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☆ 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

☆ 8 more of our stocks report earnings next week. Here's what we want to see
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

The three major averages posted gains for the fourth week in row, lifted by strong quarterly earnings results for most of the Big Tech companies and a strong jobs report. A weaker ADP Employment report on Wednesday provided no read-through to the monster January jobs report Friday. Here's what we're keeping an eye on in the coming week: 1. Earnings: It's another big earnings week head for the portfolio, with 8 more of our companies reporting. Consistency is what we appreciate most from nat gas giant Linde , so we're hoping for another quarter of solid earnings growth Tuesday.

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☆ Beware these stocks lurking in your portfolio as China economy wobbles
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Turmoil in the Chinese economy can mean bad news for a range of popular stocks. And the global superpower has flashed warning signs in recent days, signaling stocks with exposure to the country could feel pressure. In May, Morgan Stanley screened for publicly traded companies in the U.S. with the highest share of revenue connected to China. Other stocks to watch To be sure, exposure to China extends beyond the semi landscape. Battery manufacturer Microvast was the most exposed with 80% of revenue coming from China, Morgan Stanley's analysis found.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Baird, Microvast, Morgan, Wynn, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Reuters, Nvidia, UBS, Marvell Technology, Silicon Laboratories, Devices, Qualcomm, Wynn Resorts, Vegas, Street, Las Vegas Sands, Western Locations: China, Beijing, U.S, Refinitiv, Wells Fargo, Vegas, Las Vegas, Corning

☆ Hedge funds are loading up on Nvidia and these other tech stocks, Goldman data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hedge funds piled into Nvidia in the first quarter just in time for the chipmaker's eye-popping rally following a blowout forecast. The smart money hedge funds also loaded up on other tech stocks tied to artificial intelligence, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street investment bank analyzed the holdings of 740 hedge funds with $2.2 trillion of gross equity positions at the start of 2023, based on regulatory filings. Goldman then identified technology, media and telecom (TMT) stocks with the largest net changes in hedge fund popularity during the first quarter. A total of 34 hedge funds added Nvidia to their portfolio in the first quarter, according to Goldman.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Jensen Huang, Stanley Druckenmiller, Druckenmiller, David Tepper's Organizations: Nvidia, Wall, Billionaire, Duquesne, National Instruments, KLA Corp, Silicon Laboratories, Dynatrace

☆ Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley say these chip stocks have more upside — giving one nearly 50%
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC Pro trawled through Wall Street research to look for semiconductor stocks that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley expect will grow in value. Morgan Stanley In an April 24 note, Morgan Stanley said it expects a "headwind for most broad based companies" toward the second half of the year. Wolfspeed : Morgan Stanley said execution "will be key" as the company creates new manufacturing capacity. ON Semiconductor : Morgan Stanley said the company could have an earnings stream that is "likely more recession proof than the higher end analog names." Goldman Sachs Goldman named two buy-rated semiconductor stocks in an April 23 report: KLA Corporation and Impinj .

☆ Amazon's cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears mount
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Peter Kern, CEO of online travel company Expedia Group , sees the cloud as an area where his company can reduce its fixed costs. Amazon leads the market in cloud computing, with an estimated 39% share. Selipsky said that moving IT jobs to the cloud could help budget-strapped organizations save money, citing customers Agco and Carrier Global . It offers Graviton computing instances based on energy-efficient Arm-based chips, a less expensive alternative to instances using standard AMD and Intel processors. He said AT&T 's DirecTV unit was able to eliminate 20% of computing costs by adopting current-generation Graviton chips.

☆ Barclays downgrades Analog Devices, says it has yet to price in a correction
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

There are better names off the bottom in semiconductor stocks than Analog Devices , according to Barclays. Analyst Blayne Curtis downgraded shares of Analog Devices to equal weight from overweight, and lowered the price target, saying the semiconductor stock has yet to price in a correction. The analyst cut the price target to $140 from $180. The new price target is 4.5% below where shares closed Friday at $146.59. The analyst downgraded shares of other semiconductor stocks NXP Semiconductors and Qorvo to equal weight.

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