Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance:
- VMD +12.5% (raises revenue guidance for Q1), LMNX +10.5% (raises Q1 revenue guidance), ANGO +6.5%, KHC +4.3% (guides Q1 revs well above consensus as growth accelerated), HOLX +3.2%, HI +2.9% (suspends 2020 guidance), GBX +2.4%, TSCO +2.3%
Other news:
- GCI +61.2% (announces the appointment of Douglas Horne as our new Chief Financial Officer, effective April 7, 2020; adopts shareholder rights plan designed to protect its net operating loss carryforwards and other tax assets)
- TRTX +33.7% (provides update on CRE debt securities portfolio)
- TWO +23.4% (declares interim stock dividend)
- M +11.4% (CFO to leave the company as of May 31; external search is underway for Price's replacement)
- NIO +11.3% (March deliveries increased 116.8% yr/yr)
- GSKY +9.3% (provides COVID-19 business update)
- AZO +9.3% (provided update on COVID-19 action)
- BA +8.3% (rebounding despite plans to temporarily suspend 787 operations in South Carolina)
- APRN +7.5% (D. E. Shaw increases passive stake to 5.2% from less than 1%)
- HL +5.9% (production results)
- XOM +5.5% (reduces FY20 Capex by 30%; maintains long-term outlook)
- MMM +5% (3M and Trump Administration plan to import 166.5 million additional respirators into the US over the next three months)
- TCOM +4.5% (Booking Holdings (BKNG) sold 4,500,000 ADSs at an average price of $23.45 per ADS in the open market since March 23)
- T +3.6% (provides financial update regarding COVID-19)
- DHI +3.3% (sees Q2 home sales revenue +10% yr/yr to $4.4 bln; withdraws FY20 guidance due to COVID-19)
- WORK +1.6% (upsizes and prices offering of $750.0 mln of 0.50% convertible senior notes due 2025)
Analyst comments:
- LOW +4.5% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Loop Capital)
- STZ +4% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS)
- EQNR +3% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Bernstein)
- BHP +2.8% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse)
- AMT +1.9% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Wells Fargo)