Check out the companies that are trending in intraday trading. Wingstop — Shares of the chicken wing chain rose about 13% on a positive outlook. Wingstop said it expects domestic same-store sales to grow flat to low single digits in fiscal 2026. In the fourth quarter, the company’s same-store sales fell 5.8% year over year, exceeding the 6.7% decline expected by analysts according to Street Account. Moody’s — Shares rose 6% after the credit ratings and research firm reported outperformance on both sales and bottom line. Adjusted fourth-quarter earnings were $3.64 per share, beating analysts’ estimates of $3.43 per share polled by FactSet. Sales came in at $1.89 billion, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.86 billion. Moody’s also forecast full-year adjusted earnings of $16.40 to $17 per share, compared with analysts’ expectations of $16.47 per share. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS — Shares soared 13% after the sports company announced plans to explore spinning off the New York Knicks NBA franchise from its New York Rangers NHL operations. The split will result in the creation of two distinct publicly traded companies. Garmin — Shares soared 11% as the smartwatch and navigation tools maker reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits and issued strong forecasts for 2026. The company said it is seeing strong demand for its fitness products. Garmin also raised its dividend and announced a $500 million stock buyback program. Insulet — The insulin monitoring device maker posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, rising 6% on a record increase in new customers for its Omnipod 5 device. Insulet expects its 2026 sales to increase 20% to 22% compared to 2025 and adjusted earnings per share to increase more than 25% compared to the previous year. The company also plans to buy back $350 million in stock. Republic Services — Shares fell 5% after the waste management company missed its 2026 profit and revenue forecasts due to weak demand for environmental solutions. The company expects adjusted earnings per share to be between $7.20 and $7.28 this year and revenue between $17.05 billion and $17.15 billion. Analyst estimates compiled by LSEG were for earnings of $7.31 per share and revenue of $17.33 billion. CHARLES RIVER — The contract drug development company’s stock fell 4% after its 2026 revenue forecast was disappointing. Analysts said the company faces a challenging environment as it seeks to drive organic revenue growth in the second half of this year. Nvidia — The chipmaker rose 2% after Meta expanded its partnership with Nvidia to use millions of the company’s AI chips, including standalone central processing units, to build data centers. Palo Alto Networks — The cybersecurity company’s stock fell 5% after Palo Alto released weak earnings guidance for the current quarter. The company expects fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings to be between 78 cents and 80 cents per share, while the LSEG consensus was calling for 92 cents per share. Cadence Design Systems — The computational software company’s stock rose 9%. Cadence Design expects full-year adjusted earnings to be in the range of $8.05 to $8.15 per share, compared to the LSEG consensus of $8.05 per share. The company also said its 2025 year-end balance was a record $7.8 billion, adding that it expected $3.8 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from its remaining performance obligations. Caesars Entertainment — Shares rose 13% after the casino operator posted a winning fourth-quarter earnings report. Revenue for the three-month period was $2.92 billion, beating LSEG’s consensus estimate of $2.89 billion. Caesars Digital’s adjusted EBITDA for the period was $85 million, compared with $20 million in the prior year period. Axcelis Technologies — Shares fell 15% after the semiconductor solutions company reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results. The company expects first-quarter earnings to be 71 cents per share, excluding certain items. That’s well below analysts’ consensus estimate for earnings of $1.01 a share, according to FactSet data. The company also expected revenue of $195 million, below the Street’s consensus estimate of $207.2 million. Palantir — The software company rose 4% after Mizuho lifted its stock price to outperform. Analysts said the recent valuation reset improves the company’s risk-reward settings, and strong growth in commercial as well as government demand is likely to lead to sustainable growth and higher profits. Global Payments – Shares rose 15% after the payments technology company announced better-than-expected guidance for the current fiscal year. The company said it expects earnings per share to reach $13.80 to $14 by the end of 2026, beating the FactSet consensus of $13.58 per share. The company also said it expects adjusted net revenue growth to be about 5% by the end of this year, slightly higher than the 4.7% expected by analysts. Global Payments also posted higher profits and sales in the fourth quarter. —CNBC’s Liz Napolitano, Itzel Franco, Darla Mercado, Michelle Fox and Sarah Min contributed reporting. Correction: Madison Square Garden Sports reported earnings on February 5th. A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the timing.
