Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Expedia — Shares surged 17% during midday trading Friday, a day after the vacation booking platform delivered a stronger-than-expected earnings report for the third quarter. Expedia posted adjusted earnings of $5.41 per share on $3.93 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by LSEG forecasted earnings of $4.93 per share and $3.86 billion in revenue. Apple — Shares dipped just shy of 1%. On Thursday, the tech giant posted its fourth consecutive fall in quarterly sales and provided a muted outlook for revenue in the December quarter, which is historically its strongest quarter. That overshadowed the fact that the company beat analysts’ expectations on both lines in the fiscal fourth quarter. Paramount Global — The media conglomerate stock climbed 12% after reporting a third-quarter earning s beat on the top and bottom line. On Thursday, the company reported an adjusted 30 cents per share on $7.13 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast 10 cents and $7.10 billion. Bill Holdings — The software stock plummeted nearly 27% a day after the company issued lower-than-expected revenue and earnings guidance for the full fiscal year. KeyBanc downgraded the stock to sector weight from overweight late Thursday, citing a lack of near-term catalysts and headwinds from macro factors. DraftKings — The sports betting stock climbed more than 14% after third-quarter revenue surpassed Wall Street expectations. On Thursday, DraftKings reported a 57% revenue increase in the third quarter to $790 million and a 40% increase year-over-year in monthly unique payers. Trupanion — The pet insurance stock added 18% after surpassing Wall Street estimates in the third quarter. The company reported revenue of $285.9 million against estimates from analysts polled by FactSet of $275 million. Block — Shares added 12% after beating on the top and bottom line in the third quarter a day earlier, largely aided by revenue growth in both CashApp and Square segments. Icahn Enterprises — Shares of the Carl Icahn-helmed conglomerate soared more than 13%. The company reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the third quarter of $272 million, compared to $70 million from a year earlier. Revenue for the period came in at $3.0 billion, compared to $3.4 billion in the year-ago quarter. Bank of America , Citi , JPMorgan Chase — All three bank stocks were higher on Friday after a weaker-than-expected jobs reported added to optimism that interest rates may have already peaked. Shares of Bank of America ticked up 3.1% while Citi and JPMorgan added 3% and 1%, respectively. Insulet — Shares of the medical device company jumped 15%. On Thursday, Insulet posted revenue of $432.7 million, beating consensus estimates of $414.3 million, per FactSet. The company also issued guidance for fourth-quarter revenue growth of 22% to 25% year over year, compared to analysts’ estimates for 23.4%. Gartner — The consulting company’s shares rallied 16% after Gartner beat analysts’ estimates in the third quarter. Gartner posted adjusted earnings of $2.56 per share on revenue of $1.41 billion, while analysts polled by FactSet called for $1.96 in earnings per share and revenue of $1.39 billion. Lionsgate Entertainment — Shares of the film studio company popped 7% after CNBC reported that Starz will lay off more than 10% of its employees. Both Lionsgate and Starz have been part of the same company since December 2016. Lionsgate will be spun off as a separately traded company in the first quarter. — CNBC’s Jesse Pound, Hakyung Kim, Alex Harring and Darla Mercado contributed reporting
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