Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.
1. STOCK NEWS:
- CarMax (KMX) reported worse-than-expected Q4 earnings [more]
- American Airlines (AAL) said it expects Q1 revenue to fall 16% compared to Q1 of 2019, better than its prior view [more]
- Pacira (PCRX) reported downbeat preliminary Q1 revenue [more]
- Nokia (NOK) said it plans to exit the Russian market, leading to a provision of roughly EUR100M in Q1 [more]
- KKR (KKR) agreed to acquire Barracuda Networks from Thoma Bravo [more]
2. WALL STREET CALLS:
- Cisco (CSCO) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citi [more]
- HP Enterprise (HPE) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley [more]
- Crowdstrike (CRWD) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs [more]
- Citi analyst Jon Tower downgraded Starbucks (SBUX) to Neutral from Buy after assuming coverage [more]
- Morgan Stanley upgraded Cardinal Health (CAH) to Overweight and downgraded AmerisourceBergen (ABC) to Equal Weight in an adjustment of ratings among drug distributors [more]
3. AROUND THE WEB:
- Franchise Group (FRG) told Kohl's (KSS) it is willing to pay $69 per share for the retailer, Reuters reports [more]
- Apple (AAPL) iPhone maker Pegatron suspends production in China amid Covid outbreak, Bloomberg reports [more]
- Amazon (AMZN) is aiming to recruit teenagers to work at its warehouses, The Information reports [more]
- Ford (F) may look to make EVs in India, DigiTimes reports [more]
- Fox News (FOX) is one of the biggest brands to join Truth Social, whose planned merger with blank-check company Digital World Acquisition (DWAC) remains under SEC investigation, Axios reports [more]
4. MOVERS:
- Astra Space (ASTR) higher after announcing an electric propulsion system contract with LeoStella [more]
- Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) rises after announcing a collaboration with Persephone [more]
- Actinium (ATNM) gains after announcing a license and supply agreement for Iomab-B with Immedica Pharma [more]
- Skilled nursing stocks such as Omega Healthcare (OHI), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Ensign Group (ENSG) slip following proposed cut to Medicare reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities [more]
- Myovant (MYOV) lower in New York after the company and partner Pfizer (PFE) announced deficiencies were found by the FDA in their supplemental new drug application, or sNDA, for Myfembree [more]
5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:
- Post Holdings (POST) provided FY22 adjusted EBITDA guidance as it reported an avian influenza incident at a Nebraska facility [more]
- Albertsons (ACI) reported better-than-expected Q4 results, but gave FY22 EPS guidance that missed consensus [more]
- Organigram (OGI) reported a year-over-year spike in Q2 revenue [more]
- Airspan Networks (MIMO) provided lower-than-expected revenue guidance for Q1 [more]
- electroCore (ECOR) reported upbeat preliminary Q1 product sales [more]
INDEXES:
The Dow fell 87.72, or 0.26%, to 34,220.36, the Nasdaq lost 40.39, or 0.30%, to 13,371.57, and the S&P 500 declined 15.08, or 0.34%, to 4,397.45.