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☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Meta, Tesla, Chipotle, Ferrari & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's sticking with its overweight rating on Tesla but says it's only a matter of time before others automakers begin to take advantage of AI also. Morgan Stanley reiterates Meta as overweight Morgan Stanley said that, as users adopt the company's Reels product it becomes a "monetization opportunity." Morgan Stanley reiterates Dell as a top pick Morgan Stanley said Dell remains a favorite name at the firm. Morgan Stanley reiterates McDonald's as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by the fast-food chain. Morgan Stanley reiterates Ferrari as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating on the automaker.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Tesla, Piper Sandler, Piper, Meta, Dell, JMP, Oppenheimer, it's, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Kraft Heinz, McDonald's, Rosenblatt, John Malone, Sportico, Morgan Stanley downgrades, Generac, Jefferies, Needham, Stryker, Ferrari, MSFT Organizations: GM, Ford, Nvidia, Blackwell, ODM, Lenovo, Dell, China Tech Hardware, Costco, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Kraft, Brunswick, UBS, Brunswick Corporation, Atlanta Braves Holdings, Deutsche Bank, Waste Management, Deutsche, Price, Jefferies, Prudential, Lincoln National, Microsoft, Garmin, of America Locations: Coinbase, Shopify

Analyst Ronald Epstein downgraded the electronics maker to underperform from neutral and slashed $15 off his price target to $150. Analyst Rupesh Parikh reiterated his outperform rating on the wholesaler, while lifting his price target by $45 to $850. Analyst Tal Liani reiterated his buy rating on the software stock and price target of $315. Analyst Gabriela Borges upgraded the retail software stock to buy from neutral and raised her price target by $7 to $74. He also slapped a $42 price target on the stock, implying upside of nearly 17%.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler, Kraft Heinz, Ronald Epstein, Epstein, — Alex Harring, Oppenheimer, Rupesh Parikh, Parikh, Alex Harring, Daniel Grosslight, Grosslight, HIMS, he's, Tal Liani, Liani, CORA, it's, Morgan Stanley, Josh Baer, Baer, Box's, there's, Goldman, Gabriela Borges, Borges, Shopify, Michael Lavery, Lavery, KHC, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Garmin Garmin, Bank of America, Garmin, Costco, Citi, Kraft, ~$ Locations: Tuesday's, Swiss, Shopify

Given this outlook, the firm lifted its price target to $70 from $65, reflecting 24% upside from Thursday's close. — Samantha Subin 6:20 a.m.: Citi trims price target on Roblox, cites slower bookings growth Citi cut its price target on Roblox to $40 from $52 a share as the gaming platform grapples with a deceleration in bookings growth. "We are updating our model to account for 1Q24 results and our latest outlook," wrote analyst Jason Bazinet. For 2025, Citi now expects bookings growth of 14% versus 21%, or 4% below consensus. The firm expects bookings growth of 10% in 2026, which is 11% below consensus.

Persons: Macquarie, Jefferies, Reddit, Ronald Josey, OpenAI, Josey, – Samantha Subin, Mark McLaughlin, McLaughlin, — Samantha Subin, Jason Bazinet, DAUs, Bazinet, Craig Siegenthaler, Siegenthaler, Robinhood, — Fred Imbert, Morgan Stanley downgrades Baidu, Morgan Stanley, Gary Yu, Yu, Ellie Jiang, JD, Jiang, Laurence Alexander, Alexander Organizations: CNBC, DuPont, OpenAI, Bank of America, Citi, Baidu, Macquarie, Jefferies, DuPont de Nemours Locations: China, 3Q24, Robinhood, Underperform, Thursday's, JD.com

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Robinhood, Salesforce, Netflix, Roblox, Chevron, Walmart & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy Bank of America said top pick Nvidia remains "compelling" heading into earnings next week. Bank of America reiterates Marvell as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with its buy rating heading into earnings later this month. " Citi reiterates Walmart as a top pick Citi said the stock remains a top pick following earnings. Chevron Corp. (CVX): Reiterate Constructive View on Inﬂecting FCF Generation and Relative Valuation; Buy with 13% Total Return." "Near-term caution is offset by our increasingly bullish medium-term outlook, where CRM is well positioned for GenAI & valuation remains undemanding."

Persons: Marvell, Roth, Ree, Roth MKM, it's, REE, Wells, Oppenheimer, Reddit, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Goldman, BTIG, Baird, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, Baidu, Wolfe, UAL, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, Price, Stifel, Salesforce Organizations: Bank of America, Nvidia, Ree Automotive, EV, Netflix, Citi, OpenAI, Google, Walmart, Darden, Jefferies, DuPont, Macquarie, Stock, underperform Bank of America, Chevron, Chevron Corp, JPMorgan, Body, United Airlines, Price Target, Health, Base Locations: Thu, Olive, China, United, Underperform

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, U.S. Steel, Micron, Disney, Citi & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Morgan Stanley initiates EHang Holdings as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on shares of the Asia autonomous aerial vehicle company. Morgan Stanley downgrades Victoria's Secret to underweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said it sees "underappreciated downside" for the lingerie company. Citi downgrades Peloton to neutral from buy Citi said in its downgrade of the stock that it has "limited visibility." Morgan Stanley upgrades U.S. Steel to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its upgrade of U.S. Steel that it likes the company's "transformational investments." Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's sticking with its overweight rating on Apple after analyzing the company's quarterly 10-Q report.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, it's, Baird, Morgan Stanley downgrades, Wells, Bausch, Lomb, Apple, Johnson, MLCO, Moffett, Melius, inferencing, JPMorgan Organizations: EHang Holdings, EH, Deutsche Bank, Disney, Deutsche, Micron, Citi, Comerica, CMA, Steel, U.S . Steel, Apple, Services, UBS, JCI, Barclays, Resorts, Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Group, Bank of America, Santander Brasil, of America Locations: Asia, U.S

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Target, Coinbase, Berkshire Hathaway, Estee Lauder & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

JPMorgan upgrades Williams-Sonoma to neutral from underweight JPMorgan said in its upgrade of the stock that the home furnishings category is stabilizing. "We are downgrading shares of EXPE to Mkt Perform from OP with a target price of $145 vs. $165 previously." JPMorgan upgrades Joby to neutral from underweight JPMorgan said its bear thesis has largely played out for the aviation company. Guggenheim reiterates Target as buy Guggenheim said investors should buy the dip in shares of Target . Morgan Stanley downgrades Estee Lauder to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said it sees a slower recovery for shares of Estee Lauder .

Persons: Stifel, Wells, Truist, OLLI, Guggenheim, Tim Cook, William Blair, Amgen, Jefferies, We've, Ari sta, it's, Morgan Stanley downgrades Estee Lauder, Morgan Stanley, Estee Lauder, TD Cowen, Parsons, Bernstein, Oppenheimer, CFRA, Berkshire Hathaway Organizations: RBC, FTAI Aviation, Pacific, Union Pacific, JPMorgan, Williams, WSM, BMO, Bank of America, Apple, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, JOBY, Guggenheim, Target, Citi, MCW, Arista, PSN, Avidity, ~$ Locations: Sonoma, EXPE, GEICO

Microsoft and a major chemical stock were among Friday's biggest analyst calls. He also lowered his price target by $1 to $25, which implies shares can fall roughly 19% from Thursday's close. Sandler increased his price target by $27 to $200, which implies 26.6% potential upside. JPMorgan: Analyst Mark Murphy added $30 to his price target, which is now at $470. He also hiked his price target to $61 from $55, which implies upside of 8% going forward.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Mobileye, Adam Jonas, Jonas, — Pia Singh, Stifel, Stanley Elliot, Elliott, Alphabet's, Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, Ross Sandler, Sandler, Brent Thill, Google's, Justin Post, Post, Wall, Raimo Lenschow, Wells, Michael Turrin, MSFT, Turrin, Mark Murphy, Murphy, Keith Weiss, Weiss, Jeffrey Zekauskas, Zekauskas, Dow, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Dow Inc, TAM, Caterpillar, Google, Barclays, –, Jefferies, Bank of America, DOW Locations: Israel, Thursday's, reaccelerate, Wells Fargo

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Snap, Intel, Western Digital and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Bank of America reiterates Alphabet as buy Bank of America said it is sticking with its buy rating on Alphabet following earnings Thursday. Deutsche Bank reiterates Snap as buy Deutsche Bank said it is sticking with its buy rating on the stock following earnings on Thursday. " Goldman Sachs reiterates Intel as sell Goldman Sachs said it is standing by its sell rating on Intel shares following earnings Thursday. Benchmark upgrades Western Digital to buy from hold Benchmark upgrades Western Digital following the company's "major upside" earnings report. Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy Bank of America said Nvidia remains a top idea at the firm.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, prioritization, Maxim, Bank of America downgrades Hertz, Raymond James, Knight, Morgan Stanley downgrades Mobileye, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Wells, Dow Organizations: Bank of America, Deutsche, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, Intel, TAM, Apple, Barclays, Enphase Energy, Digital, " Bank of America, Sonic Automotive, underperform Bank of America, Underperform, of America, Nvidia, AMD, MU, Caterpillar, Air Defense, Swift Transportation, EPAM, IT Services, Materials, Compass Minerals, JPMorgan, Dow, Teledyne, HSBC Locations: China, underperform, Israel

Analyst Laura Champine also lowered her price target to $80 from $85, implying a 6% increase for the stock. "New York City office is one of the few REIT subsectors seeing improved demand," the analyst wrote. The bank double-upgraded the e-commerce platform to overweight from underweight and hiked its price target to $62 from $35. Feather added that eBay stock is currently trading at a discount versus peers, with Etsy trading around 35% higher. "JetBlue's DNA aligns with our broader preference for loyalty, premium, and international exposure ... albeit with less vigor than the Big 3," the analyst wrote.

Persons: TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Needham, Laura Martin, Andy, Martin, — Jesse Pound, Laura Champine, Champine, — Lisa Kailai Han, Tesla, Emmanuel Rosner, Elon Musk, Rosner, Fred Imbert, John Kim, Kim, SLG, KeyBanc, Eric Heath, Heath, Nathan Feather, Feather, James West's, West, Jamie Baker, Baker, Lisa Kailai Han, Matthew Ramsay, Ramsay Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Amazon, Wholesale, BJ's Wholesale, Deutsche Bank, Tesla, Reuters, BMO Capital Markets, Green Realty, New York City, SL Green Realty, SL Green, SL, KeyBanc, eBay, EBAY, GE, ISI, GE Vernova, General Electric, JPMorgan, JetBlue JPMorgan, JetBlue, Jetblue, Technology, NVIDIA, Match Group Locations: China, Manhattan, York City, Wednesday's, York

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, eBay, Zoom, JetBlue, BJ's & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"We are initiating coverage of Samsara (IOT) with a Buy rating and $42 price target." Deutsche Bank adds a catalyst call buy on Estee Lauder Deutsche added a short-term buy rating on shares of the beauty giant. Bernstein reiterates Apple as market perform Bernstein said it's getting more "constructive" on Apple shares but is sticking with its market perform rating for now. "We are initiating coverage of AES with a Buy rating and $21PT. "We are initiating coverage on shares of Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), a leading roofing products distributor in the United States, with a Buy rating and $135 PT."

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Oppenheimer, JPMorgan, Lauder Deutsche, Mizuho, TD Cowen, Cowen, it's, Bernstein, Jefferies, Kite, Kite Realty Jefferies, GE Vernova, Tesla, Needham, Andy, BTIG, Davidson, Barnes, Morgan Stanley downgrades, Morgan Stanley, Etsy, Rosenblatt, Swift, Janney Organizations: Bank of America, Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs, P, JPMorgan, JetBlue, Bancorp, SPT, Oracle, Deutsche Bank, Linde, Mizuho, LIN, Nvidia, Apple, Kite Realty, GE, Metro NY, SSS, Deutsche, Infrastructure, FTAI Infrastructure, BMO, New, AMC, Barnes Group, AES Corporation, AES, eBay, EBAY, UW, ZS, Comcast, CNBC, Benchmark, Beacon Locations: New York City, OW, United States

Meanwhile, Canaccord Genuity initiated Coty with a buy rating and a price target that implied more than 30% upside. The firm initiated coverage of the restaurant chain stock with an equal weight rating and a $58 per share price target. The firm upgraded shares of the health technology company to buy from hold in a Sunday note and increased its target price to $178 from $140. The firm downgraded the computer peripherals maker to underweight from equal weight and lowered its price target to $75 per share from $85. The firm initiated coverage of the online forum stock with an equal weight rating and a $45 per share price target.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Canaccord Genuity, Coty, Cava's, Jeffrey A, Bernstein, — Brian Evans, Jensen Huang, Atif Malik, Raimo Lenschow, Brian Evans, Masimo, MASI, Rick Wise, Logitech Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Erik Woodring, Reddit, Morgan, Brian Nowak, Nowak, Canaccord, Susan Anderson, Anderson, COTY, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Barclays, Cava, Citi, Nvidia Citi, Nvidia, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Logitech, Coty, COTY Locations: Friday's, Cava, Taiwan, U.S

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Intel, Cisco, Reddit, Netflix, IBM, MGM & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Citi upgrades Frontier to buy from neutral Citi said it sees EBITDA growth ahead for the telecom and internet provider. Mizuho initiates GE Vernova as buy Mizuho says it's bullish on shares of the GE spinoff energy company. Citi opens a positive catalyst watch on Nvidia Citi said investors should buy any weakness in the stock. "We are launching [coverage on] on 4 US listed stocks and 5 HK listed stocks: Las Vegas Sands ( LVS, Buy, PT $63); MGM Resorts (MGM, Buy, PT $56); Melco Resorts (MLCO, Buy, PT $10)." Bank of America upgrades Cisco to buy from neutral Bank of America said it sees several growth drivers ahead for Cisco.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Apple, Logitech, IBM Evercore, it's, Argus, Mizuho, it's bullish, Reddit, UBS downgrades Rollins, Rollins, SharkNinja, Martin, LMT, Needham, Canaccord, Coty, Jefferies, Janus, Stifel, Guggenheim, ServiceNow, Wells, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein Organizations: Apple, Citi, Frontier, IBM, Argus, Constellation Brands, GE Vernova, Mizuho, GE, Nvidia Citi, Technology, Barclays, Cava, Meta, Astera, Data, JPMorgan, Hilton, UBS, Sands, MGM, HK, MGM Resorts, Melco Resorts, Bank of America, Cisco, of America, Bitdeer, Intel Citi, Intel, Deutsche Bank, Netflix, Deutsche, Coty, MASI, Guggenheim, & $ Locations: Churchill

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Super Micro, Meta, Wynn, Reddit, Coinbase, GM & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Mizuho reiterates Nvidia as a top pick Mizuho says Nvidia is still a top idea at the firm. Morgan Stanley initiates Mural Oncology at overweight Morgan said in its initiation of the biotech company that it sees a long "cash runway" lasting through 2025. Morgan Stanley downgrades Block to underweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley sees growth headwinds for the payment tech company. Morgan Stanley upgrades Zeta to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the marketing technology company has an underappreciated valuation. " Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla at overweight Morgan Stanley lowered its price target to $310 per share from $320. "

Persons: Bernstein, Reddit, underperform Bernstein, Raymond James, Raymond James downgrades Bumble, Barclays downgrades Ferrari, it's, Mizuho, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Morgan, Wolfe, underperform Wolfe, Piper Sandler, Piper, Synopsys, Morgan Stanley downgrades Block, Dave, Buster's, Jefferies, Zeta, Oppenheimer, Ball, Wayfair, Wynn, bullish, Tesla, Goldman Sachs downgrades Hertz Organizations: Citi, Barclays, Ferrari, Nvidia, JPMorgan, Avis, UBS downgrades Bank of America, UBS, Apple, AstraZeneca JPMorgan, AstraZeneca, Amazon, AWS, Meta, General Motors, GMC, Chevrolet, Buick, GM, DFS, Mizuho, Eversource Energy Locations: Avis, MURA, Charlotte, Wayfair, Capital, Macau

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Rivian, Micron, Microsoft, Eli Lilly, Amazon & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Citi upgrades Thor Industries to buy from neutral Citi said it see a "favorable event path" for the RV company. " Citi initiates Pure Storage as buy Citi said in its initiation of Pure Storage that the data storage company is an AI beneficiary. Citi reiterates Apple as buy Citi said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of Apple. Bank of America reiterates Amazon as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Amazon's Spring Sales event next week. Citi reiterates Micron as buy Citi raised its price target on the stock to $150 per share from $95 and says it's bullish heading into earnings next week. "

Persons: Piper Sandler, Piper, Morgan Stanley, RSG, Cummins, Baird, Nvidia, JPMorgan, Tesla, Telsey, Todd Vasos, it's, Stellantis, Five9, PBF, DINO, Truist, Eli Lilly, LLYs, Dave Ricks, Patrik Jonsson Organizations: EV, Bank of America, Adobe, Citi, Thor Industries, Morgan Stanley downgrades Republic Services, UBS, Cummins, CMI, Microsoft, Nvidia, JPMorgan, Guggenheim, Apple, Worldwide, " Bank of America, Micron, Catalyst Watch, RBC, UFC, WWE, Inc, Valero Energy, Sinclair, of America, Entertainment, Golden Entertainment, Diabetes, Obesity Locations: Snowflake, F4Q24, China, Nevada

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 Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Netflix, Adobe, Amazon, Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Monday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight Morgan Stanley said the stock is a top idea after coming out of the company's recent TMT conference. " Morgan Stanley downgrades Hyatt to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said in its downgrade of the stock that risk/reward is more balanced. Morgan Stanley reiterates Eli Lilly as overweight Morgan Stanley said the next catalyst for Eli Lilly is the results from the company's sleep apnea trial. Morgan Stanley initiates Phinia as overweight Morgan Stanley initiated the auto components and supplier company and says it's a "key beneficiary of the EV reset." Morgan Stanley reiterates Meta as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by shares of Meta.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, underperform Jefferies, Jefferies, Tesla, Evercore, Tesla's, Tesla's Austin Gigafactory, Wolfe, XEL, Morgan Stanley downgrades Hyatt, JPMorgan, Stifel, Eli Lilly, Truist, Guggenheim, it's, PDD, Locker, Meta, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Organizations: Netflix, Jefferies, Wyndham, Underperform, Wyndham Hotels, Adobe, & Highland, JPMorgan, Energy, Hyatt, Petrobras, Procter, Gamble, Guggenheim, Nike, ICE, UBS, Apple, Meta, & & / Locations: Tesla's, Texas, bullish, China, Kazakhstan, America

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Arm, Rivian, Lyft & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs reiterates Tesla and Rivian as neutral Goldman said further price cuts are needed for Tesla and Rivian. Morgan Stanley downgrades Sunnova to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said in its downgrade of the solar company that it sees stock "dislocation." JPMorgan upgrades Sea Limited to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said the Singapore-based internet tech conglomerate is on an "upswing." JPMorgan initiates Amphastar as overweight JPMorgan said it's bullish on shares of the pharmaceutical company. JPMorgan initiates Metagenomi as overweight JPMorgan said it's bullish on shares of the biotech company.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Goldman, TD Cowen, Arm's, Ian Thornton, Morgan Stanley downgrades Sunnova, Morgan Stanley, Baird, DA Davidson, it's, Jefferies, BJ's, it's bullish, Oppenheimer, Wolfe, Rosenblatt, Moffett, Philip Morris, Guggenheim Organizations: Tesla, Nvidia, NVIDIA, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Jefferies, UBS, disinflation, Barclays, Oracle, Citi, Novo Nordisk, CMD, Costco, Adobe, Williams, Apple, Cable, . Cable, Argus, Guggenheim, Lyft Locations: Singapore, China, Sonoma

(This is CNBC Pro's live coverage of Tuesday's analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs noted Tesla and Rivian need to be careful when cutting prices. He increased his price target by $20 to $220, however, suggesting shares could shed 7.4% from Monday's close. Baird's $1,050 price target suggests shares can still climb more than 23%. His Tesla target of $220 implies upside of 17%, while his $13 forecast on Rivian points to a 19% gain from here.

Persons: Baird, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Williams, Anthony Chukumba, Chukumba, — Pia Singh, Ranjan Sharma, Sharma, Morgan Stanley downgrades Sunnova, Morgan Stanley, Andrew Percoco, Percoco, Tristan Gerra, Gerra, Goldman, Mark Delaney, Delaney, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, JPMorgan, Free Fire, NOVA, Amazon, Meta, Google Locations: Williams, Sonoma, Monday's, Tuesday's premarket

Goldman Sachs lowered its rating on Estée Lauder to neutral, and its new price target calls for a slight decline going forward. Elsewhere, Daiwa raised its price target on Nvidia, which points to more than 10% upside over the next 12 months. The firm stood by its outperform rating on the chipmaker stock, but lifted its price target to $900 from $535. FLYW YTD mountain FLYW in 2024 Faucette accompanied his downgrade by lifting his price target to $30 from $27. He also lifted his price target on the stock to $40 from $30, implying upside of 24.6% from Thursday's close.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Estée Lauder, Jefferies, Root, Daiwa, Brad Sills, Sills, — Lisa Kailai Han, Stephens, Vita Coco, Coco, Jim Salera, COCO, Lisa Gill, Gill, Louis Miscioscia, Miscioscia, Lisa Kailai Han, Piper Sandler downgrades, Piper Sandler, Mark Fitzgibbon, Fitzgibbon, Morgan Stanley downgrades Flywire, Morgan Stanley, James Faucette, Faucette, Goldman Sachs downgrades Estée Lauder, Lauder, Goldman, Yaron Kinar, Kinar, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Bank of America, of America, Vertex, Accenture, RSM, BDO, JPMorgan, Daiwa, Markets, Riding, AMD, Intel, York Community Bancorp, York Community, New York Community Bancorp, Travel, B2B, U.S, Jefferies Locations: York, Canada, Asia, China, Hainan, Thursday's

☆ 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

However, the company also said it sees single-digit revenue growth for fiscal 2025. UBS reiterated a neutral rating alongside its $310 per share price target on Salesforce, or more than 3% upside ahead. Product revenue growth of 33% year over year in the fourth-quarter was also below Wall Street estimates. Murphy noted there's a disconnect between what Barrick has accomplished in the past five years and its stock price. "We see asset disposals and cost improvements as likely to reverse share price weakness as the market recognizes the strength of the asset portfolio."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Snowflake, Jefferies, TD Cowen downgrades Macy's TD Cowen, Oliver Chen, Macy's, — Brian Evans, Brad Sills, Brian Evans, AutoNation Morgan Stanley, AutoNation, Morgan Stanley's, Mike Manley, Adam Jonas, Salesforce, Amy Weaver, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Bank of America's Brad Sills, Morgan Stanley downgrades Snowflake, Snowflake's, Frank Slootman, Keith Weiss, Matthew Murphy, Murphy, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Barrick, Mining, Bank of America, of America, TAM, Bank of America's, UBS, StreetAccount, Jefferies, Barrick Gold, Newmont, Newcrest Locations: Africa, East

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Delta, Disney, Snowflake, Okta, Salesforce & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Goldman Sachs reiterates Salesforce as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating following the company's robust earnings report on Wednesday. "Multiple high-profile catalysts should double revs by FY28 & support an Outperform rating with a $54 PT." "We initiate coverage of Gates Industrial (GTES) with a Buy rating and $21 price target. The more aggressive stance follows a near week long sell-off in COLD shares following 4Q results and initial 2024 guidance." Goldman Sachs reiterates Microsoft as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating after a meeting with Microsoft investor relations.

Persons: Jefferies, Roth, Roth MKM, Morgan Stanley downgrades Snowflake, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Goldman, it's, TD Cowen downgrades Macy's, Telsey, TD Cowen, Wells, Needham, " Jefferies, Tesla, Coupang, Baird, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, Gates, Piper Sandler, Piper, Raymond James, William Blair, Gordon Haskett downgrades, Haskett, Frank Slootman's Organizations: Jefferies, Barrick Gold, NEM, UBS, Apple, Mar, Bitdeer Technologies, BTC, Citi, United Airlines, Delta, Delta Air Lines Inc, DAL, Deere & Company, American Airlines Citi, Catalyst Watch, Reliance, Star India, JV, UBS downgrades Republic Services, Downside, RBC, Xenia Hotels, Resorts, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Products, Gates, NTR, LXU, UW, Bank of America, underperform Bank of America, Realty Trust, Fidelity, Korn, Microsoft, Macquarie Locations: U.S, China, American's, DIS's, Xenia, Federal, Korea

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Arm, Tesla, Rivian, Netflix, Micron, Roku, Seagate & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Citi reiterates Snowflake as a top pick Citi said Snowflake remains a top pick at the firm. Citi reiterates Micron as buy Citi said concerns about the stock underperformance is overdone and investors should buy the dip in top pick Micron. "We reiterate our Buy rating on Micron and maintain our price target of $95.00, above its historical average given the DRAM upturn and continued upside." "We are initiating coverage of Duolingo with a Buy rating and $222 price target (12x 2025 revenues)." Citi reiterates Nvidia as a top pick Citi said it's staying long shares of Nvidia.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Rivian, Snowflake, Berenberg, Eli Lilly, Unilever, Edward Jones, Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler, Piper, Datadog, Yuka Broderick, Janney, Argus, Wells, VZIO, MGY, Bernstein, it's, Evercore, Davidson Organizations: Citi, US pharma, Staples, Fractyl Health, Investor Relations, Strategic Finance, American Eagle Citi, Watch, Micron, UBS, Netflix, SUN, Kroger, Industry, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Seaport, Bank of America, Gas, Semiconductors, Nvidia, AMD, Seagate, Bank of, underperform Bank of America, JPMorgan, Comerica, CMA

☆ 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

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, JetBlue, Disney, Caterpillar, Super Micro and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley downgrades Oatly to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of the oats company and said it sees too many negative catalysts. " Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's sticking with Tesla despite a slew of negative data points in a recent investor survey. Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by Nvidia heading into earnings later this week. Morgan Stanley initiates CG Oncology as buy Morgan Stanley said shares of the bladder cancer company are "compelling." "We initiate coverage on Morgan Stanley Direct Lending with a Buy rating and $23.50 PT.

Persons: Morgan Stanley downgrades Oatly, Morgan Stanley, Tesla, Bernstein, Siri, it's, Disney, Ingersoll Rand, Rosenblatt, MSCI's, Goldman Sachs, Wolfe, Piper Sandler, Riley, Grainger, Northcoast, JPMorgan downgrades Holley Organizations: Apple, Nvidia, Disney, RBC, Aerospace, BAE Systems, Caterpillar, SMCI, Deutsche Bank, JetBlue, Alaska Air, ASM, Health, BrightSpring Health, Brunswick Corporation, Barclays, JPMorgan, Mizuho, Oncology, UBS, Morgan, Fund, Seaport, Booking Holdings, " Bank of America, AIG, Bank of America, General Insurance Locations: Silicon Valley, Alaska, Brunswick, MIBS, Texas, Europe, Asia

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