Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.
1. STOCK NEWS:
- Home Depot (HD) reported Q1 sales that missed expectations, including comparable sales that decreased 4.5% from the same period of last year [read more]
- The Federal Trade Commission sued to block Horizon Therapeutics' (HZNP) takeover by Amgen (AMGN), which said it "remains committed" to completing the acquisition [read more]
- Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) disclosed in an SEC filing last night that it had taken a stake in Capital One (COF) during the first quarter of the year [read more]
- Separately, Berkshire Hathaway disclosed the purchase of over 2.16M common shares of Occidental (OXY) in multiple recent transactions [read more]
- Shake Shack (SHAK) announced that it has entered a cooperation agreement with activist investor Engaged Capital [read more]
2. WALL STREET CALLS:
- Gilead (GILD) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital [read more]
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) upgraded to Outperform at Barrington [read more]
- Royal Caribbean (RCL) upgraded to Buy at Argus amid increase in cruise occupancy [read more]
- Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) and Prosperity Bancshares (PB) were both downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley [read more]
- Western Alliance (WAL) resumed with a Buy at BofA [read more]
3. AROUND THE WEB:
- Delta (DAL) in talks with Airbus (EADSY) for a significant aircraft order, Bloomberg says [read more]
- Comcast's (CMCSA) Peacock will exclusively carry one NFL playoff game next season, WSJ reports [read more]
- Amazon (AMZN) plans to add ChatGPT-like search to online store, Bloomberg reports [read more]
- Vodafone (VOD) seeks buyer for minority stake in IOT division, Sky News says [read more]
- EU to give unconditional approval to deal between UBS (UBS) and Credit Suisse (CS), Reuters says [read more]
4. MOVERS:
- Seagen (SGEN) and Prometheus (RXDX) slid after the FTC sued to block the Horizon-Amgen deal [read more]
- Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) gained after reporting Q1 and provides Q2 guidance [read more]
- Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) advanced after VK2809 achieves endpoints in phase 2b NASH study [read more]
- Chinook Therapeutics (KDNY) declined after Muddy Waters published a short report targeting the company [read more]
- iQIYI (IQ) finished lower in New York trading after reporting quarterly results [read more]
5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:
- Baidu (BIDU) reported Q1 EPS and revenue that beat consensus, with CEO Robin Li saying the company "delivered a solid performance" [read more]
- Stratasys (SSYS) reported Q1 results and provided guidance for FY23 [read more]
- Sea Limited (SE) delivered Q1 results, with CEO Forrest Li saying it was "another strong quarter" [read more]
- On Holding (ONON) announced its Q1 results and raised its FY23 revenue guidance [read more]
- Ispire Technology (ISPR) reported Q1 EPS that was lower year-over-year [read more]
INDEXES:
The Dow fell 336.46, or 1.01%, to 33,012.14, the Nasdaq lost 22.16, or 0.18%, to 12,343.05, and the S&P 500 declined 26.38, or 0.64%, to 4,109.90.