Stocks to Watch: Alphabet, H&R Block, Conn's, and More

By Dave Sebastian and Ira Iosebashvili

Here are some of the companies with shares expected to trade actively in Tuesday's session. Stock movements noted by ticker reflect movements during regular trading hours; premarket trading is specified separately.

Alphabet Inc. -- Down 0.2% premarket: Google, the company's subsidiary, agreed to pay around $200 million to U.S. authorities investigating alleged abuses of children's privacy on the widely viewed YouTube video platform, The Wall Street Journal reported.

H&R Block Inc. -- Up 0.7% premarket: Shares of the tax services provider fell more than 9% last week after it reported a first-quarter loss nearly unchanged from a year earlier.

Conn's Inc. -- Up 14% premarket: The furniture and home-appliance retailer reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and sales as retail revenue grew 3.3% from a year earlier.

Tufin Software Technologies Ltd. -- Up 2.1% premarket: The security policy management company posted a wider quarterly loss as expenses weighed on its bottom line, though revenue rose.

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc. -- Up 0.1% premarket: The security-system manufacturer's quarterly profit rose along with sales.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- Down 0.2% premarket: A U.S. patent board agreed to review a challenge to Alexion patents for its drug Soliris. The stock was down more than 10% on Friday.

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Write to Ira Iosebashvili at ira.iosebashvili@wsj.com

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September 03, 2019 09:08 ET (13:08 GMT)

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