Tag: Marketwatch

Jul 26
Traeger downgraded after rival grill maker Weber announces sales warning

Grill maker Traeger Inc. COOK, -6.88% was downgraded to neutral from outperform at Credit Suisse, with analysts saying that recent news from both Traeger and rival Weber Inc. WEBR, -4.73% “suggest a soft start to the summer selling season and more importantly, dampened consumer sentiment.” Credit Suisse cut Traeger’s price target to $4 from $8. […]

Jul 26
Shopify stock tanks amid planned layoffs and slowing e-commerce growth

Shopify Inc. SHOP, -15.51% is planning to lay off around 10% of its workforce as it admits that e-commerce growth hasn’t continued as robustly as expected. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news Tuesday, citing a memo to staffers. Shopify confirmed the details in a blog post. The layoffs are expected across the company […]

Jul 26
U.S. stocks open lower as Wal-Mart profit warning spooks investors

U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday after Wal-Mart WMT, -8.90% cut its profit outlook and blamed food inflation for forcing American consumers to curtail spending on other items. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.81% retreated 16 points, or 0.4%, to 3,951. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.35% shed 97 points, or 0.3%, to 3,189. The […]

Jul 26
McDonald’s revenue falls short of Street estimates

McDonald’s Corp. MCD, -1.42% posted net income totaling $1.188 billion, or $1.60 per share, down from $2.219 billion, or $2.95 per share, last year. Adjusted EPS of $2.55 beat the FactSet consensus for $2.47. Revenue of $5.718 billion was down from $5.888 billion last year and missed the FactSet consensus of $5.801 billion. Global comparable […]

Jul 26
Travelers stock surges after double upgrade, as Raymond James swings from meh to bullish

Shares of Travelers Companies Inc. TRV, +2.28% rallied 1.8% in afternoon trading Monday, after Raymond James analyst C. Gregory Peters swung to bullish on the insurer via a double upgrade. Peters boosted his rating to strong buy from market perform, skipping the broker’s outperform rating in the process. He set his stock price target at […]

Jul 26
Biden: ‘I don’t think we’re going to see a recession’

President Joe Biden on Monday played down the potential for a U.S. recession, as he responded to questions from reporters following a virtual event on a microchips bill. “God willing, I don’t think we’re going to see a recession,” Biden said. He said the unemployment rate is “still one of the lowest we’ve had in […]

Jul 26
Biden on his case of COVID: ‘I’m feeling better every day’

Victor Reklaitis is MarketWatch’s Money & Politics reporter and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining MarketWatch, he served as an assistant editor and reporter at Investor’s Business Daily. Before IBD, he worked for several newspapers in Virginia. Follow Victor on Twitter at: @vicrek. Source: Marketwatch

Jul 26
F5 stock pops more than 12% after earnings beat

F5 Inc. [s:ffiv] shares rose more than 12% in after-hours trading Monday after a fiscal third-quarter earnings beat, bouncing back from weakness that sprung up after executives provided weak guidance for the quarter. F5 reported profit of $83 million, or $1.37 a share, on sales of $674 million, up from $652 million a year ago. […]

Jul 26
White House says new website launching to assist with responding to extreme heat

Read Next SEC charges ex-congressman with insider trading over buys of Sprint, Navigant stocks The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said it has filed insider trading charges against Steve Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana. The SEC said Buyer bought $568,000 in Sprint stock in his own accounts and other accounts after a […]

Jul 26
EV maker Faraday Future postpones EV launch as it seeks more cash from investors

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. FFIE, -11.54% said in a filing late Monday it continues “discussions and negotiations” with unnamed potential investors to raise more money to fund its business through the end of the year and beyond. That has led to postponing the start of production of its FF91 electric crossover, its flagship EV, […]