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Reddit rips higher after crushing Q1 earnings estimates and offering upbeat guidance

Reddit’s blowout quarter had Wall Street smashing the upvote button.

5/1/25 5:03PM

Reddit shares soared more than 18% in after-hours trading after the social media company blew past earnings expectations and offered an upbeat outlook for the current quarter.

Earnings per share came in at $0.13, a huge beat versus the $0.02 analysts were expecting. Reddit’s revenue jumped 61% to $392 million, topping Wall Street’s estimates as well as its own guidance of $360 million to $370 million.

Reddit has been riding a wave of user growth, boosted by changes to Google Search and its own internal site tweaks. Global logged-in daily active users jumped 23% to 48.7 million, while logged-out DAUs surged 38% to 59.4 million.

In regard to recent global trade tensions, the company said it was “well-positioned” to meet the moment. “We’ve grown through challenging times before — people need connection and information just as much in uncertain times,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a letter to investors.

Looking ahead, Reddit expects Q2 revenue between $410 million and $430 million, well ahead of Wall Street’s $391 million estimate.

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Airlines and cruise stocks surge as oil prices plunge

Travel stocks are surging on Wednesday, with West Texas Intermediate crude futures down 5% as of 12 p.m. ET, largely on commodity traders’ hopes of a resolution to the US war with Iran.

The decline comes despite the US Energy Information Administration reporting a record plunge in US crude inventories last week. As the country expands its oil exports to reduce the impact of the war in Iran, inventories have fallen by 7.9 million barrels, according to the EIA, indicating a significant drop in domestic supply wiggle room ahead of the summer driving season. Per Reuters, analysts had expected a drop of 2.9 million.

Bloomberg noted that US oil exports have been crucial in keeping global petroleum prices in check, as supply remains historically constrained due to the effective closure of the Straight of Hormuz. Typically, such a sharper-than-expected drop in inventories would cause oil futures to rise.

Today, however, that is not the case and oil’s pain is travel stocks’ gain, with US airlines and cruise lines surging higher on Wednesday. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue were all up by at least 6%, while Carnival and Norwegian were up about 7%.

Royal Caribbean pared earlier losses from Mexico’s rejection of a large planned water park, but was still down about 1%.

Luke Kawa

GameStop boosts eBay stake to 6.55% after e-commerce platform rejected its $55.5 billion offer

GameStop has only had to spend around $10 million to gain economic exposure to about 29.1 million shares of eBay.

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Micron jumps on looming Samsung strike

Micron shares are climbing early Wednesday, breaking a sharp multiday semiconductor pullback. The rally comes amid the potential for a critical supply-side disruption at one of its largest global competitors, Samsung Electronics, as well as building investor enthusiasm ahead of Nvidia’s highly anticipated earnings report.

As demand for AI compute accelerates, Micron is increasingly viewed as a top-tier beneficiary due to its role in the critical high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market. The operational catalyst sparking Micron’s rally is a massive looming labor dispute in South Korea. According to Reuters, roughly 48,000 Samsung workers are set to begin an 18-day strike Thursday after negotiations broke down.

As global HBM production is effectively controlled by Micron, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix, any manufacturing hiccup at Samsung shifts pricing leverage to Micron. This backdrop comes as South Korea’s broader chip ecosystem is benefiting from the global infrastructure boom, pushing the country to the seventh-largest stock market in the world.

Micron has been expanding its own AI memory footprint. In March, the company completed its acquisition of PSMC’s Tongluo P5 site, a strategic integration designed to scale its domestic HBM production capacity and meet accelerating hyperscaler demand.

Luke Kawa

Semiconductors surge as yield spike abates, Nvidia earnings await

Oh, and executives spent all of Tuesday talking up the strength of demand for AI infrastructure.