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As the U.S. housing market continues to defy economic uncertainty, Westlake Corporation is benefiting from strong demand for building materials, even as its chemicals business struggles.

Eyewear retailer Warby Parker (NYSE:WRBY) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 17.8% year on year to $190.6 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $885.5 million at the midpoint came in 1.5% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP loss of $0.06 per share was $0.01 below analysts’ consensus estimates.

Premium fitness club Life Time (NYSE:LTH) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 18.7% year on year to $663.3 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $2.95 billion at the midpoint came in 0.5% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.27 per share was 30.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Golf equipment and apparel company Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 7.8% year on year to $445.2 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $2.51 billion at the midpoint came in 1.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP loss of $0.02 per share was 93.9% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Medical technology company Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024 as sales rose 2.8% year on year to $795.4 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.89 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.

Shares of Snowflake surged 13% in premarket trading Thursday, a day after the cloud software provider reported better-than-estimated results and a buoyant outlook on booming demand for artificial intelligence products.

Cabinet manufacturing company American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 5.8% year on year to $397.6 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.05 per share was 20.2% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

Higher education company Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 2.9% year on year to $311.5 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.27 per share was 2.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Healthcare tech company GoodRx (NASDAQ:GDRX) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales flat year on year at $198.6 million. On the other hand, the company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $203 million, close to analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.09 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.