Movers & Shakers: Getaround stock soars on deal news and Blue Bird gets a lift from sales outlook

Here are some of Friday’s biggest-moving shares ahead of the market’s open.

Stock gainers:

Shares of car-sharing company Getaround Inc. 
GETR,
-6.20%

rose 116% in premarket trading after the company said late Thursday it plans to buy all of the assets of HyreCar Inc. 
HYREQ,
+3.70%

for $9.45 million.

Blue Bird Corp.
BLBD,
-0.46%

shares shot up as much as 29% after the school-bus maker ratcheted up its sales outlook, reported estimate-beating quarterly results and said a turnaround plan to cut costs was “ahead of schedule.”

News Corp
NWSA,
+0.48%
,
the parent of MarketWatch publisher Dow Jones, reported fiscal third-quarter results that beat expectations, helped by a “decidedly more positive” economic backdrop, sending shares up 3.3% in premarket action.

Sanmina Corp. shares 
SANM,
+0.37%

 rose 3.2% in premarket after the electronics-manufacturing services provider’s results, and most of its outlook, topped Wall Street expectations. 

BuzzFeed Inc. shares
BZFD,
-3.10%

rose 2.7% after the digital media company forecast adjusted metrics for the year, and said it was using more AI in its content.

Tesla Inc. shares
TSLA,
+2.10%

advanced 1.5%. Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted Thursday that he had hired a new CEO for his other company, Twitter. “She will be starting in ~6 weeks!” Musk said, without naming her, adding he’ll transition to executive chair and chief technology officer.

Stock decliners:

Getty Images Holdings Inc.’s stock
GETY,
-1.11%

slipped 1.1% after a mixed-bag first quarter, but the photo and video library service’s full-year sales forecast came in a tad above expectations.

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