Industry

This week, major Canadian banks reported Q2/2020 earnings, with banks such as TD, who have a strong focus on consumer and commercial banking, impacted the most by the pandemic. Nevertheless, most Canadian banks are struggling to maintain bottom lines as PCL on loans were significantly increased to prepare for uncertainties in the economy. [more]

As the coronavirus negatively affects the business world and companies cut or pull guidance, here are three companies, backed by recently released financial results, which have reaffirmed growth guidance for 2020 – Sangoma, Trulieve and Xebec. [more]

Highlights from first quarter earnings for AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), with details on the U.S. Commerce Department’s recent actions in cutting off semiconductor supply partners from Huawei. [more]

mCloud recorded record annual revenue of C$18.3 million and released its 2020 Revenue guidance in the $70-72M range, a year-over-year increase of almost 300%. [more]

Revenue growth expected from cultivation and retail operations in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania, and from recent Origin House acquisition. [more]

Although the lockdowns forced several retail companies to close physical stores and focus on building online sales, the industry has already been on a transition out of brick-and-mortar operations as Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Target (NYSE: TGT), and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) focus on their e-commerce platforms. [more]

The positive gain is not a green tide for each constituent in the Tech Index. Less than half of the stocks (47) are positive for the year with 19 stocks up 20% or more year-to-date but, at the bottom, 17 stocks are down 20% or more for the year. [more]

The pandemic may have slowed down demand for office spaces temporarily however, overall supply in the market maintained stability. According to Altus Group, a commercial real estate services firm, in Q1/2020, the vacancy rate in Canada dropped to 9.5% compared with 10.3% year-over-year. [more]