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☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Boeing, Tesla, Dell, Microsoft & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Raymond James reiterates Nvidia as strong buy Raymond James said it's bullish heading into Nvidia earnings on Tuesday. Bernstein reiterates Tesla as underperform Bernstein said it's standing by its underperform rating on Tesla as EV growth is slowing. JPMorgan upgrades Dutch Bros to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said the coffee chain has "strong available liquidity" to continue to grow. " JPMorgan downgrades Krispy Kreme to neutral from overweight JPMorgan downgraded the stock mainly on valuation. " Melius initiates Dell as buy Melius Research initiated Dell with a buy and said it's an "inexpensive" way to play AI.

Persons: Wolfe, ChargePoint, Jefferies, it's bullish, Raymond James, it's, Stifel, Wells, Bernstein, Tesla, underperform Bernstein, BTIG, Morgan Stanley downgrades Chegg, Morgan Stanley, LT, Hewlett Packard Evercore, Goldman Sachs, Krystal, Goldman, Penn, Energizer, Sherwin, Williams, Dell, Oppenheimer, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Sam Altman Organizations: Cedar Fair, SIX, Nvidia, Resources, MNR, ARM, Acorn, Apple, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Boeing, Deutsche, Bros, Brands, Hewlett, Krystal Biotech, " Bank of America, of America, ESPN, PENN Entertainment, ESPN Bet, Citi, UBS, Kosmos Energy, Bank of America, CSN, HSBC, Caterpillar, BMO, Wedbush, Research, Microsoft Locations: NVDA, China, ENR, Brazil, Australia, Vale, 2024e

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Apple, Disney, Affirm, Dollar Tree, DraftKings & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said its survey checks show wait times for Apple's iPhone Pro have subsided. Wells Fargo initiates Matador Energy as overweight Wells said the energy company has a "strong track record of growth." Citi upgrades Vipshop to buy from neutral Citi upgraded the e-commerce company after its earnings report. Bank of America upgrades American Eagle to neutral from underperform Bank of America upgraded the stock ahead of earnings next week. Morgan Stanley reiterates DraftKings as overweight Morgan Stanley said it sees more upside for the stock after its investor day. "

Persons: Holley, Jefferies, Wells, Morgan Stanley downgrades Energizer, Morgan Stanley, Bracken Darrell, Matt Puckett, Investor Relations Allegra Perry, Redburn, RTX, Mizuho, AFRM, Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades, Myers, Cantor, We've, it's, DraftKings Organizations: Jefferies, UBS, Apple, Matador Energy, Citi, Bank of America, underperform Bank of America, Barclays, American, Bears, Netflix, Netflix Inc, Air Corp, Vertiv Holdings Co, Wells Fargo, Warner Music Group, JPMorgan, Corp, Investor Relations, Brands Conference, Raytheon, Canadian, TAM, Deutsche Bank, Disney, Deutsche, Nvidia, Partners Locations: China, Europe, Japan, AXP, Paris, CSIQ, Bristol, F4Q

Tuesday started with Nvidia getting more praise from one analyst, and a battery stock downgrade. She has a price target of $40 on shares, which suggests 20.3% upside potential from where shares closed on Monday. The firm initiated the stock with a buy rating and $125 price target, which suggests 7% upside from Monday's close. "3Q brings a narrative change in FREY's outlook with new risks to tech, strategy and funding that's been appropriately discounted by the stock market. He also slashed his price target to $2 from $13, which suggests 14.3% upside from Monday's close.

Persons: Tuesday, Morgan Stanley, Freyr, Paul Matteis, Matteis, Vistagen, — Hakyung Kim, BeautyHealth, Allen Gong, Gong, Benjamin Soff, Soff, Bernstein, Kraft Heinz, Alexia Howard, Howard, Miguel Patricio, Roth, Suji Desilva, Desilva, Morgan Stanley downgrades Freyr Battery Morgan Stanley isn't, that's, FREY, Adam Jonas, Jonas, Vivek Arya, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Bank of America, Therapeutics Biotechnology, Vistagen Therapeutics, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Rockstar, Kraft, Kraft Heinz, AMD, Investment, Freyr's, Nvidia Bank of America Locations: U.S, Monday's, Freyr's Norwegian

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Disney, Microsoft, AMD, Amazon, Adobe & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Morgan Stanley downgrades Freyr Battery to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said the battery maker faces "significant challenges." Barclays upgrades Fortrea to overweight from equal weight Barclays said in its upgrade of the health contract research company that it sees improved bookings. Barclays upgrades Mosaic and Nutrien to overweight from underweight Barclays upgraded several potash and aggriculture companies and said a compelling entry point. " Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating on shares of Tesla . Barclays reiterates Disney as equal weight Barclays said it's having trouble finding upside for Disney shares.

Persons: Wells, Needham, Docebo, Morgan Stanley downgrades Freyr, Morgan Stanley, FREY, Andrew Stanleick, Bernstein, Redburn, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's, Baird, Kraft Heinz, Miguel Patricio, " Roth, Marvell, Roth, Tesla, laggards, Evercore, TD Cowen, Cowen, We've Organizations: Microsoft, TAM, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, UBS, Barclays, Mosaic, NTR, ICL, OW, UW, JPMorgan, Apple, Nvidia, Aspen Technology, Kraft, Marvell Technology, Devices, Tesla, Adobe, Disney Locations: BeautyHealth, U.S

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Nike, TJX, Disney, Peloton, Re/Max, Home Depot and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating on the stock after its 10-K annual report. Morgan Stanley initiated Tal Education as overweight Morgan Stanley said the China education company is defensive. Morgan Stanley names TotalEnergies a top pick Morgan Stanley named TotalEnergies a top pick and says the energy company has "resource depth and resilience." Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as overweight Morgan Stanley said in a note Tuesday that Tesla needs to "stop missing numbers" and execute better, but that the firm is sticking with its overweight rating. Morgan Stanley downgrades Re/Max to underweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its downgrade of Re/Max that it sees too many negative catalysts for the real estate company.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Apple, it's, Edward Jones, Hewlett Packard, PC's, D.A, Davidson, Appian, Wells, Wells Fargo, financials, Tal, EDU, TAL, TotalEnergies, TJX, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Melius, Morgan Stanley downgrades, Max Organizations: RBC, Home, ISI, Nike, Athletic, UBS, Apple, Citi, Deutsche Bank, TAM, Hewlett, Disney, Tal Education, BP, TJX Companies, Thomson Reuters, Nasdaq, Tesla, Nvidia Locations: Ceridian, China, OW

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, DraftKings, Meta, Monster & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday: Bank of America reiterates Apple as neutral Bank of America said China remains a risk for Apple . UBS downgrades Regions to neutral from buy UBS said the Birmingham, Alabama-based regional bank is going into the "penalty box." DA Davidson upgrades Braze to buy from neutral DA said shares of the cloud-based software company will benefit from "resilient growth." Piper Sandler downgrades Monster to neutral from overweight Piper said in its downgrade of Monster that it had previously been just "wrong." Seaport initiates Amazon, Meta and Alphabet as buy Seaport initiated Amazon , Meta and Alphabet on Tuesday, saying it sees further upside for all three.

Persons: Bernstein, Tesla, underperform Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's bullish, Ingersoll Rand, Stifel, Davidson, Needham, Moffett, Piper Sandler, Piper, MNST, Redburn, Morgan Stanley, Wells, it's, Baird, KeyBanc, –, Tommy Hilfiger, Larsson, Calvin Klein Organizations: Bank of America, Apple, of America, Nvidia, Reuters, AMD, Microsoft, UBS, Regions, Lattice Semiconductor, PSA, Fitness, Retail Media, Barclays, Rio Tinto, FMC Corp, FMC, JPMorgan, PVH, Energy Locations: China, wearables, Birmingham , Alabama, Rio

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Dollar General, Amazon, Meta, SolarEdge & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

HSBC initiates American Express as buy HSBC said it sees healthy earnings growth for American Express . Mizuho reiterates Meta as buy Mizuho said it's standing by its buy rating heading into earnings later this month. Bernstein reiterates Tesla as underperform Bernstein concluded in an analysis of Tesla that the company is more of an automaker than a tech company. Barclays upgrades Varonis Systems to overweight from equal weight Barclays said it sees numerous positive catalysts ahead for the software company. Northland upgrades SolarEdge to outperform from market perform Northland said investors should buy the dip in shares of SolarEdge .

Persons: Cowen, NVDA, Mizuho, Stephens, Bernstein, Tesla, underperform Bernstein, Warren Buffett, Hershey, Morgan Stanley downgrades JD.com, Morgan Stanley, Gordon Haskett, Todd Vasos, Jeff Owen, Read, Wolfe, today's, Baird, Needham, Oppenheimer, Wells, LULU, Meghan Frank, Howard Tubin Organizations: HSBC, American, American Express, Bank of America, Nvidia, Meta, Barclays, Varonis, Hershey, JPMorgan, Post Holdings, Netflix, Citi, Oshkosh, Lam Research, Materials, Supply, VP Locations: 4Q22, Northland, SolarEdge, Israel, California

☆ Morgan Stanley downgrades this Chinese e-commerce stock on weak consumer demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Uncertainty around growth and profitability for JD.com has kept Morgan Stanley "waiting for the silver lining." Shares tumbled more than 8% during Thursday's trading session, hitting a 52-week low, and fell another 4.5% in the premarket Friday. "We have low conviction in a strong recovery in growth in 2024 and beyond," said analyst Eddy Wang. The analyst cut his earnings estimates by 3% for 2023, 4% for 2024 and 7% for 2025 amid China's slower-than-expected consumption recovery, as well as a slower ramp-up of the company's initiatives. JD YTD mountain JD.com shares —CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed to this report.

Persons: JD.com, Morgan Stanley, Eddy Wang, Wang, JD, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: JD Locations: Thursday's, 3Q23, China, China's, PDD

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, IBM, Disney, Amazon, Instacart, Nike, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said its iPhone survey checks show that China is a "bright spot." Needham initiates On Holding as buy Needham said the shoe manufacturer is one of the "fastest growth stories" in retail. Needham initiates Lululemon as buy Needham said in its initiation of Lululemon that it has "superior growth characteristics." Morgan Stanley downgrades Zebra Holdings to underweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the turnaround is taking longer than expected for the computer printing tech company. Morgan Stanley reiterates Amazon as overweight Morgan Stanley said Amazon's Tuesday announcement of seasonal hires is a "bullish leading indicator for expected continued retail share gains."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Apple, Needham, Lululemon, Oppenheimer, Chewy, Bernstein, SVB, Jefferies, Instacart, Rosenblatt, Sonos, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley downgrades nCino, it's, D.A, Davidson, Wedbush Organizations: Apple, UBS, Nike, Microsoft, RBC, IBM, JPMorgan downgrades, JPMorgan, Boeing, Citi, Citizens, FDIC, Health, America, Azul, Holdings, UW, " Bank of America, Disney, Bank of America, DIS Locations: China, SVB, U.S, Germany, Great Britain, France

☆ Morgan Stanley downgrades this big AI winner, says stock can fall more than 40%
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Difficulties monetizing around artificial intelligence could spell bad news for Palantir after its massive rally, Morgan Stanley warned. Analyst Keith Weiss downgraded the data analytics stock to underweight from equal weight while adding $1 to his price target to $9. Still, Weiss' target implies shares could tumble 44.9% in the next year from Wednesday's close. Shares have surged 154.4% this year as investors bought into names with AI exposure. Palantir's challenges could lead to "sell the news" events for the nearly 3-year-old stock , Weiss said.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Keith Weiss, Weiss, monetizing, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Palantir, AIP Locations: Wednesday's

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Palantir, Exxon, Salesforce & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Goldman Sachs reiterates Salesforce as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating on the Salesforce after its earnings report on Wednesday. JPMorgan initiates Establishment Labs as overweight JPMorgan said in its initiation of the med tech company that Establishment Labs has a "unique offering." JPMorgan initiates MP Materials as overweight JPMorgan said in its initiation of the rare-earths materials company that it sees "solid demand growth." JPMorgan downgrades Hostess Brands to neutral from overweight JPMorgan downgraded the stock mainly on valuation. Redburn Atlantic upgrades Exxon to neutral from sell Redburn upgraded the stock mainly on valuation.

Persons: Evercore, Morgan Stanley downgrades Palantir, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's, Salesforce, Rosenblatt, Wells, VSCO, Uber, Raymond James, it's bullish, Truist, Canaccord Organizations: BMO, Civitas Resources, Apple, Amazon, Shopify, " Bank of America, Nvidia, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Labs, Materials, Citi, Arista Networks, Arista, Evercore, JPMorgan downgrades Hostess Brands, Exxon, ExxonMobil Locations: United States, Sell

☆ The Investing Club's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Citigroup maintains a buy rating on Club name Apple (AAPL) ahead of its Sept. 12 product event, while reiterating a $240-per-share price target on the stock. As ever, Apple is an "own it, don't trade it" stock ahead of the product launch. Morgan Stanley downgrades Centene (CNC) to equal weight, from overweight, while lowering its price target on the stock to $73 a share, down from $94. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Stocks, —, Johnson, Morgan Stanley downgrades Centene, Morgan Stanley, Bernstein, James Hollingshead, Wolfe, BUD, Bud Light, KeyBanc, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: ADP, Federal Reserve, Labor, Citigroup, Apple, Citi, FedEx, Health, Humana, Bernstein downgrades Texas, Wolfe Research, NFL, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Molson Coors Beverage, Constellation Brands, Google, Club, Nvidia, HP Inc, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Netflix, Nvidia, Alphabet, FedEx, Tesla & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

While this reads through positively for spot BTC ETF approvals, it remains unclear if this will be a net positive for Coinbase's P & L." Citi reiterates FedEx as a top pick Citi said FedEx has "parcel pricing power." Wells Fargo reiterates Spotify as buy Wells said it's standing by its overweight rating on shares of the streaming company. Citi reiterates Apple as buy Citi said it's bullish heading into Apple's iPhone event on Sept. 12. Wells Fargo reiterates Netflix as overweight Wells said it's standing by its overweight rating on the streaming giant. "We initiate coverage of Atour with an Overweight rating and a price target of US$36, implying > 80% potential upside."

Persons: Morgan Stanley downgrades Centene, Morgan Stanley, TD Cowen downgrades Ambarella, Wells, it's, Bernstein, Melius, Guggenheim, Tesla, Evercore Organizations: Wednesday, Barclays, SEC, BTC, Citi, FedEx, UPS, Transports, FLNC's Services, HSBC, Spotify, Apple, Texas, Rockwell Automation, ROK, UW, Netflix, Nvidia, Bank of America, Google, Tesla, Energy Locations: China, Europe, Ohio Utica, Oklahoma

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Amazon, Oracle, AT&T, Disney, Microsoft and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Morgan Stanley downgrades Farfetch to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said it sees limited catalysts ahead for the stock. UBS upgrades Oracle to buy from neutral UBS said Oracle has upside potential. Wells Fargo upgrades Rockwell Automation to equal weight from underweight Wells Fargo upgraded the stock mainly on valuation. UBS reiterates Microsoft as buy UBS said supply chain constraints are manageable for Microsoft. Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight Morgan Stanley said Nvidia's blowout earnings report last week is positive for the AI supply chain. "

Persons: Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Goldman, DA Davidson, Davidson, Morgan Stanley downgrades Farfetch, Morgan Stanley, Wells, Bernstein, Airbnb, Palantir, Splunk, Jefferies, Raymond James Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, Amazon, UBS, Oracle, Nvidia, Citi, Verizon, AT, VZ, JPMorgan, Pace, Business, Rockwell Automation, Disney, Microsoft, Bank of America, Jefferies, Holdings, underperform Bank of America, China, NVIDIA, Energy Partners, NextEra Energy Partners Locations: China and Hong Kong, HK, Asia

☆ Morgan Stanley downgrades CrowdStrike ahead of earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Morgan Stanley is worried about CrowdStrike ahead of the company's latest earnings report this week. "Another cut to consensus CY23/24 annual recurring revenue estimates seems likely, while risk-reward seems more balanced now." CrowdStrike, which is set to report earnings Wednesday after market close, has gained more than 23% in the past six months. Amazon Web Services, which CrowdStrike's largest go-to market partner and accounts for 10% of its annual recurring revenue, Limited upside in free cash flow: Customers are increasingly desiring annual upfront payments. With management planning towards $10 billion annual recurring revenue longer term, the analyst expects necessary investment in new product categories, like security analytics, that should result in modest operating leverage over the next few years.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Hamza Fodderwala, Fodderwala, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Companies, Web Services Locations: CrowdStrike

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Alphabet, Nike, Costco & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

UBS reiterates Netflix as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of the streaming giant. Morgan Stanley reiterates Ambarella as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on shares of the semiconductor company heading into earnings this week. " UBS reiterates Disney as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of the entertainment giant. Morgan Stanley downgrades CrowdStrike to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said it's cautious heading into earnings later this week. Morgan Stanley names LifeStance Health Group a top pick Morgan Stanley said shares of the behavioral health company are compelling.

Persons: Tesla, Canaccord, it's bullish, it's, Morgan Stanley, Ambarella, JMP, Piper Sandler, Piper, Bernstein, L3Harris, Evercore, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley downgrades CrowdStrike, Zimmer, BTIG, Wells, Dwight, Truist, Wolfe, Stifel, defensives Organizations: UBS, Netflix, Disney, Pagaya Technologies, MCW, OW, JetBlue, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Akero Therapeutics, RBC, Tetra Tech, Tech, Amazon, LifeStance Health, Mobility, UGI Corporation, TAM, Nike, NIKE, Endeavor Group, Media, Entertainment, Costco, AutoZone, Walmart Locations: China, Underperform, ORLY

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Splunk, Peloton, Rivian, AMC & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Goldman Sachs reiterates Nvidia as buy Goldman said it's standing by it's buy rating after Nvidia's strong earnings report on Wednesday. Stifel upgrades Nvidia to buy from hold Stifel upgraded the stock after its strong earnings report Wednesday. Bank of America upgrades Williams-Sonoma to neutral from underperform Bank of America said that the downside scenario is now "off the table" for Williams-Sonoma. Bank of America downgrades Vizio to underperform from buy Bank of America double downgraded the stock on concerns about a weakening consumer. Bank of America downgrades Peloton to neutral from buy Bank of America said it sees "limited visibility on growth initiatives" for Peloton .

Persons: Needham, Rivian, it's, Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Wedbush, Johnson, Splunk, Raymond James, Piper Sandler, Piper, Wolfe, Charles Schwab, Bernstein, Estee Lauder, Snowflake, Rosenblatt, Read Organizations: Nvidia, Center, Stifel, AMC, Bank of America, underperform Bank of America, Williams, Sonoma, Vizio, Johnson, Prudential, DFS, ADI Locations: CY2024, Williams, Sonoma, Snowflake

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: CVS, Hawaiian Electric, Peloton, Aflac and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Edward Jones downgrades CVS to hold from buy Edward Jones expressed concern over the company losing part of its Blue Shield of California pharmacy benefit manager contract. TD Cowen initiates Dynatrace at outperform TD Cowen said checks were strong and there's reasons to be excited about the tech company. TD Cowen initiates Datadog at outperform TD Cowen said the software company has strong management and ways to differentiate itself from competitors. Bank of America reiterates Peloton as buy Bank of America kept its bullish rating ahead of the fitness stock's earnings report. Morgan Stanley downgrades Aflac to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said the insurance stock's strong earnings and capital have been hampered by challenges within sales and persistence.

Persons: Edward Jones, TD Cowen, Cowen, Wells, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley downgrades Aflac, Morgan Stanley, Riley, there's Organizations: CVS, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Barclays downgrades Keysight Technologies, Barclays, Citi, Materials, Riley Securities, Marvell Technology, MRVL Locations: California

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Chevron, Walmart, Adobe & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Monday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs upgrades Chevron to buy from neutral Goldman said it sees a cash flow inflection for the oil and gas giant. Morgan Stanley names Keurig Dr Pepper a top pick Morgan Stanley said the beverage giant is its new top pick. Morgan Stanley reiterates Walmart as overweight Morgan Stanley said Walmart+ continues grow and gain new members. Morgan Stanley downgrades Salesforce to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said positive catalysts are in the "rear-view mirror" for the stock. Morgan Stanley upgrades Adobe to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its upgrade of Adobe that it sees generative AI driving creativity.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Bernstein, Morgan Stanley, Dr Pepper, Jefferies, Carvana, there's, Cowen, Piper Sandler, Apple, Piper, JPMorgan downgrades, it's, Ford, Oppenheimer, Evercore, Morgan Stanley downgrades Salesforce, Tesla Organizations: Chevron, Nvidia, Apple, Walmart, JPMorgan, JPMorgan downgrades Penske, " Bank of America, Hasbro, of America, Deutsche Bank, York Community, Deutsche, RBC, CSX, Electric, GE, Triple, SG, Wayfair, Suisse, UPS, Credit Suisse, Teamsters, Adobe, Barclays, EV, Detroit Locations: China, York

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Rivian, Roku, Meta, Coinbase, Carvana, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Bank of America reiterates Roku as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Roku earnings Thursday. Bank of America reiterates Mattel as buy Bank of America said it's standing by shares of Mattel after its earnings report, adding that "Barbie" should help drive toy sales. Bank of America upgrades Boeing to buy from neutral Bank of America said the worst for Boeing is behind it. Bank of America downgrades RTX to neutral from buy Bank of America downgraded the company formerly known as Raytheon and said it's concerned about slowing margins. Bank of America downgrades SunPower to underperform from neutral The firm said in its downgrade of the stock that it sees multiple headwinds.

Persons: Roku, it's, Needham, Rivian, Bernstein, KeyBanc, Morgan Stanley downgrades Carvana, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Estée Lauder, billings, Wells, Wells Fargo Organizations: . Bank of America, Bank of America, Apple, RBC, Owens, Mattel, Boeing, of America, downgrades, Pacific, Barclays, Raytheon, Labs Locations: China, Pacific

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, Meta & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: Morgan Stanley reiterates Amazon as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on the e-commerce giant's earnings next week. Morgan Stanley downgrades RTX to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said in its downgrade of the stock that risk/reward seems "balanced" right now. Morgan Stanley upgrades WW International to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said shares of the company formerly known as Weight Watchers are underappreciated. Citi reiterates Meta as a top pick Citi said Meta is a top pick heading into earnings on Wednesday afternoon. Morgan Stanley reiterates General Motors as overweight Morgan Stanley said the stock's weak reaction to Tuesday's GM earnings report is a "headscratcher."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, it's bullish, it's, Raymond James downgrades, Raymond James, Morgan Stanley downgrades RTX, Needham, NFLX, Citi, Eli Lilly, Elliot, Burger, Disney, TD Cowen, bitcoin, GOOGL Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Spotify, Deutsche, Barclays, Apple, Target, Bank of America, NXP Semiconductors, International, Netflix, Citi, Goodyear Tire Deutsche, Elliot Management, Goodyear, Elliott Management, Operational, Restaurant Brands Citi, Microsoft, Hollywood, Meta, JPMorgan, United Airline, AFL, DAL, Motors, UAW Locations: 1Q23

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Disney, Costco, Nike, Imax, Walmart, Meta & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS reiterates Nike as buy UBS said it's getting incrementally bullish on the stock and that it could double. " BTIG upgrades Zscaler to buy from neutral BTIG said its checks on the IT stock have been "consistently positive." Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating heading into Apple earnings next week. Goldman Sachs reiterates Apple as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating heading into earnings next week. Morgan Stanley names Elevance a top pick Morgan Stanley named the health insurance provider as a top pick and said it sees further earnings per share growth.

Persons: it's, Morgan Stanley, Apple, Piper Sandler, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Mizuho, Oppenheimer, TSCO, Citi downgrades Goldman Sachs, TD Cowen, Wolfe, Baird, HWM, Elevance, Comm, Flywire Organizations: UBS, Nike, Apple, Walmart, Piper, Signet, Superior Unit, Costco, Citi, adv, 2Q, Meta, Digital Ad, Bank of America downgrades, Supply, Bank of America, HSBC, Zynga, Disney, Mizuho, Howmet Aerospace, Airbus Locations: Wells Fargo, 2Q23

☆ Morgan Stanley downgrades PepsiCo after earnings, says most good news is priced into the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Many of the reasons to be bullish on PepsiCo are already priced into the stock, Morgan Stanley warned. After the strong earnings report, Mohsenian said further upside to the company's topline compared with consensus estimates is now more limited in the second half of the year. That makes upside for shares more limited with investors anticipating all this good news ahead, he said. In the same vein, he noted that the stock has outperformed these competitors when looking back to the start of the pandemic. PEP KDP,KO 5Y mountain PepsiCo vs. Coca-Cola and Keurig Dr Pepper — CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed to this report.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Dara Mohsenian, Laguarta, Mohsenian, Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper —, Michael Bloom Organizations: PepsiCo, Pepsi Locations: Monday's

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Pepsi, Yelp, Chewy, Netflix, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"We are initiating coverage with an ONON with an Outperform rating and $38 price target. Citi opens a positive catalyst watch on Valvoline Citi opened a positive catalyst watch on Valvoline and says it has robust fundamentals. "We open a 30-day upside catalyst watch based on strong fundamentals and the stock's relative under-performance post completion of the Dutch tender offer on 6/8." Citi opens a positive catalyst watch on Bank of New York Mellon Citi opened a positive catalyst watch on the investment bank ahead of earnings Tuesday. Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Apple to $220 from $190 and says India is the company's "next frontier."

Persons: TD Cowen, Cowen, Goldman Sachs, it's, Wells, Tesla, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Apple, Morgan Stanley downgrades Conagra, Morgan Stanley downgrades Pepsi, Raymond James downgrades, Raymond James, Bernstein, Aramark, Oppenheimer Organizations: Citi downgrades AT, Citi, Valvoline Citi, Bank of New York Mellon Citi, BK, Nvidia, Deutsche Bank, Netflix, Baidu, Apple, Pepsi, Barclays, LT, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Zynga, NXP Semiconductors, Intel Citi, Intel, AMD, Meta, Suisse, Arista Networks, ISI Locations: eCommerce, China, India, Apple India

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Spotify, Netflix, Chevron, Carvana, Coinbase & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: TD Cowen upgrades Meta to outperform from market perform TD Cowen said it sees further share gains ahead for Meta. TD Cowen reiterates Amazon as outperform TD said it's bullish heading into Amazon earnings later this month. Deutsche Bank reiterates Microsoft as buy Deutsche said the stock is "set up nicely" heading into earnings later this month. " Bank of America reiterates Tesla as neutral Bank of America said it's standing by its neutral rating heading into earnings next week. BMO reiterates Chevron as outperform BMO said in a note on Thursday that it likes the oil and gas giant's capital return.

Persons: Cowen, TD Cowen, it's, Stifel, Coinbase, JPMorgan downgrades, Morgan Stanley, Cboe, Morgan Stanley downgrades SoFi, Tesla, Domino's, Robert Iger, Oppenheimer Organizations: Meta, Energy Fuels, Clean Energy Fuels Corp, Barclays, JPMorgan, Spotify, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, Deutsche, BMO, Netflix, " Bank of America, of America, Suisse, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Disney, ESPN, Chevron Locations: China

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