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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

☆ 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

Jefferies upgraded MercadoLibre to buy and raised its price target on the stock. Asiya Merchant kept her buy rating and and hiked up her price target by $45 to $170, which suggests shares could jump 16.9% from Monday's close. Nodding to the stock's strong recent performance, analyst David Koning downgraded Toast shares to neutral and maintained his $28 price target. Analyst Kashy Harrison downgraded the stock to neutral from overweight and lowered his price target to $4.50 from $9, implying 8.4% upside. He also raised his price target to $2,100 from $1,400, implying upside of about 20% over the next 12 months.

Persons: Jefferies, Piper Sandler, Asiya Merchant, Merchant, Dell, — Pia Singh, Baird, David Koning, Koning, Morgan Stanley, Chan, TSMC, Piper Sandler downgrades, Kashy Harrison, Harrison, Alex Wright, Wright, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Sunnova Energy, Citi, Dell, Citi Research, TAM, Taiwan Semiconductor, Nvidia, Energy, NOVA, Jefferies Locations: America, Monday's, Kong, securitizations

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Amazon, Apple, Tesla, Dell, Micron & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Monday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Melius reiterates Apple as buy Melius said it sees several positive catalysts ahead for Apple. Bernstein reiterates Dell as outperform Bernstein raised its price target on the stock to $155 per share from $120. Goldman Sachs reiterates Amazon as buy Goldman said it's standing by its top pick status on shares of Amazon. " Barclays reiterates Nvidia as overweight Barclays raised its price target on Nvidia to $1,100 from $850. Morgan Stanley upgrades Micron to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Micron to $130 per share from $98.

Persons: Melius, Bernstein, Dell, Stifel, Baird, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, –, Huntington Ingalls, it's, it's bullish, Redburn, Tesla, Morgan Stanley, Salesforce, Jefferies, Evercore, TJX Organizations: Apple, Developers, Citi, RIO, Nvidia, Barclays, Robotics, Group, Marex Group, Micron, Hasbro, U.S . Steel, UBS, Universal Health Services, JPMorgan, TJX Companies, SSS, Seaport, FedEx, US Locations: Tinto, America, Cleveland, China

☆ 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

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

Six Flags stock has ticked up nearly 7% in 2024. The analyst reiterated an overweight rating on the stock as well as a $1,200 per share price target, implying more than 31% upside from Tuesday's close. The analyst has a buy rating on Nvidia with a $1,150 per share price target, or about 26% upside ahead. He also raised his price target on U.S.-listed shares to $5.40 per share from $4.80, though the new forecast calls for a 6% decline over the next year. NIO YTD mountain NIO YTD Lai had downgraded Nio to underweight in February due to slowing sales momentum.

Persons: Chris Woronka, Woronka, Brian Evans, John Vinh doesn't, NVDA, Vinh, Timothy Arcuri, Arcuri, — Brian Evans, Goldman Sachs, Alphabet's, Eric Sheridan, Sheridan, Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, GOOG, Helfstein, Brent Thill, Jefferies, Nick Lai, YTD Lai, Fred Imbert, ~$ ( ~$) Organizations: CNBC, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank downgrades, Flags Entertainment, Deutsche Bank, Fair, Nvidia, Blackwell, UBS, Google, Gemini

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Dell, GM, SunPower, Alphabet, Nio, Tesla, Exxon & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: UBS reiterates Nvidia as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating heading into Nvidia earnings next week. Wells Fargo names Natera a top pick Wells said the fertilizer company is a new top pick at the firm. Morgan Stanley resumes Exxon as overweight Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of the stock and says it has "attractive growth at a compelling valuation." Morgan Stanley reiterates Palo Alto as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on shares of Palo Alto heading into earnings next week. Morgan Stanley names Dell a top pick Morga Stanley raised its price target on the stock and says it remains a best idea.

Persons: it's, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tesla, Canto, Tesla's, Wells, CTVA, KeyBanc, TD Cowen, Janus Henderson, Morgan Stanley, Palo, Bernstein, Mills, Campbell, underperform Bernstein, Wolfe, SunPower, Dell, Morga Stanley, Stephens, Truist, Oppenheimer, Will, DA Davidson Organizations: UBS, Nvidia, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Alphabet's, Google, JPMorgan, China, Deutsche Bank downgrades, Deutsche, Fair, Six, Sciences, NTR, Netflix, Energy, Palo Alto, Palo, Food, Tech, Barclays, General Motors, Holdings, ALC, Apple, Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference, Will Apple, Walmart, D.A Locations: OW, Palo Alto, U.S

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, Seagate, Boston Beer, Planet Fitness & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Wells Fargo reiterates Nvidia as overweight Wells increased its price target on Nvidia to $1,150 per share from $970. Jefferies upgrades Boston Beer to buy from hold Jefferies said in its upgrade of the beverage company that it sees "multiple expansion." Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with its buy rating on shares of Apple. JPMorgan upgrades Planet Fitness to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said in its has increased confidence in Planet Fitness' growth. JPMorgan upgrades Vtex to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said it sees an attractive entry point for the software-as-a-service company.

Persons: Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's, Wells, ests, Jefferies, Beer, Roth, Morgan Stanley, GXO's, Baird, Oppenheimer, Edwards Organizations: Barclays, Oncology, Fulcrum Therapeutics, ISI, Nvidia, Jefferies, Boston Beer, GXO Logistics, Bank of America, Apple, HSBC, Citi, Weatherford, Energy, JPMorgan, LT, Fortrea Holdings, Edison International, RBC, North, Deutsche Bank, Amazon, Deutsche, Western Digital, Seagate Locations: China, North America

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Netflix, Delta, Micron, Visa, Mastercard, Target, Tesla, Penn & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"We see risk-reward on AAPL as positive, and rate the stock Outperform with a price target of $195." Barclays reiterates Micron as overweight Barclays raised its price target on the stock to $145 per share from $120. Evercore ISI adds a tactical outperform on Walmart Evercore added Walmart to its tactical outperform list ahead of earnings later this week. Evercore ISI adds a tactical outperform on Target Evercore added Target to its tactical outperform list ahead of earnings on May 20. "Following SEDG's 1Q results last week, we are downgrading SEDG to a Neutral and lowering our price target to $56 as the timing of a recovery remains cloudy."

Persons: Bernstein, Apple, Jefferies, it's, Wells, Piper Sandler, Piper, Bank of America downgrades Penn, Guggenheim, Tesla, We've Organizations: Apple, Nvidia, Barclays, Micron, HSBC, Delta, American Airlines, JPMorgan, Netflix, UBS, Visa, Mastercard, Walmart, Target, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC Canada, Nexstar, Susquehanna, Bank of America, Penn Ent, ESPN Bet, Tesla, GE Aerospace, GE, Gemini Locations: Delta, United, America

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Netflix, Delta, Micron, Visa, Mastercard, Target, Tesla & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Persons: Bernstein, Apple, Jefferies, it's, Wells, Piper Sandler, Piper, it's bullish, Bank of America downgrades Penn, Guggenheim, Tesla, We've Organizations: Apple, Nvidia, Barclays, Micron, HSBC, Delta, American Airlines, JPMorgan, Netflix, UBS, Wells, Visa, Mastercard, Walmart, Target, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC Canada, Nexstar, Susquehanna, Bank of America, Penn Ent, ESPN Bet, Tesla, GE Aerospace, GE, Gemini Locations: Delta, United, America

☆ 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

The bank's price target implies more than 35% upside. Citi also increased its price target to $47 per share from $38, which implies more than 30% upside from Thursday's $36.06 close. The firm upgraded shares of the drive-through coffee company to buy from hold and raised its target price to $46 per share from $33. Dutch Bros stock has ticked up roughly 4% in 2024, lagging the broader market. The firm upgraded the conglomerate to buy and raises its price target to $115 per share from $91.13.

Persons: abate, Jon Tower, Brian Evans, TD Cowen, Cowen, Andrew M, Charles said, — Brian Evans, Chris O'Cull, Wesley Brooks, Brooks, Brandon Nispel, Nispel, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Warner Bros, Discovery, HSBC, Citi, Cheesecake, Bros, MMM

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Sunrun, Costco, Arm, Fox, Robinhood, Airbnb & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs reiterates Sunrun as buy Goldman said it's sticking with its buy rating following earnings on Wednesday. " JPMorgan reiterates SolarEdge as overweight JPMorgan said it's sticking with its overweight rating following earnings on Wednesday. " Citi reiterates Airbnb as buy Citi said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of Airbnb following earnings on Wednesday. JPMorgan reiterates Instacart as overweight JPMorgan said it's sticking with its overweight rating on shares of Instacart following earnings on Wednesday. Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with its buy rating following data showing App Store strength.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Sunrun, Goldman, JPMorgan, SEDG, Shopify, Redburn, Mizuho, Robinhood, Airbnb, Davidson downgrades TripAdvisor, Raymond James, Fox, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, EVGO, it's, Wolfe, Skyworks, SWKS, we're Organizations: JPMorgan, Bloomberg, Holdings, Deutsche Bank, Emerson, Deutsche, Citi, Bank of America, Fox, of America, Solutions, Barclays, UBS, Costco, Apple Locations: EBITDA

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

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Nike, Rivian, Reddit, Disney, Micron, Redfin, Block, Ferrari & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America is sticking with its buy rating on shares of Apple after its Tuesday iPad event. Bank of America reiterates Rivian as buy Bank of America said it's standing by the EV maker following earnings on Tuesday. " Bank of America initiates Sutro as buy Bank of America said it's bullish on shares of the biotech company. Deutsche Bank upgrades Boston Beer to hold from sell Deutsche upgraded the stock mainly owing to valuation. Bank of America reiterates Nvidia and Micron as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with buy ratings on both Nvidia and Micron.

Persons: Wells, Baird, Apple, Morgan Stanley, NKE, Reddit, Rivian, RIVN, Rosenblatt, Raymond James, it's, Roth, SHLS, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, ZI, YTD, Stephens, Ferrari Organizations: Hexcel Corporation, Old Dominion, Bank of America, Apple, Nike, Citi, Barclays, Disney, Nasdaq, JPMorgan, VMware, Broadcom, Deutsche Bank, Boston Beer, Deutsche, Nvidia, Micron, AMD, ARM, MU, Garden Entertainment, Knicks, Rangers, UBS, Ferrari Locations: Old, Disney, Datadog, RDFN

(This is CNBC Pro's live coverage of Wednesday's analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. A closely watched electric vehicle maker and a cloud software company were among the talked stocks by analysts on Tuesday. "We move to Sell given the increased lack of visibility around an inflection in the aforementioned trends," said analyst Kash Rangan. – Samantha Subin 6:19 a.m.: Wall Street reacts to Reddit's first earnings print as a public company Reddit's first earnings report since hitting the public markets in March is garnering some mixed responses from Wall Street analysts. "Its limited production and commercial history leaves much to be seen," he wrote "Rivian must prove it can acquire the customer base, while maintaining low advertising costs."

Persons: there's, Baird, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Rangan, – Samantha Subin, Mark Shmulik, Reddit, Doug Anmuth, Bank of America's Justin Post, Citi's Ronald Josey, Samantha Subin, Mark Delaney, Rivian, Dan Levy, RIVN, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Langan, Datadog Baird, Amit Agarwal, Will Power, DDOG, Power, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, ZoomInfo Technologies, Wall Street, Google, Bank of America's, Barclays, Datadog, Cisco Locations: Rivian, Datadog

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Target, Gap, Nike, Palantir, Goldman Sachs & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs reiterates Nvidia as buy Goldman said it sees a "favorable" risk/reward for shares of Nvidia. Goldman Sachs reiterates ServiceNow as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating on the stock following its financial analyst day. Bank of America reiterates Palantir as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with its buy rating after the company released earnings on Monday. Wells Fargo reiterates Goldman Sachs as overweight Wells increased its price target on Goldman to $504 per share from $450. price target."

Persons: TGT, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, ServiceNow, Wells, Palantir, Wolfe, TD Cowen, Ares, Cowen Organizations: Citi, Target, Nvidia, UBS, Vale, Bank of America, Apple, UL, tailwinds, Artificial Intelligence, Nike, Cameco, Nike Inc, Barclays, CVS Locations: Las Vegas

6:41 a.m.: Morgan Stanley raises Carvana price target Morgan Stanley likes what it sees from Carvana after its "operational turnaround." The bank reiterated an underweight rating on the used car retailer but raised its price target to $75 per share from $45. "Throughout 2023, CVNA transitioned from a distressed equity into an operational turnaround with a restructured interest burden," Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas said. The firm downgraded the HVAC stock to neutral from buy and lowered its price target to $68 per share from $74. MU YTD mountain MU year to date — Brian Evans 5:45 a.m.: Morgan Stanley upgrades U.S. Steel There's a big buying opportunity in U.S. Steel after a recent pullback this year, according to Morgan Stanley.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Baird, Morgan Stanley's, CVNA, Adam Jonas, — Brian Evans, Wells, Mike Mayo, Mayo, Brian Evans, Johnson, Damian Karas, " Karas, Tristan Gerra, Gerra, Carlos De Alba, Alba, De Alba, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, U.S, Steel, Micron Technology, Wells Fargo, Citi, UBS, Johnson, JCI, Micron, MU, Nippon Steel, U.S . Steel, . Steel Locations: Carvana, Wells Fargo, Friday's, U.S

☆ 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

☆ Friday's analyst calls: Street reacts to Apple buybacks and Coinbase earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Analyst Scot Ciccarelli upgraded the retailer to buy from hold and raised his price target by $6 to $86. — Alex Harring 6: 22 a.m.: Here's what Wall Street thinks of Coinbase's earnings Coinbase's stronger-than-expected earnings have prompted analyst reactions. Barclays' Benjamin Budish (underweight, $179 price target unchanged, 21.8% downside): "The biggest question going forward is, how sustainable are these trends? — Alex Harring 6:12 a.m.: Wall Street reacts to Apple earnings Apple's buyback announcement has caught the eye of Wall Street analysts. Analyst Benjamin Nolan upgraded the railroad stock to buy from hold and increased his price target by $19 to $267.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Bernstein, Aneesha Sherman, Sherman, — Alex Harring, Truist, Scot Ciccarelli, Ciccarelli, Ollie's, Estee Lauder, Dara Mohsenian, Mohsenian, Alex Harring, FactSet, Coinbase, what's, —, Goldman Sachs, Will Nance, Benjamin Budish, Oppenheimer's Owen Lau, JPMorgan's Samik Chatterjee, Morgan Stanley's Erik Woodring, Michael Ng, bullish, George Notter, Notter, We've, it's, Stifel, Benjamin Nolan, Nolan, — Alex Harring —, Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC, Arista and Union Pacific, Apple, Arista, FactSet, Barclays, Bloomberg, ASU, Street, Services, Jefferies, Arista Networks, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Pacific, Union Pacific Locations: F3Q, China, Thursday'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

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Ferrari, Netflix, Tesla, Nvidia, TJX, Carvana & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

UBS upgrades Burlington to neutral from sell UBS said the outlook for Burlington is improving. Jefferies reiterates Netflix as buy After a change in analyst coverage, the firm says it's standing by its buy rating. UBS upgrades TJX Companies to buy from neutral UBS says the off-price retailer is a "growth stock with surprising upside." UBS downgrades CVS to neutral from buy UBS said it sees too much uncertainty for shares of CVS. JPMorgan upgrades Carvana to overweight from neutral JPMorgan upgraded Carvana following earnings on Wednesday.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Ferrari, Mizuho, C27E, BURL, Jefferies, Rosenblatt, TD Cowen downgrades Wolfspeed, Cowen, Raymond James, Parsons, Ziff Davis, KBW, Piper Sandler, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tesla, Cantor, it's bullish Organizations: Nvidia, Mizuho, UBS, Netflix, Networks, Enterprise, Jefferies, CTV, TJX Companies, Department Stores, CVS, JPMorgan, Susquehanna, MGM, Bank of America, Community Bank, Piper, NYCB, ~$ Locations: Burlington, Las Vegas

☆ Wednesday's analyst calls: Amazon draws praise, 3M finds some support, Starbucks cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

JPMorgan analyst Vivek Juneja upgraded the regional bank stock to an overweight rating from neutral, simultaneously lifting his price target to $39.50 from $37.50. — Lisa Kailai Han 6:27 a.m.: Deutsche Bank downgrades Starbucks after disappointing quarterly earnings Starbucks could feel some near-term pressure, according to Deutsche Bank. Analyst C. Stephen Tusa also raised his price target to $111 from $110, implying that shares of 3M could rally 15% from here. 3M stock has added nearly 6% so far in 2024, but the stock is still trading at an attractive valuation given the company's characteristics, Tusa said. Amongst the group, JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth has the highest price target of $240, which implies that Amazon stock could rally another 37% from here.

Persons: Vivek Juneja, Juneja, — Lisa Kailai Han, Samik Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Lauren Silberman, Silberman, Lisa Kailai Han, Stephen Tusa, Tusa, 3M's, Morgan Stanley, Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, — Lisa Kailai Han — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC, JPMorgan, Starbucks, Deutsche Bank, Fifth, Bancorp, Logitech, 3M, Barclays, Bank of America, Amazon, Services, Wall Street, — Locations: China

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