U.S. Movers: Cadence Design, Crown Holdings, General Motors, NXP Semiconductor, UPS

  • Scott Peters
  • U.S.A. New York City
  • Jul 23, 2024
  • General Motors reported sharply higher revenue and earnings in the second quarter, and the company reiterated its annual earnings outlook. UPS revenue and earnings fell short of market expectations. Cadence Design trimmed its current quarter earnings outlook.

    Cadence Design Systems increased 1% to $289.12, and the advanced chip design software trimmed its current quarter earnings outlook to between $1.39 and $1.49 per share. 

    NXP Semiconductor plunged 8.3% to $260.60 after the advanced semiconductor company reported weaker than expected adjusted earnings. 

    Adjusted earnings in the second quarter were $3.20 per share, lower than market expectations between $3.22 and $3.27 per share. 

    Crown Holdings soared 9.8% to $85.06 after the packaging company lifted its annual earnings outlook. 

    Revenue in the second quarter edged lower to $3.04 billion from $3.1 billion, net income increased to $174 million from $157 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to $1.45 from $1.31 a year ago. 

    The company estimated full-year diluted earnings per share in the range of $6.00 to $6.25 compared to previous guidance of $5.80 to $6.20 and free cash flow to be at least $750 million.

    Third quarter adjusted earnings per share are expected to be in the range of $1.75 to $1.85.

    General Motors declined 5.8% to $46.67, despite the automaker reporting better-than-expected second quarter results. 

    Revenue increased 7% to $47.9 billion from $44.7 billion, net income rose to 14.3% to $2.9 billion from $2.6 billion, and diluted earnings per share advanced to $2.55 from $1.83 a year ago. 

    The vehicle maker also revised its full-year earnings per share outlook to between $8.93 and $9.93 from the previous estimate between $8.94 and $9.94. 

    The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents payable on September 19 to shareholders on record on September 9. 

    United Parcel Service dropped 13.1% to $126.01 after the package delivery company reported lower than expected results in the second quarter. 

    Consolidated revenue in the second quarter declined 1.1% to $21.8 billion from $22.1 billion, net income dropped 32.2% to $1.4 billion from $2.1 billion, and diluted earnings per share fell to $1.65 from $2.42 a year ago. 

    The company also estimated full-year consolidated revenue of $93 billion and capital expenditure of $4.0 billion, lower than $4.5 billion in the previous estimate. 

Annual Returns

Company Ticker 2025 2024 2023
Cadence Bancorporation CADE -2% 17% 13%
Crown Holdings Inc CCK -3% -9% 16%
NXP Semiconductors N V NXPI -1% -10% 33%
General Motors Company GM -2% 46% -7%
United Parcel Service Inc UPS -1% -20% -14%