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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Gilead Sciences, Accenture, Trump Media, AMD and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Trump Media & Technology Group — After former President Donald Trump's company said on Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had declared effective Trump Media's registration of additional shares, the stock dropped 13.5%. Super Micro Computer — Shares jumped 5% after Elon Musk said the company will help his AI firm, xAI, build a supercomputer . Winnebago reported $1.13 in adjusted earnings per share on $786 million of revenue for its fiscal third quarter. Commercial Metals — Shares gained 5.6% after the company reported a revenue beat for its third quarter. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had forecasted $1.80 earnings per share and $1.65 billion in revenue.

Persons: lenacapavir, Donald Trump's, Elon Musk, Piper Sandler, Winnebago, FactSet, Heather Balsky, Jabil, LSEG, —, Alex Harring, Hakyung Kim, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound, Lisa Han Organizations: Accenture, Gilead Sciences, Trump Media & Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, Trump, Darden, Garden, LongHorn, LSEG . Revenue, Winnebago Industries, Bank of America, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Metals, Revenue, KB

Wells Fargo raised its price target on Bank of America, now calling for more than 15% upside. Evercore ISI hiked its price target on the consumer products company to $150 per share from $133. Power has a $90 price target on the cloud software stock, implying shares can rally 44.5% in the next year. Forbes' $425 price target implies the stock can climb 43.1% from Wednesday's ending price. Analyst Mike Mayo raised his price target for the bank stock by $4 to $44, implying a 16.4% upside over Wednesday's close.

Persons: Wells Fargo, Clark, Javier Escalante, Escalante, KMB, — Jesse Pound, Jefferies, Portillo's, Andy Barish, Barish, — Brian Evans, Jason Gursky, Wednesday's, shakeup, Gursky, Alex Harring, Baird, William Power, — Alex Harring, Steven Forbes, Forbes, RH, BofA, Cintas, Heather Balsky, Balsky, Robinhood, Alex Markgraff, Markgraff, TD Cowen, John Blackledge, Grindr, Blackledge, It's, it's, Estee Lauder, Bryan Spillane, Spillane, Estee, Tom Ford, Joseph Greff, Greff, FanDuel, Vikram Gandhi, Gandhi, Wells, Bank of America Wells, Mike Mayo, Mayo, Goliath Organizations: CNBC, Bank of America, HSBC, Allstate, Kimberly, Staples, ISI, Citi, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Dow Jones, UC, Guggenheim, RH's, FactSet, Estee Lauder Bank of America, JPMorgan, Allstate Allstate Locations: Portillo's, Five9, Estee, New Jersey, Wednesday's

☆ Bank of America's top 5 stocks for safety and security in a dangerous world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Security is becoming increasingly crucial around the world, and Bank of America thinks investor portfolios can benefit from owning certain names. The bank on Monday released its "Future Security" primer, examining stocks through a lens of safety. Information security company CyberArk Software also made the list. CYBR YTD mountain CyberArk YTD "CyberArk is the clear leader within the PAM [privileged access market] market, with a robust technological moat," Liani said. TRU YTD mountain TransUnion YTD.

Persons: Felix Tran, Benjamin Netanyahu, CrowdStrike, Tal Liani, Matt Cohen, CyberArk, Liani, BofA, Heather Balsky, Tomer Zilberman, Andrew Obin, Obin, Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Israeli, Defense, U.S . Aerospace & Defense ETF, CyberArk Software, Motorola Solutions, Motorola, North, APG Locations: Israel, U.S

☆ Bank of America upgrades work uniform company that it says will benefit from no recession
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bank of America has a better-than-consensus outlook on the U.S. economy and thinks Cintas will be a major beneficiary as recession risks wane. "With BofA's economics team no longer expecting a near-term recession, we're more confident in Cintas' sales and margin momentum." Shares of the Ohio-based work uniform and services company have gained 10.2% this year. The firm's earnings estimate for fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2025 are higher than the company's guidance as well as Wall Street's expectations, she said in the note . "We think Cintas is poised for EPS beats driven by sales and margin outperformance," Balsky said.

Persons: Cintas, Heather Balsky, Balsky, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: of America Locations: U.S, Monday's, Ohio

☆ This education stock can rally more than 20% as pandemic recovery continues, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors want to get ahead of a potential rally on shares of Strategic Education as the company's earnings strengthen, Bank of America said. Analyst Heather Balsky upgraded the education stock to buy from neutral while pulling back her price target by $9 to $90. "We see upside to sales and margins driven by its post-COVID recovery, improved marketing effectiveness, and tight cost control," she said in a note to clients Friday. STRA YTD mountain Strategic Education, year to date Balsky said recovery has been hurt by processing delays for international students at its Australian college. And Balsky added that margins should also beat expectations if sales growth comes in better than expected.

Persons: Heather Balsky, Balsky, Torrens, Strayer, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Strategic Education, Bank of America, Capella Locations: U.S, Strayer, New Zealand, Australia

☆ These 'high quality compounders' are Bank of America's top picks ahead of second quarter earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Analysts' at Bank of America have named a host of stocks that are poised to outperform heading into second earnings season. The bank said this week there are several "high quality" buying opportunities that aren't getting enough investor attention. CNBC Pro combed through the top Bank of America research to find analysts' favorite ideas as earnings releases ramp up. They include: Mondelez, SolarEdge , Rollins, Thomson Reuters and Broadcom. Bank of America recently initiated coverage of the stock with a buy rating, calling Rollins "a high-growth compounder through economic cycles."

Persons: SolarEdge, Rollins, Thomson, Jason Haas, Haas, BofA, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Dumoulin, Heather Balsky, Balsky, Dirk Van de, MDLZ Organizations: Bank of America, CNBC, Thomson Reuters, Broadcom, Rollins, . Bank of America Locations: 2Q23, Europe, U.S

☆ Bank of America's 2023 small cap picks include one tech stock it expects to double
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

With recession fears mounting for 2023, Bank of America has small-cap picks it expects will be resilient in a downturn — and even have some upside. Given this, Bank of America picked out 35 of its best small- and mid-cap ideas for 2023, including one e-commerce stock called Xometry that's expected to roughly double from here. These names could rise 24% on average, based on their 12-month price targets, according to the note. Xometry , an online marketplace for industrial parts, will roughly double to its $60 price target, according to Bank of America. Meanwhile, Planet Fitness will benefit in a recession, as consumers trade down from higher-priced gyms, the bank said.

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