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All three report after the market close.</p>\n<p>(<b>Apple</b> also reports on Tuesday, but this article doesn't discuss the iPhone giant.)</p>\n<p>Year-over-year growth expectations are unusually high for Alphabet and Facebook because their digital advertising-based businesses were significantly hurt in the year-ago period, which was the first full quarter affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many businesses were temporarily closed or operating at less than full capacity in that quarter. In other words, the search-engine and social-media leaders are facing easy sales comparables, and Alphabet is also facing an easy comparable on the bottom line.</p>\n<p>The same is not true with Amazon, as the e-commerce and all-around-tech titan's sales got a brisk tailwind in the year-ago period, as the pandemic drove consumers around the world to embrace online shopping. And its strong sales growth helped boost its profit.</p>\n<h2>Alphabet: Tuesday (earnings call at 4:30 p.m. EDT)</h2>\n<p>Going into the earnings week, Alphabet stock is outperforming shares of Facebook and Amazon, as well as the broader market, in 2021 to date (July 23) and over the last year. So far in 2021, Alphabet shares are up 51.8% (Class A) and 57.3% (Class C), Facebook stock is up 35.4%, and Amazon stock trails with a 12.3% gain. The e-commerce mammoth's stock is the only <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the three underperforming the <b>S&P 500</b>, which has returned 18.4% so far this year.</p>\n<p>Here's what Wall Street is expecting in Alphabet's report:</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Metric</th>\n <th>Q2 2020 Result</th>\n <th>Wall Street's Q2 2021 Consensus Estimate</th>\n <th>Wall Street's Projected Change</th>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td><p>Revenue</p></td>\n <td><p>$38.3 billion</p></td>\n <td><p>$56.0 billion</p></td>\n <td><p>46%</p></td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td><p>Earnings per share (EPS)</p></td>\n <td><p>$10.13</p></td>\n <td><p>$19.21</p></td>\n <td><p>90%</p></td>\n </tr>\n </thead>\n</table>\n<p>Data sources: Alphabet and Yahoo! Finance.</p>\n<p>As to Alphabet's low-bar comparable, in the the year-ago period, its revenue edged down 2% and its EPS dropped 29% year over year.</p>\n<p>For context, in the first quarter, Alphabet's revenue jumped 34% year over year to $55.3 billion. EPS rocketed 166% to $26.29, crushing the $15.82 Wall Street was expecting.</p>\n<h2><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a77e9fd8c158aba668302c7d31a0fcd7\" tg-width=\"720\" tg-height=\"555\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><span>Data by YCharts.</span></p></h2>\n<h2>Facebook: Wednesday (earnings call at 5 p.m. EDT)</h2>\n<p>Here's what the Street is expecting from the social-networking behemoth:</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Metric</th>\n <th>Q2 2020 Result</th>\n <th>Wall Street's Q2 2021 Consensus Estimate</th>\n <th>Wall Street's Projected Change</th>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Revenue</td>\n <td>$18.7 billion</td>\n <td>$27.8 billion</td>\n <td>49%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Earnings per share (EPS)</td>\n <td>$1.80</td>\n <td>$3.02</td>\n <td>68%</td>\n </tr>\n </thead>\n</table>\n<p>Data sources: Facebook and Yahoo! Finance.</p>\n<p>Facebook didn't issue specific guidance, but CFO Dave Wehner said in last quarter's release that management expects Q2's \"year-over-year total revenue growth to remain stable or modestly accelerate relative to the growth rate in the first quarter of 2021 [48%] as we lap slower growth related to the pandemic during the second quarter of 2020.\"</p>\n<p>In the first quarter, Facebook's revenue soared 48% year over year to $26.2 billion. Growth was driven by a 30% year-over-year jump in the average price per ad and a 12% increase in the number of ads delivered. The number of daily and monthly active users rose 8% and 10%, respectively, year over year. EPS surged 93% to $3.30, speeding by the analyst consensus estimate of $2.37.</p>\n<h2>Amazon: Thursday (earnings call at 5:30 p.m. EDT)</h2>\n<p>Here are numbers to use as benchmarks.</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th><p><b>Metric</b></p></th>\n <th><p><b>Q2 2020 Result</b></p></th>\n <th><p><b>Amazon's Q2 2021 Guidance</b></p></th>\n <th><p><b>Amazon's Projected Change</b></p></th>\n <th><p><b>Wall Street's Q2 2021 Consensus Estimate</b></p></th>\n <th><p><b>Wall Street's Projected Change</b></p></th>\n </tr>\n </thead>\n <thead></thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td><p>Revenue</p></td>\n <td><p>$88.9 billion</p></td>\n <td><p>$110 billion to $116 billion</p></td>\n <td><p>24% to 30%</p></td>\n <td><p>$115.1 billion</p></td>\n <td><p>29%</p></td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td><p>Earnings per share (EPS)</p></td>\n <td><p>$10.30</p></td>\n <td><p>N/A</p></td>\n <td><p>N/A</p></td>\n <td><p>$12.22</p></td>\n <td>19%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Data sources: Amazon and Yahoo! Finance. Note: Amazon does not provide earnings guidance.</p>\n<p>While Amazon doesn't provide earnings guidance, it does issue an operating income outlook. For Q2, management guided for operating income to range from $4.5 billion to $8 billion. This range represents operating income <i>declining</i> by as much as 22% to <i>rising</i> by as much as 38% year over year.</p>\n<p>The company's Q2 revenue will include sales from its big annual Prime Day event, held in June this year. Last year, this event took place in the fourth quarter, while it's traditionally been in the third quarter.</p>\n<p>In the first quarter, Amazon's revenue surged 44% year over year to $108.5 billion, beating the $104.5 billion analysts had expected. EPS skyrocketed 215% to $15.79, demolishing the consensus estimate of $9.54.</p>\n<p>Again, Facebook reports on Tuesday, Alphabet on Wednesday, and Amazon on Thursday, all after the closing bell.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Big Tech Earnings Preview: Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBig Tech Earnings Preview: Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-26 10:41 GMT+8 <a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07/25/big-tech-earnings-preview-alphabet-facebook-and-am/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Three \"big techs\" scheduled to report their second-quarter 2021 results this week are Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on Tuesday, July 27, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) on Wednesday, and ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07/25/big-tech-earnings-preview-alphabet-facebook-and-am/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AMZN":"亚马逊","GOOG":"谷歌"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07/25/big-tech-earnings-preview-alphabet-facebook-and-am/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2154934710","content_text":"Three \"big techs\" scheduled to report their second-quarter 2021 results this week are Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on Tuesday, July 27, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) on Wednesday, and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Thursday. All three report after the market close.\n(Apple also reports on Tuesday, but this article doesn't discuss the iPhone giant.)\nYear-over-year growth expectations are unusually high for Alphabet and Facebook because their digital advertising-based businesses were significantly hurt in the year-ago period, which was the first full quarter affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many businesses were temporarily closed or operating at less than full capacity in that quarter. In other words, the search-engine and social-media leaders are facing easy sales comparables, and Alphabet is also facing an easy comparable on the bottom line.\nThe same is not true with Amazon, as the e-commerce and all-around-tech titan's sales got a brisk tailwind in the year-ago period, as the pandemic drove consumers around the world to embrace online shopping. And its strong sales growth helped boost its profit.\nAlphabet: Tuesday (earnings call at 4:30 p.m. EDT)\nGoing into the earnings week, Alphabet stock is outperforming shares of Facebook and Amazon, as well as the broader market, in 2021 to date (July 23) and over the last year. So far in 2021, Alphabet shares are up 51.8% (Class A) and 57.3% (Class C), Facebook stock is up 35.4%, and Amazon stock trails with a 12.3% gain. The e-commerce mammoth's stock is the only one of the three underperforming the S&P 500, which has returned 18.4% so far this year.\nHere's what Wall Street is expecting in Alphabet's report:\n\n\n\nMetric\nQ2 2020 Result\nWall Street's Q2 2021 Consensus Estimate\nWall Street's Projected Change\n\n\nRevenue\n$38.3 billion\n$56.0 billion\n46%\n\n\nEarnings per share (EPS)\n$10.13\n$19.21\n90%\n\n\n\nData sources: Alphabet and Yahoo! Finance.\nAs to Alphabet's low-bar comparable, in the the year-ago period, its revenue edged down 2% and its EPS dropped 29% year over year.\nFor context, in the first quarter, Alphabet's revenue jumped 34% year over year to $55.3 billion. EPS rocketed 166% to $26.29, crushing the $15.82 Wall Street was expecting.\nData by YCharts.\nFacebook: Wednesday (earnings call at 5 p.m. EDT)\nHere's what the Street is expecting from the social-networking behemoth:\n\n\n\nMetric\nQ2 2020 Result\nWall Street's Q2 2021 Consensus Estimate\nWall Street's Projected Change\n\n\nRevenue\n$18.7 billion\n$27.8 billion\n49%\n\n\nEarnings per share (EPS)\n$1.80\n$3.02\n68%\n\n\n\nData sources: Facebook and Yahoo! Finance.\nFacebook didn't issue specific guidance, but CFO Dave Wehner said in last quarter's release that management expects Q2's \"year-over-year total revenue growth to remain stable or modestly accelerate relative to the growth rate in the first quarter of 2021 [48%] as we lap slower growth related to the pandemic during the second quarter of 2020.\"\nIn the first quarter, Facebook's revenue soared 48% year over year to $26.2 billion. Growth was driven by a 30% year-over-year jump in the average price per ad and a 12% increase in the number of ads delivered. The number of daily and monthly active users rose 8% and 10%, respectively, year over year. EPS surged 93% to $3.30, speeding by the analyst consensus estimate of $2.37.\nAmazon: Thursday (earnings call at 5:30 p.m. EDT)\nHere are numbers to use as benchmarks.\n\n\n\nMetric\nQ2 2020 Result\nAmazon's Q2 2021 Guidance\nAmazon's Projected Change\nWall Street's Q2 2021 Consensus Estimate\nWall Street's Projected Change\n\n\n\n\n\nRevenue\n$88.9 billion\n$110 billion to $116 billion\n24% to 30%\n$115.1 billion\n29%\n\n\nEarnings per share (EPS)\n$10.30\nN/A\nN/A\n$12.22\n19%\n\n\n\nData sources: Amazon and Yahoo! Finance. Note: Amazon does not provide earnings guidance.\nWhile Amazon doesn't provide earnings guidance, it does issue an operating income outlook. For Q2, management guided for operating income to range from $4.5 billion to $8 billion. This range represents operating income declining by as much as 22% to rising by as much as 38% year over year.\nThe company's Q2 revenue will include sales from its big annual Prime Day event, held in June this year. Last year, this event took place in the fourth quarter, while it's traditionally been in the third quarter.\nIn the first quarter, Amazon's revenue surged 44% year over year to $108.5 billion, beating the $104.5 billion analysts had expected. EPS skyrocketed 215% to $15.79, demolishing the consensus estimate of $9.54.\nAgain, Facebook reports on Tuesday, Alphabet on Wednesday, and Amazon on Thursday, all after the closing bell.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":109,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":800925299,"gmtCreate":1627273382511,"gmtModify":1703486486269,"author":{"id":"3574575249821339","authorId":"3574575249821339","name":"Benleeww","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3574575249821339","authorIdStr":"3574575249821339"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/800925299","repostId":"1160452943","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":324,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":800926850,"gmtCreate":1627273273770,"gmtModify":1703486482809,"author":{"id":"3574575249821339","authorId":"3574575249821339","name":"Benleeww","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3574575249821339","authorIdStr":"3574575249821339"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Nice","listText":"Nice","text":"Nice","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/800926850","repostId":"1137310872","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":119,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"hots":[{"id":800926850,"gmtCreate":1627273273770,"gmtModify":1703486482809,"author":{"id":"3574575249821339","authorId":"3574575249821339","name":"Benleeww","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3574575249821339","authorIdStr":"3574575249821339"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Nice","listText":"Nice","text":"Nice","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/800926850","repostId":"1137310872","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1137310872","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1627271210,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1137310872?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-07-26 11:46","market":"hk","language":"en","title":"Evergrande’s Special Dividend Has Investors Seeking Clues","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1137310872","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"(Bloomberg) -- As China Evergrande Group mulls a special dividend to revive confidence in its tumbli","content":"<p>(Bloomberg) -- As China Evergrande Group mulls a special dividend to revive confidence in its tumbling stock, analysts are gaming out several scenarios that could have markedly different implications for equity and bond investors.</p>\n<p>Chairman Hui Ka Yan, who directly or indirectly controls three-quarters of outstanding Evergrande shares, will meet with the company’s board Tuesday to decide on the payout.</p>\n<p>Both equity and bond holders -- which include long-time supporters and old friends -- have been rattled in recent weeks by a slew of reports about wary banks and unpaid dues to suppliers. Evergrande needs to reassure the market that it has ample ammunition to make good on its borrowings while also countering short-sellers.</p>\n<p>The last time Evergrande rewarded shareholders with a special dividend, in 2018, its earnings were soaring though bearish bets abounded then too. It has since seen annual profit drops for 2019 and 2020, with total liabilities swelling to $301 billion.</p>\n<p>“Evergrande may be using the dividend plan to emphasize the stability of its cash flow and profitability, especially after the recent debt pressure,” said Yan Yuejin, research director at Shanghai-based E-house China Research and Development Institute.</p>\n<p>Evergrande’s shares fell as much as 7.2% in Hong Kong. The developer’s 8.75% bond due 2025, one of the firm’s most widely traded dollar notes, continued to drop 1 cent on the dollar to 52.2 cents.</p>\n<p>Analysts reckon Evergrande will take one of three routes: a cash dividend, a stock dividend or handing out shares in its higher-value listed subsidiaries.</p>\n<p>Cash dividend</p>\n<p>A cash dividend would be controversial given its share holding pattern and the dire need to pay down debt. Even so, Evergrande could justify it by pointing to a first half of record sales and cash inflows.</p>\n<p>Apart from Hui, who owns almost 77% of the outstanding stock through companies controlled either by him or his wife, others who stand to benefit include billionaire Joseph Lau. Hui and Lau, a long-time supporter whose wife holds 8.9% of the company, are both part of the “Big Two Club” of tycoons who play the poker game of the same name.</p>\n<p>“Paying a large special dividend is effectively a way of recycling capital back to the two main shareholders,” said Travis Lundy, a special situations analyst who publishes on Smartkarma. “They may use the funds to buy more of what Evergrande spins out.”</p>\n<p>Hui can’t use too much of the cash to prop up Evergrande’s share price. The developer’s free float is approaching the 22.04% minimum required by the Hong Kong stock exchange. It has though been weighing listings of its tourism and bottled water businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.</p>\n<p>Stock dividend</p>\n<p>Others expect Evergrande to hand out shares from its main listed entity in Hong Kong. While this may benefit long-term investors, a dividend comprised of stocks could end up driving shares lower in the near-term, adding to a 31% collapse in the past month.</p>\n<p>“I am more leaning toward equity distribution given the tight liquidity,” said Eddie Chia, a portfolio manager at China Life Franklin.</p>\n<p>The third option -- and potentially the one the market would favor -- is giving away shares of Evergrande’s subsidiaries. Options include Evergrande’s Hong Kong-listed new energy vehicle business or its property management operation. Such a scenario could be slightly positive for both shareholders and creditors.</p>\n<p>With Evergrande’s market capitalization falling below its assets, owning shares in these subsidiaries would be a win for shareholders. Shares of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd., which was worth more than Ford Motor Co. a few months back, tanked after the dividend proposal.</p>\n<p>“This option makes more sense,” said Nigel Stevenson, an analyst at GMT Research Ltd.</p>\n<p>Depending on the dividend, if Evergrande loses its controlling stake in the electric vehicle start-up, the developer may deconsolidate it from its balance sheet and pare nearly 60 billion yuan of credit tied to the EV unit. That would showcase Evergrande’s efforts to pare debt and meet China’s “Three Red Line” metrics, a move that would benefit its relationship with banks.</p>\n<p>“In reality it doesn’t really solve their liquidity,” issue, China Life Franklin’s Chia said. “But at least they are trying to do something so we can give them credit for that.”</p>","source":"lsy1612507957220","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Evergrande’s Special Dividend Has Investors Seeking Clues</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nEvergrande’s Special Dividend Has Investors Seeking Clues\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-26 11:46 GMT+8 <a href=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/evergrande-special-dividend-investors-seeking-033203751.html><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>(Bloomberg) -- As China Evergrande Group mulls a special dividend to revive confidence in its tumbling stock, analysts are gaming out several scenarios that could have markedly different implications ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/evergrande-special-dividend-investors-seeking-033203751.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"03333":"中国恒大"},"source_url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/evergrande-special-dividend-investors-seeking-033203751.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1137310872","content_text":"(Bloomberg) -- As China Evergrande Group mulls a special dividend to revive confidence in its tumbling stock, analysts are gaming out several scenarios that could have markedly different implications for equity and bond investors.\nChairman Hui Ka Yan, who directly or indirectly controls three-quarters of outstanding Evergrande shares, will meet with the company’s board Tuesday to decide on the payout.\nBoth equity and bond holders -- which include long-time supporters and old friends -- have been rattled in recent weeks by a slew of reports about wary banks and unpaid dues to suppliers. Evergrande needs to reassure the market that it has ample ammunition to make good on its borrowings while also countering short-sellers.\nThe last time Evergrande rewarded shareholders with a special dividend, in 2018, its earnings were soaring though bearish bets abounded then too. It has since seen annual profit drops for 2019 and 2020, with total liabilities swelling to $301 billion.\n“Evergrande may be using the dividend plan to emphasize the stability of its cash flow and profitability, especially after the recent debt pressure,” said Yan Yuejin, research director at Shanghai-based E-house China Research and Development Institute.\nEvergrande’s shares fell as much as 7.2% in Hong Kong. The developer’s 8.75% bond due 2025, one of the firm’s most widely traded dollar notes, continued to drop 1 cent on the dollar to 52.2 cents.\nAnalysts reckon Evergrande will take one of three routes: a cash dividend, a stock dividend or handing out shares in its higher-value listed subsidiaries.\nCash dividend\nA cash dividend would be controversial given its share holding pattern and the dire need to pay down debt. Even so, Evergrande could justify it by pointing to a first half of record sales and cash inflows.\nApart from Hui, who owns almost 77% of the outstanding stock through companies controlled either by him or his wife, others who stand to benefit include billionaire Joseph Lau. Hui and Lau, a long-time supporter whose wife holds 8.9% of the company, are both part of the “Big Two Club” of tycoons who play the poker game of the same name.\n“Paying a large special dividend is effectively a way of recycling capital back to the two main shareholders,” said Travis Lundy, a special situations analyst who publishes on Smartkarma. “They may use the funds to buy more of what Evergrande spins out.”\nHui can’t use too much of the cash to prop up Evergrande’s share price. The developer’s free float is approaching the 22.04% minimum required by the Hong Kong stock exchange. It has though been weighing listings of its tourism and bottled water businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.\nStock dividend\nOthers expect Evergrande to hand out shares from its main listed entity in Hong Kong. While this may benefit long-term investors, a dividend comprised of stocks could end up driving shares lower in the near-term, adding to a 31% collapse in the past month.\n“I am more leaning toward equity distribution given the tight liquidity,” said Eddie Chia, a portfolio manager at China Life Franklin.\nThe third option -- and potentially the one the market would favor -- is giving away shares of Evergrande’s subsidiaries. Options include Evergrande’s Hong Kong-listed new energy vehicle business or its property management operation. Such a scenario could be slightly positive for both shareholders and creditors.\nWith Evergrande’s market capitalization falling below its assets, owning shares in these subsidiaries would be a win for shareholders. Shares of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd., which was worth more than Ford Motor Co. a few months back, tanked after the dividend proposal.\n“This option makes more sense,” said Nigel Stevenson, an analyst at GMT Research Ltd.\nDepending on the dividend, if Evergrande loses its controlling stake in the electric vehicle start-up, the developer may deconsolidate it from its balance sheet and pare nearly 60 billion yuan of credit tied to the EV unit. That would showcase Evergrande’s efforts to pare debt and meet China’s “Three Red Line” metrics, a move that would benefit its relationship with banks.\n“In reality it doesn’t really solve their liquidity,” issue, China Life Franklin’s Chia said. “But at least they are trying to do something so we can give them credit for that.”","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":119,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":800927112,"gmtCreate":1627273454636,"gmtModify":1703486488898,"author":{"id":"3574575249821339","authorId":"3574575249821339","name":"Benleeww","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3574575249821339","authorIdStr":"3574575249821339"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/800927112","repostId":"2154934710","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":109,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":800925299,"gmtCreate":1627273382511,"gmtModify":1703486486269,"author":{"id":"3574575249821339","authorId":"3574575249821339","name":"Benleeww","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3574575249821339","authorIdStr":"3574575249821339"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/800925299","repostId":"1160452943","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1160452943","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1627271445,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1160452943?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-07-26 11:50","market":"us","language":"en","title":"3 Stocks To Watch In The Coming Week: Tesla, Apple, Microsoft","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1160452943","media":"investing.com","summary":"With some of the largest U.S. companies reporting their quarterly earnings in the upcoming week, inv","content":"<p>With some of the largest U.S. companies reporting their quarterly earnings in the upcoming week, investor focus will likely be squarely on corporate America and the financial health of its most high profile corporations.</p>\n<p>During the five-day period ahead, about a third of S&P 500 companies are scheduled to release their most recent numbers along with their outlook forecasts for the remainder of this year, including such tech giants as <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FB\">Facebook</a> and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon.com</a> and industrial names, such as <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BA\">Boeing</a> and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CAT\">Caterpillar</a>.</p>\n<p>About 87% of S&P 500 companies that reported results so far this season have beaten Wall Street estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, with investors betting a robust economic recovery will continue fueling corporate America—notwithstanding the threat of higher inflation.</p>\n<p>During this crucial week for the Q2 earnings season, we will be focusing on three key tech mega caps whose earnings could help clarify whether they are still benefiting from the pandemic-driven demand surge that pushed their shares to record high prices in recent months:</p>\n<p><b>1. Tesla</b></p>\n<p>Electric vehicle maker <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TSLA\">Tesla Motors</a> will report its second quarterearningson Monday, July 26 after the market close. Analysts are expecting $0.94 a share profit on sales of $11.53 billion.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/cc49850e3401dae48a21244065e7cee9\" tg-width=\"840\" tg-height=\"470\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">TSLA Weekly TTM</p>\n<p>With its shares still in a bearish cycle thus far this year, the Palo Alto, California-based EV manufacturer is facing escalating competitive threats fromtraditional automakers, signs of a potential sales slowdown in China, and an ongoing semiconductor shortage. TSLA shares closed on Friday at $643.38, down about 8% for the year.</p>\n<p>The short-term outlook for Tesla has brightened after the company reported last month that it produced more cars in Q2 than analysts expected. That shows the company has been succeeding at overcoming supply-chain issues which are hurting traditional automakers.</p>\n<p>The company’s sales forecast for the remainder of 2021, and the demand situation in China, will be important details that investors will be keen to be updated on.</p>\n<p><b>2. Apple</b></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>, the maker of the popular and iconic iPhone, as well as computers and smart wearables, is scheduled to report its fiscal 2021, Q3 earnings on Tuesday, July 27 after the market close. Analysts, on average, project the company will post $1.01 a share profit on sales of $73.3 billion.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3c05cf64c20657637e7948c9782d25f4\" tg-width=\"840\" tg-height=\"470\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">AAPL Weekly TTM</p>\n<p>Shares of Apple have continued to move higher this year after the stock produced a stellar performance in 2020. Strong signs that the sales of its flagship iPhone will remain strong this year are helping propel AAPL higher in 2021. During its fiscalsecond quarter, iPhone sales surged 66%. It was the first full period for the company's model 12 which supports 5G technology.</p>\n<p>Apple also rolled out new MacBook Pros, a Mac mini, MacBook Airs, new AirPods, new iPads, and updated Apple Watches this year to take advantage of the work-from-home environment which is boosting consumers’ technology needs.</p>\n<p>The stock gained more than 11% this year, following an 80% jump higher in 2020. AAPL closed on Friday at $148.56.</p>\n<p><b>3. Microsoft</b></p>\n<p>Another high-profile mega cap technology company, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MSFT\">Microsoft</a>, also reports its fiscal 2021 Q4 earnings after the market close on Tuesday. The software and cloud computing behemoth is expected to post EPS of $1.91 on sales of $44.13 billion, according to consensus forecasts.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4512fe027956bbfb9f29012785590ba4\" tg-width=\"840\" tg-height=\"470\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">MSFT Weekly TTM</p>\n<p>If thepastprovides any clues, Microsoft should show robust momentum fueled by a surge in technology investments and the strength of its cloud computing and core Office products lineup. The Redmond, Washington-based software and infrastructure company is benefiting from the increased demand for connectivity as people continue to work and interact socially from home.</p>\n<p>As well, investors expect businesses and governments will continue to spend on their transition to cloud computing—which has been a key area of expansion for the corporation in recent years.</p>\n<p>Growth in that division jumped 50% in Q3 as corporate clients accelerated a shift to the cloud during the pandemic, where they can store data and run applications via the internet. MSFT shares closed on Friday at $289.67, after surging 30% this year.</p>","source":"lsy1594375853987","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>3 Stocks To Watch In The Coming Week: Tesla, Apple, Microsoft</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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Tesla\nElectric vehicle maker Tesla Motors will report its second quarterearningson Monday, July 26 after the market close. Analysts are expecting $0.94 a share profit on sales of $11.53 billion.\nTSLA Weekly TTM\nWith its shares still in a bearish cycle thus far this year, the Palo Alto, California-based EV manufacturer is facing escalating competitive threats fromtraditional automakers, signs of a potential sales slowdown in China, and an ongoing semiconductor shortage. TSLA shares closed on Friday at $643.38, down about 8% for the year.\nThe short-term outlook for Tesla has brightened after the company reported last month that it produced more cars in Q2 than analysts expected. That shows the company has been succeeding at overcoming supply-chain issues which are hurting traditional automakers.\nThe company’s sales forecast for the remainder of 2021, and the demand situation in China, will be important details that investors will be keen to be updated on.\n2. Apple\nApple, the maker of the popular and iconic iPhone, as well as computers and smart wearables, is scheduled to report its fiscal 2021, Q3 earnings on Tuesday, July 27 after the market close. Analysts, on average, project the company will post $1.01 a share profit on sales of $73.3 billion.\nAAPL Weekly TTM\nShares of Apple have continued to move higher this year after the stock produced a stellar performance in 2020. Strong signs that the sales of its flagship iPhone will remain strong this year are helping propel AAPL higher in 2021. During its fiscalsecond quarter, iPhone sales surged 66%. It was the first full period for the company's model 12 which supports 5G technology.\nApple also rolled out new MacBook Pros, a Mac mini, MacBook Airs, new AirPods, new iPads, and updated Apple Watches this year to take advantage of the work-from-home environment which is boosting consumers’ technology needs.\nThe stock gained more than 11% this year, following an 80% jump higher in 2020. AAPL closed on Friday at $148.56.\n3. Microsoft\nAnother high-profile mega cap technology company, Microsoft, also reports its fiscal 2021 Q4 earnings after the market close on Tuesday. The software and cloud computing behemoth is expected to post EPS of $1.91 on sales of $44.13 billion, according to consensus forecasts.\nMSFT Weekly TTM\nIf thepastprovides any clues, Microsoft should show robust momentum fueled by a surge in technology investments and the strength of its cloud computing and core Office products lineup. 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