Rippers Recap 3/4: Here's What Happened in the Stock Market This Past Week

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Here's How The Stock Market Performed This Past Week

The Major Indexes

Heat Map of the S&P 500

How The Largest Stocks Performed

Best Performing Large Cap Stocks

Worst Performing Large Cap Stocks

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Major Earnings Headlines

Lucid ($LCID) reported earnings Monday after the markets closed, posting numbers of

• EPS of -$0.64, missing expectations of $0.9

• Rev of $26.4M, missing expectations of $36.7M

Lucid cut its Fiscal Year 2022 production guide to between 12K and 14K units down from prior estimates of 20K units.

Zoom ($ZM) reported earnings Monday after the markets closed, posting numbers of:

• EPS of $1.29, beating expectations $1.05

• Rev of $1.07B, beating expectations of $1.05B

$ZM announced a new $1B share buyback program.

AMC ($AMC) reported earnings Tuesday after the markets closed, posting numbers of:

• EPS of -$0.11 beating expectations of -$0.26

• Rev of $1.17B beating expectations of $1.09B

SoFi ($SOFI) reported earnings Tuesday after the markets closed, posting numbers of:

• EPS of -$0.15 beating expectations -$0.17 

• Rev of $279.88M beating expectations of $279.3M

Sofi said in 2022 it expects revenue to come in at $1.57B above Wall ST estimates of $1.45B.

Salesforce ($CRM) reported earnings Tuesday after the markets closed, posting numbers of:

• EPS of $0.84 beating expectations of $0.75 

• Rev of $7.33B beating expectations of $7.24B

Salesforce raised its revenue guide for the upcoming year to between $32-$32.1B up from its previous guide of between $31.65-$31.8B and above consensus estimates of $31.78B.

Snowflake ($SNOW) reported earnings Wednesday after the markets closed, posting numbers of:

• EPS of -$0.43 missing expectations of $0.03 

• Rev of $383.8M beating expectations of $372M

Snowflake announced its intention to acquire Streamlit (via Businesswire).

Costco ($COST) reported earnings Thursday after the markets closed, posting numbers of:

• EPS of $2.92 beating expectations of $2.73 

• Rev of $51.9B beating expectations of $51.37B

Major Headlines

Monday:

• Amazon customers can now connect with Teladoc healthcare providers through Echo devices - The Verge 

• EBay is studying the possibility of adding cryptocurrencies as possible means of payment- The Street

Tuesday:

• The Marvel films removed from Netflix including Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and more will be added to Disney+ on March 16th - Marvel 

• Nvidia confirmed a hacker leaked employee credentials and some company proprietary information online but the company did add that business activities continue uninterrupted - Reuters 

• Nancy Pelosi disclosed that she exercised her call options in American Express, Apple, PayPal and Disney in mid January

Wednesday:

• Google owned Fitbit is recalling its "Iconic" smartwatch due to the watch’s lithium-ion battery overheating causing 78 reports of burns, Fitbit is refunding owners $299 - The Verge 

• Apple announced it will be hosting an event titled "Peak Performance" on March 8th starting at 1PM EST Toyota filed multiple patent applications for an Electric Vehicle with a manual transmission - BZForums 

• Ford confirmed it's creating 2 distinct auto units under Ford's corporate umbrella for its ICE and EV business units. Ford’s EV business will be called Ford Model E while its ICE business will be called Ford Blue. Ford also announced on Wednesday its selling its electric scooter business Spin to Germany based Tier Mobility - The Verge 

• Netflix announced it made an offer to acquire video game maker Next Games for around $72 Million - CNBC

Thursday:

• SoFi announced it completed its acquisition of Technisys 

• Panasonic plans to construct a new “large scale” battery factory in the US to supply Tesla - Bloomberg 

• Rivian is backtracking on its previous price hike for existing orders, Now saying that anyone with a Rivian preorder as of March 1st will pay the original agreed price - Electrek 

• Amazon said it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops in the US and UK - Reuters

Friday:

• Sony and Honda signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop electric vehicles, with the first car becoming available commercially in 2025 - Nikkei Asia 

• Disney confirmed it will introduce an new cheaper ad-supported tier of Disney+ in late 2022 with plans to expand internationally in 2023 - Axios 

• Microsoft announced it completed its acquisition of Nuance 

• Apple is reportedly exploring a plan to buy all the NFL's available rights in a single multibillion-dollar deal - Front Office Sports

• Tesla received conditional approval for its German Gigafactory to start commercial production - CNBC

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