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☆ Activists ease up on Salesforce — plus, 10 other Club stocks traded by Wall Street pros
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

The extraordinary activist-investor interest in Salesforce (CRM) eased further in the second quarter, according to the latest regulatory filings from influential Wall Street pros. His firm still owned about 2 million Salesforce shares as of June 30. Tepper also bought 2.3 million shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and 480,000 shares of Apple (AAPL) during the second quarter. As a result, Appaloosa's holdings as of mid-August may differ significantly from the conclusion of the second quarter. GOOGL YTD mountain Alphabet YTD performance Bets on Google's parent company, Alphabet (GOOGL), varied in the second quarter.

Persons: Dan Loeb's, Jeff Smith's, Salesforce, Jeffrey, Starboard's Jeff Smith, Smith, he's, 13Fs, it's, Marc Benioff, Mason Morfit, Paul Singer's Elliott, Elliott, Elliott —, Nelson Peltz's, Bob Iger, Peltz, David Tepper, Tepper, Bill Ackman's, Seth Klarman, Loeb, Klarman, Stanley Druckenmiller, Druckenmiller, Eli Lilly, That's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Kim Kulish Organizations: Inclusive Capital, CNBC, Paul Singer's Elliott Management, Constellation, Club, Constellation Brands, Corona, Modelo, DIS, Disney, Management, Walt Disney Co, Peltz, Nvidia, Appaloosa Management, Microsoft, Micro Devices, Apple, AMD, Bill Ackman's Pershing, Capital Management, Oracle, Duquesne Family Office, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Corbis, Getty Locations: Salesforce, Tuesday's

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: SoFi, ON Semiconductor, Disney, Sweetgreen and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

SoFi Technologies – Shares of the fintech company popped more than 18% after it reported second-quarter results and lifted its full-year guidance. ON Semiconductor — The chipmaker's shares jumped 3.2% after it posted an earnings and revenue beat for the second quarter. New Relic — Shares jumped 13.4% after a private equity consortium announced it would take the software company private. Sweetgreen — The salad chain's shares jumped 11% Monday after an upgrade from Piper Sandler. Adobe — The software stock jumped 3.9% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the shares to overweight from equal weight.

Persons: FactSet, Disney, Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Bob Iger, Spero, Sweetgreen, Piper Sandler, XPeng, Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Goldman Sachs, Wayfair, Salesforce's, — CNBC's Hakyung Kim, Yun Li, Sarah Min, Tanaya Macheel, Samantha Subin Organizations: SoFi Technologies, Disney, Financial Times, Food and Drug Administration, UBS, Hasbro, of, Bank of America, CVS, Adobe, Chevron, New York Community Bancorp, Deutsche Bank, CSX, RBC Locations: Bob Iger .

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Shutterstock, Newell Brands, Zillow and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shutterstock — Shares of the stock image, video and music provider jumped 10% after Shutterstock announced a six-year, expanded partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Newell Brands — Shares of the consumer goods company jumped more than 10% after Canaccord initiated its coverage with a buy rating. Salesforce — Shares gained more than 2% after the software company announced it would hike prices across its cloud-based offerings starting in August. Scotts Miracle-Gro — Scotts Miracle-Gro shares gained 7% after Truist upgraded the stock to buy from hold. U.S. Bancorp — Shares gained more than 3% after Bank of America upgraded them to buy from neutral, saying earnings and strong execution should foster outperformance.

Persons: Shutterstock, ChatGPT, Canaccord, Zillow, Piper Sandler, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Xpeng, JPMorgan Chase, Jefferies, Wegovy, Gro —, Generac, —, Alex Harring, Michelle Fox, Sarah Min, Yun Li Organizations: OpenAI, Newell, Bank of America, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Prime, JetBlue Airways —, American Airlines, JPMorgan, Novo Nordisk — Novo Nordisk, Reuters, Scotts Miracle, Gro, Miracle, Truist, Argus Research, Bancorp — Locations: underperform, Xpeng —, Xpeng, U.S

In their joint venture agreement, Baker Hughes says it uses C3.ai's solutions and also sells the product to companies in the oil and gas industry. CNBC's "Last Call" aired a report Thursday night on the investor lawsuit against C3.ai and the company's relationship with Baker Hughes. The lawsuit says the publicity about the massive Baker Hughes sales force "artificially inflated C3's stock" when the company first went public. Richard Drew | APIn an April 2023 filing, Baker Hughes announced it divested 1.7 million C3.ai shares, bringing its ownership to 6.9 million shares. Kerrisdale pointed to C3.ai's "highly conspicuous growth" in unbilled receivables, largely from Baker Hughes, and wrote that "accounting red flags abound with the Baker Hughes relationship."

Persons: Tom Siebel, Siebel, Thomas M, Chris J, Ratcliffe, it's, Baker Hughes, Logan Roy, Larry Ellison, Yasmin Khorram, Dan Brennan, We've, Brennan, he's, CNBC's, Reed Kathrein, Theranos, —, Kathrein, Richard Drew, they'd, unbilled, receivables, Siebel's, Ken Goldman, Goldman, Gil Luria, Davidson, Luria, Nick Wells, Scott Zamost, Sam Woodward, Tom Siebel's Organizations: Siebel Systems, Oracle, Bloomberg Tech Summit, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Forbes, Siebel, C3, U.S . Department of Defense, Shell, Northern District of, SEC, Twitter, " Traders, New York Stock Exchange, AP, Point Capital Management, Spotify, C3 Energy, Revenue, Wall Locations: London, Redwood City , CA, Redwood City , California, Northern District, Northern District of California, unbilled receivables, Point

☆ Job site ZipRecruiter cutting 20% of its staff
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Fewer employers looking for workers means 270 employees at job search site ZipRecruiter will soon be out of a job. The company is cutting 20% of its staff by the end of this month, the company disclosed in a filing late Wednesday. Alphabet, Microsoft and Salesforce — and especially Twitter — have all announced large job cuts. Despite all the job cuts in technology and also in media, US employers overall are still hiring more people than they’re cutting. Economists are also forecasting a gain of 190,000 jobs for May when the Labor Department issues its monthly jobs report Friday.

Persons: “, Ian Siegel Organizations: New, New York CNN, ”, Facebook, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter, Labor Department, Labor Locations: New York

Macy's also slashed its full-year earnings and sales guidance, after "demand trends weakened" for discretionary items in March. Dollar General — Shares tumbled 9% after the company reported an earnings and revenue miss for the first quarter. The lingerie retailer reduced its full-year revenue guidance in the low-single digits range from the prior mid-single digit range estimates. Veeva also raised its full-year earnings per share guidance by 26 cents. The company's full-year revenue guidance also topped analysts' estimates.

Persons: Nordstrom, Nordstrom's, Salesforce, Okta, Okta's, Macy's, CrowdStrike's, Refinitiv, Veeva, Macheel, Samantha Subin, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox Organizations: BMO Capital, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Chewy, —, JPMorgan, CSX, UBS, Systems Locations: New York City, Canada

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Dollar General, Salesforce, C3.ai, Chewy and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Dollar General — Shares sank nearly 20% after the company reported an earnings and revenue miss for the first quarter. Its second-quarter revenue guidance also beat expectations, per StreetAccount. The company also reduced its full-year revenue guidance in the low single-digits range from the prior midsingle-digit range estimates. The drop in shares came as cost concerns and dwindling demand for consulting deals overshadowed better-than-expected results and an improved full-year earnings outlook. The company also raised its full-year earnings per share guidance.

Persons: Chewy, Hormel, Wednesday's, CrowdStrike, Salesforce, Okta, JPMorgan Chase, Veeva, Samantha Subin, Yun Li, Alex Harring, Tanaya Macheel Organizations: StreetAccount, Revenue, Refinitiv, JPMorgan, Veeva Systems, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Barclays Locations: Vallejo , California

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: C3.ai, Nordstrom, Salesforce, CrowdStrike and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nordstrom — Shares of the high-end department store jumped 9% in extended trading after its fiscal first-quarter sales beat Wall Street's expectations. CrowdStrike — The cybersecurity firm's stock tumbled nearly 12% in after-hours trading after the company reported slowing revenue growth. CrowdStrike reported quarterly revenue of $692.6 million, marking a 42% year-over-year increase, which is slower than the 61% growth it reported in the year-ago quarter. C3.ai expects to see fiscal first-quarter revenue of between $70 million and $72.5 million, which is less rosy than Wall Street had expected. Analysts called for earnings of 4 cents per share on $559 million in revenue, according to Refinitiv.

Persons: Nordstrom, Salesforce, CrowdStrike, Okta, Chewy, —, Darla Mercado Organizations: StreetAccount, Revenue, Wall Locations: Refinitiv

☆ How Wall Street pros traded 7 of our Club stocks, including Salesforce, in the first quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Lots of Club holdings, including Nvidia (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOGL), were among the stocks traded by some of Wall Street's biggest investors and money managers in the first quarter. That firm, Jeffrey Ubben's Inclusive Capital, had owned 1.63 million Salesforce shares at the end of December, worth nearly $217 million at the time. Jeff Smith's Starboard Value also sold some Salesforce shares in Q1, leaving the firm with 2.5 million shares at the end of March. Mason Morfit's ValueAct Capital amplified its Salesforce stake in the first quarter, ending with 3.5 million shares, up from just 560,221 shares at the end of 2022. Loeb's Third Point amassed 4.75 million shares of Alphabet, worth $492.7 million at the end of the first quarter.

☆ Marc Benioff praises Elon Musk's vision, bemoans not buying Twitter, and rings the recession alarm in a new interview. Here are the Salesforce CEO's 9 best quotes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Marc Benioff praised Elon Musk, hailed AI's potential, and warned of an impending US recession. The Salesforce CEO said he regretted not buying Twitter years ago, and has always loved the company. Benioff hinted Bob Iger and Howard Schultz felt obligated to return as CEOs of Disney and Starbucks. Benioff spoke during the Upfront Summit this month, in an interview aired during a recent episode of the "On With Kara Swisher" podcast. (Benioff was discussing the recent return of Bob Iger and Howard Schultz as CEOs of Disney and Starbucks respectively.)

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Silvergate Capital, Salesforce, Macy's, Okta and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce — Shares of the cloud software maker surged more than 10% after the company beat Wall Street estimates across the board in its quarterly report and issued a better-than-expected forecast. Wall Street analysts believe Salesforce's strong results are impressive given the activist pressure it's facing. Revenue came in line with Wall Street expectations at $8.26 billion. Okta – Okta shares jumped 9% after topping Wall Street's expectations for the recent quarter and issuing better-than-expected guidance for the current period. Box — The cloud content management platform's shares slid 14% following the company's fourth quarter results.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves before the bell: Salesforce, Best Buy, Macy's and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Best Buy — The consumer electronics retailer shed 1.9% after its fiscal year earnings and revenue guidance came in lighter than expected. Best Buy said it expects a sales decline of 3% to 6% for the year, citing the macro environment. Macy's — The retailer advanced 7.3% after beating expectations on per-share earnings and meeting them on revenue, according to Refinitiv. JPMorgan downgraded the stock to neutral from overweight Thursday and said the company's expectations are too high. On Semiconductor — The semiconductor maker dropped 7.2% following a downgrade to outperform from strong buy by Raymond James.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Silvergate Capital, Salesforce, Snowflake, Okta and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Silvergate Capital – Silvergate Capital shares plunged more than 22% in extended trading after the crypto-focused bank filed to delay its 10-K annual report. Snowflake — Shares of Snowflake fell 7% despite posting a top-and-bottom line beat for the recent quarter, according to Refinitiv. Okta — Okta shares rallied about 13% in extended trading after topping expectations for the fourth quarter, according to analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Nevertheless, Box beat analysts' estimates on the top and bottom line for the fourth quarter, according to Refinitiv. Celsius Holdings — The energy drink maker's stock slipped more than 3% postmarket after sharing an unexpected loss for the fourth quarter, according to FactSet.

☆ Here's how Wall Street pros traded 13 Club stocks last quarter, including Salesforce and Disney
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Big-name investors and hedge funds made moves in Club holdings Disney (DIS), Nvidia (NVDA) and TJX Companies (TJX) in the fourth quarter. Starboard's position stood at 3.03 million shares — valued at $401.22 million — at the end of the fourth quarter, according to the firm's 13F. Inclusive's 1.63 million shares were worth $216.77 million and ValueAct's 560,221 shares carried a market value of $74.28 million. CRM YTD mountain Salesforce (CRM) YTD performance In addition to Salesforce, a number of other Club holdings appeared in hedge funds' quarterly disclosures. Some of the activists swarming at Salesforce have positions in other Club holdings and made changes to them during the fourth quarter.

☆ Yet another activist targets Salesforce — further validation there's money to be made in the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A fifth activist investor has taken a stake in Club holding Salesforce (CRM), making loud and clear that well-respected hedge funds see a money-making opportunity in the enterprise software giant. With activist investing becoming more common since the Great Financial Crisis, Jiang said it's not unheard of for a single company to be targeted by multiple firms. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Sonos, Salesforce, Disney, Credit Suisse and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Sonos — Shares surged 17% after Sonos reported a big beat in its fiscal first-quarter results. The audio products developer posted per-share earnings of 57 cents, compared to consensus estimates of 40 cents per share, according to Refinitiv. Affirm Holdings — The buy now, pay later finance company slumped 20% a day after its fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue missed analysts' estimates, according to Refinitiv. Revenue and earnings were both below analysts' estimates, according to Refinitiv. Credit Suisse Group — Shares plunged 14% after the Swiss bank reported a fourth-quarter and annual net loss that missed estimates, according to Eikon.

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Colgate-Palmolive, Kohl's, Boot Barn and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Kohl's logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl's store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading:Colgate-Palmolive — The maker of household and personal care products saw shares add more than 1% premarket after Morgan Stanley analysts upgraded the stock to overweight from equal weight. Boot Barn — The retailer was downgraded to neutral from outperform by Baird, which cited concerns over macroeconomic risks for the sector. Boot Barn shed 2.5% during premarket trading. The stock, however, was down more than 1% in premarket trading.

☆ Activist investors in Salesforce spell good news for shareholders like us
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Pressure from activist investors is mounting at Club holding Salesforce (CRM). Elliott's investment in Salesforce comes roughly three months after activist investor Starboard Value disclosed a position in the company. Moreover, Jim Cramer has said, at least two other investors with activist backgrounds, including Jeff Ubben , have taken a stake in Salesforce. If these high-profile investors thought Salesforce was irreparably damaged company, whose tech was at a competitive disadvantage, they may have looked elsewhere. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Wayfair, Meta, Apple, Spotify, Qualcomm and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Wayfair — Shares of the furniture retailer jumped 24.1% on Monday after Wayfair received upgrades from multiple Wall Street firms, include a double upgrade to overweight from underweight at JPMorgan. Spotify — Spotify gained 3.1% after the company sent an internal memo to staff on Monday announcing plans to lay off 6% of its global workforce, or about 600 employees. Western Digital — Shares jumped 7% after Bloomberg reported that merger talks between Western Digital and Kioxia are advancing. Western Digital would spin off its flash business and merge it with Kioxia in a separately traded company, the report said. Evoqua shares jumped more than 14% following the announcement.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Wayfair, Salesforce, Paypal and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making the biggest premarket moves:Advanced Micro Devices — The semiconductor maker rallied nearly 3% after being upgraded by Barclays to overweight from equal weight. The Wall Street firm cited improving market share trends and a better grasp on spending from management. Abbott Laboratories — Abbott Labs lost 2.5% following a Wall Street Journal report Friday that the Justice Department is investigating conduct at its infant-formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan. Tapestry — The Coach and Kate Spade parent slid 1.85% after being downgraded to equal weight from overweight by Barclays. The Wall Street firm's reasons included inflation creeping to higher household income brackets.

☆ Salesforce dimmed the lights of its Chicago office tower logo after residents complained they were too bright
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce dimmed the brightness of a logo on its new Chicago office building at the request of an alderman. Salesforce is scheduled to move into the 500,000-square-foot office space in Chicago this year. In early January, Salesforce — which is set to move into a nearly 60-story office space in Chicago later this year— crowned its Midwest headquarters with a bright fluorescent logo. According to Block Club Chicago's report, Brendan Reilly, alderman of Chicago's 42nd Ward, asked Salesforce to tone down the brightness. The adjustment took effect on Wednesday, with Salesforce also consenting to turning off the lights at 11pm every night, Reilly's office told Block Club Chicago.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix, Alphabet, Nordstrom, PagerDuty and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Separately, Barclays upgraded shares of PVH , which owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, to overweight. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals — The pharmaceutical giant gained 1% in the premarket after being upgraded to overweight from neutral by JPMorgan. Nordstrom — Shares of the retailer fell 7% in premarket trading after Nordstrom announced that its holiday sales fell 3.5% year over year. Macy's — Retail stocks such as Macy's declined following disappointing holiday sales from Nordstrom. Correction: Nordstrom reported disappointing holiday sales numbers, not its latest quarterly figures.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: JPMorgan Chase, Wendy's, Virgin Galactic, Delta Air Lines, Tesla and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The New York-based bank said profit jumped 6% from the year earlier period to $11.01 billion, or $3.57 per share. Wells Fargo - The bank stock dipped 0.1% after the firm reported shrinking profits, weighed down by a recent settlement and the need to build up reserves amid a deteriorating economy. Lockheed Martin — The defense stock slipped more than 3% after Goldman Sachs downgraded shares to sell from a neutral rating. Northrop Grumman shares also dove 5% on Goldman's downgrade to a sell from neutral rating. Copa — Shares of the Latin American airline jumped 4.9% following an upgrade to overweight from a neutral rating by analysts at JPMorgan.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: JPMorgan, Virgin Galactic, Tesla and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in the premarket:JPMorgan — The bank reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue before the bell that topped Wall Street expectations. JPMorgan slid nearly 3% in permarket trading. Wells Fargo — The bank slid nearly 4% after reporting shrinking profits, weighted down by a recent settlement and the need to build-up reserves. Salesforce — The software company slid 1.4% in the premarket after being downgraded by Atlantic Equities to neutral from overweight. Deutsche Bank downgraded the shares Friday.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: CarMax, Salesforce, Coinbase and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CarMax fell 53% in 2022 but has risen 18% since its disappointing quarterly results in December. Coinbase shares dropped 86% in 2022 as macro conditions and scandal dragged down the crypto market. Tesla — Tesla shares rose 2% after the EV maker registered with the state of Texas to expand its electric vehicle factory in Austin this year. Levi Strauss & Co — Shares of the clothing company slipped 2.2% after Citi downgraded the stock to neutral from buy. Shares were higher by less than 1% premarket.

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