Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.
1. STOCK NEWS:
- Deutsche Bank (DB) default insurance reached a four-year high, according to Reuters [read more]
- Altria (MO) affirmed its FY23 earnings guidance [read more]
- Clorox (CLX) is seeking a buyer for its loss-making vitamins business, Reuters reports [read more]
- Scholastic (SCHL) reported downbeat Q3 results, lowered its FY23 revenue growth guidance, and authorized an additional $50M for share repurchases [read more]
- Joann (JOAN) reported mixed Q4 results [read more]
2. WALL STREET CALLS:
- Coinbase (COIN) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at TD Cowen [read more]
- Atlantic Equities downgrades Block (SQ) pending more clarity on short report [read more]
- XPeng (XPEV) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein [read more]
- Regeneron (REGN) upgraded to Buy on COPD opportunity at Jefferies [read more]
- UBS (UBS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies [read more]
3. AROUND THE WEB:
- CPPIB explores buyout out of ReNew Energy (RNW) shareholders, Bloomberg reports [read more]
- JPMorgan (JPM) managed to gain most customers who fled SVB (SIVB), NY Post says [read more]
- Meta (META) VR device teardown shows chips mostly made by U.S. companies, Nikkei reports [read more]
- American (AAL) suspended a route due to Dreamliner delays, WSJ reports [read more]
- Bank of America (BAC) is cutting banking and lending group staff, Bloomberg says [read more]
4. MOVERS:
- Nano Dimension (NNDM) higher in New York after announcing it is reviewing options relative to Stratasys (SSYS) and alternative targets [read more]
- Activision Blizzard (ATVI) gains after the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority announced it is narrowing its scope of concerns in its review of the company’s deal with Microsoft (MSFT) [read more]
- Pharming (PHAR) jumps after the FDA approved Joenja for APDS [read more]
- Amprius Technologies (AMPX) falls after reporting quarterly results and saying it will be "limited by manufacturing capacity" [read more]
- Farfetch (FTCH) lower in New York after JMP Securities initiated coverage of the stock with a Market Perform [read more]
5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:
- Impel Pharmaceuticals (IMPL) reported upbeat Q4 results [read more]
- Stifel Financial (SF) sees Q1 investment banking revenue down 5%-10% [read more]
- Oncorus (ONCR) reported downbeat Q4 earnings [read more]
- Leap Therapeutics (LPTX) reported in-line Q4 earnings [read more]
- Humacyte (HUMA) reported mixed Q4 results [read more]
INDEXES:
The Dow rose 132.28, or 0.41%, to 32,237.53, the Nasdaq gained 36.56, or 0.31%, to 11,823.96, and the S&P 500 advanced 22.27, or 0.56%, to 3,970.99.