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Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR)

+10.86%

Gapping up after its Q4 2025 earnings report, with adjusted EPS of $0.25 and sales of $1.407 billion beating estimates of $0.23 and $1.328 billion, respectively. US commercial revenue grew by 137% year-over-year for Q4 2025; this metric grew by 109% year-over-year for FY 2025, outpacing estimates of 104% growth. Palantir guided FY 2026 sales between $7.182 billion and $7.198 billion and projected Q1 2026 sales of $1.532 billion-$1.536 billion, sharply outpacing estimates for both periods.

PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL)

-15.31%

Gapping down after its Q4 2025 earnings report, alongside which the company announced that longtime HP CEO Enrique Lores will be replacing Alex Chriss as CEO. PayPal posted adjusted earnings of $1.23 per share and sales of $8.676 billion, missing estimates of $1.28 and $8.801 billion, respectively. Revenue grew by 4% year-over-year for both Q4 and FY 2025.

Rare Earths and Critical Minerals Stocks

+4.26%

Trading sharply higher as a group after US President Donald Trump launched a $12 billion “Project Vault” critical minerals reserve. The initiative aims to counter China’s dominance, secure supplies for U.S. manufacturers, and is funded by a $10 billion Ex-Im Bank loan plus $2 billion in private capital, building on recent government-backed investments across the domestic rare earth supply chain.

USAR, UAMY, MP, TMC, CRML

Intel Corp (INTC)

+3.22%

Trading higher premarket after partnering up with SoftBank-backed SAIMEMORY to commercialize Z-Angle Memory, a new high-capacity, high-bandwidth, lower-power memory technology aimed at AI data centers. The companies plan to deliver prototypes by FY ending March 31, 2028, with commercialization targeted for FY2029 using Intel’s NGDB technology developed under a U.S. DOE program.

Super Micro Computer and Advanced Micro Devices

+2.04%

Both semiconductor stocks are slated to report earnings after the bell on Tuesday, February 3. Super Micro, which is expected to release its report at 4:05 PM ET, is estimated to report earnings of $0.49 per share and sales of $10.43 billion. Meanwhile, analysts are looking for AMD to post earnings of $1.32 per share and sales of $9.65 billion; the company is expected to report at 4:15 PM ET.

SMCI, AMD

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL)

+1.20%

Liberty Global signed a five-year partnership with Google Cloud to deploy Gemini AI models and cloud tools across its European operations serving roughly 80 million connections. The deal will enhance AI-driven TV discovery and customer service while also expanding the sale of Google hardware through Liberty’s regional telecom units. Additionally, Google-backed Waymo raised a $16 billion investment round valuing the company at $126 billion post-money, with Alphabet remaining the majority investor and Dragoneer, DST Global, and Sequoia leading the financing.

SoFi Technologies and Affirm Holdings

+0.64%

Both fintech stocks received premarket analyst upgrades. JPMorgan upgraded SoFi to Overweight with a $31 price target, saying the stock’s ~10% pullback post-earnings creates an attractive entry despite record 4Q results and stronger-than-expected FY26 EBITDA guidance. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley upgraded Affirm to Overweight from Equalweight but lowered its price target to $76, citing recent stock weakness as an attractive entry point into a leading fintech name. The firm expects BNPL to keep gaining e-commerce share amid other areas of upside within Affirm’s business.

SOFI, AFRM

NVIDIA Corp (NVDA)

+0.64%

On watch after Reuters reported that OpenAI has become dissatisfied with the response speed of the company’s latest chips for handling more complex ChatGPT queries, fueling further speculation about the state of the companies’ relationship. The report further suggested that OpenAI has been exploring alternative hardware options to Nvidia going back as early as last year. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the speculation in an X post on Monday evening.

Tesla Inc (TSLA)

+1.04%

The company introduced a new Model Y All-Wheel Drive variant in the U.S. and Puerto Rico starting at $41,990, offering 294 miles of EPA-rated range and a 30-day free Supervised FSD trial. The launch expands the Model Y lineup to five trims and makes it Tesla’s lowest-priced AWD vehicle in North America, as the company continues to broaden configurations including a higher-priced 7-seat option. Separately, CEO Elon Musk announced in a blog post that his company SpaceX has acquired xAI, his AI startup.

Netflix Inc (NFLX)

-0.06%

Co-CEO Ted Sarandos is set to testify before a US Senate committee on how Netflix’s proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could impact competition in streaming, as the DOJ reviews the deal. The hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, comes amid a rival hostile bid from Paramount Skydance, which claims an easier regulatory path; Warner Bros. has repeatedly rejected Paramount’s highly leveraged offers.

Pfizer and Merck

-1.54%

Both stocks are trading lower following their premarket earnings reports. Pfizer posted adjusted earnings of $0.66 per share and sales of $17.557, beating estimates for both metrics, and announced positive topline Phase 2b results for its VESPER-3 weight loss treatment. The affirmed in-line adjusted EPS and sales guidance for FY 2026. Merck similarly posted better-than-expected EPS and sales for Q4 2025. The company’s adjusted EPS outlook of $5-$5.15 for FY 2026 missed estimates of $5.38; Its sales outlook of $65 billion-$67 billion for the same period also fell short of estimates of $67.6 billion.

PFE, MRK

Teradyne Inc (TER)

+20.33%

Gapping up after its Q4 2025 earnings report, with adjusted earnings of $1.80 per share and sales of $1.083 billion beating estimates of $1.35 and $971.09 million, respectively. The company guided sales between $1.15 billion and $1.25 billion for Q1 2026, well above estimates of $927.723 million; its GAAP and adjusted EPS projections for the fiscal year similarly exceeded expectations.

Rambus Inc (RMBS)

-7.48%

The company posted in-line adjusted earnings of $0.68 per share for Q4 2025, though sales of $190.2 million beat estimates of $187.563 million. Product revenue reached $96.8 million for the quarter, representing 41% year-over-year growth. Rambus guided weaker-than-expected sales for Q1 2026.

FatPipe Inc (FATN)

+78.26%

Gapping up after its Q3 2026 earnings report. Earnings of $0.02 per share grew from $0.01 on a year-over-year basis, while sales grew from $3.149 million to $4.088 million. The company announced that it is cash flow positive. FatPipe has a market capitalization of $25.62 million and a float of 8.85 million shares.