This week's biggest % gainers & losers : Sept 11 - 15, 23 (wk 37)

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: RCKT (23.48 +50.13%), CGC (1.36 +45.95%), CARA (2.37 +23.44%)
• Materials: GLT (2.64 +20%), IAG (2.57 +17.35%), MAG (11.93 +15.22%)
• Industrials: EAF (3.96 +15.12%), AMRC (46.83 +14.39%), REVG (14.91 +14.25%), PBI (3.28 +13.89%)
• Consumer Discretionary: CECO (15.89 +15.65%)
• Information Technology: BB (5.4 +18.31%)
• Energy: NXE (6.24 +14.08%)
• Consumer Staples: TWNK (33.39 +18.77%), CASY (278.42 +15.11%)

This week's top % losers

• Healthcare: PTCT (26.11 -36.28%), OFIX (12.99 -29.31%), EVLO (5.03 -25.21%), EBS (3.89 -14.99%), NVAX (7.73 -13.88%), ALLK (2.43 -13.08%), FATE (2.17 -12.5%), IOVA (5.23 -12.18%)
• Consumer Discretionary: TUP (1.92 -20.74%), SFIX (3.23 -18.97%), PLNT (50 -15.02%), FTCH (2.3 -13.07%)
• Information Technology: AAOI (9.85 -16.53%), UIS (3.37 -14.16%), CMTL (8.5 -12.51%), DOCU (44.01 -12.35%)

Planet Fitness (PLNT) : CEO Chris Rondeau to step down

ticker: PLNT

 

 

Planet Fitness appoints Craig Benson as Interim CEO, effective immediately

The Planet Fitness board decided to “transition to new leadership, resulting in the departure of Chris Rondeau,” the company said in a news release Friday. The former CEO, who had been at the helm since January 2013, will continue to serve as a member of the board and will be nominated for re-election next year, the company said.

• Rondeau will continue to serve as a member of the co's Board of Directors and will be nominated for re-election at the co's 2024 Annual Meeting.
• Rondeau will continue to serve the co in an advisory role as contemplated under his existing agreements with the co to help ensure a smooth transition.

Earlier this year, the company grappled with a disappointing first-quarter earnings report. This year, the stock is off 34%.

Insider Trading : Tue 6/6/23

Notable purchases -- CEO adds to PLNT; notable sales -- 10% owner active in JOE

Buyers:

• DISH Director bought 300,000 shares at ~$5.92 - $6.09 worth ~$1.8 mln.
• GCO Director bought 17,500 shares at $17.85 worth ~$312K.
• MTB CFO bought 10,000 shares at $120.22 - $121.54 worth ~$1.2 mln.
• PLNT Chief Executive Officer bought 10,000 shares at $64.60 - $65.28 worth ~$650K.

Sellers:

• JOE 10% owner Fairholme Fund (Bruce Berkowitz) sold 203,900 shares at $46.01 - $46.66 worth ~$9.5 mln.

Planet Fitness (PLNT) reported earnings on Thur 7 Nov 19 (a/h)

ticker: PLNT

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Planet Fitness reports EPS in-line, beats on revs; guides FY19 EPS in-line, revs in-line 

Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.36 per share, excluding non-recurring items, in-line with the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.36; revenues rose 22.1% year/year to $166.82 mln vs the $162.26 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

• Franchise segment revenue increased $11.9 million or 21.7% to $66.7 million from $54.8 million in the prior year period, driven primarily by higher royalty revenue as a result of new stores opened since July 1, 2018, an 8.1% increase in same store sales, and a higher average royalty rate;
• System-wide same store sales increased 7.9%

Co issues in-line guidance for FY19, sees EPS of ~$1.56, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $1.57 S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees FY19 revs increase of ~19% (implying $681.75 mln) vs. $683.65 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

• Total revenue to increase approximately 19% as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, up from prior guidance of approximately 18%;
  Total new store equipment sales in the high end of the range of 250 to 260
• System-wide same store sales of approximately 8.6%, up from prior guidance of approximately 8%

=Planet Fitness (PLNT) reported earnings on Tue 26 Feb 19 (a/h)

ticker: PLNT

Planet Fitness beats by $0.02, reports revs in-line; guides FY19 revs above consensus

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.34 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.32; revenues rose 30.1% year/year to $174.4 mln vs the $173.76 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • System-wide same store sales increased 10.1%. By segment, franchisee-owned same store sales increased 10.1% and corporate-owned same store sales increased 9.0%.
• Co issues upside guidance for FY19, sees FY19 revs of approx $657 mln vs. $637.84 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. System-wide same store sales in the high single digits; Adjusted net income to increase approximately 18% as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018; and Adjusted net income per diluted share to increase approximately 25% as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018

Earnings this week : Feb. 25 - March 1, 2019 (wk 9)

Earnings confirmed to report this week:

Monday (Feb 25)

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• Afternoon:  ALSN APLE APTS ATH AWR BWXT CDEV CORT CRZO DDS  DRH ELGX EPR ETSY EVER FBM FRAC FRGI GSM HNI HTZ IMMU JBT KAMN KBR LDL LSI MEDP MOS NGHC NLS OFIX OKE PBPB PEB PLOW PODD QTS RCII RP RRC SHAK SNHY SYKE THC TRTX TWOU XENT

Tuesday (Feb 26)

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Wednesday (Feb 27)

• Morning:  AES AMRN AMT ANIP BBY CHK CLH CPB DF DNR DOC DY EYE FTDR GCP GTE HMLP HPT HZNP IONS LIVN LOW LXP MDCO MGPI MIDD NEWM NOVT OCN ODP PEG PGTI PNM RDC SBGI SHOO TAST TJX UTHR WAAS 
• Afternoon:  AEGN ALEX AMED ANSS APA ATSG AYX BEL BGNE BILI BKNG BOLD BOX CABO CCRN CHDN COLL CRC CVNA CWK DAR ECPG ERI ESTC ESV FG FIT FOE FTAI FTSI GEF GKOS HGV HHC HPQ ITRI KRA KW LADR LB LHCG MNST NNI ORBC PDCE PK PRAH PRGO PRSC QRTE.A SEMG SJI SOI SQ SRI SRPT STAY SWX TDOC TPC TROX TWNK UHS WIFI WING WTI XLRN

Thursday (Feb 28)

• Morning: AAON ABB ACIW AKRX AMCX AMRX BCPC BID BMCH BPMP BUD CARS CM CMD CNP CRAI CROX CWEN CWT DAVA DEA EGRX ENDP EXLS FOLD FRO FSS GOLF GTN GTS GTT HMHC HRI IBP ICPT IRDM JCP JD KDP LAUR LKQ MGLN MYE NLSN NOMD NRG OPI OXSQ PCRX PDCO PRIM PRTY SEAS SPAR STWD SYNH TD TRS TTI VAC VRTV VST
• Afternoon:  DDD ACHC AIMT ALRM AQN ALTR AMBC AMC APPF AGO ATRC ADSK EQH BIO BLDR CARG CSLT CISN SCOR DELL DCO EIX EDIT FTCH FNKO GCAP GPS GSBD HABT ICUI XON JAG KTOS LYV MAIN MAR MTZ MAXR MBI NKTR NPTN JWN NTNX PLYA PRAA PTCT PBYI PSTG KWR RDUS RBA RLJ SGMO SRG SWN SPPI SPLK SRCL RUN TRHC TCMD TERP TPIC UPWK VMW WDAY ZIXI ZGNX ZS WUBA 

Friday (March 1)

• Morning:  ASTE CLNY CORE XRAY EBIX FL KOP NWN PEGI PTLA SSP SNH STRA TGNA TRCO 

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• Monday: December Wholesale Inventories (Briefing.com consensus 0.4%; prior 0.3%) at 10:00 ET; $40 bln 2-yr Treasury note auction results at 11:30 ET; and $41 bln 5-yr Treasury note auction results at 13:00 ET
• Tuesday: December S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index (Briefing.com consensus 4.5%; prior 4.7%) at 8:00 ET; December Housing Starts (Briefing.com consensus 1254K; prior 1256K) and Building Permits (Briefing.com consensus 1290K; prior 1328K) at 8:30 ET; December FHFA Housing Price Index (prior 0.4%) at 9:00 ET; February Consumer Confidence (Briefing.com consensus 125.0; prior 120.2) at 10:00 ET; and $32 bln 7-yr Treasury note auction results at 13:00 ET
• Wednesday: Weekly MBA Mortgage Index (prior 3.6%) at 7:00 ET; January Advance Intl. Trade in Goods; Advance Retail Inventories; and Advance Wholesale Inventories at 8:30 ET; December Factory Orders (Briefing.com consensus 1.0%; prior -0.6%), Fed Chair Powell Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Testimony, and January Pending Home Sales (Briefing.com consensus -0.4%; prior -2.2%) at 10:00 ET; and Weekly EIA Crude Oil Inventories (prior +3.7M) at 10:30 ET
• Thursday: Q4 GDP - Advance (Briefing.com consensus 2.3%; prior 3.4%), Q4 GDP Deflator - Advance (Briefing.com consensus 1.7%; prior 1.8%), weekly Initial Claims (Briefing.com consensus 221K; prior 216K), and Continuing Claims (prior 1725K) at 8:30 ET; February Chicago PMI (Briefing.com consensus 57.5; prior 56.7) at 9:45 ET; and weekly EIA Natural Gas Inventories (prior -177 bcf) at 10:30 ET
• Friday: December Personal Income (Briefing.com consensus 0.3%; prior 0.2%), Personal Spending (Briefing.com consensus -0.2%; prior 0.4%), and January Personal Income (Briefing.com consensus 0.3%) at 8:30 ET; February ISM Manufacturing Index (Briefing.com consensus 56.0; prior 56.6), and Final February Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Briefing.com consensus 95.6; prior 95.5) at 10:00 ET

-=Planet Fitness (PLNT) reported earnings on Tue 7 Nov 17 (a/h)

ticker: PLNT

Planet Fitness beats by $0.03, beats on revs; raises FY17 EPS, rev and comp guidance; Q3 comps +9.3% 

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.19 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.03 better thanthe Capital IQ Consensus of $0.16; revenues rose 12.1% year/year to $97.5 mln vs the $93.55 mln Capital IQ Consensus. Co reports system-wide same store sales increased 9.3%. Adjusted EBITDA increased 22.4% to $43.4 million from $35.4 million in the prior year period.
• Co issues raised guidance for FY17, sees EPS of $0.80-0.82 from $0.76-0.78, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.78 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; raises FY17 revs to $425-430 mln from $409-415 mln vs. $415.41 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate;raises FY17 System-wide same store sales growth in the 9.5% to 10% range (prior guidance +8-9%) 

=Planet Fitness (PLNT) reported earnings on Wed 1 March 17 (a/h)

ticker: PLNT

NEWINGTON, N.H. (AP) _ Planet Fitness Inc. (PLNT) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $10.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Newington, New Hampshire-based company said it had net income of 18 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 20 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 19 cents per share.

The fitness center operator posted revenue of $116.4 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $116 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $21.5 million, or 50 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $378.2 million.

Planet Fitness expects full-year earnings in the range of 72 cents to 75 cents per share, with revenue in the range of $405 million to $415 million.

Planet Fitness shares have increased almost 9 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $21.85, a climb of 53 percent in the last 12 months.

Planet Fitness (PLNT) reported earnings Thur 12 Nov 15 (after close)

 ticker: PLNT

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 Planet Fitness beats by $0.01, beats on revs; guides FY15 EPS & revs above consensus  :

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.10 per share, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.09; revenues rose 8.4% year/year to $68.8 mln vs the $66.6 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• System-wide same store sales increased 6.9%.
• Co issues upside guidance for FY15, sees EPS of $0.51-0.52 vs. $0.47 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY15 revs of $318-321 mln vs. $314.86 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Sees FY15 System-wide same store sales growth of 7.0-7.5%.