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Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) is set to report second-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market close. Shareholders are hoping for signs of positive momentum from the cloud communications stock, and Wall Street is mostly optimistic about the outlook for Twilio. Wall Street analysts are expecting Twilio...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares closed up 6.5 percent on Thursday after the company reported a smaller-than expected Q2 earnings loss and reiterated its Model 3 production guidance. A number of Wall Street firms weighed in on the polarizing stock following the report. Here’s a sampling of...

Analysts at Baird Equity Research continue to view Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s stock as a "top pick for 2017" after the company's second-quarter results Wednesday came in "better than we feared." The firm's Ben Kallo maintains an Outperform rating on Tesla's stock with an unchanged $368 price target...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares jumped more than 5 percent Wednesday, briefly pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 22,000 for the first time. A number of Wall Street analysts weighed in on Apple following its huge second-quarter earnings report. Here’s a rundown of what they had to...

Wall Street was calling on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to save the tech sector with its third-quarter earnings, and it did not fail to deliver, posting EPS of $1.67 and $45.4 billion in sales compared to consensus estimates of $1.57 and $44.89. The stock soared to new all-time highs on the new print...

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) hasn’t generated any positive momentum from its second-quarter earnings ad revenue beat reported on July 25. After briefly surging to a new 10-year high of $15.65 following the report, AMD made a sharp reversal and has trader lower ever since....

Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA) remains Baird’s top pick, with analyst David Leiker reiterating an Outperform rating and $197 price target. Leiker expects shareholder returns to approach 20-percent annual through 2020. The analyst’s view was reaffirmed by a recent shift in investor...

“We are clearly late to the party,” said Credit Suisse analyst Robert Spingarn in a note while upgrading Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) from Neutral to Outperform with a price target increase from $200 to $300. Spingarn is now one of the most bullish analysts covering Boeing (see his track record...

One week ahead of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)’s second-quarter earnings report, Baird analyst Ben Kallo expressed reservations for the near-term but reiterated an Outperform rating and $358 price target nonetheless. The analyst revised his Q2 and fiscal 2017 estimates to reflect actual...

A mixed second-quarter earnings report and an outbreak of norovirus has clouded the crystal balls of analysts who cover Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG). Conservative Approach Baird Analyst David Tarantino maintained a Neutral rating and lowered the price target to $385 from $425. “...

An analyst from Baird has turned bullish on the new Sonoco Products Co (NYSE: SON), citing the underperformance of the company's shares year-to-date and the impending staggered catalysts on the horizon, including strategy shift, M&A, pricing catch-up and potential for industrial growth....

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares surged 13.3 percent on Tuesday after the company reported blowout subscriber growth in Q2. A number of Wall Street analysts commented on the stock following the report. The stock closed Tuesday at a new all-time high of $183.60, up 13.5 percent on the day. Here...

After a stellar Q2 earnings report, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares traded 13 percent higher during Tuesday’s trading session. Baird analyst William Power took a deeper look into the earnings beat and ended up raising his price target on Netflix from $140 to $175. “Netflix handily...

On Tuesday, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) unveiled its Xeon Scalable Platform at its Purley event. After performing recent channel checks, Baird analyst Tristan Gerra is convinced Intel could have some data center weakness on the way in Q3. However, in a new research note, Gerra wrote that Intel...