Analyst Ratings

The March Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, will deliver the first hard data point on how the Iran war has reshaped the inflation outlook. Wall Street expects the answer to be ugly. Wall Street consensus calls for headline CPI to jump 0.9% in March...

Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL) shares rose on Thursday after Barclays upgraded the stock and raised its price target, signaling renewed confidence in the company’s growth drivers. Optical Demand Drives Upgrade Analyst Tom O’Malley upgraded Marvell to Overweight from Equalweight...

FedEx Corp (NYSE:FDX) hosted its analyst day on Thursday ahead of the spinout of its largest less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, FedEx Freight (FDXF). The company announced medium-term targets, which appear to be "fairly conservative and achievable," according to BofA Securities analyst Ken Hoexter...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) launched Muse Spark, a new AI model from its Superintelligence Labs, on Wednesday, which marks a shift away from the Llama series. The new LLM (large language model) capabilities have the potential to strengthen the company's product pipeline and ads performance,...

Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page. HC Wainwright & Co. analyst Raghuram Selvaraju downgraded Assertio Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:...

Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page. Morgan Stanley analyst Carlos De Alba initiated coverage on NovaGold Resources Inc (AMEX:NG)...

Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades and downgrades, please see our analyst ratings page. Morgan Stanley raised the price target for Alcoa Corp (NYSE:AA) from $64 to $80. Morgan Stanley analyst...

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) will release earnings for its first quarter before the opening bell on Tuesday, April 14. Analysts expect the San Francisco, California-based company to report quarterly earnings of $1.58 per share, up from $1.39 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus...

President Donald Trump promised to slash beef prices on day one of his election. Eighteen months later, cattle and retail beef prices have reached record highs. At $6.74 per pound, the current price of beef is about 18% higher than it was during President Joe Biden‘s last year in office....

Darrell Crate, CEO of Easterly Government Properties Inc. (NYSE:DEA) that commercial REITs focused on government-leased buildings could be one of the most attractive safe-haven investments for investors right now. Speaking on CNBC's Fast Money on Wednesday, Crate highlighted that commercial REITs...

During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout. Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by...

The war in Iran has revealed a daunting structural flaw in U.S. defense procurement: the cost of defending against Iranian drones far outweighs the cost of the drones themselves. A single $50,000 drone is being met with interceptors worth millions, highlighting an economic imbalance that is...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) will release earnings for its first quarter before the opening bell on Tuesday, April 14. Analysts expect the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company to report quarterly earnings of $2.67 per share, down from $2.77 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus...

Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page. Morgan Stanley analyst Carlos De Alba upgraded Alcoa Corp (NYSE:AA) from Equal-Weight to...

Fundstrat Head of Research Tom Lee believes the stock market has bottomed out and is on track to hit new record highs, maintaining a bold 7,300 target for the S&P 500 even as he warns of a looming macroeconomic “inflation shock.” The Bottom Is In Following a tumultuous period marked...