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Stocks fell, with Wall Street set to wrap up a difficult week as U.S. stimulus talks broke down, and coronavirus cases rose.
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 Under Armour Inc. shares jumped 7% in premarket trade Friday, after the athletic apparel and goods maker beat earnings estimates for the third quarter despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The company posted net income of $38.9 million, or 9 cents a share, for the quarter, down from $102.3 million, or 23 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings came to 26 cents, well ahead of the 3 cents FactSet consensus. Revenue was flat at $1.4 billion, but beat the $1.2 billion FactSet consensus. "Due to ongoing uncertainty related to COVID-19 and its potential effect on global markets, the company expects material impacts on its business results for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021," it said in a statement. Under Armour now expects fiscal 2020 revenue to fall at a high-teen percentage rate from 2019, and expects its adjusted loss per share to range from 47 cents to 49 cents. The FactSet consensus is for a loss of 71 cents. The company expects year-end timing impacts from COVID-19, including spring product deliveries that will come in early 2021 instead of late 2020. It also expects a substantial decline in licensing revenue due to lower contractual royalty minimums and contract settlements realized in 2019. Separately, the company said it's selling its MyFitnessPal platform to private-equity firm Francisco Partners for $345 million in a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter. Shares have fallen 26% in the year to date, while the S&P 500 has gained 2.5%.
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 (Bloomberg) -- When talking about the biggest company in the world, it's not unusual for there to be eye-popping numbers. But Apple Inc.'s latest superlative is not one investors would like to see.Since becoming the first American company to surpass $2 trillion in market value in August and peaking last month, the iPhone maker has lost $450 billion, wiped out by a 19% slump. The latest bout of selling -- a 5.6% drop on Friday -- took out more than $120 billion alone. Apple's now worth $1.85 trillion and still the most valuable U.S. company, but the amount shaved from its ledger since its September peak is more than the entire market cap of Visa Inc., the seventh largest member of the S&P 500, and greater than the value of Thailand's stock exchange.The drawdown comes as the tech giant reported iPhone sales that missed analysts' estimates and gave no forecast for the holiday quarter. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue from the iPhone was $26.4 billion, compared to expectations of $27.1 billion.The Nasdaq 100 Index plunged 2.6% on Friday and had its worst week since the coronavirus-induced selloff in March. Disappointing sales forecasts from tech companies like Apple, Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. are sparking worries about further growth potential in the names that led this year's rebound.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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