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Nvidia price target increased to $1,050 NVDA YTD mountain Nvidia YTD Coming off a bullish GTC conference where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made the case that the artificial intelligence investment cycle is still in its early innings, we are increasing price target on the chip giant to $1,050 per share from $850. We're increasing our Eaton price target to $330 per share from $290 and reiterating our buy-equivalent 1 rating. As a sanity check, Bank of America increased its Eaton price target to $340 from $330 on Thursday following a meeting with management. Wells Fargo raised to $60 WFC YTD mountain Wells Fargo YTD Wells Fargo has made a string of new 52-week highs, and we think those gains can continue due to better-than-expected net interest income performance from higher interest rates, more buybacks, and ongoing cost discipline. We're increasing our Wells Fargo price target to $60 per share from $54 and reiterating our 2 rating.
Persons: Jensen Huang, Jensen, playbook, It's, Jim Cramer, Eaton, We're, Wells Fargo, Charlie Scharf, He's, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Josh Edelson Organizations: Nvidia, Blackwell, Bank of America, CNBC, Intelligence, SAP Center, Afp, Getty Locations: Eaton, Wells, Wells Fargo, ETN, San Jose , California
As concerns swirl about lofty valuations in the stock market and investors focus on AI companies, strategists at Berenberg see one sector as a relative bargain: energy. The global energy sector is trading around record low valuations relative to the broader market, according to the German investment bank. "The European energy sector has never been this cheap on trailing price/book multiples, both on an absolute and relative basis," the bank said. Aside from valuations, Berenberg also suggested that fundamentals support owning energy stocks. "Tight energy markets are likely to underpin oil prices and support an improving earnings backdrop for the energy sector," the Berenberg analyst said.
Persons: Jonathan Stubbs, Berenberg, Energean —, Stubbs Organizations: Mar, Shell, Harbour Energy Locations: TotalEnergies, U.S, Russia, Ukraine
GE stock has been on a tear, outperforming the market over the past year, as investors bet that the company's break-up will unlock still more value. Since the health-care spinoff, GE shares have risen above $170 from the $60s. He expects anyone buying GE Vernova shares in April will get "a 50% move over the next fourteen months." GE's aerospace business benefits from a dominant market position where it leads in both widebody and narrowbody jet engines. Still, GE Vernova was a weak spot for the company since 2015, according to analysts.
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Jefferies likes these dividend-growing stocks for 2024
  + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Investors searching for income could be well-rewarded by turning to dividend-growing stocks, according to Jefferies. "Consensus expects USA dividend growth to accelerate from 3.9% for 2023 to 6.2% for 2024, along with positive revisions," Peramunetilleke wrote in a note Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase , which has a 2.3% 12-month forward dividend yield, is the largest name on the list. AbbVie also made the list with a 12-month forward dividend of 3.5%. McDonald's , which has a 2.4% 12-month forward dividend, also made the cut.
Persons: Peramunetilleke, Jefferies, AbbVie, Robert Michael Organizations: Jefferies, JPMorgan Chase, Therapeutics
With that in mind, here are three stocks favored by the Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Earlier this month, Guggenheim analyst Robert Drbul reiterated a buy rating on Nike stock with a price target of $130, adding it as a "best idea." Drbul also expects the Nike brand to be highly visible at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics. Drbul holds the 565th position among more than 8,700 analysts tracked by TipRanks. (See Nike Stock Buybacks on TipRanks)BJ's Wholesale Club
Persons: Rafael Henrique, Gregg Moskowitz, SIEM, Moskowitz, CrowdStrike, TipRanks, Robert Drbul, Drbul, Jordan Organizations: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc, Getty, Flow, Falcon Cloud Security, Nike, Pegasus, BJ's Wholesale Locations: 2H24, North America
Their 12-month forward dividend yield is above the regional median and they are highly profitable, with their next two-year return on equity and last 12 months return-on-investment capital greater than 10%. Broadcom is the largest market-cap name on the list and has a 1.6% 12-month forward dividend yield. The branded consumer packaged goods company has a 12-month forward dividend yield of 2.5%. Owners of Enterprise Products Partners ' stock are rewarded with a 12-month forward dividend yield of 7.6%. Lastly, Darden Restaurants has a 3.3% 12-month forward dividend yield and is up 4.5% so far this year.
Persons: Jefferies, Peramunetilleke, Darden Organizations: Broadcom, Wall, Procter & Gamble, Procter, Gamble, of Enterprise Products Partners, Darden Locations: U.S, HQY
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAdobe CEO Shantanu Narayen: Firefly adoption in Photoshop and Illustrator 'pretty good'Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk Adobe Q1 results, embracing generative AI, stock buybacks and more.
Persons: Shantanu Narayen
Goldman Sachs has a buy rating on Citigroup for the first time since 2022, as the investment bank implements a turnaround strategy that should boost shareholder returns. Goldman has raised its stock price target for Citi to $68, implying nearly 18% upside from Wednesday's close price of $57.76. Goldman expects Citigroup's revenue to grow at an accelerated compound annual rate of 4% to reach $85.7 billion by 2026. Citigroup is also expected to increase share buybacks by $1 billion in 2024 and $4 billion in 2025. The bank may have capacity for even more buybacks if Basel 3 rules are changed, it said.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Richard Ramsden, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Citigroup, Citi Locations: Basel
AB InBev Budweiser and Bud Light brand beer cans at a store in the Queens borough of New York on Feb. 28, 2024. Shares of AB InBev, the world's biggest brewer, slipped more than 4% Thursday as trading resumed following a brief suspension amid emerging details of a sale by one of its major stakeholders. Trading of AB InBev resumed at 2 p.m. local time after details were released on the pricing of the share sale. AB InBev said it plans to buy back $200 million worth of shares. Altria said it planned to use the proceeds from the sale to fund additional share buybacks of its own stock.
Persons: Altria Organizations: InBev Budweiser, Bud Light, InBev, Trading, Belgium's Financial Services, Markets Authority, AB InBev Locations: Queens, New York, Belgian
Adobe shares slip 10% on soft sales forecast
  + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 20, 2024. During the quarter, Adobe abandoned its $20 billion acquisition of design software startup Figma after U.K. regulators found competitive concerns. Adobe will work with OpenAI around Sora, David Wadhwani, president of Adobe's digital media business, said on the earnings call. Adobe sees fiscal second-quarter earnings of $4.35 to $4.40 per share on an adjusted basis, with $5.25 billion to $5.30 billion in revenue. Leaving out the after-hours movement, Adobe shares have fallen 4% so far this year, while the S&P 500 index has gained 8% over the same time period.
Persons: Shantanu Narayen, OpenAI, Sora, David Wadhwani, LSEG, Wadhwani Organizations: CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Adobe, LSEG, Firefly Services Locations: Sora
Watch CNBC's full interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
  + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu NarayenAdobe CEO Shantanu Narayen joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk Adobe Q1 results, embracing generative AI, stock buybacks and more.
Persons: Shantanu Narayen Organizations: Adobe
Wells Fargo 's run of form continued Wednesday, with shares hitting another 52-week high. Wall Street analysts see more upside ahead for what's been the best-performing major U.S. bank stock in 2024. Shares of Wells Fargo have surged nearly 18% year-to-date, compared to the S & P 500 's 8.5% advance over the same stretch. Higher for longer Both analysts said a higher-for-longer interest rate environment creates a favorable setup for a money center bank like Wells Fargo. As the expectations for Fed cuts this year have been coming down, Wells Fargo stock has been climbing.
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"Fixed income returns, by contrast, come almost entirely from coupon payments, which can be taxable at the highest rates." You may also want to think about where you're holding these fixed income assets. The fourth step to save on taxes: Consider whether a buyback ETF or a dividend ETF is right for you. Woodard recently highlighted the iShares Core Dividend ETF (DIVB) and the Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW) as buyback plays. He also noted that true income investors may want to go with dividend funds, including Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) and Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) .
Persons: It's, Jared Woodard, Woodard, buybacks, they're, DIVB, PKW, SCHD, VYM, Morningstar Organizations: Bank of America, Taxpayers, Schwab, Equity, Vanguard, & ' $
"We are initiating coverage of Legend Biotech (LEGN) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $86." Bank of America reiterates Super Micro as buy Bank of America raised its price target on Super Micro to $1,280 per share from $1,040. The firm has an outperform rating on shares of Boeing. We Initiate with a Buy rating and $15 PT." "We initiate coverage of IMVT with a Buy rating and 12-month price target of $50 (60% upside potential)."
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Investors weighing a shift into dividend stocks may be better off focusing on companies with big share buyback programs instead, according to Bank of America. The idea behind focusing on stock buybacks is that companies that can use excess cash to reduce their share count through buybacks are likely on strong financial footing. This is more of a pure-play buyback fund, tracking the Nasdaq US Buyback Achievers Index. To be sure, stock buybacks are a frequent target of politicians and their tax treatment could change in the years ahead. President Joe Biden called for raising the corporate tax rate for stock buybacks at his State of the Union address last week.
Persons: Jared Woodard, Woodard, PKW, Joe Biden Organizations: Bank of America, Bank of America's, Bank of, Nasdaq, Union Locations: buybacks
(This is CNBC Pro's live coverage of Tuesday's analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. An online car seller and a crypto trading platform were in focus on Tuesday's analyst chatter. Carvana shares are up more than 47% this year, soaring after the company topped fourth-quarter profit estimates. Until ETP flows taper and/or reverse, we suspect the stock's current momentum may persist," analyst Patrick O'Shaughnessy wrote. COIN YTD mountain COIN year to date Coinbase shares received a boost from the ETF excitement, rising more than 40% year to date, as bitcoin climbs to record highs .
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GE Healthcare updates: GE Healthcare CFO Jay Saccaro spoke at Oppenheimer's annual Healthcare MedTech & Services conference. Saccaro expects GE Healthcare to commence stock buybacks at some point, but that's still down the road. GE Healthcare shares fell about 1% Tuesday, but the move doesn't seem tied to the presentation. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.
Persons: Jim Cramer, Jay Saccaro, Saccaro, that's, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Yi Haifei Organizations: CNBC, Oracle, Nvidia, Nasdaq, GE Healthcare, GE, Services, U.S, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Fair for Trade, China National Convention Center, China News Service, Getty Locations: China, Williams, Sonoma, Beijing
Last week, House Republicans passed a budget proposal outlining their priorities, which are far afield from what Democrats have called for. Mr. Biden has sought to reclaim strength on economic issues with voters who have given him low marks amid rapid inflation. But Mr. Biden has been unwavering in his core economic-policy strategy, and the budget is not expected to deviate from that plan. White House officials, previewing the budget release, said Mr. Biden would propose about $3 trillion in new measures to reduce the budget deficit over the next decade. House Republicans released a budget last week that seeks to reduce deficits much faster — balancing the budget by the end of the decade.
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Here are three attractive dividend stocks, according to Wall Street's top experts on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Energy TransferThis week's first dividend stock is Energy Transfer (ET), a master limited partnership or MLP. With an annualized distribution per unit of $1.26, ET stock offers an attractive yield of 8.4%. Target's quarterly dividend of $1.10 per share reflects a 1.9% year-over-year increase and represents a dividend yield of 2.6%. Tarlowe noted that the retailer's Q4 revenue benefited from a 10% rise in other revenue, thanks to solid growth in advertising.
Persons: Wall, Selman Akyol, Akyol, TipRanks, Ivan Feinseth, Feinseth, Jefferies, Corey Tarlowe, Tarlowe, TGT Organizations: Energy, MLP, Management, Garmin, Tigress, Aviation, Automotive, Target Locations: Harlem, Crestwood
In today's big story, we're looking at pharma companies' surging stocks and threatening tech darlings thanks to their weight-loss drugs. And it comes despite only 1% of US adults taking weight-loss drugs, according to Bank of America , which predicts that number could rise to 15% by 2035. Weight-loss drugs are also cutting more than just fat. For Wall Street, meanwhile, the equation is much simpler: Getting more people on weight-loss drugs boosts the economy. The trend, which will be powered by cash-rich mega-cap tech companies, is thanks to strong earnings growth, the bank said.
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The database software maker posted adjusted earnings of 86 cents per share on revenue of $458 million. Analysts had called for earnings of 47 cents per share and $433 million in revenue, according to LSEG. DocuSign reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 76 cents per share on revenue of $712 million for the period. According to analysts surveyed by LSEG, Wall Street had expected earnings of 64 cents per share on $699 million in revenue. Eli Lilly — Shares slipped 1% premarket after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration delayed approving its Alzheimer's drug, donanemab.
Persons: MongoDB, DocuSign, Deutsche, Li, Morgan Stanley, LSEG, Eli Lilly —, , Sarah Min, Michelle Fox, Jesse Pound Organizations: RBC, Li Auto, Deutsche Bank, Navy, UBS — U.S, UBS, Marvell Technology, Broadcom, Revenue, Textron —, Bank of America, Textron, New York Community Bancorp, Moody's, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Costco —, LSEG Locations: Swiss, U.S
President Biden wants to increase the taxes on those buybacks. Corporations prefer stock buybacks Corporate America has wide latitude on what it does with the cash flow it generates. Excess cash will typically fall into three buckets: buybacks, dividends and capital expenditures. Capital expenditures $597 b. "However, if economic growth momentum instead continues to build, investors may begin to increasingly reward companies that are investing for growth," Goldman said.
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Stocks that offer high dividend growth and high free cash flow perform best no matter the economic weather, according to Wolfe Research. Here are a few stocks that fit the bill, according to Senyek: Online marketplace eBay was one of several stocks that Wolfe singled out. With its 4% yield, CVS is also a good buy for investors focusing on a high-dividend growth, high free cash flow strategy, Wolfe said. Following CVS' earnings release, investment bank Leerink initiated research coverage of the stock with an outperform rating , citing its cash potential. Other stocks Wolfe included on its list were Constellation Energy , Humana and Archer-Daniels-Midland .
Persons: Chris Senyek, Wolfe, UnitedHealth, Andrew Mok, Tom Cowhey, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Wolfe Research, eBay, Barclays, Medicare, CVS, Constellation Energy, Humana, Archer, Daniels, Midland
There's nothing like a moribund IPO market to create a pleasant backdrop for a bull run. Hot on the heels of the Reddit deal is the expiration of the IPO lockup period for Arm Holdings on March 12. I thought it might occur after the successful Arm deal, but like so many nascent attempts to revive the IPO market there was nothing worth following up with until the Reddit deal. This brings me back to the IPO market. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.
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Wall Street analysts remain focused on the long-term prospects of stocks with solid growth potential. Here are three stocks favored by the Street's top analysts, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. The revised outlook reflected net sales growth across regions in the holiday sales quarter, led by continued strength in the Americas. Tarlowe highlighted that Abercrombie & Fitch continues to gain market share both domestically and worldwide. Overall, the analyst sees further upside to ANF's market share, sales and earnings.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Hari, TipRanks, Corey Tarlowe, Fitch, Tarlowe, Hollister, Kate McShane, McShane Organizations: Wall Street, Nvidia, Data Center, Abercrombie, Fitch, Jefferies, Hollister, Walmart Locations: Americas, U.S, India, Mexico, Central America, China, TipRanks
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