Russia-US negotiations, the collapse of Netflix and Peloton shares: investor digest :: News :: RBC Investments
Today Lavrov and US Secretary of State Blinken are kept in the Russian Foreign Ministry. Shares of Netflix and Peloton fell more than 20%. Bigtech collapsed the US market. Notable events to be counted today
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Russian assets
On January 21 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Blinken are in Geneva. The meeting is expected to start at 13:00 Moscow time and last for two hours.
It is planned to consider draft agreements proposed by Moscow to guarantee security and the results of Russia’s treatment of the United States, satisfaction and concern, held on the scales. About it reported on Thursday at a briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
Blinken declaredthat it is necessary to understand whether Moscow is ready to follow the path of diplomacy in resolving the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border. He also noted that no breakthroughs are expected.
“With such a high value, I’m not sure that there is a counter for the growth of the market before the event. In anticipation of negotiations, a number of group members fix part of the speculative
long positions
, recruited based on the rebound, ”BKS Express expert Vasily Karpunin believes.
MOEX Index
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Promotions Peloton
Shares in exercise bike maker Peloton plunged 23.93% to $24.22 in trading on Jan. 20. The reason for the fall in prices was news that the company is suspending production of exercise bikes and treadmills for two months due to declining global consumption, high prices and competition.
In 2020, the popularity of Peloton skyrocketed as the population gobbled up companies during the lockdown to train at home, but now consumption has declined. The company did not guess with the volume of production, and now it has simulators in warehouses.
However, in a memo to staff, CEO John Foley wrote that “the rumors that we are ending the production of bicycles and tracks are false” found out Bloomberg. According to Foley, the information taken out of context contains a false impression and that the company has identified the source of the leak.
On the morning of January 21, Market Rebellion tweeted that Peloton was going to buy Apple. “Apple is reportedly looking to acquire Peloton,” Opportunity wrote.
$AAPL reportedly considering acquiring $PTON
— Market Rebels (@MarketRebels) January 21, 2022
On the possibility that Apple could buy an exercise machine maker sooner wrote Motley fool. Neither Peloton nor Apple have yet officially commented on the possible meeting.
Peloton shares rose 9.17% post-market to $26.44 a share.
Netflix financial statements
Report Netflix, released on Thursday after the close of trading in the US, showed that the rate of subscriber growth for the company’s services was slowing in 2021. Last year, Netflix added just 18.2 million new customers, half the number of its record-breaking 2020. The result was also lower than in the pre-COVID 2019 year, when the company reported subscriber growth of 27.8 million.
Against this background, the company’s shares collapsed on the postmarket on January 20 by 20.22%, amounting to $404.5 per share.
The fourth quarter was Netflix’s most anticipated of the year, both in terms of subscribers (+8.2 million) and revenue ($7.71 billion). Revenue grew by 16% compared to the same period a year earlier and almost coincided with analysts’ expectations ($7.72 billion). Net income per share (
earnings per share
) estimate of $1.33, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84.
For the first quarter of 2022, Netflix expects revenue growth to $7.9 billion and earnings per share of $2.86 per share. The inflow of new subscribers is expected at the level of only 2.5 million, which is well below analysts’ expectations of 5.7 million.
“A company may maintain its aspiration market leadership, but new and significant drivers are consumed to grow its supply. There are no points for entering a long chain in the observation zone because of the beautiful risks,” said Pavel Gavrilov, an expert at BCS Express.
Netflix
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US Market
On American sites on Thursday afternoons, there are restaurants specializing in the sale. Investors were the first to get rid of technology stocks. In particular, NVIDIA shares lost 3.66%, Amazon – 2.96%, Micron – 5.48%, AMD – 4.97%. NASDAQ 100 at the end of the day fell by 1 Index, 26%, to 14,849.46 points.
The realization of pessimistic moods in the market was the achieved tightening of the Fed’s policy and the expected prospects for the arrival of companies.
A noticeable contribution to the fall in quotes is the contribution of Peloton. Its shares plummeted almost 24% on the news that the company had suspends manufacture of exercise bikes and treadmills.
In the postmarket, the fall in quotes continued – futures on the NASDAQ 100 index at 7:23 Moscow time The decrease amounted to 1.32%. The fall in quotes spurred the collapse of Netflix shares by 20% – investors won back the growth of the company.
the broad market index on the basis of trading on January 20 fell by 1.1%, to 4482.73 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average – by 0.89%, to 34,715.39 points.
Important events for Friday
Schlumberger: Q4 and full year 2021 reporting at 15:00 Moscow time, earnings per share forecast – $0.38, revenue forecast – $6.09 billion.
Group X5: Operating results for the fourth quarter and 12 months of 2021.
ALROSA: Operating results for the fourth quarter and 12 months of 2021.
“Raspadskaya”: production for the fourth quarter of 2021 all of 2021.
FAS meeting on business NLMK.
What happens on the St. Petersburg Exchange on the morning of January 21
As of 08:45 Moscow time
What actions were taken:
Huaneng Power International – $22.85 (+3.11%)
China Eastern Airlines – $20.36 (+2.78%)
HUAZHU Hotels Group — $36.97 (+2.69%)
China Southern Airlines – $33.13 (+2.47%)
Walt Disney – $145.28 (+2.32%)
Which stocks are falling:
Apache – $30.59 (-2.17%)
Shanghai Petrochemical – $23.59 (-1.83%)
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust – $3.75 (-1.83%)
PetroChina – $49.36 (-1.63%)
LG Display – $9.35 (-1.58%)
Index SPB100
Index SPB100
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