Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Quantum stocks — Shares of quantum computing companies soared following a Wall Street Journal report that the government plans to award $2 billion in grants to nine firms. The deal also included government equity stakes, the report said. Rigetti Computing jumped 15%, D-Wave Quantum surged 17%, and Quantum Computing rallied nearly 14%. IonQ gained 8%, IBM rose 6.5% and GlobalFoundries added 13%. Walmart — The mega retailer slipped 2% after it issued a worst-than-expected outlook for the full year and its current quarter. Walmart expects adjusted earnings per share to be between $2.75 and $2.85, lower than expectations of $2.91, according to LSEG. Its first quarter adjusted EPS was in line with expectations, while tis revenue topped estimates. Rocket Lab — The space company tumbled 6% after Space X filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to trade publicly on the Nasdaq. CNBC reported last week the company plans to kick off a roadshow to market the deal on June 8. Nvidia — The chip titan said revenue surged 85% year over year to $81.62 billion in the first quarter, exceeding the prediction of $78.86 billion from analysts polled by LSEG. Shares were little changed. Intuit — Shares sank 14% after the financial software company announced a 17% workforce cut. Intuit also missed analyst expectations for revenue in the third fiscal quarter, posting $8.56 billion against an LSEG consensus forecast of $8.61 billion. E.l.f. Beauty — The beauty retailer jumped 7% after beating Wall Street’s expectations on the top and bottom lines for the fourth fiscal quarter. E.l.f. said it planned to undo some of its tariff-related price increases, citing hardship for consumers facing higher gas prices. Star Bulk Carriers — Shares of the shipping firm added 3% after posting 56 cents in earnings per share, excluding items, on $281.2 million in revenue for the first quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet penciled in 47 cents a share and $225.9 million, respectively. — CNBC’s Alex Harring contributed reporting.
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: IBM, WMT, RKLB, NVDA
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