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7/19/2021 12:07pm
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: 

  • Zoom Video (ZM) will acquire Five9 (FIVN) for $200.28 per share or $14.7B in an all-stock deal [more]
  • RingCentral (RNG) is sliding after the Zoom-Five9 deal [more]
  • Ingersoll-Rand (IR) confirmed it made an acquisition proposal for SPX Flow (FLOW) [more]
  • Pershing Square Tontine (PSTH) will not proceed with its previously announced Universal Music Group transaction [more]
  • Robinhood (HOOD) is planning an IPO of 55M shares, sees pricing at $38-$42 per share [more]


2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

  • Qualcomm (QCOM) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs [more]
  • Alcoa (AA) upgraded to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman Sachs [more]
  • Mizuho cuts Affirm (AFRM) target after survey on Apple Pay (AAPL) competition [more]
  • Jefferies says Zoom (ZM) deal could drive short-term weakness in RingCentral (RNG) and Nice (NICE) [more]
  • Morgan Stanley equity strategist upgrades Consumer Staples, downgrades Materials [more]


3. AROUND THE WEB: 

  • Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is exploring putting talc liabilities into bankruptcy, Reuters reports [more]
  • Autodesk (ADSK) has ended takeover talks with Australia's Altium, Reuters says [more]
  • Carlyle (CG) plans to buy LiveU for over $400M, TechCrunch reports [more]
  • Tencent (TCEHY) will acquire U.K. video game developer Sumo for $1.26B, CNBC says [more]
  • Nintendo (NTDOY) has "no plans" to launch another Switch model beyond the Switch OLED, Reuters reports [more]


4. MOVERS: 

  • Cytokinetics (CYTK) surges after reporting the results from Cohorts 1 and 2 of REDWOOD-HCM, its Phase 2 clinical trial of CK-3773274 [more]
  • NRx Pharmaceuticals (NRXP) rises after announcing a presentation that identifies a statistically significant effect of Zyesami in preventing sharp rise in cytokines, commonly associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 [more]
  • Ashford Hospitality (AHT) lower after completing a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1-for-10 [more]
  • Velodyne Lidar (VLDR) declines after CEO Anand Gopalan informed the board of directors that he is stepping down as CEO and member of the board [more]
  • Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) fell after CBS news reported a chemical incident occurred at one of Hurricane Harbor Splashtown’s attractions in Texas [more]


5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

  • AutoNation (AN) reported better than expected Q2 earnings and revenue [more]
  • Tractor Supply (TSCO) raised its FY21 earnings and revenue guidance [more]
  • Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) reported downbeat Q4 results [more]
  • Prologis (PLD) posted a "beat and raise" report for Q2 [more]
  • Natera (NTRA) provided upbeat Q2 revenue guidance [more]


INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was down 828.35, or 2.39%, to 33,859.50, the Nasdaq was down 155.92, or 1.08%, to 14,271.31, and the S&P 500 was down 74.69, or 1.73%, to 4,252.47.

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