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Top Midday Stories: Netflix Q2 Revenue, Q3 Guidance Miss Estimates; SpaceX Aborts Launch, Shares Tumble

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All three major US stock indexes were down Friday, as chipmakers led the way down on the final trading day of the week.

In company news, Netflix (NFLX) reported fiscal Q2 earnings late Thursday of $0.80 per diluted share, up from $0.72 a year earlier and above the FactSet consensus analyst estimate of $0.79. Fiscal Q2 revenue was $12.56 billion, up from $11.08 billion but below the FactSet consensus of $12.58 billion. For Q3, the company expects EPS of $0.82 on revenue of $12.86 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expect $0.84 and $13 billion, respectively. For full-year 2026, Netflix expects revenue of $51 billion to $51.4 billion, up from its previous guidance of $50.7 billion to $51.7 billion. Analysts expect $51.38 billion. Netflix shares were down 8.5% around midday.

SpaceX's (SPCX) Starship rocket triggered an "automatic launch abort" Thursday, with the launch possibly rescheduled "in a few days," Chief Executive Elon Musk said Thursday on X. SpaceX shares were down 5.3%.

Travelers (TRV) reported Q2 core income Friday of $10.04 per diluted share, up from $6.51 a year earlier and above the FactSet consensus of $5.41. Second-quarter revenue was $12.15 billion, up from $12.12 billion a year ago and above the FactSet consensus of $11.26 billion. Travelers shares were up 8.6%.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) reported fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings late Thursday of $2.80 per diluted share, up from $21.9 a year earlier and above the FactSet consensus of $2.51. Fiscal Q2 revenue was $2.89 billion, up from $2.44 billion a year earlier and above the FactSet consensus of $2.83 billion. Intuitive shares were down 12.5%.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) and Rapidus will jointly work to advance agentic AI for advanced-node system-on-chip design under a new collaboration, Cadence said late Thursday. The companies will combine Rapidus AI-native design and manufacturing ecosystem for advanced-node semiconductors with Cadence's agentic AI design orchestration technology. Cadence shares were down 10.7%.

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