S&P 500 Index: Will the Sell-off Continue to Drive Markets Lower This Week?
24 Janeiro 2022 - 7:49AM
Finscreener.org
The sell-off in the equity
markets intensified in the last week that ended in January 21,
2022. Major indices including the NASDAQ, S&P
500 (AMEX:
SPY) and Dow Jones are currently down 14.1%, 8.3%
and 6.6% from all-time highs, at the time of writing.
We can see that the tech-heavy
NASDAQ Index has entered correction territory and given the threat
of multiple interest-rate hikes in 2022, the pullback might
continue going forward. Here, we take a look at major market movers
in the last week and what you can expect from the earnings of two
giants in the upcoming days.
Peloton and Netflix shares tank
Shares of
Peloton (NASDAQ:
PTON) are down 24% in
2022 and have now fallen by 83% in the last year, valuing the
company at a market cap of $8.9 billion. The COVID-19 pandemic
acted as a massive tailwind for Peloton as it grew sales from $1.82
million in fiscal 2020 to $4.02 billion in fiscal 2021 that ended
in June. However, its top-line growth is expected to decelerate
rapidly as Wall Street forecasts sales of $4.51 billion in fiscal
2022.
Last week, a Business Insider
reported disclosed Peloton’s plan to lay-off 41% of its sales and
marketing staff to cut costs and boost profitability. Further, CNBC
reported demand for Peloton’s bikes and treadmills have dwindled
significantly which has resulted in a temporary halt in production.
Peloton’s bike manufacturing facility is expected to shut-down for
two months while treadmill manufacturing might halt for six
weeks.
The company is also planning to
charge $250 for the delivery and installation of exercise bikes and
$350 to install its treadmills which will hurt future consumer
demand.
Shares of streaming
company Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX)
fell by more than 20% on the back of weaker than expected
subscriber growth. Netflix was another company that benefitted from
the ongoing pandemic which resulted in a significant uptick of
subscribers.
In 2021, Netflix’s subscriber
base grew by 18.2 million users, compared to 36.6 million net paid
additions in 2020. In the two years prior to 2020, its paid
subscribers rose by an average of 28 million per year. In Q4 of
2021, its net subscriber additions were 8.3 million and it expects
to add another 2.5 million subscribers in Q1 of 2022, compared to 4
million in Q1 of 2021.
Netflix claimed while customer
acquisitions have been less than ideal in a post pandemic world,
its subscriber retention has been quite healthy.
NFLX stock touched an all-time
high of $700 last year and is currently down 43% from record highs,
making it an attractive bet for contrarian investors.
Microsoft and Tesla to report earnings this
week
S&P 500 giants
including Microsoft (NASDAQ:
MSFT) and
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
are slated to report their quarterly earnings this week.
Tesla which is the largest
electric vehicle manufacturer in the world shipped 308,000 vehicles
in Q4 of 2021, taking its total deliveries to 936,000 in 2021.
Analysts had earlier forecast Q4 shipments at 270,000 and 2021
shipments at 897,000.
Wall Street estimates Tesla’s
revenue at $16.2 billion and earnings of $2.26 per share in the
December quarter. In the year-ago quarter, its sales and earnings
stood at $10.7 billion and $1.03 per share respectively. Given its
shipment numbers in Q4, Tesla is well-poised to crush Wall Street
estimates.
Shares of Microsoft are also down
14% from all-time highs, valuing the company at a market cap of
$2.22 trillion. Analysts
expect sales to rise
by 18% to $50.88 billion and
earnings per share to rise by 13.8% to $2.31 per share in fiscal Q2
of 2022 that ended in December.
Last week, Microsoft announced
its intention to acquire gaming heavyweight Activision Blizzard
(NASDAQ:
ATVI) for $68.9 billion
in an all-cash deal, providing the tech giant to gain a foothold in
the rapidly expanding metaverse space.
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