Take a look at the businesses making headlines in after-hours buying and selling. Intel — Shares of the chipmaker slid greater than 6% in prolonged buying and selling. Intel gave comfortable income and earnings per share steering for the present quarter. Intel stated it expects first-quarter income between $11.7 billion and $12.7 billion, and breakeven adjusted earnings per share. Analysts polled by LSEG had referred to as for earnings of 5 cents per share on $12.51 billion in gross sales. Intuitive Surgical — Shares of the surgical programs maker added 3% on the again of sturdy quarterly monetary outcomes. For the fourth quarter, Intuitive Surgical posted adjusted earnings of $2.53 per share. Analysts anticipated earnings of $2.26 per share. The corporate’s income got here out at $2.87 billion, better than the $2.75 billion anticipated by analysts. Capital One — Capital One inventory dipped 2%. The financial institution introduced on Thursday that it agreed to amass startup Brex for $5.15 billion , in a deal consisting of fifty% money and 50% inventory. Individually, fourth quarter adjusted earnings got here up quick in opposition to analysts’ estimates, touchdown at $3.86 per share. The LSEG consensus referred to as for $4.11 per share. Clorox — The maker of family cleansing merchandise noticed shares slide almost 2%. Clorox introduced that it has entered an settlement to amass Gojo Industries, the producer of Purell, valued at $2.25 billion. When accounting for anticipated tax advantages valued at $330 million, the acquisition value comes out to $1.92 billion. Excluding the impression of the acquisition, Clorox reaffirmed its 2026 outlook for web gross sales, diluted earnings per share and adjusted EPS. CSX — Shares of the railway operator jumped 3%. CSX stated its intermodal income for the fourth quarter got here in at $562 million, topping the StreetAccount consensus estimate of $551.2 million. The corporate additionally stated it expects to see full-year 2026 income to rise by low single digits. Alcoa — Alcoa exceeded Wall Avenue’s income expectations, main the aluminum producer’s inventory to leap about 2%. Alcoa reported $3.45 billion in income for its fourth quarter, which is greater than the $3.29 billion analysts polled by LSEG have been in search of. Spotify — Shares of the music and podcast streaming large rose nearly 2% after Goldman Sachs upgraded the inventory to purchase from impartial late Thursday. — CNBC’s Darla Mercado and Nick Wells contributed reporting.
