US : Pre Market News – 17 Feb 2017
Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.21%) are down -0.21% and European stocks are down -0.42% as increased French election risks fuel long liquidation is stocks. Apr COMEX gold (GCJ17 +0.14%) is up +0.13% at a 1-week high and government bond prices are higher on increased safe-haven demand as the 10-year German bund yield slid to a 1-week low of 0.299% after French Socialist Party presidential candidate Harmon said he has already talked with far-left candidate Melenchon to discuss a single candidacy. Based on the latest polls, a merger between these two candidates may increase the chance of the likelihood of Le Pen versus Melenchon/Harmon in second round elections. The monthly Ipsos poll shows that show National Front candidate Le Pen ahead with 26% compared with 14.5% for Harmon and only 12% for Melenchon. Weakness in crude oil prices has also weakened energy producing stocks with Mar WTI crude oil (CLH17 -0.43%) down -0.43%. Asian stocks settled mostly lower: Japan -0.58%, Hong Kong -0.31%, China -0.85%, Taiwan -0.12%, Australia -0.18%, Singapore +0.35%, South Korea -0.03%, India +0.59%. A slide in Japanese exporters led the Nikkei Stock Index down to a 1-week low as the stronger yen reduced earnings prospects after USD/JPY dropped to a 1-week low.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.17%) is up +0.27%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.25%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.31% at a 1-week low.
Mar 10-year T-note prices (ZNH17 +0.21%) are up +7.5 ticks.
Key U.S. news today includes: (1) Jan leading indicators (expected +0.5%, Dec +0.5%).
Notable S&P 500 earnings reports today include: Deere (consensus $ 0.55), Moody’s (1.14), Fluor (0.81), Spectra Energy (0.31), VF Corp (0.97), JM Smucker (2.01), Campbell Soup (0.88), Leucadida National (0.23), DENTSPLY STRONA (0.65).
U.S. IPO’s scheduled to price today: none.
Equity conferences: none.
Avis Budget Group (CAR -12.05%) was dowmgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Outperform’ at Credit Suisse with a target price of $ 38.
DaVita (DVA -0.29%) gained almost 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 98 cents, higher than consensus of 90 cents
Arista Networks (ANET -0.50%) rallied 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $ 1.04, better than consensus of 82 cents, and said it sees Q1 revenue of $ 320 million-$ 330 million, above consensus of $ 304.2 million.
Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS +0.25%) slumped 7% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 69 cents, below consensus of 80 cents, and said it sees Q1 EPS of 47 cents-51 cents, weaker than consensus of 55 cents.
Brookdale Senior Living (BKD +0.98%) gained 1% in after-hours trading after Dow Jones reported that Ventas was in talks to buy all or part of the company.
WebMD Health (WBMD +0.39%) rose nearly 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 73 cents, better than consensus of 67 cents, and said it is exploring strategic alternatives for the company.
Trade Desk (TTD +5.34%) gained over 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 33 cents, above consensus of 22 cents, and said it sees 2017 revenue of $ 270 million, higher than consensus of $ 247.1 million.
Lennox International (LII +5.27%) fell 3% in after-hours trading after it cancelled out of the Barclays conference in Miami next week, citing back surgery to the CFO.
Cohu (COHU +2.02%) jumped 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 24 cents, well above consensus of 9 cents.
Impinj (PI -3.10%) dropped 7% in after-hours trading after it said it sees a Q1 adjusted profit of 1 cent to a loss of -6 cents, weaker than consensus for a profit of 2 cents.
Cognex (CGNX +0.70%) rallied over 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS continuing operations of 43 cents, better than consensus of 29 cents.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX -0.08%) lost 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 14 cents, below consensus of 15 cents.
TrueCar (TRUE -0.67%) surged 13% in after-hours trading after it said it sees 2017 revenue of $ 315 million-$ 320 million, higher than consensus of $ 308.6 million.
Airgain (AIRG -4.78%) climbed over 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 12 cents, better than consensus of 10 cents.
Flowserve (FLS -0.76%) slid 4% in after-hours trading after it said it sees 2017 adjusted EPS of $ 1.55-$ 1.85, weaker than consensus of $ 2.13.
TimkenSteel (TMST +1.49%) rose 6% in after-hours trading after it said it sees improving sentiment across all markets and expects Q1 shipments to be up +40% q/q.
Cytokinetics (CYTK -1.31%) jumped over 8% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $ 33.1 million, double expectations of $ 16.3 million.
Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.21%) this morning are down -5.00 points (-0.21%). Thursday’s closes: S&P 500 -0.09%, Dow Jones +0.04%, Nasdaq -0.03%. The S&P 500 on Thursday closed lower on a continued lack of details from the Trump administration about its tax and fiscal plans, which fueled long liquidation in stocks, and on the jump in the VIX volatility index to a 2-week high, which also boosted long liquidation in equities. Bullish factors included the +4.6% increase in U.S. Jan building permits to 1.285 million (stronger than expectations of +0.2% to 1.23 million and the highest in 14 months) and the unexpected +19.7-point jump in the Feb Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey to 43.3 (stronger than expectations of -5.6 to 18.0 and the highest in 33 years).
Mar 10-year T-notes (ZNH17 +0.21%) this morning are up +7.5 ticks. Thursday’s closes: TYH7 +15.50, FVH7 +9.50. Mar 10-year T-notes on Thursday closed higher on some short-covering after T-note prices failed to break below their 1-3/4 month long consolidation range and on inceased safe-haven demand with the slide in stock prices.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.17%) this morning is up +0.27 (+0.27%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.0027 (-0.25%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.35 (-0.31%) at a 1-week low. Thursday’s closes: Dollar index -0.74 (-0.73%), EUR/USD +0.0073 (+0.69%), USD/JPY -0.92 (-0.81%). The dollar index on Thursday closed lower on a lack of specifics from the Trump administration on its tax or fiscal policies, which spurred long liquidation in the dollar, and safe-haven demand for the yen with the weakness in stocks.
Mar WTI crude oil prices (CLH17 -0.43%) this morning are down -23 cents (-0.43%) and Mar gasoline (RBH17 -1.82%) is down -0.0271 (-1,78%) at a 1-week low. Thursday’s closes: Mar crude +0.25 (+0.47%), Mar gasoline -0.0232 (-1.50%). Mar crude oil and gasoline on Thursday settled mixed with Mar gasoline at a 1-week low. Crude oil prices were undercut by negative carry-over from Wednesday’s EIA data that showed excesssive U.S. fuel supplies after EIA crude inventories rose +9.527 million bbl to a record 518.1 million bbl and EIA gasoline supplies rose +2.846 million bbl to a record 259 million bbl.
Friday, Feb 17 | ||
US | 1000 ET | Jan leading indicators expected +0.5%, Dec +0.5%. |
Tuesday, Feb 21 | ||
US | 0850 ET | Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari (voter) participates in a discussion about the economy and the role of the Federal Reserve at a meeting of the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota in Golden Valley, MN. |
0945 ET | Feb Markit manufacturing PMI expected -0.4 to 54.6, Jan +0.7 to 55.0. Feb Markit services PMI expected -0.1 to 55.5, Jan +1.7 to 55.6. | |
1100 ET | USDA weekly grain export inspections. | |
1200 ET | Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (voter) speaks on the economic outlook at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. | |
1300 ET | Treasury auctions 2-year T-notes. |
Company | Ticker | Time | Event Description | Period | Estimate |
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Deere & Co | DE US | Bf-mkt | Q1 2017 Earnings Release | Q1 2017 | 0.541 |
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc | XRAY US | Bf-mkt | Q4 2016 Earnings Release | Q4 2016 | 0.65 |
Moody’s Corp | MCO US | Bf-mkt | Q4 2016 Earnings Release | Q4 2016 | 1.151 |
Fluor Corp | FLR US | Bf-mkt | Q4 2016 Earnings Release | Q4 2016 | 0.734 |
Spectra Energy Corp | SE US | Bf-mkt | Q4 2016 Earnings Release | Q4 2016 | 0.306 |
VF Corp | VFC US | 6:55 | Q4 2016 Earnings Release | Q4 2016 | 0.968 |
JM Smucker Co/The | SJM US | 7:00 | Q3 2017 Earnings Release | Q3 2017 | 2.006 |
Campbell Soup Co | CPB US | 7:15 | Q2 2017 Earnings Release | Q2 2017 | 0.879 |
JM Smucker Co/The | SJM US | 8:00 | Q3 2017 Earnings Call | Q3 2017 | |
Hasbro Inc | HAS US | 8:00 | Investor Meeting | Y 2017 | |
VF Corp | VFC US | 8:30 | Q4 2016 Earnings Call | Q4 2016 | |
Campbell Soup Co | CPB US | 9:00 | Q2 2017 Earnings Call | Q2 2017 | |
Fluor Corp | FLR US | 9:00 | Q4 2016 Earnings Call | Q4 2016 | |
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc | XRAY US | 9:30 | Q4 2016 Earnings Call | Q4 2016 | |
Harman International | HAR US | Annual General Meeting – M&A Vote | Y 2017 | ||
Leucadia National Corp | LUK US | Q4 2016 Earnings Release | Q4 2016 | 0.23 | |
Whole Foods Market Inc | WFM US | Annual General Meeting | |||
Xcel Energy Inc | XEL US | Fixed Income Meeting | Y 2017 |