Check out the companies making headlines in pre-market trading. Shares of Nvidia, the chip designer and leader in artificial intelligence, fell more than 4% despite beating Wall Street expectations for fiscal second-quarter revenue and profit. Nvidia earned 68 cents a share on revenue of $30.04 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast profits of 64 cents a share on revenue of $28.7 billion. The company’s third-quarter revenue is expected to grow 80% compared with the same period last year, but it failed to meet the higher expectations of investors and will slow down compared with the July quarter. Salesforce – Second-quarter profit and revenue exceeded analysts’ expectations, and the stock price rose 5%. The maker of customer relationship management software also raised its full-year outlook and announced that Chief Financial Officer Amy Weaver would resign. CrowdStrike — The cloud security company’s third-quarter outlook missed analysts’ expectations, sending shares down about 2%. CrowdStrike expects earnings per share of 80-81 cents for the quarter, while analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 96 cents per share. CrowdStrike also lowered its full-year guidance to $3.61 to $3.65 per share, compared with the previous forecast of $3.93 to $4.03 and the consensus analyst estimate of $3.90. Hewlett-Packard Co. – Shares fell more than 3% after its fiscal third-quarter profit missed expectations. HP reported adjusted earnings of 83 cents per share, while analysts polled by LSEG expected 86 cents. Nutanix — The cloud infrastructure stock gained more than 16% on strong fourth-quarter earnings results. Nuatanix reported adjusted earnings of 27 cents per share on revenue of $548 million, while analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $537 million. CONFIRMED – Shares of the buy now, pay later company surged more than 20% on better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter revenue guidance. Confirm expected revenue of between $640 million and $670 million, while analysts polled by LSEG estimated revenue of $625 million. Dollar General — The discount retailer’s shares fell more than 23% after its second-quarter revenue and profit missed analysts’ estimates and it lowered its full-year sales forecast, citing a “cash-strapped” customer base. Five Below – The off-price retailer’s full-year outlook topped Wall Street expectations, sending shares up nearly 6%. Five Below currently expects adjusted earnings of $4.35 to $4.71 per share on revenue of $3.73 billion to $3.8 billion. Analysts polled by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) expected earnings per share of $4.69 and $3.78 billion, respectively. Kohl’s — Shares fell more than 2% after JPMorgan downgraded the department store retailer to underweight from neutral. The investment bank pointed out that sales trends in most of Kohl’s businesses are showing negative growth trends. Victoria’s Secret — Shares of Victoria’s Secret rose nearly 5% after the lingerie company raised its full-year forecast. Victoria’s Secret now expects net sales to fall 1% from a year ago, compared with previous forecasts of a “low single-digit” decline. Analysts polled by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) expected a decline of 2.8%. %. Okta — Shares fell more than 12% despite second-quarter revenue and profit beating analysts’ expectations. Okta’s adjusted earnings per share were 72 cents on revenue of $646 million, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast earnings of 37 cents per share on revenue of $633 million. However, Billings’ revenue was $651 million, compared with analysts’ consensus estimate of $679 million, according to FactSet. Bank of America double downgraded the secure identity cloud platform to underperform from “buy.” Pure Storage — Shares of the data storage company fell nearly 14%. Second-quarter results exceeded analysts’ expectations. Pure Storage’s adjusted earnings per share were 44 cents on revenue of $763.8 million, while analysts surveyed by LSEG expected 37 cents and $755 million. Third-quarter operating income guidance was 5.5% below analysts’ consensus, according to FactSet. Veeva Systems — Shares of the cloud computing company rose 5% as second-quarter profit and revenue topped Wall Street expectations. Veeva reported adjusted earnings of $1.62 per share on revenue of $676.8 million, while analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of $1.53 per share on revenue of $667.8 million. —CNBC’s Jesse Pound and Fred Imbert contributed reporting
