Need to Know: Here are the stocks that could benefit from $4 trillion of infrastructure spending, according to Bank of America

There is also the downside as well, as the market reacts to likely corporate tax hikes and the rise in the 10-year Treasury
TMUBMUSD10Y,
1.723%
that lifts corporate debt expenses. “Infrastructure spending is spread out over years, but a corporate tax hike would hit immediately,” they say.

Industrials and materials will likely be the biggest beneficiaries of an infrastructure bill, along with U.S. small-caps, whose sales are highly correlated to U.S. capital spending cycles, the strategists say.

But which ones? The strategists screened S&P 500 companies, back to 1986, to find the highest sales growth sensitivity to the components of U.S. private nonresidential fixed investment.

For the highest sales sensitivity to nonresidential fixed investment in structures, it is a group led by pipeline owner Kinder Morgan
KMI,
-0.78%,
exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange
ICE,
-1.81%,
oil field equipment operator NOV
NOV,
-1.37%,
stock-exchange owner Nasdaq
NDAQ,
-2.25%,
and healthcare real-estate investment trust Ventas
VTR,
+1.06%.

For the highest sales sensitivity to technology equipment investment, it is pharmaceutical Incyte
INCY,
-1.07%,
microchip equipment maker Lam Research
LRCX,
+0.40%,
electric utility Centerpoint Energy
CNP,
+0.66%,
cloud services company NetApp
NTAP,
-0.25%,
and chip equipment maker Applied Materials
AMAT,
+0.84%.
The highest sales sensitivity to industrial investment includes some of the same companies: Incyte, biotech Vertex Pharmaceuticals
VRTX,
-1.72%,
home-energy technology maker Enphase Energy
ENPH,
+5.95%,
Lam Research
LRCX,
+0.40%,
and fertilizer maker CF Industries
CF,
-1.17%.

The highest sales sensitivity to intellectual property investment were network services provider Akamai Technologies
AKAM,
-1.86%,
travel services provider Booking Holdings
BKNG,
-0.70%,
internet retailer Amazon.com
AMZN,
-0.66%,
network equipment maker Juniper Networks
JNPR,
-0.82%,
and network services firm F5 Networks
FFIV,
-0.55%.

The strategists also looked at companies that would benefit from reshoring, which include paper and packaging firm WestRock
WRK,
+0.57%,
Ventas, CenterPoint Energy, high-tech lender SVB Financial
SIVB,
+4.53%
and natural-gas distributor Duke Energy
DUK,
-1.37%.

Waiting for Pittsburgh

Biden is due to deliver remarks in Pittsburgh on infrastructure spending shortly after trading ends, at 4:20 p.m. Eastern. The White House said what is called The American Jobs Plan will include $2 trillion in spending over 10 years and will be fully paid for with $2 trillion in taxes over 15 years, including by hiking the corporate tax rate to 28%, increasing the global minimum tax on U.S. multinationals and establishing what is called a 15% minimum tax on book income. Published reports say the White House will lay out plans for roughly $2 trillion more in spending on education and healthcare in a month’s time.

The economics calendar includes the ADP estimate of private-sector employment, as well as the Chicago-area purchasing managers index and pending-home sales releases.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting, ahead of the larger gathering on Thursday that will include nonmembers such as Russia. OPEC on Tuesday revised lower its estimate of oil demand, citing rising COVID-19 infections and lockdown measures being reimposed.

Apple
AAPL,
-1.23%
rose in premarket trade after UBS upgraded the iPhone maker to buy from neutral, citing hopes of a branded electric vehicle.

BlackBerry
BB,
+1.52%
shares may drop after the security software provider reported weaker-than-expected revenue, which the company blamed on a delay in selling patent licenses.

Athletic apparel maker Lululemon Athletica
LULU,
+0.29%
reported stronger-than-forecast quarterly earnings. Pet-food supplier Chewy
CHWY,
+1.94%
also topped expectations.

Online food delivery company Deliveroo flopped in its first day of trading, with the Amazon-backed company sliding as much as 30% in London trade.

Rep. Matt Gaetz was the top trend on Google after the New York Times reported he is under investigation over a relationship with a 17-year-old.

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Steady markets

U.S. stock futures
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+0.10%

NQ00,
+0.62%
traded in a tight range, after two straight declines for the S&P 500. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was 1.73%.

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