Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Futures Up/Down % Last
Dow 32.00 0.09% 35,187
S&P 500 -2.25 0.06% 4,427
Nasdaq -32.00 0.21% 15,012
U.S. stocks are looking mixed ahead of key economic data today, coming a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the benchmark S&P 500 each rose to record highs, buoyed by gains in economically sensitive value stocks such as materials, industrials, and building products after the Senate passed a $1 trillion infrastructure plan today with 19 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats voting to approve the bill that includes $550B in new funding, and it will now move to the House. Early this morning the Senate Democrats passed the $3.5 trillion budget framework, opening a path for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. However, tech weakness dragged down the Nasdaq Composite led by large cap names on Tuesday, with more weakness early. Crude posted its biggest intraday gain in more than two weeks, while the U.S. dollar climbed to a three-week high and Treasury yields hit their highest levels since mid-July (1.34%). Meanwhile, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said supply disruptions are raising prices, but it’s unclear whether they will lead to continuous gains in inflation. Those headlines come ahead of today’s consumer price index (CPI) which is expected to show a 4.3% year-over-year core print, 5.3% year-over-year “core” overall. Treasury yields continue to edge higher ahead of today’s CPI reading, with the 10-year up about 3 bps to 1.37%, meanwhile the U.S. dollar overs around 3-week highs. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index jumped 182 points (0.65%) to settle at 28,070, the Shanghai Index was up slightly at 3,532 and the Hang Seng Index gained 54 points to 26,660. In Europe, the German DAX is up slightly at 15,785, while the FTSE 100 rises around 35 points to 7,200.
Events Calendar for Today
7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data
8:30 AM ET Consumer Price Index (CPI) MoM for July…est. 0.5%
8:30 AM ET CPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) MoM for July…est. 0.4%
8:30 AM ET Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY for July…est. 5.3%
8:30 AM ET CPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) YoY for July…est. 4.3%
10:30 AM ET Weekly DOE Inventory Data
1:00 PM ET U.S. to sell $41 bln in 10-year notes
2:00 PM ET Federal Budget for July
Earnings Calendar:
Earnings Before the Open: ALT, BLI, CERE, EVGO, FTCI, HAE, $HYLN, OPTN, RADI, RPRX, TELA, TH, WEN
Earnings After the Close: ADMA, AMWL, AOSL, ARRY, AVT, AZPN, $BLNK, $BMBL, CACI, CCAP, DM, DUOL, $EBAY, EGY, FOSL, GHLD, HIMS, KRMD, MNKD, MSGM, NAVB, OPEN, PTRA, RGLD, $RIDE, ROOT, SONO, $STEM, TCON, TIG, VRM, $XONE
Other Key Events:
BTIG HIMSS Digital Health Booth Tour (virtual), 8/11-8/12
Canaccord Genuity 41st Annual Growth Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12
Cowen Annual Communications Infrastructure Hybrid Summit, 8/9-8/12
Cowen 9th Annual Internet & Media Bus Tour (virtual), 8/9-8/13
Credit Suisse 4th Annual FinTech Conference (virtual), 8/11-8/13
Goldman Sachs Power, Utilities, MLP & Pipeline Conference 2021 (virtual) – 8/11
JPMorgan Auto Conference (virtual), 8/11-8/12
KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Virtual Forum, 8/9-8/12
Oppenheimer 24th Annual Technology, Internet & Comm Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12
Piper Biotech Virtual Tour, 8/10-8/12
Susquehanna 2021 Energy, Industrials & Airlines Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/11
UBS Financial Services Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12
Wells Fargo 6th Annual FinTech & Technology Services Forum (virtual), 8/10-8/11
Market Closing Prices Yesterday
The S&P 500 Index gained 4.40 points, or 0.10%, to 4,436.75
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 162.82 points, or 0.46%, to 35,264.67
The Nasdaq Composite dropped -72.09 points, or 0.49%, to 14,788.09
The Russell 2000 Index advanced 4.55 points, or 0.20% to 2,239.36
Macro Up/Down Last
Nymex -0.59 67.70
Brent -0.55 70.08
Gold 7.30 1,736.25
EUR/USD -0.0009 1.1711
JPY/USD 0.17 110.74
10-Year Note +0.029 1.371%
Sector News Breakdown
Consumer
Darling Ingredients ($DAR) 2Q EPS $1.17 vs est. $0.89 on revs $1.2B vs est. $1.11B
Grocery Outlet ($GO) Q2 adj EPS $0.47 vs. est. $0.24; Q2 revs $775.5M, in-line with consensus; Q2 comparable store sales decreased by 10.0% compared to a 16.7% increase in the same period last year; continues to expect to open between 36 and 38 stores in fiscal 2021 with one closure
PLBY Group ($PLBY) Q2 revenue $49.9M vs. est. $46.9M; Revenue grew 44% yoy, to $49.9M, driven by growth in both direct-to-consumer and licensing revenues; Direct-to-consumer revenue grew 88% yoy, to $28.0M, and licensing revenue grew 12% yoy, to $15.4M; net loss was $8.9M
Poshmark ($POSH) 2Q revs $81.8Mm vs est. $80.3Mm, GMV +25% to $449.6Mm; guides 3Q revs $81-83Mm vs est. $82.4Mm, sees 3Q adj EBITDA $1.0-2.0Mm vs est. $1.4Mm
Shift Technologies ($SFT) Q2 EPS ($0.41) vs est. ($0.44) on revs $155M vs est. $129.4M; sees Q3 revenue $155M-$170M vs est. $134.5M, raises FY revs guidance to $575M-$595M from $480M-$520M vs est. $509.2M
WW International ($WW) tumbles -25%; Q2 EPS $0.12 vs. est. $0.65; Q2 revs $311.4M vs. est. $337M; guides year revs $1.3B vs. est. $1.38B; sees year EPS $1.10-$1.25 below est. $2.00; revised the estimated cost of its previously disclosed 2021 restructuring plan to approximately $22.0 million in fiscal 2021; Q2 2021 End of Period Digital Subscribers up 6% year-over-year to an all-time Q2-end high
Energy, Industrials and Materials
CNBC reports that the White House will call on OPEC and its oil-producing allies to boost oil production. Also, Iraq plans to increase oil production to eight million barrels per day ($BPD) by the end of 2027, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told the Iraqi news agency (INA) on Tuesday
The American Petroleum Institute ($API) said that crude inventories fell 816,000 barrels last week, gasoline inventories fell 1.11M barrels, ahead of EIA weekly data later this morning
Chesapeake Energy Corp ($CHK) raised its adjusted core income and production guidance for the full year after beating Q2 consensus estimates; also initiated a variable return program to deliver 50% of free cash flow to shareholders on a quarterly basis, payable in the 2022 first quarter; raised its total annual production forecast to 415,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) to 435,000 boepd, from previous its range of 410,000 boepd to 420,00 boepd
HyreCar ($HYRE) 2Q adj EPS ($0.36) vs est. ($0.12) on revs $9.1Mm vs est. $8.9Mm, new drivers to the platform +49%
N5 Global ($NVEE) 2Q adj EPS $1.34 vs est. $1.00 on revs $$179.5Mm vs est. $174.1Mm; guides FY gr revs $705-727Mm vs est. $699.1Mm, sees FY adj EPS $4.20-4.55 vs est. $4.18
Shoals Technologies Group ($SHLS) Q2 adj EPS $0.09 vs. est. $0.08; Q2 revs $59.7M vs. est. $59.5M; sees full year revenues to be in range of $230M-$240M, up 31% to 37% and sees full year adjusted net income to be in range of $47M-$51M
Financials
Coinbase ($COIN) trading volume in Q2 was $462B, an increase of 38% compared to Q1, topping the $381.6MM est.; Q2 revs $2.23B vs. est. $1.85B; Q2 adj ebitda $1.15B vs. est. $961.5M; Q2 verified users 68 million vs. est. 63.1 million; qtrly retail monthly transacting users (MTUs) grew to 8.8 million, up 44% from q1 2021; Q2 net income of $1.6 billion, up from $32.3M a year earlier
Bottomline Technologies ($EPAY) 4Q core EPS $0.27 vs est. $0.26 on revs $122.1Mm vs est. $122.9Mm, subscription revs +15% to $101Mm
BrightSpire Capital ($BRSP)25M share Secondary priced at $9.00
Invesco Ltd. ($IVZ) preliminary month-end assets under management (AUM) of $1,528.4 billion, an increase of 0.2% versus previous month-end. Total net inflows were $3.5 billion. The firm achieved net long-term inflows of $1.7 billion this month.
Open Lending Corp. ($LPRO) Q2 EPS $0.60 vs est. $0.17 on revenue $61.1M vs est. $49M, adj EBITDQA $46.1M; facilitated 46,408 certified loans in the quarter, +148% YoY; reaffirmed previous FY guidance for revenue $184M-$206M, certified loans 181k-206k, and adj EBITDA $125M-$168M
Riot Blockchain ($RIOT) said in July 2021 produced 444 Bitcoin, an increase of approximately 771% over its July 2020 production of 51 Bitcoin; as of July 31, 2021, riot held approximately 2,687 Bitcoin, all of which were produced by its self-mining operations
Truist Financial Corporation ($TFC) said its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Truist Bank, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Service Finance Company, LLC, a leading national provider of point-of-sale (POS) financing solutions for the home improvement industry, for $2 billion
Upstart Holdings ($UPST) 2Q adj EPS $0.62 vs est. $0.25 on revs $194Mm vs est. $157.8Mm; guides 3Q revs $205-215Mm vs est. $161.6Mm; guides FY revs approx $750Mm from $600Mm prior and vs est. $601.5Mm
Healthcare
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) has withdrawn its public offering of common stock, previously announced on August 9
Health Catalyst (HCAT)245M share Secondary priced at $53.00
Inari Medical (NARI) 2Q EPS $0.08 vs est. $0.08 on revs $63.5Mm vs est. $59.6Mm; guides FY revs $250-255 (prior $240-250Mm) vs est. $247Mm
