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☆ Thursday's analyst calls: Discount retailers upgraded, more good news for Carvana, tough outlook for CVS
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Thursday's analyst calls feature upgrades to discount retailers TJX and Burlington and used car outlet Carvana, while there was more bad news for CVS Health following a tough earnings report Wednesday. He also raised his price target to $130 from $70, or 49.2% above Wednesday's close price. He lowered his price target by $25 to $60, or just 5.6% higher from Wednesday's close price. Analyst Jay Sole also lifted his price target to $132 from $104, indicating nearly 41% upside from Wednesday's close. He raised his price target to $212 from $126, suggesting shares could gain 19.1% from where they closed Wednesday.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Joseph Moore, Moore, Samik Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Tal Liani, Liani, — Hakyung Kim, JPMorgan Carvana, Rajat Gupta, Gupta, Kevin Caliendo, Caliendo, Jay Sole, Sole, BURL, — Hakyung Kim —, Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC, CVS Health, UBS, CVS, JPMorgan, Qualcomm, Wall Street, Samsung, Huawei, Edge, headwinds, " Bank of America, Microsoft, Burlington Discount, TJX Companies, Burlington Stores, Burlington Locations: Burlington, Carvana, CY24, seasonality, optionality, Maxx

☆ Top Wall Street analysts pick these 3 dividend stocks for higher returns
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are three attractive dividend stocks, according to Wall Street's top experts on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Enterprise Products PartnersThis week's first dividend stock is Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), a midstream energy services provider. (See EPD Technical Analysis on TipRanks)Goldman SachsLet's move to Goldman Sachs (GS), one of the leading investment banks in the U.S. In the first quarter, Goldman Sachs returned $2.43 billion of capital to shareholders through share repurchases worth $1.5 billion and dividends of $929 million. (See Goldman Sachs Stock Buybacks on TipRanks)Cisco SystemsFinally, let's look at Cisco Systems (CSCO), a networking equipment maker.

Persons: Wall, Elvira Scotto, Scotto, TipRanks, Goldman Sachs, Stephen Biggar, Tal Liani, Cisco's, Liani Organizations: Wall Street, Enterprise Products, Enterprise Products Partners, RBC Capital, U.S, Goldman, Biggar, Securities Industry, Financial Markets Association, Cisco Systems, Cisco, Bank of America Securities Locations: Delaware, industrywide

☆ Buy these five stocks ahead of earnings before it's too late, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

CNBC Pro combed through Bank of America research to find the firm's favorite buy-rated stocks ahead of company earnings. They include: CoStar Group, Fidelity National Information Services, Cisco, Home Depot and Adobe. Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy from neutral earlier this week, citing several positive catalysts. "A growth company buying a growth company," he said of the deal. Home Depot "A growth company buying a growth company.

Persons: Tal Liani, Liani, Robert Ohmes, Ohmes, Jason Kupferberg, Kupferberg Organizations: Bank of America, CNBC, Fidelity National Information Services, Cisco, Home, Adobe, Cisco Time, Home Depot, Fidelity National Information, FIS Locations: Bank, Atlanta, buybacks

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Goldman Sachs, Snap One, Salesforce and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs — Goldman Sachs shares jumped 3.3% in premarket trading after the company beat Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectations . Goldman posted earnings of $11.58 per share on revenue of $14.21 billion for the period, fueled by its trading and investment banking businesses. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had called for earnings of $8.56 per share on revenue of $12.92 billion, meanwhile. Analyst Erik Woodring thinks the market is "mis-pricing" Logitech's outlook and forecasts only 3% annual revenue growth through fiscal year 2027. Masimo — The health tech stock rose more than 2% following an upgrade to buy from hold at Stifel.

Persons: Goldman Sachs — Goldman Sachs, Wall, Goldman, LSEG, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, Masimo, Rick Wise, there's, Lockheed Martin, Tal Liani, Canaccord Genuity, Coty, Charles Schwab —, Schwab, Elon Musk, — CNBC's Brian Evans, Michelle Fox, Sarah Min, Pia Singh Organizations: Logitech —, Stifel, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Informatica, Medical Properties, Citi, Lockheed, JPMorgan, Cisco Systems —, Bank of America, Splunk, Coty —, Revenue, Resideo Technologies Locations: Utah, South Korea

☆ These stocks have upside heading into earnings ahead, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

CNBC Pro combed through Bank of America research to find attractive stocks heading into earnings. Global Payments Analyst Jason Kupferberg is doubling down on shares of the payment processing company heading into earnings on Feb. 14 . "If executed well, we still think integrations between ESPN's media app and ESPN Bet could drive sustainable high-single-digit market share," he said. "We are Buy rated on PENN given stable regional gaming trends and upside opportunity from ESPN Bet," Kelley wrote. … While disappointing at face, turnarounds are never a straight line and we think investor expectations for PENN & ESPN Bet remain low.

Persons: it's, there's, Jason Kupferberg, Kupferberg, GPN, Tal Liani, Liani, Shaun Kelley, that's, Kelley, Penn Organizations: Nvidia, Bank of America, CNBC, Arista Networks, Penn Entertainment, Global, Arista, Microsoft, TAM, Penn, ESPN, ESPN Bet, PENN, SG, Enterprise, SAP, VMWare, Dell, Penn Ent, Interactive, … Locations: Bank, CY25, 2H24

☆ Friday analyst calls: Street sticking with Pinterest, Citi upgrades Liberty Global, United Airlines could surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

United Airlines' shares got a premarket lift following an upgrade at Evercore, and Bank of America dropped its price target on Expedia. He raised the price target to $300 from $225, which implies shares could gain 14.6% from Thursday's close. He also lowered his price target to $181 from $156, which implies 13.5% upside potential from Thursday's close. ET United Airlines shares could surge 56%, according to Evercore Evercore upgraded shares of United Airlines to outperform from in-line. He reiterated his $48 price target on shares, which suggests around 18% upside from the stock's closing price on Thursday.

Persons: Pinterest, Morgan Stanley, TransDigm, CyberArk, Tal Liani, Liani, Kim, Justin, Post, Expedia, — Hakyung Kim, Goldman Sachs, Kate McShane, Gary Millerchip's, McShane, Evercore Evercore, Duane Pfennigwerth, Pfennigwerth, Morgan Stanley's, Kristine Liwag, Liwag, there's, LBTY, Georgios Ierodiaconou, Ierodiaconou, Stephen Ju, Ju, Goldman, Eric Sheridan, . Bank of America's Justin Post Organizations: CNBC, Citi, Liberty Global, United Airlines, Bank of America, Bank of America's, Palo, Costco, Incoming, Kroger, Liberty, Wall Street's, UBS, Pinterest, Google, . Bank of America's, Post Locations: underappreciated, Thursday's, Wall

Morgan Stanley raised its price target on General Motors. 6:56 a.m.: Morgan Stanley calls Bloom Energy a 'secular winner' Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating on Bloom Energy , naming it an underappreciated AI beneficiary. The firm also maintained its $22 price target on shares, which suggests shares surging more than 94% from where they closed on Wednesday. — Hakyung Kim 6:14 a.m.: Morgan Stanley steps to the sidelines on ZoomInfo ZoomInfo Technologies is "unlikely to zoom into a recovery," according to Morgan Stanley. — Hakyung Kim 5:40 a.m.: Morgan Stanley raises GM price target A focus shift back to internal combustion engine vehicles can give General Motors another jolt higher, according to Morgan Stanley.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Andrew Percoco, — Hakyung Kim, Antonio Reale, Reale, Hakyung Kim, Elizabeth Porter, Porter, Richard Choe, Choe, Jefferies, NYCB, Jon Arfstrom, Arfstrom, Christopher Danely, Danely, Bank of America's Tal Liani, Liani, Samik Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Adam Jonas, Jonas, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, General Motors, Qualcomm, Citi, Bloom, Bloom Energy, Bank of America, Santander Santander, Santander, ZoomInfo, JPMorgan, T, RBC, New York, Bancorp New, Bancorp New York Community, Bank, NYCB, Citi Citi, chipmaker Qualcomm, Samsung, Bank of America's, GM Locations: Spanish, Spain, Santander, Europe, U.S, Wednesday's, Bancorp New York

☆ These smaller stocks could see big gains in 2024, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Against this backdrop, Bank of America on Monday released a list of best small- and mid-cap ideas for 2024. Strategist Jill Carey Hall added that this year's basket of 31 stocks has average 12-month potential upside of 29%, and is slightly tilted towards value stocks over growth. Shares of Bath & Body Works have trailed the market, rising 2.4% in 2023 and 0.4% so far in 2024. Bank of America also named United Airlines one of its top SMID ideas for 2024. Other names on Bank of America's list of SMID picks included e-commerce retailer Wayfair and aircraft leasing company Air Lease .

Persons: That's, Russell, Jill Carey Hall, Lorraine Hutchinson, Hutchinson, BofA, Geoff Meacham, Lou Gehrig's, Meacham, CyberArk, Tal Liani, Liani, Max, Andrew Didora, UAL, Didora, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Wall, Bank of America, Monday, Body, Pharmaceuticals, TAM, United Airlines, Boeing, Bank of, Air Lease Locations: U.S, Amylyx, cybersecurity, CY26, Chicago

☆ These companies have earnings momentum heading into their reports next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A fresh batch of earnings are set to come out next week, ranging from Big Tech companies to major pharmaceutical names, and analysts think some names could post stand-out results. Roughly 19% of S & P 500 companies are set to report next week, including megacap names such as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. Thus far, about 22% of companies have reported earnings for the fourth quarter, with nearly 74% of those names surpassing expectations, FactSet data shows. Nearly 20 analysts have revised their quarterly earnings estimates upward. Other companies that have earnings momentum heading into next week include Hartford Financial Services and A. O. Smith Corporation , both of which have received roughly 20 earnings estimate revisions in the past three months.

Persons: FactSet, Brent Thill, Thill, AMZN, Tal Liani Organizations: Big Tech, Apple, Microsoft, CNBC, Jefferies, Amazon, MGM Studios, Royal, Qualcomm, Bank of America, Hartford Financial Services, Smith Corporation Locations: Wednesday's

Bernstein named Taiwan Semiconductor a "best idea" for 2024, raising its price target on the stock. — Alex Harring 7:01 a.m. In addition to the best-pick honor, analyst Steve Scala has an outperform rating and $86 price target. Analyst Michael Lavery downgraded the stock to neutral from overweight and slashed his price target by $40 to $200. ET: Morgan Stanley hikes PDD price target, calls stock a top pick following earnings Morgan Stanley named Chinese e-commerce name PDD Holdings a top pick following its latest quarterly earnings report.

Persons: Bernstein, Morgan Stanley, LSEG, Bank of America's Tal Liani, Morgan Stanley's Hamza Fodderwala, Alex Harring, Craig Siegenthaler, Blackstone, That's, — Alex Harring, Ken Hoexter, Hoexter, TD Cowen, Steve Scala, Scala, Jefferies, John Colantuoni, bode, Colantuoni, Neil Beveridge, Josh Silverstein, Silverstein, JMP, Baldwin, Mitch Germain, Germain doesn't, Germain, Piper Sandler, Michael Lavery, Lavery, elasticities, HSY's, Hershey, Eddy Wang, Wang, Mark Li, Li, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Taiwan Semiconductor, Holdings, Wall, Bank of America, Bank of America's, KKR, Apollo Global Management, Pacific, Transport, AstraZeneca, pharma, Airbnb, Toyota, UBS, Exxon Mobil, Natural Resources, Exxon Mobil's, Hershey, PDD, U.S, LSEG, Commerce, PDD's U.S, Apple, Huawei Locations: Tuesday's, Ivory Coast, Ghana, 4Q23, Taiwan, China

☆ Bank of America's top 5 stocks for safety and security in a dangerous world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Security is becoming increasingly crucial around the world, and Bank of America thinks investor portfolios can benefit from owning certain names. The bank on Monday released its "Future Security" primer, examining stocks through a lens of safety. Information security company CyberArk Software also made the list. CYBR YTD mountain CyberArk YTD "CyberArk is the clear leader within the PAM [privileged access market] market, with a robust technological moat," Liani said. TRU YTD mountain TransUnion YTD.

Persons: Felix Tran, Benjamin Netanyahu, CrowdStrike, Tal Liani, Matt Cohen, CyberArk, Liani, BofA, Heather Balsky, Tomer Zilberman, Andrew Obin, Obin, Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Israeli, Defense, U.S . Aerospace & Defense ETF, CyberArk Software, Motorola Solutions, Motorola, North, APG Locations: Israel, U.S

☆ Palo Alto Networks shares rise more than 14% after earnings report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of Palo Alto Networks rose more than 14% in Monday morning trading, continuing a rally that began when the security software vendor reported stronger-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings last week. The company reported adjusted quarterly earnings per share of $1.44 versus a Refinitiv analyst consensus of $1.28 per share. There had been some concern among analysts that Palo Alto was slated to report bad news alongside its earnings, since it scheduled its earnings release date for after the bell Friday. As a result, Palo Alto stock fell as far as $208.02 after it announced its earnings release date. Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora described the pre-earnings concern as making for "some very interesting reading" in analyst reports.

Persons: Nikesh Arora, Brad Zelnick, Zelnick, Tal Liani Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Palo, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, " Bank of America Locations: Palo Alto

☆ Wall Street analysts say these stocks have more room to run through the rest of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

CNBC Pro combed through top Wall Street research to find stocks to buy for the rest of 2023. Fastly "Fastly is laying the foundation for long-term success," according to Bank of America analyst Tal Liani. "We view this as a positive inflection point which should remove the negative narrative of AWS' Gen-AI market position vs. peers," Lee said. ConocoPhillips - Goldman Sachs, buy rating "Stay Buy with Conoco our top pick among the Big 3 US majors for 2H2023. … We view this as a positive inflection point which should remove the negative narrative of AWS' Gen-AI market position vs.

☆ Bank of America double upgrades this telecom stock, says it can jump 30%
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It's time to buy InterDigital after its strong first-quarter results , according to Bank of America. InterDigital is up by more than 61% this year, but the analyst's price target increase suggests that shares can climb another 30% from Tuesday's closing price. "The company already recognizes these revenues, though at a conservative level, and could see some upside once the cases finalize. InterDigital also has ongoing cases with Oppo and Vivo, which should each add $40- 60mn in recurring revenues per year." "Without Lenovo, total revenues would have still beaten estimates by ~7%."

Bank of America is bullish on Fortinet , saying the cybersecurity company's strong fundamentals make it well-positioned to achieve long-term targets. "We believe the company will continue to demonstrate a strong price/performance value proposition due to its custom ASIC products. "However, trends are solid and we highlight continued strong execution despite a challenged environment, attesting to the high value Fortinet delivers to its customers. Fortinet shares jumped 3.2% Monday prior to the market open. "The company is also expanding into new areas, and the success of this strategy is evident in its financial results," said Liani, adding that its "strong financial profile commands premium valuation."

☆ BofA: Cisco is doing great, but the environment is not getting better
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBofA: Cisco is doing great, but the environment is not getting betterTal Liani, research analyst at Bank of America Securities, says while Cisco's revenue is expected to grow in the double-digits, most of that growth is coming from a drawdown in the order backlog.

☆ This under-the-radar cloud stock could surge 60% and reach profitability next year, Bank of America says in double upgrade
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Take another look at Fastly as the cloud computing firm doubles down on its key strengths, Bank of America said. Analyst Tal Liani double upgraded the stock to buy from underperform, and raised his price objective, saying Fastly could reach profitability by next year on the back of its core technology and new management team. FSLY 1D mountain Fastly shares 1-day Fastly debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019 , along with other technology companies such as Lyft, Pinterest, Uber and Zoom. Fastly shares spiked about 20% during Monday trading. The analyst expects that Fastly management could execute on a turnaround strategy based on the company's core strengths.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Zillow, Microsoft, Meta, Fidelity National and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft — The technology corporation's shares rose more than 3% on Monday, pushing its market cap over $2 trillion once again, after Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating for the stock. Ralph Lauren — Shares of the apparel giant rose almost 4% after Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy from neutral. Meta — The Facebook parent's stock rose nearly 3% after the Financial Times reported it is planning another round of layoffs. Five Below — The discount retailer's stock rose 2.9% after Roth MKM upgraded it to buy from hold, noting it sees attractive growth ahead. Late last week, Reuters reported that Tesla must open its supercharging network to competitors in order to qualify for U.S. subsidies.

☆ Cybersecurity was supposed to be a resilient area of tech, but these ETFs are struggling
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Through the first three weeks of the year, the exchange traded funds tracking cybersecurity stocks are underperforming the rest of tech sector. The iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK) , for example, has returned just 1% in January, well behind the tech and communication services funds that are also sponsored by BlackRock. The January underperformance comes at a time when high growth cybersecurity stocks were expected stay in favor. "From my perspective, it should be doing better in terms of performance because of the tailwinds that are behind cybersecurity," Maier said. Cyber stocks moved broadly higher, with the Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUG) gaining almost 3%.

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