Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Akamai, Synopsys, Nike & more

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Sep 25, 2026 · 238 words · By Ananya Chetia

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Akamai Technologies – The cloud computing company jumped over 21% after announcing a seven-year power contract and $11.6 billion deal with Anthropic on Thursday.

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Why it matters

Akamai also issued a warrant that gives Anthropic the right to buy up to roughly 5% of the company's shares at an exercise price of $111.33 each.

Common ground

Scholastic – Shares for the publisher of children's books slid over 10% after the company posted a loss in the fiscal first quarter.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Akamai, Synopsys, Nike & more?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Synopsys – The software company gained over 3% in premarket trading after HSBC upgraded Synopsys to buy from hold?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Synopsys – The software company gained over 3% in premarket trading after HSBC upgraded Synopsys to buy from hold.”

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The provided web search results for Synopsys are generic premarket trading pages or refer to other companies (Humana). No evidence was found regarding an HSBC upgrade for Synopsys.

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web search NEUTRAL — Where the stock market will trade today based on Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures and implied open premarket values. Commodities, currencies and global indexes also shown.
https://www.cnbc.com/markets/pre-markets/

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web search NEUTRAL — Humana Inc. (HUM) shares surged in premarket trading Friday after a rebound in Medicare Advantage star ratings strengthened the insurer's outlook for 2028 quality bonus payments, prompting Baird to up…
https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/humana-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pre-market stock trading coverage from CNN. View pre-market trading, including futures information for the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average.
https://www.cnn.com/markets/premarkets

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Claim 2: “Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of $6.53 per share on revenue of $94.86 billion.”

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One source (Goldman Sachs report) mentions that Costco's earnings of $6.60 were above the LSEG consensus of $6.53 per share. However, the revenue expectation of $94.86 billion is not explicitly corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.

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Claim 3: “Akamai Technologies – The cloud computing company jumped over 21% after announcing a seven-year power contract and $11.6 billion deal with Anthropic on Thursday.”

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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, ABC Money, and another news report) confirm Akamai Technologies jumped roughly 21% following an $11.6 billion, seven-year deal with Anthropic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic, PBC (stylized as ANTHROP\C or A\) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its flagship product is Claude, a series…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. ( PAL-ən-TEER) is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software. Palantir is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and was founded in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon.com, Inc. (doing business as Amazon) is an American multinational conglomerate engaged in e-commerce, retail, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artifici…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)

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Claim 4: “Costco earned an adjusted $6.60 per share on revenue of $95.72 billion.”

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Two sources provide conflicting data for Costco's fiscal fourth quarter. One source reports adjusted earnings of $6.60 and revenue of $95.72 billion, while another reports adjusted EPS of $4.86 and revenue of $78.94 billion.

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web search NEUTRAL — Costco reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal fourth quarter on Thursday. Its earnings came in at $6.60, well above the LSEG consensus of $6.53 per share. The company also clocked revenu…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/costco-just-reported-strong-…

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web search NEUTRAL — For the fiscal fourth quarter, Costco reported adjusted earnings per share of $4.86, higher than Wall Street expectations of $4.78. Revenue also came in higher at $78.94 billion, compared to expectati…
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/costco-earnings-204153323.…

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web search NEUTRAL — Costco's fiscal 2026 earnings per share grew 14% year over year to $20.76. At around $917, investors are paying about 44 times these earnings.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/04/costco-s-underlyin…

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Claim 5: “Akamai also issued a warrant that gives Anthropic the right to buy up to roughly 5% of the company's shares at an exercise price of $111.33 each.”

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Two independent sources confirm the issuance of a warrant to Anthropic. One source explicitly mentions a '5% warrant', and another mentions a warrant for 7.7 million shares (which aligns with the percentage claim).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Markmonitor Inc. is an American software company founded in 1999 that develops software intended to protect corporate brands from Internet counterfeiting, fraud, piracy, and cybersquatting. Headquarte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markmonitor

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Claim 6: “Nike – Shares for the athletic apparel company slid nearly 2% after Bank of America downgraded the company to underperform from neutral”

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TradingView News reports that Nike shares slipped about 2% in premarket trading after Bank of America downgraded the stock to Underperform from Neutral. No other independent source corroborates this specific event in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nike NKE shares slipped about 2% in premarket trading on Friday after Bank of America downgraded the sportswear maker to Underperform from Neutral, saying the company’s turnaround is taking longer to …
https://www.tradingview.com/news/seekingalpha:22caeb081094b:…

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web search NEUTRAL — Duolingo shares fell sharply after Bank of America downgraded the stock from Neutral to Underperform and cut its price target from $103 to $93. Shares opened at $125.40, down from the prior close of $…
https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/duolingo-nasdaqduo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Altice USA — The cable television provider's shares fell about 1% after Bank of America downgraded the stock from "neutral" to "underperform" Tuesday. Bank of America said it saw stronger opportunitie…
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/18/stocks-making-the-biggest-mo…

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Claim 7: “Scholastic reported an adjusted loss of $3.63 per share, compared to the $2.52 per share loss in the year-ago period.”

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While Insider Monkey mentions a net loss of $3.77 per share for Scholastic, the specific 'adjusted loss of $3.63 per share' and the comparison to '$2.52 per share loss' are not found in the provided evidence. Other results refer to AngioDynamics, not Scholastic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scholastic may refer to: a philosopher or theologian in the tradition of scholasticism Scholastic (Notre Dame publication) Scholastic Corporation, an American publishing company of educational materi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, chi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic_Corporation

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scholasticism is a medieval European philosophical movement or methodology that was the predominant education in Europe from about 1100 to 1700. It is known for employing logically precise analyses to…
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Claim 8: “Scholastic – Shares for the publisher of children's books slid over 10% after the company posted a loss in the fiscal first quarter.”

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Insider Monkey reports that Scholastic reported a rough first quarter with revenue slipping 4% to $216.8 million and a net loss. However, the specific claim about shares sliding 'over 10%' is not explicitly corroborated by other provided sources, though the financial loss is mentioned.

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Claim 9: “Revenue of $216.8 million reflected a 4% decline from a year earlier.”

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Insider Monkey explicitly reports revenue of $216.8 million and a 4% decline. No other independent source corroborates these specific figures for the same period.

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