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Hi friends,
This week the indexes held steady with busy earnings! Let's take a minute to relax and see how they did!
Here's a look at the 5-day change for ETF's SPY (or the S&P 500), DIA (or the Dow 30), and QQQ (or the Nasdaq 100).
SPY : -0.18%, closed at $438.51
DIA : -0.14%, closed at $349.48
QQQ : -0.79%, closed at $364.57
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Earnings
Here's earnings for the upcoming week:
Dominion Energy (D): 2021-08-06 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.75)
Ventas Inc (VTR): 2021-08-06 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.72)
Dish Network (DISH): 2021-08-06 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.9)
Norwegian Cruise (NCLH): 2021-08-06 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 2)
WestRock (WRK): 2021-08-05 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.97)
Alliant Energy (LNT): 2021-08-05 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.54)
Kellogg Co (K): 2021-08-05 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.02)
Ameren Corp (AEE): 2021-08-05 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.78)
PPL Corp (PPL): 2021-08-05 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.23)
Expedia Group (EXPE): 2021-08-05 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: -1.14)
Consolidated Edison (ED): 2021-08-05 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.62)
ViacomCBS (VIAC): 2021-08-05 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.96)
Motorola Solutions (MSI): 2021-08-05 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.72)
Aptiv PLC (APTV): 2021-08-05 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.68)
CIGNA Corp (CI): 2021-08-05 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 4.96)
Square Inc (SQ): 2021-08-05 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.05)
Electronic Arts (EA): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.26)
Kraft Heinz (KHC): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.73)
MetLife Inc (MET): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.61)
Emerson Electric (EMR): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.98)
Roku (ROKU): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.13)
General Motors (GM): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.89)
Booking Holdings (BKNG): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: -2.02)
CVS Health (CVS): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 2.06)
HollyFrontier Corp (HFC): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.63)
Western Union (WU): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.47)
NiSource Inc (NI): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.14)
DXC Technology (DXC): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.75)
Apache Corporation (APA): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.54)
Lincoln National (LNC): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 2.4)
Atmos Energy (ATO): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.74)
Lumen Technologies (LUMN): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.43)
MGM Resorts (MGM): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: -0.33)
Western Digital (WDC): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.26)
Fox Corporation ( (FOX): 2021-08-04 After Market Close
Entergy Corp (ETR): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.41)
Fox Corporation ( (FOXA): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.56)
CDW (CDW): 2021-08-04 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.69)
Allstate Corp (ALL): 2021-08-04 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 2.99)
Unum Group (UNM): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.12)
Under Armour ( (UA): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open
Ralph Lauren (RL): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.87)
Under Armour ( (UAA): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.06)
Host Hotels (HST): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.04)
Wynn Resorts (WYNN): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: -1.41)
DaVita Inc (DVA): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 2.14)
Discovery, (DISCK): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open
Leidos Holdings (LDOS): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.57)
Discovery, (DISCA): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.55)
Live Nation (LYV): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: -1.35)
Jacobs Engineering (J): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.48)
Akamai Technologies (AKAM): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.12)
The Clorox (CLX): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.29)
Paycom Software Inc (PAYC): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.5)
Verisk Analytics (VRSK): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.34)
Microchip Technology (MCHP): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.76)
DuPont de (DD): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.94)
Prudential Financial (PRU): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 3.04)
Marriott Int' (MAR): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.43)
Monster Beverage (MNST): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 0.67)
Public Storage (PSA): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 2.93)
Activision Blizzard (ATVI): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.69)
Fidelity National (FIS): 2021-08-03 Before Market Open (Estimated EPS: 1.55)
Amgen Inc (AMGN): 2021-08-03 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 4.13)
Apartment Investment (AIV): 2021-08-02 Before Market Open
Leggett & (LEG): 2021-08-02 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.51)
The Mosaic (MOS): 2021-08-02 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 1.01)
Loews Corp (L): 2021-08-02 Before Market Open
Take-Two (TTWO): 2021-08-02 After Market Close (Estimated EPS: 0.6)
Square Inc (SQ)
You might have been to a coffee shop or a small business and have had to utilize Square to make a purchase. Square is a digital payment company that allows businesses to process payments. Square can also help businesses with organization such as inventory and even deliver reports to let businesses know how they are doing. Without payment processing, organization or monitoring sales, businesses could not move forward. Because Square makes this process easy, it is an asset to the fundamental aspect of business! Speaking of fundamentals, let's check theirs out!
Annual Revenue:
2020-12-31 : $9.5B
2019-12-31 : $4.71B
2018-12-31 : $3.3B
2017-12-31 : $2.21B
2016-12-31 : $1.71B
Earnings History:
2021-05-06 : beat (Estimate: 0.16, Actual: 0.41)
2021-02-23 : beat (Estimate: 0.24, Actual: 0.32)
2020-11-05 : beat (Estimate: 0.16, Actual: 0.34)
2020-08-04 : beat (Estimate: -0.05, Actual: 0.18)
Historical Stock Price Returns:
3-month : 1.23%
1-year : 92.36%
5-year : 2367.66%
Square, Inc. (SQ) Max Chart (Yahoo Finance)
We can see that SQ was trending neutral for sometime before skyrocketing at the start of the pandemic. It now seems to be trending neutral again, trying to find some direction. We see that their annual revenue continues to increase and that they've delivered beats at their last four earnings. The exponential growth of this company can be due to more small businesses being created during the pandemic. Although this company can be volatile at times, overall, it looks like it has been favored and has more room to grow as the economy shifts to the creation of more new businesses. If you'd like to shift your mindset and learn how to trade the wheel and take advantage of bull markets with LEAPs, join our level 1 and 2 courses!
Who Competes with SQ?
A few of SQ's competitors include PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL), Lightspeed (LSPD) and Servicenow Inc (NOW).
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