Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. AeroVironment — Shares of the defense technology provider slid more than 4% after its second-quarter earnings missed analyst expectations, coming in at 44 cents per share on an adjusted basis. That’s well below the 78 cents per share that analysts surveyed by LSEG estimated. The company’s revenue of $473 million, however, beat the consensus estimate of $468 million. Braze — Shares of the consumer engagement platform jumped 10% after its revenue for the third quarter of $191 million topped the analyst estimate of $184 million, per LSEG. Adjusted earnings, however, came in line with expectations at 6 cents per share. GameStop — The gaming stock shed more than 5% as third-quarter revenue growth was disappointing. GameStop earned 24 cents per share, excluding items, on revenue of $821 million. Sales were down about 4.5% from the year-ago quarter. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store — Shares of the restaurant company dropped about 9% in extended trading after Cracker Barrel’s first-quarter revenue came out worse than Wall Street had expected. Cracker Barrel reported $797.2 million in revenue for the period, while analysts’ polled by FactSet expected $800.3 million. The company reported a narrower-than-expected adjusted loss, meanwhile. GE Vernova — The energy giant saw shares climb roughly 7% after it raised its 2026 revenue forecast to a range of $41 billion to $42 billion for 2026, compared with expectations of between $36 billion and $37 billion for this year. The company, which has benefited from strong power demand this year, also doubled its quarterly dividend to 50 cents from 25 cents per share and authorized the buyback of $10 billion of stock.
