Goldman Sachs analyst David Tamberrino downgraded Visteon (VC) to Sell from Neutral and lowered his price target for the shares to $63 from $83. The analyst sees risk to the company's 2021 targets with 2019 "likely another down year." He believes Visteon will continue to underperform peers in an "already difficult" environment for Autos. Visteon's upcoming business update will likely to be a negative catalyst due to "soft" 2019 guidance, lowered 2021 targets, and backlog revisions, Tamberrino tells investors in a research note. Further, the analyst sees potential for additional volume and pricing pressure given Visteon's (F) high Ford exposure as well as a lower likelihood of a takeout.

Wells Fargo upgraded Visteon to Equal Weight from Underweight with a price target of $108, up from $106. The firm cites valuation and improving margins for the upgrade. Visteon screens well vs. peers as growth over market helps offset flat LVP, lower labor inflation risk, improving free cash flow and competitor disruption, though risks remain around battery electric vehicle growth and profitability, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

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Wednesday's total option volume of 42.3 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 4.78 million calls and 3.88 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (Facebook) (META), Ford (F) and NVIDIA (NVDA) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 42k Tesla (TSLA) Aug-24 185 calls, 35k Taiwan Semi (TSM) Aug-24 110 calls, 30k Capri Holdings (CPRI) May-24 35 calls, 29k Ford (F) 4/26 weekly 13.5 calls and 26k Tesla (TSLA) 5/3 weekly 75 puts.

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Sees 2024 adjusted EBITDA $470M-$500M and adjusted free cash flow $155M-$185M.

Reports Q1 revenue $933M, consensus $977.87M. "Our first quarter results highlight our continued progress on addressing the megatrends of digitalization and electrification that are rapidly changing the automotive industry. I am very proud of our continued operational execution and launching a high number of new products across the globe to support our customers and deliver near-term growth," said CEO Sachin Lawande. "We are also strengthening our future with another strong quarter of new business wins across our digital cockpit products while further diversifying into adjacent end markets."

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Reports Q1 revenue $42.8B, consensus $40.1B. Reports Q4 adjusted EBIT $2.8B.

Notable companies reporting after the market close, with earnings consensus, include Meta Plataforms (META), consensus $4.32... IBM (IBM), consensus $1.60... ServiceNow (NOW), consensus $3.14... Lam Research (LRCX), consensus $7.30... Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), consensus $11.68... O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), consensus $9.26... Ford Motor (F), consensus 42c... United Rentals (URI), consensus $8.32... Align Technology (ALGN), consensus $1.97... Molina Healthcare (MOH), consensus $5.59... Teradyne (TER), consensus 33c... Universa Health Services (UHS), consensus $3.16... Western Union (WU), consensus 41c.

Tuesday's total option volume of 40.6 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 5.36 million calls and 4.67 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC), Amazon (AMZN) and Ford (F) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 40k Wal-Mart (WMT) May-24 59 calls, 37k AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) Sep-24 8 puts, 36k AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) Sep-24 7 puts, 28k Ford (F) 4/26 weekly 13 calls and 26k Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) May-24 20 calls.