Take a look at the businesses making headlines earlier than the bell:

Fabrinet — Fabrinet surged 21% after its fiscal fourth-quarter outcomes late Monday topped analysts’ estimates. The superior manufacturing companies firm posted non-GAAP earnings of $1.86 per share, larger than the $1.80 earnings per share anticipated by analysts polled by FactSet. Income got here in at $655.9 million, larger than the $641.4 million consensus estimate.

Dick’s Sporting Items — Shares plunged almost 20% after the retailer reported an earnings miss and reduce steerage for the 12 months, due partly to a rise in retail theft. Earnings per share for its fiscal second quarter got here in at $2.82, properly beneath the $3.81 anticipated from analysts polled by Refinitiv. Income additionally fell brief.

AppLovin — Shares climbed 4% in premarket buying and selling after Jefferies upgraded the advertising and marketing inventory to purchase from maintain. Jefferies stated the corporate ought to proceed to win market share and develop its software program phase.

Nordson — Shares fell 3% after Nordson reported fiscal third-quarter income that missed analysts’ expectations, and lowered its fiscal 12 months earnings steerage. The adhesive dishing out gear maker posted income of $648.7 million, decrease than the $664.9 million anticipated by analysts polled by FactSet. It issued full-year earnings per share steerage of $8.90 to $9.05, decrease than the prior steerage of $8.90 to $9.30, in addition to the $9.06 per share consensus estimate on FactSet.

Macy’s — Shares of the division retailer chain slid about 1.6% after the corporate reported second-quarter earnings. Macy’s beat estimates on the highest and backside traces, however issued weak third-quarter steerage. The corporate reported per-share earnings of 26 cents, larger than the 14 cents earnings per share consensus estimate from FactSet. Income was $5.13 billion, increased than the $5.07 billion estimate. Macy’s issued third-quarter steerage within the vary of three cents loss per share to 2 cents earnings per share, far beneath the 27 cent earnings per share estimate from FactSet. It guided for income from $4.75 billion to $4.85 billion, decrease than the $4.86 billion anticipated by analysts.

Lowe’s — The inventory gained about 2.4% after earnings beat second-quarter expectations. The house enchancment firm reported $4.56 earnings per share, larger than the $4.47 anticipated by analysts polled by FactSet. Nevertheless, income was barely decrease, at $24.96 billion as an alternative of the $24.97 billion estimate. Lowe’s additionally reaffirmed fiscal 12 months income expectations within the vary of $87 billion to $89 billion, whereas analysts anticipated $87.98 billion, based on FactSet. Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison stated, “[We] stay assured within the mid- to long-term outlook for the house enchancment trade.”

Zoom Video Communications — Shares of the video conferencing firm rose simply over 1% after Zoom’s second-quarter outcomes topped expectations. The corporate reported $1.34 in adjusted earnings per share on $1.14 billion of income. Analysts have been anticipating $1.05 per share on $1.12 billion of income, based on Refinitiv. Zoom’s earnings steerage for the third quarter and the total 12 months additionally topped expectations.

Emerson Electrical — The inventory rose 1.6% after JPMorgan on Tuesday upgraded the engineering firm to obese from impartial and raised its value goal to $107 from $83. That means roughly 13% upside from Monday’s shut.

— CNBC’s Michelle Fox, Alex Harring and Jesse Pound contributed reporting.