The three major U.S. equity indexes closed lower Tuesday. The Nasdaq dipped by 0.4%, the S&P 500 slipped by 0.6% and the Dow Jones industrials fell 0.7%. Crude oil made a run at $120 a barrel but failed, closing below $115. Oil traded up about 1.2% in Wednesday’s premarket session. A timber real estate investment trust (REIT) merger that creates a $5 billion lumber company and the all-stock $6.7 billion Gold Fields acquisition of Yamana may herald a new round of consolidation in commodities in general. Mergers or acquisitions are a lot cheaper than finding and developing new mines.
Before markets opened on Tuesday, Salesforce beat the earnings per share (EPS) and revenue estimates but issued downside guidance for the current quarter. The stock traded up more than 14% early Wednesday.
ChargePoint missed the consensus estimate for a loss per share but beat the revenue estimate handily. Shares were looking for direction Wednesday morning.
HP also beat on the top and bottom lines. The company issued in-line guidance for the current quarter and the 2022 fiscal year as well. Shares traded up about 2% Wednesday morning.
Nordic American Tankers posted a larger-than-expected loss per share and missed the consensus revenue estimate by a mile. The stock dumped nearly 11% on Tuesday but was up marginally early Wednesday.
After markets close Wednesday, we shall hear results from specialty retailers Chewy and GameStop, along with three tech companies: Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Pure Storage and UiPath.
Here is a look at three firms scheduled to release quarterly results after markets close Thursday.
CrowdStrike
Cloud security platform maker CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) has seen its share price decline by about 28% over the past 12 months. The stock posted its 52-week low last month and its high in early November. Since then, shares are down by around 45%.
Even though the past year’s performance is worse than that of the Nasdaq 100, analysts are even more convinced that CrowdStrike is going to come up strong. Of 31 brokerages covering the firm, all but one have given the shares a Buy or Strong Buy rating.
At a recent share price of around $160.00, the upside potential based on a median price target of $242.50 is 51.6%. At the high price target of $305.00, the upside potential is 90.6%.
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