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Investing.com -- Truist Securities upgraded Corning Incorporated to Buy from Hold, saying the stock’s roughly 45% pullback in July presents an attractive entry point, while lowering its 12-month price target to $175 from $205 to reflect higher discount rates and lower sector valuation multiples.

Amazon shares jumped 5% this morning, propelling the company to a $3.08 trillion market valuation. The gain comes on the heels of a 15% jump on Friday, when Amazon stock had its best day in years after investors liked what they saw in its latest report card.

Boeing is in the midst of an extended turnaround that has found a new believer on Wall Street. The stock is up about 2% Monday morning.

Investing.com -- UBS downgraded NXP Semiconductors to Neutral from Buy, arguing that while the analog semiconductor upcycle is gaining momentum, the company's growth outlook is becoming less compelling due to rising risks of a China automotive inventory correction and relatively limited exposure to AI infrastructure spending.

Nine years ago, Tesla nearly drained its cash reserves trying to scale a new vehicle line, a stretch of chaos Elon Musk later called production hell. Rivian (RIVN) is now running its own version of that gauntlet with the R2, the affordable SUV meant to turn a niche automaker into a mass-market one. ...

Investing.com -- A $21 billion U.S. Air Force program managed by Boeing Co. to modernize the B-52 bomber fleet is facing cost increases and schedule delays during its early development phase, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Friday.

There is a pattern that keeps repeating in this AI earnings cycle. A company spends heavily on infrastructure. Analysts get nervous about whether the spending will ever pay off. Targets get trimmed. Then the results come in and the conversation shifts. July 29 was Microsoft's turn to go through ...

Morgan Stanley lowered the price target on SoFi to $15 from $16 and maintained an ‘Underweight’ rating on the shares, saying that while the Q2 revenue beat by 7%, growth is becoming more capital intensive.

AMC Entertainment (AMC) has received one of the clearest signs yet that its financial position is improving. S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating of the movie theater operator to B- from CCC+ with a stable outlook. The ratings firm pointed to improved operating performance, ...

Mizuho upgraded Bloom Energy to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $242, a 48% upside from Wednesday’s closing price.

Bloom Energy's blockbuster quarterly results finally hit the market a day late, and a fresh Wall Street upgrade is pouring fuel on a rally that's pulling the entire fuel-cell sector along for the ride.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Chinese EV maker Nio despite the fact the country's electric vehicle market continues to struggle. Shares are up about 7% this week.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Chinese EV maker Nio despite the fact the country's electric vehicle market continues to struggle. Shares are up about 7% this week.

Investing.com -- HSBC downgraded Procter & Gamble to "Hold" from "Buy" and cut its price target to $149 from $182, saying the consumer goods giant's reinvestment in marketing and innovation has yet to translate into stronger sales volumes or margin recovery despite continued spending.

Investing.com -- Mizuho upgraded Bloom Energy to "Outperform" from "Neutral" and set a $242 price target, citing stronger-than-expected execution, accelerating margin expansion and improving operating leverage, while arguing the recent share-price pullback has created an attractive entry point.

Investing.com -- JPMorgan downgraded Pirelli to Neutral from Overweight on Thursday after the tire maker reported first-half results the bank described as solid, citing limited upside at its price target.

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are up 9% in early Thursday trading, changing hands at $427 after the software giant delivered a fiscal fourth-quarter blowout and crossed a symbolic Azure milestone. The pop lifts the stock off Wednesday’s $390.54 close and pushes it back toward levels last seen in the spring. As of yesterday’s close, Microsoft ... Microsoft Surges 9% as Azure Tops $100B and Q4 Beat Lifts Most Price Targets

The group now expects full-year adjusted organic earnings before interest, taxes and amortization growth of between 14% and 19%, up from 10% and 15%.

Wall Street is watching Akamai Technologies closely after a blockbuster deal reshaped the company's growth story earlier this year. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed its “Overweight” rating on Akamai (AKAM) in a July 27 research note shared with me, keeping its price target at $165, roughly 48% above the ...

Investing.com -- Baird downgraded Caterpillar to Neutral from Outperform and cut its price target to $900 from $1,200, arguing that mounting U.S. state and local regulations targeting data center development could slow equipment demand from 2027 onward, even as the company's near-term order book remains strong.

Investing.com -- Citi upgraded Ford Motor to Buy from Neutral and raised its price target to $20 from $19, saying improving F-Series pickup production, easing warranty costs and better aluminum supply are driving a positive shift in the automaker's earnings outlook.

Caterpillar's strong order and backlog growth are likely to slow in 2027 and 2028, Baird projected on Wednesday, highlighting the recent New York data center moratorium as an example of growing state and local regulatory pushback. CAT stock dragged the Dow Jones into the red before Wednesday's open, as S&P 500 futures pointed higher. Baird downgraded CAT to neutral from outperform, cutting its price target to 900 from 1,200, according to The Fly investment news site.

HIVE Digital Technologies received its first-ever analyst coverage from Chardan Capital on July 27, 2026, with the firm initiating a "Buy" rating and a price target of $7.50. HIVE, listed on Nasdaq and also trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, builds and operates Tier-I and Tier-III data centers ...

SpaceX stock has had a rough few weeks. Shares are trading 50% below all-time highs shortly after the company's record-breaking initial public offering in June. Yet one Wall Street firm is not backing down. In fact, it is doubling down with a price target that would make SpaceX one of the most ...

Bloom Energy hikes 2026 revenue outlook to $3.9 - $4.2 billion from $3.4 - $3.8 billion forecast in the previous quarter.

Alphabet reported earnings on July 22 and the stock dropped more than 7% in a single session. The numbers weren't bad. Cloud grew 82% year over year. Advertising held up. EPS beat. What rattled investors was the spending. Capital expenditure guidance for 2026 came in at $195 billion to $205 ...

Investing.com -- TD Cowen has downgraded Intuit to Hold from Buy, with the firm’s analyst Jared Levine citing a near-term catalyst path that he sees skewing more negative than positive and limiting a recovery in the shares.

Investing.com -- BofA Securities upgraded Honeywell Technologies to Neutral from Underperform and raised its price target to $265 from $205, saying stronger execution and broad-based order growth have improved confidence in the company's second-half growth outlook. The brokerage's more constructive stance follows Honeywell Technologies' second-quarter results, which exceeded expectations across all three business segments and prompted management to raise its full-year 2026 guidance for organic g

Jefferies upgraded Ford and General Motors as they moved past last year's electric vehicle losses. Ford stock rose about 1%, while General Motors advanced around 2.5%.

For years, the AI chip conversation has had one dominant name and a long list of challengers trying to close the gap. Most of them haven't. One of them is starting to look different, and Bank of America just made that case in writing. Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya, who covers semiconductors ...