After the bell, the largest stock movements were made by Facebook, Spotify, and Qorvo.

After the bell, the largest stock movements were made by Facebook, Spotify, and Qorvo.
After the bell, the largest stock movements were made by Facebook, Spotify, and Qorvo.

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Wednesday:

The stock price of Facebook's parent company, Meta, dropped over 22% following disappointing quarterly earnings. Despite analysts predicting a profit of $3.84 per share, Meta reported earnings per share of $3.67. Additionally, the company's revenue guidance for the current quarter did not meet expectations.

Despite posting better-than-expected results for the previous quarter, Qualcomm's stock price fluctuated after the semiconductor maker reported earnings of $3.23 per share on revenue of $10.7 billion. Analysts had predicted earnings of $3.01 per share on revenue of $10.42 billion, according to Refinitiv.

Despite earning an adjusted $2.83 per share, which exceeded StreetAccount's estimate of $2.74 per share, Align Technology's shares fell approximately 5% after hours.

The audio streaming company's shares dropped more than 11% after its quarterly numbers revealed a slowdown in subscriber growth. Despite this, Spotify reported that premium subscribers grew by 16% year over year in the fourth quarter, although this growth rate is lower than the 19% increase seen in the third quarter.

Qorvo's stock price dropped by 4% following mixed quarterly results. Despite earning $2.98 per share, which exceeded Refinitiv's estimate of $2.76 per share, the company's revenue of $1.11 billion was in line with expectations.

by Fred Imbert

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