North American Morning Briefing: Stock Futures Rise Ahead of PPI Inflation Report -2-
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.North American stock futures rose ahead of the PPI inflation report. Key corporate developments include AbCellera Biologics pricing a $200M public offering and Bird Construction beating Q2 EPS estimates with robust demand. CAE Inc also beat adjusted EPS, while BSR REIT missed FFO per share estimates. Other earnings reports featured mixed results from companies like Chemtrade Logistics, which beat revenue estimates, and North American Construction, which raised its 2026 revenue outlook despite missing EPS targets.
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TODAY IN CANADA Earnings:
Alithya Grp 1Q Aya Gold&Silv 2Q Brookfield Corp 2Q Calian Grp 3Q CanadianTire Corp 2Q Canadian Tire 2Q Collectv Min 2Q Discovery Min 2Q High Liner Fds 2Q KP Tissue Inc. 2Q Lithium Amer 2Q Telesat Corp. 2Q TerraVest Ind 3Q VertScope Hldg 2Q Wesdome Gold 2Q
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AbCellera Biologics Announces Pricing of Oversubscribed $200M Public Offering of Common Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants; Prices 17.4M Public Offering Shares at $9.75 Each; Prices Pre-Funded Warrants to Buy Up to 3.1M Shares at $9.74999/Pre-Funded Warrant; Expects Offering to Close Aug. 14; Plans To Use Net Proceeds From Offering to Fund Continued Research, Development and Clinical Advancement of Its Internal Pipeline; Also Plans to Use Proceeds for Working Capital, Other General Corporate Purposes
Big Rock Brewery 2Q Loss/Shr C$0.03; 2Q Loss C$622,000; 2Q Rev C$13.9M; Appoints President, CEO David Kinder to Company's Board of Directors Effective Aug. 12
Bird Construction 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 73.9M; 2Q EPS CAD 0.55; 2Q Net Income CAD 30.3M; 2Q Adj EPS CAD 0.70; FactSet Est. CAD 0.59; 2Q Construction Revenue CAD 1.04B; 2Q Adj EPS Beats Estimates; Demand Remains Robust Across Bird's Ten Key Strategic Sectors; 2Q Construction Rev of $1.043B
BSR REIT 2Q Adj FFO Per Share $0.15; 2Q Adj FFO $5.9M; 2Q Net Asset Value Per Share $16.56; 2Q FFO Per Share $0.18; 2Q FFO $7.1M; 2Q FFO Per Share Misses Estimates
CAE Inc 1Q Adj EPS C$0.26; 1Q Net C$31M; 1Q Rev C$1.17B; 1Q Revenue CAD 1.17B; FactSet Est. CAD 1.13B; 1Q Operating Income CAD 86.8M; 1Q Adj Operating Income CAD 156.6M; 1Q EPS CAD 0.10; FactSet Est. CAD 0.12 (1 Est.); 1Q Adj EPS Beats Estimates; Fiscal 2027 Outlook Unchanged; On Track for Transformation Targets, Including C$125 M to C$150 M Annual Transformation Run-Rate Savings by FY30; Total Cost of Transformation Plan Is Anticipated to Be C$200 M to C$250 M; Sees Low-single Digit Percentage Growth for Revenue in FY27; Sees FY27 Adj EPS C$1.21-Adj EPS C$1.28
Carbon Streaming 2Q Operating Loss $2.5M; Reports 2Q Operating Loss of $2.5 Million
CCL Industries 2Q Basic EPS C$1.31; 2Q Sales C$2.11B; 2Q Adjusted Basic EPS C$1.35
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 127.3M; 2Q Revenue CAD 578.7M; FactSet Est. CAD 537.7M; 2Q Net Income CAD 42.9M; 2Q Revenue Beats Estimates
D-BOX Technologies And Malco Theatres Announce First Agreement for 13-Auditorium Launch Across Four Locations; To Bring D-BOX Premium Haptic and Motion Seating to 13 Auditoriums Across 4 Malco Theatres in Tennessee and Arkansas
Diversified Royalty 2Q Rev C$21.7M
DRI Healthcare Trust 2Q Net Income $6.02M; 2Q Adj EPS $0.56; 2Q Adj EBITDA $42.6M; 2Q Adj EBITDA Margin 92%; Reports 2Q Adj EPS of $0.56; 2Q EPS 11c; 2Q Adj EPS 56c
Enthusiast Gaming 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 0.7M; 2Q Net Income CAD 0.3M; 2Q Revenue CAD 6.9M; 2Q Gross Profit CAD 6.2M; Reports 2Q Revenue of CAD 6.9 Million
Epsilon Energy 2Q EPS 23c; 2Q Rev $18.3M; Expects FY Oil Production of About 1,800 Barrels Per Day at Midpoint of Guidance; Sees 3Q Oil Production Growth of Over 25% Sequentially at Midpoint; Correct: 2Q Adjusted Loss per Share 3c, Not Adjusted EPS 5c G Mining Ventures 2Q Rev $157.1M
Liberty Gold 2Q Net $41.9M; 2Q EPS 7c
Magellan Aerospace 2Q Revenue CAD 305.6M; FactSet Est. CAD 289.5M (2 Est.); 2Q Net Income CAD 19.8M; 2Q Gross Profit CAD 47.1M; 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 43M; 2Q EPS CAD 0.35; FactSet Est. CAD 0.35 (2 Est.); 2Q Revenue Beats Estimates; 2Q Rev C$305.6M
Magna Mining 2Q Rev C$29.7M; 2Q Loss/Shr C$0.03; 2Q Adj Loss/Shr C$0.03
Mattr 2Q Revenue CAD 396.2M; FactSet Est. CAD 376.6M; 2Q Operating Income CAD 39.6M; 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 62.8M; 2Q Net Income CAD 19.8M; 2Q Revenue Beats Estimates; 2Q EPS C$0.32
North American Construction 2Q Adj Net Income CAD 8.53M; 2Q Adj EPS CAD 0.32; FactSet Est. CAD 0.45; 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 93.5M; 2Q Gross Profit CAD 43.4M; 2Q Revenue CAD 401M; FactSet Est. CAD 350.4M; 2Q Operating Income CAD 20.5M; 2Q Adj EPS Misses Estimates; 2Q Rev C$401M; 2Q EPS C$0.34; Raises 2026 View To Rev C$1.6B-C$1.8B
Northland Power 2Q Operating Income CAD 119.9M; Reports 2Q Operating Income of CAD 119.9 Million; 2Q Rev C$509.9M
Northview Residential REIT 2Q Rev C$69.2M
Pan American Silver 2Q Dividend $0.184; 2Q Net Income $305M; 2Q Revenue $1.1B; Reports 2Q Revenue of $1.1 Billion; 2Q Basic EPS 72c; 2Q Basic Adj EPS 73c; Produced 6.47 M Ounces of Silver in 2Q; Reiterates 2026 Oper Outlook for Silver and Gold Production; Expects FY26 Gold Production to Be at Low End of 700 to 750 Thousand Ounces; Sees 3Q Gold Production to Be Three to Six Thousand Ounces Below Low End of 178.5 to 192.0 Thousand Ounces Range
Pollard Banknote 2Q Gross Profit CAD 28M; 2Q Operating Income CAD 15.5M; 2Q Pretax Profit CAD 12.4M; 2Q EPS CAD 0.32; 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 31.1M; 2Q Sales CAD 154.8M; FactSet Est. CAD 152.9M; 2Q Net Income CAD 8.7M
Pro REIT 2Q Net C$2.02M
Sagicor Financial 2Q Net $86.6M
Sherritt International 2Q Adj Net Loss CAD 24.8M; 2Q Net Loss CAD 71.1M; 2Q Loss/Shr CAD 0.10; 2Q Adj EBITDA Loss CAD 2M; 2Q Adj Loss/Shr CAD 0.04; Reports 2Q Adj Loss/Shr of CAD 0.04; 2Q Rev C$59.3M; 2Q Cont Ops Loss/Shr C$0.10
SIR Royalty Income Fund 2Q EPS C$0.34; 2Q Pooled Revenue CAD 77.5M; 2Q Net Income CAD 2.89M; 2Q Earnings Per Fund Unit CAD 0.34; Reports 2Q Earnings Per Fund Unit of CAD 0.34
Stantec 2Q Order Backlog CAD 9.2B; FY Outlook Adj EBITDA Margin 17.8% 18.3%; 2Q Adj EPS CAD 1.61; FactSet Est. CAD 1.58; 2Q Adj EBITDA CAD 332.9M; 2Q Revenue CAD 1.8B; FactSet Est. CAD 1.79B; 2Q EPS CAD 1.32; FactSet Est. CAD 1.40 (1 Est.); FY Outlook Adj EPS Growth 15% - 18%; FY Outlook Revenue Growth 8.5% - 11.5%
TeraGo 2Q Loss/Shr C$0.10; 2Q Loss C$3.82M
Total Energy Services 2Q EPS C$0.72; 2Q Rev C$328.9M; Board Approved an Increase to Co's 2026 Cap Expenditure Budget to C$120.1M
Vale Base Metals To Proceed With Coarse Particle Flotation at Salobo Increasing and Accelerating Projected Copper Production
Vital Infrastructure 2Q Adj FFO Per Share CAD 0.11; 2Q Adj FFO CAD 26.4M; Reports 2Q Adj FFO of CAD 26.4 Million
Expected Major Events for Thursday 06:00/UK: 2Q Business investment in the UK: provisional results
06:00/UK: Jun Index of Production
06:00/UK: Jun UK trade
06:00/UK: Jun Index of services
06:00/UK: 2Q First quarterly estimate of GDP
06:00/UK: Jun Monthly GDP estimates
08:30/UK: 2Q Mortgage and landlord possession statistics
08:30/UK: 2Q Mortgage Arrears and Possessions data
11:30/UK: Jul NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker
12:30/US: Jul PPI
12:30/US: 08/08 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims
12:30/US: U.S. Weekly Export Sales
13:00/RUS: Weekly International Reserves
14:30/US: 08/07 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
20:30/US: Federal Discount Window Borrowings
20:30/US: Foreign Central Bank Holdings
23:01/UK: Jul Scottish Retail Sales Monitor
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Advanced Flower Capital Inc (AFCG) is expected to report $0.18 for 2Q.
American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) is expected to report for 2Q.
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc (AVAH) is expected to report $0.16 for 2Q.
BK Technologies Corp (BKTI) is expected to report for 2Q.
Beyond Air Inc (XAIR) is expected to report for 1Q.
Brookfield Corp (BN,BN.T) is expected to report $0.65 for 2Q.
Cabaletta Bio Inc (CABA) is expected to report $-0.46 for 2Q.
Calian Group Ltd (CGY.T) is expected to report $0.22 for 3Q.
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd - Class A (CTC.A.T,CTC.T) is expected to report $3.91 for 2Q.
Clene Inc (CLNN) is expected to report for 2Q.
CorMedix Inc (CRMD) is expected to report $0.26 for 2Q.
Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS) is expected to report for 2Q.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp (FC.T) is expected to report for 2Q.
Global Water Resources Inc (GWR-T,GWRS) is expected to report $0.03 for 2Q.
Innovative Solutions & Support Inc (ISSC) is expected to report $0.20 for 3Q.
Intuitive Machines Inc (LUNR) is expected to report $-0.09 for 2Q.
KP Tissue Inc (KPT.T) is expected to report for 2Q.
Koil Energy Solutions Inc (KLNG) is expected to report for 2Q.
Kolibri Global Energy Inc (KEI.T) is expected to report $0.25 for 2Q.
Lifeway Foods Inc (LWAY) is expected to report $0.27 for 2Q.
Live Ventures Inc (LIVE) is expected to report for 3Q.
Lucid Diagnostics Inc (LUCD) is expected to report $-0.07 for 2Q.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp (MSGS) is expected to report $0.64 for 4Q.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd - ADR (MLCO) is expected to report $0.06 for 2Q.
Ondas Inc (ONDS) is expected to report $-0.13 for 2Q.
Onex Corp (Canada) (ONEX.T) is expected to report for 2Q.
Orbit International Corp (ORBT) is expected to report for 2Q.
PMV Pharmaceuticals Inc (PMVP) is expected to report $-0.38 for 2Q.
Quarterhill Inc (QTRH,QTRH.T) is expected to report for 2Q.
RCM Technologies Inc (RCMT) is expected to report $0.52 for 2Q.
Replimune Group Inc (REPL) is expected to report $-0.66 for 1Q.
Rockwell Medical Inc (RMTI) is expected to report for 2Q.
SBC Medical Group Holdings Inc (SBC) is expected to report $0.11 for 2Q.
Saga Communications (SGA) is expected to report for 2Q.
Solo Brands Inc (SBDS) is expected to report for 2Q.
Telesat Corp (TSAT) is expected to report $-0.86 for 2Q.
Upland Software Inc (UPLD) is expected to report for 2Q.
Wolverine World Wide Inc (WWW) is expected to report $0.39 for 2Q.
YETI Holdings Inc (YETI) is expected to report $0.43 for 2Q.
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