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☆ Goldman Sachs likes these 2 mobile gaming stocks set for 'blockbuster' launches, gives one 40% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Investors seeking exposure to China's growing mobile gaming industry should look at technology giants Tencent and NetEase , according to Goldman Sachs. The investment bank expects "China to see faster growth from mid 2024 supported by game launches and a loosening regulatory environment." Tencent Tencent's game sales were up 14% year on year domestically in March and 36% internationally. NetEase NetEase posted a 16% year-on-year rise in domestic sales growth and 1% rise in international sales growth last month, Goldman's analysts noted. Domestic mobile game sales fell by 12% year-on-year Japan in the first quarter of the year.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, 2Q24, Lincoln Kong, FactSet, NetEase NetEase, Michael Bloom Organizations: Street, Hong, Nasdaq, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, China, Domestic Locations: China, Tencent, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Meta, Tesla, IBM, UPS, Five Below, Amazon, TJX Companies and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Evercore ISI reiterates Nvidia as outperform Evercore ISI said investors should use any weakness in the stock to buy the dip. HSBC upgrades UPS to buy from hold HSBC said UPS is "getting back to earnings growth" following the company's earnings report. Bank of America downgrades Deckers to neutral from buy Bank of America said it sees a better risk/reward elsewhere in the firm's coverage. Bank of America reiterates IBM as buy Bank of America said it is sticking with its buy rating following earnings on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank reiterates Tesla as hold Deutsche Bank raised its price target on the stock to $136 per share from $123.

Persons: Sherwin, Williams, Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, Wells, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Ford, Needham, D.A, Davidson, ServiceNow, Tesla Organizations: Motors, GM, Nvidia, ISI, AMD, JPMorgan, Monster Beverage, Beverage, AMC, HSBC, UPS, USPS, Companies, UBS, UDR, Amazon, AWS, Bank of America, Meta, Laboratories, Manhattan Associates, IBM, Deutsche Bank Locations: 2Q24, Dearborn, Manhattan

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Spotify, Ferrari & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley lowered its price target on the stock to $210 per share from $220 but says it's sticking with Apple. Bank of America reiterates Amazon as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Amazon earnings next week. Bank of America reiterates Tesla as neutral Bank of America said it's sticking with its neutral rating on Tesla shares. Morgan Stanley upgrades Alcoa to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said it sees a more balanced risk/reward for shares of Alcoa. Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America says Apple is a top pick at the firm.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, it's, Piper Sandler, Piper, Apple, Q, Q revs, Papa, Stifel, Papa John's, Jefferies, Mizuho, JPMorgan, Raymond James downgrades, Raymond James, TD Cowen, BRBR, BMO downgrades, Tesla, Oppenheimer Organizations: Nvidia, NVIDIA, RBC, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Cisco, Deutsche Bank, Realty Trust, Deutsche, Brands, BMO, of America, Alcoa, Kymera Therapeutics, " Bank of America Locations: Singapore, Asia, Brazil

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, UPS, Tyson, Disney, SoFi & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"We are initiating coverage of SoFi Technologies (SOFI) with a BUY rating and a $10 price target." "Weighing Robinhood's Compelling New Product Roadmap Against a Now More Demanding Stock Price / Valuation." "As a result of higher revenue and Adjusted EBITDA estimates, we are raising our price target to $230 from $160 previously, and maintaining our MP rating." Wells Fargo reiterates Alphabet as equal weight Wells lowered its price target on Alphabet to $141 per share from $144. Guggenheim reiterates Disney as buy Guggenheim raised its price target on the stock to $140 per share from $125. "

Persons: Needham, SoFi, Baird, INFA, Piper Sandler, Piper, KBW, DA Davidson, ZETA, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's, Carlisle, Raymond James, Jones Lang LaSalle, Eaton Deutsche, Wells, it's bullish, Tyson, Guggenheim, Tesla, Riley, Gordon Haskett Organizations: SoFi Technologies, Ecolab Inc, Citi, Zeta Global, DA, Carlisle Companies, Deutsche Bank, Eaton, Fluence, Meta, PepsiCo, Argus, JPMorgan, UW, Tyson Foods Citi, UPS, Barclays, Amazon, Disney, Guggenheim, Deutsche, Holdings, Booking Holdings, Inc, Costco, Northland, WT Locations: Northland

☆ Here are Wells Fargo's top trades for the second quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The second quarter is underway, and Wells Fargo has laid out its top stock ideas to maximize investor returns during the period. Here are some of Wells Fargo's top names for the next three months: Wells Fargo is bullish on Amazon , naming the stock as an overweight tactical idea. Wells Fargo's $211 price target implies about 17% upside from Tuesday's close. Despite a difficult start to the year that saw shares slump about 5%, Wells Fargo anticipates about 15% upside in store for the coffee chain retailer. Wells Fargo named Tesla among its four underweight ideas for the quarter, citing slowing delivery growth and dwindling demand.

Persons: Wells, Stocks, Ken Gawrelski, Wells Fargo's, INSM, Tiago Fauth, Zack Fadem, Colin Langan's Organizations: Insmed, Starbucks, Citigroup, Devon Energy Locations: Wells Fargo, Wells, North America, Monday's

☆ SolarEdge might not recover until 2025 as residential solar market struggles to bounce back
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

SolarEdge might not recover until early 2025 as the company remains saddled with inventory in Europe and faces weak demand in the U.S., signs that the residential solar market in particular is struggling to bounce back in the face of high interest rates. Citi said SolarEdge remains a high-risk stock with the investment bank slashing its price target by $6 to $83. Cho rates SolarEdge as underweight with a price target of $50, implying 40% downside from Tuesday's close. SolarEdge CEO Lando did provide some brighter news Tuesday, forecasting that the European residential solar sector will bottom in the current quarter and improve thereafter. Investors might receive further insight on where the solar market goes from here when residential installers Sunrun and Sunnova report earnings after the bell Wednesday.

Persons: Zvi Lando, Goldman Sachs, Brian Lee, SolarEdge, Vikram Bagri, Bagri, Ronen Faier, Christine Cho, Cho, Enphase, Badri Kothandaraman, Kothandaraman, Lando, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Citi, Barclays, CNBC, Investors Locations: Europe, U.S

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Tesla, Rivian, Amazon, Netflix, Ford, Rocket Lab & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Citi reiterates Apple as buy Citi said it's standing by its top pick status on Apple shares. UBS downgrades Ford to neutral from buy UBS said it sees limited upside to estimates. TD Cowen downgrades Fisker to market perform from outperform TD said it sees too many growing pains for Fisker. KeyBanc initiates Rocket Lab as overweight Key said it sees upside for the rocket satellite company. "We initiate coverage on Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) with an Overweight rating and $8 price target, reflecting ~50% upside."

Persons: Jefferies, Tesla, Elon, Ford, TD Cowen downgrades Fisker, JPMorgan downgrades Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, it's, Christine Barone, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Davidson downgrades Teladoc, Key, Evercore, Wolfe, Piper Sandler, TGT, BURL, SolarEdge, Mizuho, William Blair, it's bullish Organizations: Citi, Apple, Huawei, UBS, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Bros, Rocket Lab, Lithia, Dealers, Susquehanna, JetBlue Spirit, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, EV, CART, Target, Barclays, Boeing, Airbus, Mizuho, Amazon, " Bank of America, Netflix Locations: China, 2Q24, 3Q24, Burlington

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Netflix, Apple, IBM, Coinbase, Nike, Domino's, Meta, Charles Schwab and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Goldman Sachs reiterates Nike as buy After a transfer of analyst coverage, Goldman Sachs said it sees improving growth for Nike shares. UBS downgrades United Rentals to neutral from buy UBS said in its downgrade of the equipment rental company that it sees a more balanced risk/reward. UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said its analysis of Apple's App Store shows revenue increasing. UBS reiterates Netflix as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on Netflix shares after hosting the company at a conference. William Blair reiterates Charles Schwab as outperform William Blair named Schwab a top pick for 2024, noting it's well-positioned.

Persons: Raymond James, Piper Sandler downgrades Albemarle, Piper Sandler, it's, Goldman Sachs, Roth, Roth MKM, TD Cowen, Bernstein, Mizuho downgrades Prologis, Wells, Wells Fargo, Oppenheimer, Domino's, Elliott, Morgan Stanley, Meta, Needham, Coinbase, JPMorgan, Raymond James downgrades Lululemon, LULU, Strong, William Blair, Charles Schwab, Schwab Organizations: Crescent Energy, Energy Company, Eagle Ford, UW, Nike, Bank of America, UBS, Credit Suisse, Yale, HY, United Rentals, Apple, Semiconductors, JPMorgan, IBM, Consulting, Mizuho, Marriott, of America, Netflix, Management, Integra, Financial, ISI, Disney, BR, Cargo Therapeutics, Citi, Travere Therapeutics Locations: Houston, Uinta, Eagle, LTHM, 2024E, 2025E, Argentina, Boston, China, Mexican

Roth MKM downgraded the company to neutral from buy and cut its price target by $9 to $2. Janney, meanwhile, downgraded ChargePoint and assigned a price target of $5, which implies roughly 59% potential upside. Stifel, on the other hand, kept its buy rating and $10 price target based on its long-term view of the stock. Analyst Joseph Moore upgraded the semiconductor manufacturer to overweight from equal weight and upped his price target on the stock by $49 to $225. Kumar has an overweight rating on the stock and a price target of $620, implying upside of 25%.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Roth MKM, Janney, Roth, Craig Irwin, — Pia Singh, Tyler Radke, Radke, Mark Mahaney, Mahaney, Airbnb, Joseph Moore, Moore, Harsh Kumar, Kumar, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, EV, Citi, Communications, Microsoft, ISI, Nvidia Locations: Thursday's, North America, Europe, 2Q24 —, U.S

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Zoom, Expedia, Analog Devices, Cava, Roblox, Dick's & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Roth MKM downgrades ChargePoint to neutral from buy Roth said it's concerned about weak demand for charging equipment. UBS upgrades Pacific Biosciences to buy from neutral UBS said the biotech company has growth potential. Citi reiterates Microsoft as buy Citi said it's standing by its buy rating on the stock. Morgan Stanley upgrades Analog Devices to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the bottom is in sight for the semiconductor company. Truist initiates Dick's as buy Truist said in its initiation of the stock that it sees an attractive buying opportunity. "

Persons: Evercore, Roth, it's, CHPT, Wolfe, underperform Wolfe, RBLX, GitLab, Hubbell, Morgan Stanley, Carvana, Raymond James, Cava, Redburn, Piper Sandler, Piper, buybacks, Baird, Truist, Lululemon, Kimberly, Clark Organizations: EV, UBS, Pacific Biosciences, Citi, Microsoft, Barclays, JPMorgan, HSBC, UW, downgrades, Products, Nvidia, Coherus BioSciences, Goods, Zim Locations: ChargePoint, billings, 2Q24

☆ Seaport Research upgrades this solar energy stock, says it can pop roughly 50%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Get there early to ensure you catch the sunrise" on Enphase Energy , said Seaport Research Partners. Enphase shares have tumbled more than 53% in 2023 amid a difficult year for the residential solar energy market in the U.S. California, which is the largest market for U.S. residential solar installers, also instituted a policy change that reduced a subsidy for solar panel owners for sending excess power into the grid — further impacting demand. However, Curran thinks the U.S. residential market could show an "incipient recovery" by the end of the second quarter next year. "By next June, we believe three positive factors will converge to form a rebound in U.S. home rooftop solar demand," said Curran.

Persons: Tom Curran, Curran, Enphase, ENPH, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Enphase Energy, Seaport Research Partners, U.S, 2H24 Locations: California, U.S, Europe, France, Benelux, Germany

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Meta, Amazon, Costco, Uber, Sunrun, Alphabet, Exxon & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Baird reiterates Meta as outperform Baird said it's bullish heading into Meta's Connect event next week. Bank of America upgrades Nutanix to buy from neutral Bank of America said it sees numerous positive growth drivers ahead for the computer software company. " Guggenheim reiterates Sunrun as buy Guggenheim said Sunrun is the best positioned solar company. Bank of America reiterates Marriott as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Marriott's analyst day next week. Wells Fargo reiterates Amazon as overweight Wells said it sees several "discreet headwinds" for Amazon that investors may not know about.

Persons: Baird, it's, NTNX, Guggenheim, Sunrun, Evercore, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Jefferies, Wedbush, Uber, JPMorgan, rideshare, Piper Sandler, Piper, Marriott, Wolfe, Wells, Morgan Stanley, Howmet, Truist Organizations: Meta's, Meta, Qualcomm, Bank of America, of America, Costco, Google, JPMorgan, Disney, Petrobras, CF, Microsoft, monetization, UBS, Walmart, Deutsche Bank, Wax Center, Exxon, ExxonMobil, " Bank of America, Citi, Energy, Micron, MU, Aerospace Locations: Howmet's Whitehall

☆ Morgan Stanley names this stock as its top pick of European banks – giving it 35% upside
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Morgan Stanley has named Societe Generale as its top stock pick among European banks, seeing 35% upside for the French lender. The investment bank's analysts upgraded SocGen to an "overweight" rating and named it a top pick alongside ING Groep of the Netherlands and CaixaBank of Spain. GLE-FR .FCHI YTD line The analysts said European Central Bank (ECB) interest rates have likely peaked after aggressive hikes over the past year. Morgan Stanley forecasts a 13% average growth in European banks' earnings per share plus dividends in 2024 and 2025. Morgan Stanley sees room for cost cuts from internal mergers underway.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, SocGen, Alvaro Serrano, Michael Christodoulou, Christodoulou, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Societe Generale, ING Groep, European Central Bank Locations: Europe, Netherlands, Spain, 2Q24, France

☆ UBS downgrades UPS as margin pressure, lower shipping volumes weigh on stock trajectory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

UBS is moving to the sidelines on shipping giant UPS while the company tries to improve margins. The firm downgraded the shipping giant to neutral from buy on Wednesday and lowered its price target to $185 from $198. UPS said the cost of a new labor contract with employees would weigh on shipping volumes. The analyst lowered his 2023 and 2024 earnings per share forecasts by 12% to reflect the margin pressure. UPS YTD mountain UPS stock has added 3.8% so far in 2023.

Persons: Thomas Wadewitz, Wadewitz, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: UBS, UPS Locations: 2Q24

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Rivian, Peloton, UPS, Eli Lilly, DraftKings and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

UBS reiterates Home Depot and Lowe's as buy UBS said it sees next week's earnings reports for the home improvement retailers as a "low impact" event. JPMorgan upgrades DraftKings to neutral from underweight JPMorgan upgraded DraftKings mainly on valuation after Disney and Penn announced a partnership Tuesday. Bank of America reiterates Rivian as buy Bank of America said the electric vehicle maker is in the right place at the right time. UBS downgrades UPS to neutral from buy UBS downgraded the stock after its earnings report Tuesday and said it's concerned about cost pressures. Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on the stock. "

Persons: BTIG, it's, JPMorgan, Berenberg, Marqeta, Rivian, Jefferies, Eli Lilly, GLP, LLY, Wells, Wells Fargo, Jensen Huang, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Bank of America, Walmart, UBS, JPMorgan, Disney, Penn, Barclays, Dish, State, EV, UPS, Industries, " Bank of America, Nvidia Locations: 2Q24, LLY, GTLS

☆ Bank of America breaks down the 4 cities facing the biggest housing shortages right now — and the 3 where there's still plenty of room
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A recent report by the Bank of America Institute compared population with housing supply. San Antonio, Dallas, Orlando, and Houston have high population growth and low housing supply. Anna Zhou, an economist at the Bank of America Institute, said in a recent report that housing supply is unusually constrained right now, as measured by months' supply. Finally, cities in the upper-left quadrant identified in red have high housing supply but a declining population, putting them in the "cold" group. Zhou highlighted San Antonio, Dallas, Orlando, and Houston as among the "hot" cities experiencing high population growth coupled with low housing supply.

Persons: Anna Zhou, Zhou, That's, US . Bank of America Zhou Organizations: Bank of America Institute, Houston, Bank of America, National Association of Realtors, US . Bank of America, BofA Global Research, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Portland , Oregon ., Portland , Oregon . Los Angeles Locations: San Antonio, Dallas, Orlando, Cities, Tampa, Jacksonville, Antonio, Houston, 2Q24, St, Louis, Detroit, Miami, droves, Jacksonville , Florida, Columbus , Ohio, Charlotte, Nashville, San Francisco , New York, Boston, Portland , Oregon, Portland , Oregon . Los

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Macy's, Netflix, Sunnova, Intel & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley initiates Sunnova as overweight Morgan Stanley said it sees 124% upside for the solar company. " Morgan Stanley downgrades First Solar to underweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock mainly on valuation. Bank of America adds Lowe's to the US 1 list Bank of America added the home improvement giant to its top ideas list. Bank of America names Netflix a top second-quarter pick Bank of America said it's bullish on the streaming giant as the second quarter begins. Morgan Stanley downgrades Marqeta to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said in its downgrade of the card payment and solutions company that it sees too many negative catalysts. "

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