Nucor Gets Nuked

Today’s action shows that BJ’s may have a branding problem in the retail investing community. Despite the company’s results topping expectations today, sentiment readings from are community are still weaker than you’d expect. 🤔 

BJ’s Wholesale Club revenues grew 8.70% YoY to $5.357 billion, with adjusted earnings of $1.11 per share. While earnings topped expectations, revenue was slightly below, with executives citing an uncertain macroeconomic environment as the primary driver.

Animal spirits have been a big theme of this newsletter since October, and boy, are things getting wild. While the mainstream media continues focusing on tech giants like Nvidia, investors and traders are searching far and wide for new opportunities to squeeze the shorts and make a killing. 🕵️‍♂️

Today’s surefire sign of this speculative fervor building in the market is everyone’s favorite non-meat meat stock, Beyond Meat. 🫨

Semiconductors continue to dominate the market and thus dominate our headlines. With that said, today we’ve got a fresh stock breaking out and another setting up, so stick with us. 👇

First up is Tower Semiconductor, an Israeli chip manufacturer that reported results today. The company’s revenue fell 13% YoY to $351.7 million during the fourth quarter but topped the $350 million expected by analysts. Its earnings per share were down about 30% YoY to $0.48, but again, better than anticipated. 🔺

Network provider Cloudflare is surging after the bell following better-than-expected results. 📝

The company’s adjusted earnings per share of $0.15 on $362.50 million in revenues topped estimates of $0.12 and $353.10 million. YoY revenue growth of 32% was consistent with its third quarter, while its GAAP net loss narrowed significantly from the year prior.