Dow stocks hitting 52 week highs include Disney (DIS). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -48 points.
Thursday the Dow was down -7.10 (-0.02%) at 31,430.70.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.72%.
There were 13 Dow stocks up Thursday.
The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Intel (INTC) 60.66 (+3.06%), Visa (V) 210.66 (+2.20%) and Salesforce (CRM) 241.24 (+1.91%).
The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Walgreens (WBA) 50.12 (-2.89%), Amgen (AMGN) 235.04 (-1.43%) and 3M (MMM) 177.21 (-1.33%).
Shares of Disney (DIS) rose about 2% in premarket trading after the company reported an adjusted fiscal first-quarter profit of 32 cents per share. Analysts had expected a loss of 41 cents per share. Revenue fell 22% to $16.25 billion from a year earlier, though it did beat estimates. Due to Covid, Disney saw a slump in theme park attendance and box office results, but the success of its streaming video service continued. Disney+ added more than 21 million subscribers during the quarter for a total of 94.9 million.
The White House secured deals for 100 million additional doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine and 100 million more of Moderna’s. During Thursday’s tour of the National Institutes of Health, President Joe Biden said the U.S. will have now enough supply of the two-shot vaccines to inoculate 300 million Americans by the end of July. Biden is trying to pick up the pace of vaccinations after a slower-than-expected rollout under former President Donald Trump. Roughly 34.7 million out of some 331 million Americans have received at least their first dose of vaccine, according to the CDC.
European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended mostly higher.
The national average price of gasoline is up nine-tenths of a cent at $2.500 per gallon.
Earnings Reports
Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 1/7/2021 before the market open of $1.22, beating estimates calling for $1.02 per share.
JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/15/2021 before the market open of $3.79, beating estimates of $2.72 per share.
Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 1/19/2021 before the market open.
Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/20/2021 before the market open $1.64, beating estimates of $1.51 per share.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/20/2021 before the market open of $2.52, beating estimates of $2.394 per share
Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/21/2021 before the market open of $4.91, beating estimates of $3.004 per share.
Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/21/2021 after the market close of $1.52, beating estimates of $1.10 per share.
IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/21/2021 after the market close of $2.07, beating estimates of $1.778 per share.
3M (MMM) reported earnings on 1/26/2021 before the market open of $2.38, beating estimates of $2.187 per share.
American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/26/2021 before the market open of $1.76, beating estimates of $1.264 per share.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/26/2021 before the market open of $1.86, beating estimates of $1.806 per share.
Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/26/2021 before the market open of $1.21, beating estimates of $1.163 per share.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/26/2021 after the market close of $2.03, beating estimates of $1.637 per share.
Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/27/2021 before the market open of -$15.25, missing estimates calling for -$1.779 per share.
Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/27/2021 after the market close of $1.68, beating estimates of $1.406 per share.
Dow (DOW) reported earnings on 1/28/2021 before the market open $0.81, missing estimates of $0.685 per share.
McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/28/2021 before the market open $1.70, missing estimates of $1.752 per share.
Visa (V) reported earnings on 1/28/2021 after the market close of $1.42, beating estimates of $1.271 per share.
Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/29/2021 before the market open of $2.12, beating estimates of $1.456 per share.
Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 1/29/2021 before the market open of -$0.01, missing estimates of $0.079 per share.
Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 1/29/2021 before the market open of $2.07, beating estimates of $1.998 per share.
Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 2/2/2021 before the market open of $0.42, missing estimates of $0.455 per share.
Amgen (AMGN) reported earnings on 2/2/2021 after the market close of $3.81, beating estimates of $3.359 per share.
Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/4/2021 before the market open of $1.32, missing estimates of $1.364 per share.
Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/9/2021 after the market close of $0.79, beating estimates of $0.68 per share.
Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/10/2021 before the market open of $0.47, beating estimates of $0.414 per share.
Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/11/2021 after the market close of $0.32, beating estimates of -$0.448 per share.
Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 2/18/2021 before the market open.
Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 2/25/2021 after the market close.
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