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Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 306.00 0.90% 34,145 S&P 500 35.25 0.81% 4,383 Nasdaq 109.25 0.73% 15,118 Markets are rallying after yesterday’s massive selloff that saw the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 hit their lowest levels in a month, S&P touch a 2-month low, and the Dow crater to its lowest levels since June. Today is also the first day of the Federal Reserve’s two-day September meeting that will have investors looking for hints on when the central bank will begin tapering its bond purchases. Oil prices are also rebounding after news that the production in the Gulf of Mexico will remain impacted for the rest of the year, and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) said its West Delta 143 platform will not resume operations until the first quarter of 2022. Across the pond in Europe, Universal Music Group has surged more than 35% in its debut on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index and Shanghai Index are closed for the second straight day, while the Hang Seng Index is up 106.5 points. In Europe, the German DAX is down 96 points while the FTSE 100 is rebounding 90 points. Market Closing Prices Yesterday · The S&P 500 Index plunged -75.35 points, or 1.78%, to 4,357.64 · The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -614.08 points, or 1.78%, to 33,970.80 · The Nasdaq Composite tumbled -330.07 points, or 2.19%, to 14,713.90 · The Russell 2000 Index declined -54.67 points, or 2.44% to 2,182.20 Economic Calendar: · 7:45 AM ET ICSC Weekly Retail Sales · 8:30 AM ET Current Account for Q2 · 8:30 AM ET Housing Starts MoM for Aug · 8:30 AM ET Building Permits MoM for Aug · 8:55 AM ET Johnson/Redbook Weekly Sales · 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: · Earnings Before the Open: APOG, AZO, CBRL · Earnings After the Close: ADBE, FDX, INNV, ISR, SFIX Other Key Events: · Credit Suisse 2021 Consumer Retail Conference (virtual), 9/21-9/22 · Credit Suisse 7th Annual Oil & Gas Non-Bus Tour (virtual), 9/21-9/23 · European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2021 Virtual Congress, 9/16-9/21 · Goldman Sachs 30th Annual Communacopia Conference (virtual), 9/21-9/23 · JPMorgan 12th Annual U.S. All Stars Conference (virtual), 9/21-9/23 · Oppenheimer Fall Healthcare Life Sciences & MedTech Summit (virtual), 9/20-9/23 · Roth Capital 8th Annual Solar Symposium (virtual), 9/20-9/23 · Stephen’s 11th Annual Bank Forum, in Little Rock, AR, 9/20-9/22 World News · Justin Trudeau will remain Canada’s Prime Minister after winning a snap election he had called last month, though his Liberal Party was unable to capture a parliamentary majority, winning 156 of the 338 seats. Sector News Breakdown Consumer · KAR Auction Services ($KAR) withdrew its FY21 financial outlook due to the continued disruption caused by the chip shortage and lack of visibility into used vehicle volumes in its marketplaces; the company sees Q3 adj EBITDA $95M-$100M and expects approximately 2/6M vehicles sold in 2021 · AutoZone ($AZO) Q4 EPS $35.72 vs est. $29.81 on revenue $4.9B vs est. $4.57B, same-store sales +4.3% Energy · ConocoPhillips ($COP) is nearing a deal to purchase Shell’s (RDS.A) assets in the Permian Basin for close to $9.5B · Orbital Energy Group ($OEG) won a contract to construct 1,910 miles of rural broadband network in Virginia for undisclosed terms · Occidental Petroleum ($OXY) said it reduced debt by about $1.3B in August and September Industrials and Materials · Alcoa ($AA) announced plans to restart 268,000 metric tons per year of aluminum capacity at the Alumar smelt in Sao Luis, Brazil, which has been fully curtailed since 2015; company sees Q4 restart expenses between 5c-7c per share · FedEx ($FDX) announced an increase to shipping rates starting January 3, 2022. FedEx Express, Ground, and Home Delivery shipping rates will each increase by an average of 5.9% · Herc Holdings ($HRI) announced new strategic initiatives and capital allocation plan, and raised its 2021 adj EBTIDA guidance to $870M-$890M from $840M-$870M, sees FY22 adj EBITDA $1.05B-$1.15B, set 2021-2024 organic CAGR growth goals of 12-15% in rental revenue and 17-20% in adj EBITDA, and announced a dividend of 50c/share · Axalta Coating Systems ($AXTA) cut its Q3 guidance, now seeing sales down ~$40M from levels assumed in its prior guidance and adj EBITDA to $130M-$140M from its prior midpoint of $138M as sales volumes continue to be impacted by supply chain disruptions, which they see continuing into 2022, and impacting global production by 11M units from its prior view of a 7M impact · Lennar ($LEN) Q3 adj EPS $3.27 vs est. $3.26 on revenue $6.94B vs est. $7.25B, net new orders 16,277 vs est. 16,248, gross margin on home sales in-line 27.3%, and backlog 25,819 vs est. 24,946; guides Q4 new orders to 15,200-15,400 and sees Q4 deliveries about 18,000, though expects unprecedented supply chain challenges to continue into the foreseeable future Financials · Piper Sandler ($PIPR), Jefferies (JEF) were rated as new Buys at Goldman · U.S. Bancorp ($USB) agreed to purchase the personal banking arm of Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) in a deal worth $8B, including $5.5B in cash and 44M USB shares (2.9% stake). Healthcare · SmilDirectClub ($SDC) announced plans to launch its products in France in the beginning of 4Q21 and will introduce premium clear aligners, a telehealth platform, and whitening system at its first smileshop in Paris · Viridian Therapeutics ($VRDN) announced a proposed underwritten public offering of common and preferred stock to use the proceeds to advance development of ots VRDN-001 and VRDN-002 programs · Conformis ($CFMS) cut its Q3 product revenue, now seeing $13.7M-$14.3M from $15.5M-$16.5M, and says experienced higher levels of deferred and rescheduled knee and hip procedures as a result of Delta variant Covid surge · Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) said its Covid booster shot is 94% effective when given two months after first dose and increases antibody levels 4-6x higher than only one shot. Technology, Media & Telecom · Sportradar ($SRAD) announced Michael Jordan will assume a role as a special advisor and increase his investment in the company · $UBER said it is tracking towards adj EBITDA breakeven in Q3, seeing it in the range ($25M)-$25M vs its prior forecast of a loss exceeding ($100M), while narrowing its quarterly bookings forecast to $22.8B-$23.2B from $22B-$24B, and further said it expects to deliver sequential EBITDA improvement in Q4 with an outlook between $0-$100M · Disney ($DIS) was named as a new Buy with a $225 price target at Daiwa

Thursday, August 12, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 40.00 0.12% 35,413 S&P 500 2.25 0.05% 4,442 Nasdaq 5.50 0.04% 15,025 Another day, another record high for the Dow and S&P 500 as futures are pointing to a slightly higher open, building on the ongoing upside momentum that pushed the S&P 500 to its 45th all-time high Wednesday. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are coming off all-time bests as consumer prices (CPI) data indicated U.S. inflation was in-line with estimates, raising hopes that growth may have peaked, while sectors tied to economic growth such as industrials, materials and metals advanced a second day on the heels of the passage of a large infrastructure bill. The July consumer price index increased 0.5% last month after climbing 0.9% in June, though on a YoY basis was above 5% again (ahead of today’s PPI data at 8:30 AM ET). Meanwhile, two Fed members (George and Kaplan) each said the central bank should announce its timeline to reduce its massive bondholding, with Kaplan calling for it to begin next month, with tapering to begin in October. Healthcare was also a drag on markets as S&P components MRNA and PFE fell after the drug regulator of the European Union said it was looking into new possible side-effects of mRNA COVID-19 shots. Asian shares dropped for the first time this week as China stepped up scrutiny of its insurance technology platforms while European stocks drift on mixed earnings results. The Nikkei Index slipped -55 points to 28,015, the Shanghai Index slid -7 points to 3,524, and the Hang Seng Index dropped -142 points (0.535) to settle at 26,517. In Europe, the German DAX is up over 60 points to 15,888, while the FTSE 100 is down a few points at 7,210. Events Calendar for Today 8:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims…est. 375K 8:30 AM EST Continuing Claims…est. 2.88M 8:30 AM ET Producer Price Index (PPI) MoM for July…est. 0.6% 8:30 AM ET PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) MoM for July…est. 0.5% 8:30 AM ET Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY for July…est. 7.3% 8:30 AM ET PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) YoY for July…est. 5.6% 10:30 AM ET Weekly EIA Natural Gas Inventory Data 1:00 PM ET U.S. to sell $27 bln in 30-year bonds Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: AVXL, AZEK, BDR, BODY, BR, BTTR, CELH, EFOI, EMAN, EYE, FSTX, GRWG, HOOK, KELYA, MDP, MIDD, MKTW, NYC, PGTI, SOHO, TAST, UP, UTZ, VERU Earnings After the Close: ABNB, ACHV, AFIB, APDN, ASTR, AWH, BBI, BIOL, BLBD, BOXL, BW, CAPR, CODX, CRMD, DASH, DCO, DIS, EAR, FIGS, FLO, FRGI, HOFV, ICCC, INTZ, IPWR, KINS, LAZR, LIVX, LMB, LVOX, LZ, MOTS, OPGN, PHUN, PTE, SFE, SGHT, SOFI, TLMD, TPCS, VIVE, WISH, XL Other Key Events: BTIG HIMSS Digital Health Booth Tour (virtual), 8/11-8/12 Canaccord Genuity 41st Annual Growth Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Cowen Annual Communications Infrastructure Hybrid Summit, 8/9-8/12 Cowen 9th Annual Internet & Media Bus Tour (virtual), 8/9-8/13 Credit Suisse 4th Annual FinTech Conference (virtual), 8/11-8/13 JPMorgan Auto Conference (virtual), 8/11-8/12 KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Virtual Forum, 8/9-8/12 Oppenheimer 24th Annual Technology, Internet & Comm Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Piper Biotech Virtual Tour, 8/10-8/12 UBS Financial Services Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 10.95 points, or 0.25%, to 4,447.70 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 220.30 points, or 0.62%, to 35,484.97 The Nasdaq Composite slipped -22.95 points, or 0.16%, to 14,765.14 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 10.98 points, or 0.49% to 2,250.34 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.08 69.17 Brent -0.04 71.40 Gold 1.10 1,752.80 EUR/USD -0.0002 1.1737 JPY/USD -0.02 110.41 10-Year Note -0.008 1.351% World News The International Energy Agency (IEA) cut its outlook for global oil demand “sharply” for the rest of 2021 as the resurgence of coronavirus rocks major consumers and predicted a new surplus in 2022. The IEA cut its 2021 global oil demand growth forecast by 100,000 barrels a day, while upgrading its 2022 forecast by 200,000 barrels a day Eurozone Jun Industrial Production: m/m -0.3% vs -0.2% consensus; y/y 9.7% vs 10.4% consensus UK Q2 GDP: q/q 4.8% in-line; y/y 22.2% vs 22.1% consensus; UK Jun GDP: 1.0% vs 0.8% consensus; UK June Trade Balance: -£11.99b vs -£9.1b consensus; K June Ind Production m/m 0.7% vs 0.3% consensus, y/y 8.3% vs 9.4% consensus Sector News Breakdown Consumer DoorDash ($DASH) is said to have held talks to purchase Instacart over the past two months that may have valued the grocery delivery company at $40B to $50B. The talks felt apart in recent weeks at least partly over regulatory concerns, according to a report in The Information https://bit.ly/2VKi4F5 Core-Mark Holding ($CORE) said the waiting period under the HSR act for Performance Food Group’s (PFGC) planned purchased expired on Aug. 9 and the closing conditions for the deal have been satisfied Fisker Inc ($FSR) announces private offering of $600 mln 5-yr convertible notes Nio ($NIO) Q2 non-GAAP EPS loss (-$0.03) vs. est. loss (-$0.11); Revenue of $1.31B (+127% Y/Y) beats by $20M; said achieved a record-high quarterly delivery of 21,896 vehicles in Q2, followed by 7,931 vehicles in July, bringing the cumulative deliveries of NIO vehicles to 125,528 as of July 31, 2021 Blink Charging ($BLNK) 2Q EPS ($0.32) vs est. ($0.16) on revs $4.4Mm vs est. $2.6Mm eBay Inc. ($EBAY) Q2 adj EPS $0.99 vs. est. $0.95; Q2 revs $2.7B vs. est. $3.00B; expands share repurchase authorization by an additional $3B; entered agreement to sell about 135M shares of eBay’s Adevinta stock to Permira for over $2.4B, reducing ownership to 33%; announced an agreement to sell 80.01% of eBay Korea business to eMart for about $3B; guides Q3 revs $2.42B-$2.47B vs. est. $2.92B; annual active sellers grew by 5%, for total of 19M global active sellers Fossil Group ($FOSL) 2Q EPS ($0.02) on sales $411Mm; sees 3Q net sales +5-10%; guides FY net sales growth to approx +14-17%; Lordstown Motors ($RIDE) 2Q EPS ($0.61) vs est. ($0.49); pursuing external capital sources including debt and equity-linked securities; sees FY op exp $95-105Mm, expects to end 3Q with liquidity between 225-275Mm cash and equivalents without any funds from a capital raise Utz Brands ($UTZ) Q2 adj EPS 13c vs. est. 15c; Q2 revs $299.2M vs. est. $290.29M; sees FY 2021 adjusted shr $0.55 to $0.60; believes that consumer demand for its products will remain strong in second half of fiscal 2021; says continue to expect fiscal 2021 net sales consistent with fiscal 2020 pro forma net sales Vroom ($VRM) Q2 adj EPS loss (-$0.48), in-line with consensus; Q2 revs $761.89M vs. est. $637.99M; for Q2, had18,268 ecommerce units sold, up 172% YoY; Ecommerce revenue of $579.7 million, up 230% YoY; Ecommerce gross profit of $49.6 million, up 588% YoY Energy Array Technologies ($ARRY) 2Q EPS $0.00 vs est. $0.01 on revs $202.8Mm vs est. $231Mm; guides FY revs $850-940Mm vs est. $1B, sees FY adj EPS $0.15-0.25 vs est. $0.37 EnerSys ($ENS) Q adj EPS $1.25 vs est. $1.20 on revs $814.9Mm vs est. $810.5Mm, backlog grew $157Mm; guides 2Q adj EPS $1.03-1.13 vs est. $1.28 Canadian Solar ($CSIQ) Q2 EPS $0.18 vs. est. loss (-$0.30); Q2 revs $1.43B vs. est. $1.43B; Q2 solar module shipments of 3.7 GW, top end of 3.5 GW to 3.7 GW guidance; sees Q3 revs $1.2B-$1.4B vs. est. $1.62B; reducing its full year 2021 total module shipment guidance to 16 GW to 17 GW; reiterates its project sales guidance and total battery storage shipment guidance for FY 2021; carve-out IPO of CSI solar subsidiary remains on track Financials AllianceBernstein L.P. ($AB) preliminary assets under management increased to $748 billion during July 2021 from $738 billion at the end of June. Market appreciation and modest firmwide net inflows drove the 1% increase. Manning & Napier, Inc. ($MN) reported preliminary assets under management (“AUM”) as of July 31, 2021 of $22.5 billion, compared with $22.3 billion at June 30, 2021 Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. ($VCTR) reported assets under management (AUM) of $162.9 billion as of July 31, 2021. Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.24) vs. est. loss (-$0.34); Q2 revs $1.2B vs. est. $1.09B; Gross profit of $159 million, up 64% versus 1Q21; gross margin of 13.4%, up 40 basis points versus 1Q21; Adjusted EBITDA of $26 million versus ($2) million in 1Q21; adjusted EBITDA margin of 2.2% versus (0.3%) in 1Q21; sees Q3 revenue $1.8B-$1.9B vs. est. $1.52B Healthcare In vaccine news, NBC reports that the FDA would authorize a third shot of coronavirus vaccine as soon as Thursday for certain people with weakened immune systems. The decision to expand the emergency use of the vaccines from Moderna ($MRNA) and the Pfizer ($PFE)/BioNTech ($BNTX) shots Amwell ($AMWL) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.15) vs. est. loss (-$0.19); Q2 revs $60.2M vs. est. $61.7M; Q2 gross margins increased 600 bps to 44% of revenue versus 38% last quarter; said total visits of 1.3 million versus 1.6 million last quarter; lowers year revs to $252M-$262M from $260M-$270M and narrows year adj Ebitda loss view Fulcrum Therapeutics ($FULC)6M share secondary priced at $19.00 GoHealth ($GOCO) 2Q EPS ($0.12) vs est. ($0.04) on revs $196.9Mm vs est. $175.1Mm; guides FY revs $1.2-1.3B vs est. $1.24B, sees FY adj EBITDA $300-330Mm Hims & Hers ($HIMS) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.05) vs. est. loss (-$0.10); Q2 revs $60.7M vs. est. $56.49M; sees Q3 revs $69M-$71M vs. est. $58.31M and sees year revs $251M-$255M vs. est. $226.3M Xeris Pharmaceuticals ($XERS) announced it has received U.S. FDA clearance for phase 1 clinical trials for its hypothyroidism treatment Industrials & Materials Apogee Enterprises ($APOG) announced plans to realign and simplify its business structure to “bring a stronger focus to serving customers, enable a more competitive cost model, and better position the company for future growth and improved profitability; now expects to achieve $20M-$30M of annualized savings by the end of fiscal 2023 Royal Gold ($RGLD) 4Q EPS $1.25 vs est. $0.92 on revs $168Mm vs est. $165Mm; guides 1Q stream segment sales 62,000-67,000 GEOs with qtr-end inventory 22,000-27,000 GEOs Gates Industrial ($GTES) 25M share Secondary priced at $16.00

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