Overnight Summary: The SP 500 closed Wednesday higher by 0.02% at 5071.63 from Tuesday higher by 1.20% at 5070.55. The overnight high was hit at 5,109 at 4:05 p.m. while the overnight low was hit at 5066.50 at 2:35 a.m. EDT. The range overnight is 42 points as of 6:15 a.m. EDT. Currently, the S&P 500 is lower by -28 points at 6:15 a.m. EDT.
- 7 Year Auction at 1 p.m. EDT.
- Q1 GDP (Advanced) is due out at 8:30 a.m. EDT and expected to fall to 2.4% from 3.4%.
- March Pending Home Sales are due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and are expected to fall to 1.0% from 1.6%.
- Beats: CMG +1.68, MTH +1.51, CCS +0.83, URI +0.78, LRCX +0.49, KALU +0.46, META +0.39, CHDN +0.34, NOW +0.27, WM +0.24, ALGN +0.17, BMRN +0.14, CACI +0.11, PI +o.11, WHR +0.11, AR+0.09, IBM +0.09, OII +0.07, F +0.06, MOH +0.05, WCN +0.04, WU +0.04, WH +0.04, CLB +0.03, VKTX +0.02, RJF +.01 of note.
- Flat: None of note.
- Misses: NBR -2.93, PFSI -1.53, CHE -0.28, KNX -0.18, ETD -0.16, ORLY -0.09, GGG -0.09, FAF -0.06, HP -0.01 of note.
Capital Raises:
- IPOs Priced or News:
- Rubrick is priced at $32 a share, above range.
- New SPACs launched/News:
- Secondaries Priced:
- Notes Priced of note:
- Common Stock filings/Notes:
- AZZ filed proposed offering of common stock.
- DYAI filed offering of 3,351, 954 shares of common stock.
- ITCI closing of $575 million of common stock including full exercise of underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares.
- LHRC files 6,950,334 shares of common stock.
- SOAR files for shares of common stock.
- UPC files up to 20,000,000 share of ordinary shares.
- Direct Offering:
- Exchangeable Subordinate Voting Shares:
- Selling Shareholders of note:
- Private Placement of Public Entity (PIPE):
- Mixed Shelf Offerings:
- Debt/Credit Filing and Notes:
- Tender Offer:
- Rights Offering:
- VATE announces closing of rights offering.
- Convertible Offering & Notes Filed:
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News After The Close :
- After Hours Movers:
- PI +12%, TER +7%, CLS +6%, ALGN +5%, CMG +3%
- META -16%, IBM -9%, NOW -5%, ORLY -4%,
- News Items After the Close:
- Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) announces alliance with Synopsys (SNPS) and Cadence Design (CDNS) to accelerate designs, after the close.
- Meta (META) ups cap-ex to $35 to $40 billion from $30 to $37 billion.
- META conference call update shifting focus to AI which will be a multi-year investment cycle. More than 50% of content on Instagram is AI driven.
- BHP considering a takeover of AngloAmerican Plc.
- Exchange/Listing/Company Reorg and Personnel News:
- CNMD names Patrick Beyer Chief Operating Officer.
- PLAY names Darin Harper as CFO , as of June 17th.
- ADT names Jeff Likosar as CFO in addition to serving as President of Corporate Development and Chief Transformation Officer.
- Buyback Announcements or News:
- BALL Board of Directors approves repurchase of 40 million shares of its common stock.
- Stock Splits or News:
- Dividends Announcements or News:
What’s Happening This Morning: Futures value reflects the change with fair value.
Sector Action – (1/3/6/12/YTD Updated Weekly with Monday release):
- Daily Positive Sectors: Consumer Defensive, Utilities, Consumer Cyclical and Real Estate of note.
- Daily Negative Sectors: Industrials, Healthcare and Financials of note.
- One Month Winners: Energy and Utilities of note.
- Three Month Winners: Energy, Basic Materials, Industrials, and Financial of note.
- Six Month Winners: Financials, Industrials, Technology and Communication Services of note.
- Twelve Month Winners: Communication Services, Technology, Industrials, and Financial of note.
- Year to Date Winners: Communication Services, Energy, Financials, Industrials, and Technology of note.
(WSJ – Edited by QPI)
Upcoming Earnings Of Note:
- Thursday After the Close:
- Friday Before the Open:
Earnings of Note This Morning: (Greater Than $0.10 and Lower Than $-0.00)
- Beats: SNY +1.59, HES +1.45, EME +1.33, AZN +1.10, CWT +1.06, OSK +0.64, VLO +0.60, NOC +0.54, CAT +0.46, RCL +0.44, FCN +0.36, HOG +0.21, NEM +0.19, UNP +0.18, CARR +0.12, LAZ +0.11, TSCO +0.11, TRU +0.11, XEL +0.11 of note.
- Flat: of note.
- Misses: HTZ -0.83, ABG -0.55, HZO -0.48, RS -0.23, SAGE -0.15, STM -0.08, AAL -0.07, VC -0.06, IP -0.05, TXT -0.02, LUV -o.o2, NDAQ -0.02, VLY -0.01, MBLY -0.01 of note.
- Still to Report: None of note.
Company Earnings Guidance:
- Positive Guidance: EME OSK RCL of note.
- Negative Guidance: RS HZO of note.
Erlanger Research Advance/Decline Chart:
Gap Ups & Down In Early Pre-Market (+2% or down more than -2%):
- Gap Up: PI +15.8%, MTH +12.7%, ACRV +11.3%, TER +9.1%, IBRX +8.9%, CYH +7.3%, CLS +6.6%, AZN +6.1%, BCS +5.9%, UL +5.9%, ALGN +5.8%, SNY +5.3%, CASH +5%, HCP +4.8%, EPRT +4.4%, IRT +4.1%, ASX +4%, EQNR +3.8%, CHDN +3.7%, AR +3.5%, CCS +3.5%, OSK +3.1%, CWT +3.1%, SLM +2.9%, CLB +2.8%, F +2.7%, CMG +2.7%, HON +2.7%, OII +2.5%, STM +2.5%, ANET +2.4%, URI +2.3%, MEOH +2.2%, TYL +2.1%, UHS +2%of note.
- Gap Down: META -13.1%, ATNI -10.3%, IBM -8.9%, SNBR -6.8%, ETD -5.7%, MXL -5.3%, GGG -4.8%, SNAP -4.7%, PINS -4.5%, NOW -4.5%, RJF -4.5%, BMRN -4.3%, NBR -3.9%, PEGA -3.6%, BHP -3.3%, LH -3.3%, ORLY -3.2%, TTD -3%, AZZ -2.9%, CNMD -2.9%, HLX -2.7%, COCO -2.5%, BC -2.5%, HP -2.2%, IPAR -2.1%, ADT -2% of note.
Insider Action: No stock sees Insider buying with dumb short selling. No stock sees Insider buying with smart short sellers.
Rags & Mags: Repeated stories from prior days never listed, i.e. “rehashed news”. Sorted by Global, U.S. and stock specific.
- Bloomberg Lead Story: Meta Miss Sparks Fears in Tech With More Earnings Ahead. (Bloomberg)
- Secretary of State Blinken raises trade concerns with China. (Bloomberg)
- Tech stocks drag down U.S. before GDP data: Markets Wrap. (Bloomberg)
- Rubrick priced IPO at $32 above range. (CNBC)
- Bloomberg: Daybreak Podcast: (Podcast)
- Bloomberg: The Big Take: How to get a meeting with UAE’s $1.5 trillion dollar man. (Podcast)
- Marketplace: Inside Amazon’s Business Tactics and Company Culture. (Podcast)
- NY Times Daily: Crackdown on Student Protestors. (Podcast)
- Wealthion: No recession? Why the economy is stronger than you think. (Podcast)
- Adam Taggart’s Thoughtful Money: “Something is going to break”. (Podcast)
Moving Average Update: Score improves to 54.28% from 51%.
Geopolitical:
- President’s Public Schedule:
- President Biden receives the Daily Briefing at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
- President Biden then departs to Syracuse to speak about the CHIPS Act at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
- President Biden then heads to a campaign event in Westchester County at 6:15 p.m. EDT before heading to Wall Street at 7:50 p.m. EDT.
Economic:
- Q1 GDP (Advanced) is due out at 8:30 a.m. EDT and expected to fall to 2.4% from 3.4%.
- March Pending Home Sales are due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and are expected to fall to 1.0% from 1.6%.
Federal Reserve / Treasury Speakers:
- No Fed Speakers as in Blackout Period due to next week’s FOMC meeting.
M&A Activity and News:
- IBM to buy HashiCorp (HCP) for $35 a share in cash.
- BHP makes a bid for Anglo-American. (CNBC)
Meeting & Conferences of Note:
- Sellside Conferences:
- None of note.
- Top Shareholder Meetings: AES, CLS, EIX, ERJ, FAST, GRC, HIFS, HLF, JNJ, MYE, NGMS, ODP, PAC, PBR, PFE, PFS, SBS, SNA, TFII, TXN.
- Fireside Chat: None of note.
- Investor/Analyst Day/Calls: ALDX, BPMC, HOOK
- Update: None of note.
- R&D Day: None of note.
- Company Event:
- Industry Meetings:
- Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Drug Development Summit
- Horizon User Conference
- Inaugural Connect+ Customer Conference
- Spinal Cord Injury Investor Symposium
- The Future of Protein Production
- TikTok Partnership Event
- World Orphan Drug Congress
Top Tier Sell-side Upgrades & Downgrades:
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Today’s Upgrades and Downgrades: