Daily comment Nov 19

Analytics, 19 November 2019

Market movers:

Nvidia (-0.6%), AMD (+1.0%) and Intel (+0.5%) all announced their new AI chips at the annual super-computing conference. (https://on.mktw.net/340Z3Nz)
Home Depot (-3.4%): The Co. reported 3Q EPS miss, slashed guidance. Rev. +3.5% y/y $27.22bn vs est. $27.5. Comps +3.6% y/y vs est. +4.7%. Adj. EPS +0.84% y/y to $2.53 vs est. $2.52. Sees FY rev. +1.8% vs prior +2.3%. (https://thd.co/2KB13EW)
Kohl’s (-16%): The Co. reported miss on 3Q comps, cut 4Q outlook. Rev. was flat y/y at $4.35bn vs est. $4.39bn. Comps +0.4% y/y vs est. +0.8%. Adj. EPS -25% y/y to $0.74 vs est. $0.86. Sees FY EPS of $4.75-$4.95 vs prior $5.15-$5.45. (https://cnb.cx/35f6K2V)
Alibaba (+0.7%): BABA’ $13bn Hong Kong shares offering already multiple times subscribed. (https://on.wsj.com/2XsqTQn)
Disney (-0.5%): Several reports suggest hackers have stolen thousands of Disney+ accounts. (https://cnb.cx/2QEe7ge)
Tesla (+0.2%): The Co. would expand capacity of the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery in Australia. (https://bloom.bg/2Oopwy8)
Broadcom (+3.6%): Morgan Stanley upgraded security rating to “overweight” raising PT from $298 to $367 (15.4% upside). (https://cnb.cx/2r20ay5)

Macro:

President Trump said he “protested” high interest rates during the meeting with Fed Chairman Powell at the White House this morning. (https://bloom.bg/2rUkmlP)
The US housing starts in Oct +3.8% m/m to 1314k vs est. 1320k. Building permits +5% m/m to 1461k, the highest in 12 years. (https://cnb.cx/2KBEwaM)

Commodities:

WTI (-1.8%): US crude stockpiles probably increased 1.5mn bls last week: Bloomberg survey.
US shale output will climb by 49k bpd to 9.13mn bpd in December: EIA.

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