I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.U.S. stock futures rose as investors anticipated earnings from Best Buy, Dollar General, and Ulta Beauty. NVIDIA reported strong Q2 results with $96.22B revenue, up 106% YoY, beating estimates. HP Inc. also beat Q3 earnings and revenue forecasts but saw shares dip 9%. Best Buy, Dollar General, and Ulta Beauty shares saw modest after-hours gains ahead of their reports.
With U.S. stock futures trading higher this morning on Thursday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:
- Wall Street expects Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY) to post quarterly earnings of $1.38 per share on revenue of $9.59 billion before the opening bell, according to Benzinga Pro data. Best Buy shares rose 1% to $88.34 in after-hours trading.
- Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and issued a strong revenue forecast for the current quarter. Nvidia reported second-quarter revenue of $96.22 billion, up 106% year-over-year. The revenue total beat a Street consensus estimate of $92.18 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Nvidia shares gained 4.7% to $219.53 in the after-hours trading session.
- Analysts are expecting Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) to post quarterly earnings of $2.00 per share on revenue of $11.19 billion before the opening bell. Dollar General shares rose 1.1% to $124.16 in the after-hours trading session.
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- HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) posted upbeat results for the third quarter and raised its FY2026 earnings forecast. HP reported quarterly earnings of 83 cents per share, which beat the analyst estimate of 69 cents. Quarterly revenue came in at $15.68 billion, which beat the Street estimate of $14.43 billion and was up from $13.93 billion in the same period last year. HP shares dipped 9% to $27.77 in the after-hours trading session.
- Analysts expect Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) to post quarterly earnings of $6.18 per share on revenue of $2.95 billion after the closing bell. Ulta Beauty shares rose 0.3% to $545.00 in after-hours trading.
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