$ALB

$ALB def broke downtrend with authority

$ALB up 14% on earnings

the Lith's are trading decent ALB might break its downtrend

$ALB at an interesting juncture as well

no sell signal from th ebig guys SQM ALB

have to watch $ALB to get clearest picture of the lithium space

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Monday, November 1, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 159.00 0.45% 35,863 S&P 500 20.25 0.44% 4,617 Nasdaq 65.50 0.41% 15,904 Another day, another record for U.S. averages with the S&P, Dow and Nasdaq looking to add to October gains and kick off the new trading month off strong. Materials and some consumer products are getting a boost after the U.S. and European Union reached a trade truce on steel and aluminum tariffs over the weekend. The two sides were working hard to reach a deal before Dec. 1, when the European retaliatory tariffs were set to double; the 25% tariffs will apply to EU exports beyond 3.3 million tons, Bloomberg reported. The EU agreed to drop retaliatory tariffs on U.S. motorcycles, jeans and bourbon whiskey per Bloomberg (shares of names like HOG looking higher). Earnings optimism also continues to offset concern over a near-term move on tapering from the Federal Reserve that could add to signals of slowing growth in the supply chain-snarled economy, ahead of the FOMC meeting later this week. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index rose 2.6% or over 750 points to 29,647, the Shanghai Index slipped a few points to 3,544 and the Hang Seng Index dropped -0.88% or over 200 points to 25,154. In Europe, the German DAX is up about 135 points to 15,825, while the FTSE 100 gains +0.5% to 7,275. After posting the worst monthly returns since March 2020 in September, it was a rip fest in October as the S&P 500 500 gains 6.9%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbs 5.8%, the Nasdaq Composite adds 7.3% and the Russell 2000 jumps 4.2%. The S&P 500, Dow register 4-straight weeks of gains for the first time since mid-April, Nasdaq notches first 4-week advance since June. As for last week, the S&P 500 gains 1.33%, the Dow rose 0.4% and Nasdaq added 2.71%. overall Friday, the U.S. stock market set another round of record highs as Wall Street looked past disappointing results from major companies Apple and Amazon to wrap up its best month of the year. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 8.96 points, or 0.19%, to 4,605.38 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 89.06 points, or 0.25%, to 35,819.56 The Nasdaq Composite climbed 50.29 points, or 0.33%, to 15,498.39 The Russell 2000 Index slipped -0.79 points, or 0.03% to 2,297.19 Events Calendar for Today 10:00 AM ET Construction Spending for September 10:00 AM ET ISM Manufacturing PMI for October Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: AMG, BEN, CNA, ENBL, IVAC, JELD, L, OIS, ON, PCG, SXC, TKR Earnings After the Close: ADC, ADTN, ADUS, ANET, APEN, BNL, BRKR, BRX, BWXT, CACC, CAR, CHGG, CLX, CRUS, CSWC, CURO, EPRT, EVER, FANG, GXO, HLIT, HOLX, IPI, KFRC, KMT, LEG, LXU, MCK, MOS, NBIX, NSP, O, OTTR, PLOW, PSA, RHP, RIG, RMBS, SBAC, SKT, SOI, SPG, TA, TTI, UAN, UNVR, VNO, VNOM, VRNS, WMB, ZI Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.50 84.07 Brent 0.83 84.55 Gold 4.40 1,790.30 EUR/USD -0.0009 1.1570 JPY/USD 0.18 114.17 10-Year Note +0.023 1.579% World News China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.2, the National Bureau of Statistics said Sunday, the second month it was below the key 50-mark that is between expansion and contraction The U.K. and France have agreed to de-escalate their spat over Brexit and fishing rights following a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit of leaders in Rome Sector News Breakdown Consumer Barron’s took a deep dive into the roads automakers and their suppliers are taking to build a better battery. Raw materials have gotten an upgrade to shorten the supply chain and boost performance. Tesla ($TSLA) has switched to nickel as a substitute for scarcer cobalt, while General Motors ($GM) has sought out alternatives to graphite since its mostly mined in China, Barron’s said. Companies that benefit from revamped supply chains will be the best investment, Albemarle ($ALB), for instance, supplies about one-third of the world’s lithium. Battery capacity will need to jump fourfold by the next few years, according to Barron’s NVR Corp. ($NVR) mentioned positively in Barron’s noting the stock has been flat in recent months and KeyBanc’s analyst said he saw diminished earnings momentum but still kept a $5,450 price target on the stock, an 11% premium over Friday’s close, and for the first time this year, a company insider recently made an open-market buy Bally’s Corporation ($BALY) submitted a proposal to Chicago to develop and operate the $1.6 billion Bally’s Chicago, an entertainment destination resort. Li Auto ($LI) has delivered 7,649 Li ONEs, up 107.2% year over year; as of October 31, 2021, the year-to-date and cumulative deliveries of Li ONEs reached 62,919 and 96,516 respectively. Nio ($NIO) said it delivered 3,667 vehicles in October 2021, representing a decrease of 27.5% year-over-year. XPeng ($XPEV) said monthly deliveries in October 2021 of 10,138 Smart EVs, representing an increase of 233% Y/Y and a 2.6% decline over last month Wynn Resorts ($WYNN), Melco Gaming (MLCO): Macau’s gaming bureau reported October gross revenue from games of fortune in the region decreased 40% year-over-year to 4.365B patacas. Stanley Black & Decker ($SWK) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Bank America Energy, Industrials and Materials The U.S. and the European Union have announced a deal at the G20 summit in Rome to ease U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum totaling more than $10B of E.U. exports each year, removing one of the most significant trade disputes from the Trump administration’s levies imposed in 2018 Deere ($DE) said it reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) two weeks after more than 10K workers at 14 plants went on strike. The deal, reached after 90% of union members rejected the first tentative agreement, “contains enhanced economic gains and continues to provide the highest quality healthcare benefits in the industry,” the UAW said. China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd and its unit GFL International Co Ltd have signed a contract to supply battery-grade lithium products to U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc ($TSLA) Financials Barclays PLC ($BCS) CEO Jess Staley was asked to step down Monday following an investigation by U.K. regulators into his relationship with convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said Staley, 64, told regulators and the bank that his relationship with Epstein ended in 2015. CNA Financial ($CNA) Q3 core EPS 87c vs. est. 60c; posted record underlying combined ratio of 91.1%, double-digit gross written premium growth across all of our P&C business segments and excellent new business growth of 24% Healthcare Moderna ($MRNA) announced that the FDA informed it on Friday that the agency required additional time to review the company’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request for COVID-19 vaccine for use in those aged 12 – 17 years. Regulators told Moderna that the analysis may not be completed until January Novavax ($NVAX) files for covid-19 vaccine authorization with health Canada and completes submission for rolling review to European medicines agency Tilray ($TLRY) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Cantor Fitzgerald and cut tgt to $11.80 from $18.00 LianBio ($LIAN)3M share IPO priced at $16.00 Technology, Media & Telecom Madison Square Garden Sports ($MSGS) MSG Entertainment $(MSGE) and AMC Networks ($AMCX) are at inexpensive prices according to Barron’s. Online sports gambling, due to start in New York in the next few months, looks like a big plus for both MSG Sports and MSG Entertainment because of advertising, fan engagement, and a potential sports book in Madison Square Garden Pearson Plc ($PSO) may see increased pressure from Europe’s largest activist pressure as the company works to convince holders about a turnaround under CEO Andy Bird, according to a Telegraph report. Activist Cevian Capital now owns 8.5% of Pearson and is the company’s second largest investor, the Telegraph reported. https://bit.ly/3muoDGw Cinemark Holdings Inc. ($CNK) and IMAX Corp. (IMAX) time to shine said Barron’s noting IMAX had its best October on record thanks to “Dune” and other films. Meanwhile, “Cinemark’s 3Q results should show further signs of improvement as the business steadily builds momentum,” writes MKM analyst Eric Handler. AMC Entertainment ($AMC) claimed that the domestic industry box office for October 2021 is estimated to come in considerably higher than that of any previous month since February of 2020. TripAdvisor ($TRIP) downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at Barclays and cut tgt to $30 from $49

I entertained the idea a while back of building exposure into lithium stocks with electric cars using lithium batteries and lithium being a limited resource. Was looking at SQM and ALB but the share price has gone on to match all time highs. Its another sector I would like to keep an eye on if there was a market crash.

Healthcare Moderna ($MRNA) Q2 EPS $6.46 vs. est. $6.04; Q2 revs $4.4B vs. est. $4.28B; expects dose capacity for its covid-19 vaccine in fy 2021 to be between 800 mln and 1 bln doses; advance purchase agreements signed for expected product sales of $20 bln in 2021, including sales already recorded in 6 months ended June 30; signed agreements for $12 bln worth of sales for covid-19 vaccine in 2022, option for about $8 bln more; continue to expect $450 mln -$550 mln of capital investments for 2021 Cigna ($CI) Q2 adj EPS $5.24 vs. est. $4.96; Q2 revs $43.13B vs. est. $41.31B; pharmacy customer base at Q2 grew to 101.9M, an organic increase of 3.1M year to date; total medical customer base at Q2 was 17M, an increase of 279,000 customers YTD; Q2 profit overall fell -16% hurt by higher medical costs; backs year EPS but ups its rev guidance to at least $170B from $166B Nevro ($NVRO) slides after withdrawing FY forecast on COVID-19 concerns and guided Q3 sales between $90M-$93M which is below analyst estimates of $114.7M Regeneron Pharma ($REGN) phase 3 Trial of Libtayo combined with chemotherapy stopped early due to significant improvement in overall survival in patients with first-line advanced non-small cell lung cancer Abiomed ($ABMD) Q1 adj EPS $1.10 vs. est. $1.05; Q1 revs $252.6M vs. est. $240.91M; raises FY22 revenue view to $1.03B-$1.05B from prior $990M-$1.03B (22%-24% growth); expects its fiscal year 2022 non-GAAP operating margin to be in the range of 24% to 26% Amedisys ($AMED) announces new $100M share repurchase program; Q2 adj EPS $1.69 vs. est. $1.67; Q2 revs $564.2M vs. est. $566.19M; guides 2021 adj EPS $6.37-$6.49 vs. est. $6.96; sees 2021 adj net service revenue $2.23B-$2.245B. Evolent Health ($EVH) 2Q EPS ($0.11) vs est. ($0.04) on revs $222.1Mm vs est. $216.9Mm; guides 3Q revs $215-230Mm vs est. $217.7Mm, sees FY revs $870-900Mm vs est. $870.8Mm; announces agreement to acquire Vital Decisions outstanding equity interests for aggregate price up to $130Mm, says transaction is accretive to EBITDA/share before synergies McKesson ($MCK) Q1 adj EPS $5.56 vs. est. $4.15; Q1 revs $62.7B vs. est. $59.99B; raises FY22 adj EPS view to $19.80-$20.40 from prior view $18.85-$19.45 (est. $19.23) 1life Healthcare, Inc. ($ONEM) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.30) vs. est. loss (-$0.20); Q2 revs $120.4M vs. est. $115.7M; sees Q3 revs $113M-$120M vs. est. $118M; sees year revs $475M-$485M vs. est. $482.3M; Membership count as of quarter-end was 621,000 compared to 475,000, a 31% increase; Adjusted EBITDA was positive $6.9 million, or 6% of net revenue Sarepta Therapeutics ($SRPT) Q2 non-GAAP EPS loss (-$1.52) vs. est. loss (-$1.26); net product sales for q2 reached $141.8 mln, a 27% increase over same quarter of prior year; raises full-year product revenue guidance by nearly $30 mln to between $565 mln to $575 mln Tandem Diabetes ($TNDM) 2Q revs $172.1Mm vs est. $143.4Mm; guides FY sales $670-685Mm vs est. $637Mm; guides FY adj EBITDA mgn about 15% vs est. 13.5% Industrials & Materials Albemarle ($ALB) Q2 adj EPS $0.89 vs. est. $0.83; Q2 revs $773.9M vs. est. $788.6M; qtrly lithium net sales of $320.3 mln increased $36.6 mln yoy primarily driven by higher volumes; full-year 2021 net sales guidance improved vs previous guidance primarily due to increased lithium sales, improving catalysts trends – sees year sales $3.3B-$3.4B vs. est. $3.24B Hillenbrand ($HI) 3Q adj EPS $0.85 vs est. $0.76 on revs $695Mm; guides 4Q adj EPS $0.82-0.92 vs est. $0.85, sees 4Q revs $713-738Mm vs est. $709.1Mm Maxar Technologies ($MAXR) 2Q EPS $0.60 vs est. $0.14 on revs $473Mm vs est. $441.5Mm Summit Materials ($SUM) 2Q EPS $0.48 vs est. $0.52 on revs $618.5Mm vs est. $647.1Mm; no change to FY guide Valvoline ($VVV) Q3 adj EPS $0.55 vs. est. $0.45; Q3 revs $792M vs. est. $745.32M; Q3 retail Services system-wide same-store sales grew 40.5%; Q3 same-store sales rose 27%; sees FY sales growth 25%-26% and FCF $250M-$270M Media & Telecom Fox Corp. ($FOXA) Q4 adj EPS $0.65 vs. est. $0.57; Q4 revs $2.89B vs. est. $2.75B; raises semi-annual dividend to 24c; cable network programming reported quarterly segment revenues of $1.40B, an increase of $128M; affiliate revenues increased 10% with 16% growth at the television segment and 6% growth at the cable network programming segment in q4 Roku Inc. ($ROKU) Q2 EPS 52c vs est. 13c on revs $645M vs est. $618.4M, average rev per user $36.46 (+46% YoY), active accounts 55.1M vs est. 55.8M; at midpoint of Q3 guidance, sees revs $675M-$685M vs est. $645M, gross profit $315M-$325M, adj EBITDA $60M-$70M, net income (-$3M)-$7M, anticipates sequential increases in operating expenses in 2H from investments in headcount, product development, and sales & marketing Technology Amdocs Ltd. ($DOX) 3Q adj EPS $1.35 vs est. $1.18 on revs $1.066B vs est. $1.06B; guides 4Q adj EPS $1.13-1.19 vs est. $1.28, sees 4Q revs $1.065-1.105B vs est. $1.087B Booking Holdings ($BKNG) 2Q adj EPS ($2.55) vs est. ($2.04) on revs $2.2B vs est. $1.9B, encouraged by sequential improvement in booking trends with 2Q room nights +59% vs 1Q; said in in q2, we saw the first sequential increase in the number of properties on booking.com and lowest number of properties coming off of our platform since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic DXC Technology ($DXC) Q1 adj EPS $0.84 vs. est. $0.74; Q1 revs $4.14B vs. est. $4.11B; Q2 guidance falls short of views but backs year EPS view $3.45-$3.65 vs. est. $3.56 and backs FY22 revenue view $16.6B-$16.8B (est. $16.74B); Bookings of $4.6 billion and book-to-bill ratio of 1.12x in Q1 FY22 Electronic Arts ($EA) Q1 EPS $0.71 vs. est. $0.62; Q1 net bookings $1.336B vs. est. $1.28B; sees Q2 EPS roughly $0.36 vs. est. $1.07; sees Q2 net bookings $1.725B vs. est. $1.62B; raises FY22 EPS view to $1.58 from $1.34 and ups FY21 bookings view to $7.4B from $7.3B Fastly Inc. ($FSLY) shares fall -18%; Q2 adj EPS ($$0.15) vs est. ($0.17) on revs $85.03M vs est. $85.7M, sees Q3 EPS loss (21c)-(18c) vs est. (18c) on revs $82M-$85M vs est. $97.9M, and forecasts FY EPS (65c)-(57c) vs est. (43c) on revs $340M-$350M vs est. $382.5M GoDaddy ($GDDY) Q2 EPS $0.27 vs. est. $0.32; Q2 revs $931.3M vs. est. $919.7M; total bookings of $1.055B, up 12.7% year over year, or 10.6% on a constant currency basis; Domains revenue of $436.7 million, up 18.2% yoy; Hosting and presence revenue of $318.5 million, up 9.0% yoy; Business applications revenue of $176.1 million, up 21.8% yoy; sees year revs $3.75B, in-line HubSpot ($HUBS) 2Q adj EPS $0.43 vs est. $0.32 on revs $310.8Mm vs est. $296Mm; guides 3Q adj EPS $0.42-0.44 vs est. $0.39, sees 3Q revs $325-327Mm vs est. $318.7Mm; guides FY revs $1.268-1.272B vs est. $1.244B MercadoLibre ($MELI) Q2 EPS $1.37 vs est. $0.19 on revs $1.7B vs est. $1.48B with commerce revs +96.4% YoY and fintech revs +88.9%; unique active users 75.9M in quarter (+47.4% YoY), total payment volume through Mercado Pago topped $17.5B (+56.3% in USD), gross merchandise volume $7B (+39.2% in USD) Ping Identity ($PING) 2Q adj EPS $0.11 vs est. $0.04 on revs $78.9Mm vs est. $66.1Mm; guides 3Q revs $65-70Mm vs est. $65.1Mm, sees 3Q total ARR $286-288Mm; guides FY revs $278-285Mm vs est. $269.3Mm, sees FY total ARR $304-306Mm Qorvo ($QRVO) Q1 EPS $2.83 vs. est. $2.45; Q1 revs $1.11B vs. est. $1.08B; sees Q2 EPS $3.24 at midpoint vs. est. $3.02; sees Q2 revenue $1.24B-$1.26B vs. est. $1.21B Trimble Inc. ($TRMB) Q2 adj EPS $0.72 vs. est. $0.59; Q2 revs $945.3M vs. est. $867.8M; sees FY21 adj EPS $2.45-$2.65 vs. est. $2.45; sees FY21 adjusted revenue $3.55B-$3.65B vs. est. $3.48B; Q2 annualized recurring revenue (ARR) was $1.35 billion, up 11% yoy Western Digital ($WDC) 4Q adj EPS $2.16 vs est. $1.51 on revs $4.9B vs est. $4.55B; guides 1Q revs $4.9-5.1B vs est. $4.9B, sees 1Q adj EPS $2.25-2.55 vs est. $2.05

Wednesday, August 4, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -25.00 0.07% 34,973 S&P 500 -1.25 0.04% 4,413 Nasdaq 11.50 0.08% 15,058 U.S. S&P futures are flat heading into the trading day, looking to build on record highs from Tuesday as positive earnings boost U.S and European stocks while worries over China’s gaming and technology crackdown ease, helping lift those markets. Risk sentiment improves across Asia as Chinese and Hong Kong stocks push higher on tech recovery and solid Caixin PMI data. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -57 points to 27,854, the Shanghai Index rose 29 points to 3,477 and the Hang Seng Index jumped 231 points to settle at 26,426. In Europe, the German DAX is climbing around 125 points to 15,680, while the FTSE 100 is up 0.4% to 7,135. Chinese Jul Caixin Services PMI beat: 54.9 vs 50.6 consensus. Some also see the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant as delaying rather than stopping the economic recovery. The New York Times reported overnight that the FDA plans to give full approval to Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) coronavirus vaccine by the start of the next month. Earnings season has been strong with about 87% of S&P 500 companies reporting earnings and revenue beats, according to FactSet. Just under 70% of the S&P 500 now has reported earnings. The S&P 500 closed at record highs with gains in Apple and healthcare stocks, as concerns over a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus was put to the back-burner, overshadowed by continued upbeat corporate earnings. Ten of the 11 S&P indexes traded higher, with energy stocks rebounding after getting hit by a dip in oil prices. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 35.99 points, or 0.82%, to 4,423.15 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 278.24 points, or 0.80%, to 35,116.40 The Nasdaq Composite climbed 80.23 points, or 0.55%, to 14,761.29 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 8.09 points, or 0.36% to 2,223.58 Events Calendar for Today 7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data 8:15 AM ET ADP Employment Change for July…est. 695K 9:45 AM ET Markit Composite PMI, July-F 9:45 AM ET Markit Services PMI, July-F 10:00 AM ET ISM Non-Manufacturing Services PMI for July…est. 60.5 10:30 AM ET Weekly DOE Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: ABC, AEIS, ALE, APO, ASTE, BCOR, BDC, BGCP, BWA, CDW, CLVS, CLH, CLW, CMLS, CRL, CSII, DNOW, DOC, EDIT, EMR, ETR, EXC, FLOW, FUN, GEL, GM, HDSN, HFC, HZNP, IONS, JLL, KHC, LL, MAC, MKL, MPC, MPLX, MTOR, NI, NYT, ODP, RCL, SBGI, SGRY, SITE, SMG, SPR, SUP, TGI, TUP, TXMD, UTHR, VCEL, VMC, WLL Earnings After the Close: ACAD, ACLS, ADPT, ADTN, AGL, ALB, ALL, AMED, ANGI, ANSS, APA, ATO, AXGN, BBSI, BE, BFAM, BKNG, BOOT, CCMP, CDAY, CENX, CHNG, CMP, CPS, DGII, DOX, DVAX, DXC, EA, EGHT, ELF, EMKR, EOG, ETSY, EVH, FLT, FOXA, FSLY, FTDR, GDDY, GNK, HI, HUBS, IAC, INGN, IVR, JACK, LESL, LNC, LPI, LUMN, MAXR, MBI, MCK, MED, MET, MGM, MOD, MRO, MTG, NUS,NVRO, ONEM, PARR, PDCE, $PING, PLYA, QRVO, QTWO, RCII, REGI, RGR, RMAX, RNWK, EOKU, RPD, $RVLV, RYN, SBRA, SMSI, SUM, T$NDM, TPC, TTGT, TVTY, TWNK, TWO, TXG, $UBER, UHAL, VVV, VZIO, WDC, WU, YELL Other Key Events: Jefferies Industrials Conference (virtual), 8/3-8/4 Piper Wealth Management Forum (virtual), 8/3-8/6 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.34 70.22 Brent -0.18 72.23 Gold 3.30 1,813.75 EUR/USD -0.0008 1.1856 JPY/USD 0.13 109.17 10-Year Note +0.008 1.182% Sector News Breakdown Consumer Caesar’s Entertainment ($CZR) Q2 EPS $0.34 vs. est. loss (-$0.26); Q2 revs $2.5B vs. est. $2.27B; Q2 same-store Adjusted EBITDA was $1B versus (-$131M) for the comparable prior-year period; Company posted all-time records in quarterly Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin. Denny’s ($DENN) Q2 adj EPS $0.18 vs. est. $0.11; Q2 revs $106.2M vs. est. $98.1M; Q2 domestic system-wide same-store sales decreased 1.2% compared to the equivalent fiscal period in 2019, including a 1.5% decrease at domestic franchised restaurants and a 1.9% increase at company restaurants. Herbalife ($HLF) Q2 adj EPS $1.52 vs. est. $1.29; Q2 revs $1.55B vs. est. $1.57B; Q2 adjusted EBITDA of $262.1M; raises FY21 EPS view to $4.70-$5.10 from $4.65-$5.05 (est. $4.93); sees FY net sales growth to be in a range of 8.5% to 12.5%, lowering the midpoint by 150 basis points compared to prior full year 2021 guidance. Host Hotels ($HST) Q2 adj FFO $0.12 vs. est. $0.04; Q2 revs $649M vs. est. $606.58M; said RevPAR reached nearly $100 for the quarter, which dramatically outperformed consensus RevPAR, with average room rates only 8.4% below our 2019 second quarter rates; not providing year guidance Hyatt ($H) 2Q adj EPS ($1.15) vs est. ($0.85) on comparable system-wide REVPAR $72.47, qtrly total revs $663Mm vs est. $686.9Mm; guides FY net rooms growth more than +6%, sees FY adj SG&A about $240Mm, sees FY CAPEX about $110Mm Energy Devon Energy ($DVN) Q2 adj EPS $0.60 vs est. $0.52 on revs $2.42B vs est. $2.35B, operating cash flow $1.1B, production for the quarter averaged 291k barrels/day; will pay total dividend of 49c/shr (11c fixed + 38c variable), a 44% increase from Q1; sees 3q production 566-594 mboe/d vs est. 564.80 mboe/d Occidental Petroleum ($OXY) Q2 adj EPS 32c vs est. 1c on revs $5.96B vs est. $5.92B, FCF $2B, cash flow from continuing operations $3.3B; said oil and gas results improved from Q1 due to higher commodity prices and sales volumes; executed debt tender offer and repaid over $3B of long-term debt in July ONEOK ($OKE) Q2 EPS $0.77 vs. est. $0.75; Q2 revs $3.39B vs. est. $3.03B; sees 2021 net income, adj earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization to be above midpoints of ranges provided on April 27, 2021 SunPower ($SPWR) Q2 adj EPS $0.06 vs. est. $0.04; Q2 revs $308.9M vs. est. $327.31M; guides Q3 revs $325M-$375M vs. est. $400.83M; sees Q3 GAAP net loss of $10 to $0 million and MW recognized of 125 MW to 150 MW; Q2 added 13,000 residential customers – residential bookings up 16 percent sequentially, 67 percent year-over-year (YoY) The American Petroleum Institute ($API) showed a draw of 879K barrels of oil for the latest week; gasoline inventories show a draw of 5.75M barrels, distillate inventories show a draw of 717K barrels and Cushing inventories show a build of 659K barrels W&T Offshore ($WTI) Q2 EPS $0.02 vs. est. $0.07; Q2 revs $132.8M vs. est. $122.38M; Q2 Production was 40,888 Boe/d or 3.7 MMBoe, an increase of 3% compared to 39,657 Boe/d in Q1 and down 3% versus 42,037 Boe/d in Q2 of 2020 Financials Assurant Inc. ($AIZ) Q2 operating EPS $2.99 vs. est. $2.45; Q2 revs $2.54B vs. est. $2.39B; continue to expect to grow eps, ex. catastrophes, by 10 to 14 percent for 2021 Fair Isaac ($FICO) Q3 non-GAAP EPS $3.38 vs. est. $2.76; Q3 revs $338M vs. est. $328.3M; Applications revenues, which include the company’s decision management applications and associated professional services, were $133.2 million in the third quarter, compared to $141.5 million in the prior year period, a decrease of 6% Genworth Financial ($GNW) Q2 adj EPS $0.38 vs. est. $0.22; Q2 revs $2.04B vs. est. $1.9B; planned IPO of Enact remains a key strategic objective for Genworth and is subject to market and other conditions, however because the company is in registration and subject to applicable publicity restrictions, is unable to comment further or provide any additional detail at this time. Green Dot ($GDOT) Q2 adj EPS $0.68 vs est. $0.43 on revs $369.4M vs est. $313.2M; sees FY21 adj EPS $2.13-$2.27 vs prev. $2.06-$2.15, revs $1.33B-$1.35B vs est. $1.28B Prudential ($PRU) Q2 adj EPS $3.79 vs. est. $3.02; qtrly book value per common share of $160.31 versus $165.53 per share for year-ago; qtrly adjusted book value per common share of $104.39 versus $92.07 per share for year-ago; qtr end assets under management of $1.730 trillion versus $1.605 trillion for year-ago; now expect to return a total of $11.0B to holders from $10.5B prior Tanger Outlets ($SKT) 2Q core FFO/shr $0.43 vs est. $0.28, portfolio occupancy was 93% on June 30 vs 91.7% on March 31, avg tenant sales productivity was $424/sq ft for 12 months ended June 30 +7.3% yr/yr; guides FY FFO/shr $1.52-1.59 vs est. $1.46 Unum Group (UNM) Q2 adj EPS $1.39 vs. est. $1.11; Q2 revs $2.99B vs. est. $2.96B; Full-year 2021 outlook increased; after-tax adjusted operating income per share now expected to decline 1%-3% relative to full-year 2020, compared to an expected decline of 5%-6% prior Verisk Analytics ($VRSK) Q2 adj EPS $1.17 vs. est. $1.33; Q2 revs $747.5M vs. est. $737.3M; Net cash provided by operating activities was $233.2 million, down 6.5% for the second quarter of 2021. Free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure, was $170.7 million, down 11.5% Healthcare Change Healthcare ($CHNG) shares fell over 7% on a report that the U.S. Dept. of Justice is considering a lawsuit to block the company’s $8B sale to UnitedHealth ($UNH) https://bit.ly/3yA4Etu Option Care Health ($OPCH) 18M share Spot Secondary priced at $20.25 Amgen Inc. ($AMGN) Q2 adj EPS $4.38 vs. est. $4.06; Q2 revs $6.5B vs. est. $6.43B; backs FY21 adj EPS view $16.00-$17.00 vs. est. $16.34; backs FY21 revenue view $25.8B-$26.6B vs. est. $26.04B Amid surge in new COVID-19 infections across U.S., the FDA plans to give full approval to Pfizer (PFE) – BioNTech (BNTX) coronavirus vaccine by the start of the next month, The New York Times reports The FDA classified the recent recall of some of Philips’ (PHG) ventilators as Class 1, or the most serious type of recall, saying the use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death – Reuters CVS Health ($CVS) Q2 adj EPS $2.42 vs. est. $2.06; Q2 revs $72.62B vs. est. $70.11B; raises FY21 adjusted EPS view to $7.70-$7.80 from $7.56-$7.68 (est. $7.66); sees FY21 cash flow from operations $12.5B-$13B DaVita Inc. (DVA) 2Q EPS $2.64 vs est. $2.17; says total US dialysis treatments for 2Q were 7,413497 (avg 95,045/day); guides FY adj EPS $8.80-9.40 vs est. $8.63, sees FY adj op income $1.8-1.875B vs est. $1.816B Inspire Medical ($INSP) 2Q EPS ($0.48) vs est. ($0.64) on revs $53Mm vs est. $43.9Mm; guides FY revs $210-213Mm vs est. $195.9Mm, sees FY gr mgn 85-86%, sees opening 48-52 new US medical centers per qtr for 2H Jazz Pharma ($JAZZ) Q2 adj EPS $3.90 vs. est. $3.42; Q2 revs $751.8M vs. est. $735.62M; reaffirms FY21 non-GAAP EPS view $13.40-$14.70 (est. $14.45) and also back FY21 revenue view $3.020B-$3.180B vs. est. $3.11B; as of June 30, cash, cash equivalents were $891.4 mln, and outstanding principal balance of co’s long-term debt was $7.1 bln

$ALB with an upgrade and price target increases after earnings related drop

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$ALB upgrade, $190 target

$alb 175 feb calls

Wow, so viel Schnee? Bin ja nicht weit von der Alb geboren und aufgewachsen 😀

interesting $ALB, lithium manufacturer. Maybe one of the better ways to short EV

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whats $alb ?

ALB has overhead supply

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lithium miners getting it done LTHM SQM ALB

Lthm Alb too

$ALB looks good...materials

$ALB big lithium miner rollng over a little as well