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Oct 24, 2023
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Tesla Inc. rose 1.8% to $215.91, and the company said in a regulatory filing that it is facing several investigations from the Department of Justice covering a range of electric vehicles, "personal benefits and related parties and personnel decisions," and other issues involving its operations.
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RTX Corp. soared 5.9% to $77.48 after the aerospace company reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings in its latest quarterly results.
Revenue in the third quarter declined 21% to $13.5 billion from $17 billion, and the company swung to a net loss of $984 million from a profit of $1.4 billion, and diluted earnings per share dropped to ($0.68) from 94 cents a year ago.
The backlog at the end of the third quarter was $190 billion, of which $115 billion was from commercial aerospace and $75 billion was from defense contracts.
The board of directors approved a $10 billion accelerated stock repurchase program scheduled to begin immediately, resulting in a post-merger shareholder return commitment of between $36 billion and $37 billion through 2025, up from the previous range of between $33 billion and $35 billion. -
Spotify Technology SA jumped 7.2% to $165.10 after the audio streaming company reported third-quarter revenue that met investors' expectations, and the company said monthly active subscribers are expected to top 600 million in the fourth quarter.
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Mueller Industries increased 2.2% to $35.85 after the company reported its latest quarterly results.
Revenue in the third quarter declined to $819.8 million from $944.8 million, reflecting lower demand in the wholesale channel as distributors worked through inventories of products used in residential construction.
Net income declined to $132.7 million from $154.5 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to $1.17 from $1.37 a year ago, reflecting a two-for-one stock split effective October 20. -
NVR Inc. declined 2.6% to $5,362.0 after the home builder reported a decline in revenue in the third quarter.
Consolidated revenue declined 7% to $2.57 billion from $2.85 billion, net income rose to $432.2 million from $411.4 million, and diluted earnings per share advanced to $125.56 from $118.51 a year ago.
New home orders in the third quarter increased by 7% to 4,746 units from 4,421 units, and the average sales price of new orders increased by 1% to $456,100 a year ago.
The cancellation rate decreased to 14% in the third quarter from 15% a year ago.
The average home settlement price declined 3% to $448,000, and the backlog of homes sold but not settled dropped on a unit basis by 4% to 10,371 units and eased on a dollar basis by 6% to $4.8 billion from a year ago. -
PacWest Bancorp declined 6.2% to $6.85 after the regional bank reported mixed quarterly results.
Total interest income increased to $446 million from $410 million, the company swung to a net loss of $33.3 million from a profit of $122 million, and diluted earnings per share dropped to ($0.28) from $1.02 a year ago.
Interest-bearing deposits increased 1% to 79%, or $26.6 billion, and cost-on-average deposits increased to 2.98% from 2.62% in the previous quarter, respectively.
At the end of the quarter, FDIC-insured deposits represented 81% of total deposits.
Total borrowings at the end of the quarter were $6.29 billion with a weighted average rate of 5.43%, reflecting $4.9 billion borrowed under the Bank Term Funding Program with a rate of 4.38%.
Securities held-for-sale declined to $4.48 billion from $5.89 billion, and securities held-to-maturity edged up to $2.28 billion from $2.26 billion a year ago. -
Halliburton Company fell 2.4% to $40.67 after the company reported strong quarter results driven by higher demand for oil drilling services.
Revenue in the third quarter increased to $5.8 billion from $5.3 billion, net income advanced to $724 million from $549 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to 79 cents from 60 cents a year ago.
Oil well completion and production revenue in the quarter was sequentially flat at $3.5 billion, and drilling and evaluation service revenue was sequentially flat at $2.3 billion.
North American revenue sequentially declined 3% to $2.6 billion, but international revenue sequentially rose 3% to $3.2 billion. -
Pool Corporation declined 2.3% to $329.03 after the pool supplies company reported mixed quarterly results.
Revenue in the third quarter declined 9% to $1.5 billion from $1.6 billion and net income fell 27% to $137.8 million from $190 million and diluted earnings per share fell to $3.51 from $4.78 a year ago.
The pool supplies wholesaler guided its annual earnings per share in the range between $13.15 and $13.65, compared to pre-pandemic $6.14 per share in 2019. -
Ally Financial Inc declined 1.2% to $25.31 after the automobile loans provider reported weaker-than-expected revenue growth.
Revenue in the third quarter declined 2% to $1.96 billion from $2.06 billion and net income dropped 1% to $269 million from $272 million and earnings per share was unchanged at 88 cents.
In the vehicle financing business, the core driver of the company's revenue, net interest margin declined 57 basis points from a year ago to 3.24% and loan loss provision increased by $70 million to $508 million from a year ago.
In the quarter, the company originated $10.6 billion of auto loans, including $6.9 billion of used retail volume, or 66% of total originations, $2.9 billion of new retail volume, and $0.7 billion of leases.
Estimated retail auto loans are estimated to yield 10.7% in the quarter, an increase of 193 basis points from a year ago.
In the quarter the company added 95,000 new retail bank customers, increasing the total to 3 million with a total deposit of $140 billion and 92% of balances are FDIC insured. -
Las Vegas Sands Corp added 3.7% to $46.26 after the casino operator reported a rebound in revenue at its international locations.
Revenue in the third quarter soared to $2.7 billion from $1.0 billion and swung to a net income of $380 million from a loss of $239 million and diluted earnings per share rose to 50 cents from ($0.30).
The company increased its stock repurchase program to $2 billion and extended expiry to 2025 from the current $916 million and announced a quarterly dividend of 20 cents, matching the rate in the previous quarter.
Oct 19, 2023