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Taser maker Axon dives after whiffing on earnings; announces acquisition

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11/4/25 4:44PM

Taser and body camera maker Axon reported much softer-than-expected Q3 earnings after the close of trading in New York on Tuesday, and simultaneously announced plans to acquire emergency communications platform Carbyne at a valuation of $625 million.

The market is responding quite negatively to the big whiff on earnings, with the stock tanking by more than 20% in the after-hours session shortly after the results came out.

The company reported:

Adjusted earnings per share of $1.17 vs. the $1.52 consensus estimate.
Q3 sales of $711 million vs. the $704.8 million forecast.
A non-GAAP gross margin of 62.7% vs. the 62.3% anticipated.
Full-year revenue guidance of ~$2.74 billion vs. the $2.72 billion currently expected by Wall Street and up from previous guidance of between $2.65 billion and $2.73 billion.

Axon rallied sharply in the days after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, as investors seemed to price in a surge in funding for police under the Trump administration. The stock was one of a number of so-called “Trump trades” that appeared well positioned to do well under a Trump administration, either because of personal connections with the White House or because its business was well aligned with expected policy priorities.

Axon was up as much as 90% between the election and early August, but since then the stock’s gains have fizzled down to 62% since Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris. Another Trump trade, federal deportation contractor GEO Group, has done worse, losing virtually all of its post-election gains, which at one time pushed the shares up 133%.

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Low-cost airlines plunge on report Trump administration is close to $500 million rescue deal for Spirit

Low-budget US airlines are sinking on Wednesday morning following a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump administration is close to making a rescue deal for Spirit Airlines, which is said to be nearing liquidation amid high fuel costs.

Shares of Frontier, Allegiant, JetBlue, and Southwest Airlines all dropped notably.

Per the WSJ, the US government could soon loan Spirit up to $500 million in return for warrants to take a sizable stake in the airline, which has filed for bankruptcy twice since late 2024. Those warrants could give the US government the ability to purchase as much as 90% ownership of Spirit, Bloomberg reports. The carrier has made efforts to emerge from its latest bankruptcy, filed in August, but fuel costs amid the war in Iran have upset the math.

On Tuesday, President Trump told CNBC he would “love somebody to buy Spirit.”

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Boeing reports better-than-expected Q1 earnings, revenue

Plane maker Boeing reported its first-quarter earnings before the market opened on Wednesday. Its shares climbed more than 3% in premarket trading.

For Q1, Boeing reported:

An adjusted loss of $0.20 per share, compared to the loss of $0.68 per share expected by Wall Street analysts polled by FactSet.
Revenue of $22.22 billion, compared to estimates of $21.85 billion.

Boeing reported -$1.45 billion in free cash flow in Q1, compared to the -$2.34 billion expected by Wall Street. Prior to Wednesday, Boeing had reported two consecutive quarters of positive FCF following six straight quarters of negative results. The company is still guiding for full-year FCF of between $1 billion and $3 billion.

Earlier this month, Boeing announced it had delivered 143 commercial jets in Q1, up 10% from the same period last year and ahead of rival Airbus, which delivered 114. This was Boeing’s first time outdelivering Airbus since 2018.

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GE Vernova, top AI energy play, rises after Q1 report

GE Vernova, a maker of power plant equipment that’s seen orders tied to data centers surge, rose early Wednesday after posting strong Q1 results and lifting full-year sales guidance. The GE spin-off reported:

Adjusted EBITDA of $896 million vs. the $772 million estimate from analysts polled by FactSet.
Total revenue of $9.34 billion vs. the $9.25 billion consensus expectation from analysts polled by FactSet.
Full-year 2026 sales guidance that was lifted to between $44.5 billion and $45.5 billion from prior guidance of between $44 billion and $45 billion, vs. the consensus estimate of $44.64 billion.

“In the quarter, our electrification segment booked $2.4 billion in equipment orders to support data centers, more than all of last year,” said CEO Scott Strazik.

GE Vernova is up some 600% over the last two years through Tuesday’s close, but the majority of those gains were booked by August 2025. After being largely range-bound for months, the stock busted out following the company’s last earnings report, lifting the shares up nearly 50% in 2026.