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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Chipotle, Snap, Ford, Warner Bros. Discovery and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mercury Systems — Shares of the technology company fell nearly 12% after missing Wall Street estimates in the fiscal second quarter. Viasat — Shares in the communications firm gained more than 5% after Viasat surpassed Wall Street estimates for revenue in the third quarter. The company notched revenue of $1.13 billion while analysts polled by FactSet forecast $1.11 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG expected the company to earn 77 cents per share on revenue of $3.24 billion. Chipotle — Shares added nearly 3% after beating Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom lines in the fourth quarter.

Persons: FactSet, LSEG, Chipotle Organizations: Mercury, Viasat —, Viasat, Wall, FactSet, LSEG, Corp, —, Gilead Sciences, Gilead Sciences — Stock, Ford — Stock, Ford, Disney, Warner Bros, Discovery, Fox Corp, Fox, Warner Bros ., ESPN Locations: Gilead, Gilead Sciences —

Several executives committed their own, personal money to buying their company's stock this week. CNBC Pro screened for the five U.S. companies with the biggest insider buying activity over the past week, using data from VerityData. Intel — Director Lip-Bu Tan purchased 66,000 shares at an average price of $37.84 for a total of $2.5 million. Opko Health — CEO Phillip Frost bought 1 million shares at $1.27 apiece in a "high IQ" buy for a total of $1.27 million. Another notable insider purchase this week came from SolarEdge Technologies ' director Avery Moore, who bought about 15,000 shares at an average price of $70.96 for a total of $1.09 million.

Persons: Seifi Ghasemi, Tan, Kristina Burow, Phillip Frost, Orlando Carvalho, Frost, Opko, Carvalho, FactSet, Avery Moore, SolarEdge Organizations: CNBC Pro, Air Products, Chemicals, Intel, Therapeutics, Health, Mercury Systems, SolarEdge Technologies

☆ The Art of the Activist
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sara Eisen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Art of the ActivistStarboard Value's Jeff Smith has been one of the busiest activist investors over the last two decades, best known for his proxy fights in the restaurant space. The Starboard Value CEO is relentless in calling for changes at corporations, targeting Humana, Kohl's, Mercury Systems, and other companies during the Covid pandemic. He discusses how the current market environment is influencing his top picks.

Persons: Jeff Smith Organizations: Mercury Systems

☆ Starboard Value's Jeff Smith says companies are more receptive to activists like him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Starboard Value's Jeffrey Smith, one of the busiest activist investors for two decades, said companies have grown more receptive to voices like him. Smith also sought a turnaround at pizza chain Papa John's in 2019 at a tumultuous time for the company . The Starboard CEO was even active during the Covid-19 pandemic . We're simultaneously respected and feared inside companies," Smith said. "More often than not, now the conversations are highly constructive and respectful and relatively easy," Smith said.

Persons: Jeffrey Smith, Smith, …, we've, I'm, We're Organizations: CNBC's Financial, Olive, Darden, Mercury Systems, Wharton Locations: New York

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Tesla, Cava and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The company posted earnings of $1.80 a share, versus the $1.39 expected by analysts polled by Refinitiv. Tesla – The electric vehicle stock lost more than 2% premarket on news that it cut prices on existing Model S and Model X inventories in China. H&R Block – The tax preparer's stock jumped more than 4% after topping fiscal fourth-quarter earnings expectations and hiking its dividend by 10%. Agilent topped its third-quarter revenue and EPS expectations, posting adjusted earnings of $1.43 a share on $1.67 billion in revenue. Otherwise, it beat analysts' expectations in its most recent quarter.

Persons: Cava –, Cava, TJX, JD.com, Dr Pepper, Refinitiv, Agilent, Jack Henry, Jack Henry &, FactSet, FactSet's StreetAccount, —, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound, Tanaya Macheel Organizations: Refinitiv . Revenue, Revenue, National Futures Association, CFTC, Nasdaq, UBS, Associates, Jack Henry & Associates, Mercury Systems, Mercury Locations: China, Cava, JD.com –

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Target, Cava, TJX Companies, Intel and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Target — Target shares added 2.9% even after the retailer cut its full-year earnings forecast and second-quarter sales fell short of expectations. Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had expected earnings of $1.39 per share on $25.16 billion in revenue. TJX reported adjusted earnings of 85 cents per share on $12.76 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expected 77 cents earned and $12.45 billion in revenue. The manufacturer of lasers and optics forecast earnings of 5 cents to 20 cents per share and revenue of $1 billion to $1.1 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet called for 47 cents per share in earnings and revenue of $1.16 billion.

Persons: Refinitiv, Coinbase, TJX, FactSet, JD.com, Dr Pepper, Agilent, Jack Henry, Mercury, Cava — Cava, Jack, Wells, Morgan Stanley, Imperial, Shawn Fain, —, Sarah Min, Samantha Subin, Michelle Fox, Jesse Pound Organizations: —, Wall Street, National Futures Association, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, TJX, Nasdaq, UBS, Block, Wall, Associates, Mercury Systems, GE, GE HealthCare, News, Getty, Imperial Capital, Intel, Tower Semiconductor, Semiconductor, General Motors —, United Auto Workers, Big, General Motors, Ford Motor Locations: JD.com —, Cava

☆ Jana Partners loaded up on little-known defense stocks in second quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners placed two new bets on defense and aerospace stocks in the second quarter, according to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . Among Jana's other notable moves in the second quarter were buying a new position in Leidos Holdings worth $29 million. Jana lowered its holding in LabCorp nearly 40%, or $55 million, bringing it to roughly $97 million by the quarter's end. The fund entirely exited a $4 million position in geospatial intelligence stock BlackSky Technology . Jana managed about $1.3 billion in 13F securities at the end of the second quarter, according to WhaleWisdom.com .

Persons: Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners, Jana Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Mercury Systems, Leidos Holdings, U.S ., U.S . Department of Defense, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, Fidelity National Information Services, Technology Locations: LabCorp

H&R Block — The tax preparer rose nearly 5.9% after posting quarterly earnings per share of $2.05 that beat Wall Street's expectations of $1.88, according to Refinitiv. H&R Block reported $1.03 billion in revenue, while analysts expected $1.01 billion. The fast-casual chain posted $172.9 million in revenue, exceeding analysts' expectations of $163.2 million, according to FactSet. AgEagle reported a loss of 5 cents per share, 2 cents less than in 2022. Analysts surveyed by FactSet estimated 52 cents earned per share and revenue of $278.8 million for the quarter.

Persons: —, FactSet, AgEagle, Stride Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, AgEagle, Mercury Systems, Mercury, FactSet Locations: Cava

☆ Starboard Value's Jeff Smith remains one of the most feared and creative activist investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Starboard Value's Jeffrey Smith has been one of the busiest activist investors over the last two decades, best known for his proxy fights in the restaurant space. Darden shares saw a nearly 60% jump under Smith's activism, from October 2014 to April 2016. After Darden, Smith sought a turnaround at pizza chain Papa Johns , taking a $200 million stake in the company and becoming chairman in 2019. Smith took an activist stake in software company Salesforce last year. The Starboard CEO was even active during the Covid pandemic, calling for changes at Humana, Kohl's, Mercury Systems and other companies.

Persons: Jeffrey Smith, Smith, Darden, Papa, John Schnatter Organizations: Olive, Darden, Wharton grad, Mercury Systems Locations: New York

☆ Jana brought an aerospace rock star to Mercury Systems. These next steps could help build value
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Business: Mercury Systems is a manufacturer of essential components, products, modules and subsystems. On July 6, Bill Ballhaus, Mercury Systems' interim president and CEO, was also named chairman. Mercury Systems has been a successful manufacturer of small electronic components with many favorable attributes. Further, unlike many peers, it pays for its own R&D, making Mercury Systems more nimble and allowing it to have higher operating margins. In June 2022, Jana and Starboard each won a seat on the company's board: Bill Ballhaus (Jana) and Howard L. Lance (Starboard).

Persons: it's, Jana, Barry Rosenstein, Rosenstein, Scott Ostfeld, Gerard J, DeMuro, Roger A ., Bill Ballhaus, Starboard's 13D, Howard L, Ballhaus, Ozzy Osbourne, Steven Tyler, Ken Squire Organizations: Mercury Systems, U.S, Starboard's, Computer Sciences, 13D Locations: U.S

☆ Mercury Systems rebuffs former CEO's unusual pay demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( David Carnevali | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The value of the change-in-control payout hinges on Aslett's unvested shares and Mercury's stock price. In his resignation letter, Aslett said he was entitled to the change-in-control payout even though that change did not occur. Mercury said its board of directors disputed Aslett's claim to the change-in-control payout. Without it, Aslett would be entitled only to a $2.4 million severance package, a Mercury regulatory filing shows. But the contract stipulates that to be eligible for the change-in-control payout, Aslett also needed to resign for "good reason."

Persons: Mark Aslett, Marc Hodak, Aslett, Mercury, Charles Elson, William Ballhaus, Elliott, I've, Francis Byrd, David Carnevali, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Greg Roumeliotis, Matthew Lewis Organizations: YORK, Mercury Systems Inc, Mercury, Reuters, University of Delaware, Elliott Investment Management, Alchemy, Partners, Svea, Thomson Locations: Andover , Massachusetts, New York

☆ Military Chip Maker Mercury Systems Up For Sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Doug Cameron | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One of the Pentagon’s top manufacturers of microchips is up for sale, just as the defense industry faces a shortage of crucial semiconductors that executives said could stretch for another two years. Mercury Systems Inc. said its board has launched a strategic review, a move widely viewed by analysts as a precursor to a possible sale after activist investors pushed for change at the Andover, Mass.,-based company.

☆ Defense tech firm Mercury Systems announces CFO exit, strategic review
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY.O) on Tuesday announced the exit of finance chief Michael Ruppert and said the defense technology firm had initiated a review of strategic alternatives. Separately, activist investor Jana Partners had said that it would push Mercury to consider options for its business, including a potential sale. "There can be no assurance that any transaction will be approved or consummated," Mercury Systems, which develops and manufactures computer hardware and software products for the aerospace and defense industry, said in a statement on Tuesday. Mercury Systems had a market capitalization of $2.84 billion as of Tuesday's close. The company also reported second-quarter revenue of $229.6 million, compared with $220.4 million a year ago.

☆ Premarket stocks: How investors are preparing for a debt ceiling standoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, aggressive tightening by the Federal Reserve and large spending packages have helped bring that ceiling into play once again. But Washington is at an impasse over whether or not to raise the debt limit: The White House expects Congress to pass a debt ceiling increase without conditions while Republicans say that any increase should be accompanied by spending cuts. Esther George says goodbye to the FedMost Americans dream of retiring by 65, but at the Federal Reserve it’s required. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City president Esther George turned 65 this weekend, triggering her mandated retirement. “Today, the U.S. is again experiencing high inflation and the Federal Reserve is aggressively tightening monetary policy.

☆ Activist investor Starboard reveals stake in Salesforce, sees significant opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jeffrey Smith, CEO of Starboard Value LP and Chairman of Papa John's International Inc.Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Salesforce, with founder Jeff Smith saying a significant opportunity remains in the enterprise software maker, according to CNBC's David Faber. Smith told Faber the stake is significant without specifying the dollar amount. Smith added that the software company is not generating meaningful operating leverage relative to peers in recent years. The Starboard CEO will be on CNBC at 10:15 a.m. Starboard Value manages about $6.2 billion in assets, according to filings through the first quarter of 2020.

☆ A lack of transparency creates a 'breeding ground of insecurity,' according to one tech CEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-15 | by ( May Teng | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

TVSquared CEO Calum Smeaton has centered his leadership around transparency, and it's paid off. It's crucial to communicate often and maintain transparency even as a company grows, Smeaton says. Calum Smeaton, founder and CEO of UK-based adtech company TVSquared, is one of many leaders who has decided to squarely center their paradigm on transparency. "If you're not transparent, that's where you create a breeding ground for insecurity." "Transparency is really easy when you're 10 or 15 people all in the same office," Smeaton added.

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