U.S. stock markets are rebounding after major indices fell a second straight day Thursday as consumer price inflation (CPI) data spiked to 30-year highs, renewing fears that the Fed is behind the curve and may need to raise rates quicker. There is no major U.S. economic data, and Bond markets are closed today in observance of the Veteran’s Day Holiday. Sterling hits lowest levels since Dec ’20 vs. the dollar and euro to lowest since July ’20 as the buck surges to more than 1-year highs.
In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index rose 171 points to settle at 29,277, the Shanghai Index gained 40 points (1.15%) to settle at 3,532 and the Hang Seng Index gained 1% to finish at 25,247. In Europe, the German DAX is higher by 20 points to 16,090, while the FTSE 100 is up 25 points to 7,365.
Investors and traders have been trained to “buy the dip” on any market pullback over the last 2-years, and to this point have been rewarded with all major averages just off their record highs earlier this week. Year-to-date, the Dow is up 17.8%, the S&P 500 up 23.7%, the Nasdaq Composite up 21.2% and the Russell 2000 up 21% in what has been a broad, strong market rally behind better corporate earnings, government stimulus plans, and an easy money policy stance by the Fed.
Earnings are finally coming to an end for the quarter, with Dow component Disney (DIS) sliding nearly 5% overnight on its top and bottom-line miss.
Market Closing Prices Yesterday
The S&P 500 Index slipped -38.54 points, or 0.82%, to 4,646.71
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -240.04 points, or 0.66%, to 36,079.94
The Nasdaq Composite dropped -263.84 points, or 1.66%, to 15,622.71
The Russell 2000 Index declined -37.71 points, or 1.55% to 2,389.58
Events Calendar for Today
No major U.S. economic data due to Veteran’s Day Holiday
Earnings Calendar:
Earnings Before the Open: BHG, BKTI, CRC, CRLBF, CSU, EPC, OB, OGN, PGTI, SANW, SBH, SPH, STXS, TPR, TXMD, UTZ, WTT, XOS, YETI
Earnings After the Close: ASTR, JAMF, KINS, KRUS, LAZR, LIDR, LTRX, MAPS, OPNT, RPID, SFT
Other Key Events:
Baird 51st Annual Global Industrial Conference, 11/9-11/12 (virtual)
Credit Suisse 30th Annual Healthcare Conference, 11/8-11/11 (virtual)
Jefferies 2nd Annual Global Interactive Entertainment Conference, 11/11-11/12 (virtual)
JPMorgan Global Consumer, Retail & Luxury Conference, 11/8-11/11 (virtual)
Morgan Stanley Global Chemicals, Agriculture & Packaging Conference, 11/10-11/12 (virtual)
Piper East Coast Financial Services Conference, 11/10-11/11 (virtual)
REITWorld 2021 Annual Conference, 11/9-11/12 (virtual)
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, 11/10-11/14, in Washington D.C.
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Sector News Breakdown
Consumer
Beyond Meat ($BYND) shares slide -15%; 3Q EPS ($0.87) vs est. ($0.39) on revs $106.4Mm vs est. $109.2Mm; guides 4Q revs $85-110Mm vs est. $131.6Mm
Lordstown Motors ($RIDE) has agreed to sell to Foxconn the Lordstown facility, excluding certain assets such as the hub motor assembly line and battery module and pack lines, for $230 million.
Energy, Industrials and Materials
First Solar ($FSLR) shares fell after hours – on news the U.S. will not open an investigation into Asian solar companies that critics warned would drive up costs for clean power and escalate tensions with China, as per Bloomberg. The Commerce Department determined that Asian companies did not sell solar cells “at less than normal value,” according to the report
Financials
Affirm Holdings ($AFRM) Q1 revs $269.4M vs. est. $252.2M; Q1 GMV up 8% QoQ to $2.7B; sees year revs $1.225B-$1.250B vs. est. $1.22B; sees year GMV $13.13B-$13.38B; expands network by increasing active merchants from 6,500 to 102,000 and active consumers by 124% to 8.7M YoY
Opendoor Technologies Inc. ($OPEN) shares rise 15%; 3Q EPS ($0.09) vs est. $(0.17) on revs $2.3B vs est. $2B; guides 4Q revs $3.1-3.2B vs est. $2.92B
SoFi inc. ($SOFI) shares rise 12%; Q3 EPS loss (-$0.05) vs. est. loss (-$0.14); Q3 revs rose 35% to $272M vs. est. $251.5M; sees Q4 revenue $272M-$282M vs. est. $274.9M and sees year rev $1.0B-$1.01B vs. est. $979.5M; total products 4.3M, a 108% increase and 5th consecutive quarter of triple-digit annual growth; added 377k new members, as SoFi Money, SoFi Invest, and SoFi Credit Card drove 79% of new member growth; sees annual growth accelerating to +49-55% in Q4 from Q3’s +28%
ZipRecruiter ($ZIP) Q3 revenue $212.7M vs est. $188.1M, adj EBITDA $42.5M vs est. $14.3M; sees Q4 revenue $203M-$209M vs est. $171.25M raised full-year guidance given business momentum and a strong hiring environment with job seeking activity still below pre-pandemic levels as it now sees FY21 revenue $724M-$730M (est. $667.5M) from $651M-$665M, adj EBITDA $93M-$99M (est. $38.6M) from $30M-$38M
Healthcare
GoodRx Holdings, Inc. ($GDRX) 3Q adj EPS $0.09 vs est. $0.09 on revs $195.1Mm vs est. $194.9Mm, qtrly monthly active consumers 6.4Mm; guides FY revs $744-754Mm vs est. $748.3Mm
Media & Telecom
Walt Disney ($DIS) Q4 EPS $0.37 vs. est. $0.47; Q3 revs $18.53B vs. est. $18.78B; as of quarter-end, Disney+ paid subscribers were 118.1M; as of quarter-end ESPN+ paid subscribers were 17.1M; quarter-end, total Hulu paid subscribers were 43.8M; 179M total subscriptions across our DTC portfolio at end of fiscal 2021 and 60% subscriber growth year-over-year for Disney+
Bumble ($BMBL) 3Q EPS ($0.06) vs est. $0.00 on revs $200.5Mm vs est. $198.8Mm (app revs $142Mm, paying users increased to 2.9Mm, total ARPU $22.97 vs $19.38); guides 4Q revs $208-211 vs est. $206Mm, raises FY revs $765-768Mm vs est. $761.6Mm
Technology
ContextLogic Inc. ($WISH) Q3 EPS (10c) vs est. (15c) on revenue $368M vs est. $353.6M; CEO Piotr Szulczewski will be stepping down; is not providing official Q4 guidance but expects revenue to be lower than Q3 despite the holidays, primarily driven by ongoing reduction in ad spend, and said October revenue is down ~20% vs avg Q3 monthly revenue
Cricut Inc. ($CRCT) shares slide -15%; Q3 EPS $0.13 vs. est. $0.16; Q3 revs rose 24.4% to $260.1M vs. est. $256.8M; connected machine revenue was $102.5 million, up 35.7% YoY; subscriptions revenue was $53.3 million, up 70.8% YoY; Accessories and materials revenue was $104.3 million, up 2.0% YoY; gross margin was 39.2%, down from 42.8% YoY
Schrodinger, Inc. ($SDGR) Q3 EPS loss (-$0.49) vs. est. loss (-$0.43); Q3 revs rose 16% to $29.9M vs. est. $31.5M; sees FY revs $124M-$134M vs. est. $138.5M
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