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News of the day for March 11, 2025
Carbonate fuel cell technology developer FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 13.8% year on year to $19 million. Its GAAP loss of $1.42 per share was 7.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Department store chain Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales fell by 9.4% year on year to $5.40 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.43 per share was 43.9% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Breakfast restaurant chain First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 7.6% year on year to $263.3 million. Its GAAP profit of $0.01 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
Sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2024, but sales were flat year on year at $3.89 billion. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $13.75 billion at the midpoint came in 1% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $3.62 per share was 2.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Tesla shares dropped over 15% on Monday. Chinese EV shares, like BYD and Li Auto, rose in Hong Kong trading.
Wall St's withering stock selloff has now wiped out virtually all post-election gains and risks turning into a momentum-driven rout unless there's some change in the darkening economic picture or the uncertain U.S. government trade policy stance. While watching this jarring picture unfold in U.S. markets, I'm taking a look today at the European defense spending reboot and the extent to which it may seed another round of joint borrowing by European Union countries. Today's Market Minute * President Donald Trump’s tariffs have spooked investors,with fears of an economic downturn driving a stock marketsell-off that has wiped out $4 trillion from the S&P 500’s peaklast month.
U.S. government decisions are hurting the North American market disproportionately, consumer goods and adhesive maker Henkel said on Tuesday, the latest company to warn about uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump's trade policies. "For sure what is happening in the U.S. in terms of decisions, that's impacting especially the North American market overproportionally and is also impacting us," Carsten Knobel, chief executive of the Persil detergent and Loctite glue maker, said in a call with investors. Stocks slumped globally on Monday, while U.S. bond yields dropped as investor worries about the potential economic slowdown were exacerbated after Trump did not rule out a recession resulting from his tariffs.
CEOs like JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg sold stock recently.