KBW recommends buying these 11 financial stocks, including First Republic, following federal backstop for banks

On a Monday following high-profile bank failures on Friday and Sunday, it may seem to be a strange time to recommend buying stocks of banks and other financial services companies, but Keefe, Bruyette ...

SoFi CEO Noto makes ‘opportunistic’ million-dollar stock purchase as SVB crisis fuels selloff

As SoFi Technologies Inc. shares fell Friday amid the fallout over Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the financial-technology company’s chief executive bought up stock. SoFi Chief Executive Anthony Noto...

Oracle’s cloud strength, ‘resilient’ revenue, prompt analysts to raise targets

Oracle Corp.’s stock fell following the software giant’s fiscal third-quarter results released late Thursday, although analysts have highlighted strong momentum in the company’s cloud business. The co...

Oracle stock falls following forecast as revenue disappoints

Oracle Corp. shares recouped some of their losses in the extended session Thursday after the forecast revenue range bookended the Wall Street consensus, as the software company’s largest business unit...

Datadog’s software goes down — and so does its stock

Datadog Inc.’s software suffered an outage Wednesday, and its shares declined as analysts voiced concern about a potential hit to revenue. Datadog DDOG, -3.80% first notified customers that engineers ...

Tesla Stock Is Down. Steering Wheels Are Not the Reason.

Safety matters a great deal in the automotive market. Safety recalls and investigations, paradoxically, don’t matter as much. Investors might not be able to tell that by looking at stocks. Tesla (tick...

Apple’s stock gains after Wall Street bull gets a little more bullish

Shares of Apple Inc. rose Wednesday after longtime bullish analyst Dan Ives at Wedbush raised his price target, citing signs that demand for iPhones in China has been growing. The technology behemoth’...

CrowdStrike’s Latest Earnings Convince Analyst It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock

CrowdStrike’s strong fourth-quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst.   D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...

After weathering pandemic storm, cruise-line stocks offer upside, says Stifel

Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...

CrowdStrike Earnings Show It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock, Analyst Says

CrowdStrike’s strong fourth quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst.   D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...

CrowdStrike stock rallies as forecast shows confidence in new approach

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. shares rose in the extended session Tuesday after the cybersecurity company’s earnings and outlook beat Wall Street, and executives said they are targeting the tough-to-close...

GE Stock Hits a New High After an Old Bear Went Into Hibernation

Shares of General Electric hit a new intraday high Monday after an analyst who had been the company’s biggest bear dropped his coverage. J.P. Morgan analyst Stephen Tusa, whose $50 price target on the...

Apple’s stock surges again after Goldman says to buy, citing nearly 30% upside potential

Shares of Apple Inc. surged toward a third straight gain Monday after Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng urged investors to buy, as a growing installed base of users, which encourages repeat purchases, ...

Okta’s stock jumps more than 14% as earnings forecast doubles expectations

Okta Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Wednesday after the identity-management software company topped estimates by a wide margin, and executives predicted adjusted earnings that were more t...

Buy Chip Stock Broadcom on Strong Profitability, Analyst Says

Susquehanna is getting more bullish about the prospects for Broadcom stock, citing its robust profit margins and growth potential. On Wednesday, analyst Christopher Rolland reiterated his Positive rat...

Snowflake stock falls after earnings as forecast underwhelms

This update corrects the FactSet consensus for Snowflake’s fiscal first-quarter and fiscal 2024 product revenue. Shares of Snowflake Inc. fell more than 6% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the d...

Intel Stock Looks Better After the Dividend Cut, Says Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is getting more optimistic about Intel stock following the chip maker’s decision to reduce its dividend. Earlier this week, Intel (ticker: INTC ) announced a 66% dividend cut, reducing ...

Intel stock has fallen enough, Morgan Stanley says in upgrade

Intel Corp.’s dividend cut helped earn the stock an upgrade Thursday, as Morgan Stanley now sees “limited downside” for the beaten-down name. Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore bumped his rating on Intel’s...

Nvidia’s stock-market hot streak is far from over, according to Wall Street analysts

Nvidia Corp.’s stock has been a massive outperformer lately, and the company’s latest results suggest to some analysts that the run-up is not finished. Taking into account a 12% Thursday gain as of mi...

Stock market saw worst day of 2023 because it’s unclear where rates will peak

Rising Treasury yields appeared Tuesday to finally catch up with a previously resilient stock market, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes with their worst day so far of 20...

Norfolk Southern’s stock extends selloff, and one analyst turns bullish

Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. have fallen enough — when compared with those of other railroad operators and the broader stock market — to create a “compelling entry point” for investors, according ...

Wall Street Expects Brutal Coinbase Earnings. Why an Analyst Upgraded the Stock.

Wall Street is mostly muted ahead of earnings from Coinbase Global expecting to see deep losses and the lowest quarterly sales in two years from the cryptocurrency broker when the group reports earnin...

Nvidia Stock Can Endure a Slowdown, Analyst Says. AI Is Key.

Nvidia should be insulated from any slowdown in the broader economy by increased spending on artificial intelligence, said analysts at Oppenheimer and KeyBanc, who lifted their price targets on shares...

Microsoft has a long path of earnings growth ahead, says Morgan Stanley

Microsoft Corp. has been a bit of an artificial-intelligence story lately, thanks to the company’s investment in and partnership with OpenAI, the creator of the hot ChatGPT chatbot. But Microsoft MSFT...

Fastly Stock Jumps Ahead of Earnings. Analyst Says Shares Can Soar 62%.

A BofA Securities analyst turned bullish on Fastly, upgrading shares to Buy on optimism about the company’s recently appointed CEO. The cloud computing company’s stock surged as a result. Tal Liani, B...

Only 13 companies have issued upbeat profit forecasts for Q1, but earnings are due from this pessimism-resistant industry

A tough fourth quarter for corporate earnings is largely in the past, and the first quarter isn’t exactly looking great either, but upcoming results this week from the one industry spared by the pande...

Nvidia, Broadcom, and Marvell Are Chip Stocks to Benefit in AI Arms Race

J.P. Morgan says there are three semiconductor companies that will thrive from the rising demand for artificial-intelligence services and software. In a note to clients on Friday, analyst Harlan Sur s...

Lyft stock melts down after earnings ‘debacle for the ages’

Lyft Inc. isn’t getting too many stars for its latest earnings report, which is helping to send shares down more than 30% Friday morning as numerous bulls head for the hills and fret about the company...

Bed Bath & Beyond equity offering ‘one of the most unusual financing situations we have witnessed,’ analyst says

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s BBBY, -8.13% unusual equity offering may have averted bankruptcy for the time being, but big challenges remain for the troubled retailer, according to KeyBanc Capital Mark...

Micron Suspends Executive Bonuses. The Stock Was Upgraded, Too.

Micron Technology has suspended bonuses for executives, and the stock earned an upgrade, though the two don’t appear to be connected. Micron (ticker: MU) said late Thursday a board committee had appro...

Bed Bath & Beyond’s lifeline comes at ‘incredible cost’ to shareholders, analyst warns

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s equity offering may be a lifeline as the troubled retailer teeters on the brink of bankruptcy — but it could spell trouble for the company’s shareholders, according to Wed...

Lyft stock sinks 30% after sales outlook falls short of $1 billion

Lyft Inc. posted record revenue for a second consecutive quarter Thursday, but the company’s worse-than-expected forecast tanked its stock in extended trading. Lyft LYFT, -3.16% expects first-quarter ...