Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:
Alibaba ADRs (BABA) shares fall following Hong Kong shares lower, after the New York Times reported that the Trump administration has raised concerns over Apple’s potential deal with the Chinese tech giant.
Novavax (NVAX) shares rally after the US FDA approved the drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine for adults 65 years and older as well as those aged 12 to 64 years who have at least one medical condition that puts them at a higher risk of severe illness from Covid.
Reddit (RDDT) shares are after the web forum operator is downgraded to equal-weight from overweight at Wells Fargo, with analysts saying that recent user disruptions are likely to be more permanent as Google “more aggressively” implements AI features in search.

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- Walmart (WMT) is ticking lower this morning as the retail giant warns of higher prices from tariffs. President Trump told Walmart to stop blaming tariffs for raising prices, citing the company's billions of dollars in profits last year. CFO John David Rainey said price increases will happen in May.
- Nvidia (NVDA) shares are tumbling this morning as CEO Jensen Huang outlined plans to let customers deploy rivals’ chips in data centers built around its technology, a move that acknowledges the growth of in-house semiconductor development by major clients from Microsoft and Amazon. The announcement, made at Computex in Taiwan, is significant for the company, but the broader market decline overshadowed the news.
- Home Depot (HD) shares are lower this morning as they are expected to report shrinking same-store sales due to tariff-fueled economic anxiety and consumer pullback, similar to earnings from Target, also set for this week. Still, Evercore ISI is adding Home Depot to the firm's "Tactical Outperform List" ahead of the company's Q1 earnings report.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Nvidia (NVDA) shares are tumbling this morning as CEO Jensen Huang outlined plans to let customers deploy rivals’ chips in data centers built around its technology, a move that acknowledges the growth of in-house semiconductor development by major clients from Microsoft and Amazon. The announcement, made at Computex in Taiwan, is significant for the company, but the broader market decline overshadowed the news.
- Walmart (WMT) is ticking lower this morning as the retail giant warns of higher prices from tariffs. President Trump told Walmart to stop blaming tariffs for raising prices, citing the company's billions of dollars in profits last year. CFO John David Rainey said price increases will happen in May.
- Diageo (DEO) shares are down in the premarket, citing a hit to its bottom line due to tariffs, but is reassuring investors that cost cuts could offset the damage. Diageo will cut costs by $500 million over three years to mitigate the impact of US trade tariffs, which will add $150 million in annual costs.

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- Ryanair signaled robust demand for travel this summer, with fares rising and Europeans sticking close to home for their holidays.

- Diageo expects sales growth to improve in the second half of the year and set out a cost-cutting program, as the British distiller grapples with US tariffs on its shipments from the UK and Europe.

- Shares in drug companies Roche and BioArctic may be active in Monday trading after US drug regulators approved the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, potentially making it easier to find and treat patients.

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• UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) plummeted as much as 18% following a report that the insurer was under criminal investigation for possible Medicare fraud, adding to an already tumultuous week. The Justice Department has had a probe into the company’s Medicare Advantage business since at least last summer, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. UnitedHealth shares dropped every day for the last eight trading sessions, including sinking more than 17% Tuesday when the company abruptly replaced its chief executive officer and suspended 2025 guidance. It has lost more than $110 billion in market value this week. 
• Legislation that House Republicans call "one big, beautiful bill" would extend Inflation Reduction Act Section 45X credits to 2031 and tweak section 45Z. First Solar shares have surged about 30% since the bill's introduction, as it alleviates fears that the IRA would be fully repealed as some Republican lawmakers had called for. Should the 45X provision that was included in IRA be reversed, First Solar's gross margin would drop to about 25% vs. about 44% in 2024, based analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence, with peers facing similar pullbacks.
• Super Micro Computer shares jumped after Saudi Arabia-based data center company DataVolt signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the beleaguered US server company. The stock has rallied more than 40% this week, notching the best week since November. The agreement should “fast-track delivery of ultra-dense GPU platforms and rack systems for DataVolt’s hyperscale AI campuses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the US,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

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• CoreWeave (CRWV) shares surged 22% to a record high on Friday after Nvidia reported a larger-than-anticipated stake in the cloud-computing provider.Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, disclosed a holding of 24.18 million shares, or about 7% of outstanding stock, as of March 31. That stake, included in a 13G filing on Thursday, compared with a 5.2% figure in CoreWeave’s prospectus. The amount shows how Nvidia supported CoreWeave’s late-March initial public offering, acquiring about 6 million shares to add to its existing holding. A representative for Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia declined to comment.
• Hershey (HSY) shares fell along with other confectionery companies like Mondelez as cocoa prices, a core ingredient in chocolate candy, surge to a three-month high on renewed supply fears as shipments from top grower Ivory Coast slow and dry weather threatens next season’s output. Despite recent rains in West Africa, drought still covers more than a third of Ghana and Ivory Coast, according to the African Flood and Drought Monitor. Wetter weather forecast for next week could bring some relief to both countries, but isn’t expected to eliminate the unusually dry conditions.
• Cava (CAVA) fell as much as 5.8% after the fast-casual chain reported first-quarter results and updated its outlook. Analysts say that while Cava’s report was positive relative to peers, the Mediterranean dining establishment needed stronger results to justify its premium valuation. Fast-food chains such as McDonald’s and Wendy’s have also said weaker consumer sentiment hurt results in their latest quarters.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

• Cava (CAVA) fell as much as 5.8% after the fast-casual chain reported first-quarter results and updated its outlook. Analysts say that while Cava’s report was positive relative to peers, the Mediterranean dining establishment needed stronger results to justify its premium valuation. Fast-food chains such as McDonald’s and Wendy’s have also said weaker consumer sentiment hurt results in their latest quarters. 
• Coinbase (COIN) shares bounced back, showing resiliency after a series of negative headlines. Shares of Coinbase are up more than 30% over the last five sessions, on track for the biggest weekly gain since President Donald Trump’s reelection, buoyed by an announcement Monday that the stock would replace Discover Financial Services in the index. It was a triumphant moment for the digital asset industry, as well as a stamp of approval for Coinbase itself. But Thursday’s revelation of a hack expected to cost the company $400 million and confirmation of reports that US regulators were investigating user figures marred Coinbase’s victory lap, denting an otherwise exuberant runup with a 7.2% drop in the stock.
• Applied Materials (AMAT) shares fell as much as 7.3% after the chip-equipment maker gave a lackluster forecast for the current period, highlighting the potential cost of the US trade dispute with China. Sales will be about $7.2 billion in the fiscal third quarter, plus or minus $500 million, the company said in a statement Thursday. That was roughly in line with Wall Street estimates, though some analysts projected as much as $7.4 billion. Profit will be approximately $2.35 a share. Applied Materials, the largest American maker of chipmaking gear, is adjusting to restrictions on sales to China, one of the biggest markets for their products. The impact of tariffs imposed by Washington also are making it more difficult to project future revenue.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Nvidia shares rise and are on track for the best month in a year after a series of long-term sales agreements during President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East.Nvidia reports first week of June, but this past earnings season showed its biggest customers remain full-steam ahead on capital spending related to AI infrastructure
- Estee Lauder shares rise after Michael Burry's Scion Asset Management doubled its position in the beauty company.Bloomberg Intelligence's Deborah Aitken said 3Q showed patches of promise, led by some share recovery in the US, China and Japan.
- Charter Communications shares rise after it agreed to combine with Cox Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $34.5 billion that includes debt.The deal includes about $12.6 billion of net debt and $21.9 billion in equity.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Charter Communications (CHTR) is higher this morning after agreeing to merge with Cox Communications in a deal that values Cox at an enterprise value of about $34.5 billion. The deal comprised of $21.9 billion of equity and $12.6 billion of net debt and other obligations
- Vistra (VST) is also up this morning on an M&A deal. It agreed to buy seven natural gas-fired power plants for $1.9 billion to feed the growing demand for electricity from artificial intelligence. The acquisition is part of a trend of power generators buying gas-fired plants to meet the anticipated demand from energy-intensive data centers running AI applications.
- Applied Materials (AMAT) is lower this morning after forecasting sales of about $7.2 billion in the fiscal third quarter, with a profit of approximately $2.35 a share. The company is adjusting to restrictions on sales to China, one of its biggest markets, and the impact of US tariffs, which is making it harder to project future revenue. Despite uncertainty, Applied Materials' management believes the industry is in a historic period of expansion, driven by the rapid spread of semiconductors and the AI boom.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Charter Communications (CHTR) is higher this morning after agreeing to merge with Cox Communications in a deal that values Cox at an enterprise value of about $34.5 billion. The deal comprised of $21.9 billion of equity and $12.6 billion of net debt and other obligations
- Vistra (VST) is also up this morning on an M&A deal. It agreed to buy seven natural gas-fired power plants for $1.9 billion to feed the growing demand for electricity from artificial intelligence. The acquisition is part of a trend of power generators buying gas-fired plants to meet the anticipated demand from energy-intensive data centers running AI applications.
- Applied Materials (AMAT) is lower this morning after forecasting sales of about $7.2 billion in the fiscal third quarter, with a profit of approximately $2.35 a share. The company is adjusting to restrictions on sales to China, one of its biggest markets, and the impact of US tariffs, which is making it harder to project future revenue. Despite uncertainty, Applied Materials' management believes the industry is in a historic period of expansion, driven by the rapid spread of semiconductors and the AI boom.

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