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For the second day in a row, the shares of US video game retailer GameStop Corp and movie theatre chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc have seen their prices soaring by more than 70% - and the reason is a single social media post. This is what market experts call a "meme rally", involving retail market traders flocking into "meme stocks", buying up the shares of companies with cult-like social media followers. They hit the 'buy' button based on sympathy or trends on social media, rather than profit, income or any other indicator of how the investment is about to perform. Following a relatively...
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Shares in Bayer AG took a fall in early trade after the after the pharmaceutical company reported shrinking sales and earnings from the first three months of 2024, although the latter came in above expectations. Shares later recovered. Quarterly earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), before special items were down 1.3% to €4.4 billion. Analysts estimated €4.15 billion. Group sales dropped to €13.7 billion, a 0.6 % drop on a currency and portfolio adjusted basis compared with the previous year. Bayer's report blamed a negative currency effect for €525 million o...
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The shares of UBS were sent through the roof after the Swiss bank reported that it returned to profitability in the first quarter of 2024, for the first time since it took over its former rival Credit Suisse in June 2023. The share price of the Zurich-based lender was up by 9.8% after midday, as investors were showered with good news: the profit beat expectations, the lender reported $1.75 billion (€1.63 billion) net income for the first three months, after two consecutive quarterly losses amid cost-cutting measures. The bank said it had earnings of 52 cents per share. Total group revenues rea...
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is facing another blow with gambling giant Flutter Entertainment's shareholders voting for the company to set up its primary listing in New York, rather than London. Flutter Entertainment is the parent company for several well-known betting and gaming companies such as Sportsbet, Tombola, Betfair, Paddy Power, Junglee Games, Sisal, PokerStars, FanDuel and more. The company previously had its primary listing on the LSE, with only an additional listing on the New York Stock Exchange, where it started trading on 29 January. CEO Peter Jackson said then: "With our NY...
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Heavy-weight French companies with very large profits spent a record €33 billion last year buying back their shares from shareholders. What is a share buyback and why is it good for the company?What happens is that, rather than rewarding shareholders by paying them dividends, a company can choose to have similar results through share buybacks. When the company buys back shares, the stock price goes up because of the increased demand in the market, ensuring that the remaining investors' investments increase in value and stock prices continue to rise. Usually, the shares that were bought are can...
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Lavazza, which already owns some 20% of IVS shares, has offered to buy the rest from other investors at €7.15 per share, offering an 11% premium compared to Monday's closing price. If the sale goes ahead, Lavazza will own an extra 28.36% of IVS, meaning IVS would be removed from the stock exchange. The buyout offer, valuing IVS at €647 million, is the result of a previous agreement Lavazza made with IVS's majority shareholder, giving the Turin-based coffee giant the possibility of assuming full control of IVS starting in 2027. "The structure of the operation, in the event that, starting from 2...
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CVC Capital Partners is seeking a valuation of €13 billion to €15 billion as it readies itself to go public on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. This means that 114 million shares, priced at €13 to €15 each, will become available to public investors, rather than being reserved for private buyers. CVC is issuing 18 million new shares, whilst the remaining 96 million are being sold by existing stakeholders. Sellers include Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Donald Mackenzie, one of the co-founders of CVC, is also expected to se...
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Netflix (NDX: NFLX) reported first-quarter earnings that blew away analysts' forecasts in all aspects. The positive earnings result did not bolster its share prices, however, due to disappointing guidance for the current quarter. Netflix’s shares fell more than 4% in after-hours trading at Nasdaq, indicating a lower open for the stock today. Netflix’s subscriber growth acceleratesThe company added 9.33 million users in the first quarter, bringing its total subscribers to 296.6 million, further solidifying its leadership in the streaming market. The figure almost doubled analysts’ forecast of 4...
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The defence sector has emerged as one of the best performers in the past two years, spurred by the Ukraine-Russia war. Notably, the European defence and aerospace stocks have been outpacing their US peers, with Germany's biggest arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall's shares soaring approximately 540% since February 2022. Other defence stocks such as the biggest British aerospace manufacturer, BAE Systems, and the French defence corporation, Safran, rose 114% and 176%, during the same period. However, the record run has taken a breather following a cautionary note from the investment bank Goldman Sac...
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The bank said the program will start on 3 April 2024 and end at the latest on 2 April 2026 or earlier, if either the maximum amount of $2 billion has been reached or 10% of the registered share capital has been repurchased. "Based on the closing price of the UBS registered share on the SIX Swiss Exchange on 27 March 2024 and the closing USD/CHF FX rate on 27 March 2024, this corresponds to some 64.1 million registered shares or around 1.85% of the registered share capital of UBS. The share repurchase will be conducted via a separate trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The shares will be re...
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