Industrial Supplier Bolts 4% Higher on Earnings Surprise

A legacy industrial player is defying weak demand with better-than-expected profits, a major AI startup just secured a $10-billion war chest to take on industry giants, and a social media heavyweight is setting records as it aggressively poaches AI talent. Here's what traders are watching today.

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MSC Industrial (MSM) shares moved higher in Tuesday’s premarket session after the company topped profit expectations for its fiscal third quarter, even as overall performance softened year over year.

Adjusted earnings reached $1.08 per share, beating analyst forecasts of $1.03. Revenue totaled $971.1 million, slightly above consensus estimates, although it represented a 0.8% decline compared to the same quarter last year.

Earnings were down 18.8% from $1.33 a year ago.

The company highlighted early momentum in reconnecting with core customers, expanding high-touch service offerings, and implementing cost-efficiency initiatives.

Adjusted operating income totaled $87.2 million, with a margin of 9.0%, compared to 11.4% last year.

During the quarter, MSC returned $56 million to shareholders through dividends and buybacks, bringing the year-to-date total to $181 million.

Looking ahead, the company projected flat-to-modest growth in average daily sales for Q4, between -0.5% and 1.5%, and reiterated full-year guidance, including a free cash flow conversion target of 120% and capital spending between $100 million and $110 million.

Elon Musk’s AI venture xAI has raised a combined $10 billion in fresh capital, half from secured loans and half from equity investment, according to Morgan Stanley, which helped lead the deal.

The capital infusion aims to accelerate xAI’s infrastructure buildout and the continued development of Grok, its AI chatbot.

The raise includes funding earmarked for the expansion of Colossus, the firm’s Memphis-based AI supercomputer that currently houses 200,000 GPUs.

Musk has said plans are underway for a next-generation facility that will contain 1 million GPUs, sourced from major chipmakers including Nvidia and AMD.

xAI is racing to catch up with peers like OpenAI and Anthropic, both of which have raised multibillion-dollar rounds this year.

Morgan Stanley described the debt offering as oversubscribed, noting participation from leading global investors.

The company, which previously raised $6 billion at a $50 billion valuation, now commands a potentially higher market value after its latest round and its March acquisition of X (formerly Twitter). xAI continues to integrate Grok into the social platform while rolling out regular model upgrades to its AI offerings.

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Meta Platforms (META) surged to a fresh all-time high of $747.90 on Monday as CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive hiring and expansion in artificial intelligence drew investor enthusiasm.

The rally reflects growing confidence in Meta’s Superintelligence Labs initiative, aimed at building next-generation AI systems that surpass human capabilities.

Zuckerberg has recruited top names in the AI field, including Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang and Safe Superintelligence’s Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.

The trio now leads Meta’s new Superintelligence unit, charged with overseeing foundation models and cutting-edge research. Meta has also lured engineers away from OpenAI with offers reportedly reaching $100 million in signing bonuses.

The hiring spree follows Meta’s February workforce reduction, which targeted underperformers as part of a strategic refocus.

The company joins Microsoft and Nvidia among the major tech firms hitting record highs, while others, such as Apple and Alphabet, remain below their recent peaks.

Meta has committed $14.3 billion to AI infrastructure and partnerships as part of its broader ambition to leapfrog rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.

Analysts say the aggressive push is reshaping Meta’s long-term growth narrative, and Tuesday’s price action signals the market is paying attention.

Robinhood is a popular commission-free trading platform known for its appeal among younger retail investors and active traders. With a market capitalization of over $82 billion, the company has steadily expanded its offerings, adding cryptocurrency, retirement accounts, and debit card-linked savings products to its ecosystem.

Shares are up 3% in premarket trading today, extending recent gains as interest in retail investing rebounds and investors respond to positive sentiment in the broader financial services space. Robinhood’s YTD performance is strong, up more than 12%, while it has more than tripled over the past year.

Bit Digital is a Bitcoin mining company that also develops digital asset staking and AI data center services. The firm has been expanding into high-performance computing, including GPU cloud operations for AI workloads.

Shares are up nearly 3% in premarket trading after Bitcoin bounced back overnight and reports emerged of increased mining capacity allocation for AI-related computing. This dual play on crypto and AI is giving BTBT new life among speculative traders.

The Trade Desk operates a leading demand-side ad platform, enabling programmatic ad buying across digital channels. The company is a key player in the advertising rebound, benefiting from increased spending on connected TV and retail media.

TTD shares gained 3% in premarket as analysts highlighted strength in digital ad spending heading into Q3, and the stock broke out of a recent downtrend on high volume. Optimism about AI-driven ad optimization also contributed to the buying activity.

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