Analyst Ratings Articles and Guides
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SpaceX (SPCX) Stock News: Shares Rally After Q3 as Targets Rise and Musk Sets Up a Double Catch for Starship Flight 15
SpaceX shares rose roughly 8% to 10% on October 21 after third-quarter revenue of $14.6 billion. JPMorgan more than doubled its target to $500, and Musk said Starship Flight 15 will try to catch both the booster and the ship.
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Domino’s (DPZ) Q3 2026 Earnings: U.S. Same-Store Sales Flat as New CEO Takes Over, Analysts Trim Targets
Domino’s reported 0.3% U.S. same-store sales growth and 175 net new stores in the third quarter, its first under CEO Joe Jordan. Several brokerages lowered price targets after the report.
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Levi Strauss (LEVI) Q3 2026 Earnings: Profit Outlook Raised, Direct-to-Consumer Falls Short
Levi Strauss raised its full-year margin and EPS outlook after a quarter of 4% revenue growth, but said its direct-to-consumer business missed internal expectations. Analysts lowered targets.
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Humana (HUM) Stock News: BlackRock Takes Over CenterWell Clinic Venture as Analysts Lift Targets
Humana agreed to a new joint venture in which BlackRock buys a private equity firm’s $2.8 billion stake in nearly 150 CenterWell senior primary care clinics. Baird and Barclays raised their targets after the company’s star-ratings improvement.
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Boeing (BA) Stock News: Two Brokerages Lower Targets Ahead of the October 27 Report
Bernstein cut its Boeing target to $278 from $298 and TD Cowen to $240 from $250 in the week before third-quarter results, both keeping buy-equivalent ratings.
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Lockheed Martin (LMT) Stock News: Bernstein Cuts Target to $564 While Vertical Research Upgrades
Bernstein lowered its Lockheed Martin target to $564 from $629 citing a stalled defense budget, on the same day Vertical Research upgraded the stock to Buy with a $600 target.
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Visa (V) Stock News: Shares Set a Record as BMO Lifts Target and China Clears a Clearing License Plan
Visa touched a record above $403 on October 15. BMO raised its target to $425, and the People’s Bank of China approved Visa’s plan to set up a domestic bank card clearing business.
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Walmart (WMT) Stock News: Deutsche Bank Moves to Buy, Shares Rise About 3%
Deutsche Bank upgraded Walmart to Buy on October 15, and the shares rose about 3% to multi-month highs. Reports differ on the new price target.
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Amazon (AMZN) Stock News: Wells Fargo and Cantor Trim Targets but Expect AWS to Accelerate
Wells Fargo and Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their Amazon price targets ahead of third-quarter results while keeping Overweight ratings and forecasting faster AWS growth into the fourth quarter.
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eBay (EBAY) Stock News: Morgan Stanley Names It a Top Pick on Live Commerce, Wells Fargo Stays Negative
Morgan Stanley made eBay its top internet pick with a $132 target, crediting live-streamed shopping, while Wells Fargo cut its target to $91 and kept an Underweight rating.
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Biogen (BIIB) Stock News: JPMorgan Upgrades to Overweight on 2027 Trial Readouts
JPMorgan upgraded Biogen to Overweight with a $300 target, up from $210, pointing to three clinical readouts by 2027 led by felzartamab in transplant rejection.
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock News: Five Brokerages Lower Targets After the Neutron Slip
After Rocket Lab pushed Neutron’s first launch into 2027, Citizens cut its target to $90 from $130, with KeyBanc, Clear Street and TD Cowen also lowering while most kept positive ratings.
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Birkenstock (BIRK) Stock News: Williams Trading Moves to Sell, Doubts Fiscal 2028 Targets
Williams Trading downgraded Birkenstock to Sell from Hold on October 16 and cut its target to $27 from $39, citing slowing sell-through in the Americas and inventory imbalances in Europe.
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McDonald’s (MCD) Stock News: Bernstein Cuts Target to $250 on Unproven Sales Growth and Remodel Costs
Bernstein lowered its McDonald’s target to $250 from $295 at Market Perform, saying margin gains look achievable but faster sales growth is unproven and franchisees are balking at the cost of the NEXT restaurant format.
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NRG Energy (NRG) Stock News: Jefferies and Seaport Cut Targets After the Power-Demand Rally Fades
Jefferies cut its NRG target to $131 from $160 and Seaport Research to $160 from $190 on October 19, both keeping Buy ratings, as the shares gave back their AI-demand gains.
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Analyst Ratings and Price Targets Explained for Beginners
Buy, hold, sell ratings and price targets are professional opinions, not guarantees. Learn how to read the assumptions behind them.
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