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$COST, $YUM, $BOX, $LI, $FIVE

• Costco (COST) -
• The company reported mostly inline comparable-store sales for the month of November Wednesday evening.
• An analyst at Raymond James reviewed the sales figures Thursday morning and noted an expectation for Costco to continue gaining market share amid a favorable "product mix, clean balance sheet and sticky customer base."
• Yum! Brands (YUM) -
• A play on a likely upcoming acquisition for one of the company's brands, Taco Bell.
• At a JP Morgan conference Wednesday, Taco Bell CFO said management is keeping its eyes open and "always scanning categories" for a potential purchase. The exec specifically named the middle-eastern food space as "interesting."
• Box (BOX) -
• A play on the software space.
• Shares were down about 2% Thursday morning following mixed quarterly results and soft guidance out of Box. Reviewing the results, a sell-side analyst noted Box is "a few years ahead" of other software companies in their focus on profitability.
• Li Auto (LI) -
• A play on a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer. While peer in the space, XPeng (XPEV), reported mixed quarterly results Wednesday morning, shares rallied nearly 50%. Li will report quarterly results on Friday of next week.
• Five Below (FIVE) -
• A play on the dollar-store space.
• Shares were up 9% Thursday morning following better-than-expected quarterly results but guidance which missed analyst estimates. Competitor in the space, Dollar General (DG), reported worse-than-expected earnings Thursday morning.

 

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