During Market hours yesterday — (Tuesday – 22.02.2022)
- Home Depot (Symbol: HD) — Shares of the home improvement retailer fell 8.8% with the broader market sell-off, despite the company reporting a quarterly beat on profit, revenue and comparable store sales for the most recent quarter. Home Depot reported earnings of $3.21 per share and announced a 15% dividend increase.
- Tempur Sealy (Symbol: TPX) — The mattress manufacturer’s shares tumbled 19.4% after the company reported adjusted quarterly earnings that missed analysts’ estimates by 8 cents per share, as well as revenue for the quarter that fell short of forecasts. The company said results were impacted by costs that outpaced sales.
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Symbol: HMHC) — The publishing company saw its shares jump 15.3% following news that private equity firm Veritas Capital would buy it for $21 per share in cash or about $2.8 billion.
- SoFi (Symbol: SOFI) — The digital financial services firm’s shares fell 9.9% after the company announced it will buy Technisys, a maker of banking software, for about $1.1 billion in stock. SoFi said the deal will help it generate up to $800 million in additional revenue through 2025.
- Krispy Kreme (Symbol: DNUT) — The donut company saw its shares rise 8.3% after it reported its first quarterly profit since becoming a public company, though earnings fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. CEO Mike Tattersfield said Krispy Kreme is, like the broader restaurant industry, experiencing inflation. But, the company took it as an opportunity to raise prices, which it did twice in the quarter.
- DraftKings (Symbol: DKNG) — Shares of the sports betting company gained 7.5% despite a downgrade by Wells Fargo to equal weight from overweight. The firm cut its price target on DraftKings to $19 per share from $41 per share, noting its concern about the company’s path to profitability given its expense increases. Investors may have been buying the dip after the shares fell more than 21% on Friday on a higher than expected adjusted EBITDA loss for 2022.
- Ford (Symbol: F) — The automaker’s shares fell 4.1% after Wells Fargo said in a note that a spin-off of the company’s battery electric vehicle business is not compelling. Wells also reiterated the stock as overweight.
During Premarket hours today — (Wednesday – 23.02.2022):
- Lowe’s (Symbol: LOW) – Lowe’s shares added 1.6% in the premarket after the home improvement retailer beat top and bottom-line estimates for the fourth quarter. Lowe’s earned $1.78 per share, 7 cents above estimates, and issued upbeat full-year guidance as demand for tools and building materials remained elevated.
- Virgin Galactic (Symbol: SPCE) – The space tourism company’s stock jumped 4.1% in premarket action after it reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss and improvement in its cash position.
- Stellantis (Symbol: STLA) – The automaker beat its profit targets in the first year following the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot parent PSA Group. It also said it was realizing projected benefits from that combination sooner than originally expected. Its stock surged 6.3% in the premarket.
- Caesars Entertainment (Symbol: CZR) – The casino operator’s stock jumped 4.5% in premarket trading after the company reported a 63% jump in revenue compared with a year ago, and a narrower loss.
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