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☆ Cruise lines are having a moment as a popular — and cheaper — alternative to hotels
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Royal Caribbean is set to release its quarterly results on Tuesday, followed by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings ' report on Wednesday. That means the cruise lines may have more room to grow, she said. "The wider that gap, the better the opportunity for the cruise lines to have upside," Farley said in an interview with CNBC. However, Scholes said his research shows that out of the three major cruise lines, the Carnival brand is facing the most pricing competition from private cruise operator, MSC. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Norwegian Cruise Lines stock year to date

Persons: Marco Bello, Patrick Scholes, Hilton, Christopher Nassetta, industry's, Brandt Montour, Montour, Josh Weinstein, CNBC's, Robin Farley, Farley, Truist's Scholes, Scholes, It's, Caribbean's Organizations: Port, Afp, Getty, CNBC, Wednesday, Barclays, Royal, Cruise Line Holdings, UBS, Orlando, Vegas, Royal Caribbean, Bloomberg, Royal Caribbean's, Citi, Cruise Lines Locations: Port of Miami, Miami , Florida, Caribbean, Royal Caribbean, 200bps, PortMiami, Norwegian

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Intel, Morgan Stanley, Square, Coinbase, Lululemon and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Wells Fargo downgrades Morgan Stanley to underweight from equal weight Wells Fargo downgraded Morgan Stanley and said the "upward premium re-rating seems over." Morgan Stanley initiates Lionsgate Studios at overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on shares of the movie studio company. Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as a top pick Morgan Stanley said it's standing by the stock following an analysis of July auto sales. Morgan Stanley upgrades Mobileye to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said the risk/reward is more balanced for the auto supply tech company. " Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight Morgan Stanley says it's sticking with its overweight rating on the AI chipmaker.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Apple, Q, Gildan, Wells, downgrades Morgan Stanley, it's, TD, TD Cowen, Cowen, Raymond James downgrades Crocs, Raymond James, CROX, Oppenheimer, Tesla, Rosenblatt, Lululemon, LULU, K's Organizations: TEAM, Apple Intelligence, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Amazon, Big Cap Tech, Stifel, Bank of American, Bank of America, Lionsgate, Lionsgate Studios, Intel, of America, TD Cowen, Dynamics, U.S, EV, 7M, UBS downgrades, UBS, Nvidia Locations: California, USA

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

☆ Goldman Sachs upgrades this homebuilder stock, says it can outperform despite higher mortgage rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Goldman Sachs thinks a focus on home sale volume will lift D.R. Horton despite higher mortgage rates. Goldman did trim its target price to $131 from $132, which still equates to 26.3% upside from Friday's $103.66 close. Mortgage rates have been rising sharply this year, as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy to fight inflation and the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbs to levels not seen in 16 years. Horton stock.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Horton, Goldman, Susan Maklari, Maklari, D.R, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Federal Reserve Locations: Horton

☆ Sell Dollar General as consumers come under pressure from higher inflation, JPMorgan says in downgrade
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It's time to dump shares of Dollar General as consumers come under increasing pressure, according to JPMorgan. Analyst Matthew R. Boss downgraded shares to underweight from neutral, saying the company's core low-to middle-income shopper is under strain from diminishing savings and rising inflation. The downgrade comes after JPMorgan hosted a recent fireside chat with Dollar General finance chief Kelly Dilts. DG 1D mountain Dollar General shares 1-day All this charts an uncertain path forward for Dollar General, the analyst said. On Aug. 31, the stock dropped 12% after Dollar General reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter results.

Persons: Matthew R, Boss, Kelly Dilts, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, SNAP, Dollar, Dilts

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Zoom, Amazon, Bowlero, Lululemon & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bank of America reiterates Lululemon as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on the stock heading into earnings next week. Bank of America adds Jazz Pharmaceuticals to the US1 list Bank of America added the pharmaceutical company to its top picks list. "We initiate coverage of The Madison Square Garden Entertainment Co. (MSGE) with a Buy rating and a 12-month price objective (PO) of $41, implying ~30% potential upside." Bank of America initiates Gulfport Energy as buy Bank of America said the energy company is undervalued. Stifel reiterates Bowlero as buy Stifel said it's standing by its buy rating on the bowling company.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Lululemon, LULU, Bernstein, Emerson, Raymond James, Apple, it's, Stifel, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, JEF Organizations: Bank of America, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc, UBS, GXO Logistics, Mobility, RBC, JPMorgan, Emerson, Mizuho, Edison, FOUR, Apple, Nvidia, AppLovin, Garden Entertainment, The, Garden Entertainment Co, Energy, Xcel Energy, Minnesota & Locations: China, The Madison, Minnesota, Minnesota & Colorado

UBS says it sees "the sun shining bright from the bottom of the pool" on Pentair . The analyst thinks that the pool business is nearing a trough in demand in the third quarter. "Nearer-term, we see the guided ~20% pool volume decline this year as sufficient to de-risk the business, which should start shifting investor focus to the 2024 demand recovery. PNR should see healthy margin uplift from operating initiatives paired with volume growth post-'23," Karas said. PNR YTD mountain Pentair PLC stock —CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed to this report.

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon, Sunrun & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

This is relevant to Apple as we estimate that Google pays Apple ~$20bn for being the default search engine across iOS devices." Goldman Sachs reiterates Microsoft as buy Goldman says it's staying bullish heading into Microsoft earnings next week. Deutsche Bank reiterates Disney as buy Deutsche Bank says it sees an "attractive setup" heading into earnings in early May. HSBC upgrades Nvidia to buy from reduce HSBC said in its double upgrade of Nvidia that it's "all about AI." Deutsche Bank reiterates Amazon as buy Deutsche says it's standing by its buy rating on the e-commerce giant ahead of earnings later this month.

☆ Goldman says dividend growth stocks will outperform under current conditions. 10 names it recommends
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs says one income-focused strategy is off to a strong start this year, and will continue to outperform – dividend growth stocks. Going forward, dividend growth stocks will continue to beat buyback stocks, according to Goldman's chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin. Fastenal shares are up 12% this year, and the industrial supplies company has a 2.6% dividend yield, FactSet data showed. Home Depot shares are down this year, but was a new addition to Goldman Sachs' dividend growth list. Lowe's is another dividend growth stock, with a 2.1% dividend yield, and Goldman seeing 30% annual compound dividend growth over 2022-2024.

☆ Buy this retailer because of the warmer Northeast weather and its lawn & garden exposure, Wells Fargo says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Now that spring has sprung, millions of Americans are heading outdoors and tending to their lawns — and Lowe's is poised to benefit, Wells Fargo wrote in a note Friday. While temperatures in the Northeast were essentially in-line with their historic averages in February and March, April is off to a better year-over-year start, analyst Zachary Fadem said. Fadem said the inflecting weather and weak sentiment could make Lowe's "a 'sneaky' long." LOW YTD mountain Lowe's year-to-date performance Lowe's also has roughly 20% of its first-quarter sales tied to lawn and garden, compared to the high teens for Home Depot , he pointed out. April traffic to date is already off to a solid start for the home-improvement retailer, improving 3.7 percentage points from the last week in March, Fadem said.

☆ These stocks are cheap heading into 2023, and analysts love them
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

However, this sell-off may have opened buying opportunities among some of Wall Street analysts' favorite names. Amazon made the list, trading at a 31.6% discount to its average five-year forward P/E multiple. The stocks is trading at a more than 50% discount to its average five-year forward valuation and has buy ratings from more than three-quarters of analysts covering it. The former is trading 82% below its average five-year forward valuation, while Delta is 77% below. Delta, meanwhile, has dropped 10% in 2022, but the average analyst price target on the airline implies upside of 35%.

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