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Target stock rallies as earnings exceed expectations

American supermarket chain Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) announced the latest earnings results before the opening bell on Wall Street on Tuesday. Target reported revenue of $31.919 billion for the previous quarter vs. $31.827 billion expected. Earnings per share (EPS) also topped estimates at $2.98 vs. $2.416 per share expected.

Revenue and EPS increased by 1.6% and 57.67% year-over-year respectively. The company achieved full-year revenue of $105.803 billion in 2023, down from $107.588 billion in 2022. Company overview Founded: June 24, 1902 Headquarters: Target Plaza Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Number of employees: 440,000 (2023) Industry: Retail Key people: Brian Cornell (Chairman & CEO) CEO commentary Target CEO, Brian Cornell had this to say to investors: "Our team's efforts changed the momentum of our business, further improving our sales and traffic trends in the fourth quarter while driving profitability well ahead of expectations." "Throughout the season, guests responded to newness, value, and the inspiration and ease of our in-store and digital shopping experience.

Looking ahead, we'll continue to invest in the strengths and differentiators that have delivered strong financial performance over time. We'll also roll out fresh innovations, including our new Target Circle membership program, as part of our roadmap for growth aimed at meeting consumers where they are, reigniting sales, traffic and market share gains, and positioning Target for profitable growth in 2024 and beyond," Cornell added. Stock reaction The stock rallied by over 11% after the latest financial results were announced, trading at $168.20 a share – the highest level since April 2023.

Stock performance 5 day: +10.37% 1 month: +16.15% 3 months: +26.24% Year-to-date: +17.79% 1 year: +3.03% Target stock price targets JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $157 Telsey Advisory Group: $160 Oppenheimer: $170 Wells Fargo & Company: $165 Stifel Nicolaus: $153 Gordan Haskett: $170 Morgan Stanley: $165 TD Cowen: $148 BMO Capital Markets: $130 Royal Bank of Canada: $157 Citigroup: $142 Jefferies Financial Group: $135 Tigress Financial: $180 Evercore ISI: $130 Bank of America: $135 Target Corporation is the 215 th largest company in the world with a market cap of $77.39 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform. To find out more, go to "Trading" then select "Share CFDs".

GO Markets offers pre-market and after-market trading on popular US Share CFDs. Why trade during extended hours? Volatility never sleeps.

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Klavs Valters
March 22, 2024
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Salesforce financial results announced – the stock is falling

American customer relationship management company Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) released the latest financial results after the closing bell on Wall Street on Wednedsay. Salesforce achieved revenue of $9.287 billio for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 vs. $9.223 billion expected. Revenue increased by 11% from the same period the year before.

Earnings per share (EPS) also topped analyst estimates at $2.29 vs. $2.27 per share estimate. EPS grew by 36.30% year-over-year. Full fiscal 2024 revenue grew by 11% to $34.9 billion.

The company expects revenue of between $37.7 to $38 billion for current fiscal year, which is below analyst estimate of $38.61 billion. Company overview Founded: February 3, 1999 Headquarters: Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, California, United States Number of employees: 79,390 (2023) Industry: Cloud computing, Enterprise software, Consulting Key people: Marc Benioff (Chairman & CEO) CEO commentary Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce had this to say to shareholders following the latest earning call: "It's been a phenomenal year of transformation for Salesforce with strong performance across all our key metrics, including record cash flow and margin growth. Our total remaining performance obligation ended the fourth quarter at $56.9 billion, an increase of 17% year-over-year.

We’re also thrilled to initiate our first-ever Salesforce dividend and increase our share buyback plan by $10 billion." "With our trusted, unified Einstein 1 Platform, we’re incredibly well positioned to build on our success and capitalize on the massive surge in tech spending expected over the coming years, delivering an unprecedented level of intelligence to our customers as AI transforms every company and industry," Benioff concluded. Stock reaction The stock was flat at the end of Wednesday’s trading session, ending the day at $299.77 a share. Shares fell by around 4% in after-hours trading despite earnings beat on future guidance.

Stock performance 5 day: +5.45% 1 month: +6.37% 3 months: +29.80% Year-to-date: +13.63% 1 year: +78.66% Salesforce stock price targets Piper Sandler: $285 Citigroup: $325 Stifel Nicolaus: $330 Wells Fargo & Company: $290 UBS Group: $310 Oppenheimer: $325 Robert W. Baird: $310 JMP Securities: $293 Morgan Stanley: $350 Wolfe Research: $315 Argus: $290 Bank of America: $300 Salesforce Inc. is the 33 rd largest company in the world with a market cap of $289.58 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform.

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Volatility never sleeps. Trade over earnings releases as they happen outside of main trading hours Reduce your risk and hedge your existing positions ahead of a new trading day Extended trading hours on popular US stocks means extended opportunities Sources: Salesforce Inc., TradingView, MarketWatch, MarketBeat, CompaniesMarketCap

Klavs Valters
March 22, 2024
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Oracle stock rises in after-hours as earnings top Wall Street expectations

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) announced the latest financial results for Q3 of fiscal 2024 after the market close on Monday. The US software and hardware manufacturer did not disappoint investors as both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) topped estimates. The company achieved revenue of $13.3 billion for the previous quarter vs. $13.286 billion expected.

Revenue grew by 7% year-over-year. EPS reached $1.41 vs. $1.377 per share expected. EPS was up by 16% vs. the same period the year before.

Oracle announced a quarterly dividend of $0.40 a share. Company overview Founded: 1977 Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States Number of employees: 164,000 (2023) Industry: Enterprise software, business software, cloud computing, computer hardware, consulting Key people: Larry Ellison (Executive Chairman & CTO), Jeff Henley (Vice Chairman), Safra Catz (CEO) CEO commentary Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle had this to say to investors following the latest results: “Large new cloud infrastructure contracts signed in Q3 drove Oracle's total Remaining Performance Obligations up 29% to over $80 billion—an all-time record.” “We expect to continue receiving large contracts reserving cloud infrastructure capacity because the demand for our Gen2 AI infrastructure substantially exceeds supply—despite the fact we are opening new and expanding existing cloud datacenters very, very rapidly. We expect that 43% of our current $80 billion of Remaining Performance Obligations will be recognized as revenue over the next four quarters, and that our Gen2 Cloud Infrastructure business will remain in a hypergrowth phase—up 53% in Q3—for the foreseeable future,” Catz concluded.

Stock reaction Shares were up by 1.52% at the end of trading session on Monday at $114.13 a share. The stock rose by over 9% in the after-hours trading. Stock performance 5 day: +0.06% 1 month: -1.48% 3 months: -0.87% Year-to-date: +8.25% 1 year: +34.38% Oracle stock price targets Piper Sandler: $122 BMO Capital Markets: $126 UBS Group: $125 Wolfe Research: $130 Evercore ISI: $130 Morgan Stanley: $105 Guggenheim: $150 Berenberg Bank: $110 Mizuho: $150 HSBC: $144 DZ Bank: $125 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $100 DA Davidson: $104 Barclays: $147 Oracle Corporation is the 31 st largest company in the world with a market cap of $313.73 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap.

You can trade Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform. To find out more, go to “Trading” then select “Share CFDs”. GO Markets offers pre-market and after-market trading on popular US Share CFDs.

Why trade during extended hours? Volatility never sleeps. Trade over earnings releases as they happen outside of main trading hours Reduce your risk and hedge your existing positions ahead of a new trading day Extended trading hours on popular US stocks means extended opportunities Sources: Oracle Corporation, TradingView, MarketWatch, MarketBeat, CompaniesMarketCap

Klavs Valters
March 22, 2024
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NIO deliveries fall year-over-year

NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) has had a terrible start to 2024 with the stock plummeting by over 35% year-to-date. On 23/2/24, JP Morgan Chase & Co. downgraded its price target for NIO from $8.50 to $5 a share, citing "weakness to the company's slow sales in January and investor concern on the company's sales and earnings momentum in 2024." On Friday, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer released the latest delivery data for February. The company delivered a total of 8,132 cars last month, down from 12,157 deliveries in February 2022.

NIO has delivered 467,781 vehicles in total as of 29/2/24. The EV maker will announce the latest financial results for Q4 2023 before the US market open on 5/3/24. Company overview Founded: November 2014 Headquarters: Shanghai, China Number of employees: 20,000+ (2023) Industry: Automotive Key people: William Li (CEO), Lihong Qin (President), Wei Feng (CFO) Stock reaction The stock was up by 0.52% at the end of Friday’s session at $5.78 a share.

Stock performance 5 day: +7.69% 1 month: +4.96% 3 months: -18.67% Year-to-date: -35.89% 1 year: -39.24% NIO stock price targets Mizuho: $15 Deutsche Bank: $16 CLSA: $14 Sanford C. Bernstein: $8 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $5 Citigroup: $19.20 UBS Group: $15 Nomura: $7.50 Barclays: $8 Morgan Stanley: $12 NIO Inc. is the 1395 th largest and 4 th largest electric vehicle company in the world with a market cap of $12.09 billion. You can trade NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD.

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Klavs Valters
March 22, 2024
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NIO Q4 2023 and full-year results are here

Last week, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) released its latest delivery numbers for February. On Tuesday, it was time for the company to announce Q4 2023 and full-year financial results. Let’s take a closer look at how the company performed.

NIO achieved revenue of $2.409 billion for the last three months of 2023, which fell below Wall Street estimate of $2.558 billion. Revenue was up by 6.5% year-over-year. The company reported loss per share of -$0.396, which was more than -$0.337 loss per share expected.

Full year revenue reached $7.833 billion in 2023, up from 7.143 billion the year prior. Company overview Founded: November 2014 Headquarters: Shanghai, China Number of employees: 20,000+ (2023) Industry: Automotive Key people: William Li (CEO), Lihong Qin (President), Wei Feng (CFO) CEO commentary "In 2023, NIO set a new delivery record of 160,038 vehicles, ranking first in China’s premium BEV market with an average transaction price over RMB 300,000. At NIO Day 2023, we unveiled ET9, our smart electric executive flagship, showcasing a suite of our latest technologies, including our self-developed AD chip, full-domain 900V architecture, advanced intelligent chassis system and various other industry-leading innovations, " CEO of NIO, William Li said in a statement to shareholders. "We will soon start deliveries of 2024 NIO products equipped with the highest computing power among production vehicles and constantly enhance users' driving and digital experience.

Meanwhile, we plan to release Navigate on Pilot Plus (NOP+) for urban roads to all NT2.0 users in the second quarter. Our continuous investments in technologies, battery swapping network and user community will bolster our competitive advantages as we navigate the future competition," Li finished his statement. Stock reaction Shares were up by around 2% on Tuesday, trading at $5.44.

Stock performance 5 day: -5.28% 1 month: -9.20% 3 months: -26.31% Year-to-date: -39.64% 1 year: -38.96% NIO stock price targets Mizuho: $15 Deutsche Bank: $16 CLSA: $14 Sanford C. Bernstein: $8 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $5 Citigroup: $19.20 UBS Group: $15 Nomura: $7.50 Barclays: $8 Morgan Stanley: $12 NIO Inc. is the 1369 th largest and 4 th largest electric vehicle company in the world with a market cap of $12.38 billion. You can trade NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD.

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Volatility never sleeps. Trade over earnings releases as they happen outside of main trading hours Reduce your risk and hedge your existing positions ahead of a new trading day Extended trading hours on popular US stocks means extended opportunities Sources: NIO Inc., TradingView, MarketWatch, MarketBeat, CompaniesMarketCap

Klavs Valters
March 22, 2024
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JD.com earnings announced – the stock is up

It hasn’t been the best start to 2024 for JD.com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD) with the stock down by over 14%. On Wednesday, the Chinese e-commerce company announced the latest financial results, which sent the stock higher. Beijing based company achieved revenue of $43.111 billion vs. $42.216 billion expected.

Revenue increased by 3.6% year-over-year. Earnings per share (EPS) also topped analyst estimate of $0.661 at $0.747 per share. EPS was up by 10.18% from the same period the year before.

Full year revenue was up by 3.7% from 2022 at $152.8 billion. Full year EPS reached $3.12, up by 25.04% year-over-year. Company overview Founded: 1998 Headquarters: Beijing, China Number of employees: 450,680 (2022) Industry: E-commerce Key people: Sandy Xu (CEO) CEO commentary "We were pleased to finish 2023 on a strong note, with upticks in both revenues and profitability for the fourth quarter," Sandy Xu, CEO of JD said in a statement to investors. "JD’s proactive actions have begun to produce results as our decisive focus on user experience, price competitiveness and platform ecosystem drives deeper and more frequent user engagement and healthier user growth momentum.

With the two priorities of user experience improvement and market share expansion, we look forward to creating more value for our users, business partners and shareholders in 2024," Xu concluded his statement. Stock reaction Shares were up by over 16% during Wednesday’s session, trading at $25.07 a share – the highest level since 11/1/24. Stock performance 5 day: +8.31% 1 month: +7.18% 3 months: -7.12% Year-to-date: -14.49% 1 year: -47.41% JD.com stock price targets Barclays: $35 Citigroup: $42 Mizuho: $35 Susquehanna: $30 Benchmark: $67 UBS Group: $39 The Goldman Sachs Group: $53 Sandford C.

Bernstein: $31 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $31 Morgan Stanley: $33 Bank of America: $51 HSBC: $70 JD.com Inc. is the 506 th largest company in the world with a market cap of $39.04 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade JD.com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform. To find out more, go to "Trading" then select "Share CFDs".

GO Markets offers pre-market and after-market trading on popular US Share CFDs. Why trade during extended hours? Volatility never sleeps.

Trade over earnings releases as they happen outside of main trading hours Reduce your risk and hedge your existing positions ahead of a new trading day Extended trading hours on popular US stocks means extended opportunities Sources: JD.com Inc., TradingView, MarketWatch, MarketBeat, CompaniesMarketCap

Klavs Valters
March 22, 2024