The largest premarket stock movers include Best Buy, BJ's, and Snowflake.

The largest premarket stock movers include Best Buy, BJ's, and Snowflake.
The largest premarket stock movers include Best Buy, BJ's, and Snowflake.

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket:

Despite an underwhelming fourth-quarter report from Best Buy, with adjusted earnings just matching analyst expectations, its shares climbed 5% in premarket trading after the company announced it was raising its quarterly dividend by 26%.

BJ's reported quarterly revenue of $4.36 billion, which was 13.8% lower than expected by analysts, resulting in a premarket drop of shares.

In premarket trading, Big Lots shares dropped 6.4% following a weaker-than-anticipated earnings report. Although the retailer reported earnings of $1.75 per share, this was below the Refinitiv consensus estimate of $1.89 per share.

After missing Wall Street estimates on both the top and bottom line, the off-price retailer's shares dropped 12.1% premarket. Burlington reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $2.53 per share on revenue of $2.60 billion. The Refinitiv consensus estimate was for $3.25 per share earned on $2.78 billion in sales.

Kroger's premarket shares increased by 5.8% after the grocery chain surpassed earnings expectations. The company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 91 cents per share on revenue of $33.05 billion. Analysts had predicted a profit of 74 cents per share on revenue of $32.86 billion, according to Refinitiv.

Snowflake's shares are down more than 18% premarket after the company forecasted slowing product revenue growth and reported an adjusted loss of 43 cents per share. Despite this, revenue came in at $383.8 million, beating analyst estimates of $372.6 million.

Box's shares increased by 5.7% before market open after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results. The company earned 24 cents per share, excluding items, on $233 million in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv predicted the company would earn 23 cents on $229 million in revenue.

American Eagle's quarterly report caused a 4.6% decline in the retailer's shares premarket, as the company forecasted that higher freight costs would negatively impact their earnings in the first half of 2022.

Intel's stock price dropped 1.3% in early trading after Morgan Stanley downgraded it from equal-weight to underweight. Ethan Puritz of Morgan Stanley stated that downgrading value stocks will allow them to focus on more actionable situations with better risk-reward opportunities.

Southwest's stock was upgraded to outperform by Evercore ISI, with the firm citing the airline's greater relative financial strength and margin-focused planning as reasons for the upgrade.

—CNBC’s Jesse Pound and Samantha Subin contributed to this report.

by Hannah Miao

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