>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • ALV +8.1% (reaffirms outlook), LEN +3.9%

Other news:

  • CNVY +138% (To Be Taken Private By TPG for $10.50 per share in cash)
  • VALN +83.8% (Valneva SE and Pfizer (PFE) enter into an equity subscription agreement and update terms of collaboration agreement for VLA15)
  • SAVE +8.8% (JetBlue (JBLU) submits proposal with increased offer of $33.50 per share in cash) K +8.4% (plans to separate into three independent companies)
  • BNR +7.6% (announces $10 million share repurchase program)
  • PAYA +7.1% (considering sale according to Bloomberg)
  • EJFA +6.6% (shareholders approve proposed business combination with Pagaya Technologies; will trade on the Nasdaq under symbol "PGY")
  • NRZ +5.3% (to change its name and rebrand as Rithm Capital (RITM); now operates as an internally managed REIT)
  • SWN +5.2% (announces $1 billion share repurchase program)
  • ABMD +5% (entered into a new 10b5-1 plan to continue repurchases of the Company's common stock under the Program)
  • TRMR +4.7% (confirms that it is currently in discussions with Amobee alongside a number of ongoing strategic discussions with other third parties)
  • IREN +4.3% (re-iterated expected total online operating capacity of 3.7 EH/s by the end of Q3 2022)
  • EXAS +4.2% (entered a long-term supply agreement for Ultima's next-generation sequencing technologies)
  • OCGN +3.7% (Publication of Positive Results of COVID-19 Vaccine Trial for Children 2-18 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • FANG +3.1% (announces further enhancement to its capital return program and intention to increase base dividend)
  • STNG +3.1% (President of the Company and Scorpio Holdings Limited a related party have purchased common shares of the Company in the open marke)
  • AZN +2% (Eplontersen met co-primary and secondary endpoints in interim analysis of the NEURO-TTRansform Phase III trial for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN))
  • TWTR +1.7% (discloses that it recommends that shareholders vote for the adoption of the merger agreement)
  • JBLU +1.4% (JetBlue (JBLU) submits proposal with increased offer of $33.50 per share in cash)
  • ULCC +1.4% (JetBlue (JBLU) submits proposal with increased offer of $33.50 per share in cash)
  • CRON +1.4% (Cronos Group and Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) achieve THCV Equity Milestone; Cronos has issued to Ginkgo approximately 2.2 million common shares)
  • MDLZ +1.2% (acquires Clif Bar & Company for $2.9 bln)

Analyst comments:

  • CHWY +5.1% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Wedbush)
  • SU +4.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • PSO +4.8% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank)
  • CUBE +3.7% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA Securities)
  • SCHW +3.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS)
  • FMC +3.1% (upgraded to Buy from Underperform at BofA Securities)
  • XOM +2.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse)
  • CHD +2.4% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Wells Fargo)
  • AMT +2.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at JP Morgan)
  • CNC +1.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse)