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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

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -19.00 0.05% 34,979 S&P 500 -0.25 0.02% 4,425 Nasdaq 17.50 0.12% 15,142 Stock markets are looking quiet again, as major averages have been holding near record highs but struggling for direction to start the week. Stronger economic data last Friday on the form of non-farm payrolls and declining unemployment helped boost sentiment about the economy, overshadowing any uncertainty over what impact the fast-spreading delta virus variant will have on the economy and comments from Federal Reserve officials about scaling back support. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index gained 68 points to settle at 27,888, the Shanghai Index jumped 35 points to 3,529, and the Hang Seng Index gained 322 points (1.23%) to close at 26,605. In Europe, the German DAX is up around 25 points to 15,770, while the FTSE 100 is down a few points at 7,125. Today a fairly busy day of economic data, but all eyes fixed on the inflation reports coming up tomorrow (CPI) and on Thursday (PP), to see if the four-month spike in prices is indeed transitory as the Fed has pledged or if it is something more troubling for consumers down the line. Earnings season has begun to slow, with nearly 450 S&P companies having reported this quarter, with only some big retailers (WMT, TGT, HD, LOW) remaining. Trading ranges have remained in tight ranges of late, as summer doldrums have kicked in early. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index slipped -4.17 points, or 0.09%, to 4,432.35 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -106.66 points, or 0.30%, to 35,101.85 The Nasdaq Composite gained 24.42 points, or 0.16%, to 14,860.18 The Russell 2000 Index declined -12.95 points, or 0.58% to 2,234.81 Events Calendar for Today 6:00 AM ET NFIB Small Business Optimism for July 7:45 AM ET ICSC Weekly Retail Sales 8:30 AM ET Non-farm Productivity, prelim-Q2 8:30 AM ET Unit Labor Costs, prelim-Q2 8:55 AM ET Johnson/Redbook Weekly Sales 1:00 PM ET U.S. to sell $58 bln in 3-year notes 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: BSY, BTAI, CSPR, FULC, GTIM, IIVI, JBI, KPLT, LAND, LODE, MRNSD, MTNB, NAUT, OWL, SMID, SYY, TDG, TDW, VITL, VPG, VSH, VTNR Earnings After the Close: AIRG, AVGR, BVS, CHK, CLSD, COIN, COKE, CSSE, CURI, DAR, DOCS, EPAY, FTEK, GO, HCKT, HYRE, JAMF, KODK, KTCC, LPRO, LRN, MCFE, MEG, NARI, NVEE, OPFI, PANL, PAY, PAYS, PLBY, POSH, PUBM, SFT, SIEN, SMCI, TASK, TDUP, U, UPST, VEC, WW, ZETA Other Key Events: BTIG Biotechnology Conference 2021 (virtual), 8/9-8/10 Canaccord Genuity 41st Annual Growth Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Cowen Annual Communications Infrastructure Hybrid Summit, 8/9-8/12 Cowen 9th Annual Internet & Media Bus Tour (virtual), 8/9-8/13 KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Virtual Forum, 8/9-8/12 Oppenheimer 24th Annual Technology, Internet & Comm Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Piper Biotech Virtual Tour, 8/10-8/12 Susquehanna 2021 Energy, Industrials & Airlines Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/11 UBS Financial Services Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Wells Fargo 6th Annual FinTech & Technology Services Forum (virtual), 8/10-8/11 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 1.05 67.51 Brent 0.84 69.88 Gold -1.00 1,728.90 EUR/USD -0.0018 1.1719 JPY/USD 0.24 110.53 10-Year Note +0.002 1.319% World News The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was 99.7 vs. 103.3 consensus, and down from 102.5 in June. Germany Aug ZEW Sentiment4, well below the 56.7 consensus; conditions 29.3 vs 30.0 consensus; expectations decline for third time in a row; concerns over 4th wave of COVID affecting German economy in the Autumn Sector News Breakdown Consumer AMC Entertainment ($AMC) Q2 adj EPS loss (-$0.71) vs. est. loss (-$0.93); Q2 revs $444.7M vs. est. $381.28M; currently has liquidity availability of more than $2.0 billion; said welcomed more than 22 million guests back to theatres during Q2; said as of June 30, 2021, operated 593 domestic theatres & 335 international theatres Calloway ($ELY) 2Q adj EPS $0.36 vs est. $0.01 on revs $914Mm vs est. $753.1Mm; guides 3Q revs $775-790Mm vs est. $763Mm, sees 3Q adj EBITDA $51-58Mm vs est. $77.3Mm; guides FY revs $3.025-3.055B vs est. $2.84B, sees FY adj EBITDA $345-360Mm vs est. $295.3Mm CarLotz ($LOTZ) 2Q EPS ($0.06) vs est. ($0.20) on revs $50.8Mm vs est. $48.1Mm; withdraws previous FY21 outlook due to channel constraints Chegg Inc. ($CHGG) 2Q adj EPS $0.43 vs est. $0.37 on revs $198.5Mm vs est. $190.1Mm; guides 3Q revs $170-175Mm vs est. $173Mm; guides FY21 revs $805-815Mm vs est. $797.8Mm, sees FY adj EBITDA $295-300Mm vs est. $278.6Mm DoorDash ($DOOR) 2Q adj EPS $2.23 vs est. $2.09 on revs $662Mm vs est. $635.2Mm; guides FY sales +17-20% vs est. +14.5%, sees FY adj EPS $8.00-8.60 vs est. $8.50 Inter Parfums ($IPAR) 2Q EPS $0.71 vs est. $0.43 on revs $207.6Mm vs est. $207.6m; continues to see FY revs approx $750Mm vs est. $758.1Mm, EPS $1.95 vs est. $1.93 Nautilus ($NLS) Q1 EPS $0.43 vs. est. $0.30; Q1 revs $185M vs. est. $169.05M; said Q1 retail grew sales by 91% or 107% excluding Octane, delivering record net sales of $120 million, while Direct grew by 26%; sees Q2 revs $145M-$155M vs. est. $153.05M Original BARK ($BARK) 1Q adj EPS ($0.09) vs est. ($0.06) on revs $117.6Mm vs est. $116.8Mm; guides 2Q revs $122Mm vs est. $120.3Mm; reaffirms FY guide, sees FY revs $516Mm vs est. $516.5Mm Plant Fitness ($PLNT) Q2 adj EPS $0.21 vs. est. $0.23; Q2 revs $137.3M vs. est. $127.2M; ends second quarter with total membership of more than 14.8M and over 98% of stores open globally; Q2 adj EBITDA increased $64.8M to $55.6M from a loss of $9.3M in the prior year period; sees FY21 adj EPS $0.65-$0.70 vs. est. $0.94; sees FY21 revs $530M-$540M vs. est. $541.69M Purple Innovation ($PRPL) Q2 adj EPS $0.05 vs. est. $0.12; Q2 revs $182.6M vs. est. $181.8M; guides year revs $820M-$850M vs. est. $823.6M; sees year Ebitda $78M-$88M vs. est. $81.8M RealReal inc. ($REAL) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.50) vs. est. (-$0.47); Q2 revs $104.91M vs. est. $107.25M; Q2 GMV $350M; said trailing 12 months active buyers reached 730,000, an increase of 19% year-over-year and 48% compared to the same period in 2019; Orders reached 673K, an increase of 53% Y/Y and 33% compared to the same period in 2019. Tesla ($TSLA) sold 32,968 China-made vehicles in July, including 24,347 for export, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said on Tuesday; local sales of China-made vehicles plunged 69% to 8,621 cars from 28,138 in June. Financials First Republic ($FRC) announces offering of 2M shares of common stock CoreCivic ($CXW) Q2 adj FFO $0.46; Q23 revs $464.6M vs. est. $466.1M; Adjusted EBITDA of $101.7M; sale of five non-core real estate assets for gross proceeds of $328.7 million SVB Financial ($SIVB)23M share Spot Secondary priced at $564.00 P. Carey ($WPC) 4.5M share Spot Secondary priced at $78.00 Healthcare BioCryst ($BCRX) announces offering of $200M of common stock, warrants Halozyme ($HALO) Q2 non-GAAP EPS $0.66 vs. est. $0.40; Q2 revs $136.5M vs. est. $103.16M; raises FY21 non-GAAP EPS view to $1.85-$2.00 from $1.55-$1.70 and boosts FY21 revenue view to $425M-$445M from $375M-$395M (est. $404.5M) citing the recent signing of a new collaboration and license agreement and strong year-to-date results Inovio Pharma ($INO) 2Q EPS ($0.39) vs est. ($0.25) on revs $273K; as of June 30, cash and equivalents & s-t investments were $443.7Mm, says continue to evaluate and assess impact of new covid strains Penumbra ($PEN) 2Q adj EPS $0.21 vs est. $0.17 on revs $184.3Mm vs est. $170.8Mm; guides FY revs $720-730Mm vs est. $702.7Mm Reta Pharma ($RETA) 2Q adj EPS ($1.32) vs est. ($2.06); reaffirms cash runway through mid-2024, reaffirms plan to submit MAA with EMA in 4Q21 for marketing approval of bardoxolone for treatment of CKD Rocket Pharma ($RCKT) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.55); expects its balance in cash equivalents and investments of $426.8 mln as of June 30, to fund its operations into 2H 2023 Shockwave Medical ($SWAV) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.01) vs. est. loss (-$0.41); Q2 revs $55.908M vs. est. $45.17M; raises FY21 revenue view $218M-$223M from $195M-$205M (est. $200.6M); Granted approval for a Transitional Pass-Through (TPT) payment for Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL device, which became effective July 1, 2021 for procedures in the outpatient setting SmileDirectClub ($SDC) 2Q EPS ($0.14) vs est. ($0.09) on revs $174Mm vs est. $198.5Mm; guides FY revs $750-800Mm vs est. $833.6Mm; Q2 average aligner gross sales price of $1,885 for Q2, compared to $1,817 for the second quarter of 2020 Steris Plc ($STE) Q1 adj EPS $1.76 vs. est. $1.49; Q1 revs $968.4M vs. est. $904.9M; now expects as reported revenue of approximately $4.6B in 2022, an increase from prior expectations of $4.5B; sees year EPS $7.60-$7.85 vs. est. $7.51; free cash flow for fiscal 2022 is now expected to be approximately $400 mln; raises dividend