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We'll review a "broken wing put butterfly" options trade to position bearishly on Costco. With a business model focused on memberships and rock-bottom prices, Costco (COST) has grown much faster than its peers and commands a significantly higher valuation. Over the past year, COST stock has rallied over 55%, nearly double what the S & P 500 returned over the same period. Additionally, with such a high-priced stock and options premiums elevated with earnings on deck in two weeks, we have to get creative to structure a trade to seek bearish exposure heading into earnings. I'm looking out to the June 7 th weekly expiration and buying a $700/730/775 broken wing put butterfly for $9.72 debit.
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"After 3 years of painful underperformance, winter is finally thawing and spring just might be in the air," analyst Cory Kasimov wrote in a Monday note. Biotech stocks broadly peaked in early 2021 when interest rates were at a trough, Kasimov noted. While biotech stocks are sensitive to interest rates, the analyst believes most of the group's other catalysts — such as mergers and access to capital — remain "relatively consistent." XBI YTD mountain SPDR S & P Biotech ETF performance year to date The sector is opportune for investors looking for "a stock picker's market," according to Kasimov. With this in mind, he named seven stocks to his core initial list, which he named "The Magnificent Seven."
Persons: Cory Kasimov, Kasimov, We've, Neurocrine, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: ISI, Biotech, P Biotech, Moderna Locations:
GameStop — Shares in the video game retailer soared more than 65% on Monday after "Roaring Kitty," the man who fueled the 2021 GameStop mania, posted online on Reddit for the first time in roughly three years. Reddit , Robinhood — Shares of the two companies that were involved with the meme stock mania in 2021 rose on Monday as GameStop surged. Reddit rose more than 9%, hitting its highest level since March, while retail brokerage stock Robinhood gained about 6.2%. Intel — The chipmaker gained nearly 4% after The Wall Street Journal reported that it is in talks for an $11 billion deal with Apollo Global Management to build a factory in Ireland. Airlines — American Airlines gained 4.4%, while United Airlines and Delta Air Lines added 2.9% and 1.7%, respectively, after HSBC initiated coverage with buy ratings.
Persons: Incyte, Morgan Stanley, , Alex Harring, Brian Evans, Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound Organizations: Walgreens, Alliance, Bloomberg, GameStop, Arm Holdings, Nikkei, Nexstar Media Group, CW, Intel, Street Journal, Apollo Global Management, Technologies, Susquehanna, Airlines — American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, HSBC, Delta Locations: Irving, Texas, Ireland
Business: Sensata Technologies is an industrial technology company that develops, manufactures and sells sensors, electrical protection components and other products. Activist Commentary: Elliott is a very successful and astute activist investor. Elliott often watches companies for many years before investing and has an extensive stable of impressive board candidates. At the same time, Sensata also noted that Elliott settled for a board seat for Phillip Eyler (president and CEO of Gentherm), effective on July 1. As Sensata sensors are used in both combustion and electric vehicles, the current trend to hybrid gives the company a sort of 2-for-1 demand for its products.
Persons: Elliott, Jeff Cote, Martha Sullivan, Sensata, Phillip Eyler, Russell, Sullivan, Eyler, Ken Squire Organizations: Sensata Technologies, Xirgo Technologies, SmartWitness Holdings, 13D Locations: COOs, Cote, Sensata
Wedbush reiterates Apple as outperform Wedbush said it's standing by its outperform rating on shares of Apple . Bank of America reiterates Palantir as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of Palantir. Bank of America initiates Apogee Therapeutics at buy Bank of America said the biotech company has best-in-class potential. Bank of America upgrades Bumble to buy from neutral Bank of America sees "multiple expansion" for the dating app company. Bank of America reiterates Walmart as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Walmart earnings on May 16.
Persons: Bernstein, Wedbush, Palantir, Wells, CRNC, Stifel, TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, it's, Bumble, Lear, Tesla, Oppenheimer, Guggenheim Organizations: Nvidia, Citi, Cheesecake, Apple, Worldwide, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Mizuho, Apogee Therapeutics, Warner Brothers Discovery, HSBC, TPG, of America, Dominion, underperform Bank of America, Dominion Energy, Barclays, Nike, Walmart, Supercenters, Moffett Locations: WWDC, Palantir, OW, U.S
However, there's an easy way to invest in real estate without breaking the bank or even leaving the couch: buying real-estate stocks, which BMO Capital Markets finds increasingly attractive. But, contrary to what many investors believe, higher rates don't always hurt real-estate stocks, Belski wrote. AdvertisementThe market's misleading narrative about real-estate stocks has made the group remarkably cheap relative to its solid fundamentals, in Belski's view. "The severity of underperformance appears mismatched with the fundamental underpinnings of the group," Belski wrote. 13 real-estate stocks set to outperformInvestors looking to diversify their portfolios should consider 13 stocks in the real-estate sector with outperform ratings from BMO Capital Markets.
Persons: , Brian Belski, Belski, it's Organizations: Service, Business, BMO Capital Markets, BMO, doesn't Locations: Montreal
Real estate stocks have become oversold and that's presented an opportunity for investors, according to BMO. Real estate is the only S & P 500 sector that's in the red this year, off 6%. .SPLRCR YTD mountain S & P 500 Real Estate Sector year to date BMO identified four other periods of this abnormal underperformance. In the year following such troughs, real estate investment trusts outperformed the S & P 500 by about 17%, on average. "The death of commercial real estate is way, way precluded.
Persons: that's, Brian Belski, Belski, REITs, Charles Meyers Organizations: BMO, Real, Boston Properties, CNBC, Boomers, . Census, Hotels, Resorts Locations: New York, San Francisco
Plenty of companies are reining in their rhetoric and in some cases action on issues such as sustainability and diversity. Over the past decade, many corporations have at least professed to take a more active role in social issues, under pressure from their customers and, more importantly, employees. After last year's Bud Light debacle, which was a real blow to its business, executives fear they'll be the next target of some anti-woke outcry. For the fourth quarter of 2020, 131 companies mentioned ESG, and 34 mentioned DEI or diversity and inclusion. This may be a great un-wokening, but maybe corporate America was actually never that committed to the idea in the first place.
Persons: Paul Polman, It's, Naomi Wheeless, Eventbrite, Donald Trump, Larry Fink, George Floyd's, ESG, Andrew Jones, there's, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, haven't, Philip Mirvis, Bud, they'll, they'd, Jones, it's, Fink, FactSet, — we're, wasn't, Alison Taylor, University's, we've, Roe, Wade, Taylor, isn't, Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light's, Kenneth Pucker, Emily Stewart Organizations: Unilever, Unilever wasn't, Unilever isn't, Companies, Business, Sporting Goods, Conference Board's ESG, Morningstar, Babson, AIG, Amazon, ExxonMobil, University's Stern School of Business, Anheuser, Busch, Fletcher School, Tufts University Locations: Plenty, America, ESG, New, Charlottesville
Norfolk Southern shareholders on Thursday voted to elect three of dissident Ancora's director nominees but fell short of ousting incumbent CEO Alan Shaw. Norfolk Southern's board had fought hard to stave off Ancora's biggest demand: firing current CEO Alan Shaw. The activist had argued that Norfolk Southern should adopt a model known as precision-scheduled railroading, or PSR, which has delivered impressive shareholder returns at other railroads. Government officials, who had previously voiced their support for Norfolk over Ancora, were momentarily silenced by the reversal. ISS recommended that shareholders support five of Ancora's seven picks but did not recommend electing Ancora CEO pick Jim Barber to the board.
Persons: Alan Shaw, William Clyburn, Sameh Fahmy, Gilbert Lamphere, Ancora, Glass Lewis, Jim Chadwick, Frederick DiSanto, Shaw, Ancora's, Jim Barber, Ancora's Chadwick, DiSanto Organizations: Norfolk Southern, Shareholders, Norfolk, ISS, PSR, Government, Labor, Cleveland Locations: . Norfolk, Ohio, Ancora
A small tweak in BlackRock's model portfolio turned a sleepy fund into one of the market's fastest growing active ETFs overnight. BlackRock added the U.S. Equity Factor Rotation ETF (DYNF) to its target allocation model portfolio in mid-March. The growth of DYNF sits at the center of two broader trends — rapid growth of model portfolios and the proliferation of active ETFs. Model portfolios are strategies offered by asset managers to investors and financial advisors. Meanwhile, model portfolios that want to add active management may not be able to add the best-performers in a category.
Persons: Michael Gates, DYNF, financials, Berkshire Hathaway, Morningstar, Elisabeth Kasner, Kasner, It's Organizations: U.S, Equity, BlackRock's, Stock Market, Microsoft, Nvidia, Berkshire Locations: BlackRock, DYNF
JPMorgan said this regional bank is so appealing that it would have attracted attention from the late Charlie Munger. "When we think of the late, great Charlie Munger and his mantra to 'buy wonderful businesses at fair prices,' the bank that fits this bill in our view is Cullen Frost," the firm's bank analyst Steven Alexopoulos said in a note. However, JPMorgan said the bank's "strong organic growth story" remained fully intact. JPMorgan said investors are now able to buy the shares at 13.1 times forward earnings, compared to a 16X historical average. The bank maintained its overweight rating and has a 12-month price target of $140 per share, which would translate into 32% upside from Tuesday's close of $105.62.
Persons: Charlie Munger, Cullen Frost, Steven Alexopoulos, Munger, Buffett, Cullen, Frost, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway's, CFR, Frost Bankers Locations: San Antonio , Texas
Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America is sticking with its buy rating on shares of Apple after its Tuesday iPad event. Bank of America reiterates Rivian as buy Bank of America said it's standing by the EV maker following earnings on Tuesday. " Bank of America initiates Sutro as buy Bank of America said it's bullish on shares of the biotech company. Deutsche Bank upgrades Boston Beer to hold from sell Deutsche upgraded the stock mainly owing to valuation. Bank of America reiterates Nvidia and Micron as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with buy ratings on both Nvidia and Micron.
Persons: Wells, Baird, Apple, Morgan Stanley, NKE, Reddit, Rivian, RIVN, Rosenblatt, Raymond James, it's, Roth, SHLS, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, ZI, YTD, Stephens, Ferrari Organizations: Hexcel Corporation, Old Dominion, Bank of America, Apple, Nike, Citi, Barclays, Disney, Nasdaq, JPMorgan, VMware, Broadcom, Deutsche Bank, Boston Beer, Deutsche, Nvidia, Micron, AMD, ARM, MU, Garden Entertainment, Knicks, Rangers, UBS, Ferrari Locations: Old, Disney, Datadog, RDFN
Disney CEO Bob Iger plans to limit the number of Marvel films and TV shows released each year. The decision follows underperformance and criticism of the quality of Marvel content. AdvertisementDisney CEO Bob Iger's turn-around tour continues, and he let us in on the plan for what is arguably the House of Mouse's most successful IP: Marvel. In Disney's first earnings call since successfully fending off a proxy battle from Nelson Peltz — and former Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter — Iger delineated the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Bob Iger, , Bob Iger's, Nelson Peltz —, Ike Perlmutter — Iger Organizations: Disney, Marvel, Service, Marvel Entertainment, Business
Howard Schultz, former chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., drinks from a Starbucks mug during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. The answer does not lie in data, but in the stores," Schultz wrote in a letter on Sunday evening posted to LinkedIn. He appeared to offer advice to his successor as he tries to turn the chain's sales around. "Leaders must model both humility and confidence as they work to restore trust and increase performance across the organization," Schultz wrote. A year and a half ago, Schultz told CNBC that he does not plan to come back as Starbucks' chief executive again.
Persons: Howard Schultz, Schultz, Sara Senatore, Laxman Narasimhan, Reckitt Organizations: Starbucks Corp, Health, Education, Labor, Starbucks, LinkedIn, Bank of America Securities, CNBC Locations: Washington , DC, U.S, East
Shares of Apple surged 6% on Friday as investors cheered better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results and the announcement of the biggest stock buyback program in U.S. corporate history. In theory, Apple's $110 billion stock buyback program should provide a boost to its share price. However, recent history shows that spending billions on share repurchases isn't guaranteed to make the stock a runaway winner. So they've been retiring these shares," Nathan said. AAPL YTD mountain Shares of Apple are still down year to date despite Friday's bounce.
Persons: Dan Nathan, they've, Nathan, hasn't, They've, Apple isn't Organizations: Apple, RiskReversal Advisors, CNBC, Big Tech, Nasdaq, Mobile
NRG has run up about 40% this year, and is sitting within 2% of the average price target from analysts. This is especially notable given that the average analyst target has risen nearly 75% over the past six months. Match Group also made the list, with the average analyst earnings per share estimate falling more than 16% over the last three months. The average analyst price target for Match has fallen by almost 18% over the past six months given that sell-off. But that average price target still implies upside of around 40%, per FactSet, which underscores the magnitude of its recent slide.
Persons: Gordon, Haskett's Don Bilson, Bilson, FactSet Organizations: CNBC Pro, NRG Energy, NRG Locations: Texas
But Deutsche kept its $89 price target, which suggests the stock could gain just 0.6%, as of Tuesday's close. Starbucks stock hasn't logged a positive year since 2021. Bank of America's Sara Senatore maintained her buy rating and $108 price target, which implies roughly 22% potential upside — a fairly bullish aim compared with other firms. Underpinning Senatore's stance is her expectation that Starbucks' earnings growth will reaccelerate in 2025, fueled by traffic-driving initiatives, such as more menu innovation and operational improvements. JPMorgan analyst John Ivankoe kept his overweight rating but moved his price target lower to $92 from $100.
Persons: William Blair, Sharon Zackfia, Zackfia, Lauren Silberman, Deutsche, Wells, Bank of America's Sara Senatore, Laxman Narasimhan, John Ivankoe Organizations: Starbucks, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, UBS, Bank of America, Bank of America's Locations: Tuesday's, U.S, China, Wells Fargo, Israel
Barclays reiterates Advanced Micro Devices as overweight Barclays said the chipmaker is "best positioned" following earnings on Tuesday. JPMorgan reiterates Apple as overweight JPMorgan said it sees an attractive entry point ahead of Apple earnings on Thursday afternoon. JPMorgan upgrades Fifth Third to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said it sees earnings upside for the regional bank. JPMorgan upgrades 3M to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said shares of the company are compelling at current levels. Bank of America reiterates Pinterest as buy Bank of America said it sees "multiple tailwinds to aid growth & margins" following earnings on Tuesday.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Tesla, JPMorgan, Wedbush, TD Cowen downgrades Skyworks, Cowen, Pinterest, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Organizations: Bank of America, Amazon, Barclays, AMD, JPMorgan, Apple, Nvidia, Seagate, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Starbucks, Deutsche, Logitech, Meta Locations: China, 3QFY24, Pinner, SiriusXM
Super Micro Computer — The server vendor dropped 15% after missing revenue expectations for its fiscal third quarter. However, Super Micro beat analysts' expectations for its adjusted earnings and hiked its revenue guidance for its fiscal 2024 year. Starbucks posted adjusted earnings of 68 cents per share on revenue of $8.56 billion. Pfizer now expects adjusted earnings of $2.15 to $2.35 per share for the full year, higher than its previous forecast of $2.05 to $2.25 per share. Yum Brands — The fast-food giant lost nearly 4% after it reported quarterly adjusted earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations.
Persons: Joseph Otting, , Cowen, Skyworks, SiriusXM, Goldman Sachs, Powell, Estée Lauder —, Estée Lauder, Kraft Heinz, Pinterest's, Alex Harring, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han, Hakyung Kim, Michelle Fox Organizations: New York Community Bank, Super Micro, Starbucks, Pfizer, Apple, Amazon Web Services, CVS, Powell Industries, Wall, LSEG, Brands, KFC, Pizza, Taco, JPMorgan Locations: Houston, Taco Bell's
Starbucks on Tuesday reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue, fueled by a surprise decline in same-store sales. Wall Street was anticipating same-store sales growth of 1%, according to StreetAccount estimates. Across all regions, Starbucks reported shrinking same-store sales and falling traffic. Starbucks' international segment reported same-store sales declines of 6% as both average ticket and transactions dropped. In China, Starbucks' second-largest market, same-store sales plunged 11%, fueled by an 8% decline in average ticket.
Persons: Laxman Narasimhan, Rachel Ruggeri Organizations: Starbucks, LSEG, PepsiCo Locations: U.S, Israel, China
Influential proxy advisory firm ISS recommended on Tuesday that Norfolk Southern shareholders support five of activist Ancora's seven board nominees, withholding an endorsement from CEO pick Jim Barber but describing him as a "credible director and CEO candidate nonetheless." Ancora is seeking to oust both current CEO Shaw and newly appointed COO John Orr. ISS recommends shareholders support Ancora nominees William Clyburn, Sameh Fahmy, Gilbert Lamphere, Allison Landry and John Kasich. "As board chair, Amy Miles arguably bears the most responsibility for this state of affairs," ISS' report read. WATCH: CNBC's full interview with NSC CEO Shaw on activist campaign
Persons: Jim Barber, Glass Lewis, Alan Shaw's, Barber, Amy Miles, Ancora, Shaw, John Orr, William Clyburn, Sameh Fahmy, Gilbert Lamphere, Allison Landry, John Kasich, Orr, Sen, Heidi Heitkamp, Richard Anderson Organizations: Norfolk, ISS, CNBC, Vanguard, BlackRock, Norfolk Southern, Delta Locations: Norfolk Southern, East Palestine , Ohio, Norfolk
Evercore ISI reiterates Nvidia as outperform Evercore ISI said investors should use any weakness in the stock to buy the dip. HSBC upgrades UPS to buy from hold HSBC said UPS is "getting back to earnings growth" following the company's earnings report. Bank of America downgrades Deckers to neutral from buy Bank of America said it sees a better risk/reward elsewhere in the firm's coverage. Bank of America reiterates IBM as buy Bank of America said it is sticking with its buy rating following earnings on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank reiterates Tesla as hold Deutsche Bank raised its price target on the stock to $136 per share from $123.
Persons: Sherwin, Williams, Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, Wells, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Ford, Needham, D.A, Davidson, ServiceNow, Tesla Organizations: Motors, GM, Nvidia, ISI, AMD, JPMorgan, Monster Beverage, Beverage, AMC, HSBC, UPS, USPS, Companies, UBS, UDR, Amazon, AWS, Bank of America, Meta, Laboratories, Manhattan Associates, IBM, Deutsche Bank Locations: 2Q24, Dearborn, Manhattan
Here's a rapid-fire update on all 33 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Broadcom : Broadcom's AI business, which includes co-designing custom chips for tech giants such as Club holding Alphabet, is booming. The newspaper reported April 12 that Salesforce was in talks to buy Informatica, which sent the Club holding's shares plunging. Wells Fargo : Another trim is due for our Wells Fargo position after a great run for the bank stock, Jim argued. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.
Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim, Johnson, Abbott, Andy Jassy, Bausch, Salesforce, Salesforce didn't, Tom Jorden, We've, It's, Walt Disney, Nelson Peltz's, Bob Iger's, Estee Lauder, there's, Eaton, We're, he's, Locker, he'd, Vimal Kapur, Linde, Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly's, TikTok, Joe Biden, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Ted Pick, Jensen Huang, Nikesh Arora, haven't, Laxman Narasimhan, Sands, Stanley Black, Decker, TJ Maxx, TJX, Wells, Jim Cramer, Angela Weiss Organizations: Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, CNBC, Club, Apple, Abbott Laboratories, Johnson, Web Services, Broadcom, VMWare, GE Healthcare, GE, Bausch Health, Costco Wholesale, Costco, Street, Informatica, Coterra, DuPont De Nemours, DuPont, Walt, Disney, Ford, GM, Philips, Siemens, Google, Honeywell, Linde, Facebook, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Investors, AMD, Oregon State University, Palo Alto Networks, UnitedHealth, Procter & Gamble, Constellation Brands, Constellation, Modelo, TJX, Marshalls, Home Goods, Wynn Resorts, Jim Cramer's Charitable, New York Stock Exchange, Afp, Getty Locations: China, Informatica, Ford, Estee, U.S, mater, Palo, Corona, Wells Fargo, Wells, Macao, New York City
Read previewOver the past three decades, I've witnessed various approaches to performance-improvement plans (PIPs) as an HR executive across five different industries and three countries. Once the PIP process begins, this fracture in trust is seldom repaired. AdvertisementA better approach involves choiceFrom 1998 to 2004, I was an HR executive at Cisco Systems, where I encountered a novel approach to the traditional PIP process. Prior to my arrival, Cisco had recognized that something was broken in the PIP process. Looking at the data and listening to employees, the HR team developed a new approach that involved choice.
Persons: , I've, Steve Cadigan Organizations: Service, Business, underperformance, Cisco Systems, Cisco
Investors are ramping up outflows from Cathie Wood's ARK funds after a three-year decline. The suite of ARK ETFs has seen net outflows of $2.2 billion so far this year, triple the outflows in 2023. AdvertisementInvestors in Cathie Wood's ARK ETFs are starting to increase the pace of outflows after a string of bad bets and a painful three-year decline. The ARK ETFs' combined assets under management stand at $11.1 billion, down 81% from its peak AUM of $59 billion in 2021. This dynamic — the sharp decline in ARK funds while the broader stock market hits record highs — was highlighted by Morningstar earlier this year.
Persons: , Morningstar, Amy Arnott, Wood, Tesla Organizations: Service, Innovation, Morningstar, Nvidia, Unity Software
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