The Walt Disney Company, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, AstraZeneca, Schneider, Duke Energy, Pernod Ricard, Relx, Crédit Agricole, KBC Group, Cloudflare and Unicredit are among companies reporting their results today.

  • AstraZeneca: earnings per share are slightly lower than expected.
  • Clariant: the chemist published better results than expected in 2020. A dividend of CHF 0.70 will be proposed.
  • Commerzbank: Operating loss is slightly higher than expected, while sales are in line with expectations. The CET1 ratio stands at 13.2%.
  • Metro: Fiscal Q1 ended with sharply declining revenues, but results are positive. The Group has reiterated its 2021 objectives.
  • Uber: the stock lost 4.8% after the publication of disappointing Q4 results.
  • Umicore: 2020 results exceeded expectations and the 2021 outlook points to improved earnings growth.
  • Unicredit: Italian bank reports a €2.78 billion loss in 2020, higher than expected. This is explained by a €5bn provision for doubtful and disputed receivables as a consequence of the coronavirus.
  • Microsoft has reportedly approached Pinterest, currently valued at $51 billion, for a buyout.
  • Twitter is studying the possibility of paying its employees in Bitcoins.
  • Royal Dutch Shell wants to accelerate its transformation towards a zero-emission target in 2050.
  • French president Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden have discussed how to resolve the Airbus / Boeing dispute.
  • According to Bloomberg, an executive of Tencent is detained in China in a corruption case.
  • Facebook is working on an application to compete with Clubhouse, according to the New York Times.
  • Brookfield Infrastructure wants to buy Inter Pipeline for CAD 13.5 billion.
  • Sensirion acquires Dutch gas analysis specialist Qmicro.
  • Arc Resources and Seven Generations Energy merge through a share exchange.
  • Ares withdraws its offer to acquire AMP Limited.