MARKET UPDATES: CONSUMER: 🔸 $DG upgraded to Overweight (BofA). 🔸 Macau casinos ($WYNN, $LVS, $MLCO, $MGM): Gaming revenue +0.8% YoY. 🔸 $LI: March deliveries 36,674 (+26.5% YoY). 🔸 $NIO: March deliveries 15,039 (+14% MoM). 🔸 $PVH: Q4 EPS $3.27 (beat), revenue -4.8% YoY. 🔸 $TSLA: Denmark sales -65.6% YoY. 🔸 $ULTA: Upgraded to Buy, price target raised to $423. ENERGY & INDUSTRIALS: 🔸 $AAL, $DAL, $LUV: Downgraded (Jefferies). 🔸 Oil: Brent stabilizes after Trump’s Russia comments. 🔸 $CVX: Sells East Texas gas assets ($1.2B+ value). 🔸 $EE: 7M-share secondary offering priced at $26.50. FINANCIALS: 🔸 $LPLA: 4.7M-share secondary offering at $320. 🔸 $V: $375M escrow deposit, reducing Class B shares. 🔸 $WRB: Downgraded (BofA). HEALTHCARE: 🔸 $JNJ: $10B talc settlement rejected by U.S. judge. 🔸 Drugmakers: Lobby Trump to phase in pharma tariffs. TECH & MEDIA: 🔸 $LYV, $SEAT: Fall after Trump’s executive order on ticket pricing. 🔸 $PRGS: Q1 EPS $1.31 (beat), raises full-year guidance. 🔸 $SPIR: Q4 EPS loss ($2.21), weak Q1 outlook.

MORNING RECAP • $ASO announces a $700M share buyback. • $AEO Q3 EPS $0.48 vs. $0.46 est., rev down -0.9% to $1.29B; cuts annual sales growth forecast to 3%, expects Q4 comp sales +1%, total rev -4%. • $CHPT Q3 loss (-$0.18) vs. est. (-$0.09), rev -10% to $99.6M; Q4 rev guidance $95M-$105M. Networked charging systems down -29%, subscription rev up +19%. • $COST November comp sales +3.1%, net sales +5.6% to $21.87B; Q1 sales +7.5% to $60.99B. • $FIVE Q3 EPS $0.42 vs. $0.17 est., sales +15% to $843.7M; Q4 sales guide $1.35B-$1.38B, comp sales expected to decline. • $PVH Q3 adj EPS $3.03 vs. $2.59 est., rev $2.26B vs. $2.22B; Q4 rev expected -7% to -6%, EPS $3.05-$3.20. • $PG now sources Gillette razor steel from India to mitigate potential Trump tariffs. • $AVAV Q2 rev $188.5M vs. $182.9M est.; adj EBITDA $25.9M vs. $31.7M est.; maintains FY25 EPS $3.18-$3.49, revenue $790M-$820M. • $APD: Mantle Ridge now nominates only four for the board, down from nine. • $CULP Q2 adj op income ($2.6M) vs. ($3.589M) est., sales $55.7M vs. $58M est.; expects flat to slightly down Q3 sales, positive EBITDA in 2H, profitable by Q4. • $GEF Q4 EPS $1.08 vs. $1.10 est.; rev up 8.3% to $1.42B, adj EBITDA down 0.8% to $197.6M; FY25 adj EBITDA expected at $675M low-end. • $LUV boosts Q4 revenue per seat mile forecast to 5.5%-7% from 3.5%-5.5%, due to pricing and travel demand. • $FI stock falls as CEO Frank Bisignano is nominated by Trump to lead the SSA. • $FOUR downgraded to Hold from Buy after CEO Jared Isaacman is chosen by Trump to head NASA. • $HOOD plans Asia expansion, setting up in Singapore. NYPD seeks man who killed UnitedHealth $UNH executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, suspect fled into Central Park. TSM discussing with $NVDA to manufacture AI chips in Arizona. • $AMAT downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley due to memory market concerns. • $HPE upgraded to Overweight, target price raised post-Juniper acquisition. • $NCNO Q3 adj EPS $0.21 vs $0.16 est., Q4 rev guidance below estimates. • $OOMA Q3 EPS $0.17 vs $0.16 est., raised yearly outlook. • $S Q3 EPS loss ($0.25) vs $0.01 est., slightly beat on revenue for Q4 and year. • $SNPS Q4 adj EPS $3.40 vs $3.30 est., Q1 guidance below expectations. • $VRNT Q3 EPS $0.54 vs $0.43 est., strong SaaS growth, FY25 revenue guidance up. • $DIS increases dividend to $1.00 per share. • $SMTC launches $400M stock offering.

#Downgrades - Oct 02, 2024 $NKE: CFRA Downgrades to Hold from Buy - PT $89 $GRTS: Jones Trading Downgrades to Hold from Buy $SSTK: Citi Downgrades to Neutral from Buy - PT $2 (from $8) $GEV: Raymond James Downgrades to Market Perform from Outperform $PRMW: Raymond James Downgrades to Market Perform from Outperform $PBF: JPMorgan Downgrades to Neutral from Overweight - PT $40 (from $53) $HOG: Baird Downgrades to Neutral from Outperform - PT $40 (from $44) $MELI: JPMorgan Downgrades to Neutral from Overweight - PT $2,400 $FMBH: KBW Downgrades to Market Perform from Outperform - PT $42 $NTB: KBW Downgrades to Market Perform from Outperform - PT $41 (from $44) $ESQ: KBW Downgrades to Market Perform from Outperform - PT $72 (from $68) $TMUS: Raymond James Downgrades to Outperform from Strong Buy - PT $221 (from $208) $IBM: DZ Bank Downgrades to Hold from Buy - PT $215 $STTK: Needham Downgrades to Hold from Buy $SITC: Wells Fargo Downgrades to Equal Weight from Overweight - PT $19 $PVH: BofA Securities Downgrades to Neutral from Buy - PT $107 (from $130) $CRL: BofA Securities Downgrades to Neutral from Buy - PT $215 (from $250) $TEM: BofA Securities Downgrades to Neutral from Buy - PT $60 (from $45) $ZIM: Jefferies Downgrades to Hold from Buy - PT $25 $KZR: H.C. Wainwright Downgrades to Neutral from Buy $MBLY: BNP Paribas Exane Downgrades to Underperform from Neutral - PT $12 $GRTS: B.Riley Downgrades to Neutral from Buy - PT $1 (from $3)