{"id":3647,"date":"2026-05-07T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-plnt-whr-vitl-shak\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:41:43","slug":"stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-plnt-whr-vitl-shak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-plnt-whr-vitl-shak\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks making the biggest moves midday: PLNT, WHR, VITL, SHAK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<p><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ArticleBody-extraData\"><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ArticleBody-extraData\"><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"xyz-data\">Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Planet Fitness \u2014 Shares fell nearly 33% after the gym operator lowered its full-year earnings outlook. The company now sees its bottom line growing about 4% year on year. That&#8217;s down from a forecast that called for an expansion of 9% to 10%. Vital Farms \u2014 The egg producer&#8217;s stock dropped 20% on a surprise loss for the first quarter. Vital Farms lost 3 cents per share, excluding certain items. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of 6 cents per share. The company also cut its full-year earnings outlook. Datadog \u2014 Shares are up by 28% after the software company beat Q1 expectations. The company reported earnings per share of 60 cents, which exceeded FactSet&#8217;s consensus of 51 cents per share. Their Q2 revenue guidance sits between $1.07 to $1.08 billion, which is above FactSet&#8217;s $993.9 million. AAON \u2014 The Oklahoma-based air conditioning and heating equipment manufacturer&#8217;s stock soared 40% after first-quarter earnings, EBITDA and revenue all topped Wall Street analysts&#8217; estimates, according to FactSet, and AAON raised its full-year revenue guidance by as much as 45%. Shake Shack \u2014 Shares tumbled 29% after the burger chain&#8217;s first-quarter results fell short of expectations and it reported an operating loss of $2.6 million. Shake Shack&#8217;s earnings per share broke even, versus earnings of 12 cents a share expected from analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue came in at $366.7 million, versus the $372 million consensus estimate. Whirlpool \u2014 Shares of the manufacturer of household appliances lost 12% after it slashed guidance for the full year. Whirlpool now sees adjusted earnings ranging from $3 to $3.50 per share on revenue of roughly $15 billion. Previously, the company guided for $6 per share and $15.3 billion to $15.6 billion. The company also said in a regulatory filing that &#8220;War in Iran resulted in recession-level industry decline in the U.S. as consumer confidence collapsed in late February and March.&#8221; Shell \u2014 U.S.-listed shares of the British energy company shed 2.7%. Shell reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit and cut the pace of its quarterly share buyback to $3 billion from $3.5 billion. Oil prices, which had surged during the Iran conflict, have dropped below $100. Carlyle Group \u2014 The private-equity firm&#8217;s stock shed 3.2% after the company reported after-tax distributable earnings of 89 cents per share for the first quarter, short of the 93 cent FactSet consensus estimate. Carlyle also posted a drop in revenue from a year prior. Arm Holdings \u2014 The semiconductor company posted fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 60 cents and $1.49 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for earnings of 58 cents and $1.47 billion in revenue. Shares fell 10% after initially surging. Zillow Group \u2014 Shares fell 2.4% after the real estate marketplace posted first-quarter residential revenue of $450 million, below StreetAccount&#8217;s $454.2 million estimate. However, the company posted an overall beat on both the top and bottom lines for the quarter. Fortinet \u2014 The cybersecurity stock climbed 20%. Fortinet lifted its full-year billings guidance, calling for a range of $8.8 billion to $9.1 billion, versus its earlier forecast for $8.4 billion to $8.6 billion. Earnings and revenue guidance for the full year beat the LSEG consensus estimate. IonQ \u2014 Shares slid more than 8%. The quantum computing company said that adjusted losses\u00a0before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization came in at $96.8 million in the first quarter. That&#8217;s wider than the loss of $80.4 million analysts polled by FactSet had sought. Fastly \u2014 The cloud platform provider&#8217;s stock tanked 39% as its guidance appeared to disappoint Wall Street. Fastly sees second-quarter earnings ranging from 5 cents to 8 cents per share, versus the LSEG consensus call for 4 cents. Revenue is expected to range from $170 million to $176 million, versus the $170 million sought by analysts. Separately, first-quarter results beat estimates on the top and bottom lines. Albemarle \u2014 The specialty chemical producer saw shares jump 7%. Adjusted earnings in the first quarter trounced the Street&#8217;s forecast, landing at $2.95 per share versus the $1.19 per share analysts sought, per FactSet. Revenue also beat expectations, coming in at $1.43 billion compared to estimates for $1.34 billion. Adjusted EBITDA also surpassed estimates, weighing in at $663.8 million, versus $443.7 million. Akamai Technologies \u2014 The cybersecurity and cloud computing company&#8217;s shares lost 7%. Akamai is expected to report on Thursday after the close. Shares have been on a hot streak leading up to the earnings release, rising for a sixth straight session on Wednesday and touching a new 52-week high. Papa John&#8217;s International \u2014 The pizza chain&#8217;s first-quarter results fell short of expectations, with adjusted earnings at 32 cents a share on revenue of $478.6 million. Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 37 cents a share on revenue of $485.5 million. The stock shed 4.5%. Warby Parker \u2014 The eyeglasses maker&#8217;s shares rose nearly 9% after first-quarter revenue of $242 million topped the $239 million expected from analysts, per LSEG. Its earnings of 3 cents per share fell short of the 11 cents consensus estimate, however. Peloton Interactive \u2014 Shares jumped 7.9% after Peloton Interactive reported third-quarter revenue of $630.9 million, more than the $618.3 million expected by analysts polled by FactSet. On the other hand, quarterly adjusted EBITDA of $126.2 million missed the expected $128.3 million \u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Sarah Min, Michelle Fox, Darla Mercado, Scott Schnipper,, Ananya Chetia, Lisa Han and Alex Harring contributed reporting. Correction: This story has been revised to reflect that Datadog reported first-quarter earnings per share of 60 cents. A previous version misstated the earnings per share.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Planet Fitness \u2014 Shares fell nearly 33% after the gym operator lowered its full-year earnings outlook. The company now sees its bottom line growing about 4% year on year. That&#8217;s down from a forecast that called for an expansion of 9% to 10%. 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