trade after the company published quarterly results.

For the three months to 30 September, revenue was up 7.9%, while operating profit rose 15.4% to just over €2bn (£1.7bn).

Overall, for the nine months ended September, the group reported total revenue of €24bn and a profit before tax of €2.3bn.

Revenues were supported by a decline in fuel costs, which were down 4.2% compared with Q3 2023. While the cost of buying fuel has fallen, it also added more efficient aircraft to its fleet.

Vistry ( VTY.L )

Housebuilder Vistry saw its stock drop on Friday in early trade after it cut guidance for its full-year by 14%, down from £350m to £300m. The move follows a more detailed review of the issues within its Southern Region's housebuilding business.

"This is the second cut to numbers following the discovery of the issue, and we expect the shares to be very weak today," said Anthony Codling, managing director of housebuilding equity research at RBC Capital Markets.

"The fuller review looked at all six divisions and 26 regions and fortunately found that no systemic issues were found elsewhere in the business," Codling added.

"There are still a lot of moving parts to follow at Vistry and the true impact on the business, and its future plans, is unlikely to be revealed until the new year."

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