WEBVTT - Dollar General Boosts Guidance, Costco Slips; Salesforce Gains on Forecast

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take a look at some stocks on the move today.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Nathan Hager, joined by Bloomberg's Valerie Titel on another

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<v Speaker 3>morning of retail earnings. We're getting results from Dollar General

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<v Speaker 3>this morning, and it looks like low end retail is

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<v Speaker 3>continuing to outperform. Valerie, good morning.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it seems like a theme.

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<v Speaker 1>I know everyone was worried about this K shaped economy,

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<v Speaker 1>but it does seem like these discount retailers are doing

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<v Speaker 1>quite well. Dollar General shares are up just shy of

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<v Speaker 1>three percent in the pre market. They beat on their

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<v Speaker 1>third quarter EPs. It came in at one dollar and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight cents. The estimate was for ninety four cents.

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<v Speaker 1>They also raised their full year twenty twenty five EPs

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<v Speaker 1>forecast and boosted their sales at guidance as well.

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<v Speaker 4>So really interesting to see if.

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<v Speaker 1>This chimes with what we've heard from other discount retailers

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<v Speaker 1>of late, who seem to say that even though foot

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<v Speaker 1>traffic is down in their stores, people are spending more

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<v Speaker 1>once they get in the doors. That was the theme

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<v Speaker 1>of other discount retailers this week, and Dollar General seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be capturing that positivity as well, with shares of

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<v Speaker 1>just shy of three percent after this earnings release.

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<v Speaker 3>But it has been a kind of a mixed picture

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<v Speaker 3>when it comes to broader retail because we're getting sort

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<v Speaker 3>of a disappointed reaction to Costco's results.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, these are the sales figures for the month

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<v Speaker 1>of November for Costco, so kind of a sneak peek.

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<v Speaker 1>We get their full earnings later in December, but Costco

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<v Speaker 1>shares are down one percent. The November comparable sales came

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<v Speaker 1>in below expectations. It really was the North of America

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<v Speaker 1>sales that were pretty soft versus Costco's more international business

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<v Speaker 1>which held up pretty well. And again, you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>really focused on the consumer headed into the holiday season

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<v Speaker 1>and how is the consumer feeling, how are they going

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<v Speaker 1>to spend in the last.

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<v Speaker 4>Few weeks of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Costco painting quite a week picture for the month of November,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've.

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<v Speaker 3>Got big tech earnings as well. Salesforce looks like it

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<v Speaker 3>came in pretty positive.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Salesforce at least, the stock is reacting positively. It's

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<v Speaker 1>up over two percent in the pre market. This is

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<v Speaker 1>all back on some positivity around adoption of their new

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<v Speaker 1>AI tools looking better than expected. Now Salesforce is the

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<v Speaker 1>largest maker of CRM software. They've had a lot to

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<v Speaker 1>convince investors that they can compete with these new AI,

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<v Speaker 1>new AI incumbents that are coming into the market and

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<v Speaker 1>then being in a cumbent, you know, they really need

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<v Speaker 1>to show investors that they can use these AI tools

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<v Speaker 1>to keep their customers.

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<v Speaker 4>They gave a strong revenue outlook.

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<v Speaker 1>For the current quarter and they said AI product is

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<v Speaker 1>gaining traction. Their key product is called agent Force. It

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<v Speaker 1>is still seeing red hot growth. In the previous quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>it saw a growth rate of over three hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>year and year. So incumbent software makers are still doing

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<v Speaker 1>okay in this AI race.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a much different story though this morning for Snowflake.

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<v Speaker 3>That stock is getting pounded this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, down over eight percent for Snowflake. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>cloud based data platform. They gave it disappointing outlook for

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<v Speaker 1>operating margins. A bit of a different picture here where

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<v Speaker 1>it's raising concerns about the profitability when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>Ai based tools in.

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<v Speaker 4>The cloud sphere.

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<v Speaker 1>Snowflake makes software that helps corporates organize and analyze data

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<v Speaker 1>in the cloud. The one positivity though, even though they

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<v Speaker 1>were disappointed on this operating margin outlook, is that they

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<v Speaker 1>did announce a partnership with Anthropic alongside a two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million dollar investments, so they want to put claud Ai

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<v Speaker 1>models available on their Snowflake platform in their software services.

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<v Speaker 1>So a bit of positivity there, but Snowflake stocks really

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<v Speaker 1>reacting negatively to.

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<v Speaker 4>The disappointing outlook for.

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