Author: pluginever

  • Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms, sources say

    Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, according to people familiar with the matter. Paramount Global’s special committee, in charge of accepting or rejecting transactions, and David Ellison’s Skydance Media, backed by private equity firms KKR and RedBird…

  • Opinions on Las Vegas Sands stock

    Las Vegas Sands stock is down 26% from 1 year ago. Many other casino stocks are hurting from 1 year ago also. Caesars entertainment is down 15% from 1 year ago. Century Casinos, Inc. is down 57% from 1 year ago. Some gambling stocks however are doing great: Draftkings is up from 1 year ago…

  • What’s your thoughts on Hertz (HTZ)?

    They’ve been profitable, in 2022 having a revenue of $8.69B and net income of $2.06B, a 23.71% margin. But thanks to a since replaced CEO’s idea to buy 60,000 EVs that have depreciated $440M since 2021, their earnings were terrible the last two quarters. Right now their market cap is $1.35 billion, less than 2022…

  • These are the stocks on my watchlist (4/26)

    Hi! I am an ex-prop trader that trades equities. This is a daily watchlist for trading. I might trade all of the stocks on here, or none of them, on any given day. I might trade stocks that don't appear on here! I hold no positions in any stocks long-term but Amazon/Mag7/general broad market indices.…

  • Thoughts on BYND? Worth betting on the new meat formula?

    Looking for opinions on grabbing some BYND calls for the upcoming earnings. -Currently trading at $6.40 down from $19 in the past year. (ATH of $230 in 2019) -37% of float short -Synopsis of the company: The beyond meat products that are in most stores in north america aren't that popular. They cost the same…

  • Stock Buyback question

    This may be a lament question- but how does the stock buy back work. Like Google is buying back $70b in stocks- does that mean the Google corp/llc now owns those stocks and then the stock holder who own google stock already get those new stocks ?

  • Growth potential of tech establishment

    My question is pretty straightforward, how much growth potential do the biggest blue chip tech companies have? In other words are there people out there who believe we will see 5T market caps in the foreseeable future? Ofcourse nobody really knows, but is it likely or even a possibility?

  • Exxon stock falls as earnings miss on lower natural gas prices and squeezed refining margins

    Exxon Mobil on Friday reported first-quarter earnings that missed expectations as the industry came under pressure from eroding refining margins and collapsing natural gas prices. Exxon’s stock is down more than 3%. Here is what Exxon reported for the first quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by…

  • Amazon Prime has framework deal for NBA broadcast rights

    In what will be a landmark move in sports media history, the NBA and Amazon Prime Video have the framework of a deal that will make the streaming service one of the main homes for the league’s games, executives with direct knowledge of the talks told The Athletic. It is expected that Prime Video’s package…

  • Tesla’s shady Q1 results (real GAAP EPS at $0.12 or 65% below reported EPS)

    Deferred FSD Revenue Recognition May Have Boosted Q1 Profits Significantly Tesla’s Q1 revenues missed by 2.3% and non-GAAP EPS was 8.2% below estimates (see Figure 3). This was not as bad as had been feared and the stock ripped upwards by 13.3% in after-hours trading. Despite continued price cuts, a one-month shutdown of production at…