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Gould is more bullish than many on Wall Street, as the average price target of analysts polled by LSEG is $484.42. Analyst Harold Antor downgraded the stock to hold from buy and slashed his price target by $4 to $8. Analyst Jeffrey Stantial upgrade the sports betting stock to buy from hold and raised his price target by $5 to $45. Stantial's new price target implies shares can jump 19.9% over the next year from Thursday's close. UBS raised its rating on Texas Instruments to buy and increased its price target to $195 from $170.

Persons: Chipmakers, Wells, Bernstein, PDD, Robin Zhu, Zhu, Temu, there's, Shein, — Alex Harring, Alan Gould, Gould, Jefferies, Hertz, Harold Antor, Antor, There's, Saul Martinez, Martinez, Alex Harring, Stifel, Jeffrey Stantial, Stantial, Wells Fargo, Aaron Rakers, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, TXN, Timothy Arcuri, FCF –, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, UBS, Texas, Nvidia, Meta, PDD Holdings, Netflix, HBO, LSEG, Hertz, EV, Jefferies, HSBC, Discover, Facebook, Big Tech, Texas Instruments Locations: China, Thursday's

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Apple, Starbucks, Marvel, Coinbase, IBM, Amazon & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Goldman Sachs upgrades Fiverr to buy from neutral Goldman said the Israeli online marketplace is well positioned for AI. Bank of America reiterates Amazon as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on Amazon shares. Bank of America downgrades Celsius to neutral from buy Bank of America says it sees "uncertainty to sales momentum" for the energy drink company. Deutsche Bank names Starbucks a top pick Deutsche says it sees an improved same-store sales environment for Starbucks in 2024. Bank of America upgrades Teekay Tankers to buy from neutral Bank of America upgraded the tanker stock due to "rising rate upside."

Persons: Stifel, McKhann, thoughtfully, Goldman, Goldman Sachs, FVRR, Raymond James, TXN, Oppenheimer, Morgan Stanley, ASML, Citi downgrades Blackstone, Carlyle, it's bullish, headwinds, Evercore, Price, Apple Evercore, Janney, Jefferies, Hertz Organizations: Broadcom, Semiconductor, Enterprise, Nvidia, Bank of America, Amazon, North, Holdings, Netflix, Deutsche Bank, Starbucks, Deutsche, SSS, UBS, Texas, Barclays, Nokia, Ericsson, Citi downgrades, Citi, BMO, Marvel, " Bank of America, United Rentals, of America, IBM, Enterprise IT, Apple, Shoals Technologies, Inc, HSBC, Discover, Motorola Solutions, HERTZ Locations: North America, 4Q, 2026E, CY24

☆ This 'performance chasing' basket of stocks is up 21% in about 3 weeks and has room to run, Wolfe Research says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Investors are chasing performance as Treasury yields decline and stocks rally, Wolfe Research found – and a basket of stocks is poised to build upon these gains through mid-December. Wolfe's basket includes the top 10 performing stocks within the 1,000 companies with the largest market cap. Fifty-one of the 53 analysts covering Nvidia rate it a buy or a strong buy. NVDA YTD mountain Nvidia shares in 2023 Online sports betting company DraftKings also made the list. DKNG YTD mountain DraftKings shares —CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed to this report.

Persons: Wolfe, Chris Senyek, DraftKings, Morgan Stanley, Ed Young, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Wolfe Research, Treasury, Micro, Nvidia, Citi, Wall Street Locations: treasuries

Wednesday's batch of analyst research included bullish calls on a credit card giant and a sports betting name. The firm downgraded the pharmaceutical stock to neutral from overweight and lowered its price target to $55 per share from $68. The bank downgraded the Canadian Solar to underweight from neutral in a Wednesday note and lowered its price target to $22 per share from $32. The analyst noted that the guidance given confirms his bull case for the stock, which consists of a $70 price target. The bank initiated coverage of the credit card giant with an overweight rating and a $184 per share price target — which implies more than 17% upside from Tuesday's close.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Guggenheim, John DiFucci, there's, Brian Evans, Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades, Myers Squibb Cantor Fitzgerald, We've, Olivia Brayer, Myers Squibb, — Brian Evans, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Wells, Omar Mejias, Mark Strouse, DraftKings, Stephen Grambling, Grambling, Fred Imbert, millennials, Z, Gen, Terry Ma Organizations: CNBC, Barclays, American Express, Guggenheim, FactSet, Myers Squibb, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Warner Music Group, accel, JPMorgan, American Locations: Bristol, Generac, Europe, CSIQ

☆ 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

He also lowered his price target by $6 to $120, implying just 3.9% upside from Tuesday's close. Analyst Shaun Kelley has a $40 price target on shares, implying shares could gain 11.4% from Tuesday's close. Rivian shares jumped more than 7% after the company increased its production forecast for the full year by 2,000 units to 54,000. Datadog shares have produced zero return over the past three years, Murphy noted, with shares down 9% since Oct. 15, 2020. UBS has a neutral rating on Apple and a price target of $190 per share, which implies upside of 4.5%.

Persons: Cowen downgrades Estee, TD Cowen, Estee Lauder, Oliver Chen, Chen, — Hakyung Kim, Shaun Kelley, Kelley, Goldman, Goldman Sachs, Neil Mehta, Mehta, There's, Colin Langan, Langan, Piper Sandler, Alexander Potter, Potter, Rivian, Mark Delaney, Morgan Stanley, Jonas, Mark Murphy, Murphy, David Vogt, Vogt, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Tech, UBS, JPMorgan, Revenue, Asia, Bank of America, Industry, Mehta ., Wall Street, Rivian, pullbacks, Pro, Pro Max, Apple Locations: China, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Tuesday's, U.S

☆ Jobs and earnings are major themes next week as we consider more portfolio moves
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

But in the end, it's fundamentals that drive earnings and earnings that drive stock prices. Looking ahead to next week, we'll get several important macroeconomic updates along with nine Club earnings reports. Economic releases Next week is Jobs Friday when we get the government's monthly nonfarm payrolls report. Club stock earnings Club name Caterpillar (CAT) reports third-quarter results before the opening bell Tuesday. DuPont (DD) is set to report earnings.

Persons: it's, we'll, nonfarm payrolls, We'll, Estee Lauder, Eli Lilly, BUD, Jerome Powell, Kraft Heinz, WEN, Papa John's, Dwight Co, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brendan Mcdermid Organizations: Caterpillar, GE Healthcare, DuPont, Bausch Health, Starbucks, Apple Watch, VF Corp, GE HealthCare, Pfizer, JetBlue, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Devices, Caesars Entertainment, Cruise, CVS Health, Brinker International, Yum Brands, PayPal, Qualcomm, Mondelez, Novo Nordisk, Barrick, Penn Entertainment, Paramount Global, Marriott, Ferrari, Molson Coors, TAP, Coinbase, Natural Resources, Booking Holdings, International, Monster Beverage, Health, Resources, Dwight, Restaurant Brands, Sempra Energy, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange Locations: North America, China, New York City, U.S

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Intel, Rivian, ResMed, Amazon, Enphase, Southwest & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

JPMorgan initiates TKO Group as overweight JPMorgan said the WWE and UFC combo company is a "sports champion." Bank of America downgrades Hasbro to neutral from buy Bank of America downgraded the toymaker after its earnings report on Thursday. " HSBC upgrades Intel to hold from sell HSBC upgraded Intel after its earnings report on Thursday. TD Cowen downgrades Southwest to market perform from outperform TD downgraded the stock after its "tough" earnings report on Thursday. " Goldman Sachs reiterates Amazon as buy Goldman said the stock remains attractive after its earnings report Thursday.

Persons: Cantor Fitzgerald, Rivian, Cantor, Stifel, we've, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler downgrades, Piper, Guggenheim, Raymond James, Roblox, TD Cowen, TD Cowen downgrades Hershey, it's bullish, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Organizations: Dominion, WWE, UFC, " Bank of America, Hasbro, Bank of America, Products, Energy, JPMorgan, HSBC, Intel, Inc, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Griffon Corp, Management, Hershey, BMO, Merck, Citi, Cisco, JPMorgan downgrades, Apple, of America

☆ These are JPMorgan’s top stocks for October
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JPMorgan added three new stocks to its list of top names for October, including a sports betting company that has had a massive rally since the start of the year. The focus list comprises the top ideas of the bank's equity analysts spanning growth, value and short investment strategies. The bank has a $60 price target, more than 13% above the stock's $52.80 close on Friday. Returning names to the list include value stock General Motors , which is down 3% this year. Analyst Tessa Romero's $26 price target implies shares could rise more than 353% from their Friday close of $5.73.

Persons: Joseph Greff, Robbie Marcus, Greff, Ryan Brinkman's, Tessa Romero's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, Boston Scientific, Wynn Resorts, Boston, Motors, United Auto Workers, Ford Motor, Edgewise Therapeutics, Boyd Gaming Locations: DraftKings, Macau, China, UAE

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. Megacap growth stocks including Apple (AAPL.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Tesla (TSLA.O) lost between 0.5% and 1.3% in premarket trading. Pressuring equities, the benchmark two- and 10-year Treasury yields have scaled multi-year highs after the Fed's hawkish longer-term rate outlook, a stance also projected by other major central banks. Meanwhile, a 25-basis-point rate cut is being priced in as early as March, growing to over 33% in June and July. DraftKings (DKNG.O) rose 3% after J.P. Morgan upgraded the online sports and gaming company's stock to "overweight" from "neutral".

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Moody's, Stuart Cole, Jerome Powell, Neel Kashkari, Austan Goolsbee, Goldman Sachs, Morgan, Ankika Biswas, Shashwat Chauhan, Maju Samuel Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Dow, Nasdaq, Federal Reserve, Sunday, Apple, Microsoft, Dow e, Treasury, Equiti, Traders, Investors, Minneapolis, Chicago Fed, CNBC, PDD Holdings, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, China, Bengaluru

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said it has charged a former national office leader at audit firm Marcum LLP over quality control failures, the regulator said in a statement. The SEC said Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, a certified public accountant, failed to sufficiently address and remediate deficiencies in the firm's quality control system. In his role as a National Assurance Services Leader, he was aware of numerous deficiencies in Marcum's quality control system, the SEC said. The SEC in June charged marcum with a $10 million penalty for standards violations related to its audit work for hundreds of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Marcum, Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, Giugliano, Nikola, Chris Prentice, Nick Zieminski Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, National Assurance Services Leader, DraftKings Inc, Thomson Locations: Washington ,

☆ Wall Street says these gaming stocks have big upside as NFL kick-off boosts interest
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The NFL season began on Thursday, with the Detroit Lions defeating the Kansas City Chiefs. The gaming stocks listed below have buy ratings from more than 60% of analysts and upside to the average price target of greater than 20%, according to FactSet. Caesar's Entertainment has the most upside on the list, with an average price target 37% above its most recent closing price. Barclays analyst Brandt Montour said in a Sept. 7 note to clients that Caesar's could see a boom in non-sports online gambling. DraftKings is Needham's top pick in gaming, though the average analyst price target on the stock is below 20%.

Persons: Brandt Montour, We're, Montour, skews, Churchill, FactSet, DraftKings, Needham, DKNG, Bernie McTernan, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: NFL, Wall Street, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Caesar's Entertainment, Barclays, MGM Resorts International, Kentucky Derby Locations: U.S, 3Q23

☆ The NFL season is almost here. These stocks could benefit — for a few days
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The 2023 season starts on Sept. 7, with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Detroit Lions. The next few days could be a good short-term trading opportunity for the sports betting stocks, according to a Wednesday note from the Bank of America consumer trading desk. "Online Gaming stocks have a history of rallying into and on the start of NFL Season, though less so after," the note said. The biggest pure-play online sports betting stock in the U.S. is DraftKings , with a market cap of more than $12 billion. DKNG YTD mountain DraftKing's stock price has more than doubled in 2023.

Persons: Refinitiv, BETZ, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: NFL, Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, Bank of America, Wall, Ceasars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Penn Entertainment, ESPN, iGaming Locations: U.S, Barstool

☆ Truist downgrades Penn Entertainment, says uncertainty lingers over ESPN partnership
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Truist isn't sold on Penn Entertainment's partnership with ESPN. The company made headlines this week after announcing a deal with Disney's ESPN to relaunch its sports betting app as ESPN Bet . Penn shares rallied more than 9% on the news, marking their best day since June 24, 2022 — when they surged 12.7%. PENN 5D mountain Penn Entertainment shares surged after ESPN deal announcement But Truist analyst Barry Jonas said traders still need time to "digest" the news. Penn Entertainment stock has slipped nearly 9% from the start of the year.

Persons: Truist isn't, Penn, Barry Jonas, they're, Jonas, PENN mgmt, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Penn, ESPN, ESPN Bet, Bartstool, PENN, Penn Entertainment, Disney

☆ DraftKings falls 10% on new threat for sports gambling market share from ESPN-Penn partnership
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesOne of the leading sports gambling stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after media giant ESPN took a large step into the online betting world. Shares of DraftKings sank 10.9% after Penn Entertainment announced that it had signed a 10-year deal with ESPN. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Shares of DraftKings was under pressure after ESPN and Penn National Gaming announced a partnership. ESPN, which is part of Disney , had previously been reluctant to fully embrace the highly competitive online gambling industry. As part of the deal, Penn will pay ESPN $2 billion in cash and stock warrants over 10 years to license the brand.

Persons: Barstool —, Bob Iger Organizations: Lightrocket, ESPN, DraftKings, Penn Entertainment, Penn, ESPN Bet, Penn National Gaming, Disney, CNBC

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Home Depot, Tesla, Adobe, Walmart, Disney and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Walmart as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's still bullish heading into Walmart earnings Aug. 17. Deutsche Bank reiterates Estée Lauder as buy Deutsche Bank said it sees a "difficult" quarter when Estée Lauder reports earnings next week. Citi opens a negative catalyst watch on Spirit Airlines Citi opened a negative catalyst watch on the discount airline and said it sees a "bumpy ride" to gain regulatory approval for the merger with JetBlue. Citi reiterates TJX Companies as buy Citi said it's bullish heading into earnings next week. JPMorgan downgrades Freshpet to neutral from overweight JPMorgan said it downgraded Freshpet mainly on valuation.

Persons: Tesla, We'll, Truist, DraftKings, Ralph Lauren, Morgan Stanley, it's, Fisker, Estée Lauder, Telsey, JPMorgan Organizations: BMO, Adobe, Bank of America, of America, Management, Walmart, UW, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Spirit Airlines Citi, JetBlue, Watch, JPMorgan, Boston, Networks, Disney, UBS, Apple, FX, TJX Companies, Cellular, USM, US Cellular Locations: China, Orlando

☆ Truist upgrades DraftKings, says sports betting stock has clear path to profitability
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Truist is optimistic on DraftKings on the back of the company's second-quarter earnings. Jonas the company "showed us the money — a quicker and more visible path to profitability" with the report. "Following a Q2 inflection to profitability, we think DKNG's training wheels are off. Management has deftly navigated around numerous early threats, and we think the path to significant and sustainable profitability has become clearer," Jonas said in a Tuesday note. He noted that DraftKings has seen continued market share gains and appears to be narrowing the gap with its competitor FanDuel.

Persons: Barry Jonas, DraftKings, Jonas, FanDuel, —, Michael Bloom Organizations: Management Locations: Monday's, . Ohio

☆ Wells Fargo upgrades DraftKings, says growth momentum will continue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DraftKings can add to its blockbuster 2023 performance as it heads toward $1 billion in adjusted EBITDA, according to Well Fargo. DKNG YTD mountain DraftKings stock "EBITDA is inflecting more quickly/steeply than we previously envisioned, and we expect its op. He cited structural hold improvements, shorter payback periods, secular growth and industry consolidation and aging cohorts driving down promotional expenses as tailwinds for earnings growth. The analyst added that DraftKings' bull thesis is beginning to play out, noting growing market share and increasing structural hold, all while costs "remain in check." Upcoming state launches and more potential state legislation allowing sports betting in the near quarters could lead to more expansion for DraftKings.

Persons: Daniel Politzer, Politzer, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: NFL, DraftKings Locations: Fargo

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Amazon, Cinemark, Nvidia, Meta, Berkshire Hathaway & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Monday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's sticking with its overweight rating after Apple's quarterly 10-Q report. Morgan Stanley upgrades Laureate to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the education company is a beneficiary of nearshoring. Morgan Stanley reiterates Palo Alto Networks as overweight Morgan Stanley said the company has a "differentiated" and "disruptive" platform. " UBS reiterates Berkshire Hathaway as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of Berkshire after its earnings report Saturday. Morgan Stanley reiterates Cinemark as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating on Cinemark as the success of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" has "squashed" the theatrical bear case.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Apple, DA Davidson, Andy Jassy, Wells, Holley, it's, Raymond James, Charles Schwab, Schwab, EchoStar, Guggenheim, Berkshire Hathaway, Cinemark, Oppenheimer, Truist, Piper Sandler, Piper, MNST, Wright Organizations: UBS, Meta, Facebook, Bank of America, Nvidia, U.S ., Networks, Alto Networks, United Airlines, Berkshire, Comcast, CNBC, Monster Beverage Locations: WhatsApp, nearshoring, United, Berkshire, NBCUniversal

A partial counterweight to Apple for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq was Amazon.com. Amazon's rise were an 11-point positive for the S&P 500. Reuters GraphicsAverage hourly earnings rose 0.4% in July, unchanged from the previous month, exceeding expectations, taking the year-on-year increase in wages to 4.4%. DraftKings' (DKNG.O) shares rose 5.8% after the sports-betting firm raised its fiscal year 2023 revenue outlook. The S&P 500 posted 19 new 52-week highs and 11 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 54 new highs and 91 new lows.

Persons: dents, jitters, Said Greg Bassuk, Brendan McDermid, Carl Icahn, DraftKings, Echo Wang, Shubham Batra, Bansari, Savio D'Souza, Shounak Dasgupta, Shinjini Ganguli, Louise Heavens, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Companies, Apple, Dow, Nasdaq, AXS Investments, Treasury, Labor Department, Reuters, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Microsoft, Dow Jones, Icahn Enterprises, Hindenburg, NYSE, Thomson Locations: New York, Ukraine, China, New York City, U.S, Bengaluru

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoCompanies Canoo Inc FollowNikola Corp FollowAug 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined electric vehicle company Canoo Inc $1.5 million on Friday for what the regulator alleges were reporting failures related to hundreds of millions of dollars of unreasonable revenue projections. In the run-up to the deal, Canoo (GOEV.O) had projected revenue of $120 million in 2021 and $250 million in 2022 based on deals to provide engineering services to other companies. In March 2021, the carmaker's stock tumbled 21% after it announced it would not achieve the anticipated revenue, the SEC said in court papers. The SEC said Kranz and Balciunas knew before the merger that the projects were unlikely to generate revenue. Canoo said in May it had tentatively agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to settle with the SEC.

Persons: Jonathan Ernst, Canoo, Ulrich Kranz, Paul Balciunas, Kranz, Balciunas, Daniel Wachtell, Nikola, Jody Godoy, Jonathan Oatis, Nick Macfie, Deepa Babington, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange, SEC, REUTERS, Nikola, Exchange Commission, DraftKings Inc, Thomson Locations: Washington, Texas, New York

The yield on the 10-year benchmark note dipped on Friday after the jobs data, but still remained above 4%, partly boosting some megacap stocks. "At this point in some ways the jobs data doesn't do much to the Fed. Giving solid boost to the S&P 500 index, Amazon.com shares (AMZN.O) surged 10.9% after the company issued an upbeat third-quarter outlook. Of the 422 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported quarterly earnings as of Friday, 79.1% have beat analysts' estimates, according to Refinitiv data. Amgen (AMGN.O) gained 6.2% after it reported a higher quarterly profit on strong sales of its cholesterol, osteoporosis and other drugs.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, David Russell, Stocks, Carl Icahn, DraftKings, Shubham Batra, Bansari, Savio D'Souza, Shounak Dasgupta, Shinjini Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Apple, Dow, Nasdaq, Labor Department, Data, Reuters, Fed, Treasury, Microsoft, Dow Jones, Icahn Enterprises, Hindenburg, NYSE, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Bengaluru

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. All eyes will be squarely on the July U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET, with a Reuters poll of economists estimating payrolls increased by 200,000 jobs last month, after having risen 209,000 in June, showing labor market conditions remain tight. "Today's NFP data would be important for setting the market tone for the coming weeks," Jefferies strategist Mohit Kumar said. ET, Dow e-minis were up 10 points, or 0.03%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 8.5 points, or 0.19%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 44.25 points, or 0.29%.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Amazon's, nonfarm, Jefferies, Mohit Kumar, Stocks, DraftKings, Shubham Batra, Bansari, Savio D'Souza, Shounak Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Apple Futures, Dow, Nasdaq, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Labor Department, Fitch, AAA, Dow e, Horizon Therapeutics, Sports, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, States, Bengaluru

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Tesla, Amazon, Gap, Target, PayPal, Coinbase & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Tesla as equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its annual ask the interns survey that Tesla favorability fell. " Morgan Stanley reiterates PayPal as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish heading into PayPal earnings on Wednesday. " Oppenheimer reiterates Target as outperform Oppenheimer said investors should buy the dip ahead of Target earnings later this month. Bank of America reiterates DraftKings as buy Bank of America is bullish heading into earnings later this week. Morgan Stanley reiterates Ford as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating, but that the company needs an electric vehicle strategy change soon.

Persons: Baird, it's, Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades Rivian, Cantor, Morgan Stanley, Tesla, Read, RMD, PYPL, Oppenheimer, Canaccord, Estee Lauder, DraftKings, DoorDash, comps, Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Ford Organizations: Apple, Mercedes, Barclays, 2H23, RBC, PayPal, Citi, EL, Amazon, Bank of America, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Goldman, Meta Locations: US

☆ On tap this week: Jobs report plus 10 key earnings. Here's what we want to see
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

All three major averages advanced for the week, powered by strong mega-cap earnings and favorable inflation data. Looking to next week, earnings season enters its second half with the last of our mega-caps — Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) — set to report on Thursday. We'll get a better read on the employment picture on Wednesday with the ADP report and then, more importantly, on Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for July. Thursday after the close brings us to the main events of the week: Earnings from Apple and Amazon. For those looking to review first quarter performance ahead of these releases, be sure to keep our first-quarter earnings report card handy.

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