HCA Healthcare
The share prices for HCA Healthcare have experienced a 19% dip in the premarket trading. The trading prices for HCA Healthcare’s stocks experienced a dip after sharing its earnings for the first quarter of 2022. The company revealed that the earnings it generated were disappointing.
Based on the earnings of the recent quarter, HCA Healthcare has downgraded its guidance for the entire running year. Following the dip, the share prices for Intuitive Surgical and Universal Health Services experienced a 13% dip, and HCA experienced a 19% dip.
SVB Financial Group
The share prices of SVB Financial Group have experienced an 11% push in the premarket trading. The share prices for the regional bank went up after its shared its earnings for the first quarter of 2022. SVB Financial Group revealed it generated $6.22 per share in the form of adjusted earnings.
Whereas, the analysts at FactSet had predicted it would generate adjusted earnings worth $5.60 per share. On top of the earnings, SVB Financial Group also reported having generated net interest that was higher than the estimations set by the analysts.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
The share prices for Kimberly-Clark Corporation experienced a 9% surge in premarket trading. The share prices for the consumer products company surged having shared its earnings for the first quarter of 2022.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation officials revealed that the company generated earnings worth $1.35 per share for the respective quarter of 2022. On the other hand, the analysts at Refinitiv had predicted Kimberly-Clark Corporation would generate earnings worth $1.23 per share. Furthermore, Kimberly-Clark Corporation also increased its earnings estimations for the entire year 2022.
Schlumberger Shares Surged by 3%
The share prices of Schlumberger have experienced a 3% surge in its share prices in the premarket trading. The data shows that the share prices for Schlumberger experienced a surge after sharing its earnings for the first quarter of 2022.
The oilfield services company confirmed that in the first quarter of 2022, it generated earnings worth 34 cents per share. The analysts revealed that for the respective quarter, the Refinitiv analysts had predicted it would generate earnings worth $33 cents per share.
In addition to the earnings, the company announced that effective immediately, it had increased the quarterly dividends by 40%.
Gap Shares Dipped by 20%
The share prices for Gap experienced a 20% dip in the premarket trading. Gap experienced the dip after announcing that one of its oldest chief executive officers, Nancy Green, would soon leave the company.
Nancy Green will be leaving the company by the end of the running week. In addition to the above, Gap has also downgraded its earnings estimations for the entire running year.
