Microsoft Agreement, Adobe Beats, RH Trims

On this episode of Stock Movers:
- OpenAI said it’s closer to converting into a more traditional for-profit company — nearing the resolution of painful negotiations with top shareholder Microsoft (MSFT) and outlining terms of at least $100 billion in equity for its nonprofit arm.
- Adobe (ADBE) shares rise after the maker of software for creative professionals reported third-quarter results that beat expectations and raised its full-year forecast on key metrics. Analysts cited annual recurring revenue (ARR) as a highlight, and the report was seen as easing concerns about competition from AI.
- Luxury furniture company RH (RH) slumped in late trading after cutting its sales outlook for the full year, citing mounting impacts from new US tariffs that resulted in delays to a seasonal catalog.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Stock Movers Report, your roundup of companies making moves
in the stock market. Harnessing the power of Bloomberg Data.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Let's take a look at some stocks on the move today.
I'm Nathan Haker, joined by Bloomberg's Valerie Titel and Valerie
I'm thinking Microsoft is going to be a stock to
watch today, Wondering if investors are breathing a bit of
a CYHB relief after some of the latest developments around
the future of open Ai.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Good morning, Hey, good morning, Nathan, Happy Friday to you. Yes,
we are seeing Microsoft have a decent rally this morning.
It's up one point three percent in pre market trade.
It's on the back of as you mentioned, open Ai
and Microsoft announced in a joint statement yesterday that they
have reached preliminary terms on a revised partnership. Comes after
some painstaking negotiations between the two, but the announcement has

(00:54):
calmed fears about the turmoil in that Microsoft's relationship with
open Ai. Remember, open ai is currently a non profit
and Microsoft is currently their biggest backer. But perhaps a
restructuring of open ai, which does deal with a nonprofit
getting one hundred billion dollars of its equity stake. Maybe
another signal that chatgybt maker is coming closer.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
To converting itself into a for profit company.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
Well, staying in the tech space, we just got some
earnings from Adobe. Apparently you say AI, you say good
things about AI, and the stock just jumps.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Well, Adobe is just shy of four percent in pre
market trade. They did ease investor concerns that they are
dealing with tough competition from new AI entrants into the space. Remember,
Adobe is the maker of software, but more for creative professionals.
They beat on expectations when it comes to earnings and
raised their full year guidance. Analysts were also quite positive

(01:48):
on their upgrade to their annual recurring revenue metric, being
that software big, a big thing that software companies track.

Speaker 4 (01:56):
It's Adobe up nearly four percent.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
Okay, moving from AI to OURH formerly known as Restoration Hardware.
Why has that stock got your attention this morning?

Speaker 1 (02:06):
It's down nine point nine All that will do it,
that's why.

Speaker 4 (02:10):
But there was some.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Colorful language from the CEO, which is also attracted attention.
But they announced that they were cutting their sales out
look for the full year. They cited mounting impacts from
new US tariffs that have resulted in product delays. But then,
for the second time this year, the CEO on the
earnings call gave some quite colorful language as to why
they need to discount their products, saying that the furniture

(02:33):
industry will go broke if they don't offer discounts to
stay afloat amid a weak housing market. He called the
housing market the third year of the worst housing market
he's seen in his thirty eight years in this industry.
So housing having an impact on the luxury furniture space,
with restoration hardware down nearly ten percent.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
And we're seeing some big impact this morning as well
for Warner Brothers. Discovery moving higher and maybe having to
make its name even longer.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
It rose yesterday on a speculation that Paramount sky Dance
was about to make an offer for the company. It
rose nearly thirty percent and is rising another five and
a half percent so far in pre market trade. Now,
this has got a lot of interesting things going on.
Paramount sky Dance. It was a studio that was taken
over by independent filmmaker David Ellison, who is the father

(03:28):
of Larry Ellison, who is the co founder of Oracle,
who has saw that ginormous jump in net.

Speaker 4 (03:33):
Worth after that Oracle rally.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Warner Brothers enterprise value stends it around seventy billion, and
that's basically what Larry Ellison has made in his net
worth with the Oracle rally this year. But the very
important part about this is that the paramount bid is
a bid for the entire company, and Warner Brothers just
a few months ago was considering splitting into.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
Two different publicly traded companies.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
So that's the reason why the aggressive move higher for
Warner Brothers today.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
And I know you meant to say that David Elson
is the son of Larry Ellison, Oracle co founders, so
just to clarify that.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
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