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7/15/2021 13:07pm
Wall Street in Fives - Must Read Lists at Midday

Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these Top Fives, as compiled by the editors of The Fly. 


1. STOCK NEWS: 

  • Morgan Stanley (MS) reported upbeat Q2 earnings and revenue [more]
  • TSMC (TSM) provided upbeat revenue guidance for Q3 along with results [more]
  • Progressive (PGR) reported better than expected Q2 earnings [more]
  • AIG (AIG) agreed to sell a stake in its Life & Retirement business as well as affordable housing assets to Blackstone (BX) [more]
  • Avast (AVASF), NortonLifeLock (NLOK) confirmed they are in advanced merger talks [more]


2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

  • Citi throws in towel on AMD (AMD) sell call, hikes target nearly $80 per share [more]
  • NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Mizuho [more]
  • Delta Air Lines (DAL) double upgraded to Strong Buy at Raymond James [more]
  • Buying Square (SQ) could be "like buying JPMorgan in 1871," says Mizuho [more]
  • Apple (AAPL) price target raised to $166 at Morgan Stanley ahead of Q3 earnings [more]


3. AROUND THE WEB: 

  • Netflix (NFLX) is working on an expansion into video games, Bloomberg reports [more]
  • Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai won't administer Biogen's (BIIB) aduhelm to patients, NY Times says [more]
  • Aurora is agreeing to go public via a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners Y (RTPY), Bloomberg says [more]
  • Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) will allow their cards to be used on Binance, FT reports [more]
  • Gap (GPS) spinoff idea revisited at Dealreporter after Fabletics report [more]


4. MOVERS: 

  • SciPlay (SCPL) gains after Scientific Games (SGMS) submitted to the board of directors of SciPlay a proposal to acquire the remaining 19% equity interest it does not currently own in an all-stock transaction [more]
  • Nikola (NKLA) rises after adding five independent dealers with more than 51 locations in nine states [more]
  • Cassava Sciences (SAVA) declines after Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Charles Duncan downgraded the stock to Neutral from Overweight with a $100 price target [more]
  • Gatos Silver (GATO) lower after announcing an 8.93M share offering priced at $14 [more]
  • Galapagos (GLPG) falls after providing updated results for GLPG3667 and GLPG3970 studies [more]


EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

  • UnitedHealth (UNH) raised its earnings guidance for FY21 [more]
  • U.S. Bancorp (USB) reported upbeat Q2 results [more]
  • BNY Mellon (BK) reported better than expected Q2 earnings and revenue [more]
  • Cintas (CTAS) provided upbeat FY22 earnings and revenue guidance [more]
  • Zynex (ZYXI) provided Q2 and FY21 revenue guidance [more]


INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was up 38.13, or 0.11%, to 34,971.36, the Nasdaq was down 98.80, or 0.67%, to 14,546.16, and the S&P 500 was down 13.95, or 0.32%, to 4,360.35.

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