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Activist Commentary: Starboard is a very successful activist investor and has extensive experience helping companies focus on operational efficiency and margin improvement. Additionally, Starboard has extensive experience helping portfolio companies improve margins from a board level and adding one or two of their nominees to the board could expedite this. CEO Issue: Alight's CEO Stephan Scholl is a talented technologist and software expert, but not an experienced operator of a benefits administration company. Like the experienced activist Starboard is, the firm wanted to preserve its options as it speaks privately with Alight. Shareholders would certainly benefit from the addition of two or three Starboard directors to the board.
Persons: Keith D, Dorsey, Matthew C, Levin, Gavin T, Molinelli, Foley Trasimene, William P, Foley, Stephan Scholl, William Foley, Coretha, Denise Williams, Ken Squire Organizations: ExCo, CR Consulting Alliance, FIS, 13D Locations: Boyden, SPACs
Discovery investors are The Bobs, Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav is Tom and the disconnect he's worked up about is free cash flow. Discovery on Friday said it generated $3.3 billion in free cash flow during the fourth quarter and ended the year with $6.2 billion in free cash flow, up 86% from a year prior. For more than year, Zaslav has repeatedly told the investment community that his priority is to boost free cash flow to improve the health of the company and to pay down debt. Discovery has paid down $12.4 billion in debt in less than two years since announcing the merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia. We said we were going to generate meaningful free cash flow.
Persons: David Zaslav, Bob, Tom, Zaslav Organizations: Warner Bros . Discovery, Warner Bros, Discovery
"Downgrade to Reduce (from Hold) while retaining target price of USD323 on valuation and lack of near-term catalysts." JPMorgan reiterates Amazon as a top idea JPMorgan said it sees further share gains for shares of Amazon. Redburn Atlantic Equities reiterates Microsoft as buy Redburn said it sees Microsoft's Azure gaining market share in cloud. Wells Fargo reiterates Target as overweight Wells raised its price target on the stock to $165 per share from $155. "We are initiating coverage of ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. with a Buy rating and a $4.25 Price Target.
Persons: Piper Sandler, Piper, Redburn, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, Wells, Morgan Stanley, Dell, it's, DELL, Jefferies, Stifel, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, SEDG Organizations: Street, HSBC downgrades, HSBC, Home, JPMorgan, Palo Alto Networks, billings, Barclays, Norfolk, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens, Microsoft, Sabre Corporation, Dell, EV, ChargePoint Holdings, Inc, UBS, HP
Stanley Black & Decker Stanley Black & Decker posted mixed quarterly results on Feb. 1. Turnaround progress is great to hear because it's a big part of our investment thesis for Stanley Black & Decker. Looking forward, we think a potentially lower interest rate environment in 2024 will help boost demand for Stanley Black & Decker. SWK YTD mountain Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) year-to-date performance When rates go down, housing sector activity should improve. "I would take action on Stanley Black & Decker," Jim Cramer said following the results.
Persons: Eaton, haven't, Linde Linde, Stanley Black, Decker Stanley Black, Decker, Jim Cramer, Jim, DuPont, Weeks, Jim Cramer's, SWK Organizations: Eaton Electrical, Management, Linde, LIN, Revenue, DuPont DuPont, DuPont, de Nemours, Honeywell Honeywell, Aerospace, company's, Honeywell, CNBC, Eaton Corporation, NYSE Locations: Eaton, China
The latest concern threatening regional banks started on Jan. 31, when New York Community Bancorp. reported unexpected fourth quarter loss and a large loan loss reserve against futures losses, due in part to the bank's commercial real estate (CRE) exposure. One worry is that the NYCB credit downgrade could spur ratings agencies to take a closer look at other banks, or cause clients to again pull deposits out of regional banks. Determining exactly how unique NYCB's exposure to commercial real estate is will be a key focus for investors and analysts in coming weeks. A note on Wednesday from Wolfe Research analysts focused on banks and commercial real estate showed that regional banks have in general reduced their commercial real estate exposure over the past 15 years.
Persons: NYCB, Ian Lyngen, hasn't, Lyngen, D.A, Davidson, Peter Winter, Winter, Macrae Sykes, Banks, They're, Sykes, Wells Fargo, Jerome Powell, Bond, Tom Fitzpatrick, RJ O'Brien, Fitzpatrick, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Investors, New York Community Bancorp, Moody's, Street, Silicon Valley Bank, BMO, Treasury, Wolfe Research, UBS, Gabelli, CNBC Locations: Silicon, Wells
The "zombie economy" is haunting the stock market and stoking uncertainty, Canaccord Genuity's chief market strategist told Bloomberg. AdvertisementThe stock market has been jittery lately. One strategist says they've created a "zombie economy" that's contributed to volatility as interest rates have risen. "We kind of still have the zombie economy," Tony Dwyer, the chief market strategist at Canaccord Genuity, told Bloomberg on Wednesday. It's that uncertainty that is bleeding into the stock market.
Persons: Canaccord, , they've, that's, Tony Dwyer, Genuity, It's, That's, Dwyer, haven't, Jerome Powell Organizations: Bloomberg, Service Locations: New York
The IPO market is looking very shaky and confronted with a host of challenges that are holding it back. Regardless, recent IPO performances have been poor across the board. IPO investors cheered the advance by bidding up the Renaissance Capital IPO ETF (IPO), a basket of recent IPOs, in December, assuming the IPO market would open up. CNBC's Jim Cramer, speaking early Thursday on Squawk on the Street , highlighted another obstacle for IPO buyers: investors are getting comfortable returns elsewhere with far lower risk. When David Faber asked why the IPO market was off to such a slow start with the markets so strong, Cramer replied, "I think it's the five percent solution," he said, referring to the ocean of money still sitting in money market funds.
Persons: Jay Powell's, Birkenstock, Smith Douglas, Amer, Greg Martin, Martin, Matt Kennedy, Kennedy, What's, Rainmaker, Del, CNBC's Jim Cramer, David Faber, Cramer Organizations: Amer, Wilson, NYSE, Smith Douglas Homes, BrightSpring, Renaissance Capital, Rainmaker Securities, Renaissance, Microsoft Locations: EBITDA, Squawk
Stanley Black & Decker reported mixed fourth-quarter results Thursday but beat expectations on the metrics that matter most to our investment thesis — evidence the toolmaker's turnaround strategy is working to plan. Bottom line The roughly 4% decline in Stanley Black & Decker is overdone, giving investors a chance to buy a stock that is poised to benefit from the Federal Reserve likely lowering interest rates later this year . "I would take action on Stanley Black & Decker," Jim Cramer said Thursday. Guidance Stanley Black & Decker expects organic revenue in 2024 to be approximately unchanged year over year at this midpoint of its guidance. A worker assembles steel tool chests at a Stanley Black & Decker Inc. Craftsman Tools manufacturing facility in Sedalia, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
Persons: Stanley Black, Decker, Jim Cramer, Stanley, Patrick Hallinan, Hallinan, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: Revenue, LSEG, Federal, Stanley, Management, Wall Street, FactSet, Industrial, Stanley Infrastructure, Epiroc, Mizuho Securities, CNBC, Decker Inc, Tools, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Sedalia , Missouri, U.S
Certain stocks are poised to perform better under Republican or Democratic leadership this coming November, according to Strategas. On Wednesday night, former president Donald Trump clinched the victory in the New Hampshire primary over former South Carolina Gov. The win now means it's "highly likely" Trump will secure the Republication presidential nomination, according to Strategas analyst Daniel Clifton. US-China trade tensions are likely to continue regardless, but we see greater escalation under Trump," Clifton said. Other names that could outperform under Democratic leadership include renewable energy company NextEra Energy , automation provider Rockwell Automation and beverage company Constellation Brands .
Persons: there's, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Daniel Clifton ., Clifton, Trump, Biden, Kinder Morgan, Tesla, Joe, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Republican, Democratic, South Carolina Gov, Trump, L3Harris Technologies, JPMorgan, Democrat, Verizon Communications, GOP Congress, California's, Tesla, Biden, Apple, NextEra Energy, Rockwell Automation, Constellation Brands Locations: New Hampshire, L3Harris, Tuesday's, China, Clifton, U.S, LSEG
Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear for more than a year, led by Nvidia , which has emerged as a leading stock in the excitement around artificial intelligence. That has helped the S & P 500 enter a new bull market and made the chipmakers an increasingly influential part of the major market indexes. "The % weight of the Semiconductors within the S & P 500 is now at nearly 9%. For example, the best-performing fund in the category so far this year is the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) . The ETF tracks the MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index , which has a modified market cap weight approach.
Persons: NVDA, Todd Sohn, . Sohn, Sohn Organizations: Semiconductor, Nvidia, VanEck Semiconductor, P Semiconductor
Just over a year after the crypto winter sent bitcoin miner Core Scientific spiraling into bankruptcy, the Texas-based company is back on the Nasdaq. Even in bankruptcy, Core invested in developing its infrastructure. The public markets have been going big in mining since bitcoin started rebounding. Bitcoin miners have pared back gains in the last few weeks as the price of bitcoin has fallen, and in April, a market-moving event dubbed the "halving" will cut the prize that miners receive in half. "We recommend achieving Bitcoin exposure via Bitcoin miners."
Persons: bitcoin, Adam Sullivan, Core, noteholders, Sullivan, Blockchain, CleanSpark, it's, Bernstein Organizations: Nasdaq, Trading, CNBC, Marathon, Research, Lightning Locations: Texas, U.S, — Texas, North Dakota, North Carolina Georgia, Kentucky, bitcoin
Thursday's analyst calls featured an upgrade to a car rental stock and a big downgrade to an airline. The bank also hiked his price target on the tech giant to $225 per share, implying upside of 23%. — Pia Singh 5:36 a.m.: Citi downgrades Spirit Airlines to sell Citi is throwing in the towel on Spirit Airlines . Week to date, Spirit shares are down nearly 60%. Spirit shares were down more than 4% in the premarket.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Hertz, Andrew Percoco, Percoco, — Pia Singh, Wamsi Mohan, Fred Imbert, Kirk Materne, Materne, Dan Dolev, Dolev, he's, CFRA, Kenneth Leon, Berkshire Hathaway, Leon, Ranjan Sharma, Sharma, bode, Adam Jonas, Jonas, Morgan, Stephen Trent, Trent Organizations: CNBC, flipside, Citi, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Bank of America, Apple Bank of America, Apple, Microsoft, ISI, Activision, Activision Blizzard, Mizuho, Fidelity National Information Services, Paramount Global, RedBird Capital, Warner Bros ., Comcast, Paramount's, Showtime, Paramount, JPMorgan, Grab Holdings, Hertz Global Holdings, Jan, Citi downgrades Spirit Airlines, Spirit, Airlines Locations: Berkshire, 1H24, Wednesday's
Bank of America upgrades Apple to buy from neutral Bank of America said AI and Vision Pro should drive upside for Apple. Bank of America reiterates Microsoft as buy Bank of America raised its price target on Microsoft to $450 per share from $430. Guggenheim reiterates Target as buy Guggenheim said Target is well positioned in 2024. Bank of America names Harley Davidson a top pick Bank of America said the motorcycle company is well positioned for 2024. " Bank of America reiterates ServiceNow as a top pick Bank of America said the stock remains a top idea for 2024.
Persons: KBW downgrades Charles Schwab, KBW, Mizuho, Robinhood, ., DA Davidson, Baird, Rivian, Wolfe, it's, Wells, it's bullish, Bernstein, Guggenheim, Piper Sandler, Tempur Sealy, TPX, CFRA, Harley Davidson, Oppenheimer, Morgan Stanley, Hertz, ServiceNow, Argus, Salesforce, Mike Blake Organizations: UBS, Netflix, Bank of America, Apple, of America, Nvidia, Semiconductors, Barclays, Red Rock Resorts, Vegas Locals, Microsoft, Guggenheim, Citi, JetBlue, Spirit, Costco, Piper, Palo Alto Networks, Paramount, Nasdaq, Hertz, Blackrock, Amazon, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, JPMorgan Locations: repurchases, Palo, Palo Alto, Southeast China, 1H24, Los Angeles
Let 'em ride: Several of 2023's best-performing stocks were grossly undervalued at the beginning of the year. So while investors recognized the company could deliver massive earnings and free cash flow, they were afraid Zuckerberg had gone off the reservation. The stock sports topline growth, substantial margins, a strong balance sheet, substantial free cash flow, and a moat around its business. It's time to hedge some of those gains (or take profits): The second best-performing stock in the Russell 1000 for 2023 is Coinbase (COIN) . If you own, but don't want to sell, consider purchasing the March $45/$35 put spread as a particle hedge, as illustrated below.
Persons: David Ricardo, Ricardo, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, doesn't, Russell, cryptocurrencies, aren't, Equifax Organizations: Russell, Vertiv, Builders, Topbuild Corp, Nvidia, Investors, MU, Walmart, Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Experian, PayPal, Palantir Technologies, Government Locations: uptrends
CAT YTD mountain Caterpillar YTD Caterpillar shares have been on a wild ride this year — trending higher initially and then sinking into late spring; ripping higher to records and hitting another rough patch. DD YTD mountain DuPont YTD DuPont is levered to housing, which we all feel better about after last Wednesday's Fed meeting. ETN YTD mountain Eaton YTD Since our November meeting, we swapped out Emerson Electric for Eaton because we didn't trust Emerson after a one-two punch of a hostile takeover and a not-so-hot quarter. HON YTD mountain Honeywell YTD Honeywell recently bought a terrific industrial security business from Carrier for $4.95 billion. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.
Persons: Ed Breen, Breen, that's, Emerson, Eaton, It's, Carrier, Vimal Kapur, Kapur —, Linde, We're, Linde's, I'm, Decker, Stanley Black, Stanley, SWK, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: CNBC, Caterpillar, CAT, DuPont YTD DuPont, Fed, DuPont, Emerson, Broadcom, Honeywell YTD Honeywell, Carrier, Honeywell, LIN, Nasdaq, Linde, Exxon, ETN, Eaton Corporation, NYSE Locations: U.S, Eaton, Emerson
The analyst lowered her price target to $99 from $106 per share. The new price target implies just a 5% gain from Thursday's close. The analyst's $115 price target, hiked from $70 previously, implies 43% upside from where the stock closed Thursday, at $80.36. ET: Morgan Stanley downgrades Alibaba Morgan Stanley cut Alibaba to equal-weight from overweight and lowered the firm's price target to $90 from $110. The analyst's $190 price target implies shares can rise just 2.6% from where they closed Thursday.
Persons: JPMorgan downgrades, Jessica Fye, Fye, Sarah Min, Wells Fargo, Andrew Nowinski, GenAI, Nowinski, FactSet, — Sarah Min, Morgan Stanley downgrades Alibaba Morgan Stanley, Alibaba, Morgan Stanley, PDD, John Melloy, Jason Bazinet, Bazinet, Johnson, Danielle Antalffy, Antalffy, Robert Ohmes, — John Melloy Organizations: CNBC, Spotify, JPMorgan, Investors, U.S, PDD Holdings, Citi, UBS, Johnson, Pharma, Bank of America, of America, Costco Locations: BioNTech, Thursday's, Wells Fargo, China, Darzalex, DARZALEX
The market is now largely pricing a peak at the current Fed funds target range of 5.25-5.5%, with interest rate cuts to come next year. watch now"At the outer edges of the economy there is obvious stress that is likely to spread in 2024 with rates at these levels. So it's easy to see how bad levered investments could have been made that would be vulnerable to this higher rate regime." Recession risk 'delayed rather than diminished' In a roundtable event on Tuesday, JPMorgan Asset Management strategists echoed this note of caution, claiming that the risk of a U.S. recession was "delayed rather than diminished" as the impact of higher rates feeds through into the economy. "I think the the key conclusion here is that interest rates do still bite, it's just taking longer this time around," she said.
Persons: Victor J, Jim Reid, David Folkerts, Landau, Reid, Folkerts, GSAM, Karen Ward, it's Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Blue, Bloomberg, Getty, Monetary, Federal Reserve, Deutsche Bank, Global Economics, Research, Silicon Valley Bank, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, European Central Bank, Fed, ECB, JPMorgan, Management Locations: New York, Washington, U.S, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Mexico, Peru, Poland
Sauerbronn, a director at Brandes Investment Partners, has co-managed the Brandes Small Cap Value Fund for the last five years. Sauerbronn did note that ideally, he'd hold stocks for longer, and in fact there are some stocks in the fund that have been there for 10 years or more. 3 favorite stocks right nowAmong the holdings in Sauerbronn's fund, industrials stand head and shoulders above the rest. But Sauerbronn has focused on positioning the fund defensively, homing in on stocks with strong balance sheets in an industry that has grown used to easy money. As the name implies, the company manufactures composite materials for companies across the aerospace market, from drones to jet engines.
Persons: Luiz Sauerbronn, Sauerbronn, Patience, It's, Barber Nichols, tanking, Max Organizations: Brandes Investment Partners, Value Fund, Business, Graham Corp, US Navy, Navy, Aerospace, Park Aerospace, Airbus, Boeing, Moog Inc Locations:
Here's how Morgan Stanley thinks the stock market will move in 2024, the economic warning signs investors should watch for, and which stocks are best positioned to outperform next year. A stronger stock market in 2024You'd think with the myriad problems stocks are facing right now that the market is in for a difficult year ahead. Wilson believes that earnings growth will accelerate as the year progresses. Morgan StanleyBeyond strong earnings growth for individual companies, Wilson expects that increased spending in a variety of industries will provide fiscal support across the market. Guided by the themes above, Wilson polled Morgan Stanley analysts for their top stock picks heading into 2024.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Michael Wilson, Morgan Stanley Wilson, Wilson, Jerome Powell Organizations: Business, Reserve, Walmart, Target, Fed, White House Locations: headwinds, bailouts
But Morgan Stanley chief investment officer Michael Wilson says the real opportunity lies in how AI will be used by companies, not by individuals. "Further our analysis suggests Generative AI technologies can impact the $2.1 trillion of labor costs attached to those jobs today, expanding to $4.1 trillion in three years in the US alone." But the slow and steady nature of business investments provides the enterprise AI longer staying power. That's why finding the best enterprise AI stocks now will pay dividends for the long-run: companies will stick with what they know, providing investors with strong returns for years to come. To that end, the 16 stocks below are Morgan Stanley's top enterprise AI picks right now.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Michael Wilson, Wilson, Morgan Organizations: Business, Bureau of Labor Statistics
REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Wildcat Capital Management, a top shareholder in Consolidated Communications Holdings (CNSL.O), said on Friday it plans to vote against its $3.1 billion takeover by an investor consortium, as it undervalues the broadband services provider. In October, Consolidated Communications agreed to be bought by an investor group comprising Searchlight Capital Partners And British Columbia Investment Management Corp, months after the group had first submitted an offer to buy the company. Reuters reported in July that Wildcat asked Consolidated Communications to reject the offer. Consolidated Communications did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wildcat argued that mature fiber and cable operators have historically been valued at 10 to 15 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by acquirers, whereas Consolidated Communications' take-private deal valued the company at about six times of cash flow.
Persons: Amira Karaoud, Wildcat, CNSL, Tom McConnon, McConnon, Anirban Sen, Rashmi Organizations: REUTERS, Wildcat Capital Management, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Consolidated Communications, Reuters, Searchlight, Partners, Columbia Investment Management Corp, Wildcat, acquirers, Frontier Communications, Thomson Locations: Oldham county, Louisville , Kentucky, U.S, , Illinois, New York
The recent sharp drawdown in stocks presents a buying opportunity for those stocks that are positioned to withstand a double whammy of higher interest rates and an economic slowdown, according to Goldman Sachs. "Although we expect headwinds to discount rates and balance sheets to persist, we would view a substantial further downgrade to the growth outlook as a buying opportunity," David Kostin, Goldman's chief U.S. equity strategist, said in a note to clients. Therefore, Goldman believes many cyclical stocks, or those with a high sensitivity to the economy, shouldn't suffer. "We therefore remain wary of long-duration and highly levered stocks but think investors should treat cyclical sell-offs as a buying opportunity," Kostin said. Energy stocks Devon Energy and Patterson-UTI Energy also made the list.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Kostin, Goldman, Kostin Organizations: Academy Sports, PVH Corp, Holdings . Energy, Devon Energy, Patterson, UTI Energy
Investors should focus on stocks with strong balance sheets as these companies tend to be more resilient against high interest rates, according to Goldman Sachs. Bond yields have been surging lately as the Federal Reserve signaled higher rates for longer in its inflation fight. Higher rates make it more expensive to borrow, and they effectively lower the present value of any future earnings. Stocks with strong balance sheets have outperformed those with weak ones by 4 percentage points since the start of September, Goldman said. Meanwhile, investors are rotating away from stocks perceived to be vulnerable to the higher rate backdrop, including those with levered balance sheets, Goldman said.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Kostin, Goldman, Kostin, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Federal Reserve, Companies, Big Tech, Netflix, Nvidia, Colgate, Palmolive, Costco, American Airlines, Caesars Entertainment, Delta Air Lines
The Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 1.5X Shares ETF (TSLL.O), the largest single-stock ETF for bullish bets on Tesla's shares, saw net daily inflows of $24.9 million on Thursday, according to Lipper data. Tesla's shares are up 72.3% this year. Tesla was also the most-bought stock among retail traders on Thursday, with net buys of $159.5 million, according to data from Vanda Research. On the other side, two ETFs bearish on Tesla, the $58 million Direxion Daily TSLA Bear 1X Shares ETF (TSLS.O) and the $109.6 million AXS TSLA Bear Daily ETF (TSLQ.O), saw net outflows of over $1 million each. Rex Shares and Tuttle Capital Management launched a suite of hyper-levered single-stock exposure funds on Thursday, including the T-REX 2X Long Tesla Daily Target ETF (TSLT.O), the T-REX 2X Inverse Tesla Daily Target ETF (TSLZ.O).
Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Todd Sohn, Rex Shares, Bansari Mayur, Ira Iosebashvili, Leslie Adler Organizations: REUTERS, Strategas Securities, Vanda Research, Tuttle Capital Management, Tesla, Target, Thomson Locations: Oslo, Norway, Victoria, Bengaluru
To be sure, even with Monday's advance, oil prices remain well off their late September peaks. In addition to receiving a lift from crude's gain, Coterra is benefiting from the continued strength in natural gas. On Monday, natural gas futures rose another 1%, to around $3.37 per million British thermal units. Last week, natural gas surged 14% to reach its highest price since late January. The stock's massive outperformance Friday means that any financial benefit Pioneer would receive from Monday's higher oil prices was already captured in the session prior.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Israel, Brent, WTI, John Kilduff, Jim Cramer, Jim, Pioneer's, CNBC's David Faber, Exxon's, Jim Cramer's, Richard Eden Organizations: Hamas, Natural Resources, Coterra Energy, West Texas, Brent, Gaza, CNBC, Energy, State Street Global Advisors, P Oil & Gas Exploration, Production, Exxon Mobil, Journal, Club, Exxon, Denbury Inc, Silhouette, Getty Locations: Palestinian, Israel, U.S, Palestinian Territories, Houston, Midland , Texas
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