Today is Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 77.28.

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The fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain Cava Group $CAVA ( ▲ 18.76% ) jumped 8.85% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after posting good financial earnings results. 

Financials: Cava reported earnings of 4 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $272.8 million. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Surprise! Same restaurant sales grew 0.5%, as analysts expected a decline.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: This increase stemmed primarily from a jump in menu prices and product mix.

Final Thoughts: Cava also expects same-restaurant sales to grow in 2026.

Thanks to growing demand, lithium stock prices grew 2X+ from June 2025 to January 2026. $ALB climbed as high as 227%. $LAC hit 151%. $SQM, 159%.

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Notable Earnings Today: Nvidia (Nasdaq; NVDA), Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), TJX (NYSE: TJX), Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), Lowe's (MYSE: LOW), The Trade Desk (Nasdaq: TTD), Hut 8 Mining (Nasdaq: HUT), C3.ai (NYSE: AI), Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN), Zoom Communications (Nasdaq: ZM), Chime (Nasdaq: CHYM), Zoom Communications (Nasdaq: ZM), Photronics (Nasdaq: PLAB), Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS), Teladoc (NYSE: TDOC), Paramount Skydance (Nasdaq: PSKY), Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY), Dole (NYSE: DOLE), GoodRx (Nasdaq: GDRX), Array Tech (Nasdaq: ARRY), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IONS), Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI), Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO), Nutanix (Nasdaq: NTNX), Marriott Vacations (NYSE: VAC), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: RXRX), Agilent (NYSE: A), APi Group (NYSE: APG), Bloomin' Brands (Nasdaq: BLMN),Chemed  (NYSE: CHE), Chord Energy (Nasdaq: CHRD), Churchill Downs (Nasdaq: CHDN), Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG), Federal Signal (NYSE: FSS), FTAI Aviation Ltd. (Nasdaq: FTAI), IMAX (NYSE: IMAX), Kinetik (NYSE: KNTK), Lineage (Nasdaq: LINE), Medline (Nasdaq: MDLN), NerdWallet (Nasdaq: NRDS), Ormat Tech (NYSE: ORA), Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), Pinnacle West (NYSE: PNW), Revolution Medicines (Nasdaq: RVMD), Southwest Gas (NYSE: SWX), Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), Trip.com Group (Nasdaq: TCOM), United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR), Universal Health (NYSE: UHS), VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC).

Notable IPOs Today: MOZAYYX Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: MZYX), D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: DBCA), K2 Capital Acquisition Corporation Class A Ordinary Share (Nasdaq: KTWO), Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. Common stock (Nasdaq: NUCL).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Black Mamba (Wefunder), Ravel Health (Wefunder), Migo (Honeycomb), Kicker's Saddle Jerky (Honeycomb), Whizz Education (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET).

Despite posting good financial earnings results on Tuesday, Workday $WDAY ( ▼ 8.08% ) plunged 9.11% in after-hours trading after announcing a lower-than-expected margin of 30.5% for the current quarter.

Financials: Workday reported earnings of $2.47 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $2.53 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock is down 50% in the last 12 months.

The price of the cryptocurrency Solana $SOL ( ▲ 9.97% ) jumped about 6% on Tuesday, its best day in some time, due to strong inflows into spot Solana ETFs (exchange-traded funds).

Final Thoughts: Solana is down about 34% since the start of 2026.

Challenging Market: Lucid widely misses earnings expectations, forecasts continued EV growth in 2026 (CNBC)

Bad February: Bitcoin Heads for Worst Month Since Crypto Collapse of June 2022 (Bloomberg)

Feeling Confident: Paramount’s Newest Bid Could Open Door to Beating Netflix Deal, Warner Says (Wall Street Journal)

Catching the Spirit: Spirit Airlines is betting on this air-travel trend as it prepares to emerge from bankruptcy (MarketWatch)

Losing Weight, Cutting Costs: Novo Nordisk halves US price of weight-loss drug (Financial Times)

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