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1. STOCK NEWS:
- Electronic Arts (EA) pre-announced downbeat preliminary Q3 earnings and net bookings and cut its FY25 net bookings guidance, noting that Global Football accounts for the majority of the change
- The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority will(AAPL) and Google (GOOGL)
- American Airlines (AAL) reported better-than-expected Q4 results and provided guidance for Q1 and FY25
- GE Aerospace (GE) reported upbeat Q4 earnings and revenue and announced plans to boost its dividend 30% and repurchase $7B of common stock in 2025
- Knight-Swift (KNX) reported upbeat Q4 results and provided Q1 earnings guidance
2. WALL STREET CALLS:
- BofA downgraded Electronic Arts (EA) to Neutral, while BMO Capital also downgraded EA to Market Perform and Raymond James cut the stock to Market Perform
- Netflix (NFLX) upgraded to Outperform at Wolfe Research
- JPMorgan downgraded Acushnet (GOLF) to Underweight, says shares overvalued
- KeyBanc upgraded Boot Barn (BOOT) to Overweight
- Goldman Sachs double-downgraded Veeva (VEEV) to Sell from Buy
3. AROUND THE WEB:
- Microsoft (MSFT) plans to buy 3.5M carbon credits, estimated to be worth roughly $200M, FT reports
- Walmart (WMT) is increasing compensation for regional store managers, WSJ says
- Hyundai Motor (HYMTF) is in talks to supply commercial electric vehicles to General Motors (GM), Reuters reports
- Ananym Capital Management plans to nominate as many as half a dozen directors to the board at Henry Schein (HSIC), Reuters says
- Nissan Motor (NSANY) has abandoned plans to produce a compact electric vehicle at its plant in the Southern U.S. state of Mississippi, Nikkei says
4. MOVERS:
- SES AI (SES) gains after signing a contract totaling up to $10M to develop batteries for EVs
- TAL Education (TAL) higher in New York after reporting Q3 results
- Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE) increases after highlighting the recent acquisition of property pertaining to its modular microreactor technologies
- Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) falls in New York after announcing a 15M share offering
- AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) lower after announcing a $400M share offering
5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:
- Union Pacific (UNP) reported Q4 results, with CEO Jim Vena commenting that the “strong fourth quarter results represent a great capstone to a very successful year”
- McCormick (MKC) reported Q4 results and provided guidance for FY25
- Alaska Air (ALK) reported Q4 results, with EPS and revenue beating consensus
- GATX (GATX) reported Q4 results and provided guidance for FY25
- Valley National (VLY) reported Q4 results, with EPS missing consensus
INDEXES:
Near midday, the Dow was up 0.57%, or 251.83, to 44,408.56, the Nasdaq was down 0.27%, or 54.10, to 19,955.24, and the S&P 500 was up 0.09%, or 5.72, to 6,092.09.