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12/6/2021 12:12pm
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: 

  • Jack in the Box (JACK) agreed to acquire Del Taco (TACO) for $12.51 per share in cash in a deal valued at $575M, including debt [more]
  • Engine Capital is urging Kohl's (KSS) to separate its e-commerce business and pursue a sale [more]
  • Lucid Group (LCID) said it received a subpoena from the SEC on December 3 [more]
  • Digital World Acquisition (DWAC), the SPAC that has agreed to merge with Trump Media, has received "fact-finding inquiries" from regulatory authorities including the SEC [more]
  • Alibaba (BABA) said Toby Xu will become its next CFO, succeeding Maggie Wu [more]


2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

  • Rivian (RIVN) called "the one" to challenge Tesla as Wall Street analysts roll out coverage [more]
  • HSBC upgrades Meta (MVRS) to Hold after 19% selloff from peak [more]
  • Apple (AAPL) initiated with an Overweight rating, $191 price target at KeyBanc [more]
  • Citi upgrades Electronic Arts (EA) to Buy, says most downside risk priced in [more]
  • Chewy (CHWY) downgraded to Neutral, Petco (WOOF) upgraded to Outperform at Wedbush [more]


3. AROUND THE WEB: 

  • The SEC has opened a probe into Tesla (TSLA) over solar panel whistleblower claims, Reuters reports [more]
  • Bitcoin dropped sharply during a weekend plunge, Reuters says [more]
  • Apollo Global (APO) is dropping the pursuit of its bid for Metro Bank (MBNKF), Bloomberg reports [more]
  • Uber (UBER) is in talks with unit Careem over bringing in outside investors, Reuters reports [more]
  • Discovery (DISCA) is in talks to create a joint venture with BT Sport, FT reports [more]


4. MOVERS: 

  • Adicet Bio (ACET) surges after announcing interim data from the Phase 1 study of ADI-001 [more]
  • GCP Applied Technologies (GCP) rises after agreeing to be acquired by Saint-Gobain (CODYY) for $32 per share [more]
  • Spirit Airlines (SAVE) higher after Evercore ISI analyst Duane Pfennigwerth upgraded the stock to Outperform from In Line [more]
  • Aeglea BioTherapeutics (AGLE) falls after announcing its PEACE trial met the primary endpoint with a statistically significant reduction in plasma arginine from baseline after 24 weeks of treatment with pegzilarginase [more]
  • Bolt Therapeutics (BOLT) lower after reporting interim data from its BDC-1001 Phase 1/2 trial [more]


5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

  • Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI) provided downbeat FY21 earnings guidance [more]
  • GH Research (GHRS) reported upbeat Q3 earnings [more]
  • SAIC (SAIC) reported upbeat quarterly results [more]
  • Byrna Technologies (BYRN) reported upbeat preliminary Q4 revenue [more]
  • DLH Holdings (DLHC) reported mixed Q4 results [more]


INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was up 633.86, or 1.83%, to 35,213.94, the Nasdaq was up 74.68, or 0.50%, to 15,160.15, and the S&P 500 was up 48.37, or 1.07%, to 4,586.80.

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