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Wall Street Breakfast

Carvana drops despite higher sales

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

News, Business, Business News, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Carvana's (CVNA) Q4 profitability loses traction; shares crater more than 20%. (00:14) DoorDash (DASH) sees double-digit growth in orders, GOV; sets upbeat Q1 guidance. (01:31) Moderna (MRNA) gains as FDA backtracks and accepts flu shot for review. (02:14)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:07.6

Good morning. Today is Thursday, February 19th. I'm Julie Morgan. Carvana sold more cars than Wall Street expected in the fourth quarter.

0:18.0

But concerns over the company's profitability have pushed the

0:22.2

stock into the red this morning. Carvana is down 16% in pre-market action. The use card marketplace

0:29.9

experienced a 58% surge in revenue. On a per unit basis, retail vehicle sales were up 43% while wholesale increased 66%. However, when you break down the numbers further, it shows a $244 decline in gross profit per vehicle and an 18.2% decline in wholesale marketplace gross profit. The company's profitability gave a

0:56.2

mixed picture as adjusted iBada increased to $511 million but missed the $539 million estimate.

1:04.5

While on a per share basis, adjusted profits surged to $4.22 per share from 56 cents per share, although this was attributed to

1:14.4

one-time charges and so is not comparable to $1.12 estimates. The company did not issue sales

1:21.5

guidance for the full year, but said it continues to expect to sell 3 million cars between 2030 and 2035.

1:31.1

DoorDash is up 13% in pre-market trading.

1:34.9

shares surged as strong order growth and upbeat guidance outweighed a Q4 top and bottom line miss.

1:41.9

Orders climb 32% to 903 million million and gross order value jumped 39% to

1:48.1

$29.7 billion, both above expectations. The Q1 Outlook for GOV and EBITA came in strong,

1:56.3

$31 to $31.8 billion in $675 to $775 million, respectively.

2:04.7

Investors look past softer margins and heavy investment spending, choosing to focus on demand,

2:10.9

momentum and growth visibility.

2:14.0

Now we have an update to a story we brought you last week here on Wall Street Breakfast.

2:19.0

Moderna closed 6% higher on Wednesday after the USFDA accepted the company's marketing application

2:25.8

for its messenger RNA-based shot MRNA 1010, reversing an earlier stance to refuse its review.

2:33.6

In a press release, the biotech said that the agency

2:36.7

has also assigned August 5th of this year as the target action date in connection with its

2:42.5

biologics license application for MRNA 1010. Shares of Moderna came under pressure last week

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