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Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at Ulta (NASDAQ:ULTA) and its peers.

As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the footwear retailer industry, including Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) and its peers.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global stocks surged on Friday as signs of possible trade talks between the U.S. and China lifted risk sentiment after lacklustre earning results from tech bellwethers Apple and Amazon fuelled worries about the impact of a global trade war. China's commerce ministry said on Friday the United States has repeatedly expressed its willingness to negotiate on tariffs and that Beijing's door is open for talks, in a move that could ease trade tensions that have roiled global markets. The comments helped U.S. stock futures reverse course from earlier falls after Apple trimmed its share buyback program and warned tariffs could add about $900 million in costs this quarter.

Strong Q1 earnings from Meta and Microsoft sparked an AI rally that boosted the tech-heavy index past its level on April 2, the day tariffs were revealed.

CEO Steve Huffman said in an earnings call that the company still expects some "bumps" in traffic due to Google's algorithm.

Domain registrar and web services company GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported Q1 CY2025 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 7.7% year on year to $1.19 billion. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $1.21 billion, close to analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $1.51 per share was 9.9% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

American restaurant chain BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 3.2% year on year to $348 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.59 per share was 53.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.