Jessica Alba Exits Honest Role

And, Toncoin's identity verification.

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Jessica Alba Exits Honest Role

Actress Jessica Alba is stepping down as chief creative officer of the personal care company The Honest Company (Nasdaq: HNST), which she co-founded in 2011.

Details: Alba is still a member of Honest’s board of directors. The company said this is the right time for Alba to step down, now that Honest continues to grow.

Quote: “While there never would have been an easy time to make this decision, I know we have a leadership team in place to advance my founding vision and protect Honest’s reputation as an industry changemaker.” - Jessica Alba.

Also: As part of the announcement, Honest re-affirmed its full-year revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook.

Background: Honest is coming off strong financial results in March. The company posted a surprise profit, which included record quarterly sales.

Stock Price: Honest is up 16% in 2024, although the stock has declined 20% in the last 30 days.

Final Thoughts: There are a lot of questions surrounding personal care and beauty companies right now. If consumer spending falls, these companies could be in trouble.

Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD), Lakeland Industries (Nasdaq: LAKE), Rent the Runway (Nasdaq: RENT), Richardson Electronics (Nasdaq: RELL), Theratechnologies (Nasdaq: THTX).

Notable IPOs Today: Mobile-health Network Solutions Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: MNDR).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Happy Honu Shave Ice (Honeycomb), Esoes Cosmetics (Wefunder), The Salty Pearl (Wefunder), Brown Bear Bread Cafe (Honeycomb).

Notable Economic Events Today: Consumer Price Index / Core CPI (8:30 a.m. ET), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET), FOMC Meeting Minutes (2:00 p.m. ET), Federal Budget Balance (2:00 p.m. ET).

Toncoin's Identity Verification

Source: TON Network

As other cryptocurrencies were in the red on Tuesday, Toncoin continued its strong week with a 4% gain.

Price: Toncoin, the native cryptocurrency for the TON network, is up 36% in the last 7 days.

Powering the Story: On Monday, TON introduced a new palm recognition tool so that users could verify their identity. This innovation is why the price of the coin is up.

Final Thoughts: Toncoin has tripled in price this year and is now in the top 10 of the largest cryptos.

PriceSmart’s Special Dividend

PriceSmart (Nasdaq: PSMT), which operates membership warehouse clubs, climbed by 4.71% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected financial results.

Financials: PriceSmart reported earnings of $1.31 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1.29 billion; both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: The company also said it is giving shareholders a special one-time dividend of $1 per share in April.

Final Thoughts: PriceSmart is up 10% this year thanks to a rally involving consumer staples.

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