Tuesday, December 4, 2018

(SMAR) shares

(SMAR) shares rose in the extended session Monday after the cloud-software company's quarterly results and outlook topped Wall Street estimates. Smartsheet shares rose 4.4% after hours, following a 0.6% rise to close the regular session at $27.06. The company reported a third-quarter loss of $15.6 million, or 15 cents a share, compared with a loss of $10.4 million, or 54 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The adjusted loss was 9 cents a share. Revenue rose to $46.9 million from $29.4 million in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast a loss of 13 cents a share on revenue of $39.2 million. For the fourth quarter, Smartsheet expects an adjusted loss of 15 cents to 13 cents a share on revenue of $49 million to $50 million, while analysts had forecast a loss of 16 cents a share on revenue of $44.1 million.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Box Inc. (BOX)

Box Inc. (BOX) shares rose in the extended session Wednesday after the cloud-storage company topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter. Box shares rose 2.1% after hours, following a 4.5% rise to close the regular session at $18.19. The company reported a third-quarter loss of $40.2 million, or 28 cents a share, compared with $42.9 million, or 32 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The adjusted loss was 6 cents a share. Revenue rose to $155.9 million from $94.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast a loss of 7 cents a share on revenue of $154.6 million. For the fourth quarter, Box expects adjusted earnings of 2 cents to 3 cents a share on revenue of $163.5 million to $164.5 million, while analysts had forecast 2 cents a share on revenue of $164.2 million.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM)

Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) shares rose in the extended session Tuesday, following an initial dip, after the customer-relations management software company topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter but its fourth-quarter earnings outlook came up a little short. Salesforce shares rose 5% after hours, following an initial 3% dip. Shares rose 0.9% to close the regular session at $127.54. The company reported third-quarter net income of $105 million, or 13 cents a share, compared with $107 million, or 14 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings were 61 cents a share. Revenue rose to $3.39 billion from $2.70 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 50 cents a share on revenue of $3.37 billion.

Crude Futures (/CL) 11/28

Crude Futures (/CL) are trading modestly lower this morning near $51 a barrel albeit off its 52 week trough carved out earlier this week.  Weekly inventory results will be shared an hour after the market open with a 0.6 million barrel build anticipated from the official Energy Information Administration (EIA).  Preliminary results from the American Petroleum Institute (API) report also signaled a strong stockpile over the past 7 days. Any rumblings ahead of next week's OPEC meeting will also garner attention.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

economic data today 11/27

The main piece of economic data today will be the Consumer Confidence report which will be released at 9:00am CT.  Equity markets have moved lower overnight, after President Trump told the WSJ that he is likely to raise the tariff level on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% at the beginning of 2019.  He also added he may add tariffs on an additional $267 billion of Chinese goods if there is no deal with China.   At the time of this writing, S&P futures (/ES) are down  0.3% near 2661 and  U.S. Crude oil futures (/CL) are unchanged near $51.75 per barrel.