$CMTL

Top Earnings Th 3/9 Aft: $ACHR $AEYE $AGIL $AGS $AIRG $AKA $ALGS $ALTG $ALTO $AMPY $AOUT $APPH $AQMS $ATER $AVO $AVPT $AWRE $BBCP $BIRD $BKKT $BNGO $BWMN $CLSD $CMTL $CRIS $CTSO $DALN $DOCU $DOUG $GEVO $GHLD $GPS $GRTS $HCI $HCP $HGBL $HRT $HYFM (1/2) Top Earnings Th 3/9 Aft: $III $INUV $IRIX $JAKK $JSDA $JYNT $LCTX $LIFE $LMNR $LOCO $LRFC $LTM $MTN $MYPS $NNBR $NX $ODC $ONCT $ORCL $PAM $PTMN $QFIN $RAIN $REI $RGLS $SBIG $SMSI $STKS $TGS $TLYS $TOI $ULTA $VEL $WATT $WLDN $YPF $ZUMZ (2/2) Top Earnings Fri 3/10 Pre: $AIRS $BRDS $BKE $CNTY $CCLP $DALN $ERJ $GENI $LEV $LGVN $RAND $RLX $SDPI $TH

Comtech options imply 7.3% move in share price post-earnings $CMTL

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 130.00 0.38% 34,000 S&P 500 12.00 0.27% 4,303 Nasdaq 43.50 0.30% 14,506 U.S, futures are trying to bounce after another brutal Monday on Wall Street that saw broad based weakness with the Nasdaq Composite hitting its lowest levels since late June, falling for the 6th time in the last 7-trading sessions and as the S&P 500 dropped over 1.2%, now more than 5% off its all-time highs, led by another decline in tech stocks. Bespoke noted that the NY FANG+ index closed below its 200-DMA today for the first time in 378 trading days and is now down more than 9% from its Sept. 7 record close. Many of the same concerns remain Tuesday, with a global energy crunch lifting oil prices to the highest in seven years, inflation momentum accelerating amid supply chain disruptions and soaring input costs, and the specter of a U.S. default as lawmakers continue to haggle over the extension of the country’s $28.4 trillion debt ceiling. The U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ended a three-day losing streak on Monday as growth stocks plunged and concerns about a potential U.S. government debt default offered another reason for caution. The Dow, &P 500, and Nasdaq Composite ended the day down around 4%-7% from their recent closing highs. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -622 points to 27,822, the Shanghai Index remained closed for Golden Week holiday, and the Hang Seng Index gained 57 points to settle at 24,104. In Europe, the German DAX is up around60-points to 15,100, while the FTSE 100 gains around 50-points to 7,050. Crypto currencies adding to recent gains as Bitcoin tops the $50,000 level and Ethereum rises over 2% topping $3,450. Gold prices are near overnight lows as December gold futures fall -0.6% at $1,758 an ounce as the dollar edges higher and risk sentiment rising overnight. Events Calendar for Today 7:45 AM ET ICSC Weekly Retail Sales 8:30 AM ET International Trade for Aug…est. (-$70.5B) 8:55 AM ET Johnson/Redbook Weekly Sales 9:45 AM ET Markit Composite PMI-F 9:45 AM ET Markit Services PMI-F 10:00 AM ET ISM Non-Manufacturing Index for Sept…est. 60.0 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: PEP Earnings After the Close: SAR Other Key Events: Cowen 24th Annual Therapeutics Conference, 10/5-10/6, in Boston, MA Deutsche Bank Annual Leveraged Finance Conference (virtual), 10/4-10/6 Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index tumbled -56.58 points, or 1.30%, to 4,300.46 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -323.54 points, or 0.94%, to 34,002.92 The Nasdaq Composite plunged -311.21 points, or 2.14%, to 14,255.48 The Russell 2000 Index declined -24.16 points, or 1.08% to 2,217.47 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.39 77.99 Brent 0.48 81.74 Gold -11.40 1,758.00 EUR/USD -0.0025 1.1597 JPY/USD 0.31 111.18 10-Year Note +0.017 1.496% World News President Joe Biden said on Monday the federal government could breach its $28.4 trillion debt limit in a historic default unless Republicans join Democrats in voting to raise it in the two next weeks. Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have twice in recent weeks blocked action to raise the debt ceiling, saying they do want action but will not help by voting for the move The Australia Central Bank (RBA) Rate Decision kept rats unchanged at 0.1%, and QE unchanged at purchase rate of A$4b a week until at least mid Feb ’22, central scenario is conditions for rate rise won’t be met before 2024, RBA says it is committed to maintaining highly supportive monetary conditions European PMI data: Spain Sep Services PMI: 56.9 vs 58.0 consensus; Italy Sep Services PMI: 55.5 vs 56.5 consensus; France Sep Services PMI: 56.2 vs 56.0 consensus; Germany Sep Services PMI: 56.2 vs 56.0 consensus; Eurozone Sep Services PMI: 56.4 vs 56.3 consensus Japan Sept CPI higher as rises +0.3% y/y vs. decline of -0.4% consensus; Japan Sept CPI ex-fresh food lower rises +0.1% y/y vs 0.2% consensus; Japan Sep Services PMI higher at 47.8 vs 42.9 previous Sector News Breakdown Consumer PepsiCo ($PEP) Q3 core EPS $1.79 vs. est. $1.73; Q3 revs $20.19B vs. est. $19.39M; sees FY21 core EPS of at least $6.20 vs. est. $6.24; says now expects to deliver approximately 8% organic revenue growth for FY21 vs. prior view of 6% and at least 11% core constant currency EPS growth vs. prior view of 11% and at least 12% core; completed share buyback, doesn’t expect more buybacks this year Lordstown Motors $RIDE downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley and cut tgt to $2 from $8 Columbia Sportswear ($COLM) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank America and lower tgt to $108 from $137 Volvo (VLVLY) reports sales declined 30.2% Y/Y to 47,223 units in September; sales in Europe fell 41.5% and down 9% in the United States. Lululemon Athletica ($LULU) approved $500M boost in buyback program Duckhorn Portfolio ($NAPA) 4Q adj EPS $0.08 vs est. $0.01 on sales $70.9Mm vs est. $59.6Mm; guides FY22 adj EPS $0.54-0.57 vs est. $0.50, sees FY22 net sales $353-360Mm vs est. $350.2Mm Everi Holdings ($EVRI) tightens full year 2021 net income and adjusted Ebitda guidance to top of the previously provided range; now expects 2021 full year net income will be $90M-$95M & adj. Ebitda will be $337M-$342M Group 1 Automotive ($GPI) announces acquisition of two dealerships in Texas – the two stores are expected to generate approximately $150M in annualized revenues Scientific Games ($SGMS) said it landed major contracts from the Pennsylvania Lottery, announcing a ten-year base contract from the PA lottery will cover instant games and Scientific Games Enhanced Partnership for lottery instant game services Energy, Industrials and Materials Coal stocks jumped again on Monday as Arch Resources ($ARCH), CONSOL Energy ($CEIX) and BTU Energy ($BTU) topped multi-year high as coal from the central Appalachia region rose $2.20 to $73.25/ton last week, according to U.S. government data, up 35% YTD Renewable Energy ($REGI) extended, increased line of credit to maximum of $250 mln October prelim Class 8 from ACT truck orders was 27,400 units, compares to 36,900 in August and 25,480 in July (shares of CMI, PCAR and ALSN leveraged to monthly Class 8 data) Patterson-UTI Energy ($PTEN) reports an average of 83 drilling rigs operating for the month of September, 2021 Celanese (C$E) will raise prices of all acetate tow product grades sold globally by $ 0.40/kg Financials Horace Mann ($HMN) estimates third-quarter 2021 catastrophe losses in range of $35-$40 million, partially offsetting continued strong business performance Healthcare Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) announces submission of emergency use authorization amendment to the FDA to support booster of its single-shot covid-19 vaccine; submission includes data showing a booster increased protection to 94% against moderate to severe/critical covid-19 in the U.S.; substantial increase in immune response when booster was given at six months AstraZeneca ($AZN) said it has submitted a request to the us food and drug administration for emergency use approval of azd7442, which is intended as prophylaxis for symptomatic covid-19. Elanco ($ELAN) reaffirms expectation 2025 innovation rev. $600M-$700M Syndax Pharmaceuticals ($SNDX) said Daphne Karydas has notified the company of her intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), treasurer, principal financial officer effective October 22, 2021, in order to pursue another opportunity. Pfizer Inc ($PFE)/BioNTech SE ($BNTX) vaccine effectiveness in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose, according to data published on Monday that U.S. health agencies considered when deciding on the need for booster shots. The data, which was published in the Lancet medical journal, had been previously released in August ahead of peer review. The analysis showed that the vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing hospitalization and death remained high at 90% for at least six months. Xenon Pharmaceuticals ($XENE) files mixed securities shelf Technology, Media & Telecom Facebook ($FB) and its Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp reconnected late on Monday afternoon after a nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services. Facebook apologized but did not immediately explain what caused the failure. Comtech Telecommunications Corp ($CMTL) 4Q adj EPS $0.23 vs est. $0.24 on net sales $145.8Mm vs est. $149.7Mm; guides FY22 adj EBITDA $70-76Mm vs est. $80.5Mm, sees FY22 net sales $580-600Mm vs est. $600.2Mm; says on a consolidated basis, 1H22 financial performance expected to be significantly lower than 1H21

/*============================================= = Wednesday, June 9, 2021 = =============================================*/ Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -25.00 0.07% 34,561 S&P 500 2.25 0.05% 4,228 Nasdaq 28.50 0.20% 13,839 U.S. stock futures are mixed with Dow futures slipping, S&P futures flat and Nasdaq futures looking higher as Treasury yields fall to their lowest levels in weeks (1.50% for the 10-year) ahead of key inflation data later this week. Stock averages flirted with record highs on Tuesday, as the S&P neared but could not hold its early gains (ended Tuesday at 4,227, just off its closing high on May 7 of 4,232) while the Russell 2000 neared its all-time best close as investors appear wary ahead of inflation data due on Thursday in the form of consumer prices (CPI). Consumer discretionary and energy were the best performing major S&P 500 sectors on the day, while utilities were the weakest group. A lack of clear market catalysts kept institutional investors on the sidelines, while retail traders fueled the ongoing meme stocks rally with more volatility from the likes of AMC, GME, BBBY, WKHS, BB, with new names such as CLOV and WEN added to the fray. Fear remains non-existent in the market as the CBOE volatility index (VIX) touched its lowest level in over a year. It appears for the time being the “meme stocks” are taking over from crypto as the place to be as Bitcoin prices slid. Oil prices inch higher with WTI crude above $70 per barrel for the first time since October 2018 and Bitcoin rebounds. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -102 points to 28,860, the Shanghai Index rose 11 points to 3,591 and the Hang Seng Index dipped -38 points to 28,742. In Europe, the German DAX is down about -80 points to 15,555, while the FTSE 100 slides about -40 points to 7,050. China data showed May PPI +9.0% y/y vs +8.5% poll, +6.8% in April, May CPI +1.3% y/y vs +1.6% poll, +0.9% in April (CPI highest in eight months). Chinese stocks edge higher despite the fastest factory inflation since 2008 as benign CPI suggests only limited pass-through to consumers Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index inched higher 0.74 points, or 0.02%, to 4,227.26 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -30.42 points, or 0.09%, to 34,599.82 The Nasdaq Composite gained 43.19 points, or 0.31%, to 13,924.91 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 24.58 points, or 1.06% to 2,343.76 Events Calendar for Today 7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data 10:00 AM EST Wholesale Inventories for April 10:30 AM ET Weekly DOE Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: BF/B, $CPB, $DAKT, $LOVE, $UNFI, $VRA Earnings After the Close: $ENZ, $GEF, $GME, $KLXE, $LAKE, $OXM, $RH, $TCL, $VRNT Other Key Events: Baird Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference 2021 (virtual), 6/8-6/10 Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference (virtual), 6/7-6/10 Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conference (virtual), 6/8-6/10 Goldman Sachs 25th Annual European Financials Conference (virtual), 6/8-6/10 Jefferies Healthcare Virtual Conference, 6/8-6/10 Oppenheimer Virtual Software & Semiconductor Bus Tour, 6/7-6/11 Piper Global Exchange & FinTech Conference (virtual), 6/9-6/10 REITWeek 2021 Investor Virtual Conference, 6/8-6/10 UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference, 6/8-6/9 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.11 70.16 Brent 0.12 72.34 Gold -2.60 1,890.25 EUR/USD 0.0019 1.2192 JPY/USD -0.06 109.44 10-Year Note -0.019 1.509% World News China’s factory gate prices rose at their fastest annual pace in over 12 years in May as the producer price index (PPI) increased 9.0% from a year earlier (est. 8.5%), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said driven by significant price increases in crude oil, iron ore and non-ferrous metals. On a monthly basis, the PPI rose 1.6%, up from a 0.9 uptick in April. China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.3% in May in annual terms, the biggest increase in eight months. That was still slower than analysts’ forecast for a 1.6% increase, after a 0.9% gain in April. S. Senate passed a wide ranging $250b Bill designed to counter China & compete with China Bipartisan group meeting, Republican Senators came out of the meeting saying that they made a lot of progress, there is work to be done to reach an agreement, Manchin says a positive meeting, moving in the right direction. Sector News Breakdown Consumer Casey General ($CASY) Q4 EPS $1.12 vs. est. 88c; Q4 revs $2.38B vs. est. $2.22B Calavo Growers ($CVGW) Q2 adj EPS $0.43 vs. est. $0.44; Q2 revs $276.82M vs. est. $267.07M; sees Q3 revs $280M-$300M vs. est. $295.8M; sees Q3 adjusted EBITDA $11M-$15M; Q2 Fresh segment revenue decreased 5%, due primarily to 9% growth in avocado volume, offset by a 10% decrease in avocado prices and 31% lower tomato revenue Limoneira ($LMNR) Q2 adj EPS 10c vs. est. 6c; Q2 revs $45.1M in-line with ests; believes it is prudent to not provide lemon guidance at this time until covid-19 vaccine is widely distributed; continues to believe avocado revenue in fiscal 2021 will be strong due to market factors and positive initial crop indicators Target Corp. ($TGT) raises its quarterly dividend by 32% to $0.90 Energy, Industrials and Materials The American Petroleum Institute ($API) showed crude oil stockpiles fell -2.1m bbl vs -3.5m expected: Cushing -420k: Gasoline +2.4m: Distillates +3.75m Air Products ($APD) and Baker Hughes (BKR) announced a strategic global collaboration to develop next generation hydrogen compression aimed at lowering the cost of production and accelerating the adoption of hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel Ahead of its investor and analyst conference today, UPS (UPS) announced 2023 financial targets with FY23 consolidated revenue ranging from approximately $98 billion to approximately $102 billion vs. $99.92B consensus SPX Corporation ($SPXC) signs an agreement to sell 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPX Transformer Solutions, to GE-Prolec Transformers, for $645 million in cash; lowers FY21 adjusted EPS view to $2.17-$2.37 from $3.06-$3.26 and lowers FY21 revenue view to $1.25B from $1.70B (est. $1.69B) ABM Industries ($ABM) Q2 adj EPS $0.82 vs. est. $0.71; Q2 revs $1.5B vs. est. $1.48B; raises year EPS view to $3.30-$3.50 from prior $3.00-$3.25 (est. $3.18); maintaining its guidance for FY 2021 Gaap income from continuing operations Boeing ($BA) seeks increase in $3.9bn Air Force One fixed-price contract; Manufacturer’s supplier problems could delay new jets for White House by a year – Financial Times reported Sherwin-Williams ($SHW) raises Q2 sales guidance and full year 2021 sales and diluted net income per share guidance; raises FY 2021 consolidated net sales guidance to be up a high-single to low-double-digit percentage over full year 2020; raises FY21 EPS view to $9.15-$9.45 from $8.80-$9.07 (est. $9.32) Global Ship Lease ($GSL) agrees to purchase 12 container ships from Borealis Finance LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $233.9M; GSL’s fleet will comprise 62 container ships with a total capacity of 322,770 TEU Vale ($VALE) said it will prepay an outstanding ~$2.5B balance related to project financing for the Nacala logistics corridor that serves the Moatize coal mine in Mozambique. Financials Cohen & Steers ($CNS) reports preliminary AUM $94.2B as of May 31; an increase of $1.4B from assets under management at April 30. The increase was due to net inflows of $760M and market appreciation of $815M, partially offset by distributions of $201M Amazon ($AMZN) is considering replacing JPMorgan (JPM) in its co-brand card deal, Bloomberg reported saying American Express (AXP) and Synchrony Financial (SYF) are being considered as an alternative UP Fintech ($TIGR)5M share Secondary priced at $24.50 Healthcare Karyopharm Therapeutics ($KPTI) announces key management changes to its commercial organization LYRA Therapeutics ($LYRA) announces positive outcome of end-of-phase 2 meeting with the FDA for lyr-210 for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis Option Care Health ($OPCH) 15M share Spot Secondary priced at $20.00 Technology, Media & Telecom Comtech ($CMTL) Q3 sales $139.4M vs. est. $140.7M; Q3 adj EPS 26c vs. est. loss of (1c); still sees FY adj Ebitda $74M-$76M vs. est. $74.5M; lowers FY net sales $580M-$590M from prior $610.0M-$620.0M (est. $616.4M) Pegasystems ($PEGA) expands share repurchase program to $60M UiPath ($PATH) Q1 EPS loss ($1.11) vs. (33c) last year; Q1 revs $186.2M vs. $113.1M last year Ondas Holding ($INDS)4M share Spot Secondary priced at $7.00