here are the stocks making headlines on wednesday july 26 microsoft the xbox owner saw its shares slide 4 after issuing quarterly revenue guidance that fell short of analysts expectations the soft revenue outlook was partly due to weakness in the segment that contains windows software microsoft did report earnings and revenue that beat street estimates for the calendar second quarter however alphabet shares of the google parent rose more than 6 after alphabet beat analysts revenue and profit in the second quarter the parent company of youtube reported 144 in earnings per share on 746 billion of revenue analysts surveyed by refinitiv were expecting 134 per share on 7282 billion of revenue boeing the aerospace companys shares jumped almost 6 and hit a new 52week high after its secondquarter earnings announcement boeings revenue of 1975 billion topped analysts estimates of 1845 billion according to refinitiv the company also reported an 82centloss per share while refinitiv analysts had estimated a loss of 88 cents per share ww international shares of the weight loss company soared more than 18 after an upgrade to overweight from morgan stanley the bank highlighted ww internationals recent acquisition of sequence which analyst lauren schenk said will aid growth by providing exposure to weight loss drugs texas instruments shares dropped 5 as investors focused on the companys guidance for the current quarter texas instruments said to expect between 168 and 192 in earnings per share in the current quarter meaning much of the range was below the 191 estimate of analysts polled by factset meanwhile the company guided revenue to between 436 billion and 474 billion against a factset consensus estimate of 459 billion however the companys second quarter results exceeded analysts expectations visa the credit card stock slipped more than 1 despite visa beating estimates for its fiscal third quarter the company reported 216 in adjusted earnings per share on 812 billion of revenue analysts surveyed by refinitiv were looking for 212 in earnings per share on 806 billion of revenue the company did report that payments volume growth was slowing slightly chubb shares of the insurance company jumped more than 5 after a strongerthanexpected secondquarter report the company posted 492 in adjusted earnings per share above the 441 expected by analysts according to refinitiv the net premiums written for property and casualty lines came in at 1068 billion above estimates of 1064 billion spotify the music streaming companys shares gained 32 wednesday shares closed 14 lower tuesday after spotifys secondquarter results missed analysts expectations deutsche bank wrote in a wednesday note that the postearnings selloff created an attractive entry point for investors pacwest – shares of the community bank surged more than 27 afterit agreed to be acquired by banc of california in allstock deal which includes 400 million in equity from warburg pincus and centerbridge the combined holding company will operate under the banc of california name shares of banc of california rose less than 1