Check out the companies that make headlines in the midday deal. Berkshire Hathaway – Warren Buffett’s Class A shares rose nearly 4% after a strong revenue report. The conglomerate said its operating profit soared 71% to $14.5 billion in the fourth quarter, and its insurance underwriting fell 302%. Auto insurer Geico has had the biggest positive impact on Berkshire’s insurance performance. META Platform – Facebook Parents’ Company has fallen by more than 1%, and has declined for the fifth consecutive time. Meta has dropped about 10% over the past five meetings, marking the longest loss since August. PALANTIR – Stocks fell 8.7% for the fourth consecutive year on Monday. Retail investor favorites have shown signs of hissing lately, with stocks down more than 24% compared to where they traded for the fifth session. Domino’s Pizza – Pizza chain withdrew 2% after fourth-quarter results missed analyst expectations. Domino reported revenue of $1.44 billion of earnings per share of $4.89, while the fact-voting analysts had revenue of $4.90 per share on revenue of $1.48 billion. Same-store sales are a key indicator of restaurants and have increased less than expected. Alibaba – The Chinese e-commerce giant plummeted 9%, 15.3% of the 15.3% earnings seen last week after revenue exceeding expectations. The move has been lowered, although Morgan Stanley upgraded its stock to the same weight this week, and the stock has increased as a catalyst for accelerating cloud revenue growth. Robinhood-Brand stocks fell more than 2% on Monday, giving it hoped for its fifth loss meeting. Last week, Wolfe Research downgraded Robinhood to peers and performed well from outperforming the market, with two company insiders revealing recent stock sales. Nike – After Jefferies upgraded Nike’s purchase from Hold, the apparel and footwear stocks earned more than 4% and said the company is “reusing its innovation engine.” Freshpet – Pet Foods stock has grown more than 8% after receiving an upgrade from holdings from Jefferies, which the company claims stock is “above current deals”. It expects Freshpet to grow sales by 23% by 2027, adding. Rivian-Stock fell nearly 8% after Bank of America downgraded electric carmakers to neutral. Analyst John Murphy pointed out that the growing competitive pressures are softer than expected 2025 outlook and slowed down EV demand, and the potential pullback for U.S. electric vehicles is the reason for the downgrade. Energy Inventory – Last week’s A TD Cowen report on data centers and Microsoft’s A TD Cowen is lower. Analyst Michael Elias said Microsoft “cancels “hundreds of megawatts” leases with two private data center operators in the United States.” Talen Energy and Ge Vernova withdrew 2% respectively, And Vistra fell by nearly 4%. The energy of the constellation is reduced by about 7%. – CNBC’s Yun Li, Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound and Sean Conlon contributed the report
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