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Investing.com -- Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) reported second quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations and provided third quarter guidance well above consensus, sending shares up 13%.

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.

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.

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 -- 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.

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%.

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.

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

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%.

Investing.com -- AT&T was upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform by Wolfe Research, which said the telecom giant's improving operating fundamentals and attractive valuation more than offset lingering concerns over competition from SpaceX's Starlink mobile ambitions. The brokerage assigned a $29 price target, implying nearly 26% upside from the stock's recent close.

Investing.com -- Stifel upgraded DigitalOcean Holdings to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $160 from $135, arguing that growing demand for AI infrastructure, higher GPU pricing and additional capacity expansion should drive stronger earnings and revenue growth over the next several years.

Investing.com -- Several clean energy companies received rating upgrades from analysts who pointed to improving growth prospects in domestic manufacturing, energy storage demand and hyperscale data center opportunities, despite ongoing policy and execution risks.

The decision reflects assumptions the country’s default risk declined, given that macroeconomic stabilization advanced beyond the initial adjustment phase, the ratings company said.

Apple is launching a device leasing program called 'Apple Upgrade' on July 28 in the U.S. to ‌boost sales, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with ‌knowledge of the matter. The new service arrives as Apple has raised prices on ​its iPads, MacBooks and other devices except the iPhone, no longer able to shield customers from surging memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's data-center buildout. Apple Upgrade will support most iPhone, ‌Mac, iPad and Apple Watch ⁠models and the company is partnering with Klarna Group as the financial backer for the program, the report ⁠said.

3M stock jumped on Tuesday after the industrial conglomerate beat Wall Street's earnings expectations and raised its full-year guidance.

Investing.com -- Here are the biggest analyst moves in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) for this week.

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Investing.com -- HSBC analyst Nicolas Cote-Colisson upgraded Apple to Buy from Hold and raised its price target on the iPhone maker’s shares to $366 from $260 in a note Friday, saying it is at "an operational turning point" as AI capabilities and a strong product pipeline support growth.

Energy innovators NXT and POWL are rising on demand for data center stocks and analysts upgrades at Guggenheim and GLJ.

Semiconductor equipment giant ASML beat estimates for the second quarter and raised its outlook for the full year. ASML stock rose on the news.