Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday

DuPont is down over 6% premarket despite beating Q2 profits and sales, with a softer second-half outlook cited.

Likely continued downside pressure while traders focus on the softer second-half outlook.

The article flags the market’s issue as outlook softness, which typically drives follow-through beyond the beat.

Palantir shares are up sharply after better-than-expected results and an earnings call emphasizing Rule of 40.

Potential for further upside if investors buy into the Rule of 40 framing.

The move is attributed directly to the results and management’s stated growth-profit framework.

Caterpillar is up more than 11% premarket after Q2 results, including $9.4B orders and a record $72.1B backlog.

Bias toward continued strength as backlog visibility underpins earnings expectations.

The article provides concrete order/backlog figures alongside the earnings beat and large premarket move.

Merck hiked full-year revenue guidance after reporting a loss of 13 cents per share on $16.61B revenue.

Moderately bullish bias, with traders likely focusing on the raised revenue guidance.

The key actionable datapoint is the guidance increase, though the article does not quantify the new guidance level.

Cloudflare shares are supported by a Jefferies price target raise to $290, citing a 30% midpoint revenue growth guide.

Near-term upside bias if the market agrees the 30% growth guide is credible.

The catalyst is an explicit PT change with a specific growth-guide rationale, but it is still analyst-driven.

Pfizer raised the low end of its full-year sales guidance after an adjusted 77 cents EPS beat on $15.03B revenue.

Likely stabilization or mild upside as traders price in the raised sales range.

The article cites a beat and a specific guidance adjustment (low end raised), but not the magnitude.

Nike is down more than 3% premarket after JPMorgan downgraded it to sell, cutting 2027 and 2028 earnings estimates.

Further downside risk while the market digests the China revenue drag and turnaround execution concerns.

The article ties the downgrade to concrete estimate cuts and a $1B China revenue drag, matching the premarket decline.

Qnity Electronics shares are up over 5% after crushing estimates and hiking full-year outlook across sales, EPS, and free cash flow.

Potential for continued upside if investors extend the outlook beat into future quarters.

The article provides the direction and that outlook was hiked, but the ticker appears nonstandard and details are limited.