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Investing.com -- Citizens downgraded eBay to Market Perform from Market Outperform, saying the risk-reward has become more balanced as intensifying competition in online resale and heavier investment in Depop are likely to weigh on profitability.

Investing.com -- Oppenheimer on Tuesday downgraded Walmart shares to Perform from Outperform on Monday and removed its $140 price target, citing a less compelling near-term case for the stock ahead of the retailer’s August 20 earnings report.

Morgan Stanley downgraded stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE: CRCL) to Underweight on Aug. 3 and cut its price target by nearly 64% to $38 from $106, delivering Wall Street's most bearish call on the stock just two days before the company reports second-quarter earnings. The investment bank cited ...

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.

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 -- 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.

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.

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.

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 -- JPMorgan downgraded Rollins to Neutral from Overweight and cut its price target to $45 from $70, saying uncertainty around weakening residential demand and a slower-than-expected margin recovery has made the pest control company's near-term risk-reward less compelling despite its intact long-term growth story.

Investing.com -- Rollins Inc. (NYSE: ROL) shares are down more than 18% premarket on Thursday after the pest control company reported second-quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday.

Salesforce Hit by Morgan Stanley Downgrade Over Sluggish Growth Outlook

Investing.com -- Monster Beverage was downgraded to Hold from Buy by analysts at Deutsche Bank, who said the energy drink maker's recent share outperformance has left its valuation reflecting expectations that are difficult to exceed despite the company's strong operational momentum.

Investing.com -- Mizuho Securities downgraded Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, to Underperform from Neutral and trimmed its price target to $50 from $85, flagging competitive threats from a newly launched rival stablecoin that could undercut Circle’s core revenue model.

Investing.com -- HSBC downgraded IBM to Reduce from Hold and cut its price target to $191 from $231 in a note on Tuesday, arguing that a basket of IBM's peers offers superior earnings potential for the same investment.

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I have been tracking SanDisk's numbers. It’s one of my favourites. Why? Its performance, and the reason behind the big numbers. And the numbers keep doing something unusual for sure. They keep getting bigger than the already-big numbers that preceded them. If you didn’t know, SanDisk (SNDK) is the ...

American Airlines (AAL) stock has been one of the market's leading comeback stocks this year. The company's shares have risen 21% since May and climbed 53% over the past year. It even touched a 52-week high of $18.05 on June 30, 2026. So when a firm that had been positive on the stock suddenly ...

S&P Global Ratings announced Thursday that it was downgrading the credit ratings of the software and AI cloud computing giant from BBB to BBB-, one notch above speculative grade, or junk-bond, ratings. Oracle’s “growing AI infrastructure business is diluting its strong business risk profile,” S&P analysts wrote. The extra yield, or spread, that investors are demanding to hold Oracle’s 5.7% bonds due in 2036 was recently 1.84 percentage points, according to MarketAxess, up from 1.75 percentage points Wednesday.

Investing.com — Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL) shares managed to gain 2.7% on Thursday, defying a credit rating downgrade from S&P Global Ratings. While shares edged slightly lower from their midday highs, the tech giant still traded firmly in positive territory. Investors chose to focus on Oracle’s staggering $638 billion backlog of cloud contracts rather than the immediately apparent threat to its balance sheet: S&P downgraded Oracle’s long-term issuer credit rating to ’BBB-’ from ’BBB’, retaining a

Investing.com -- Paramount Skydance shares fell 8% Thursday after Arete Research downgraded the media company to sell from neutral and slashed its price target to $2, a Street low, citing concerns about the debt burden from its planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Investing.com -- Bernstein revealed in a note on Thursday that it has downgraded Salesforce.com to Sector Weight from Outperform, removing its price target and citing weak customer feedback on the company's Agentforce artificial intelligence product.

Shares in software companies are among the biggest losers in premarket trading: Salesforce (CRM), IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) are down around 4.5% Adobe (ADBE) and Workday (WDAY) fall over 3% ...

KeyBanc downgraded Salesforce on views its AI strategy isn't jelling. Salesforce stock stumbled on the news as other software companies also retreated.

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs downgraded Bath & Body Works to Sell from Neutral and trimmed its price target to $19 from $23, citing weakening brand sentiment and risks tied to the retailer’s newly expanded third-party distribution.

Investing.com -- Brokerage Bernstein downgraded cloud monitoring software company Datadog to "Market-Perform" from "Outperform" on Monday, saying the stock's recent rally has outpaced its improving fundamentals even as the company stands to benefit from growing artificial intelligence adoption.

Intel spent most of 2023 and 2024 as one of the most beaten-down chip stocks on Wall Street. Frank Lee, an HSBC semiconductor analyst, was among the skeptics. In late 2025 he had the company on reduce with a $24 price target and a straightforward message: time to bail out. On July 2, Lee published ...

AT&T has spent years telling investors the same story. Build more fiber, build a stronger wireless network, and the payoff will come. For a while, Wall Street bought it. The telecom stock held up even as rivals stumbled, and management kept pointing to 2030 as the finish line for its ...