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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. That trust had been shaken by Palo Alto's brutal report in February, which caused a steep sell-off in the stock. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. 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, Morgan Stanley, It's, Jeff Marks, we're, Palo, We've, Jim Cramer's, Nikesh Arora, Jim Organizations: CNBC, Dow, Nasdaq, Costco, Disney, Barclays, Palo Alto Networks Locations: Government, Palo Alto
However, the retailer plans to stock more premium items to attract wealthier shoppers. I visited Walmart to see which fancy brands and products it already carries. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The Bentonville-based retail giant's primary focus since day one has been to drive down costs and offer rock-bottom prices. Before the new products hit shelves, I visited my local Supercenter to see what premium items the retailer already carries.
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Tim Cook said iPhone sales grew in China, despite external research showing a decline. China accounted for 18% of Apple's sales, making it a critical market for the tech giant. However, over the last quarter, independent analysts have reported a slump in overall iPhone sales in China. iPhone sales in China are a closely watched metric because greater China accounted for 18% of Apple's sales across products in the first quarter, according to the earnings results. Related storiesCook's limited remarks on China's iPhone sales raised questions on Friday's call from analysts who compared Apple's data with independent reports.
Persons: Tim Cook, , Cook, Max, Wells, Aaron Rakers, Will Wong, Wong Organizations: Apple, Service, Counterpoint Research, International Data Corporation, IDC, Bloomberg Locations: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
JPMorgan spotlighted a fresh set of stocks, reflecting its analysts' top picks as May begins, including Caterpillar , Bank of America and TJX Companies . The firm's focus list includes its top equity ideas targeted around growth, income, value and short strategies. Nicholas Rosato, head of JPMorgan's North American Equity Research, said all the stocks on the list have an overweight rating. Here are some of the top picks: United Airlines shares are up about 25% in 2024, fueled largely by a strong second-quarter earnings forecast . No longer included in this month's focus list are CMS Energy and Prologis , both of which are still rated overweight by JPMorgan.
Persons: Nicholas Rosato, Morgan Stanley, Ravi Shanker, Jay Sole, Rosato Organizations: JPMorgan, Caterpillar, Bank of America, TJX Companies, North American Equity Research, United Airlines, Boeing, Investors, UBS, CMS Energy, Prologis, CMS Locations: Thursday's, Maxx
However, the retailer plans to stock more premium items to attract wealthier shoppers. I visited Walmart to see which fancy brands and products it already carries. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Before the new products hit shelves, I visited my local Supercenter to see what premium items the retailer already carries.
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There's still plenty of room for upside in tech stocks, Morgan Stanley said earlier this week. CNBC Pro combed through Morgan Stanley research to find the firm's favorite overweight-rated stocks based on the latest results and updated forecasts. "We believe GOOGL's AI positioning is improving, and that investors are beginning to recognize this," he said. Spotify Shares of the music streaming giant are too attractive to ignore following the company's blowout earnings report in late April, according to the firm. ... We believe GOOGL's AI positioning is improving, and that investors are beginning to recognize this.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Brian Nowak, durably, Nowak, Keith Weiss, Weiss, Morgan Stanley's, Benjamin Swinburne, Swinburne, that's Organizations: CNBC, Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, 28X Locations: China
Counterpoint Research: A lot of optimism on Apple earnings
  + stars: | 2024-05-03 | 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 EmailCounterpoint Research: A lot of optimism on Apple earningsTarun Pathak, research director at Counterpoint Research, discusses the tech giant's second-quarter results and its $110 billion share buyback announcement.
Persons: Tarun Pathak Organizations: Counterpoint Research
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.
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Tim Cook gets real about China
  + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Still, CEO Tim Cook believes there's still "work to do" in bolstering sales to its major market. "I think it has been and is the most competitive market in the world," Cook said regarding China. AdvertisementApple CEO Tim Cook says there's still more work to do on the China front. While overall iPhone sales were down 10% year-over-year, CEO Cook noted that Apple "still saw some growth" on iPhone in China, specifying that "two best-selling smartphones in urban China" are the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro Max. "I feel good about China, I think more about long term than to the next week or so," Cook told CNBC in an interview before earnings.
Persons: Tim Cook, there's, Cook, , Max Organizations: Apple, Service, Counterpoint Research, Huawei, CNBC, Business Locations: China, Shanghai
That's about four times bigger than Berkshire's second-biggest public stock holding, Bank of America , and makes the company the No. The bet on Apple and CEO Tim Cook has paid off handsomely for Buffett, who said in 2022 that the cost of Berkshire's Apple stake was only $31 billion. "So I called up Warren Buffett. "It's kind of more like an annuity and I think that's what Warren Buffett really sees as well." "When I buy Apple, I know that Apple is going to repurchase a lot of shares," he said in 2018.
Persons: Tim Cook, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, behemoth, Buffett, He's, Cook, Apple, Warren, Ted Weschler, it's, Dan Eye, Buffett hasn't, Bernstein, Toni Sacconaghi didn't, Sacconaghi, Clayton Organizations: Warren Buffett Getty, CNBC, Berkshire, Apple, Bank of America, Buffett, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, iPhone, Washington Post, Oracle, Fort Pitt Capital Group, Microsoft, The, Apple Watch, DOJ, Clayton Homes Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Berkshire, Omaha, Cupertino , California, U.S
Large technology stocks have continued to be a key driver of earnings growth. Those calls are based on the firms' expectation that the economy will continue to grow despite uncomfortably high interest rates. Bullish firms concur that elevated interest rates are a serious concern for investors. "Should the outlook for earnings growth deteriorate, the recent stretch of quality outperformance will likely continue and also expand to include stocks with stable growth," Kostin wrote. Along with each is its ticker, market capitalization, sector, 2024 expected earnings growth rate, and 10-year EBITDA growth variability rate, according to Goldman Sachs.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, That's, Jonathan Golub, David Lefkowitz, Stocks, they've, Mike Wilson, Morgan, 19.3x, Goldman Sachs, David Kostin, Wilson, Kostin, Russell Organizations: UBS, Business, UBS Beats, UBS Global Wealth Management, Companies, Federal Reserve
Bank of America boosted Amazon's price target after earnings to $210, eyeing 17% upside from Wednesday's price levels. Amazon's Q2 guidance slightly fell short of Wall Street's expectations, but Bofa still sees upside ahead. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAmazon stock could soar as its latest earnings herald a "new era" of profits for the tech behemoth, according to Bank of America. On the guidance front, Amazon expects Q2 net sales to range between $144.0 billion and $149.0 billion, 2.5% below the estimated $150.21 billion.
Persons: Bofa, , Justin Post, BofA Organizations: of America, Service, Bank of America . Bank of America, Amazon
In today's big story, what another delay to interest rate cuts means for a market banking on them. The big storyThe waiting game continuesChip Somodevilla/Getty Images; BISpoiler alert: The Federal Reserve won't be lowering interest rates today. The official announcement won't come until this afternoon, but interest rates staying where they are is a forgone conclusion. The CME FedWatch Tool, which calculates the probability of the Fed's decision based on interest rate traders, has the odds of rates staying untouched at 97.5%.) Talk of cutting interest rates has been going on for the better part of a year.
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Over the last two weeks, major cloud providers Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet have reported quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street's expectations. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's shares also climbed after earnings were reported, evidence that doubling down on their AI strategies seems to be paying off. Davidson Companies analyst Gil Luria told Business Insider regarding Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Microsoft Cloud generated $35.1 billion in revenue — up 23% year-over-year — that CEO Satya Nadella credits partly to investments into AI tools like Microsoft Copilot. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet didn't immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider before publication.
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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Before last week's strong quarter, CNBC learned that Alphabet's Google had laid off hundreds of employees from so-called core teams. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. 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.
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Monday's analyst calls included an upgrade to Apple and a move in the opposite direction for athleisure giant Lululemon and electric car marker Tesla. The firm downgraded Ulta stock to equal weight from overweight, and lowered its price target to $434 per share from $612. — Brian Evans 6:30 a.m. Evercore slashes Tesla price target Evercore ISI says its forecast for Tesla stock is due for an update as headwinds from the start of the year converge and pressure the electric vehicle company. Apple stock has pulled back 12.1% in 2024 but was up 1.7% in premarket trading Monday. Lululemon stock has slipped nearly 29% in 2024 and was off 1.9% premarket Monday.
Persons: Bernstein, Toni Sacconaghi, Barclays downgrades Ulta, Adrienne Yih, Yih, — Brian Evans, Chris McNally, McNally, Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi, Sacconaghi, Barclays downgrades Lululemon, headwinds, LULU Organizations: CNBC, Apple, Tesla, Barclays, ISI Locations: China, Friday's, Mexico
Today's big story examines how recruitment for AI talent is ramping up in the tech industry and on Wall Street . AdvertisementEager to understand how to leverage the tech, companies are racing to scoop up AI specialists. But Big Tech companies aren't just competing with each other. With so many venture capitalists eager to fund AI ideas , some AI talent are starting their own companies. Businesses are already fighting the rule, but if it survives the courts it could mean even more movement of AI talent.
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It's the busiest week of the earnings season, and it could have major consequences for the stock market. This quarter: The fast-food giant is expected to report single-digit earnings and revenue growth from the year-earlier period, LSEG shows. Amazon is set to report earnings after the close. What history shows: Pfizer earnings beat earnings expectations 87% of the time, per Bespoke. Thursday Apple is set to report earnings after the bell.
Persons: Jeffrey Bernstein, Bernstein, JPMorgan's Andrea Teixeira, Teixeira, AMZN, Joseph Feldman, Feldman, AAPL, , Apple Organizations: Apple, Pfizer, IBM, CNBC, Barclays, Investment, Management, AWS, Amazon, pharma, Food and Drug Administration, UBS Locations: China
Analysts from major firms, ranging from UBS to Bank of America, were encouraged by accelerated growth in Google Search, Cloud and YouTube seen in the previous quarter. GOOGL YTD mountain Google stock this year. Sandler kept his overweight rating and increased his price target by $27 to $200, which implies 28% potential upside from Thursday's close. Jefferies's Brent Thill maintained his buy rating and upped his price target by $20 to $200, saying shares are trading at an attractive valuation. His target price suggests only about 11% potential upside from Thursday's close.
Persons: Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, Ross Sandler's, Sandler, Jefferies's Brent Thill, Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, Justin, Ken Gawrelski, Gawrelski Organizations: Google, UBS, Bank of America, YouTube, JPMorgan, Barclays, , buybacks, & &
Microsoft and a major chemical stock were among Friday's biggest analyst calls. He also lowered his price target by $1 to $25, which implies shares can fall roughly 19% from Thursday's close. Sandler increased his price target by $27 to $200, which implies 26.6% potential upside. JPMorgan: Analyst Mark Murphy added $30 to his price target, which is now at $470. He also hiked his price target to $61 from $55, which implies upside of 8% going forward.
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Earnings of $1.89 per share topped the $1.51 in earnings per share anticipated by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue of $80.54 billion topped expectations of $78.59 billion. Revenue of $83.08 billion topped estimates of $78.35 billion. Otherwise, Chevron's earnings of $2.93 per share topped the consensus estimate of $2.87 in earnings per share. Charter Communications — The broadband and cable provider dropped 3.4% after first-quarter earnings came in weaker than anticipated.
Persons: Snap's, Chevron's, LSEG, AutoNation, AbbVie, Skechers, FactSet, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Alex Harring, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: Microsoft, LSEG, Intel —, Intel, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Colgate, Palmolive, Revenue, Charter Communications, Charter Locations: LSEG .
AstraZeneca tops first-quarter revenue and profit expectations
  + stars: | 2024-04-25 | 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 EmailAstraZeneca tops first-quarter revenue and profit expectationsAstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot outlines how the pharma giant's first-quarter results were boosted by demand for its rare blood disorder and oncology drugs.
Persons: Pascal Soriot Organizations: AstraZeneca, pharma
Since February, Meta Platforms has been trending slightly higher on weaker price momentum. Since early 2023, META has experienced a period of remarkably positive price momentum. META has been trending slightly higher since February, yet the RSI has been sloping downwards. Thursday's initial gap lower dropped META right into the middle of the price gap formed in early February. This would also mean a retest of the 200-day moving average, which META has not touched since February 2023.
Persons: We'll, — David Keller Organizations: RSI, CMT
Oracle head Larry Ellison said Tuesday the company is planning a move to Nashville, Tennessee. Ellison said he now wants the company to be closer to the center of the healthcare sector. Larry Ellison, the software giant's cofounder and chairman announced plans Tuesday for a "huge campus" in Nashville, "which will ultimately be our world headquarters." "It's the center of the industry we're most concerned about, which is the healthcare industry," Ellison said at the Oracle Health Summit in Nashville, according to CNBC. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Larry Ellison, Ellison, Organizations: Service, Oracle, Oracle Health Summit, CNBC, Business Locations: Nashville , Tennessee, Silicon Valley, Austin, Nashville
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi on Tesla earningsToni Sacconaghi, Bernstein, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Sacconaghi would've liked to hear on Tesla's earnings call, the EV giant's full-self driving and Robotaxi plans, and what happens in the next 5-10 years for Tesla.
Persons: Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi, Toni Sacconaghi, Bernstein, Sacconaghi would've, Tesla Organizations: EV
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