Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these Top Fives, as compiled by the editors of The Fly.
1. STOCK NEWS:
- General Motors (GM) trading lower despite "beat and raise" report for Q2 [more]
- Ford (F) reported a 31.8% drop in July U.S. car sales [more]
- The European Commission has approved a new Novavax (NVAX) COVID-19 vaccine contract for up to 200M doses [more]
- Zymergen (ZY) plunges after business update, saying it no longer expects product revenue in 2021 and announcing that Josh Hoffman will step down as CEO [more]
- VICI Properties (VICI) will acquire MGM Growth Properties (MGP) in a deal valuing MGP at $17.2B [more]
2. WALL STREET CALLS:
- Under Armour (UAA) upgraded to Overweight with $30 target at JPMorgan [more]
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM) downgraded to Neutral at Ladenburg and downgraded to Underperform at BofA [more]
- Zymergen (ZY) downgraded at no less than six firms, including BofA double downgrades to sell on "worrying" execution issues [more]
- Capri Holdings (CPRI) upgraded to Outperform at Cowen on innovation and valuation [more]
- Corsair Gaming (CRSR) downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse following Q2 results [more]
3. AROUND THE WEB:
- The FDA aims to give Pfizer's (PFE) COVID-19 vaccine final approval by Labor Day or sooner, NY Times reports [more]
- The DOJ is weighing blocking UnitedHealth's (UNH) planned acquisition of Change Healthcare (CHNG), Information says [more]
- Boeing's (BA) 737 MAX heads to China for a key test, Bloomberg reports [more]
- Amazon (AMZN) will face a widening campaign against its labor practices, NY Times says [more]
- SoftBank (SFTBY) has quietly built a $5B stake in Roche (RHHBY), Bloomberg says [more]
4. MOVERS:
- BeyondSpring (BYSI) surges after reporting “positive” topline data from its DUBLIN-3 registrational trial in plinabulin in combination with docetaxel [more]
- eXp World Holdings (EXPI), Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), and Cerus (CERS) higher after reporting quarterly results [more]
- Cardlytics (CDLX), W&T Offshore (WTI) and Alteryx (AYX) lower after reporting quarterly results [more]
- Tellurian (TELL) declines after announcing a 35M share offering priced at $3 [more]
- Callon Petroleum (CPE) slides after entering agreement to acquire leasehold interests and related oil, gas, and infrastructure assets of Primexx Energy Partners and affiliates [more]
5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:
- Lyft (LYFT) reported company's first quarterly adjusted EBITDA profit [more]
- Match Group (MTCH) provided upbeat revenue guidance for Q3, FY21 [more]
- Akamai (AKAM) provided "beat and raise" Q2 report [more]
- Activision Blizzard (ATVI) also provided a "beat and raise" report for Q2 [more]
- CVS Health (CVS) raised its revenue guidance for FY21 [more]
INDEXES:
Near midday, the Dow was down 274.09, or 0.78%, to 34,842.31, the Nasdaq was up 1.91, or 0.01%%, to 14,763.21, and the S&P 500 was down 16.63, or 0.38%, to 4,406.52.