M8 BARRON’S February 22, 2021
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Charting the Market
A graphic look at selected stock activity for the week ended Feb. 19, 2021nEdited by Bill Alpert
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL
MGA(NYSE)•83.27•5.37
72.075.579.0MTWTF82.586.0Holiday223548617487Stock Price $06FM A M J J A S O N D JF12Volume in MillionsThe auto-parts supplier
had strong fourth-quarter
results, reflecting better
prospects for car makers.
Magna’s guidance for 2021
exceeded expectations.
TILRAY
TLRY (NASD)•29.21•0.21
262932MTWTF3538Holiday11529435771Stock Price $0355FM A M J J A S O N D JF710Volume in MillionsThe pot grower posted a
smaller loss than expected
for the fourth quarter. Its
recreational cannabis sales
grew49%year-over-yearto
$25.3 million.
SUNPOWER
SPWR (NASD)•37.76•-12.05
34.038.543.0MTWTF47.552.0Holiday0.011.523.034.546.057.5Stock Price $041FM A M J J A S O N D JF82Volume in MillionsSharesofthesolar-power
installer, which rose 400%
last year, sank as fourth-
quarterrevenueof$342mil-
lion fell short of the ex-
pected $354 million.
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
PLTR (NYSE)•29.00•-2.91
232527MTWTF2931Holiday0918273645Stock Price $0480FM A M J J A S O N D JF960Volume in MillionsThevolatilestocksnapped
backfromalosingstreakon
Friday. The Wall Street
Journal reported the stock
hasbeenembracedbyRed-
dit’s WallStreetBets crowd.
WALMART
WMT (NYSE)•138.34•-6.13
134138142MTWTF146150Holiday99111123135147159Stock Price $048FM A M J J A S O N D JF96Volume in MillionsThe retailer’s fiscal
fourth-quarter earnings
cameupshortanditwarned
ofslowingearningsgrowth.
It did have stronger sales
and a dividend hike.
TWILIO
TWLO (NYSE)•425.55•-9.74
386406426MTWTF446466Holiday62143224305386467Stock Price $030FM A M J J A S O N D JF60Volume in MillionsThe cloud-communica-
tions platform company
posted strong fourth-quar-
ter results. Piper Sandler
lifted its price target to
$550 a share from $475.
GENERAC HOLDINGS
GNRC (NYSE)•363.47•36.63
337345353MTWTF361369Holiday71131191251311371Stock Price $07FM A M J J A S O N D JF14Volume in MillionsShares of the leading
seller of residential backup
generatorsclimbedaspower
outages swept Texas.Gen-
eracsells at least a quarter
of all portable generators.
SPDR GOLD SHARES
GLD (ARCA)•167.01•-3.68
163165167MTWTF169171Holiday132145158171184197Stock Price $072FM A M J J A S O N D JF144Volume in MillionsGold futures on Wednes-
day logged their lowest
closesinceJuneasa“death
cross”chartpatternformed,
potentiallysignalingalong-
term decline in price.
OSPREY TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION
SFTW (NYSE)•14.99•4.24
9.011.514.0MTWTF16.519.0Holiday048121620Stock Price $018FM A M J J A S O N D JF36Volume in MillionsThe special purpose ac-
quisition company merged
with BlackSky, which is
building a constellation of
satellites with sensors to
monitor the earth.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
VZ (NYSE)•56.45•2.25
53.054.556.0MTWTF57.559.0Holiday47.050.554.057.561.064.5Stock Price $095F M A M J J A S O N D JF190Volume in MillionsWarren Buffett’sBerk-
shireHathawaydiscloseda
stake in the telecom giant
worthmorethan$8.5billion
at yearend. Berkshire also
bought Chevron stock.
GRAYSCALE BITCOIN TRUST
GBTC (OTC)•56.70•7.79
485154MTWTF5760Holiday3.014.526.037.549.060.5Stock Price $070F M A M J J A S O N D JF140Volume in MillionsSharesofthedigital-cur-
rency investment vehicle
jumped as the price of Bit-
coin rocketed past $55,000.
Bitcoin’s totalmarketvalue
rose above $1 trillion.
DEERE
DE (NYSE)•330.00•17.00
290303316MTWTF329342Holiday100148196244292340Stock Price $08F M A M J J A S O N D JF16Volume in Millions