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Stocks making biggest moves after hours: CAVA, UBER, ROST, WDAY

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10 months ago

August 22, 2024

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Customers arrive at a Cava restaurant in New York City on June 22, 2023.

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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:

Cava Group — The fast-casual restaurant brand saw shares climb nearly 6% in after-hours trading following a better-than-expected earnings report. Cava posted a profit of 17 cents per share, or 4 cents above the LSEG estimate. Its revenue also came in above expectations.

Uber — Shares of the ride-sharing platform fell about 3% after the company and General Motors‘ Cruise announced a multiyear partnership. The embattled autonomous vehicle company plans to offer driverless rides to Uber users as soon as next year. GM shares rose more than 1% after hours.

Ross Stores — The off-price retailer’s stock surged about 6% in extended trading following an earnings beat. Ross reported earnings per share of $1.59 in the second quarter, 9 cents above analysts’ expectation, according to LSEG. Revenue of $5.25 billion matched the estimate.

Workday — Shares of the cloud company dropped more than 6% even after the firm’s earnings and revenue exceeded expectations. Investors could be focusing on the firm’s subscription revenue forecast for the third quarter, which is at $1.96 billion, compared to $1.97 billion expected by analysts polled by StreetAccount.

Bill Holdings — The cloud-based payments company saw shares rising more than 3% after a stronger-than-expected quarterly report. Bill posted adjusted earnings of 57 cents per share in the fiscal fourth quarter, or 11 cents above an LSEG estimate. Revenue of $344 million was also higher than an expectation of $328 million.

Intuit — The financial technology platform’s shares climbed about 3% in extended trading, boosted by strong earnings. Intuit posted earnings of $1.99 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $3.18 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings per share of $1.84 and revenue of $3.08 billion.

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: WOOF, TSLA, CRCL, LULU

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1 day ago

June 6, 2025

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Swiss government proposes tough new capital rules in major blow to UBS

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1 day ago

June 6, 2025

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A sign in German that reads “part of the UBS group” in Basel on May 5, 2025.

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The Swiss government on Friday proposed strict new capital rules that would require banking giant UBS to hold an additional $26 billion in core capital, following its 2023 takeover of stricken rival Credit Suisse.

The measures would also mean that UBS will need to fully capitalize its foreign units and carry out fewer share buybacks.

“The rise in the going-concern requirement needs to be met with up to USD 26 billion of CET1 capital, to allow the AT1 bond holdings to be reduced by around USD 8 billion,” the government said in a Friday statement, referring to UBS’ holding of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds.

The Swiss National Bank said it supported the measures from the government as they will “significantly strengthen” UBS’ resilience.

“As well as reducing the likelihood of a large systemically important bank such as UBS getting into financial distress, this measure also increases a bank’s room for manoeuvre to stabilise itself in a crisis through its own efforts. This makes it less likely that UBS has to be bailed out by the government in the event of a crisis,” SNB said in a Friday statement.

‘Too big to fail’

UBS has been battling the specter of tighter capital rules since acquiring the country’s second-largest bank at a cut-price following years of strategic errors, mismanagement and scandals at Credit Suisse.

The shock demise of the banking giant also brought Swiss financial regulator FINMA under fire for its perceived scarce supervision of the bank and the ultimate timing of its intervention.

Swiss regulators argue that UBS must have stronger capital requirements to safeguard the national economy and financial system, given the bank’s balance topped $1.7 trillion in 2023, roughly double the projected Swiss economic output of last year. UBS insists it is not “too big to fail” and that the additional capital requirements — set to drain its cash liquidity — will impact the bank’s competitiveness.

At the heart of the standoff are pressing concerns over UBS’ ability to buffer any prospective losses at its foreign units, where it has, until now, had the duty to back 60% of capital with capital at the parent bank.

Higher capital requirements can whittle down a bank’s balance sheet and credit supply by bolstering a lender’s funding costs and choking off their willingness to lend — as well as waning their appetite for risk. For shareholders, of note will be the potential impact on discretionary funds available for distribution, including dividends, share buybacks and bonus payments.

“While winding down Credit Suisse’s legacy businesses should free up capital and reduce costs for UBS, much of these gains could be absorbed by stricter regulatory demands,” Johann Scholtz, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, said in a note preceding the FINMA announcement.

“Such measures may place UBS’s capital requirements well above those faced by rivals in the United States, putting pressure on returns and reducing prospects for narrowing its long-term valuation gap. Even its long-standing premium rating relative to the European banking sector has recently evaporated.”