IPOs on deck: Knight Cloud (KC) prices at $17.00 with a reported range of $16 to $18.

IPOs Filed:  None of note.

Secondaries Priced: SAVE AXNX DHR  of note.

Notes Priced of note:  EYE LMNX of note.

Common Stock filings: AXNX SHOP  of note.

Mixed Shelf Offerings:  KALA EIG OMI  NBHC  of note.

Convertible Offering Files: None of note.

Senior Notes Filed:  None of note.

Courtesy of IPO Financial

Earnings After The Close:

Beat:

SAGE +0.73, FSLR +0.54, TTD +0.49, QRVO +0.49, ARNA +0.42, STMP +0.33, TPIC +0.30, MTD +0.27, PBYI +0.25, AAXN +0.23, UPLD +0.23, IRTC +0.22, HLF +0.22, FLT +0.20, MSI +0.19, ICUI +0.18, BJRI +0.18, PRAA +0.18, LNT +0.18, VECO +0.16, OMCL +0.15, OLED +0.15, ITGR +0.12, CWH +0.12, CARG +0.12, QLYS +0.12, ENV +0.12, PFPT +0.11, RDFN +0.11, MCHP +0.11, GH +0.10, SPWR +0.10, POWI +0.10, SYNA +0.08, APPN +0.08, OEC +0.08, ZG +0.08, CWST +0.08, TRUE +0.08, ALRM +0.08, AL +0.07, COLD +0.07, SAIL +0.07, BHVN +0.07, KMPR +0.06, BILL +0.06, TRHC +0.06, AVLR +0.06, SXI +0.06, IPHI +0.05, LHCG +0.05, LSI +0.05, MNST +0.04, DBX +0.04, TDC +0.04, NUAN +0.04, PRDO +0.04, DLR +0.03, LOPE +0.03, PCTY +0.03, KTOS +0.03, NWSA +0.03, CTSH +0.03, DOX +0.02, ELY +0.02, FLEX +0.02, MMI +0.02, REG +0.02, NET +0.02, ALTR +0.02, RBA +0.02, DEI +0.01, ROKU +0.01, SVMK +0.01, CUBE +0.01  of note.

Flat: CCRN +0.00, FISV +0.00, GPRO +0.00, MAIN +0.00, MTG +0.00, RPD +0.00

Misses: 

PDCE (8.14), BECN (1.72), BKNG (1.37), NNI (1.11), UBER (0.80), COLL (0.65), AGO (0.41), FGEN (0.41), VSLR (0.33), SKYW (0.32), ADT (0.28), MRTX (0.27), SWX (0.25), LYV (0.24), POST (0.24), RGNX (0.21), FLS (0.18), BCC (0.15), PEN (0.13), CPT (0.12), CWK (0.12), MDU (0.12), YELP (0.10), ACAD (0.10), EOG (0.10), TWST (0.10), GMED (0.09), TRIP (0.09), PBA (0.08), SCOR (0.07), PRA (0.07), MTW (0.07), DLX (0.07), AIV (0.06), MDRX (0.06), CYRX (0.06), GLUU (0.06), WRI (0.06), ED (0.06), HST (0.05), ECOL (0.05), GKOS (0.04), EQH (0.03), NKTR (0.03), PODD (0.03), CNDT (0.02), AQN (0.02), CVA (0.02), PEB (0.01), AMH (0.01), BRX (0.01)   of note.

Gap Ups:

CWH +25%, HLF +16%, SPWR +12%, IPHI +11%, VECO +11%, SKYW +10%, LSI +8%, PEB +83%, CARG +8%, CNDT +8%, UBER +8%, MTG +7%, GH +7%, AAXN +7%, PBYI +6%, SAIL +6%, SVMK +6%, QRVO +6%, CVA +6%, ITGR +5%, KTOS +5%, DBX +5%, AL +5%, GPRO +5%, PRDO +4%, FDP +4%, FLEX +4%, ARNA +4%, 

Gap Downs: 

LOPE -10%, NET-10%, ROKU -9%, MSI -9%, FLDM -9%, TTD -8%, KALA -8%, APPN -8%, QLYS -7%, CYRX -7%, TRUE -7%, STMP -6%, ADT -6%, TDC -6%, HST -5%, UPLD -5%, SYNA -4%, ICUI -4%, GKOS -4%, OMCL -4%, MDRX -4%, YELP -4%, ALTR -4%.

Hourly Action This Past Week: Updated 5/6 Close

News After The Close (In Order)

Fiserv (FISV) announces a CEO succession plan.

Ford (F) details how it will restart production.

Nielsen (NLSN) files registration statement to spin off Global Connect.

Charles Schwab (SCHW) to buy Motif in cash deal, no terms.

Lowers Guidance: KTOS (Q2, 2020)  MSI (Q2) DLR ZG (Q2) DOX (Q3) AVLR  QLYS  PCTY (Q4) APPN (Q2) SVMK (Q2) ALTR (Q2) ALRM RPD (Q2) ENV ED  TRHC (Q2) HMSY  AVA  EXC (Q2) ROAD

Raises Guidance: QRVO (Q1) PFPT (Q2) MDT (Q2) QLYS (Q2) IPHI (Q2) GLUU ENV (Q2) PRDO  UPLD  (Q2, 2020)

Withdraws 2020 Guidance: TTD MDRX GH MSI FLT OLED FISV AAXN DEI LSI APPN TDC ITGR SAIL CWST LHCG TWST INTU VSLR SCOR POST CUBE SIEGY XRAY  EVTC

Dividend Increase: GLT MCHP RLI  AQN

Dividend Cut: PRA SHO (Suspended)

Share Buyback Announcements: FDP 

What’s Happening This Morning: Futures value reflects the change with fair value. We will still indicate the fair value direction. 

S&P 500 +36 Dow Jones Industrial Average +297 NASDAQ +99 Russell 2000 +31.17 Fair values are higher.  Asia  and Europe higher.

Gold, silver and copper higher. WTI Crude Oil and Brent Oil Futures higher. Natural Gas is lower. $ is lower vs Euro, lower vs Pound and higher vs Yen. US 10 year Treasury price is at $139.30 from $138.63 unchanged with yields at from 0.70%.

Positive Sectors On Thursday: Materials, Energy, Financials, Communication Services and Technology of note .

Negative Sectors On Thursday: Consumer Staples of note.

One Month Winners: Materials, Conglomerates, Financials and Services of note.

Three Month Winners: None of note.

Six Month Winners:  Healthcare and Technology of note.

Twelve Month Winners: Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods of note.

Year to Date: None of note.

Upcoming Earnings Of Note (sorted by market cap, highest to lowest)

Today After The Close: None of note.

Monday Before The Open: MAR ZBH ETR CAH MYL ON CLR OHH BLUE ORA ICPT UNVR UAA CNK MGLN CLF AVYA XHR of note.

Earnings This Morning Of Note

Beat:

BLMN +1.34, LEA +0.72, TEN +0.65, UFS +0.31, CRON +0.27, UI +0.26, VGR +0.21, IBP +0.17, NBL +0.16, NWN +0.16, HSC +0.14, ESNT +0.13, TILE +0.12, SEAS +0.09, XRAY +0.08, VTR +0.08, HMSY +0.07, AVA +0.07, CATM +0.04, SABR +0.03, EXC +0.02, CARR +0.02, TWNK +0.01, KIM +0.01, BIP +0.01  of note.

Missed:

GTT (1.24), NJR (0.31), ATH (0.24), SR (0.21), EVOP (0.20), BR (0.03), OUT (0.02), ROAD (0.01) of note.

Flat: SSP +0.00, HEES +0.00

Still to Report:  AXL, BPMP, EVTC, PNW, PPL, SHO, SWCH

 Rags & Mags: Highlighted Stories may be clicked through to the original story.

5 Things To Know To Start Your Day. (Bloomberg)

Stocks Making The Biggest Moves. (CNBC)

5 Things To Know Before The Market Opens For Friday. (CNBC)

Coronavirus update: WHO calls for investigation into Wuhan market.

U.S. Coronavirus Map update.

The U.S. and China spoke by phone and they are moving forward with Phase One Trade Deal. (WSJ)

Wendy’s (WEN) to investigate price hikes of meat suppliers. NY Post)

Moderna (MRNA) CEO interviewed on CNBC. (CNBC)

Walt Disney (DIS) sells out Shanghai Disneyland  in minutes after reopening. (Bloomberg)

Tesla (TSLA) reopens its Fremont, California plant today. (Bloomberg)

Uber (UBER) CEO in CNBC interview notes will not be profitable in Q4 but will be in 2021. (CNBC)

Stock Index Tracking

Current through 5/7 close.  Moving averages saw improvment yesterday.

Bold means a change from prior day.

The advance/decline line model is now a buy on 4/2 close. Updated through 5/7  close. In 2019, the model was up 16.48% on the S&P 500 and this year is up 5.69% with the S&P 500 lower by -10.82% through yesterday. Now 6 buy signals and 4 cash signals in 2019 and 2020. The latest buy is up 15.21% through Thursday’s close.

Algo/HFT Trading Levels:

The Erlanger Value Lines track the intraday range of resistance, pivot and support used by Algo/HFT Traders. Each day we show where we closed within the range. Updated through 5/7 close. EVL Ranges remain above normal and are highlighted in blue BUT are starting to drop.

Courtesy of Phil Erlanger Research, Inc.

Economic & Related:

April Nonfarm Payrolls is due out at 8:30 a.m. EDT and are expected to fall to -21 million from -701,000. The Unemployment Rate is expected to rise to 16.6% from 4.4%. Came in at 14.7% and -20.5 million.

Geopolitical & Related

President Trump will visit the World Ware II Memorial.

Meetings, Calls & Conferences

Investor/Analyst Days & Conference Calls of Note:  None of note.

Sellside Conferences:  D.A. Davidson Financial Institutions Conference (5/6-5/8)

Industry Conferences: None of note.

M&A Activity

Upgrades & Downgrades