Disney Falls Premarket; Cisco Systems Surges; Anthropic Commits $50B for US Data Centers

On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Shares of the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) fell ahead of the US market open after the company reported sales that fell short of Wall Street estimates and said a slate of big-budget films, including a new Avatar picture, will weigh on results for the first quarter of its new fiscal year. Revenue for the fourth quarter was little changed at $22.5 billion, Disney said Thursday, falling below the $22.8 billion average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Earnings came to $1.11 a share in the period ended Sept. 27, excluding some items, beating estimates of $1.07. Disney’s entertainment division faces challenges early in the new fiscal year on three fronts: streaming, films and TV. The company predicts $375 million in operating income from online video in the first quarter. While that represents higher profit for the business, Wall Street was expecting more.
- Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) soared in premarket after the network-equipment giant boosted its 2026 forecast, showing progress in its effort to capture more artificial intelligence spending. The company, the top maker of machines that run computer networks and the internet, now expects sales of as much as $61 billion in the fiscal year ending in July. That’s about $1 billion more than it previously expected and higher than Wall Street estimates. Cisco also increased its earnings forecast, which similarly topped analysts’ predictions. The outlook sparked fresh optimism that Cisco can benefit from booming AI spending. The San Jose, California-based company is updating chips and networking gear to better connect server racks and data centers in order to handle complicated AI tasks.
- Anthropic PBC plans to spend $50 billion to build custom data centers for artificial intelligence work in several US locations, including Texas and New York, the latest expensive pledge for infrastructure to support the AI boom. The new sites, which Anthropic is developing with UK-based Fluidstack Ltd., will start coming online throughout 2026, the company said Wednesday in a statement. The project marks the first major data center build-out that the AI firm has taken on directly,

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