Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: McDonald’s — Shares fell more than 6% after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food company’s Quarter Pounder burgers has resulted in the hospitalization of 10 people and one death. Starbucks — The coffee chain fell 4.5% after its preliminary fiscal fourth-quarter results showed a decline in sales. Starbucks also suspended its 2025 forecast. Boeing — The defense stock slipped 0.6% after its third-quarter results were released. Revenue of $17.84 billion, which the company had preannounced, topped an LSEG estimate of $17.82 billion. Boeing reported a loss of $10.44 per share. Free cash flow was also negative $1.95 billion owing to losses in its commercial airplanes and defense segments. Enphase Energy — The solar energy tech company declined 15% after issuing a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue outlook. Enphase expects revenue in the current quarter in a range between $360 million and $400 million, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast $435.8 million. Third-quarter results also missed expectations. AT & T — Shares of the telecommunications company advanced more than 2% on a bottom-line beat in the third quarter. Adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share topped analysts’ forecasts of 57 cents per share. However, revenue of $30.21 billion fell short of the consensus estimate for $30.44 billion. Coca-Cola — Shares slipped 2.1% despite better-than-expected third-quarter results . Coca-Cola posted 77 cents in adjusted earnings per share on adjusted revenue of $11.95 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had estimated 74 cents in earnings per share and $11.6 billion in revenue. While the company has not yet released its full 2025 outlook, it said it is expecting currency headwinds to affect its results next year. Hilton Worldwide Holdings — The hotel chain slid 4.3% after posting third-quarter revenue of $2.87 billion, under the $2.91 billion figure expected from analysts polled by LSEG. The company also issued weak guidance for current-quarter earnings guidance. Texas Instruments — Shares rose 3% after the semiconductor company posted a third-quarter earnings and revenue beat. Texas Instruments’ earnings per share of $1.47 on revenue of $4.15 billion topped analysts’ expectations of $1.38 in earnings per share on revenue of $4.12 billion, according to LSEG. Seagate Technology — The data storage stock shed more than 4%. Seagate guided for $2.3 billion in revenue for its fiscal second quarter, which came about in line with an LSEG estimate. Seagate’s first-quarter results did top analysts’ estimates on both top and bottom lines. Deutsche Bank — U.S.-traded shares of the investment bank declined around 2%. Although the company reported a profit, it was below analysts’ expectations. Deutsche Bank reported net income of 1.46 billion euros in the third quarter, falling short of a FactSet estimate for 1.52 billion euros. GE Vernova — The electric power company lost more than 4% after reporting weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings. GE Vernova reported adjusted earnings of 4 cents per share in the third quarter, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected 18 cents per share. Meanwhile, revenue of $8.91 billion topped forecasts of $8.78 billion. Qualcomm — Shares fell 3.5% after Bloomberg reported, citing a document, that British chip designer Arm is planning to cancel a key license agreement with the firm. Stride — Shares surged more than 25% after the tech company’s quarterly results beat Wall Street’s expectations. For its first quarter of fiscal 2025, Stride earned 94 cents per share on revenue of $551.1 million. That is well above the 22 cents per share and $504.3 million in revenue that analysts polled by FactSet anticipated. Winnebago Industries — The recreational vehicle maker fell more than 8% after earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter fell short of expectations. The company posted 28 cents earnings per share, excluding items, versus a FactSet consensus estimate of 89 cents per share. Full-year guidance fell short of estimates. General Dynamics — Shares of the defense contractor dipped 1.3% after third-quarter results missed expectations. General Dynamics reported $3.35 in earnings per share on $11.67 billion of revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for $3.47 per share on $11.64 billion of revenue. Earnings and revenue were both up year over year. Spirit Airlines — The budget airline stock surged more than 28% after The Wall Street Journal reported that it has revived merger discussions with Frontier Airlines. — CNBC’s Sarah Min, Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound and Sean Conlon contributed reporting.
