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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Office Depot (ODP) reported earnings on Thur 5 Nov 20 (b/o)

** charts after earnings ** 



 
 
 

Monday, November 2, 2020

Earnings this week : Nov 2 - 6, 20 (wk 45)

Monday (Nov 2)
  • Morning: AMCX BCC BWXT CWH CDW CLX CNA DEA EL FE HLIO HSIC HZNP IAA INGR NSP XENT ITRI JLL LCII LDOS LL LITE MPC MGP MPLX MSGN NNN NI ON TEN USFD WM WING WM WING
  • Afternoon: ADTN LNT AMC AWR ANET AIZ BKH BRKR CDLX CDK CRUS CNO FANG DEI ECPG ESPR EVER FN FMC FBM FRPT G HALO PEAK HURN ICHR IR INSP JCOM JAZZ KMPR KMT KFRC LEG DOOR MATX MED MIME MDLZ MOS NCMI NPTN NTR OGS OSPN ONTO OTTR OMI PYPL PAA PINC PUMP RMBS O SBAC SIMO SWKS SEDG SRC STE TREX VNOM VNO WMB WPX
Tuesday (Nov 3)
  • Morning: AGCO ATH AVNS AVNT BHC BMCH CTLT ETN EMR ETRN EXC EXPD RACE FOXA FI IT GTES EAF GWPH HSC HUM NSIT JELD JCI LGIH LPX MCK OPCH RCM RHP SPR SYY TRI BLD VSH W WEC WBT WLK ZBRA
  • Afternoon: Y BTG CC CORT WTRG ES FATE HTA HBM IOSP JBGS KAR MRCY MCY MYGN NEX ORA PRU SUPN TRHC TX
Wednesday (Nov 4)
  • Morning: ASTE AVA CCJ FUN CLH COTY ENBL HAE HLNE HLT HEP IONS LANC MDGL OSB DNOW PSN PFGC PRGO RDWR SMG SBGI WEN
  • Afternoon: ACAD AIMT ALB ALL UHAL AEE AWK ANSS APA AZPN EQH AXNX BLUE BRX WHD CF CHNG XEC CMP CXW CTVA CCRN CRY CSGS DAR DCP DK ELF ET PLUS EPR EXPE EXR FOE FNF FNV FTDR GNW GDDY GDOT HR HOLX HST H IAG INGN PODD JKHY KAMN KGC KRO LCI LC LHCG LNC LUMN CLI MTW MRO VAC MTCH MDU MELI MET MTG MRTX NUS OLN OSUR OUT ORCC PAAS PAYC PDCE PING PXD PLYA PRAH PRI PSA QTWO QGEN QRVO QCOM QLYS RDN RPD RGNX RLJ RGLD SGMO SGMS TSLX SJI STAA SLF SUN SYKE TTGT TRMB TWO TYL UNVR UPWK VAPO VRSK VOYA WTS WK WYNN ZNGA
Thursday (Nov. 5)
  • Morning: AAON ACIW WMS AEIS AGIO BABA ALNY AMRN ABC AZN AAWW AZUL BLL GOLD BCE BDX TECH BMY GOOS CNQ CPRI CAH CNP CEVA ECOM CHH CI CNK CWEN CCOI COMM CGEN CORE CRON XRAY DISCA DISH D DUK DNB SATS EPAM EVRG EVOP FOCS GM GEL GTN HBI HFC HII IIVI INCY IBP NTLA ICPT IDCC IRM KELYA KIM KL LAMR LNTH LAUR TREE LXP MAC MLCO MDP MIDD MUR MYL EYE NYT NXST NLSN NOMD NWN NRG NS ODP OGE PZZA PH PGTI PLUG PPL PBH REGN RGEN REZI SAGE SPNS STNG SEAS SRE SERV FOUR STWD SRCL STOR STRA SVMK TEVA SHYF THS TGI USPH VGR VER VCEL VSTO VG VMC WNC WCC WRK WWW YETI ZNTL ZTS
  • Afternoon: DDD XLRN ADT ATGE ALRM ALTR AYX AMCR AMH AIG COLD AMN ANGI AINV APPN ARNA AGO ATRC AVLR ACLS AAXN BGS BIDU BLDP BNFT BIGC BILL BMRN BKNG EPAY BFAM BHF CABO CZR CARG CDAY CHUY NET COLL ED CNDT CLR CSOD CYRX CUBE CWK DLPH DLX DRH DGII DBX DXC EDIT EA EBS ENDP ENV EOG EVBG EXEL FRT FGEN FLT FLO FLS GKOS GBT GLUU GPRO LOPE GRPN GH HLF TWNK HUBS ICFI ICUI IGMS INFN INSG IAC NVTA IQ IRTC IRWD JJSF LSI LGF.A LYV LTHM LMNX MTSI MAIN MANT MMI MXL MTD MCHP MITK MNST NTRA NFG NSA NKTR NNI NVRO NEWR NWSA LASR NMIH NLOK NVAX OTEX OEC PK PCTY PTON PBA PFSI PRDO PETQ PLNT PS PRAA PRA PGNY PBYI PRPL KWR RMAX RP RRGB RDFN REG RGA RSG RBA ROKU SAIL SRPT SWX SQ STAG STMP RUN SHO SWCH SYNA TMUS TTWO TNDM TDS TDC TTD TPIC TSE TRIP TRUE UBER UPLD USM ECOL VSAT VIAV SPCE VRTU WSC XPO YELP ZG ZIOP
Friday (Nov. 6)
  • Morning: GOLF AES AMRX CWT LNG CQP CVS UFS ELAN ENB ESNT GCP HSY HRC HMSY TILE MGA MBUU MAR MD MOG.A DOC PRIM SABR SSP TU UI VTR VIAC VIRT ZBH SWCH TMUS TNDM TDC TPIC TRIP UBER USM VSAT SPCE WSC YELP ZIOP



US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) on November 2; Humana (NYSE:HUM), Wayfair (W), Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), Prudential (NYSE:PRU), Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) on November 3; Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC), Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and MetLife (NYSE:MET) on November 4; Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), General Motors (NYSE:GM), Uber (NYSE:UBER), Bristol- Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE), Peloton Interactive (PTON) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) on November 5 and CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) on November 6.

Saturday, November 9, 2019

This week's biggest % winners & losers : Nov 4 - 8, 19 (wk 45)

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: CLVS (5.88 +64.02%), COLL (19.96 +55.33%), SGRY (11.76 +35.48%), SIEN (8.84 +32.34%), EVH (10.12 +29.74%), EPZM (15.18 +28.1%)
  • Materials: KOP (43.81 +31.17%), CENX (8.28 +29.17%)
  • Industrials: BE (5.17 +54.79%), MAXR (11.8 +31.84%), TGI (27.7 +26.2%)
  • Consumer Discretionary: NIO (1.98 +30.26%), SBH (19.9 +27.81%), ODP (2.56 +26.11%)
  • Information Technology:  COMM (15.7 +38.82%), SYNA (59.01 +31.02%)
  • Financials: TRUP (31.48 +32.55%)

This week's top % losers
  • Healthcare: MYGN (23.64 -30.06%), ANIP (57.38 -26.89%), CYTK (8.2 -26.72%), ARQL (7.66 -24.83%)
  • Industrials: NSP (68.88 -36.03%), NVEE (53.08 -27.94%)
  • Consumer Discretionary: PRTY (2.34 -58.66%), MOD (7.02 -39.43%), EXPE (101.32 -26.47%), SHAK (62.06 -25.02%), ROKU (121.94  -16.76%), RP (54.11  -12.03%)
  • Information Technology: PLT (25.47 -37.24%)
  • Energy: EXTN (8.64 -33.59%)
  • Consumer Staples: MED (74.36 -31.95%)

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

-=Office Depot (ODP) reported earnings on Wed 6 Nov 19 (b/o)

  • The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP) offers its products under severa; brands. including Office Depot, OfficeMax, Grand & Toy, ODP Business Solutions, Ativa, TUL, Foray, Realspace, and DiVOGA.


Office Depot beats by $0.01, misses on revs; reaffirms FY19 guidance, increases existing stock repurchase program to $200 mln, to review of potential holding company reorganization
  • Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.15 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.14; revenues fell 3.6% year/year to $2.78 bln vs the $2.84 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • The co announced that as part of its ongoing commitment to drive shareholder value, its Board of Directors approved an increase in the authorization of its existing stock repurchase program to $200 million and an extension of the program until the end of 2021.
  • Co reaffirms guidance for FY19, sees FY19 revs of $10.8-10.9 bln vs. $10.8 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus; continues to see Adj-EBITDA of $525-550 mln
  • The co separately announced that its Board of Directors has approved a feasibility review of the implementation of a holding company reorganization, which is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2020. If implemented, the reorganization is anticipated to create a new holding company, The ODP Corporation, that will become the new parent company of Office Depot and will replace Office Depot as the public company trading on Nasdaq under Office Depot's current ticker symbol "ODP".

  • Monday, November 4, 2019

    Earnings this week : Nov 4 - 8, 19 (wk 45)

    Monday (Nov 4)
    • Morning: BHC CYOU COHU RACE FE GCI KOS MMYT SOHU S SUP SYY UAA
    • AfternoonAAN ACOR ADUS AOSL APLE APTS AWR BHF BKD BKH BWXT CBT CC CDE CDEV CHGG CPE DIOD DK DOOR ED ELVT ETH EVBG EVER FBM FICO FN FRPT FRTA FTSI GRPN HHC HIG HLIO HPR HR HTZ IFF ITRI JKHY KAMN KMPR KMT LASR LMNX MAR MDRX MOS MYGN NBIX NCMI NTR O OTTR OUT OXY PAHC PBPB PI PLMR PLOW PRU PXD QTS REAL RMBS RNG RYAM SHAK SHO SNCR STE STRL SWM SYKE TCMD THC TNDM TSE UBER VAC VECO WES WTR XEC 
    Tuesday (Nov 5)
    • Morning: AFI AGN AMRC AMRN ARNC ASC ATH ATHM ATRO AVNS AVTR BCPC BDX BMCH BPMC BSIG CEIX CHH CHK CNK CSWI CTLT EEX EMR ENDP EQM EXPD FI FIS FTDR GEO GLDD GSKY GSX HLNE HSIC ICPT IPHS IPI JLL LAMR LCII LGIH LPX MDGL MGP MNK MYE MYL NEM NOVT NPO NS NWN OCN OXFD PBI PINC PPL PTON RCM REGN RHP RPD SERV SGRY SRC SSTK SXC TA THR TLRA TPR TRVG UNT UNVR USAC USFD VCEL VIRT VPG VRTV VST WBT WLK ZBH
    • Afternoon: ACHC AKCA ALRM Y ATUS AVD ANDE AINV AIZ AVLR BTG BEAT WIFI CZR CARG CDK CENX CNO COHR CMP CPSI SCOR CPS CSOD CCRN CWK DVA DVN FANG DEI EVRI ES EVH FATE FRGI FIVN FLDM FTR GTES GTE GPRE GHL GWPH HCKT HCR HST HUBS ICHR IOSP INGN INSP PODD IPAR IRTC JAZZ KAR KRG KTOS KPI LC LGND LTHM MTCH MBI MCHP MODN MWA NP NEWR NUS OAS OHI OPK PE PAYS PAA PAGP PLT PTLA PRMW PRA RDUS RRGB RRR RGNX SWIR SSRM SXI INN SUPN CGBD TSLX TRUP TWO RARE VGR VOYA WMC WLL WW
    Wednesday (Nov 6)
    • Morning: AES XLRN AYR ALE AMRX ANIP WAAS GOLD BKI BLMN BCOR BR CSTE CPRI CRCM CARS CBRE FUN GIB CRL IMOS CIR CWEN CNHI CNR COTY CVIA CVS CYBR DEA ELAN ENBL ESPR GLOG GCP GEL HZNP HUM NSIT IONS JELD KELYA KL LAUR LXP LL MFA MIDD NYT NXST DNOW ODP OMI PZZA PFGC PRGO DOC RDWR SMG SEE SQNS SBGI SND VNTR VER VG VMC WNC WD WEC WEN WLH
    • Afternoon: AIMT, ATSG, ALB, LNT, UHAL, AEL, ANGI, ANSS, AAOI, ASRT, ATO, EQH, AXGN, BIDU, BAND, BNFT, BL, BRKS, CECO, CVNA, CTL, COLL, CNDT, CXW, DAR, DCP, DXCM, DXPE, DVAX, ELF, EGAN, ERI, EBS, ECPG, ET, ELF, ENS, EOG, EVRG, EXPE, STAY, FG, FISV, FIT, FLT, FLO, FLNT, FSCT, FOSL, FOXA, GKOS, GMED, GLUU, GDDY, LOPE, HOLX, TWNK, IAG, ICFI, IAC, IVC, NVTA, IQ, KGC, LCI, LHCG, RAMP, MFC, MRO, MTRX, NTRA, NKTR, NVRO, NEX, OSUR, ORA, OR, PAAS, PGRE, PK, PDCE, PLYA, PRI, PROS, PSEC, PRSC, PBYI, QTWO, QCOM, QUOT, RP, RDFN, RCII, REZI, ROKU, RGLD, RUBI, SAIL, SGMO, WTTR, SEDG, SJI, SWX, SPTN, SQ, SLF, SUN, TLND, TTGT, TXMD, TMST, TPIC, TRIP, TCX, TPC, UPWK, VVV, VNDA, VERI, VSLR, WK, WMGI, WYNN, ZAGG, ZAYO 

    Thursday (Nov 7)
    • Morning: ACIW, ADNT, WMS, APD, AMC, ABC, MT, AVA, AZUL, BCC, CAH, ECOM, CBB, CLVS, CCOI, CMCO, COMM, CORE, COT, DNR, DISCA, DISH, SATS, EPAM, EVOP, AG, FOCS, GOGO, GTN, HAIN, HL, HIMX, HII, INXN, JCI, KDP, KTB, KOP, LXRX, MBUU, MCFT, MDP, VIVO, MSGN, NHI, EYE, NLSN, NBL, NOMD, NCLH, NVMI, NRG, OGE, PCRX, PRTY, PRFT, PGTI, PNW, PLUG, RL, RLGY, SBH, SEAS, SNH, STRA, TGNA, TSG, TWI, THS, GTS, TGI, USPH, VSTO, WRK, WWW, ZTS 
    • Afternoon: AAXN, AGO, AGS, AIRG, AL, ALTR, AMBC, AMH, AMPH, ANAB, AQN, ARLO, ARNA, ATVI, AVID, BE, BEDU, BGNE, BKNG, BOLD, CABO, CDAY, CHUY, COLD, CORT, CTRE, CUTR, CWH, CYRX, DBX, DIS, EB, ENLC, ENV, FARM, FSLY, G, GDOT, GH, GPRO, GSBD, IVR, JAG, JJSF, KIDS, KRO, KSHB, LADR, LPSN, MAIN, MATX, MED, MIME, MITK, MMI, MNST, MOD, MRAM, MTD, MTW, NCR, NDLS, NLOK, NNBR, NNI, NVEE, NWSA, ONTO, PEGA, PEN, PETQ, PLNT, PRAA, QHC, QNST, RBA, RLJ, RVLV, SCPL, SEMG, SGMS, SIEN, SPPI, SRPT, STMP, SVMK, SWAV, SWCH, TDC, TIVO, TRHC, TROX, TRUE, TTD, TTWO, TUSK, TXG, UEPS, UNIT, UPLD, VRTU, VSAT, WPRT, WSC, WTRH, XOG, YELP, ZG, ZGNX, ZIOP

    Friday (Nov 8)
    • Morning: AER, AEE, EPAY, CLNY, DRH DUK, ENB, ERF, ETM, ESNT, FLY, GTX, GNLN, HMC, MSG, MGA, ZEUS, REV, SSP, SVC, STWD, USCR, UNT


    Notable earnings reports: 
    • Under Armour (NYSE:UAA), Uber (UBER), Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK), Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Bausch Health (NYSE:BHC) on November 4; 
    • Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), Match (NASDAQ:MTCH), Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) and Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) on November 5; 
    • Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), Square (NYSE:SQ), Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE), Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) and CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) on November 6; 
    • Disney (NYSE:DIS), Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO), Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO), Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN), Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) and Zillow (NASDAQ:ZG) on November 7; 
    • Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) and Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) on November 8.

    Friday, August 11, 2017

    This week's biggest % winners & losers : Aug 7 - 11, 17 (wk 32)

    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: MYOK (36.7 +113.99%),EDIT(21.95 +28.66%),NTRA(10.62 +28.11%),NXTM(29.22 +26.27%),ACHN(4.7 +19.16%),FGEN(41.65 +19%),PRGO(78.49 +16.4%),EGRX(55.64 +16.4%),IPXL(18.3 +15.09%),CYH(7.45 +14.26%)
    • Industrials:STS(20.95 +38.47%),HTZ(18.65 +30.24%)
    • Consumer Discretionary:KORS(44.69 +21.44%),CROX(9.21 +15.99%),ERI(23.4 +15.27%)
    • Information Technology:ATHM(61.52 +28.65%),EFII(31.81 +22.11%),SSNI(12.95 +15.94%),BITA(36.91 +14.52%)
    • Consumer Staples:CHEF(17.6 +20.96%)
    This week's top 20 % losers
    • Healthcare:  SGRY(11.03 -43.75%),DEPO(6.32 -33.26%),CCXI(7.2 -30.7%), BLCM(7.96 -25.88%),EVH(18.4 -23.65%)
    • Materials: FRTA(4.64 -46.48%)
    • Industrials:BW(2.91 -70.99%),CBI(11.8 -30.47%),CECE(7.45 -23.27%)
    • Consumer Discretionary: FOSL(8.2 -29.55%),ODP(4.27 -28.11%), JCP  3.93 -27.76%),FTD(13.85 -27.03%)
    • Information Technology:LXFT(45.7 -25.57%),CALX(5.04 -24.78%)
    • Financials:MHLD(7 -36.94%)
    • Energy:OSG(2.2 -27.15%),TTI(1.99 -23.17%)
    • Consumer Staples:BETR(7.63 -21.82%)

    Wednesday, August 9, 2017

    =Office Depot (ODP) reported earnings on Wed 9 Aug 2017 (b/o)



    Office Depot misses by $0.02, misses on revs; affirms outlook
    • Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.06 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.08; revenues fell 8.5% year/year to $2.36 bln vs the $2.44 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
      • Retail Division
        • Retail Division sales were $1.1 billion in the second quarter of 2017 compared to $1.2 billion in the prior year period. The decline in sales was due to the impact of planned store closures over the past twelve months and a 6% decline in comparable store sales in the quarter versus the prior year due primarily to lower store traffic and average order value of purchases.
      • Business Solutions Division
        • Business Solutions Division sales were $1.2 billion in the second quarter of 2017, a decline of 6% in constant currency compared to the second quarter of 2016. The sales decline was primarily driven by continued competitive pressures, prior period customer losses in the contract channel, the ongoing reduction in catalog sales through our call centers and the impact of sales from omnichannel programs that are recorded in the Retail Division.
    • Outlook:
      • Office Depot continues to expect total company sales in 2017 to be lower than 2016, primarily due to the impact of planned store closures, prior year contract customer losses, continued challenging market conditions and returning to a 52-week fiscal year. However, the company expects the rate of sales decline to improve in the second half of 2017 based on improvements in customer retention, implementation of new customer wins and growth from strategic business initiatives.
      • The company continues to expect adjusted operating income of approximately $500 million in fiscal 2017. This includes funding a number of strategic initiatives and opportunities to grow the business throughout the year. The 2017 target is a comparable year-over-year increase of about 10%, excluding the $15 million estimated 53rd week operating income benefit realized in 2016.

    Wednesday, June 21, 2017

    =Staples (SPLS) to be acquired by Sycamore Partners?

    • Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is on the brink of acquiring Staples (SPLS), the world's largest office supply company, in a deal that could top $6 billion, according to Reuters.
    • In May, Cerberus Capital Management emerged as the front runner to secure the retailer.
      



    Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Staples Inc (SPLS) following an auction for the U.S. office supplies retailer, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in a deal that could top $6 billion.

    The acquisition would come a year after a U.S. federal judge thwarted a merger between Staples and peer Office Depot Inc (ODP) on antitrust grounds.

    It would represent a bet by Sycamore that Staples could more quickly shift its business model from serving consumers to catering to companies if it were to go private.

    Sycamore is in the process of finalizing a debt financing package for its bid for Staples after it prevailed over another private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, three sources said.

    An agreement could be announced as early as next week, though negotiations between Sycamore and Staples are continuing and there is still a possibility that deal discussions could fall apart, the sources added.

    Staples has 1,255 stores in the United States and 304 in Canada. It has the largest market share of office supply stores in the United States at 48 percent, and its share has increased since 2011, according to Euromonitor.

    A number of private equity-backed retailers, from Sports Authority Inc to Payless ShoeSource Inc, have filed for bankruptcy in the last two years.

    Sycamore, however, specializes in retail investments and has been more bullish on the sector. Its previous investments include regional department store operator Belk Inc, discount general merchandise retailer Dollar Express and mall and web-based specialty retailer Hot Topic.

    Wednesday, March 1, 2017

    =Office Depot (ODP) reported earnings on Wed 1 March 17 (b/o)



    Office Depot beats by $0.01, beats on revs :
    • Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.11 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.10; revenues fell 1.5% year/year to $2.73 bln vs the $2.7 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
    • FY17 Guidance: Office Depot expects total company sales in 2017 to be lower than 2016 (FY16 $11.021 bln - FY17 Capital IQ consensus $10.395 bln), primarily due to the impact of store closures, prior year contract customer losses, one less selling week and continued challenging market conditions. However, the company expects the rate of sales decline to improve throughout 2017 based on improvements in customer retention, implementation of new customer wins and continued growth in the contract channel sales pipeline.
    • The company continues to expect to achieve approximately $500 million in adjusted operating income in fiscal 2017, a comparable year-over-year increase of about 10%, excluding the $15 million estimated 53rd week operating income benefit in 2016. In 2017, capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $200 million including investments to support the company's critical priorities and the Store of the Future test format.

    Wednesday, May 11, 2016

    Staples (SPLS), Office Depot(ODP) scrap merger deal

    A federal judge has blocked the planned tie-up of Staples (SPLS) and Office Depot (ODP) due to competition concerns, prompting the office-supply chains to abandon their roughly $6B deal. "We are disappointed by this outcome and strongly believe that a merger would have benefited all of our customers in the long term," said Office Depot CEO Roland Smith. Staples will now pay a $250M break-up fee to its smaller rival for terminating the transaction.


    Sunday, April 29, 2012

    Largest NYSE Short Interest Positions as of March 15, 2012


    The following are the 100 largest short interest positions on the New York Stock Exchange as of the March 15 settlement date.
    Ticker                                                           Avg. Daily 
    Symbol   Company                    March 15       Feb. 29        Volume       
    =============================================================================
    SPY      SPDR S&P 500 ETF          300,522,241    320,414,742    144,584,792
    NOK      NOKIA CORP-ADR            238,589,778    217,069,399     30,876,733
    IWM      ISHARES-RUS 2000          215,295,924    208,446,628     57,152,838
    BAC      BANK OF AMERICA           143,114,063    152,021,136    274,159,980
    F        FORD MOTOR CO             142,220,843    135,030,064     43,711,730
    XLF      SPDR-FINL SELECT          102,083,147    113,075,054     88,398,994
    AA       ALCOA INC                  75,658,108     71,471,265     26,184,628
    SVU      SUPERVALU INC              72,690,802     70,089,415      5,633,230
    CX       CEMEX SAB-SP ADR           67,034,551     69,299,889     13,477,955
    AMD      ADV MICRO DEVICE           66,669,811     61,854,071     18,999,870
    T        AT&T INC                   65,362,766     58,993,817     23,016,561
    GE       GENERAL ELECTRIC           64,751,898     64,023,158     49,116,713
    S        SPRINT NEXTEL CO           61,956,414     56,210,124     52,115,486
    DUK      DUKE ENERGY CORP           58,777,412     56,221,756      7,411,113
    GME      GAMESTOP CORP-A            58,698,146     54,847,869      3,424,974
    GM       GENERAL MOTORS C           57,042,316     54,745,984      8,866,315
    SWY      SAFEWAY INC                56,873,816     48,457,680      8,638,178
    PFE      PFIZER INC                 54,687,966     50,773,726     35,716,190
    CHK      CHESAPEAKE ENERG           52,043,688     51,470,132     11,037,011
    EMC      EMC CORP/MA                51,417,912    100,406,089     22,155,268
    SNV      SYNOVUS FINL               51,088,922     54,424,970     11,977,268
    HST      HOST HOTELS & RE           49,772,976     42,649,204      9,101,007
    PBI      PITNEY BOWES INC           49,680,628     48,177,228      3,138,577
    NLY      ANNALY CAPITAL M           48,269,717     40,681,602     14,123,647
    BBY      BEST BUY CO INC            47,843,752     44,787,941      4,624,288
    EXC      EXELON CORP                47,137,061     43,230,042      7,532,886
    XLE      SPDR-ENERGY SEL            45,977,915     43,288,258     13,964,138
    XLI      SPDR-INDU SELECT           44,123,837     31,839,807     16,712,943
    XRT      SPDR S&P RETAIL            44,045,329     46,639,662      5,712,082
    RAD      RITE AID CORP              43,458,562     43,308,127     17,741,644
    VZ       VERIZON COMMUNIC           43,197,986     44,730,316     11,340,305
    MTG      MGIC INVT CORP             42,079,109     44,305,369      5,796,221
    SCHW     SCHWAB (CHARLES)           41,323,622     33,521,155     11,188,619
    VALE     VALE SA-SP ADR             41,266,494     33,633,117     21,091,271
    SD       SANDRIDGE ENERGY           40,539,955     38,163,558     12,587,513
    EEM      ISHARES-EMG MKT            39,199,517     42,255,576     49,825,780
    C        CITIGROUP INC              37,928,926     37,545,949     52,802,223
    DIS      WALT DISNEY CO             37,413,109     37,676,536      8,422,419
    JNJ      JOHNSON&JOHNSON            37,031,596     37,192,092      8,951,121
    MGM      MGM RESORTS INTE           36,917,565     37,261,893     13,119,819
    X        US STEEL CORP              36,358,760     34,821,912     10,163,411
    TWX      TIME WARNER INC            35,853,922     33,937,175      9,107,159
    PHM      PULTEGROUP INC             35,583,672     35,870,695      9,296,512
    BSX      BOSTON SCIENTIFC           35,475,912     33,472,767     10,875,282
    XOM      EXXON MOBIL CORP           34,353,360     31,409,797     15,520,289
    DHI      DR HORTON INC              33,941,943     28,669,112      8,792,940
    LEN      LENNAR CORP-A              33,925,352     29,967,579      6,416,189
    KMI      KINDER MORGAN IN           33,903,630     33,567,017      1,871,406
    JCP      J.C. PENNEY CO             33,516,131     28,942,871      4,827,239
    UAL      UNITED CONTINENT           33,455,976     38,058,490      6,702,212
    HDY      HYPERDYNAMICS CP           33,408,356     30,201,886      3,124,194
    ECA      ENCANA CORP                33,372,003     25,502,503      5,030,380
    F/WS     FORD MOTOR -CW13           33,023,384     33,011,464      1,112,762
    MHR      MAGNUM HUNTER RE           32,900,148     30,745,401      3,726,180
    WFC      WELLS FARGO & CO           32,870,424     29,209,826     32,914,133
    IVN      IVANHOE MINES              32,717,466     31,021,523      2,290,345
    JPM      JPMORGAN CHASE             32,573,235     31,470,171     41,423,252
    DDR      DDR CORP                  32,537,565     30,929,688      2,688,128
    HEK      HECKMANN CORP              31,540,789     28,913,094      4,656,715
    KOG      KODIAK OIL & GAS           30,891,458     33,089,095     10,747,069
    IYR      ISHARES-DJ REAL            30,702,773     32,348,549      6,344,467
    KBH      KB HOME                    30,532,076     32,072,642      4,961,073
    HTZ      HERTZ GLOBAL HOL           29,931,910     30,193,528      4,122,560
    SPF      STANDARD PACIFIC           29,751,116     30,235,751      3,164,232
    SKS      SAKS INC                   29,625,499     31,367,369      1,955,263
    RSH      RADIOSHACK CORP            29,620,668     27,348,178      3,896,266
    VXX      IPATH-S&P S/T FU           29,295,877     26,865,521     38,140,405
    USB      US BANCORP                 28,680,939     30,326,608     12,884,967
    CIM      CHIMERA INV CORP           28,535,934     24,429,748     16,146,001
    ACI      ARCH COAL INC              28,359,927     25,826,706     10,372,742
    RDN      RADIAN GROUP INC           28,174,651     28,255,442      4,920,306
    WAG      WALGREEN CO                28,031,741     27,232,148      8,035,933
    XLB      SPDR-MATERIALS             27,956,873     23,868,645      9,779,160
    AKS      AK STEEL HLDG              27,803,951     24,632,219      9,922,220
    OPK      OPKO HEALTH                27,669,144     24,367,303      1,723,544
    KRE      SPDR S&P REG BAN           27,548,738     29,989,281      3,128,171
    EWZ      ISHARES-BRAZIL             27,343,387     28,126,149     16,563,925
    HIG      HARTFORD FINL SV           26,913,438     25,772,355      7,105,547
    GCI      GANNETT CO                 26,713,145     25,704,067      4,684,830
    KWK      QUICKSILVER RES            26,315,079     23,858,508      3,432,603
    ODP      OFFICE DEPOT INC           25,973,899     27,172,820      4,467,243
    XOP      SPDR OIL&GAS EXP           25,849,935     24,567,123      4,002,930
    XLV      SPDR-HEALTH CARE           25,560,406     26,832,581      4,561,714
    RGC      REGAL ENTERTAI-A           24,876,893     26,114,717      2,005,299
    THC      TENET HEALTHCARE           24,751,118     25,182,963      7,307,249
    USG      USG CORP                   24,726,479     22,358,250      4,128,777
    XCO      EXCO RESOURCES I           24,674,106     21,742,923      5,785,327
    VALE/P   VALE SA-SP P ADR           24,621,777     23,755,463     10,171,677
    WMT      WAL-MART STORES            24,384,346     21,461,710      9,390,839
    USU      USEC INC                   24,241,008     23,781,835      1,516,062
    NYB      NY COMM BANCORP            24,202,627     27,953,619      5,302,852
    CNO      CNO FINANCIAL GR           23,965,469     23,855,761      1,693,901
    BMY      BRISTOL-MYER SQB           23,960,899     25,288,242      7,636,764
    MAS      MASCO CORP                 23,877,598     19,109,683      6,898,375
    LUV      SOUTHWEST AIR              23,847,959     17,069,424      7,713,156
    RF       REGIONS FINANCIA           23,734,678     22,768,409     36,653,597
    BPZ      BPZ RESOURCES IN           23,644,340     23,192,407      2,124,277
    COP      CONOCOPHILLIPS             23,370,817     19,430,117      7,958,538
    CVX      CHEVRON CORP               23,040,489     19,830,857      6,657,861
    POM      PEPCO HOLDINGS             22,951,143      8,840,769      4,010,497
    
    *-- Data includes ETF positions.