Check out the companies that made headlines after the bell: PPG Industries — Paints & Coatings after PPG Industries released guidance for first-quarter earnings that fell short of analyst expectations, according to FactSet. The company's stock price fell 1%. The low end of PPG's full-year profit outlook range was also well below analysts' expectations. Meanwhile, the company's profit and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023 exceeded analysts' expectations. SUPER MICROCOMPUTER — Shares of the IT company rose 6% after Super Microcomputer reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of $5.40 to $5.55 per share. This beat previous guidance of $4.40 to $4.88 per share. Supermicro also reported preliminary sales of $3.6 billion to $3.65 billion, beating previous expectations of $2.7 billion to $2.9 billion. JB Hunt Transport Services — Shares rose 3% after the freight transportation company reported mixed fourth-quarter results. JB Hunt's earnings per share were $1.47, lower than the $1.75 expected by analysts polled by LSEG. However, J.B. Hunt's sales were $3.3 billion, higher than analysts' expectations of $3.28 billion. Wendy's Company — The fast-food restaurant rose 1% in after-hours trading after the company named PepsiCo executive Kirk Tanner as its new CEO. He will succeed Todd Penegor, who has led the company since 2016. The executive changes come as Wendy's grapples with pressure from activist investor Blackwells Capital. iRobot — the maker of Roomba has fallen more than 30% of his. The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday that the European Union's antitrust watchdog is expected to block Amazon's acquisition of iRobot.
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