Shoe Carnival, American Eagle, Ciena, Victoria's Secret And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Thursday

Author: Avi Kapoor | September 04, 2025 12:56pm

U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 200 points on Thursday.

Shares of Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL) rose sharply during Thursday's session after the company reported second-quarter EPS above estimates and raised its FY2025 EPS outlook, despite cutting its sales guidance.

The company reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 91 cents, beating the analyst consensus estimate of 58 cents. Quarterly sales of $306.388 million (down 7.9% year over year) missed the Street view of $313.121 million.

Shoe Carnival shares jumped 16% to $24.99 on Thursday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) shares jumped 33.5% to $18.19 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
• Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQST) gained 22.6% to $4.8420 after the FDA said it will not require an advisory committee meeting to discuss the New Drug Application for Anaphylm.
• Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEGG) rose 19.6% to $37.06.
• Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) gained 17.1% to $111.06 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly EPS and sales.
• Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) rose 16.2% to $33.17.
• Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) rose 12.2% to $59.51.
• Innodata Inc. (NASDAQ:INOD) gained 11.3% to $40.84.
• AirNet Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:ANTE) gained 10.2% to $5.42 after the company received approximately 296,367 Solana from a recent warrant exercise.
• Victoria’s Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) rose 8.7% to $24.96 as the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter EPS and sales.
• ThredUp Inc. (NASDAQ:TDUP) gained 8.4% to $11.44.
• Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR) rose 7.1% to $37.85.

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