Today is Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 75.96.

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Hims & Hers Health $HIMS ( ▼ 6.96% ) fell 8.58% in after-hours trading on Monday after the telehealth company posted mixed financial earnings results.

Financials: Hims & Hers reported earnings of 8 cents per share in the past quarter, which were better than expected. The revenue was $617 million, which was in-line.

Powering the Story: The company announced that revenue for the current quarter is expected to be between $600 million and $625 million. Investors expected a higher projection.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: A softer near‑term outlook reinforced concerns that growth is normalizing while marketing and infrastructure spending stay high.

Final Thoughts: The stock has already suffered a nearly 70% decline in the past year.

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Notable Earnings Today: Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Cipher Mining (Nasdaq: CIFR), AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), HP (NYSE: HPQ), CAVA Group (NYSE: CAVA), Workday (Nasdaq: WDAY), Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT), Lucid Group (Nasdaq: LCID), MercadoLibre (Nasdaq: MELI), Keurig Dr Pepper (Nasdaq: KDP), Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM), Camping World (NYSE: CWH), Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW), DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN), NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS), Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA), Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS), Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR), Amer Sports (NYSE: AS), Tempus AI (Nasdaq: TEM), Life Time (NYSE: LTH), American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Armstrong World Industries (NYSE: AWI), Brightstar Lottery (NYSE: BRSL), CoStar Group (Nasdaq: CSGP), Cytokinetics (Nasdaq: CYTK), Elanco Animal Health (NYSE: ELAN), Establishment Labs (Nasdaq: ESTA), Everus (NYSE: ECG), Expeditors International (NYSE: EXPD), Ferguson (NYSE: FERG), First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), Henry Schein (Nasdaq: HSIC), Interface (Nasdaq: TILE), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: JAZZ), Matador Resources (NYSE: MTDR), Matson (NYSE: MATX), Merit Medical (Nasdaq: MMSI), Mosaic (NYSE: MOS), Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), Realty Income (NYSE: O), Repligen (Nasdaq: RGEN), Shoals Technologies (Nasdaq: SHLS), SPX Technologies (NYSE: SPXC), Sotera Health (Nasdaq: SHC), Sun Communities (NYSE: SUI), Tanger Factory (NYSE: SKT), Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK).

Notable IPOs Today: White Pearl Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: WPAC), ClearThink 1 Acquisition Corp. Units (Nasdaq: CTAUU), Quantum eMotion Corp. (NYSE American: QNC).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Hook Polo (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Composite (9:00 a.m. ET), CB Consumer Confidence (10:00 a.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Keysight Technologies $KEYS ( ▲ 22.28% ) surged 15.47% in after-hours trading on Monday after posting strong financial earnings results and a promising financial outlook of 30% revenue growth.

Financials: Keysight reported earnings of $2.17 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1.60 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: It’s another strong showing for Keysight following the stock’s 18% rise in 2026. 

The hydrocarbon exploration company Diamondback Energy $FANG ( ▼ 2.47% ) posted mixed financial results on Monday, sending the stock down 3.06% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Diamondback Energy reported earnings of $1.74 per share in the past quarter, which were lower than expected. Revenue was $3.3 billion, which was better than expected. 

Final Thoughts: The stock was up 14% this year as energy companies gained favor.

Simple Blockchain Tech: NEAR Launches Near.com super app, touting AI capabilities and confidential transactions (CoinDesk)

Good Question: Are Bitcoin ETFs quietly accumulating or just not selling? The flow data that matters (Cointelegraph)

Big Plunge: IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat (CNBC)

Irresistible: Paramount Sweetens Offer For Warner Bros. Discovery (Deadline)

More Fear: Did a blog post just cause software stocks to lose more than $200 billion in market cap? (MarketWatch)

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