WMT vs. DLTR vs. DG vs. BIG vs. TGT

 

Insider Trading : Fri 6/2/23

Notable purchases -- Execs add to ZD; notable sales -- President/CEO active in LSTR

Buyers:

• BIG President & CEO bought 51,000 shares at $4.853 worth ~$248K.
• BOH Director bought 6,500 shares at $39.76 - $40.97 worth ~$259K.
• CLDT Director bought 8,800 shares at $18.95 worth ~$167K.
• DHC Director bought 3154,641 shares at $1.16 - $1.50 worth ~$4.3 mln.
• EIG President & CEO bought 6,880 shares at $36.46 worth ~$251K.
• EVBG Director bought 20,000 shares at $23.1521 - $23.3251 worth ~$465K.
• GO Director bought 70,000 shares at $27.99 - $29.00 worth ~$2.0 mln.
• HBAN Director bought 23,680 shares at $10.56 - $10.57 worth ~$250K.
• SLNO 10% owner Perceptive Advisors bought 35,000 shares at $5.00 - $5.80 worth ~$188K.
• TCBI Director bought 5,000 shares at $46.60 - $48.90 worth ~$238K.
• ZD Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and EVP/General Counsel bought 13000 shares at $58.45 - $59.14 worth ~$765K.

Sellers:

• AN 10% owner Eddie Lampert sold 55,914 shares at ~$140.756 worth ~$7.9 mln.
• DXPE Chief Marketing & Technology Officer and Sr. Vice President sold a total of 19,000 shares at ~$32.37 worth ~$615K.
• LSTR President & CEO sold 22,500 shares at $175.10 - $176.84 worth ~$4.0 mln.
• MCD EVP - Global CMO sold 2,000 shares at $285.03 - $285.10 worth ~$570K.

This week's biggest % winners & losers: Feb 24 - 28, 20 (wk 9)

This week's biggest % gainers/losers The following are this week's top percentage gainers and losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume)

This week's top % gainers

• Healthcare: NVAX (16.00 +107.25%), MRNA (25.93 +42.24%), IOVA (32.91 +26.67%), BCRX (3.00 +17.65%), SGMO (8.53 +14.65%), INO (4.28 +14.29%), REGN (444.57 +10.27%), TDOC (124.96 +10.06%), RDUS (21.06 +8.78%)
• Industrials: TPC (14.50 +23.19%), REZI (10.75 +6.65%)
• Consumer Discretionary: LRN (19.88 +18.62%), ETSY (57.81 +7.65%)
• Financials: SQQQ (23.40 +34.56%), ECPG (37.16 +8.34%)
• Energy: TK (3.66 +8.93%), FI (3.92 +8.29%), GLNG (12.82 +6.44%)
• Consumer Staples: BGS (14.8 +7.95%), TPB (26.15 +7.84%)

This week's top % losers

• Healthcare: SAGE (47.00 -32.4%)
• Materials: KRA (10.12 -36.55%)
• Industrials: LDL (11.91 -45.34%), HTZ (12.79 -36.84%), FLR (9.32 -36.77%), DY (29.56 -34.49%), CAR (32.38 -32.47%), BLDP (8.9 -32.27%)
• Consumer Discretionary: TUP (2.85 -52.1%), BIG (15.81 -37.78%), PRTY (1.99 -32.77%)
• Information Technology: SABR (13.62 -37.77%), NTNX (23.84 -35.52%)
• Energy: TELL (1.80 -72.33%), KOS (3.05 -38.63%), TUSK (1.09 -33.54%)

Big Lots (BIG) reported earnings Thur 27 Feb 20 (a/h)

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BIG Big Lots misses by $0.13, misses on revs, comps -0.9%; guides Q1 EPS well below consensus; guides FY20 EPS below consensus; co is slowing its Store of the Future rollout

Reports Q4 (Jan) earnings of $2.39 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.13 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $2.52; revenues rose 0.5% year/year to $1.61 bln vs the $1.62 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

• Comps decreased -0.9% in Q4 vs prior guidance of slightly positive.

Co issues downside guidance for Q1 (Apr), sees EPS of $0.30-0.45, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.93 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

• Co guides to Q1 comps of a low to mid-single digit decline, which includes the estimated impact of supply chain disuruption due to the coronavirus.
• "We expect a challenging first quarter of 2020, due in part to upfront investments in our higher-return growth initiatives, combined with a slow start to the quarter and the sales impact of supply chain disruption related to the coronavirus.

Co issues downside guidance for FY20, sees EPS of $3.20-3.40, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $4.04 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

• Co guides to FY20 comps of flat to a low single digit increase with comps accelerating in the second half of the year as the growth initiatives are rolled out.

Strategic Transformation Update: "Based on some recent softness in sales trends, we are slowing our Store of the Future rollout and assessing our capital allocation strategy with a focus on markets where we expect the strongest returns, while adding newer, higher-return growth initiatives."

Co maintains dividend of $0.30 per share.

Earnings this week : Feb 24 - 28, 20 (wk 9)

Monday (Feb 24)

• Morning: AWI CRI CTB DIN XENT STAR SPNS
• Afternoon: AWR APY APLE ARLO AXGN BWXT CDEV CSOD PLOW EPR EVER FBM GH HALO HLIO HLX HTZ HPQ INTU ITRI KAMN KEYS KTOS MEDP MMSI NSA OII OKE PANW APTS PROS RCII RTRX SAIL SHAK TNDM THC TREX XHR

Tuesday (Feb 25)

• Morning: AMT AMWD AVNS BMO BNS BCC CBRL DNR DEA NPO ETM FI FRPT FCN HD INSM ICPT IRDM LNTH TREE LGIH LL M MNK MANU PRFT PGTI PRIM RLGY RHP SRC STWD TRI BLD TA TZOO TUP USCR SLCA UNVR VCEL WBT WWW
• Afternoon: AKCA ALRM AMRN AGR BGS CZR CSGP DAR DK ENLC EVTC EXEL GWPH HEI HURN HY INFN INGN INSP PODD JAZZ LDL MTDR MATX MGRC NVRO ORA OUT PEN PLNT PBPB PSA RRGB RVLV RLJ RRD CRM SDC INN SUPN SYX CGBD REAL TOL TROX UIS VICR SPCE WRI WW

Wednesday (Feb 26)

• Morning: AMCX AEE AMRX AVA CARS CHK CM CLH DAKT DY EV ESI ENDP FOSL FTDR GCP HZNP TILE IONS SJM LIVN LOW MGPI MIDD MRNA EYE NXST NI NOVT OCN ODP PZZA DOC PEG SABR SEAS SINA SBGI SSYS TLRA TJX TPB UTHR VER WB WEN WYND
• Afternoon: DDD ACAD ADPT AEGN ALEX ANSS APA ACA ARNA EQH BMRN BEAT BKNG BOX WHD CRC CPE CVNA CHDN FIX CLR CLGX CCI CW CUTR EDIT ESTC ERI ECPG WTRG ETSY STAY FG FRGI FRTA GBT GTE GEF TWNK IIPR INST KW LB LHCG CLI VAC MAR MED NTRA NTES NTNX PTLA SRPT SILK SJI SWX SQ STAA SRI SYKE TCMD FTI TYDOC TELL TCOM TPC UHS UPLD UPWK ECOL WPG WPX

Thursday (Feb 27)

• Morning: AAON ACIW GOLF PLAN BUD ANIP BBY CWT CBRE CNP CRAI CHS CCC CWEN CCOI CROX CRON DISCA EME EQT EQM EVOP EXLS FSS FLIR FLY FRO GCI GTX GTN HRI HGV IBP NTLA JCP KDP KOP LAUR NEO NLSN NVCR PDCO PRGO PRSC PWR REZI SAGE SAFM SRE SERV SRCL SHOO TGP TNK TTI TSG TD TRSUSPH VRTV
• Afternoon: ACHC AMC AMH AGO ADSK AAXN BTG BIDU BIG BYND CABO CDNA COLL SCOR CWK DELL DRQ EIX EOG EB FTCH FTAI GKOS HCAT HHC ICFI ICUI IMMU IQ IRTC LADR LYV MAIN MTZ MBI MNST MYL NKTR NNI NPTN OXY PAGS PBA PLYA PRAA PSTG RRC RP RWT RBA SWN SPPI RUN SWCH TRHC TTD TPIC VMW WES WDAY INT

Friday (Feb 28) 

• Morning: AES CLNY FL ROCK MGLN PNM SSP SVC STRA SUP VST W

Notable earnings reports: HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ), Dine Brands (NYSE:DIN), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) and Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) on February 24; Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Macy's (NYSE:M), Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL), Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR), Virgin Galactic (SPCE) and Saleforce.com (NYSE:CRM) on February 25; Lowe's (NYSE:LOW), Square (NYSE:SQ), J.M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM), Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN), TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX), Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Box (NYSE:BOX) on February 26, VMWare (NYSE:VMW), Cronos Group (NASDAQ:CRON), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD), Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK), Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) on February 27; Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) and Wayfair (NYSE:W) on February 28.

Big Lots (BIG) reported earnings on Fri 6 Dec 19 (b/o)

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Big Lots beats by $0.02, reports revs in-line; guides Q4 EPS mid point below consensus; Q3 comps -0.1%

Reports Q3 (Oct) loss of $0.18 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.20); revenues rose 1.6% year/year to $1.17 bln vs the $1.16 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Comparable sales decreased 0.1% for the third quarter of fiscal 2019, compared to guidance of approximately flat.

Co issues guidance for Q4, sees EPS of $2.40-2.55, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $2.55 S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees Q4 comps up slightly.

Co said ". After a year of restructuring and transition in 2019, and despite the ongoing impact of tariffs, we expect to return to EBIT and EPS growth in 2020, including significant improvement in normalized free cash flow."

Earnings this week : Dec 2 - 6, 19 (wk 49)

Monday (Dec 2)

• Morning: DSX
• Afternoon: COUP

Tuesday (Dec 3)

• Morning: BMO DCI GSM LE  QTT
• Afternoon: AVAV HQY MRVL CRM WDAY ZS

Wednesday (Dec 4)

• Morning: BNED CPB GIII JW.A RY
• Afternoon: HOME DSGX ESTC FIVE GEF HRB POWL PGNY RH SMTC WORK SMAR SPWH SNPS TLYS VRNT 

Thursday (Dec 5)

• Morning: BF.B CM DG DLTH EXPR GMS JILL KIRK KLXE KR MEI MIK PDCO SCWX SIG SY TIF TD
• Afternoon: AOBC CLDR COO CRWD DOCU DOMO EZPW GWRE MDLA OKTA PD SAIC ULTA YEXT ZM ZUMZ ZUO

Friday (Dec 6) 

• Morning: BIG GCO  HHR

Notable earnings reports:

• Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) on December 2; 
• Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY), Marvell Technologies (NASDAQ:MRVL) and AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) on December 3; 
• Slack Technologies (NYSE:WORK), Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB), At Home Group (NYSE:HOME) and Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) on December 4; 
• Kroger (NYSE:KR), Lululemon (NASDAQ:LULU), DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU), Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Zoom Video (NASDAQ:ZM) on December 5; 
• Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) and Genesco (NYSE:GCO) on December 6.

Big Lots (BIG) reported earnings on Fri 8 March 19 (b/o)

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Big Lots beats by $0.38, reports revs in-line; Q4 comps +3.1%; guides Q1 EPS below consensus; guides FY20 EPS in-line; approves $50 mln share repurchase program

• Reports Q4 (Jan) earnings of $2.68 per share, $0.38 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $2.30; revenues fell 2.7% year/year to $1.6 bln vs the $1.6 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Comparable store sales increased 3.1% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to our guidance of flat to an increase of 2%.
• Co issues downside guidance for Q1, sees EPS of $0.65-0.75, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.92 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY20, sees EPS of $3.55-3.75, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $3.64 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.  FY20 Guidance: Forecasting comparable store sales to increase in the low single digit range. Forecasting cash flow (cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures) of approximately $95 to $105 million.
• On March 6, 2019, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program providing for the repurchase of up to $50 million of our common shares.

Earnings this week : March 4 - 8, 2019 (wk 10)

Earnings confirmed to report this week:

Monday (March 4)

• Morning: IPAR
• Afternoon: AFH CTRP HUYA NVGS CRM STRL YY

Tuesday (March 5)

• Morning: AFI BNED CIEN GMS GSKY JW.A KSS KFY SINA TGT TPB WB
• Afternoon: AVAV AMBA CDLX COO FATE NIO OOMA AGS PRMW NX QTT  ROST RYI SSW URBN VSLR WMC  

Wednesday (March 6)

• Morning:  ANF AMRC BZUN BJ BF/B CHS DLTR DCI INXN JILL THO
• Afternoon: ABM AEO ASRT BLDP BREW CBPO CMTL DSGX FTK GWRE HIIQ KIDS MYRG REVG WHD YEXT

Thursday (March 7)

• Morning:  BKS BURL CNQ CPG CRCM DESP FLY HOV HRB IGT IMOS KR MEI PLUG REZI SSYS SUP TECD TWI USPH
• Afternoon: AOBC CHUY COST CYRX EB ERII FIZZ  GSHD INSG LOCO MRVL NVEE OEC OKTA TTOO UPLD WTRH

Friday (March 8)

• Morning: ALLO  BIG DSKE MTN NAV

This week's biggest % winners & losers : Dec 3 - 7, 2018 (wk 49)

The following are this week's top 20 percentage gainers and top 20 percentage losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).

This week's top 20 % gainers

• Healthcare: TSRO (73.95 +59.44%), GBT (42.66 +35.24%), CLVS (21.24 +23.42%), MNTA (14.25 +20.35%), RVNC (23.11 +13.06%), VNDA (27.6 +10.22%)
• Materials: SBGL (2.79 +14.34%), AU (11.28 +13.71%), AEM (39.92 +13.67%), NGD (0.86 +13.22%), AKG (0.73 +11.84%), AGI (3.6 +11.8%)
• Consumer Discretionary: MDCA (3.21 +21.59%), RH (137.01 +17.97%), AOBC (14.09 +15.68%), TRCO (44.99 +11.75%)
• Information Technology: LSCC (6.69 +14.16%)
• Financials: OZM (1.55 +51.96%)

This week's top 20 % losers

• Healthcare: MDXG (1.15 -61.79%), AKRX (4.26 -37.9%), SUPN (36.53 -22.96%), HQY (68.38 -22.9%), TLGT (1.61 -21.84%), EVH (20.23 -21.28%)
• Materials: TROX (7.3 -31%)
• Industrials: HA (30.53 -23.95%)
• Consumer Discretionary: BNED (4.66 -30.13%), LE (15.08 -28.97%), BIG (31 -28.83%), HOME (20.41 -28.39%), SIG (38.55 -26.85%), DLTH (24.34 -22.45%), OLLI (69.13 -22.06%), PLCE (102.28 -21.1%)
• Information Technology: MOMO (24.57 -21.63%),
• Energy: SPN (4.3 -21.1%)
• Consumer Staples: UNFI (14.88 -31.14%)

Big Lots (BIG) reported earnings on Fri 7 Dec 18 (b/o)

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 Big Lots misses by $0.16, reports revs in-line; Q3 comps +3.4% in line with guidance; guides Q4 EPS below consensus; sees Q4 comps +0-2%

• Reports Q3 (Oct) loss of $0.16 per share, $0.16 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.00); revenues rose 3.6% year/year to $1.15 bln vs the $1.14 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. Comparable store sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 increased 3.4% compared to our guidance of +2% to +4%. 
• Co issues downside guidance for Q4, sees adjusted EPS of $2.20-2.40 vs. $2.93 S&P Capital IQ Consensus. This guidance is based on a comparable store sales in the range of flat to an increase of 2%.

Earnings this week : Dec 3 - 7, 18 (wk 49)

Earnings confirmed to report this week

Monday (Dec 3)    

• Morning: FNSR
• Afternoon:  COUP MESA RH SMAR

Tuesday (Dec 4)

• Morning:  AZO AVYA BMO BNED CONN DG DCI GMS HDS MOV SECO TOL
• Afternoon: ESTC GWRE HOME HPE HQY MDB MRVL OLLI  OL ZS

Wednesday (Dec 5)
Markets will be closed for the mourning of the 41st US President George H.W. Bush

• Morning: AEO BF.B GIII JW.A LE MOMO SCWX 
• Afternoon: CLDR FIVE GEF HRB KFY  OKTA SNPS  

Thursday (Dec 6)

• Morning:  DLTH GCO GIII HOME HOV HRB KFY KR LE MEI MIK MOMO PDCO PLCE SCWX SIG THO TTC VRNT
• Afternoon:  AOBC AVGO CMTL COO DOCU DOMO LULU SAIC ULTA UNFI ZUMZ

Friday (Dec 7)

• Morning: BIG MTN

This week's biggest % winners & losers : Aug 27 - 31, 18 (wk 35)

The following are this week's top 20 percentage gainers and top 20 percentage losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).

This week's top 20 % gainers

• Healthcare: GKOS (68.37 +55.99%), ALNY (122.67 +26.63%), ADRO (7.4 +26.5%), KTWO (27.34 +21.24%), IMMU (26.76 +20.11%), MDXG (5.3 +19.1%), NVTA (14.81 +17.91%), NVAX (1.56 +17.29%), CRBP (5.85 +17%)
• Industrials: BLDP (3.54 +18.39%)
• Consumer Discretionary: AOBC (14.03 +45.39%), TLYS (23.52 +36.03%), SCVL (44.46 +32.05%), SHLD (1.34 +21.82%), DSW (33.26 +21.56%)
• Information Technology: LEJU (2.21 +40.76%), BRKS (39.41 +32.92%), SMCI (20.51 +25.21%), SMTC (59.75 +18.43%)

This week's top 20 % losers

• Healthcare: EGRX (69.13 -14.23%), SPPI (21.53 -12.23%), DEPO (6.38 -10.52%)
• Consumer Discretionary: ANF (21.67 -20.74%), GME (13.27 -19.82%), MIK (16.99 -17.8%), MOV (42.6 -16.39%), FOSL (22.67 -14.61%), BIG (43.05 -14.12%), DLTR (80.51 -13.86%)
• Information Technology: UEPS (7.24 -17.82%), TECD (72.75 -15.94%), EA (113.41 -12.06%), PDFS (8.72 -11.56%), VNET (9.75 -10.96%)
• Financials: GGAL (22.5 -14.77%)
• Telecommunication Services: TKC (4.07 -14.68%)

Big Lots (BIG) reported earnings on Fri 31 August 2018 (b/o)

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Big Lots misses by $0.08, reports revs in-line; guides Q3 EPS in-line; guides Q4 (Jan) EPS in-line; lowers FY19 EPS below consensus 

• Reports Q2 (Jul) earnings of $0.59 per share, $0.08 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.67; revenues rose 0.2% year/year to $1.22 bln vs the $1.23 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Comparable store sales increase 1.6%

Outlook

• Co issues in-line guidance for Q3, sees EPS of ($0.06)-$0.04 vs. $0.02 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Provides initial Q3 guidance for comparable store sales increase of +2-4%
• Co issues in-line guidance for Q4 (Jan), sees EPS of $2.90-3.00 vs. $2.96 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Provides initial Q4 guidance for comparable store sales increase in the low single digits
• Co issues downside guidance for FY19, sees EPS of $4.40-4.55 vs. $4.57 S&P Capital IQ Consensus, and down from prior guidance of $4.50-4.70
  • Affirms guidance for fiscal year comparable store sales increase of approximately 1%

Earnings this week : August 27 - 31, 18 (wk 35)

Earnings confirmed to report this week

Monday (August 27)

• Morning: AMWD  PKX MBT JT SVA FGBI PEBK TATT
• Afternoon: HEI PAHC  SHG BAP WF BILI  RYB MESA

Tuesday (Aug 28)

• Morning: BBY BJ BMO BNS CTLT  DSW HAIN SFUN SXI TIF
• Afternoon: BOX HPE HRB LCI NCS OOMA PSEC SCSC  SCVL TLRY YRD

Wednesday (Aug 29)

• Morning: AEO BF.B CHS DKS DY EV EXPR MOV
• Afternoon: CRM GEF GES HOME PVH SMTC TLYS UEPS

Thursday (Aug 30)

• Morning: ANF BURL CIEN CPB DG  DLTR  GMS KIRK MEI MIK PDCO SIG TD TECD TITN
• Afternoon: AMBA  AOBC  COO  LULU  NTNX PAGS ULTA YEXT ZUO

Friday (Aug 31)

• Morning: BIG