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ServiceNow trounces earnings, stock rips after-hours

Cloud software company ServiceNow surged in the after-hours session after reporting Q2 earnings and sales numbers that outpaced analyst expectations.

Non-GAAP Q2 earnings per share arrived at $4.09, compared to expectations of $3.57, and sales of $3.22 billion were better than the $3.12 billion the Street foresaw.

The company also increased its guidance for full-year subscription revenue to a midpoint of $12.79 billion, up from the previous midpoint guidance of $12.65 billion.

Roughly an hour after the close, the stock was one of the top performers of the S&P 500 in the after-hours session, rising more than 6.5%, FactSet data shows.

The company also increased its guidance for full-year subscription revenue to a midpoint of $12.79 billion, up from the previous midpoint guidance of $12.65 billion.

Roughly an hour after the close, the stock was one of the top performers of the S&P 500 in the after-hours session, rising more than 6.5%, FactSet data shows.

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Hims & Hers sees surge turn sour in its biggest reversal since the 2025 stock market bottom

Hims & Hers erased gains of more than 5% in early trading to close down more than 7% on Thursday.

It’s the first time the telehealth company saw an intraday gain of 5% or more turn into a loss of 5% or more since April 8, 2025, which marked that year’s bottom for the S&P 500 amid the tariff-induced tumult.

Hims has been on an absolute tear this week after reaching a renewed partnership with Novo Nordisk to sell its weight-loss drugs, a pact that resolves the massive legal overhang that had been plaguing the stock. The momentum continued as Wall Street scrambled to boost its outlook on the shares following this arrangement.

There’s not much in the way of company-specific news to point to: Hims, like many other firms, tanked after the market opened as oil climbed.

Perhaps this is just a consolidation period — the so-called pause that refreshes — or a potential sign that the stock has squeezed all the juice it could out of one catalyst as the overall market wobbles under the weight of high oil prices brought about by the ongoing war in the Middle East.

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Firefly Aerospace rockets higher as traders snap up calls

Firefly Aerospace shares soared after Wednesday’s successful liftoff of its Alpha rocket for the first time in almost a year was followed by a flurry of call buying in the options market.

Shortly before 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, roughly 36,000 call options on Firefly had changed hands, more than twice the average over the previous 20 days.

The Cedar Park, Texas-based designer and manufacturer of space launch vehicles has lost some serious altitude since its August 2025 IPO. It’s down about 60% since then, even after Thursday’s surge.

The Cedar Park, Texas-based designer and manufacturer of space launch vehicles has lost some serious altitude since its August 2025 IPO. It’s down about 60% since then, even after Thursday’s surge.

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