Upside, Downside Movers in the Morning

Avatar photo Doug Kass on October 16, 2026

Upside

– $TCRT +25.0% (extends its surge after closing a PAH-focused biotech acquisition and securing about $350M of financing)

– $NCPL +19.0% (regains Nasdaq minimum-bid compliance)

– $SITC +18.0% (declares a $3.00 special cash distribution after an asset sale and plans to delist from the NYSE)

– $FFR +9.0% (launches the $2,490 FF Nova humanoid robot and outlines a proposed roughly $200M robotics combination)

– $ASM +6.5% (Roth/MKM upgrades to Buy from Neutral and raises its target to $8)

– $SMTC +4.0% (raises Q3 sales, operating-margin and EPS outlooks at its data-center analyst day)

– $TSLA +3.0% (unveils a redesigned Roadster featuring rocket-style thrusters)

– $STLA +3.0% (better-than-feared Q3 shipment update showed consolidated volumes down just 1% year over year)

– $FRO +3.0% (tanker shares rebound as geopolitical disruption continues to support shipping rates)

– $RBRK +3.0%, $VRNS +2.5% (cybersecurity names rise after VRNS agreed to a $6.3B all-cash acquisition)

– $NOK +2.5%, $AAOI +2.0% (networking and optical names gain after SMTC raised its data-center outlook)

Downside

– GUTS -53.0% (REMAIN-1 met its six-month co-primary endpoint, but 5.1% weight regain versus 8.2% for sham and a still-pending one-year co-primary fell short of elevated expectations)

– $JAGX -29.0% (special preferred-stock dividend was paid, with each preferred share set to convert into five common shares on November 2, intensifying dilution concerns)

– $MDXH -17.0% (suspends FY revenue guidance after preliminary Q3 revenue of about $22.7M)

– $TLK -15.0% (Indonesia ADR slumps after a warning that the country could face an emerging-market index downgrade)

– $CRWV -5.0%, $IREN -3.5%, $NBIS -2.5% (AI-infrastructure names extend their selloff on debt-funded buildout and profitability concerns)

– $TRV -4.0% (Q3 beat with lower-than-expected catastrophe losses, but shares sell the news after elevated expectations)

– $SKHY -3.5%, $SNDK -2.5%, $MU -2.5%, $ALAB -2.5%, $WDC -2.0%, $AMD -2.0% (chip and storage names weaken as the AI trade de-risks amid higher-rate concerns)

– $IONQ -2.5%, $ASTS -2.5% (speculative long-duration growth names weaken as rate-hike expectations rise)

– $MSTR -2.5%, $HUT -2.0%, $CRCL -1.5% (crypto-linked shares trade lower amid broad risk-off positioning)

Upside, Downside Moves in the Morning

Avatar photo Doug Kass on October 6, 2026

Upside

– $JAGX +35% (announces a special stock dividend)

– $OPCH +21% (reported takeover talks value the transaction at more than $5B including debt)

– $APOG +20% (Q2 beat sharply and the FY adjusted EPS and sales outlooks were raised above expectations)

– CEG +9.3% (reports of a potential $1B-plus hyperscaler nuclear-power agreement)

– $PENN +6.0%, BYD +2.7% (Deutsche Bank upgrades both to Buy, arguing recent regional-gaming weakness largely reflected calendar effects)

– $FRSH +5.2% (set to join the S&P SmallCap 600 before the October 8 open)

– $CLF +4.8% (Wells Fargo upgrades to Overweight on underappreciated 2027 earnings upside)

– $VST +4.8% (nuclear and data-center power sympathy following reports of another major hyperscaler supply agreement)

– $ZS +2.5% (reaffirms FY27 and Q1 revenue and adjusted EPS guidance)

– $AMD +1.9% (Citi raises its price target to $800)

Downside

– $SAIQ -15%, AMOD -15%, VEEA -13% (give back portions of Monday’s outsized speculative rallies)

– $WDC -2.9%, STX -2.6% (storage leaders retreat after sharp recent gains; no clear fresh company-specific catalyst identified)

– $PCVX -2.0% ($1B financing combines a $500M equity and pre-funded-warrant offering with $500M of convertible notes following the Phase 3 rally)

Upside, Downside Movers in the Morning

Avatar photo Doug Kass on September 23, 2026

Source: TradeTheNews

Upside

– $VTGN +59.5% (extends the prior-session rally after preliminary PALISADE-4 open-label extension data for fasedienol in social anxiety disorder)

– $GRML +24.0% (no clear fresh catalyst identified; exceptionally heavy-volume small-cap move)

– $WOR +15.5% (Q1 beat as stronger Building Products results and data-center demand lifted performance)

– $TLSI +15.0% (FDA grants 510(k) clearance for the TriNav Advance drug-delivery device)

– $IONQ +13.0% (demonstrates an end-to-end real-time quantum error-correction decoder running on a standard CPU)

– $CBRL +9.0% (Q4 profit beat and FY27 EBITDA outlook pointed to a sharp recovery despite lower sales)

– $QUBT +4.0% (quantum-computing sympathy following IONQ’s error-correction milestone)

– $CART +3.0% (expands its AI-shopping partnership network)

– $APH +3.0% (Bernstein initiates coverage at Outperform)

Downside

– $JAGX -48.0% (reverses sharply after the prior session’s roughly twelvefold FDA-fee-waiver-driven surge)

– $INNV -8.5% (10M-share secondary offering by selling stockholders creates a near-term stock overhang)

– $VOYG -7.5% ($350M convertible-senior-notes offering raises dilution concerns)

– $ASTH -7.5% (no clear fresh catalyst identified; renewed selling follows the recent short report questioning accounting estimates)

– $BMEA -7.0% (launches an underwritten common-stock and pre-funded-warrant offering)

– $AU -4.5%, GFI -4.5%, AG -3.0%, NEM -2.0% (precious-metals miners fall as gold and silver prices retreat)

– $BABA -3.0% (China ADR weakness ahead of the U.S.-China summit as mainland equities decline)

– $APP -2.5% (extends the AI-disruption selloff on concern consumer agents could pressure ad-tech economics)