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Splunk Guidance Beats; Workday’s Misses

Two up-and-coming enterprise software companies showed divergent paths late Thursday with their guidance, and their stocks responded in kind. Workday (WDAY) gave fiscal Q4 revenue guidance that slightly lagged Wall Street expectations, and stock in the maker of human resources and financial management software was down 5% in after-hours trading, following its earnings release. Data analytics software maker Splunk (SPLK), however, gave fiscal Q4

Intel Bullish On 2016 Sales, OKs Dividend Hike

Intel’s (INTC) stock rose 3.4% to 34.30 in the stock market today after the chip giant forecast sales growth in 2016 and approved a dividend hike. The PC chipmaker board OK’d an 8-cent year-over-year increase in its cash dividend to $1.04 per share annually, starting with Intel’s payout for Q1 2016. The company also said it expects “mid-single-digits” revenue growth in 2016. Analyst consensus called for about 4% growth from full-year 2015