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A solar energy company and a video game maker were highlighted by analysts Tuesday. Meanwhile, JPMorgan upgraded Roblox to overweight from neutral, and its new price target implies upside of more than 35%. — Pia Singh 5:43 a.m.: KeyBanc downgrades beaten-down solar stock Sunnova Energy Heading into first-quarter earnings, KeyBanc Capital Markets is cautious on residential solar names, particularly Sunnova Energy . Analyst Sophie Karp downgraded the Texas-based residential and commercial solar energy company to sector weight from overweight and removed her price target on the stock. It also raised its price target to $48 from $41, implying a 37% rally over the next 12 months.

Persons: KeyBanc, Oppenheimer, Dwight, Rupesh Parikh, Parikh, — Pia Singh, DataDog, Andrew Nowinski, Datadog, Nowinski, Yun Kim, Kim, MDB, KeyBanc downgrades, Sophie Karp, Karp, —, Cory Carpenter, Carpenter, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, JPMorgan, Loop Capital, Sunnova Energy, NOVA, SolarEdge Technologies, Enphase Energy Locations: Sunnova, Parikh, Wells Fargo Wells, Texas, U.S

Morgan Stanley cut its price target on Tesla after trimming its profitability forecasts. The analyst has a price target of $500, which implies upside of more than 20% over the next 12 months. — Hakyung Kim 6:51 a.m.: JPMorgan raises CrowdStrike price target after earnings beat CrowdStrike is managing to grow quickly while delivering strong results, says JPMorgan. The bank upgraded the retailer to buy from hold, increasing its price target to $195 from $140. — Fred Imbert 5:40 a.m.: Morgan Stanley cuts Tesla price target 2024 will be for electric vehicles, said Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, who warns that Tesla could lose money this year.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Wells, Andrew Nowinski, MongoDB, Hakyung Kim, CrowdStrike, Brian Essex, Essex, — Hakyung Kim, UnitedHealth, Andrew Mok, Mok, Berenberg, Philip Buller, Buller, Bob Jian Huang, Huang, Daniela Bretthauer, Krisztina Katai, — Fred Imbert, Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, Tesla, Jonas Organizations: CNBC, HSBC, Target, JPMorgan, Barclays, Medicare, Honeywell, Berenberg, Morgan Stanley Insurance, Progressive, Target . Deutsche Bank Locations: Andrew Mok ., Honeywell's, U.S, Tuesday's

☆ Palo Alto Networks shares drop most since 2012 IPO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, speaks on CNBC's "Squawk Box" at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. Palo Alto Networks shares dropped 28% on Wednesday, the worst trading session since the cybersecurity hardware and software maker's 2012 initial public offering. The company lowered its full-year billings outlook to a range of $10.1 billion to $10.2 billion, from $10.7 billion to $10.8 billion. The revenue guidance moved to a range of $7.95 billion to $8 billion, from $8.15 billion to $8.2 billion. WATCH: Chart of the Day: Palo Alto Networks

Persons: Nikesh Arora, Palo, Wells, Andrew Nowinski, Stefan Schwarz, Arora, — CNBC's Rohan Goswami Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, MGM Resorts, Defense, Systems, Rosenblatt Securities, Palo Alto Locations: Davos, Switzerland, 23andMe, U.S, Palo, billings

☆ SpongeBob SquarePants is going to announce this Super Bowl broadcast
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Football’s youngest fans will be able to watch Super Bowl LVIII announced by SpongeBob SquarePants and the rest of the gang from Bikini Bottom. Characters from the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants will join the telecast live. Sandy Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence) will make her sideline reporting debut during the Super Bowl LVIII telecast live "Super Bowl LVIII Live from Bikini Bottom". But fans of the long-running show will recognize a 2001 classic next Sunday — there will be a “Sweet Victory” performance in the Super Bowl telecast. In the 2019 Super Bowl, halftime act Maroon 5 paid tribute to the song that the SpongeBob characters sang in a 2001 episode (in the episode, the characters of the Bikini Bottom were performing in the Bubble Bowl, a spoof of the Super Bowl.)

Persons: New York CNN —, SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob, Sandy Cheeks, Carolyn Lawrence, Paramount SpongeBob, Tom Kenny, Patrick Star, Bill Fagerbakke, Nate Burleson, Noah Eagle, Larry, Lawrence, Slimetime ”, Dylan Gilmore, Nick, Gen Z, Alpha, Taylor Swift’s, Travis Kelce, ” Sean McManus, Chris Nowinski, Stephen Hillenburg, Travis Scott, “, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York CNN — Football’s, Nickelodeon, CBS Sports, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Paramount Global, CBS, Paramount, Allegiant, NFL, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Nick NFL, Chiefs, NFL Nickelodeon, Saints, Bears Locations: New York, Las Vegas

☆ Dementia and sport: These rugby players represented their country in their 20s, by their 40s, they had early onset dementia
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Popham’s wife, Mel, would have a conversation with her husband and an hour later he would have “no recollection,” he tells CNN Sport. Richard Boardman, the lawyer representing the claimants, told CNN Sport that this is causing an “existential threat” to the game. “As far as the brain is concerned, it doesn’t matter what sport is played,” Michael Grey, a neuroscientist at the University of East Anglia, told CNN Sport. Nowinski, a WWE wrestler turned neuroscientist, told CNN Sport that head injury protocols need to go beyond treating concussion. The paper, which looked at 412 Scottish former international male rugby players aged 30 and above and 1,236 members of the public who had been matched for age, sex and socioeconomic status, found that the rugby players’ risk of a dementia diagnosis over time was just over twice as high.

Persons: Alix Popham, Mel, ”, Popham, ” Popham, I’ve, Alix Popham of Wales, Pat Riordan of, Stu Forster, Lenny Woodard, Woodard, “, “ I’d, I’d, ” Woodard, Brook Joyner, Richard Boardman, ” Michael Grey, Chris Nowinski, Scott McIntyre, Nowinski, ” Ann McKee, ” Boardman, Roger Goodell, University of East Anglia Boardman, Grey, –, ” Steve Borthwick of, Alun Wyn Jones, Paul Harding, ” Grey, McKee, it’s, aren’t, we’re, shouldn’t, weren’t, ” Alix Popham Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, rugby, Rugby, Alix Popham of Wales offloads, Pat Riordan of Canada, Wales, Getty, World Rugby, Rugby Football Union, RFU, Welsh Rugby Union, WRU, Springer, University of East, National Football League Players, Wrestling Entertainment, WWE, Washington Post, Boston University CTE Center, British Medical, Exercise, NFL, NFL.com, University of East Anglia, RBS, Nations, University of Glasgow, Boston University, University of Sydney, Scottish, ’, “ Rugby, England Rugby, Boston University’s CTE, CTE Locations: France, Wales, England, Canada, Nantes, Europe, University of East Anglia, American, Woodward, Boston

☆ Friday's analyst calls: Big drug stock upgrade, Alibaba downgrade, a new AI play
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The analyst lowered her price target to $99 from $106 per share. The new price target implies just a 5% gain from Thursday's close. The analyst's $115 price target, hiked from $70 previously, implies 43% upside from where the stock closed Thursday, at $80.36. ET: Morgan Stanley downgrades Alibaba Morgan Stanley cut Alibaba to equal-weight from overweight and lowered the firm's price target to $90 from $110. The analyst's $190 price target implies shares can rise just 2.6% from where they closed Thursday.

Persons: JPMorgan downgrades, Jessica Fye, Fye, Sarah Min, Wells Fargo, Andrew Nowinski, GenAI, Nowinski, FactSet, — Sarah Min, Morgan Stanley downgrades Alibaba Morgan Stanley, Alibaba, Morgan Stanley, PDD, John Melloy, Jason Bazinet, Bazinet, Johnson, Danielle Antalffy, Antalffy, Robert Ohmes, — John Melloy Organizations: CNBC, Spotify, JPMorgan, Investors, U.S, PDD Holdings, Citi, UBS, Johnson, Pharma, Bank of America, of America, Costco Locations: BioNTech, Thursday's, Wells Fargo, China, Darzalex, DARZALEX

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Pfizer, Disney, Tesla, Alibaba and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Pfizer — Shares dropped 4.2% after the drugmaker said it would halt development of its twice-daily experimental weight loss pill. Marvell Technology — The semiconductor stock fell more than 5% after Marvell issued lower-than-expected revenue guidance for the fourth quarter. Ulta Beauty — The stock gained nearly 12% after the beauty products retailer reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations. Ulta reported earnings of $5.07 per share, higher than the $4.95 per share analysts polled by LSEG were expecting. Dell — Stock in the computer maker fell nearly 6% on the heels of a mixed third-quarter earnings report.

Persons: Pfizer, Andrew Nowinski, Nelson Peltz, Alibaba, Morgan Stanley, Tesla, Coinbase, Ulta, LSEG, Jessica Fye, Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox Organizations: Pfizer —, Paramount Global, Wall Street Journal, Apple, Disney —, Trian Fund Management, Marvell Technology, Marvell, Invest, Nasdaq, Dell —, Wall, LSEG, JPMorgan Locations: —, Wells Fargo

Goldman Sachs raised its price target on General Motors after the stock's best day since early 2021. The bank reiterated a buy rating as well as a top pick label, accompanied by a $300 per share price target. Goldman Sachs also maintained its buy rating and increased its target price to $345 per share from $340. To be sure, it maintained its $16 per share price target, which implies more than 3% downside from Wednesday's $16.52 close. — Brian Evans 5:45 a.m ET: Goldman raises GM price target Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney increased his price target on General Motors to $45 from $42 after a series of bullish moves by the auto giant.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, 31.6x, Eric Heath, Wells, Andrew Nowinski, — Brian Evans, José Neves, Marvin Fong, Brian Evans, Salesforce, Brad Sills, Kash Rangan, Jefferies, Snapchat, Pinterest, James Heaney, Meta Marshall, Mark Delaney, Delaney, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, General Motors, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Wall, Bank of America, SNAP, Goldman, GM Locations: Okta, America

☆ I bought a Tesla Model 3 to drive long distances. It's easier and more affordable than I expected, but there's one downside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Wally Nowinski bought a Tesla Model 3 in 2020 to drive from California to his parents in Michigan. It was so easy to buyEven if Tesla was selling a gas car, I would probably buy it. Most people go to their neighborhood gas station once a week, but with an electric car you'll never have to do that again. AdvertisementAdvertisementFor most of the time I've owned the car, I've lived in apartments. I'd even consider another electric car.

Persons: Wally Nowinski, Elon Musk, —, it's, Tesla, I've, It's Organizations: Tesla, Service Locations: California, Michigan, El Cerrito , California, San Francisco, Seattle

☆ Wells Fargo says this IT services stock can rally more than 40% from here
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cloudflare is poised for a big comeback going forward, according to Wells Fargo. Analyst Andrew Nowinski upgraded the stock to overweight from equal weight, raising his price target to $65 from $62. He also said that a sign of the company's future health could come during its earnings call early next month. He added that this is helping the stock long term, while also making a beneficial short term play through consolidation. "Cloudflare had the best overall results in our 3Q22 Reseller Survey and were +19% net positive (up from +13% in 2Q22).

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