Airbnb, Cloudflare, IREN Surge in Premarket as Chip Stocks Rebound From AI Selloff; DraftKings Sinks 20% — BigGo Finance
Airbnb, Cloudflare, and IREN led premarket gains, while DraftKings and Atlassian slumped. Airbnb reported Q3 earnings of $3.16 per share and $4.87B revenue, raising its 2026 revenue growth forecast. Cloudflare saw 39% revenue growth. IREN reported 66% sequential revenue growth. DraftKings missed estimates, falling over 20%.
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The 30-second read
Why it matters
Company-specific earnings and guidance prints are the main drivers: Airbnb, Cloudflare, and IREN show beats and/or raised outlooks, while DraftKings, Atlassian, and others fall on misses or softer guidance.
Market read
Traders can act immediately on premarket repricing from multiple earnings and guidance catalysts across cloud, cybersecurity, data centers, and online gaming.
What to watch
For the losers, the market may be trading expectations resets (growth deceleration, cash burn, credit concerns) more than the headline beat/miss, so positioning and implied guidance sensitivity matter at the open.
Background
The article frames Friday’s premarket as a rebound from Thursday’s AI-linked chip selloff, with futures pointing to a split open.
Ticker impact
Airbnb shares rose after it posted Q3 diluted EPS of $3.16 vs $2.85 consensus, revenue $4.87B vs $4.75B, and raised 2026 revenue growth guidance.
Likely upward pressure as traders price in higher full-year growth and capital return.
The article reports multiple same-day, company-specific catalysts: EPS and revenue beats, forecast raise, and a sizable repurchase authorization.
Cloudflare climbed after Q3 revenue rose 39% to $782.5M and it beat adjusted EPS, while forecasting Q4 adjusted EPS of 43 cents on $845M-$846M revenue.
Likely positive reaction as the market focuses on the faster growth rate and higher current-quarter guidance.
The text includes both the beat (revenue and adjusted EPS) and explicit forward guidance that differs from consensus.
IREN surged after reporting fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $228M, up 66% sequentially, with AI Cloud revenue nearly tripling and a narrowed net loss.
Likely volatility with a net positive bias as investors weigh the strong quarter against the pushed-out ARR milestone.
The article provides strong quarter results and margin/EBITDA improvement, but also flags a timing shift for a key recurring revenue target.
DraftKings sank more than 20% after posting a Q3 loss of 94 cents per share and revenue of $1.33B, both below consensus.
Likely continued downside pressure as the market digests the miss versus LSEG and StreetAccount expectations.
The article cites specific underperformance on EPS and revenue plus sportsbook revenue shortfall.
Atlassian dropped 15.8% after beating Q3 EPS and revenue but guiding fiscal 2027 revenue growth to about 13.75%, below the prior quarter’s 24%.
Likely negative bias as investors focus on the guidance deceleration despite the quarterly beat.
The text explicitly contrasts the guided growth rate with the earlier reported first-quarter growth rate.
Axon slid nearly 9% after Q3 adjusted earnings of $1.72 per share and revenue of $909M missed consensus, with weak fourth-quarter guidance.
Likely continued weakness as the market focuses on the guidance shortfall.
The article includes both the miss versus consensus and the characterization of weak guidance.
Affirm Holdings fell 4% even after issuing forward guidance above expectations and raising full-year GMV outlook, with credit concerns weighing.
Likely continued pressure if investors extend credit-quality worries into the forward period.
The article states guidance beat but emphasizes credit concerns as the reason for the decline.
Lyft dropped more than 5% after Q3 revenue of $1.82B missed consensus and fourth-quarter bookings guidance of $5.74B-$5.94B was around estimates.
Likely downside bias as traders focus on the revenue shortfall.
The article provides explicit revenue miss and guidance that is not clearly above consensus.
Market effects
Earnings-driven rotation within software, cloud, and consumer internet, with chip rebound framing a broader risk-on impulse.
US-focused premarket tape with Nasdaq 100 futures strength versus weaker Dow futures.
Limited direct global linkage beyond multinational tech and semiconductor sentiment spillover.
Counterpoint
Some upside may be short-covering from the prior AI selloff rather than durable fundamentals, especially where guidance timing or ARR milestones were pushed out.
Key entities
- companyAirbnb
Q3 diluted EPS and revenue beat, raised full-year 2026 revenue growth guidance, and authorized a new $12B repurchase program.
- companyCloudflare
Q3 revenue and adjusted EPS beat, with Q4 adjusted EPS and revenue guidance above consensus.
- companyIREN
Fiscal Q1 2027 revenue surged sequentially, AI Cloud revenue nearly tripled, and net loss narrowed, though an ARR target was pushed to at least Jan 2027.
- companyDraftKings
Q3 loss and revenue missed consensus, with sportsbook revenue also below expectations.
- companyAtlassian
Quarterly beat but fiscal 2027 growth guidance decelerated to about 13.75%.




