Boeing, Robinhood and Moderna lead notable premarket stock moves

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Boeing rises 2% premarket after winning a $20 billion U.S. defense contract for the Sixth-Generation F/A-XX Strike Fighter, while Northrop Grumman falls 3.5%.
Robinhood gains 2% on news of its in-app AI agent launch, planned 24/7 trading for certain stocks, and upcoming perpetual futures for U.S. users.
Moderna declines more than 6% after Citi downgrades to sell, setting a price target about 60% below Tuesday's close and citing unjustified valuation.

Contract win, product launch and analyst actions drive moves

As reported by CNBC, Boeing shares are up 2% after the company secures a $20 billion U.S. defense contract to develop the Sixth-Generation F/A-XX Strike Fighter. Northrop Grumman, which is reportedly also in contention for the award, is down 3.5%.

Robinhood Markets is rising 2% after announcing an in-app AI agent for traders. The online brokerage also says it will launch 24/7 trading for certain stocks and introduce perpetual futures to its U.S. users soon.

Moderna is declining more than 6% after Citi downgrades the stock to sell. Analysts at the bank set a price target about 60% below the stock's Tuesday closing price and say the current valuation cannot be justified.

FormFactor is up 1% after Deutsche Bank initiates coverage with a buy rating. The bank says the semiconductor testing company is positioned to benefit from rising chip testing intensity and from its role as a secondary source of probe cards for Nvidia GPUs at TSMC.

Earnings pressure weighs on Concentrix and Cal-Maine

Concentrix shares are down 9.5% after the company reports fiscal third-quarter revenue that comes in slightly below expectations. Non-GAAP earnings per share and revenue guidance for the current quarter also miss analyst estimates compiled by FactSet, while the company says on its earnings conference call that its AI transition is pressuring revenue.

Cal-Maine Foods is falling more than 6.5% after posting a wider-than-expected loss in its fiscal first quarter. The egg producer reports a loss of $1.26 per share, compared with a FactSet-polled analyst expectation for a loss of 77 cents per share.

The moves underscore how premarket sentiment is being shaped by a mix of government spending, AI-related product strategy, Wall Street research and quarterly execution. For investors, the session shows that contract awards and platform expansion are supporting select gainers, while earnings misses and negative analyst views are quickly weighing on shares.

Boeing’s U.S. Navy F/A-XX contract award was a major milestone that adds another long-term military aviation program to the company’s pipeline, with the deal valued at more than $20 billion. Our earlier article noted that the sixth-generation strike fighter is intended to replace the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet and helped lift Boeing shares as investors weighed the defense upside alongside ongoing scrutiny in its commercial aircraft business.

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