Beyond Meat, Sweetgreen, Adobe, Block and more

Take a look at the businesses making headlines earlier than the bell:

Past Meat — Shares jumped 12% after Past Meat reported a smaller-than-expected loss in its fourth quarter, even with gross sales falling greater than 20%. The meat-alternative firm reported a loss per share of $1.05, decrease than the anticipated $1.18, in keeping with Refinitiv. It posted income of $79.9 million, greater than the $75.7 million anticipated.

Block — Shares of the funds big rose greater than 6% in early morning buying and selling after the corporate reported better-than-expected income for the fourth quarter and robust development in gross revenue.

Carvana — The used-car retailer sank 5.8% after posting a fourth-quarter lack of $7.61 per share, higher than the forecasted lack of $2.28 per share, in keeping with consensus estimates from Refinitiv. Income got here in at $2.84 billion, a 24% drop from the fourth quarter of 2021 and decrease than analysts’ expectations of $3.1 billion.

Sweetgreen — Shares of the salad chain shed about 10% after Sweetgreen issued weaker-than-expected income steerage for the primary quarter and full 12 months, in keeping with Refinitiv. Fourth-quarter income additionally fell quick. Larger menu costs and fewer transactions damage the agency, as did romaine, arugula and tomato shortages.

Adobe — Shares fell greater than 3% after a Bloomberg report, citing an unnamed supply, mentioned the U.S. Justice Division is planning to dam the corporate’s $20 billion acquisition of startup Figma in a lawsuit.

MercadoLibre — MercadoLibre jumped 5% after the South American e-commerce agency reported fourth-quarter earnings of $3.25 per share on income of $3 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had been anticipating earnings of $2.42 per share and income of $2.96 billion.

Boeing — Shares of the economic big dropped greater than 2% in premarket buying and selling after the corporate mentioned it has quickly halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners so it might probably do extra evaluation on a fuselage element. The planes, which are sometimes used for long-haul worldwide routes, have suffered a number of points for a number of years.

EOG Assets — EOG Assets slid 3.6% after the vitality firm reported fourth-quarter earnings, excluding gadgets, that had been wanting analysts’ expectations, in keeping with FactSet. The corporate beat on income, nonetheless.

Warner Bros. Discovery — The inventory fell 4% after Warner Bros. Discovery posted disappointing leads to its newest quarter. The media and leisure conglomerate reported a lack of 86 cents per share on income of $11.01 billion. Analysts polled by Refinitiv known as for a lack of 21 cents per share on income of $11.36 billion.

Autodesk — Shares dropped greater than 4% after Autodesk issued gentle steerage on first-quarter earnings. In any other case, the software program firm beat fourth-quarter expectations on the highest and backside strains, in keeping with Refinitiv.

— CNBC’s Michelle Fox, Yun Li and Tanaya Macheel contributed reporting