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Apple Inc. (AAPL)
- Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( ) from $245.00 to $265.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock. This represents a 19.9% upside from the current price of $220.99.
- (7/24) JPMorgan Chase & Co. Boosts Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Price Target to $265.00 (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) Apple’s App Store hit with antitrust probe in Spain (techcrunch.com)
- (7/24) Discover the Hidden Gem in Chip Manufacturing Stocks (AAPL) (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) 3 Disruptive Tech Stocks That Could Be the Next Apple: July 2024 (investorplace.com)
- (7/24) 2 Top Tech Stocks That Could Make You a Millionaire (fool.com)
- (7/24) Get Your Money Out of These 3 Overhyped Stocks by 2025 (investorplace.com)
- (7/24) The 3 Best Next-Gen Display Stocks to Buy Now (investorplace.com)
- (7/24) Apple Valley paying for plenty of road projects through new budget. See the list. (news.yahoo.com)
- (7/24) Apple Under Investigation in Spain Over Treatment of App Store Developers (msn.com)
- (7/24) Mark Zuckerberg Slams Tim Cook’s Apple After Cupertino Reportedly Rejected Its iPhone AI Partnership Proposal: ‘They Wanted To Put Us In A Box…’ (benzinga.com)
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced its quarterly results after the market closed on Tuesday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the previous quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.85 EPS by $0.04. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.44 earnings per share.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at Guggenheim ( ) from $195.00 to $205.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock. This represents a 17.3% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. ( ) from $190.00 to $196.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock. This represents a 12.1% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company ( ) from $187.00 to $190.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock. This represents a 8.7% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Rosenblatt Securities ( ) (analyst B. Crockett). They now have a $181.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 3.6% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG ( ) from $200.00 to $204.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock. This represents a 16.7% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho ( ) from $205.00 to $210.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock. This represents a 20.2% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada ( ) from $200.00 to $204.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock. This represents a 16.7% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler ( ) from $200.00 to $206.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock. This represents a 17.9% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( ) from $200.00 to $208.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock. This represents a 19.0% upside from the current price of $174.77.
- (7/24) Unpacking Alphabet’s Lackluster Quarterly Report (schaeffersresearch.com)
- (7/24) Alphabet Stock Drops. Capital Spending Surprises the Street. (barrons.com)
- (7/24) Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Given New $204.00 Price Target at Royal Bank of Canada (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Neutral Rating Reiterated at Rosenblatt Securities (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) Zevin Asset Management LLC Lowers Holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) Nasdaq tech stocks to lead Wall Street retreat after Tesla and Alphabet underwhelm (proactiveinvestors.com)
- (7/24) Alphabet earnings: Google parent scores beats across the board (marketwatch.com)
- (7/24) Nvidia Stock Falls. What Alphabet Earnings Mean for the AI Chip Maker. (barrons.com)
- (7/24) Google’s corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search (techxplore.com)
- (7/23) Alphabet revenue jump shows no sign of AI denting search business – Financial Times (news.google.com)
Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)
- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) had its “underperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC ( ).The current price is $474.31.
- (7/24) Meta Shuts Down 63,000 Sextortion Accounts in Nigeria (devdiscourse.com)
- (7/24) Meta Platforms’ (META) “Underperform” Rating Reiterated at Needham & Company LLC (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) 1 Magnificent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist (fool.com)
- (7/24) Meta targets AI dominance with largest open-source model yet (proactiveinvestors.co.uk)
- (7/24) The Stock Market Crashed After the Dot-Com Bubble. Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Cause a Similar Market Crash? (fool.com)
- (7/24) If I Could Only Buy 3 Stocks in the Last Half of 2024, I’d Pick These (fool.com)
- (7/23) Meta AI Introduces AI-Generated Photos to All Platforms (searchenginejournal.com)
- (7/23) Yann LeCun says Meta AI ‘quickly becoming most used’ assistant, challenging OpenAI’s dominance(venturebeat.com)
- (7/23) Meta Employees Debate Merits of Threads’ No-Politics Policy (theinformation.com)
- (7/23) 3 Cathie Wood Stocks to Buy for High-Growth Potential (investorplace.com)
Microsoft Co. (MSFT)
- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will be releasing earnings after the market closes on Tuesday, July 30, Zacks reports. (Register for Conference Call)
- (7/24) Microsoft and Lumen Technologies partner to power the future of AI and enable digital transformation to benefit hundreds of millions of customers (prnewswire.com)
- (7/24) 2 Top Tech Stocks That Could Make You a Millionaire (fool.com)
- (7/24) 3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy With $600 and Hold for Forever (fool.com)
- (7/24) The Dip in Microsoft Stock Is a Golden Buying Opportunity Ahead of Earnings (investorplace.com)
- (7/24) Malaysia asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike to consider covering losses from global outage (reuters.com)
- (7/24) 3 Top Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now (fool.com)
- (7/24) The Stock Market Crashed After the Dot-Com Bubble. Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Cause a Similar Market Crash? (fool.com)
- (7/24) Crowdstrike blames defect in content update for massive global IT crash (business-standard.com)
- (7/24) Parthenon LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) (marketbeat.com)
- (7/24) Introducing Analytics 365: CallTower’s Cutting-Edge Call Analytics Application for Microsoft Teams(globenewswire.com)

Analysts’ Upgrades

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) was upgraded by analysts at HSBC Holdings plc from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $96.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 0.5% downside from the current price of $96.44.
A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) was upgraded by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $98.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $97.00. This represents a 19.5% upside from the current price of $82.01.
Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) was upgraded by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $131.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 30.0% upside from the current price of $100.78.
Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $41.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $35.00. This represents a 12.5% upside from the current price of $36.44.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) was upgraded by analysts at SVB Leerink LLC from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $62.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $53.00. This represents a 23.1% upside from the current price of $50.38.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) was upgraded by analysts at TD Cowen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $560.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $480.00. This represents a 11.1% upside from the current price of $504.00.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment (NYSE:MSGE) was upgraded by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $45.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $41.00. This represents a 14.1% upside from the current price of $39.44.
Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) was upgraded by analysts at DZ Bank AG from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $375.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 10.7% upside from the current price of $338.76.
Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) was upgraded by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $425.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $320.00. This represents a 25.5% upside from the current price of $338.76.
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Analysts’ Downgrades

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) was downgraded by analysts at Maxim Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.The current price is $10.17.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) was downgraded by analysts at Wedbush from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $130.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $140.00. This represents a 10.5% upside from the current price of $117.61.
Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) was downgraded by analysts at Benchmark Co. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.The current price is $24.90.
Boot Barn (NYSE:BOOT) was downgraded by analysts at UBS Group AG from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $125.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $140.00. This represents a 4.2% upside from the current price of $119.96.
BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) was downgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating. They now have a $90.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $75.00. This represents a 11.5% downside from the current price of $101.68.
Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) was downgraded by analysts at Piper Sandler from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $34.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $33.00. This represents a 1.9% upside from the current price of $33.37.
Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU) was downgraded by analysts at Raymond James from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.The current price is $59.94.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) was downgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $95.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $103.00. This represents a 1.3% downside from the current price of $96.23.
Centene (NYSE:CNC) was downgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $69.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $83.00. This represents a 6.6% upside from the current price of $64.71.
Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) was downgraded by analysts at Gordon Haskett from an “accumulate” rating to a “hold” rating.The current price is $74.10.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) (TSE:GMM.U) was downgraded by analysts at Morgan Stanley from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating. They now have a $47.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $46.00. This represents a 3.4% upside from the current price of $45.44.
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) was downgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $242.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $266.00. This represents a 1.3% upside from the current price of $238.85.
Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) was downgraded by analysts at DA Davidson from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $45.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 20.6% upside from the current price of $37.30.
Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) was downgraded by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating. They now have a $455.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $482.00. This represents a 3.4% upside from the current price of $439.89.
NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) was downgraded by analysts at Raymond James from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.The current price is $48.28.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) was downgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $175.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $182.00. This represents a 5.4% upside from the current price of $166.10.
Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) was downgraded by analysts at DA Davidson from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $76.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $65.00. This represents a 13.4% upside from the current price of $67.04.
Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) was downgraded by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating. They now have a $64.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $63.00. This represents a 10.7% upside from the current price of $57.81.
SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) was downgraded by analysts at Piper Sandler from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $28.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $26.00. This represents a 0.8% upside from the current price of $27.78.
TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) was downgraded by analysts at HSBC Holdings plc from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $162.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 2.7% upside from the current price of $157.75.
Truist Financial (NYSE:TFC) was downgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $47.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $45.00. This represents a 7.1% upside from the current price of $43.88.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) was downgraded by analysts at New Street Research from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $225.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 3.1% upside from the current price of $218.27.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) was downgraded by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $245.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $230.00. This represents a 12.2% upside from the current price of $218.27.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) was downgraded by analysts at Piper Sandler from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $404.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $494.00. This represents a 9.7% upside from the current price of $368.44.
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Analysts’ New Coverage

AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) is now covered by analysts at Robert W. Baird. They set a “neutral” rating and a $100.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 12.6% upside from the current price of $88.81.
Biohaven (NYSE:BHVN) is now covered by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They set an “overweight” rating and a $58.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 51.3% upside from the current price of $38.33.
JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) is now covered by analysts at TD Cowen. They set a “buy” rating and a $50.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 31.5% upside from the current price of $38.02.
M/I Homes (NYSE:MHO) is now covered by analysts at Raymond James. They set a “strong-buy” rating and a $200.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 26.9% upside from the current price of $157.60.
Mind Medicine (MindMed) (NASDAQ:MNMD) is now covered by analysts at Roth Mkm. They set a “buy” rating and a $36.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 296.0% upside from the current price of $9.09.
Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) is now covered by analysts at Raymond James. They set an “outperform” rating and a $220.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 12.7% upside from the current price of $195.15.
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) is now covered by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.The current price is $28.75.
Taylor Morrison Home (NYSE:TMHC) is now covered by analysts at Raymond James. They set an “outperform” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock. This represents a 13.3% upside from the current price of $66.18.
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