U.S. stock futures pointed higher Friday morning, with Nasdaq 100 futures climbing around 100 points. But not every company was catching the updraft.
J B Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) led the morning's decliners after delivering a quarter that looked good on the bottom line but fell short on the top. The logistics company posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.90 per share, comfortably ahead of the $1.77 consensus estimate. Revenue, however, came in at $3.097 billion—just a hair below the $3.099 billion analysts were expecting.
Sometimes beating on earnings isn't enough, and J.B. Hunt shares dropped 4.2% to $197.86 in pre-market trading as investors focused on that revenue miss.
Several other stocks found themselves in the red before the opening bell:
- TryHard Holdings Limited (THH) tumbled 16.4% to $6.35, extending Thursday's brutal 76% selloff. The company announced it entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation with STAR PARTY HK LIMITED to explore establishing a joint venture in Japan, a move that's clearly not resonating with investors.
- High Roller Technologies, Inc. (ROLR) gave back some of Thursday's 25% surge, falling 12.9% to $20.64. The decline came after the company announced a non-binding Letter of Intent with Lines.com—emphasis on "non-binding."
- Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) dropped 10.9% to $26.17, cooling off after a nearly 90% spike on Thursday.
- Sasol Limited (SSL) slid 4.9% to $6.80, continuing Thursday's 4% decline.
- QXO Inc (QXO) dipped 3.5% to $24.14 after announcing a $750 million common stock offering and reporting preliminary fourth-quarter net sales of $2.19 billion. Stock offerings tend to dilute existing shareholders, which rarely makes for happy pre-market trading.
- Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. (ZGN) fell 3.5% to $10.64 in pre-market action.
- NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NBY) declined 3.2% to $12.29 in early trading.











