June 15
RESTAURANTS
Reborn Coffee Inc. jumped 13% to $1.60 apiece with a $13 million market cap (Nasdaq: REBN). Shares of the Brea-based company were recovering from when the specialty coffee chain revealed founder and co-CEO Jay Kim resigned and appointed his co-executive Jun Jae Lim as sole CEO on June 8.
RETAIL
Irvine-based loanDepot Inc. were up 8.9% to $1.23 apiece with a $801 million market cap (NYSE: LDI). However, shares of the mortgage lender are still off 4.2% since reporting first quarter results in May and down 34% since posting its fourth quarter 2025 report in March.
MARKETS/INDEXES
The S&P 500 was up 1.9% to 7,569.95, Nasdaq rose 3.1% to 26,681.81 and the Dow 30 increased 1.3% to 51,894.88 following news of the preliminary deal between the United States and Iran.
Crude oil dropped 5% to $80.57 a barrel.
Gold was up 2.7% to $4,353.70 per ounce.
–Emily Santiago-Molina
June 12
SPACE
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. surged 22% to $5.74 with a $599 million market cap (NYSE: SPCE). Shares of several space-related companies rose ahead of the SpaceX IPO on Friday, according to Yahoo Finance. Additionally, the Tustin-based space tourism company on June 10 completed a debt-for-equity swap that retired $30.5 million in notes, according to regulatory filings.
RETAIL
Shares of Compass Diversified, parent company of Costa Mesa retailer 5.11, fell 6.9% to $10.17 apiece after announcing that Chief Executive Elias Sabo will retire on Dec. 31, 2026. Zach Sawtelle, a partner and chief operating officer at the operator’s external manager, Compass Group Management LLC, will succeed Sabo as CEO.
The company had a $765 million market cap (NYSE: CODI).
MARKETS/INDEXES
Crude oil was up 1.3% to $91.21 a barrel.
–Emily Santiago-Molina
June 10
SUPPLY CHAIN
Marwynn Holdings rose 21% to $1.24 apiece with a $23.4 million market cap (Nasdaq: MWYN). The Irvine-based distributor of Asian foods and indoor home goods surged after its wholly-owned subsidiary, EcoLoopX, announced the hiring of Frank Xu as sales director on Tuesday.
TECHNOLOGY
Indie Semiconductor Inc. is up 2% to $4 per share with a $871 million market cap. Shares of the Aliso Viejo-based automotive solutions firm rose after the announced release of iND881, the company’s AI system-on-chip for developing intelligent cameras (Nasdaq: INDI).
FRANCHISING
Shares of Xponential Fitness Inc. rose 4% to $5.96 with a $292 million market cap. Despite today’s gains, the Irvine-based fitness chain’s stock remains down about 8% since April, when it announced a strategic review that could lead to a sale, a merger or another financial transaction (NYSE: XPOF).
AEROSPACE
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings declined 6.2% to $4.31 apiece with a market cap of $450 million. The Tustin-based firm’s stock has experienced wild swings over a three-week stretch, with the most recent decline tied to Friday’s IPO of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its announcement this week to retire up to $30.5 million of debt to improve liquidity by using stock. Investors are selling off as they weigh risks against speculative gains in the industry, according to Yahoo Finance (NYSE: SPCE).
INDEXES
Nasdaq is down 1.22% to $25,382.
Dow 30 fell 1.17% to $50,346.
MARKETS
Crude oil is up 3.22% to $91.04 per barrel.
Gold is down 3.27% to $4,146 an ounce.
–Anastasia Efremova and Nancy Luna
June 9
–Kevin Costelloe
June 8
HEALTHCARE
Eledon Pharmaceuticals Inc. rose 4.3% to $3.55 apiece with a $274 million market cap. The Irvine-based biotechnology company today announced updated results from its islet cell transplantation trial, showing that all 12 patients achieved insulin independence (Nasdaq: ELDN).
AUTOMOTIVE
Rivian Automotive Inc. was up 7% to $17.50 and a $23.5 billion market cap. Shares in the Irvine-based EV maker are up ahead of the launch of its newest R2 electric vehicles on June 9 (Nasdaq: RIVN).
INDEXES
Crude oil increased 1% to $91.53 per barrel.
–Yuika Yoshida
June 5
June 4
RESTAURANTS
Shares of Cerritos-based GEN Restaurant Group Inc. are up 5% to $2.03 with a market cap of $67 million. The Korean BBQ brand, whose flagship restaurant is in Tustin, today announced it signed a distribution agreement with C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC. The partnership gives GEN access to C&S’s network, including more than 7,500 customers and 200 grocery stores nationwide (Nasdaq: GENK).
RETAIL
Tilly’s Inc. surged 16% to $5.16 apiece with a $158.4 million market cap after reporting first-quarter results yesterday. The Irvine-based youth apparel retailer reported net sales jumped 16% to $124.7 million, driven by a 23% increase in same-store sales for the period ended May 2 (NYSE: TLYS).
DEFENSE
Mobix Labs Inc. increased 15% to $2.57 with a market cap of $41 million. The Irvine-based 5G semiconductor company today announced it’s acquiring Montana-based drone manufacturer Vision Aerial Inc. for an undisclosed amount (NASDAQ: MOBX).
TECHNOLOGY
Broadcom Inc. dropped 15% to $409.20 and a $1.9 trillion market cap. The Palo Alto-based chipmaker, with offices in Irvine, yesterday projected AI chip sales for the third quarter at $16 billion, below analysts’ expectations of $17.2 billion (Nasdaq: AVGO).
INDEXES
Crude oil fell 3.1% to $93.04 per barrel.
–Yuika Yoshida
June 3
TECHNOLOGY
Western Digital is up 5% to $590.98 apiece with a market cap of $203.7 billion (Nasdaq: WDC). Shares of the San Jose-based memory products maker, which has a large presence in Irvine, rose following a favorable mention in Zacks. In a June 2 article, the investment publication said, “companies like Western Digital are benefiting from orders for high-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) and enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs) and emerging storage architectures.”
TTM Technologies Inc. is up 3.4% to $185.90 for a market cap of $19.3 billion (Nasdaq: TTMI). Shares of the Santa Ana-based maker of printed circuit boards (PCB) rose after investment publication Zacks said this week that TTM had “strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider.”
RESTAURANTS
Kura Sushi USA fell 6.67% to $43.50 per share for a market cap of $528.4 million. The Irvine-based restaurant chain’s stock has declined about 15% since mid-May, when President Trump’s latest financial disclosure revealed that he purchased shares earlier in the year. (Nasdaq: KRUS).
HEALTHCARE
Alignment Healthcare Inc. is up 5.3% to $14.36 apiece with a $3 billion market cap. The Orange-based provider of Medicare Advantage insurance unveiled yesterday its 2025 Impact Report which reflects its strategy for improving member health and growing responsibly. (Nasdaq: ALHC). Year to date, the stock is down 28%.
MARKETS/INDEXES
Gold is down 1.18% to $4,466.70 an ounce.
Crude oil is up 1.77% to $97.70 a barrel.
EMPLOYMENT
IntelliPower Inc. is laying off 40 people at its office in Orange, effective July 31, according to a June 1 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter sent to state labor officials.
Apparel maker Bylt LLC is laying off 67 workers at its Irvine office, effective July 31, according to a June 1 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter sent to state labor officials.
–Nancy Luna and Anastasia Efremova
June 2
—Kevin Costelloe
June 1
AEROSPACE
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. soared 25% to $7.66 with a $815 million market cap (NYSE: SPCE). Shares have tripled since May 20. RichRich Capital revealed it now has a 5.3% stake in Virgin Galactic, according to the Stocktwits website.
RETAIL
Lanvin Group Holdings Ltd. jumped 8.7% to $1.63 apiece with a $228 million market cap (NYSE: LANV). The parent company of Anaheim-based St. John Knits on Monday appointed Xi Luo as its new chief financial officer, effective June 1.
MARKETS/INDEXES
Crude oil was up 6.3% to $92.92 a barrel.
Gold was down 2.1% to $4,496.20 per ounce.
–Emily Santiago-Molina
