- Scott Peters
- 30 Nov, 2023
- New York City
Five Below was nearly unchanged at $188.0 after the deep discount retailer reported its third-quarter results.
Revenue in the third quarter increased 14.2% to $736.4 million from $645.0 million, and comparable store sales rose 2.5% from a year ago.
Net income in the quarter declined to $14.6 million from $16.1 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to 26 cents from 29 cents a year ago.
The company repurchased 500,000 shares in the third quarter at a cost of $80 million.
The company estimated net sales in the fourth quarter to be in the range of $1.32 billion to $1.35 billion, including an additional 60 stores, based on a 2% to 3% rise in comparable store sales.
Net income in the fourth quarter is estimated to be in the range of $201 million and $211 million.
Pure Storage plunged 15.7% to $32.17 after the data storage company estimated a lower-than-expected current quarter and annual revenue.
Revenue in the third quarter increased 13% to $762.8 million from $676.1 million; the company swung to net income of $70.4 million from a loss of $0.7 million; and diluted earnings per share were 21 cents compared to breakeven.
Subscription services revenue increased by 26% to $309.6 million, and subscription annual recurring revenue also increased by 26% to $1.3 billion.
Salesforce soared 9.2% to $251.53 after the customer contact management software company reported better-than-expected earnings.
Revenue in the third quarter increased 11% to $8.7 billion from $7.8 billion, net income soared to $1.2 billion from $210 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to $1.25 from 21 cents a year ago.
The company repurchased $1.9 billion of its stock in the third quarter.
The software company estimated fourth-quarter revenue to increase 10% and fall in the range of $9.18 billion and $9.23 billion and narrowed its full-year fiscal 2024 revenue outlook to an increase of 11% to between $34.75 billion and $35.8 billion.
Snowflake jumped 7.2% to $187.95 after the software company reported that revenue jumped in its latest quarter.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter ending in October jumped 32% to $734.2 million from $557 million; net loss expanded to $214.7 million from $201.4 million; and diluted loss per share expanded to 65 cents from 63 cents a year ago.
The company said remaining performance obligations increased by 23% to $3.7 billion, and the company now has 436 customers with trailing 12-month product revenue of more than $1.0 million.
Non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow soared 70% from a year ago to $111 million in the quarter.
- Barry Adams
- 30 Nov, 2023
- New York City
Market indexes advanced after the alternative measure of inflation showed waning price increases.
The S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite are set to close November with strong gains, primarily driven by optimism about future interest rate direction.
The S&P 500 index is up 8.5% and the Nasdaq Composite is ahead by 11%, and those gains were the best monthly gains since July 2022.
Moreover, market indexes are inching closer to their 2023 highs, and the indexes are expected to retain an upward bias in the two months ahead.
Market optimism was bolstered by the latest update on personal consumption expenditure, indicating prices are rising at a slower pace and personal income and spending after adjusting for inflation are still rising.
Investors also reacted to the fresh batch of earnings, and Salesforce, Pure Storage, Snowflake, and Five Below were in focus.
Inflation Gauge: PCE Price Index Slowed in October
The personal consumption expenditure price index was flat on a monthly basis in October, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday.
The alternative watered down measure of inflation, preferred by policymakers, was the weakest since July 2022, after rising 0.4% in September and August.
The annual rate also slowed to 3.0% from 3.4% in September, a low level not seen since March 2021.
Moreover, the annual core PCE inflation, which excludes food and energy, eased to 3.5% from 3.7%, a new low in 27 months.
Personal income and spending inched up 0.2% from the previous month, the monthly report showed.
U.S. Indexes and Yields
The S&P 500 index edged up 0.2% to 4,574.18, and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.2% to 14,282.09.
The yield on 2-year Treasury notes decreased to 4.67%, 10-year Treasury notes inched higher to 4.30%, and 30-year Treasury bonds were unchanged at 4.47%.
Crude oil increased $0.82 to $78.68 a barrel, and natural gas prices rose 2 cents to $2.82 a thermal unit.
Gold decreased $4.40 to $2,039.90 an ounce after the U.S. dollar eased.
The dollar index, which weighs the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies, edged lower to 103.23.
U.S. Stock Movers
Five Below was nearly unchanged at $188.0 after the deep discount retailer reported its third-quarter results.
Revenue in the third quarter increased 14.2% to $736.4 million from $645.0 million, and comparable store sales rose 2.5% from a year ago.
Net income in the quarter declined to $14.6 million from $16.1 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to 26 cents from 29 cents a year ago.
The company repurchased 500,000 shares in the third quarter at a cost of $80 million.
The company estimated net sales in the fourth quarter to be in the range of $1.32 billion to $1.35 billion, including an additional 60 stores, based on a 2% to 3% rise in comparable store sales.
Net income in the fourth quarter is estimated to be in the range of $201 million and $211 million.
Pure Storage plunged 15.7% to $32.17 after the data storage company estimated a lower-than-expected current quarter and annual revenue.
Revenue in the third quarter increased 13% to $762.8 million from $676.1 million; the company swung to net income of $70.4 million from a loss of $0.7 million; and diluted earnings per share were 21 cents compared to breakeven.
Subscription services revenue increased by 26% to $309.6 million, and subscription annual recurring revenue also increased by 26% to $1.3 billion.
Salesforce soared 9.2% to $251.53 after the customer contact management software company reported better-than-expected earnings.
Revenue in the third quarter increased 11% to $8.7 billion from $7.8 billion, net income soared to $1.2 billion from $210 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to $1.25 from 21 cents a year ago.
The company repurchased $1.9 billion of its stock in the third quarter.
The software company estimated fourth-quarter revenue to increase 10% and fall in the range of $9.18 billion and $9.23 billion and narrowed its full-year fiscal 2024 revenue outlook to an increase of 11% to between $34.75 billion and $35.8 billion.
- Inga Muller
- 30 Nov, 2023
- Frankfurt
Mining sector stocks advanced, tracking higher commodity prices.
Glencore jumped 1.1% to 448.90 pence, Anglo American edged up a fraction to 2,145.20 pence, and Antofagasta rose 0.1% to 1,419.50 pence.
Energy sector stocks gained in London trading as OPEC+ members meet to discuss production quotas and support higher prices in international markets.
BP gained 2.4% to 485.74 pence, Shell advanced 1.2% to 2,584.50 pence, Repsol inched higher 1.4% to €14.23, and TotalEnergies jumped 1.6% to €62.79.
Banks traded higher after rate hike worries following the easing of inflation in the currency union.
Banco Santander rose 1.0% to €3.84, Deutsche Bank gained 2.1% to €11.50, UniCredit eased 0.2% to €25.26, Barclays added 0.3% to 140.84 pence, and HSBC advanced 0.8% to 599.50 pence.
German industrial engineering and vehicle makers were in focus after the jobless rate eased in November.
Volkswagen Group decreased 0.8% to €105.98, BMW gained 0.1% to €96.18, and Mercedes-Benz Group eased 0.01% to €59.28.
Siemens gained 0.5% to €153.64, ThyssenKrupp eased 1% to €6.95, and MTU Aero Engines decreased 0.6% to €186.65.
Luxury stocks lacked direction on the ongoing uneven recovery in China, offset by the revision in U.S. economic growth in the third quarter.
LVMH gained 0.1% to €691.20, Kering added 0.2% to €391.85, Richemont fell 0.2% to CHF 109.30, Christian Dior declined 0.5% to €667.0, and Salvatore Ferragamo dropped 2% to €11.49.
- Bridgette Randall
- 30 Nov, 2023
- Frankfurt
European markets edged higher after investors digested the latest inflation report in the eurozone.
Bond yields in the euro area decreased after consumer price inflation in the eurozone slowed to 2.4% in November, largely because of the higher comparison base in the previous year.
The latest inflation report confirmed the declining inflation trend, and Spain's inflation eased to 3.2% in November from 3.5%, while Germany's import price inflation declined for the eighth month in a row and fell 13% in November.
Despite the cooling inflation trend, market participants remained nervous after the U.S. GDP growth estimate in the third quarter was revised higher to 5.2% from the previous estimate of 4.9%, stoking fears that the Federal Reserve may consider keeping higher rates for longer in 2024.
Bond yields eased to new three-month lows, and the euro hovered near its two-month high against the U.S. dollar.
German Jobless Rate Increased In November.
Moreover, Germany's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 5.9% in November from 5.8% in the previous month, the Federal Employment Agency reported Thursday.
The unemployment rate rose to the highest level since May 2021, after the number of job seekers increased by 22,000 to 2.702 million.
The number of unemployed rose by 175,000, but the number of job openings declined by 90,000 from a year ago.
Eurozone Inflation Eased in November
The consumer price inflation rate in the Euro Area declined to 2.4% from a year ago in November, Eurostat reported Thursday.
Overall inflation declined to the lowest level since July 2021 and eased from 2.9% in October, reflecting weakening energy prices from a year ago.
Meanwhile, the core rate of inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, declined to 3.6% from 4.2% in the previous month, the lowest since April 2022.
Energy prices dropped at a faster pace of 11.5% compared to 11.2% in October; food, alcohol, and tobacco inflation slowed to 6.9% from 7.4%; service inflation eased to 4.0% from 4.6%; and non-energy industrial goods inflation inched lower to 2.9% from 3.5%.
Europe Indexes and Yields
The DAX index increased 0.2% to 16,196.88, the CAC-40 index rose 0.2% to 7,278.54, and the FTSE 100 index added 0.5% to 7,459.54.
The yield on 10-year German bonds decreased to 2.41%; French bonds traded lower to 3.0%; the UK gilts declined to 4.14%; and Italian bonds inched higher to 4.19%.
The euro held at $1.091, the British pound inched lower to $1.264, and the U.S. dollar eased to 87.47 Swiss cents.
Brent crude increased $0.87 to $83.75 a barrel, and the Dutch TTF natural gas increased by €1.54 to €41.96 per MWh.
Europe Stock Movers
Mining stocks advanced, tracking higher commodity prices.
Glencore jumped 1.1% to 448.90 pence, Anglo American edged up a fraction to 2,145.20 pence, and Antofagasta rose 0.1% to 1,419.50 pence.
Energy stocks gained in London trading as OPEC+ members meet to discuss production quotas and support higher prices in international markets.
BP gained 2.4% to 485.74 pence, Shell advanced 1.2% to 2,584.50 pence, Repsol inched higher 1.4% to €14.23, and TotalEnergies jumped 1.6% to €62.79.
Banks traded higher after rate hike worries following the easing of inflation in the currency union.
Banco Santander rose 1.0% to €3.84, Deutsche Bank gained 2.1% to €11.50, UniCredit eased 0.2% to €25.26, Barclays added 0.3% to 140.84 pence, and HSBC advanced 0.8% to 599.50 pence.
German industrial engineering and vehicle makers were in focus after the jobless rate eased in November.
Volkswagen Group decreased 0.8% to €105.98, BMW gained 0.1% to €96.18, and Mercedes-Benz Group eased 0.01% to €59.28.
Siemens gained 0.5% to €153.64, ThyssenKrupp eased 1% to €6.95, and MTU Aero Engines decreased 0.6% to €186.65.
- Arun Goswami
- 30 Nov, 2023
- Mumbai
Stocks lacked direction but the benchmark indexes extended weekly gains for the second week in a row and investors are awaiting the release of September quarter GDP estimate.
The Sensex index increased 262.28 points to 66,436.58, and the Nifty index rose 122.95 points to 20,012.60.
On the Mumbai stock exchange, 133 stocks traded at their 52-week highs and 14 stocks traded at their 52-week lows.
Tata Technologies, Gandhar Oil, and Fedbank Financial Services listed their initial public offerings today, lifting the totalto 205 in the year so far.
Tata Technologies offering is oversubscribed by 69 times, Gandhar Oil by 64 times, but the Fedbank offering attracted lukewarm market interest.
Tata Technologies raised ₹3,040 crore and priced its stock at the upper end of its price range, ₹500 per share.
Gandhar Oil Refinery priced its 500.7 crore offering at 169 per share and Fedbank Financial Services priced its 1,092 crore offering at ₹140 per share.
Tata Technologies jumped 8.9% to ₹1,307, Gandhar Oil Refinery advanced 10.7% to 306.10, and Fedbank Financial inched up 4.5% to ₹144.50.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency priced its offering at ₹32 per share, and the stock was listed at ₹50 and closed at ₹60 on the first day of its trading on Wednesday.
The public offering of the state-controlled lending institution was oversubscribed 38 times.
IDBI Bank increased 0.5% to ₹62.30 after the central government's agency resumed its process of selecting asset valuation company and advanced the auction of the government's stake in the bank.
- Arjun Pandit
- 30 Nov, 2023
- Mumbai
Stocks in Mumbai extended weekly gains ahead of the release of the GDP estimate later in the day.
The Sensex index and the Nifty index increased 0.1% following a tech-fueled surge in the previous session.
GDP in the fiscal second quarter ending in September is expected to expand by 6.5%, according to an estimate released by the Reserve Bank of India.
Rising consumer spending and steady government spending are expected to drive economic growth in the quarter.
In commodities trading, crude oil traded mixed in London and in New York ahead of the OPEC+ meeting later today as oil-producing nations struggle to agree on a monthly production quota.
Gold and silver continued to march ahead, primarily reflecting the weakness in the U.S. dollar following the speculation that the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates as early as March 2024.
The expectation of a decline in interest rates drives the dollar lower and lifts the price of gold higher.
Traders anticipate the gold price to advance over the next two months as the Federal Reserve is expected to hold rates steady after the next policy meeting ending on December 13.
India Indexes and Yields
The Sensex index increased 262.28 points to 66,436.58, and the Nifty index rose 122.95 points to 20,012.60.
On the Mumbai stock exchange, 133 stocks traded at their 52-week highs and 14 stocks traded at their 52-week lows.
The yield on the 10-year Indian government bonds edged up to 7.25%, and the Indian rupee weakened to ₹83.20 against the U.S. dollar.
The gold price increased by 0.04% to ₹62,570 per ten grams, and silver decreased by 0.1% to ₹77,180 per kilo.
Crude oil decreased by 0.1% to ₹6,488 per barrel, and natural gas fell by 0.7% to ₹234.70 per thermal unit.
India Stock Movers
Tata Technologies, Gandhar Oil, and Fedbank Financial Services are scheduled to list their initial public offerings today.
Tata Technologies offering is oversubscribed by 69 times, Gandhar Oil by 64 times, but the Fedbank offering attracted lukewarm market interest.
Tata Technologies raised ₹3,040 crore and priced its stock at the upper end of its price range, ₹500 per share, and the stock is expected to open above ₹1,100.
On Wednesday, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency priced its offering at ₹32 per share, and the stock was listed at ₹50 and closed at ₹60.
The public offering of the state-controlled lending institution was oversubscribed 38 times.
- Brian Turner
- 29 Nov, 2023
- New York City
Gross domestic product rose at a faster pace in the third quarter after the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis revised its previous estimate.
Real gross domestic product increased at an annual pace of 5.2%, higher than 4.9% in the preliminary estimate, and accelerated from a 2.1% rise in the second quarter.
The GDP increase was the fastest since the fourth quarter of 2021, and the increase in the third quarter primarily reflected a higher increase in government spending, inventory investment, and nonresidential investment, but consumer spending growth was revised lower.