Raytheon Technologies, Facebook, and more Companies Making Stock Price Moves

In the list of companies making stock price movements, the first company in the list is Raytheon Technologies. The defense and aerospace company has reportedly experienced a 2.3% drop in the share prices in the premarket trading. The company experienced a slump after sharing its revenue report for the third quarter of 2021. In the report, the company revealed that it generated $16.21 billion worth of revenue. Compared to the estimations set by the analysts from Refinitiv, the expected revenue figure was $16.37 billion.

For the running year, the company has revealed that the sales were flat for its intelligence and space division. Despite the overall low performance, the company has revealed that it managed to beat the earnings per share estimates.

The reports show that the share prices for the social media giant “Facebook” have experienced a 3.9% drop. Facebook revealed that in the third quarter of 2021 it ended up missing the monthly active user growth and revenue estimates. This is a huge loss and an alarming situation for Facebook, as the company is not used to facing losses and delivering below-target performances.

After sharing the earnings report, most of the analysts at Wall Street lowered their price targets for Facebook’s stocks. Despite lowing the share price targets for Facebook, none of the analysts have made changes to the stock status for the company. Even after sharing the report, the stock status of Facebook is set to “buy”.

On the other hand, Facebook has reported that it has beaten the earning estimations by 3 cents, achieving $3.22 per share while the estimations were $3.19 per share.

Nvidia, the chipmaker is the next company on the list that experienced a 6.7% increase in the stock price market. According to the S&P 500 report, Nvidia made its name as one of the top gainers. This is because of Facebook’s projects it has announced in the network and data infrastructure sector. The social media giant has shown its interest in spending on such projects and it is also aiming to gain exposure in the chipmakers’ industry.

Next on the list is the United Parcel Service (UPS) that has experienced an almost 7% increase in the stock market industry. The increase was observed the company shared its earnings and revenue report for the third quarter of 2021. The company has revealed that the revenues and earnings it has generated are higher than the expectations of the analysts. As a result of its strong performance in the third quarter, UPS has increased its outlook for the rest of the year.

The United Parcel Service has also increased its adjusted operating margin from 12.7% to 13%. One of the major reasons for upgrading the operating margins is the factor of the holiday season.