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☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Dell, Tesla, Disney, Gap, Hewlett Packard & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday: Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as overweight Morgan Stanley made the case in a note to investors that Elon Musk needs Tesla "more than ever before." Citi initiates Ferrovial at buy Citi said it's bullish on shares of the Dutch infrastructure and transportation company. Citi reiterates Dell as buy Citi raised its price target on the stock by 36% to $170 per share from $125. Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said its checks show accelerating App Store growth ahead of expectations for Apple. Morgan Stanley names Taiwan Semiconductor a catalyst-driven idea Morgan Stanley said TSM is a likely beneficiary of a solid Nvidia earnings report on Wednesday.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Tesla, Elon, Raymond James, Baird, it's, Evercore, Piper Sandler downgrades Sunnova, Piper, Brinker, Argus, Apple, TSM, NVDA, it's bullish, Lenz, LENZ Organizations: Elon, Caesars Entertainment, Penn, Penn Entertainment, Boyd Gaming Corporation, Inc, PENN Entertainment, JPMorgan, Therapeutics, Citi, Nvidia, Sunnova, Disney, Dell, Barclays, HP, Brinker International Inc, Apple, Taiwan Semiconductor, Gap Citi, GPS, " Bank of America, Lenz Therapeutics, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Recovery Software

A fast food stock and Nvidia were among the stocks being talked about by analysts on Wall Street. RBC assumed coverage of Jack in the Box with an outperform rating and a price target that implies more than 40% upside. Ransom's $10 price target implies about 37.6% potential upside for the stock, which has gained 8.5% this year. Mailk said he likes the buy-rated stock on "secular AI growth opportunities" and maintained his $1,030 price target. New Street Research maintained its buy rating and $1,100 price target ahead of the quarterly print.

Persons: Jack, Piper Sandler, GoodRx, Raymond James Raymond James, John Ransom, — Pia Singh, Tesla, Dell, Amit Daryanani, Daryanani, Wolfe, Chris Caso, Caso, INTC, Coupang, Jennifer Han, Han, that's, Nvidia's, Piper Sandler's Harsh Kumar, Kumar, Blackwell, Atif Malik, Mailk, Pierre Ferragu, Logan Reich, JACK YTD, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Wall, RBC, Citi, New, Research, Kroger, pharma, Dell, DELL, Wolfe Research, Intel, UBS, Blackwell, RBC Capital Markets Locations: Korea

☆ Forget Nvidia. Here are 5 undervalued tech stocks every investor should own, Goldman Sachs says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Goldman Sachs said this week that there are plenty of cheap tech stocks to buy coming out of earnings. The information technology sector has reported a year-over-year earnings growth rate of 23.2%, according to John Butters, senior earnings analyst at FactSet. CNBC Pro combed through Goldman Sachs' research to find the most underappreciated buy-rated tech stocks. "Second, ANET has growing confidence in its AI position and its > $750 mn AI revenue target for 2025," he added. Second, ANET has growing confidence in its AI position and its > $750 mn AI revenue target for 2025.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, John Butters, Goldman, Noah Poponak, Poponak, Kash Rangan, Rangan, Michael Ng, Arista's, Ng, ANET Organizations: FactSet, CNBC, Microsoft, Teledyne Technologies, Arista Networks, Arista, TAM, Cloud Titans, Cloud Locations: 2H24

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls of the day: Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, 3M, Bumble, Nike, Walmart, Palantir & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Wedbush reiterates Apple as outperform Wedbush said it's standing by its outperform rating on shares of Apple . Bank of America reiterates Palantir as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of Palantir. Bank of America initiates Apogee Therapeutics at buy Bank of America said the biotech company has best-in-class potential. Bank of America upgrades Bumble to buy from neutral Bank of America sees "multiple expansion" for the dating app company. Bank of America reiterates Walmart as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Walmart earnings on May 16.

Persons: Bernstein, Wedbush, Palantir, Wells, CRNC, Stifel, TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, it's, Bumble, Lear, Tesla, Oppenheimer, Guggenheim Organizations: Nvidia, Citi, Cheesecake, Apple, Worldwide, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Mizuho, Apogee Therapeutics, Warner Brothers Discovery, HSBC, TPG, of America, Dominion, underperform Bank of America, Dominion Energy, Barclays, Nike, Walmart, Supercenters, Moffett Locations: WWDC, Palantir, OW, U.S

☆ Goldman sees 50% upside from here for Sunrun following results
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Goldman Sachs says Sunrun shares are poised for a big increase after being on a downward trend all year. "RUN continues to expect a 1Q24 trough with an inflection in 2H24," Goldman Sachs analyst Brian Lee wrote in a note on Thursday. Goldman reiterated its buy rating on the shares and $18 price target, implying more than 50% upside from Wednesday's closing price. Sunrun shares are down about 42% for the year. RUN YTD mountain Sunrun shares are down 41% in 2024 — CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed reporting.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Brian Lee, Goldman, —, Michael Bloom

While he pulled back his price target to $26 from $32, the new target still indicates shares surging 126% from Wednesday's close. Fox's fiscal third quarter results came above Rief Ehrlich's expectations, which she noted were encouraging "amid a difficult linear advertising environment." — Fred Imbert 5:50 a.m.: Wall Street on the sidelines for Airbnb Airbnb's weaker-than-expected forward guidance has analysts worried about the company's growth outlook. Post pulled back his price target by $8 to $160, just 1.3% above where shares closed on Wednesday. Meanwhile, analyst Eric Sheridan moved his price target slightly higher to $130 from $123, suggesting around 18% downside.

Persons: Raymond James ., Jefferies, Dushyant Ailani, Ailani, — Hakyung Kim, Jessica Reif Ehrlich, … Fox, Davidson downgrades, Davidson, Tom White, Tripadvisor, we'd, White, Hakyung Kim, Raymond James Cheesecake Factory, Raymond James, Brian Vaccaro, Vaccaro, Andrew Boone, Shopify, Boone, Fred Imbert, Airbnb, LSEG, Morgan Stanley, Brian Nowak, Nowak, Bank of America's Justin Post, Post, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan Organizations: CNBC, JPM Securities, Cheesecake, Bank of America, Fox, Media, of America, …, Factory, Cheesecake Factory, JMP Securities, Bank of America's Locations: Wednesday's, 2H24

☆ Why Eli Lilly's earnings are no sure thing for traders despite obesity drug momentum
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Tirzepatide is the active ingredient in both Eli Lilly's diabetes treatment Mounjaro and its anti-obesity drug Zepbound. Based on that calculation, earnings will be lower by about 13 cents per share, he said, in research published last Tuesday. "Strong demand for Mounjaro & Zepbound can easily pull through in 2H24 and make up for any 1H24 shortfalls." For the week ended April 19, combined prescriptions of Mounjaro and Zepbound rose 63% year over year, according to IQVIA. Wells Fargo Mohit Bansal said he expects investors to look past any Trulicity shortfalls as the focus is firmily on Zepbound and Mounjaro for Lilly's future growth.

Persons: Eli Lilly, Eli, James Shin, Lilly, Shin, David Risinger, Zepbound, Wells, Bansal, Jo Walton, Walton, Lilly's, Tirzepatide, Deutsche Bank's Shin, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Drug Administration, Deutsche Bank, IMS, UBS, Research, Deutsche, FDA Locations: 2H24, U.S

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

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Shopify, Dell, Microsoft, Meta, Coca-Cola, Amazon & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Ford and General Motors at overweight Morgan Stanley remains bullish on both automakers. Loop initiates DoorDash as buy Loop said in its initiation of the stock that it has more earnings potential. We think that years of debate over viability and earnings potential of on-demand gig platforms has been settled." Morgan Stanley upgrades Shopify to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said market share gains are increasing for Shopify. Morgan Stanley reiterates Microsoft at overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish heading into earnings next week. "

Persons: Oppenheimer, Morgan Stanley, Ford, Mizuho, Jefferies, Ulta, they've, Riley, we've, Wells, Sunnova, it's, we're, Edward Jones downgrades Hershey, Edward Jones, Hershey, Wolfe, Raymond James downgrades, Raymond James, Dell, Needham, Baird, COLM Organizations: Nvidia, General Motors, GM, Mizuho, Netflix, Bank of America, Lam Research, NOVA, " Bank of America, Meta, JPMorgan, Charlotte, Shopify, RBC, Inspire, Systems, Microsoft, UBS, Columbia Locations: U.S, Charlotte , North Carolina

☆ Netflix earnings are about to hit the Street. Here’s what traders need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Wall Street anticipates a largely rosy setup for the stock, with many forecasting that the company beats, or reports in line with expectations. The anticipation contributed to some Wall Street firms lifting their price targets heading into the print. Under the paid sharing plan , Netflix account owners can buy an extra member slot and invite people outside their household to use the service. "After 1Q24, Netflix begins to lap the paid sharing benefits - most significantly in 2H24," wrote Morgan Stanley's Swinburne. Reason for caution Despite Netflix's strong run this year and the benefits reaped through paid sharing, some Wall Street analysts see reasons for caution.

Persons: —, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Swinburne, Doug Anmuth, Morgan Stanley's Swinburne, Piper Sandler, Wall, Anmuth, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Bryan Kraft, Kannan Venkateshwar, Deutsche Bank's Kraft, Piper Sandler's Matt Farrell, MoffettNathanson's Michael Nathanson, Street's, Farrell, Citi's Jason Bazinet Organizations: Netflix, LSEG, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Street, Kraft, Deutsche, WWE, NBA, Netflix's WWE Locations: 2H24

☆ Buy this work collaboration software maker with more than 30% upside, Barclays says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Analyst Ryan MacWilliams upgraded the Australian-American software company, which develops and maintains software and provisions software hosting services, to overweight from equal weight. He raised his price target by $40 to $275, which implies 34.3% upside from Wednesday's close. In early February, the company beat second-quarter earnings and revenue estimates and gave positive fiscal 2024 guidance concerning its cloud and data center revenue growth. He indicated expectations for roughly 80% to 90% of the company's data center customers to migrate to cloud within the next three years. The analyst's upside case assumes roughly 28% revenue growth in 2024, which he thinks could happen if Atlassian continues to invest in its in-house revenue generators or pursues external portfolio additions.

Persons: Ryan MacWilliams, MacWilliams, Atlassian Organizations: Barclays, TEAM Locations: Atlassian, American, 2H24

A major U.S. bank and a legacy tech name were the focus of some of Tuesday's biggest analyst calls. The firm upgraded the apparel stock to overweight from neutral, and raised its price target to $31 per share from $26. The firm resumed coverage of the legacy tech company with an overweight rating and a $58 per share price target. He reiterated his $64 price target on the stock, implying upside of 10.7%. Additionally, he sees "greater risk to the achievement of our price target as the Fed rate cutting cycle begin."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Matthew Boss, — Brian Evans, Goldman Sachs, Molson Coors Goldman Sachs, Molson, Molson Coors, Bonnie Herzog, Bud Light, Brian Evans, Goldman, Mark Delaney, Cisco, Morgan Stanley's, David Rochester, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Cisco Systems, JPMorgan, Eagle Outfitters JPMorgan, American Eagle Outfitters, Eagle Outfitters, Molson Coors, Molson, TAP, Tesla, Cisco, Wells Locations: U.S, Wells, Americas, EVs, Wells Fargo, 2H24, Rochester

☆ Wells Fargo hikes S&P 500 year-end target to 5,535, says 'melt-up' in second half likely
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Expect the stock market's run to record highs to continue as the year goes on, according to Wells Fargo. Christopher Harvey, the bank's head of equity strategy, raised his 2024 S & P 500 target to 5,535 from 4,625, implying a 6.4% upside from here. Wells Fargo' new forecast is one of the highest on the Street, surpassing the 5,500 target from John Stoltzfus at Oppenheimer. .SPX 1Y mountain S & P 500 The market's 2024 took a breather as of late as investors reassessed the Federal Reserve's path to cut interest rates. The S & P 500 declined nearly 1% during the period, its biggest weekly loss since early January.

Persons: Christopher Harvey, Harvey, Wells Fargo, John Stoltzfus Organizations: CNBC Pro Market, Survey, Dow Jones Locations: Wells Fargo, Oppenheimer

Other analysts saw upside for Coinbase and DoorDash along with Meta Platforms, as the social network builds advertising market share. The firm initiated coverage of DoorDash stock with a buy rating and a $165 per share price target. The analyst reiterated his overweight rating on Tesla stock but lowered his price target slightly to $310 per share from $320. The firm reiterated a buy rating on Meta stock and raised its price target to $585 per share from $550 on Thursday. Meta stock has surged more than 43% in 2024.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Pamela Kaufman, Kaufman, — Jesse Pound, Mark Zgutowicz, — Brian Evans, Oliver Wintermantel, Wintermantel, Brian Evans, Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, Morgan Stanley's, Adam Jonas, Tesla's, Jonas, Tesla, — Brian Evans TSLA, Oppenheimer, Coinbase, Owen Lau, Jefferies, Brent Thill, outgrow Amazon's, Meta, Thill, Erika Najarian, Najarian, BofA's Organizations: CNBC, Jefferies, Bank of America, UBS, Big Four, Meta, Hershey, ISI, Tesla Network, 2Q, Amazon, UBS downgrades Bank of America Locations: Big Four U.S, Hershey, cryptocurrency, Wednesday's, 2H24

☆ 'Very, very attractive': Strategist names 2 under-the-radar U.S. small-cap names to play right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Market strategist Matt Orton sees promise in small-cap stocks this year, naming four under-the-radar companies he is bullish on right now. Year-to-date, the Russell 2000 , the benchmark for small-cap stocks, has been up nearly 5.2% despite having a tough start to 2024. Small-cap players in the U.S. stand out as "very, very attractive" right now, he said, naming Vertiv Holdings and CyberArk as two companies on his radar. The market strategist remains confident on the stock, noting that "just because it is up, doesn't mean you don't want to own it." CyberArk The market strategist also has his eye on the cybersecurity space.

Persons: Matt Orton, Orton, Raymond James, CNBC's, Russell Organizations: Raymond James Investment Management, Vertiv Holdings, Vertiv Holdings Vertiv Holdings Locations: 2H24, U.S

☆ All the big Nvidia calls after AI conference: Goldman raises target to $1,000, JPMorgan sees 'dominance'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs' Toshiya Hari joined a handful of analysts turning more bullish on the chipmaker following the keynote event, boosting the firm's price target to $1,000 from $875. Wells Fargo Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers said Nvidia didn't shock investors with any unexpected updates, but he still raised his price target to $970 from $840. Sur retained his overweight rating and $850 price target. The analyst retained his $1,100 price target and buy rating, citing the company's ongoing leadership within the AI value chain. The analyst retained his outperform rating and $1,000 price target, calling the company's ongoing expansion beyond chips "unmatched."

Persons: Jensen, Blackwell, Hopper, Huang, Morgan Stanley, Joseph Moore, Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Hari, bode, Aaron Rakers, NVDA, Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley's Joseph Moore, Moore, Harlan Sur, Sur, Bank of America's Vivek Arya, Bernstein, Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon, Taylor Swift Organizations: Nvidia, Wall, Blackwell, Micron Technology, JPMorgan, NVIDIA, Bank of America, Bank of America's, SAP Center Locations: 2H24, Wells Fargo Wells Fargo, San Jose

☆ Top Wall Street analysts prefer these three stocks for the long haul
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

With that in mind, here are three stocks favored by the Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Earlier this month, Guggenheim analyst Robert Drbul reiterated a buy rating on Nike stock with a price target of $130, adding it as a "best idea." Drbul also expects the Nike brand to be highly visible at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics. Drbul holds the 565th position among more than 8,700 analysts tracked by TipRanks. (See Nike Stock Buybacks on TipRanks)BJ's Wholesale Club

Persons: Rafael Henrique, Gregg Moskowitz, SIEM, Moskowitz, CrowdStrike, TipRanks, Robert Drbul, Drbul, Jordan Organizations: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc, Getty, Flow, Falcon Cloud Security, Nike, Pegasus, BJ's Wholesale Locations: 2H24, North America

☆ Adobe shares drop 13% on weak quarterly revenue guidance
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Adobe shares fell 13% on Friday morning after the company reported first-quarter results that beat estimates but delivered a light quarterly revenue forecast. Its revenue of $5.18 billion exceeded the $5.14 billion analysts estimated. "No change to our view that Adobe is a major AI beneficiary," the analysts wrote in a Thursday investor note. Barclays dropped its price target for shares of Adobe to $630 from $700 while maintaining an overweight rating for the stock. "A smaller than expected beat in Digital Media Net New ARR likely increases investor concerns around competitive pressures," the analysts wrote.

Persons: Shantanu Narayen, Morgan Stanley Organizations: CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Adobe, Bank of America, Barclays, Creative, Digital Media Locations: New York City

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Super Micro, Coinbase, Apple, Microsoft, Rivian & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"We are initiating coverage of Legend Biotech (LEGN) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $86." Bank of America reiterates Super Micro as buy Bank of America raised its price target on Super Micro to $1,280 per share from $1,040. The firm has an outperform rating on shares of Boeing. We Initiate with a Buy rating and $15 PT." "We initiate coverage of IMVT with a Buy rating and 12-month price target of $50 (60% upside potential)."

Persons: Raymond James, it's, Wells, Tesla, Davidson, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Baird, Bernstein, TXRH, EBITDA, Jefferies, underperform Jefferies, Baird downgrades Fiserv, Stephanie Ferris, Charles Drucker, helms, Cooper, William Blair, BTIG, Bitdeer, JMP, Morgan Stanley, Idacorp, Rivian Organizations: Biotech, Legend Biotech, Citi, Constellation Brands Citi, Constellation, Watch, Nielsen, DA, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Nvidia, GPU Tech Conference, TAM, Royal Caribbean, Boeing, Apple, Moelis, Company, RBC, Pointe, GM, Microsoft, ROIC, Jefferies, FIS, JPMorgan, Cooper Companies, Bitdeer Technologies, Technology, ICE, of America, Argus Locations: Nice, Texas, Cleveland, Southwest, Kansas, Missouri

Oppenheimer increased its price target on Netflix, calling for upside of nearly 20%. Bernstein, meanwhile, reiterated an outperform rating on Taiwan Semiconductor, noting that margins will fare better than the Street expects going forward. Analyst Stephen Grambling downgraded Hyatt to equal weight from overweight and lowered his price target by $7 to $149. — Pia Singh 5:44 a.m.: Bernstein sticking by Taiwan Semiconductor Taiwan Semiconductor shares are off to a strong start for the year, and Bernstein expects them to continue doing well. The firm raised its price target on them to $150 from $125, implying upside of just 2%.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Bernstein, Morgan Stanley downgrades Hyatt, Morgan Stanley, Hyatt's, Stephen Grambling, Grambling, Hyatt, FactSet, — Pia Singh, Oppenheimer Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, Helfstein, Wall, Mark Li, Li, TSMC, 4Q23, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Netflix, Taiwan Semiconductor, Hyatt, Taiwan Semiconductor Taiwan Semiconductor, GM Locations: 2H24, U.S, Taiwan

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Dell, Netflix, Micron, Broadcom, Eli Lilly, New York Community Bancorp & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"We are initiating coverage of Evolent Health with an Outperform rating and $45 price target." Goldman Sachs downgrades Estee Lauder to neutral from buy Goldman downgraded the stock and said it's under "sizeable pressure." "We are upgrading Annexon (ANNX shares) to Overweight from Neutral and establishing a December 2024 price target of $11." Bank of America reiterates Eli Lilly as buy Bank of America raised its price target on the stock to $1000 per share from $800. "Following 4Q23 earnings we are upgrading GoodRx from Neutral to Overweight and increasing our December 2024 price target from $7 to $10."

Persons: Davidson, Campbell, Morgan Stanley, JD, TD Cowen, Parker, Dell, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Louise Singlehurst, Tom Ford, Jefferies, Root, AVGO's, Stephens, Vita Coco, COCO, Piper downgrades, Piper, Redburn, Oppenheimer, Daiwa, Morgan Stanley downgrades Flywire, Goldman Sachs downgrades Estee Lauder, Estee Lauder, Dwight, Wells, Eli Lilly, Lilly, D.A Organizations: Apple, Vulcan, Merck, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Bank of America, Broadcom, York Community Bancorp, Netflix, Micron, Mizuho, MU, Citi, EV, Health, Nvidia, Dwight, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, JPMorgan, biosciences, " Bank of America Locations: York, Davidson, Oshkosh, Minneapolis , MN

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Rivian, DraftKings, Nio, Fox, Carvana, Pfizer and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS double-downgrades Rivian The firm said to sell the electric vehicle maker's stock, joining a growing group of concerned analysts following the company's earnings report. Raymond James upgrades Carvana The investment bank moved Carvana to market perform from underperform following the fourth-quarter earnings results. Guggenheim initiates Pfizer The firm opened coverage of the biopharmaceutical stock with a buy rating and $36 price target. " Rosenblatt initiates Adeia The firm began coverage with a buy rating and $15 price target. Roth MKM initiates CPI Card Group Roth MKM started coverage of the financial technology stock with a buy rating and $40 price target.

Persons: Ross, ROST, Raymond James, EBITDA, 4Q23, Guggenheim, ATNI, Morgan Stanley, Brighthouse, Rosenblatt, Roth MKM, Fred Imbert Organizations: UBS, Barclays, CNBC, Citi, Fox, JV, Ross, Price, Pfizer, DRG, Equitable, JPMorgan, Traction, JPMorgan downgrades Locations: 1Q24, Xperi, 4Q22

A railroad stock and a fast food giant were in focus Wednesday among early analyst calls. Barclays raised its rating on Norfolk Southern to a buy-equivalent rating, and his new price target calls for about 20% upside. The firm downgraded the retailer to reduce from hold and maintained a $323 per share price target. — Brian Evans 5:44 a.m.: Barclays upgrades Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern could see a shake-up to its leadership, and Barclays thinks these changes could lead to strong gains for the stock. He also hiked his price price target to $305 from $255.

Persons: SolarEdge's, Morgan Stanley, Andrew Percoco, Goldman Sachs, Brian Lee, SEDG, Vikram Bagri said.Bagri, — Brian Evans, Piper Sandler, Piper Sandler's, Rob D, Owens, Brian Evans, Daniela Bretthauer, John Ivankoe, Brandon Oglenski, Ancora, It's, Alan Shaw, Oglenski, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Barclays, Norfolk, JPMorgan, Palo Alto Networks, billings, Palo Alto, HSBC downgrades Home, Depot, HSBC, Home Depot, JPMorgan downgrades, Norfolk Southern, NSC Locations: Wendy's, Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern, Norfolk Southern, Norfolk

☆ 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

Its price target of $4,380 suggests nearly 18% upside from Friday's close. "We expect numbers to reset lower (again) with the downward revision a negative catalyst for the multiple, and the margin story likely being pushed out to 2025," wrote analyst Christian Carlino. Analyst Anthony Powell accompanied the move by raising his price target to $204 from $194, implying a potential 15% rally for the stock. The investment firm upgraded the airline stock to market-perform from underperform, boosting its price target to $32 from $26. His price target of $338 per share implies upside of just 5% from Friday's close.

Persons: Bernstein, Evercore, Piper Sandler, Brian Mullan, Mullan, — Jesse Pound, Aaron Kessler, — Michelle Fox, JPMorgan downgrades Holley, Holley, Christian Carlino, Carlino, HLLY, hasn't, — Lisa Kailai Han, AvalonBay, Anthony Powell, Powell, AVB, Lisa Kailai Han, Joshua Shanker, Morgan Stanley, bullish Tesla, Tesla, Adam Jonas, Jonas, Russell Quelch, Quelch, MSCI, Arun Viswanathan, Viswanathan, Rosenblatt, Hans Mosesmann, Mosesmann, Michael Linenberg, Linenberg, David Vernon, David Raso, Raso, Assuredness, Fred Imbert, ~$ ~$ Organizations: CNBC, Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Deutsche Bank, JetBlue, Caterpillar, Foods, . Restaurant, Seaport Research, Booking Holdings Seaport Research Partners, Booking Holdings, JPMorgan, Barclays, Bank of America, AIG, of America, Tesla Network, RBC, Ball Corporation, Markets, Ball Corp, Aerospace, BAE Systems, Ball, Micro Computer, Super Micro Computer, Micro, ASM, Spirit Airlines, Bernstein, Spirit, Boeing Max, ISI, CAT Locations: Southwest, Friday's

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