Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Berkshire Hathaway — Berkshire’s Class B shares dipped 1.9% in intraday trading. Earlier in the session, the conglomerate’s stock reached all-time highs, following strong operating earnings in its fourth quarter. R1 RCM — Shares surged 25.1% after major holders of the health-care payment tech company indicated that they have been weighing strategic alternatives, including taking R1 RCM private, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Freshpet — Shares surged 19.7%. The pet food company posted fourth-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $31.3 million, topping the FactSet consensus estimate of $27.4 million. Revenue of $215.4 million was above the $204.6 million. HashiCorp — Shares jumped 14% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the software company to overweight from equal weight. The bank said HashiCorp should benefit from a resurgence in cloud initiatives. Pilgrim’s Pride — Shares climbed 8% after the meat processing company beat Wall Street’s expectations for the fourth quarter. Pilgrim’s Pride reported earnings of 59 cents per share, excluding items, on $4.53 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by FactSet had called for earnings of 43 cents per share on $4.48 billion in revenue for the quarterly period. Domino’s Pizza — Shares advanced 5.9% after the restaurant chain announced it would raise its dividend by 25% , to be paid on March 29. Domino’s board also authorized an additional share repurchase program of up to $1 billion. Amer Sports — The athletic retailer climbed 3.6% on the back of a slew of bullish calls from Wall Street analysts. Many of these analysts said to expect upside for the parent of brands such as Wilson and Arc’teryx, whose stock went public earlier this month. Micron Technology — Shares rose 4% on artificial intelligence-related tailwinds after the semiconductor manufacturer announced it…
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