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8/31/2021 12:08pm
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 (ZM) reported upbeat quarterly results and raised its FY22 earnings guidance [more]
  • Yandex (YNDX) is restructuring its joint venture ownership with Uber (UBER) in $1B deal [more]
  • Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will discontinue its Imbokodo HIV vaccine study [more]
  • Bloomberg reported that Jana is pushing Vonage (VG) for a sale or a break up [more]
  • Chico's (CHS) reported upbeat Q2 earnings and revenue [more]


2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

  • Jefferies bullish on Virgin Galactic (SPCE) as space travel market seen reaching $120B [more]
  • Jefferies upgrades Funko (FNKO) to Buy on confidence in 10%-plus growth [more]
  • Digital Turbine (APPS) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Canaccord and initiated with Neutral rating, $60 target at Macquarie [more]
  • Mesoblast (MESO) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies and price target lowered to $6.50 from $7.50 at Chardan [more]
  • Textron (TXT) upgraded to Outperform on business jet momentum at Cowen [more]


3. AROUND THE WEB: 

  • Apple (AAPL) Watch 7 production delayed on quality issues, Nikkei reports [more]
  • Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) will open app-store payments in South Korea, WSJ reports [more]
  • TSMC (TSM) is in talks with suppliers to reduce prices, DigiTimes says [more]
  • PayPal (PYPL) is mulling Apex and DriveWealth bids in its push towards stock trading, Bloomberg reports [more]
  • Ryanair (RYAAY) CEO Michael O'Leary is "very keen" on a large order of Boeing (BA) 737 MAX 10 jets, Reuters says [more]


4. MOVERS: 

  • AC Immune (ACIU) surges after announcing data from its Lauriet Phase 2 study of semorinemab [more]
  • Sonnet BioTherapeutics (SONN) jumps after it selected a novel development candidate for melanoma [more]
  • Eagle Pharmaceuticals (EGRX) higher after Endo's (ENDP) Par Pharmaceuticals lost a trial court ruling in its bid to prevent Eagle Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of Vasostrict [more]
  • Globalstar (GSAT) and Iridium (IRDM) slip after Bloomberg said that Apple's (AAPL) push to bring satellite capabilities to the iPhone will be focused on emergency situations [more]
  • ReneSola (SOL) lower after reporting quarterly results [more]


5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

  • American Woodmark (AMWD) reported downbeat Q1 results [more]
  • Designer Brands (DBI) reported upbeat Q2 results [more]
  • Destination XL (DXLG) provided upbeat 2021 revenue guidance [more]
  • NetEase (NTES) reported lower-than-expected Q2 earnings [more]
  • Radiant Logistics (RLGT) provided mixed Q4 guidance [more]


INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was up 34.20, or 0.10%, to 35,434.04, the Nasdaq was down 15.59, or 0.10%, to 15,250.30, and the S&P 500 was virtually unchanged at 4,528.59.

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