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Kitchen product manufacturer Middleby (NYSE:MIDD) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2024, but sales were flat year on year at $1.01 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.88 per share was 14.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Medicine and manufacturing technology provider Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 12.5% year on year to $238.1 million. Next quarter’s revenue guidance of $234 million underwhelmed, coming in 4.4% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.76 per share was 6.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Doughnut chain Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 10.4% year on year to $404 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $1.6 billion at the midpoint came in 10.4% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.01 per share was 89.8% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

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The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street declines on Tuesday, hitting a six-week low after fresh economic data indicated a deterioration in consumer sentiment and investors braced for the potential impact of tighter U.S. trade curbs on Beijing. A Conference Board report showed an index tracking consumer confidence stood at 98.3 in February compared with an estimate of 102.5, according to economists polled by Reuters. Investors also focused on a report that said the U.S. was planning further restrictions on Nvidia's chip exports to China and that Washington was consulting with allies about tightening chip controls on China.

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Children’s apparel manufacturer Carter’s (NYSE:CRI) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales were flat year on year at $859.7 million. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $620 million was less impressive, coming in 5.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.39 per share was 24.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Dental and medical products company Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 5.8% year on year to $3.19 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.19 per share was 1.6% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

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