-- 摩根士丹利在周五的一份报告中指出，Floor & Decor (FND) 面临持续的宏观经济逆风和缺乏短期利好因素，这将对其实现同店销售额正增长构成压力。 Floor & Decor 的同店销售额已连续四年下滑，但摩根士丹利分析师表示，营收压力主要源于疲软的房地产市场活动，一旦房地产市场状况改善，该公司“有望跑赢行业”。 分析师指出，该公司市场份额强劲，一旦宏观环境改善，同店销售额有望反弹至个位数中段至高个位数的增长。 他们还提到，AlphaWise 近期的一项承包商调查显示，Floor & Decor 作为首选地板供应商的地位在过去四次调查中均有所提升，达到创纪录的 42%。 然而，报告指出，市场对行业压力持续时间的预期比预期更长，包括到2027年底同店销售额可能出现负增长。 摩根士丹利维持该公司股票“持股观望”评级，并将目标价从88美元下调至56美元。
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European natural gas futures traded lower after-hours on Friday after Iranian state media reported that Tehran had sent another proposal for negotiations with the US via Pakistani diplomatic channels, a development seen as potentially paving the way for renewed transit through the Strait of Hormuz.The front-month Dutch TTF contract fell 1.211% to 45.43 euros ($53.36) per megawatt-hour, while the UK NBP contract slipped 1.533% to 111.15 British pence ($1.51) per therm.US President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, said, "Iran wants to make a deal, but I'm not satisfied with it," CNBC reported.Market participants continue to weigh geopolitical risk against relatively stable European supply conditions and weaker demand elsewhere. In a Thursday note, S&P Global analysts said Europe has benefited from "significant demand destruction elsewhere," noting that although the war has effectively removed about 20% of global LNG supply, European imports have remained broadly steady.The note said Asia has absorbed much of the demand adjustment. It said China recorded a 19% year-on-year drop in LNG imports in March, according to government data.Benchmark LNG prices remain elevated, but off recent highs, they said. The JKM benchmark for Northeast Asia put prices at $18.309/MMBtu on April 30, up 8.3% on the day. The DES Northwest Europe LNG marker was assessed at $15.719 per MMBtu on Apr. 29, up 7.9% day-on-day.The analysts said both benchmarks remain above pre-conflict levels but have retreated from peaks seen in the early weeks of the disruption.European storage levels remain below last year's levels. Gas Infrastructure Europe reported inventories at 32.49% as of Friday, compared with 39.22% a year earlier.CERA analysts project EU storage could reach about 80% by the end of October under a base-case scenario, assuming a resumption of steady Hormuz transit by Jun. 1.EU LNG imports rose slightly year over year in March, supported by cargoes already en route when the conflict began in late February, according to CERA data. However, that buffer has since faded, with April imports down roughly 6.9% from 2025 levels.Looking ahead, Severe Weather Europe said Friday it is monitoring the potential development of a "super El Nino" pattern. One scenario that could develop would be an increase in the risk of dry conditions and drought across Central Europe this summer.
Nebius Group (NBIS) said Friday it has agreed to acquire inference and model optimization firm, Eigen AI, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $643 million.The acquisition will strengthen Nebius Token Factory as a frontier managed inference platform for production AI, the company said, adding that the deal also accelerates its expansion in the US.The transaction is expected to close in the coming weeks, it said.Nebius shares were up over 10% in afternoon trading.Price: $152.93, Change: $+14.70, Percent Change: +10.63%
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