Benzinga | Aug 19, 2021 09:08AM EDT

Benzinga Pro's Top 5 Stocks To Watch For Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021: AMAT, SAFE, FTCH, ALF, TVAC

Today's 5 Stock Ideas:

* Applied Materials (AMAT) - Will report Q3 earnings after market close Thursday. Analysts expect earnings of $1.77/share on sales of $5.94 billion.

* Safehold (SAFE) - Company CEO, Jay Sugarman, will be giving the keynote presentation at Benzinga's Reopening Stocks Summit Thursday morning around 9:05 a.m. EDT. He will be discussing "Lessons from the Worlds of Collecting and Investing." Later Thursday, the company's Ian Selig will be giving an overview of Safehold. That presentation will be at 12:15 p.m. EDT.

* Farfetch (FTCH) - The company will post Q2 results after market close Thursday. Farfetch is an online platform connecting sellers and buyers of personal luxury goods.

* Alfi (ALF) - Company founder and CEO, Paul Pereira, will interview on Benzinga's Reopening Stocks Summit at 11:30 a.m. EDT.

* Thayer Ventures (TVAC) - CEO of the company's special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) partner, Inspirato, will interview on Benzinga's "SPACs Attack" YouTube show Friday at 11:15 a.m. EDT.