NIKE, Inc.

adidas AG

The volume of short positions in Nike stock has increased 11 times. Why is Wall Street losing patience?

Adidas' business has been growing faster than its main competitors in recent times, but this has not been reflected in the German brand's quotes

Adidas beat forecasts against a "very volatile" market. Shares soared

Microsoft Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Meta Platforms and Nike are also planning large-scale layoffs

Microsoft offered early retirement to 9,000 employees for the sake of AI investment - Media

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Paramount Skydance Corporation

Israel and Lebanon extend a U.S.-brokered truce. Nike will cut staff for the sake of automation. And SpaceX attracted $20 billion as a loan before potentially the largest IPO in history. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of April 24.

Top story for the morning: SpaceX borrowed $20 billion, Nike to lay off 1,400 people for automation

Piper Sandler Companies

Piper Sandler refused to recommend buying shares of sportswear manufacturer Nike. Even after the collapse by a third since the beginning of the year, the securities remain expensive and lack short-term growth drivers, according to the bank's analysts.

Nike remains 'in the penalty zone': why an analyst dropped her buy recommendation

Weak sales forecast of Nike, <a href="https://s1.q4cdn.com/806093406/files/doc_financials/2026/q3/Q3-26-Press-Release-FINAL-42.pdf">presented on</a> March 31 at the publication of the report for the last quarter, turned out to be worse than market expectations and became a reason for revision of the company's estimates by the largest Wall Street banks. Their analysts pointed to the protracted nature of business recovery and risks for sales growth in the near future. As a result, three investment banks refused to recommend buying Nike shares, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/nike-gets-downgrades-from-a-few-wall-street-shops-due-to-dim-sales-outlook.html">reports</a> CNBC. Shares of the company at the end of trading on April 1 collapsed by more than 15% - to the minimum since 2014.

Immediately 3 analysts downgraded Nike after a weak outlook. Shares plummeted by 15%

Shares of sports retailer Nike fell after the company <a href="https://s1.q4cdn.com/806093406/files/doc_financials/2026/q3/Q3-26-Press-Release-FINAL-42.pdf">warned of</a> a possible decline in revenue in 2026. The negative outlook is due to an expected decline in sales in the coming quarters amid weak demand in China, as well as disruptions in sales and logistics in Europe and the Middle East due to geopolitical instability.

"The turnaround is slower than we would like". Nike shares fall after weak outlook

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

nCino, Inc.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

Ares Management Corporation

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

New York morning: investors await Trump's address to the nation on Iran

Investors' attention during this shortened trading week due to the Easter holidays will be attracted primarily by the latest data on employment in the U.S. and inflation in the euro zone: they will give an idea of the impact of the war in Iran and the jump in energy prices on the largest Western economies, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-u-s-jobs-eurozone-inflation-data-could-reveal-middle-east-war-impact-007b3494?mod=central-banking_news_article_pos5#:~:text=U.S.%20jobs%20data%20and%20eurozone%20provisional%20inflation%20figures%20for%20March%20will%20attract%20attention%20in%20the%20coming%20week%20as%20data%20begins%20to%20give%20a%20picture%20of%20how%20the%20war%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%2C%20and%20particularly%20the%20surge%20in%20energy%20prices%2C%20has%20affected%20economies.">writes</a> The Wall Street Journal.

US employment, European prices and Nike report: what investors need to know this week

The head of Apple invested in Nike securities amid the company's weak reporting and a drop in its stock price in December

Nike's stock is on the rise - it was bought for nearly $3 million by Tim Cook

Jefferies named Nike as the top choice among sports retailers in 2026

PUMA SE

Nike itself was down 10% in premarket trading