Two companies used the word guidance today, in opposite tenses.
#CCL says it outperformed guidance, with best-ever revenues, net yields and net income. That is a scorecard on a period that already happened.
Iovance raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $410 to $420 million. That is management re-grading a year with a quarter still left to play. $IOVA is +34.94% on the upgrade, on a $5.0B company.
A raised range is a new estimate, not booked money. The tape pays for the forecast now. The fourth quarter supplies the proof later.
$IOVA's own record: 19 prior sessions that opened at least 5% above the prior close. 47% closed above that session's open, 53% below, with a median open-to-close of -0.84%. Today's +34.94% is measured from yesterday's close, so it doesn't tell you whether today qualified.