Bank Plummets 40%

Good morning Wake-up Watchlisters! While you’re sipping coffee you’ll see stock futures dipped on Thursday. European stocks, including the FTSE 100, opened lower as investors processed the impact of the US Federal Reserve’s latest interest rates hike. The Fed raised the federal funds rate to a target range of 5% to 5.25% yesterday, marking the highest level since September 2007 and the 10th increase in borrowing costs since March 2022.

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Here’s a look at the top-moving stocks this morning.

Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM)

Shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) fell by 7.05% in premarket trading after the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter revenue guidance of $8.1 billion to $8.9 billion fell short of Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $9.25 billion. The company cited macroeconomic headwinds, weaker global handset units, and channel inventory drawdown as ongoing challenges in its earnings release. This news comes amidst close analyst scrutiny of the chip space, with companies like AMD also facing pressure after its quarterly results announcement on Tuesday, as they work through inventory.

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PacWest Bancorp (Nasdaq: PACW)

PacWest Bancorp (PACW) shares plummeted 40.81% in premarket trading following the announcement that it is exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, only weeks after sharing improved deposit base figures with investors. The bank confirmed on Wednesday that it is in talks with potential partners, having also considered raising fresh capital to boost its balance sheet or breaking up its Pacific Western Bank franchise from its other consumer and commercial lending businesses.

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Lemonade (NYSE: LMND)

Lemonade is up 11.90% in premarket. A multi-line insurance company, Lemonade posted a loss of $0.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $1.14. Revenues for the quarter ended March 2023 were $95.2 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7.72% and year-ago revenues of $44.3 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. Although Lemonade shares have lost about 20.3% since the beginning of the year, the sustainability of the stock’s immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management’s commentary on the earnings call.

Zillow (Nasdaq: Z)

Zillow (Z) is up 4.74% premarket after announcing Q1 earnings of 35 cents per share, beating estimates of 4.3 cents, and posted revenue of $469 million, surpassing expectations of $425.8 million. The company’s revenue for the current quarter is in line with street estimates, with a forecast of $451 million to $479 million versus expectations of $457.4 million. Zillow shares have risen 26% year-to-date. Zillow has also recently announced plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into one of its offerings for select users.

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Those are the biggest stock movers for today.

Happy trading!

The Wake-Up Watchlist Research Team

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