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Coca-Cola Company (KO) Stock News & Articles - 24/7 Wall St. Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S. and Global Equity Investors Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:17:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 From a $38,000 Income to $84,000 Without Investing Another Dollar Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:00:43 +0000 The post From a $38,000 Income to $84,000 Without Investing Another Dollar appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and dividend-growth peers can turn a $38,000 income stream into $84,000 in a decade without adding a dollar. Lower yields beat higher yields over time—a 3.5% payout that grows at 8% annually crushes a 10% flat distribution when inflation hits. Retirees who prioritize capital appreciation over current income unlock the real wealth compounding reveals, but only if they stress-test taxes first. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don't waste another minute; learn more here. A $38,000 income is not a fantasy number. It is close to the annual earnings of many full-time workers after taxes and below the national average starting teacher salary of $48,112 for 2024-25. The headline is arithmetic, not marketing: a portfolio that pays $38,000 today can approach $84,000 in about a decade without a single additional dollar of contributions, provided the dividends keep compounding at a high enough rate. The yield you buy today matters less than the yield you own five, ten, and twenty years from now. The Capital Required Today Divide the income target by the yield and you get the capital required: Conservative tier, 3% to 4% yield. Dividend-growth equities and broad-market index funds. A 3.5% yield needs roughly $1.09 million to throw off $38,000. The principal is most likely to grow alongside the income stream. Moderate tier, 5% to 7% yield. REITs, preferred shares, covered-call equity income funds, and high-dividend blue chips. A 6% yield gets to $38,000 on about $633,000. Income comes faster; growth slows or caps out. Aggressive tier, 8% to 14% yield. Business development companies, mortgage REITs, high-yield bond funds, leveraged option-income products. A 10% yield produces $38,000 on $380,000. The check is bigger relative to capital, but distributions and principal often erode over time. Every tier hits $38,000. Only one tends to hit $84,000 later without new money going in. Why Choose the Lowest Yield? A 12% distribution that never grows is worth $38,000 in year one and less in real terms as prices rise. CPI-U rose 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis in May 2026 and was up 4.2% over the prior 12 months, but one monthly reading should not be treated as a permanent inflation rate. A 3.5% yield growing at 8% a year roughly doubles the income in about nine years. Run the numbers: $38,000 compounded at 8% annual dividend growth reaches about $82,000 after 10 years and about $177,000 after 20 years, all from the same underlying shares if the payout growth continues. The 10-year Treasury near 4.5% looks tempting next to a 3% dividend yield until you remember that a Treasury coupon does not raise itself. What 8% Growth Actually Looks Like Johnson & Johnson has raised its payout for 64 consecutive years, taking the annualized dividend from $3.15 in 2016 to about $5.28 in 2026, a compound annual growth rate above 5%. Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) is on its 70th straight annual increase and expects to return roughly $10 billion in dividends in fiscal 2026. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) moved from $0.35 quarterly in 2016 to $0.53 in 2026. Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) took its quarterly payout from around $0.28 in 2016 to $1.25 in 2026, a growth rate north of 15% annually. Lower-yielding names extend the same lesson further. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) yields under 1%, but the quarterly dividend has gone from $0.13 in 2010 to $0.91 in 2026. Visa yields under 1% and moved from $0.105 quarterly in 2008 to $0.67 in 2026. Investors who took the small check up front got the enormous check later, plus capital appreciation of 741% for Microsoft over the past decade and 394% for Visa. Three Things Worth Doing This Month If reaching $38,000 in reliable dividend income (and then watching it grow toward $84,000) is the goal, do these: Price out your actual spending, not your salary. Many households need to replace 60% to 75% of gross income once payroll taxes, retirement contributions, and commuting costs disappear. The capital requirement drops sharply when the target does. Compare 10-year total returns on a dividend-growth fund against a high-yield income fund. Include reinvested distributions. The gap usually shocks people who chose the higher current yield. If you are within five years of retirement, stress-test the tax treatment. Qualified dividends in a taxable account, ordinary-income REIT distributions, and BDC payouts all land in different brackets. The 3.75% Fed funds rate and today’s yield curve reward doing this math before you pull the retirement trigger. The Raise Hidden Inside the Portfolio The $38,000 to $84,000 leap is simple arithmetic, but it is not automatic. It requires companies that keep raising payouts, a portfolio that avoids reaching too far for yield, and an investor with enough patience to let compounding do its job. The point is not that every low-yield stock wins or every high-yield fund fails. The point is that a retirement paycheck should be judged by where it can go, not just where it starts. A portfolio that grows its income can turn a modest first-year check into something much closer to a second salary later. The post From a $38,000 Income to $84,000 Without Investing Another Dollar appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> The Portfolio That Gives You a $2,000 Raise Every Year Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:08:01 +0000 The post The Portfolio That Gives You a $2,000 Raise Every Year appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) just raised its dividend again, extending 64 years of consecutive increases and proving patient investors collect bigger checks yearly. The catch: building a portfolio that generates $2,000 in annual raise requires roughly $1.1 million in capital—but that raise compounds and grows every single year. Dividend growth stocks eventually outpace high-yield bonds and pay far more over a decade than options promising immediate income. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don't waste another minute; learn more here. A $2,000 raise usually requires a boss, a performance review, or a new job. A dividend-growth portfolio can do it more quietly. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) handed shareholders a small version of that raise in April when its board approved a 3% dividend increase to $1.34 per quarter, extending its streak to 64 consecutive years of higher payouts. Every share now produces about $0.16 more annual income than it did before the increase. Nothing had to be sold. No new shares had to be bought. The raise simply appeared because the business raised its payout. That is the portfolio this article is sizing: one built to give you a roughly $2,000 annual income raise from dividend growth alone. The goal is not just a large first-year yield. It is a growing paycheck, where each year’s dividend increase applies to a larger income base and the raises can compound over time. The Math of an Automatic Raise Your annual raise from a dividend portfolio equals your current dividend income multiplied by the dividend growth rate. A portfolio producing $30,000 in annual dividends that grows payouts 7% next year delivers a $2,100 raise. A blended basket of high-quality dividend growers yielding around 2.7% and growing payouts around 7% a year would need roughly $1.06 million to generate a $2,000 annual raise. That portfolio would throw off about $28,600 in year-one income, and a 7% raise on that base is just over $2,000. The following year, the same percentage raise applies to a larger income figure, so the next dollar raise is bigger. That is the compounding hiding inside the boring stocks. Three Ways to Reach the Same Raise Not every yield-and-growth combination gets you there efficiently. The tradeoff between current income and income growth reshapes the capital required. The Dividend Growth Tier (2% to 3% yield, 6% to 8% annual raises). This is the home of Dividend Kings like Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), and Colgate-Palmolive. At a 2.8% yield growing dividends 7% a year, the capital required for a $2,000 raise is roughly $1.1 million. The dollar raise gets larger every year without adding new money. The Balanced Tier (4% to 6% yield, 3% to 5% annual raises). Utility stocks, high-dividend equity funds, REITs, and preferred shares offer higher current income, but raises typically match inflation. At a 5% yield growing 4% annually, you need about $1.0 million to hit a $2,000 raise. Future raises grow more slowly. The High-Income Tier (8% to 12% yield, flat or shrinking payouts). Covered-call ETFs, business development companies, and mortgage REITs pay a lot up front. They are useful for retirees who need cash today, but rarely deliver an annual raise. Your $2,000 raise must come from reinvesting distributions or adding new capital. Why the Slow Yield Wins the Long Game Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) raised its quarterly dividend to $1.25 in 2026, up from $1.20 previously. That is the kind of raise dividend-growth investors are looking for: not a one-time yield spike, but a business that keeps increasing the cash it sends to shareholders. The exact return over any decade depends on the start date, end date, valuation, and whether dividends were reinvested. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) raised its quarterly dividend to $0.53 in 2026, marking its 64th consecutive annual dividend increase. McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) declared a $1.86 quarterly dividend in May 2026, compared with $0.89 per share in early 2016. Investors who bought durable dividend growers years ago can end up with much higher income on their original cost, but the result depends on the purchase price and the company’s ability to keep raising payouts. Three Moves to Turn This Into a Plan Calculate your current portfolio’s weighted dividend growth rate over the past five years. If it is below 5%, you are holding too many mature, low-growth names and giving up future raises for slightly more current income. Compare a dividend growth basket with a broad high-yield fund side by side over the last decade by dollars of income delivered per $10,000 invested, not by yield. The gap surprises most people. With the 10-year Treasury near 4.5%, a 2.7% dividend that grows 7% crosses the Treasury coupon in dollar terms within about seven years and keeps climbing. Model that crossover in your own numbers before assuming bonds are the higher-income choice. The Raise That Compounds The $2,000 raise comes from the compounding math of owning businesses that can afford to raise their payouts year after year. It is not guaranteed, and it will not show up evenly across every holding. But when the portfolio is built around dividend growth rather than the biggest first-year yield, each raise applies to a larger income base. That is the part high-yield screens often miss. A large starting check can solve today’s income problem, but a growing check is what turns a portfolio into something closer to an annual raise. The post The Portfolio That Gives You a $2,000 Raise Every Year appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> 3 Dividend Stocks That Have Survived Every Market Crash in July Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:45 +0000 The post 3 Dividend Stocks That Have Survived Every Market Crash in July appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. July tests investor conviction. From the 2011 debt-ceiling standoff to the 2022 inflation shock, summer volatility has separated durable businesses from cyclical hopefuls. Three consumer staples and healthcare giants have paid and raised dividends through Black Monday 1987, the dot-com crash, the 2008 financial crisis, the COVID-19 shutdown and the 2022 bear market. Each is a Dividend King with a decades-long streak, and each delivered a beat-and-raise quarter heading into the back half of 2026. This is the crisis-resilience watchlist for July 2026: three names that keep writing checks when the market stops working. Coca-Cola (KO) Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) enters summer with momentum, with the stock up around 20% year to date as of July 17 along with a market cap near $361.09 billion. Q1 2026 reported April 28 delivering EPS of 86 cents versus the estimated 81 cents on revenue of $12.47 billion, up 12.1% year over year. That was the fourth consecutive EPS beat, with organic revenue up 10%, global unit case volume up 3% and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar volume up 13%. Operating margin expanded to 35.0% from 32.9%. The bull case: pricing power, scale, and cash return. Management guided 2026 to 4-5% organic revenue growth, 8% to 9% comparable EPS growth, and roughly $12.2 billion in free cash flow. Coca-Cola paid $8.8 billion in dividends in 2025 and has raised the payout for 63 consecutive years. The quarterly dividend stepped to 53 cents in 2026 from 51 cents in 2025. KO raised its quarterly payout to 41 cents in 2009 from 38 cents in 2008, straight through the financial crisis. CEO Henrique Braun said: “We’ve had a strong start to the year. Our performance this quarter reflects our unwavering focus on staying close to the consumer, executing locally and managing complexity.” Risk to watch for: the pending Coca-Cola Beverages Africa sale, ongoing IRS tax litigation and a roughly 4% headwind from acquisitions and divestitures. Shares trade at a P/E of 28, not cheap for a mid-single-digit growth business. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has been one of the year’s biggest large-cap surprises, up 22.41% year to date and 55.74% over the past year. Q1 2026 reported April 14 posting adjusted EPS of $2.70 versus $2.68 expected on revenue of $24.06 billion, up 9.9% year over year. Innovative Medicine came in at $15.43 billion, up 11.2%, with DARZALEX at $3.96 billion (+22.5%), TREMFYA at $1.61 billion (+68.3%) and CARVYKTI at $597 million (+62.1%). The dividend track record is the point. JNJ raised its Q2 2026 dividend 3.1% to $1.34 per share, extending the streak to 64 consecutive years of increases. The company kept raising the payout through the COVID-19 crash, moving from $0.95 in Q1 2020 to $1.01 in Q2 2020. Management raised 2026 guidance to revenue of $100.3 billion to $101.3 billion and adjusted EPS of $11.45 to $11.65. CEO Joaquin Duato said: “Johnson & Johnson had a strong start to 2026 and is delivering on its promise for a year of accelerated growth and impact.” Composite prediction-market sentiment sits at 60.67, bullish with medium confidence. Risk to watch for: STELARA biosimilar erosion drove that franchise down 59.7% to $656 million in Q1, litigation charges added $330 million in the quarter, and the planned Orthopaedics separation introduces execution risk. For income investors weighing multi-decade streaks, our 10 Dividend Kings research walks through how these compounders behave across full market cycles. Procter & Gamble (PG) Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) is the least exciting name on this list, and that is the point. Fiscal Q3 2026 reported April 24 producing core EPS of $1.59 versus $1.56 estimated on net sales of $21.24 billion, up 7.4% year over year. Organic sales rose 3%, Beauty jumped 7% organic and growth was broad across all five segments. That makes four straight quarters of top- and bottom-line beats. The dividend streak stands at 70 consecutive annual increases and 136 consecutive years of dividend payments since incorporation in 1890. The Q2 2026 payout was raised to $1.0885 per quarter from $1.0568. FY2026 plans include roughly $10 billion in dividends and about $5 billion in share repurchases. Beta of 0.38 makes PG one of the lowest-volatility large caps in the S&P 500. Reddit sentiment reads bullish at 72, with a composite score of 67.15. CEO Shailesh Jejurikar said the quarter delivered “a solid acceleration in top-line results in our fiscal third quarter, with broad-based growth across product categories and regions.” Risk to watch for: P&G expects FY2026 core EPS to land toward the lower end of its $6.83 to $7.09 range due to roughly $400 million in after-tax tariff costs and a $150 million commodity headwind. Core gross margin slipped 100 basis points. Shares are up just 5.03% year to date, but that muted move is what defensive investors want when volatility strikes. What to Watch Next All three cleared Q1 with beats, raised dividends in 2026, and carry crisis track records predating most current Wall Street portfolio managers. If July delivers another volatility shock, keep an eye on these three: History says the checks keep clearing regardless of headlines. The post 3 Dividend Stocks That Have Survived Every Market Crash in July appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> If Volatility Stays Low, Here’s What Happens to DIVO’s Monthly Income Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:10:56 +0000 Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don't waste another minute; learn more here. Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF (NYSEARCA:DIVO) trades near $46, up 6.6% year to date and 15.4% over the past year. That trails the S&P 500’s 10.3% YTD gain, but total return is only part of the story here. DIVO pairs a concentrated sleeve of blue-chip dividend growers with a tactical covered-call overlay, and that combination is now navigating a rate backdrop that is squeezing dividend valuations while volatility drifts lower. The lineup reads like a dividend hall of fame, anchored by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), and other blue-chip dividend growers. J&J just extended its dividend streak to 64 consecutive years and P&G is now at 70. The portfolio quality is rock-solid. Two moving parts around it deserve attention. The Macro Factor: Where the 10-Year Treasury Yield Settles The 10-year Treasury yield is sitting at 4.62%, ranking in the 99.2 percentile of its 12-month range and just under the May peak of 4.67%. The Fed funds target has been parked at 3.75% for seven months. When risk-free yields sit this high, dividend-heavy portfolios face a valuation ceiling: investors demand more to hold equity risk over a T-bill paying nearly as much. The pressure shows up in the holdings. P&G is up 3.4% YTD despite that 70-year record, Costco has fallen 6.2% over the past month, and Fastenal slipped 2.9% in the past week. What to watch: the 10-year yield on FRED (series DGS10) and the CME FedWatch tool ahead of the next FOMC meeting, checked weekly. A sustained retreat below the 12-month average of 4.3% would loosen the valuation vise on DIVO’s holdings; a break above 4.67% would tighten it further. Vanguard’s 2026 outlook argues the Fed has limited scope to cut rates below our estimated neutral rate of 3.5%, meaning the easing tailwind income investors typically enjoy may not arrive. For readers wrestling with exactly this tension between Treasury yields and equity distributions (the same math dissected in The 4% Rule Is Broken), a stalled Fed reshapes the payout arithmetic. The Fund-Specific Factor: VIX and Covered-Call Premium Income DIVO’s edge over a plain dividend fund is the enhanced distribution financed by writing calls against individual holdings. That income lives and dies with implied volatility. The VIX is near 17, up from around 15 three sessions earlier but still below the 12-month average of 18. Lower VIX means thinner call premiums, which means the overlay generates less cash to top up DIVO’s monthly distribution. The JNJ options chain shows the mechanism in action: the July 17 expiry alone carries 41,471 call contracts in open interest, with activity concentrated in the front month where CWP typically writes. When implied vol on names like J&J and P&G is compressed, those premiums shrink and so does the enhanced portion of the payout. What to watch: the CBOE VIX weekly, with alerts for sustained readings below 15 or above 20. The March 2026 spike to 31.05 is the recent template for a windfall premium environment; the December 2025 low of 13.47 shows what a lean one looks like. What to Watch Two signals matter most for DIVO over the next 12 months: a 10-year Treasury yield stuck above 4.5%, which caps upside on defensive names like KO and PG, and a VIX drifting below 15, which starves the covered-call sleeve of premium. A reversal on either front, yields easing toward 4% or the VIX steadying in the high teens, would restore both the valuation tailwind on the underlying holdings and the income power of the overlay. The post If Volatility Stays Low, Here’s What Happens to DIVO’s Monthly Income appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Jim Cramer Says Semiconductor Stocks Are “Going Down.” Buy These 2 Dividend Stocks Instead Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:17:32 +0000 The post Jim Cramer Says Semiconductor Stocks Are “Going Down.” Buy These 2 Dividend Stocks Instead appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Jim Cramer believes forced selling is creating opportunities, but investors should resist buying too early. During his July 17, 2026, Mad Money Lightning Round, he recommended two defensive dividend stocks while urging patience on semiconductors and highly speculative names. His message was simple: “The speculative hands are being margined out. They’re going to get rid of them, and you’ll get a better price if you want to buy.“ Wait to Buy Semiconductors Until the Margin Sellers Are Gone On a caller’s semiconductor question, Cramer advised being patient: “It’s a semiconductor and all semiconductor stocks are going down. May I suggest that you wait a few more days until we get rid of all the margin players, and you’re going to find a bottom. I don’t see it yet.” NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) fundamentals remain intact. Q1 FY2027 delivered $81.61B in revenue, up 85.2% YoY, with Data Center revenue of $75.25B. But Polymarket assigns only a 60.5% probability that NVDA closes above $200 by end of July and just 37% above $210. Reddit sentiment fell into bearish territory (scores 32 to 46) July 7 through 9 on DeepSeek chip news and server delay reports. Cramer Warns Nebius Is “Not Done Going Down” Cramer’s sharpest warning targeted Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS): “It is at the nexus of the craziness right now. There are a lot of hedge funds that own it, and I think they’re in a lot of trouble. This stock is not done going down. There’ll be another time to buy it, but that time is not now.” Shares fell 35.21% over the past month and 20.55% in the past week, closing at $171.77 on July 16. Fundamentals are strong (Q2 revenue of $399M, up 279.6% YoY, an NVIDIA $2B pre-funded warrant investment, and a $12B Meta contract), but shares trade at 57.7x sales and 68x forward earnings. Cramer Says Clorox’s 5% Yield Is Finally Worth Buying Cramer’s headline call was on Clorox (NYSE:CLX). “I read my first positive note about Clorox in a great deal of time today. That was a price target increase that made me say 5% yield. You know what? We want to buy it.“ Clorox pays $1.24 quarterly, or $4.96 annualized, translating to a 5.12% yield. Shares closed at $98.71 on July 16, down 18.67% over the past year. The stock trades at 15x forward earnings with a 0.53 beta, making it a classic defensive setup Cramer wants against margin-driven volatility. Fiscal Q3 delivered mixed signals. Adjusted EPS came in at $1.64, beating the $1.55 estimate, though management sharply lowered FY2026 guidance to $5.45-$5.65 in adjusted EPS, citing ERP transition, inventory normalization, and GOJO integration dilution as drivers of organic sales declines. CEO Linda Rendle called results “mixed, with continued momentum in some parts of our portfolio and slower-than-anticipated market share recovery in others.” Why Cramer Prefers Coca-Cola Over Its Largest Bottler Asked about the bottlers, Cramer chose the parent: “I would go for Coke. I think that’s a better stock.” Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) is up 23.1% year to date, delivered Q1 EPS of $0.86 on 12.1% revenue growth, and pays $0.53 quarterly. Coca-Cola Consolidated posted a 70 bps gross margin contraction due to aluminum tariff costs and yields materially less on its $0.25 quarterly payout. Quanta’s $48.5 Billion Backlog Makes This Selloff Worth Watching Quality cyclicals aren’t immune. Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) has come down from $788 to $630, retracing 12.26% in a month even after posting a record $48.5B backlog. Cramer’s advising for investors to let leveraged sellers finish selling, then step into names where cash flow, dividends, and backlog do the heavy lifting. Key Takeaways Cramer sees Clorox and Coca-Cola as dependable defensive holdings, while semiconductors may become attractive once forced selling subsides. More speculative names such as Nebius could have further to fall. The opportunity, in Cramer’s view, will come after leveraged sellers have been cleared out and strong businesses can be purchased at more attractive prices. The post Jim Cramer Says Semiconductor Stocks Are “Going Down.” Buy These 2 Dividend Stocks Instead appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> DGRO’s December Rebalance Could Reshape Healthcare Exposure: Here’s What to Watch Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:10:50 +0000 December 2026 index rebalance could reshape DGRO's healthcare-versus-financials exposure, particularly if Johnson & Johnson's weighting increases. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don't waste another minute; learn more here. The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) trades near $77, up roughly 11% year to date year-to-date. The fund’s growth-focused screen has favored quality compounders, but investors chasing headline yield have found more juice in higher-yielding peers like SCHD. DGRO’s mandate is narrow. It tracks the Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index, which requires at least five years of uninterrupted dividend growth, excludes the top 10% of yielders, and screens out any company with a payout ratio above 75%. That yield-trap filter is what separates DGRO from SCHD and explains why the fund tilts toward large-cap compounders across 399 positions, with financials, tech, healthcare, and staples doing most of the work. The Macro Factor That Matters Most: The 10-Year Treasury Yield The single biggest swing factor for DGRO over the next 12 months is the 10-year Treasury yield, which sits at 4.62%, just below its 12-month high of 4.67%. On a percentile basis, current yields rank in the 99th percentile of the past year. That is the definition of a headwind for dividend-growth equities. Coca-Cola, a top-10 holding, yields roughly 2.5%. McDonald’s yields under 3%. Investors buying DGRO for income are collecting less than they would from a risk-free 10-year note, so the fund only makes sense if the dividends grow meaningfully. When Treasuries drift higher, the math gets worse, and MCD’s roughly 11% YTD decline is a live example. Watch two things: the CME FedWatch tool for rate-cut probabilities, and each 10-year auction (results are on TreasuryDirect the same day). The Fed has held the funds rate at 3.75% for seven months. If the 10-year cracks below 4.25% on softer inflation data, expect DGRO’s staples and healthcare sleeves to catch a bid quickly. If it pushes through 4.75%, the opposite. The Fund-Specific Signal: The December Rebalance DGRO’s index rebalances semi-annually in June and December, and the mechanics are worth understanding. The April 30, 2026 holdings snapshot shows something telling: Johnson & Johnson does not appear in the top positions despite being a Dividend King with 64 consecutive years of hikes. Meanwhile, JNJ has quietly surged roughly 66% over the past year. If JNJ’s weighting is reset higher at the December reconstitution, that alone can shift the fund’s yield and growth profile. The rebalance also polices the 75% payout-ratio cap. Any name whose payout ratio breaches the ceiling gets cut. Check iShares’ holdings page in mid-December: names dropped or added by more than 50 basis points are your signal for how DGRO’s factor exposure has shifted. What to Watch The single most important macro signal is the 10-year Treasury yield breaking meaningfully below 4.25% or above 4.75%. The single most important fund signal is the December 2026 index rebalance and whether JNJ’s weight is restored, since that one holding materially changes the healthcare-versus-financials balance of the portfolio for the next six months. The post DGRO’s December Rebalance Could Reshape Healthcare Exposure: Here’s What to Watch appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> VYM’s $94.6 Billion Portfolio Beats Treasury Yields with Dividend Kings Leading the Way Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:57:39 +0000 The fund delivered 21.6% total return over one year, proving income investors need not sacrifice capital appreciation for yield. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don't waste another minute; learn more here. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) has become one of the largest income vehicles in the market, with $94.6 billion in net assets per its most recent NPORT filing. VYM tracks the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index, screening large-cap U.S. stocks with above-average forecast yields and weighting them by market cap. With the 10-year Treasury near 4.62%, the question is whether VYM’s distribution stream still earns its equity risk premium. The short answer: mostly yes, with two holdings worth watching. How VYM Generates Income VYM owns roughly 550 U.S. stocks and passes through their cash dividends, minus a thin expense ratio. There are no options, leverage, or bond exposure, so the distribution is only as safe as the underlying payouts. The index rebalances annually, pruning dividend-cutters and adding higher-yielders, giving the fund self-cleaning ability but no immunity to a bad quarter. Concentration is meaningful at the top. Broadcom alone sits at about 8% of assets, followed by JPMorgan near 3%, Exxon near 3%, and Johnson & Johnson near 2%. The next tier includes Caterpillar, AbbVie, Bank of America, Home Depot, Chevron, and Cisco. That top ten drives the majority of VYM’s cash yield. The Blue-Chip Core Is Doing Its Job Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) raised its quarterly payout from $1.30 to $1.34 in Q2 2026, extending its Dividend King streak. With trailing EPS of $8.63 against an annualized dividend near $5.36, coverage is comfortable, and management raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance despite biosimilar erosion in Stelara. This dividend would survive a recession. Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) lifted its quarterly dividend to $1.0885, marking another consecutive annual raise. Free cash flow of roughly $3 billion a quarter easily funds the payout, with $6.84 in diluted TTM EPS supporting $4.23 in dividends. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) raised its dividend to $0.53 for 2026, a 63-plus-year streak. Q1 free cash flow jumped 131.9% year over year, and management guides to about $12.2 billion in 2026 FCF. This payout faces no realistic near-term risk. AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is more interesting. Humira revenue fell 38.6% to $688 million last quarter, but Skyrizi and Rinvoq now generate a combined $6.6 billion per quarter with strong double-digit growth. Full-year adjusted EPS guidance was raised to $14.08 to $14.28, giving roughly 2x coverage on the $6.92 annualized dividend. The GAAP payout ratio looks stressed because of IPR&D charges, but the cash story is fine. (For investors thinking about high-yield warning signs elsewhere in their portfolios, our dividend traps briefing is worth a look.) Two Positions Worth Watching AT&T (NYSE:T) has held its quarterly dividend at $0.2775 for four consecutive years, and the stock is down about 18% over the past year. Management guides to $18 billion or more in 2026 FCF, but net debt/EBITDA at 2.71x remains above the 2.5x target. The dividend is safe. Dividend growth is not. American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) nudged its quarterly payout to $0.95, but the story is a $78 billion five-year capex plan and a $2.6 billion equity offering to fund it. Data-center load growth supports the plan, but dilution keeps per-share dividend growth in the low single digits. Total Return and Verdict VYM has delivered a 21.6% total return over the past year and 76.6% over five years, so investors have not sacrificed capital appreciation for yield. The distribution is well-supported: the top holdings are Dividend Kings with strong free cash flow, and even weaker names can cover their current payouts. The realistic risk is stagnant dividend growth from a few holdings. VYM makes sense for investors who want a diversified, low-fee income stream backed by real cash earnings. Yield-chasers looking for higher headline payouts should look elsewhere, because VYM is built for durability. The post VYM’s $94.6 Billion Portfolio Beats Treasury Yields with Dividend Kings Leading the Way appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> SPYI Investors: Watch These 2 Macro Factors Before the Next Distribution Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:10:54 +0000 Costco, Johnson & Johnson, and Altria dividends provide a backstop, but falling volatility combined with 4.6% Treasury yields threatens SPYI's yield advantage. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don't waste another minute; learn more here. The NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (NYSEARCA:SPYI) has quietly delivered a total return that undersells the story: SPYI is up 8% year to date and 19% over the past year, trailing the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY)’s 20% one-year gain by a narrower margin than most covered-call funds. Investors own SPYI for the roughly 12% annualized distribution, and with the fund’s net assets at $6.9 billion and a 0.68% expense ratio, the question over the next 12 months is whether the income engine can keep humming as volatility compresses. How SPYI Actually Makes Its Money SPYI holds S&P 500 constituents (large-cap defensives like Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Altria, Costco, and Fastenal sit alongside every other name in the index) and sells SPX index call options against the portfolio to harvest premium. That premium, paid out as return-of-capital-style monthly distributions, is where the yield comes from. The underlying dividends help, but option income is the real fuel. Right now that fuel is thinning. The VIX is sitting near 17, below the trailing 12-month average of about 18 and a long way from this spring’s peak near 31. Lower VIX means cheaper calls, which means less premium for SPYI to collect. The Macro Factor: The VIX Regime and 10-Year Yield Combo The single macro variable to track is the VIX, watched weekly on the CBOE feed or FRED’s VIXCLS series. A sustained move below 15 would be a warning: SPYI’s distribution is calibrated to a mid-teens volatility environment, and every point the VIX loses translates into thinner call premiums on the next monthly roll. A move back above 20 does the opposite, refilling the premium tank. Layered on top is the 10-year Treasury, now near 4.6%, sitting in the 99th percentile of its 12-month range. A risk-free 4.62% is direct competition for SPYI’s yield. If yields keep drifting toward this spring’s high near 4.7% without a corresponding VIX pickup, the fund’s income advantage narrows. Watch the CME FedWatch tool around each FOMC meeting: a genuine cutting cycle would lift equity multiples and typically compress volatility further, a mixed signal for SPYI holders. The Fund-Specific Factor: Distribution Composition on the Next Roll The fund-specific signal is whether SPYI can maintain its monthly payout without eroding NAV. During the March-April 2026 stress period, elevated premiums subsidized the distribution. Since May, that subsidy has faded. If the distribution stays near 12% annualized while realized option income drops, NEOS will be paying it out of principal, and the NAV will start to bleed. Investors can check the monthly distribution notice on the NEOS Funds site (Section 19a) for the return-of-capital breakdown. The dividend backstop matters here. Costco raised its quarterly payout to $1.47, Johnson & Johnson bumped to $1.34, and Altria’s 5.9% yield alongside Coca-Cola’s $0.53 quarterly keep the underlying cash flow steady. Invest


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Lilly(Eli) & Company (LLY) Stock News & Articles - 24/7 Wall St. Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S. and Global Equity Investors Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 3 Biggest Pharma Giants: Buy, Sell or Hold? Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:30:58 +0000 The post 3 Biggest Pharma Giants: Buy, Sell or Hold? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) at $247.02 screens most compelling on fundamentals with analyst target of $262.27. Johnson & Johnson has posted four straight EPS beats with accelerating revenue growth and 64 consecutive dividend hikes. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Eli Lilly didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. The three biggest US pharma names by market cap trade at very different setups right now: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) at $247.02 screens as the most compelling on fundamentals, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) at $1,156.63 looks fully valued, and AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) at $244.11 appears stretched relative to its growth outlook. Each has run hard off 2025 lows, and the fundamentals no longer line up the same way. Johnson & Johnson: The Rerating Has Legs J&J has posted four straight EPS beats and accelerating revenue growth, from +5.8% in Q2 2025 to +9.9% in Q1 2026. Management raised 2026 guidance to $100.3B–$101.3B in sales and $11.45–$11.65 in adjusted EPS. DARZALEX at $3.96B (+22.5%) and TREMFYA at $1.61B (+68.3%) are more than absorbing the STELARA biosimilar cliff. The setup: shares are up 20.69% year to date and 63.17% over one year, yet the stock trades at a forward P/E of 22, backed by a 2.02% dividend yield and 64 consecutive years of hikes. Analysts carry a $262.27 consensus target against the current $247.02, with 15 Buy, 7 Hold, 1 Sell. Targets are not guarantees, but the Orthopaedics separation and Enterprise Business Review on December 8, 2026 are near-term catalysts. Litigation charges of $330M in Q1 remain the swing factor to watch. Eli Lilly: Great Company, Priced for Perfection Lilly’s Q1 2026 revenue jumped 55.5% to $19.80B with adjusted EPS of $8.55 beating $6.79 estimates by 25.88%. Mounjaro hit $8.66B (+125%) and Zepbound reached $4.16B (+80%). Guidance was lifted to $82B–$85B revenue and $35.5–$37 EPS, and the Foundayo oral GLP-1 approval opens a larger addressable pool. The challenge is price. Shares have already climbed 50.92% over one year and 421.48% over five, and the stock trades at a trailing P/E of 42 and forward P/E of 33. Realized prices fell 13% in Q1, Mounjaro and Zepbound together account for 64.7% of revenue, and prediction-market sentiment has slipped 21.4 points over 30 days. With 23 Buy, 5 Hold, 2 Sell and a $1,254.07 target implying modest upside, the risk/reward argues for patience until pricing and competition stabilize. AbbVie: The Multiple Has Detached From the Math Skyrizi at $4.48B (+30.9%) and Rinvoq at $2.12B (+23.3%) are outrunning Humira erosion (Humira at $688M, down 38.6%), and 2026 EPS guidance was nudged to $14.08–$14.28. That is a real business. The valuation is the sticking point. ABBV trades at a trailing P/E of 122 and price-to-book of 50, on negative book value of -$3.77, after rising 35.04% over one year and 481.43% over ten. Q1 adjusted EPS of $2.65 missed by 0.66%, weighed by $744M in IPR&D charges on top of $5B for full-year 2025. Analysts still model a $265.50 target with 24 Buy, 6 Hold, 1 Sell, but one predictive model implies -30.9% downside to $168.67. With growth concerns building beyond 2028 and Imbruvica down 24.7%, the risk/reward has narrowed. The bottom line  All three stocks have outrun the S&P 500’s mid-single-digit gain year to date. J&J’s rerating still has room on the fundamentals, Lilly’s setup argues for patience after a strong run, and AbbVie’s multiple looks demanding relative to the growth math. This is analysis, not investment advice — investors should weigh their own objectives and risk tolerance.The post 3 Biggest Pharma Giants: Buy, Sell or Hold? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Eli Lilly Buys Psychedelics Maker Atai Beckley for $2.8 Billion to Develop DMT-Like Depression Drug Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:53:41 +0000 GH Research (GHRS) shares jumped 13% on deal validation, signaling clear M&A pathway and Big Pharma comp for small-cap psychedelic developers. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Eli Lilly didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. CNBC pharma reporter Angelica Peebles broke down the biggest psychedelics deal in Big Pharma history on July 16, 2026. She framed Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) acquisition of Atai Beckley as a bet on rewiring the brain rather than merely dampening symptoms. “Lilly says that it is acquiring psychedelic drug developer Atai Beckley, and Lilly will pay $6.75 in cash, or $2.8 billion up front, and another $1 billion if certain development and regulatory milestones are met,” Peebles said on air. The deal structure, $2.8 billion upfront with up to $1 billion in contingent value tied to development and regulatory milestones, keeps roughly a quarter of the headline value linked to clinical execution. That matters because Atai Beckley’s lead compound, a DMT-related nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression, only just entered Phase 3, with pivotal data expected in early 2029. Why Lilly Is Paying Up for a 2029 Readout Lilly is acquiring from a position of strength. The company reported Q1 2026 revenue of $19.80 billion, up 56% year over year, with non-GAAP EPS of $8.55. Mounjaro and Zepbound continued to drive growth, contributing $12.8 billion in combined quarterly revenue, and management raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $82 billion to $85 billion. CEO David Ricks highlighted four Q1 acquisitions — Orna Therapeutics, Centessa Pharmaceuticals, Kelonia Therapeutics, and Ajax Therapeutics — underscoring Lilly’s strategy of redeploying GLP-1 cash flows into pipeline expansion. The later AtaiBeckley deal extends that acquisition push into neuroscience. Peebles zeroed in on the science. “Lilly talked about it in their press release, where they see the opportunity to make the drug more neuroplastic, potentially changing the brain and allowing for new neural pathways to develop.” That neuroplasticity thesis separates DMT-class compounds from SSRIs and gives Lilly a longer runway story while Phase 3 runs. The Spravato Playbook at Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has already validated the clinic-administered depression-treatment model. Peebles noted that the Atai Beckley nasal spray is “a little bit like J&J’s drug SPRAVATO” because it is administered in a clinic with patients monitored afterward. J&J’s SPRAVATO franchise has become a commercial proof point for supervised psychedelic-adjacent depression therapies, with growth highlighted in the company’s Neuroscience portfolio. Its Innovative Medicine segment generated $15.43 billion in Q1 2026 revenue, up 11.2% year over year. GH Research: The Small-Cap Read-Through The clearest beneficiary is GH Research (NASDAQ: GHRS), which is developing GH001, an inhalable mebufotenin (5-MeO-DMT) product candidate for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Shares jumped 13.04% on the announcement to $30.43, extending a year-to-date gain of 111.97%. The Phase 2b trial results, later published in JAMA Psychiatry, showed a placebo-adjusted MADRS reduction of 15.5 points at Day 8, with remission rates of 57.5% versus 0% for placebo. GH Research is targeting initiation of its global Phase 3/pivotal program in 2026. For investors mapping the small-cap ripple effect of Big Pharma validation, our Small Stakes, Big Swings research walks through how to size positions in clinical-stage names carrying binary catalysts. What to Watch Peebles put a stake in the ground on timing: “Atai Beckley’s DMT-like drug just started Phase 3. And those results are expected in early 2029.” Between now and then, the milestones triggering Lilly’s $1 billion contingent payment will drive the narrative, alongside SPRAVATO’s growth at J&J and GH Research’s Phase 3 initiation. DEA scheduling, clinic infrastructure, and payer coverage remain shared hurdles for every psychedelic depression program. The post Eli Lilly Buys Psychedelics Maker Atai Beckley for $2.8 Billion to Develop DMT-Like Depression Drug appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Prediction: 1 New Reason Eli Lilly Stock Could Still Be Headed Higher Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:00:35 +0000 The post Prediction: 1 New Reason Eli Lilly Stock Could Still Be Headed Higher appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) has whipsawed shareholders in 2026, but the setup heading into the second half looks compelling. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Eli Lilly is $1,336.12, implying 12.41% upside from the current $1,188.58 quote. We rate the stock a buy with high confidence, driven by the incretin franchise, a raised 2026 outlook, and the Foundayo launch. 24/7 Wall St. Price Target Summary Metric Value Current Price $1,188.58 24/7 Wall St. Price Target $1,336.12 Upside 12.41% Recommendation BUY Confidence Level 90% The Q1 Blowout That Reset the Story Lilly closed at $1,188.58 on July 10, off 2.09% for the week but up 10.97% year to date and 51.38% over the last year. Shares sit roughly 1% below the $1,249.45 52-week high and well above the $619.40 low. Q1 2026 was the reset. Revenue landed at $19.80 billion, growing 55.5% year over year and beating consensus by 11.25%. Non-GAAP EPS of $8.55 cleared estimates by 25.88%. Mounjaro more than doubled to $8.66 billion, Zepbound grew 80%, and management raised full-year revenue guidance to $82.0 to $85.0 billion with EPS of $35.50 to $37. Why Bulls See a Breakout Toward $1,395 The bull case rests on Foundayo. Orforglipron is the only approved GLP-1 pill that can be taken any time of day without food or water restrictions, and it delivered superior blood sugar and weight loss versus oral semaglutide in a head-to-head Phase 3 trial published in The Lancet. Pair that with retatrutide’s Phase 3 win, Taltz plus Zepbound in psoriasis, and four bolt-on acquisitions announced in Q1, and the pipeline looks stacked. Our bull scenario models a $1,395.55 price a year out, a 17.41% return. The Risks Worth Watching Prices are the pressure point. Realized prices fell 13% in Q1 as rebates, cash-pay cuts on Zepbound, and China’s NRDL listing for Mounjaro reset the curve. Q1 also absorbed $584 million in acquired IPR&D charges and $279 million in litigation-related items. Insider activity has skewed toward selling, and composite prediction sentiment sits at 38.89, tilted bearish. Lilly is investing aggressively behind those charges, with new manufacturing sites and four acquisitions targeting cell therapy, sleep-wake disorders, in vivo CAR-T, and myelofibrosis. Our bear scenario points to $1,102.52, a 7.24% drawdown. How Lilly Compares to Novo Nordisk and Merck Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) is the natural GLP-1 comp. Novo trades at a forward P/E of just 15, versus Lilly’s 33, but Novo’s revenue grew only 24% last quarter against Lilly’s 55.5%. That growth gap explains why the market underwrites Lilly’s premium. Merck (NYSE:MRK) offers a large-cap pharma counterpoint. Merck trades at a forward P/E near 24 with quarterly revenue growth of just 4.9% and earnings that contracted year over year. Lilly’s growth rate is roughly ten times Merck’s, making the higher multiple defensible. Against this peer set, our $1,336.12 target looks reasonable. Eli Lilly Price Prediction 2026-2030 The 24/7 Wall St. price target of $1,336.12 and buy rating carry 90% confidence. Growth acceleration tips the scale. The bull path hinges on Foundayo scripts ramping as expected and 2026 EPS landing at the high end of the raised $35.50 to $37 range. The setup weakens if realized price declines widen beyond the current 13% drag or a pharma tariff surprise reprices the sector. Extending our model out, here is where our projects Lilly could trade, assuming Foundayo scales and incretin growth normalizes into the high teens. Year 24/7 Wall St. Price Target 2026 $1,336 2027 $1,455 2028 $1,570 2029 $1,675 2030 $1,778 These projections assume Lilly continues executing on the incretin buildout and pipeline diversification. Meaningful upside or downside could come from oral GLP-1 penetration, tariff outcomes, or biosimilar timing. The post Prediction: 1 New Reason Eli Lilly Stock Could Still Be Headed Higher appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Moderna Drops 11%, ImmunityBio and Sarepta Therapeutics Tumble 8% in Biotech Rout Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:04:38 +0000 ImmunityBio's 348% YTD run reflects Russell 1000 inclusion hopes and ANKTIVA strength; Q1 2026 revenue of $44.21M surged 168% year-over-year, yet sector rotation pressures persist. Sarepta received Wolfe Research Outperform upgrade with $27 target (34% upside), but biotech rotation favors defensive names like Eli Lilly (LLY) and J&J (JNJ). Biotech is the story at midday Friday, and it’s not a pretty one for shareholders who chased the sector’s monster 2026 run. Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) stock is down 11% to $68.50, ImmunityBio (NASDAQ:IBRX) shares are off 8% to $8.16, and Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) stock has slid 8% to $18.84. The moves are steep, but they land on top of extraordinary year-to-date gains. Moderna stock had climbed 160% year to date through Thursday’s close, and ImmunityBio shares were up 348% year to date heading into today. There’s no company-specific bad news attached to any of the three names. The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEARCA:XBI) is off 4% midday, framing this as a sector-wide flush rather than a single-name blowup. The equal-weighted sector proxy holds all three of today’s decliners among its constituents. Profit-Taking After a Parabolic Run The cleanest read on today’s selloff in Moderna, ImmunityBio, and Sarepta and other biotechnology stocks is profit-taking and sector rotation after a parabolic run. Recent news flow on all three names was actually bullish, and no headline catalyst has surfaced to explain the move. ImmunityBio has ridden Russell 1000 inclusion hopes and Anktiva optimism to its triple-digit gain, with Q1 2026 revenue of $44.21 million up 168% year over year and ANKTIVA unit sales up 168% year over year. Sarepta Therapeutics stock, meanwhile, was just upgraded by Wolfe Research to Outperform with a $27 target, implying 34% upside from Thursday’s close. Moderna’s own Q1 2026 print was strong: revenue of $389 million beat the consensus estimate by 65%, and management reaffirmed up to 10% revenue growth for the year. The near-term catalyst is the mRNA-1010 seasonal flu vaccine PDUFA date of August 5. Big Pharma Barely Flinches The rotation angle sharpens when you look outside biotech. Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) stock is down 3% midday, while Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shares are off by just 1%. That gap tells the story. Money is coming out of high-beta, pre-profit biotech names and holding still in defensive large-cap pharma, where Eli Lilly stock is still up 10% year to date and Johnson & Johnson stock is up 24% year to date. XBI Puts the Selloff in Perspective The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF is the cleanest sector proxy since it holds Moderna, ImmunityBio, and Sarepta among its equal-weighted constituents. Even after today’s drop, XBI is still up 78% over the past 12 months. Because the ETF is equal-weighted, its move reflects broad biotech weakness rather than one name driving the move. The fund isn’t leveraged, but it is a volatile sector vehicle, and today’s action is a reminder of how quickly biotech beta cuts both ways. Moderna: Bull Case Meets Bear Case The bull case for Moderna leans on the pipeline. The August PDUFA on the flu vaccine, brands including Spikevax, mRESVIA, mNEXSPIKE, and mCOMBRIAX, and a year-end cash target of $4.5 billion to $5 billion give management runway. Reddit retail sentiment sits at 72, classified as bullish, framing the run as a “savage comeback” comparable to post-dotcom recovery. The bear case is the price action. Moderna stock is down 71% over five years, cash burn remains heavy after a $1.34 billion GAAP net loss, and consensus analyst targets sit well below the current price. Investors may want to size their positions modestly given the high-beta profile visible in today’s move. What to Watch Next The immediate tell is whether XBI stabilizes into the close or accelerates lower, which would signal the rotation has more room to run. Moderna’s August 5 PDUFA decision is the next hard-dated catalyst on the calendar for the primary name. The takeaway: today’s slide in Moderna, ImmunityBio, and Sarepta looks like an unwind after a historic biotech rally rather than a fundamental rerating. Investors holding these names may want to reassess their position sizing given how quickly a sharp one-month gain in Moderna can compress into a double-digit down day. The post Moderna Drops 11%, ImmunityBio and Sarepta Therapeutics Tumble 8% in Biotech Rout appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Eli Lilly’s $400 Billion Surge Is Reshaping Big Pharma Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:28:08 +0000 ... Eli Lilly’s $400 Billion Surge Is Reshaping Big Pharma]]> The post Eli Lilly’s $400 Billion Surge Is Reshaping Big Pharma appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Roughly $400 billion. That is how much market value Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) has added over the past year, with shares climbing from $773.86 on July 2, 2025 to $1,213.91 on July 2, 2026, a 56.86% gain that has pushed the drugmaker’s market capitalization to $1.063 trillion. No other Big Pharma name has expanded its footprint by that magnitude in that window. The surge is the market’s verdict on a business that is now selling GLP-1 medicines faster than it can make them, and adding oral formulations, oncology franchises, and immunology drugs on top. What It Means This $400 billion gain came on the back of extremely strong execution. In the most recent quarter, Lilly reported Q1 2026 revenue of $19.80 billion, a 55.5% year-over-year jump that beat consensus by 11.25%. Non-GAAP EPS of $8.55 topped the $6.79 estimate by 25.92%, driven by net income which rose 168.04% year-over-year to $7.40 billion, and operating income which climbed 64.84% to $8.92 billion. Two products are doing the heavy lifting. Mounjaro generated $8.66 billion in the quarter, up 125% year-over-year. Zepbound delivered $4.16 billion, with U.S. revenue up 80%. Beneath the incretin franchise, Jaypirca rose 79% to $165 million, Ebglyss climbed 141% to $145 million, and Omvoh grew 115% to $80 million. Volume across the business rose 65%, offsetting a 13% decline in realized prices. On top of this, international revenue expanded 81% to $7.70 billion, showing Lilly is scaling globally rather than leaning on a single home market. Market Reaction Shares of LLY stock are up 14.07% over the past month and 7.65% over the past week, closing at $1,213.91 on July 2, 2026, a 1.86% daily gain. Year-to-date the stock is up 13.34%, and the five-year return sits at 443.8%. LLY is now trading roughly 1% below its 52-week high of $1,238. Bull Case The bull case for Eli Lilly rests on three pillars: earnings power, pipeline breadth, and management conviction. On earnings, Lilly has delivered four consecutive beats, with the 25.92% Q1 2026 surprise the largest in the streak. Reported EPS has climbed from $6.31 in Q2 2025 to $7.02, $7.54, and $8.55 across the following three quarters. Management raised full-year 2026 guidance to $82.0 billion to $85.0 billion in revenue and non-GAAP EPS of $35.50 to $37.00, with a performance margin of 47.0% to 48.5%. In terms of the company’s pipeline, the FDA approved Foundayo (orforglipron), the only approved GLP-1 pill that can be taken any time of day without food and water restrictions. Orforglipron also beat oral semaglutide in a head-to-head type 2 diabetes trial published in The Lancet. Retatrutide delivered positive Phase 3 data in T2D, and Lilly added four acquisitions in the quarter: Orna Therapeutics, Centessa Pharmaceuticals, Kelonia Therapeutics, and Ajax Therapeutics. On conviction, there’s plenty. Four of Eli Lilly’s directors bought stock together on June 15, 2026 at $1,129.35, following prior coordinated purchases at $988.09 in May and $919.90 in April. Buying at rising prices signals conviction. CEO David Ricks framed the quarter this way: “2026 is off to a strong start, we delivered 56% revenue growth in the first quarter and raised our full-year revenue guidance by $2 billion.” Bottom Line For long-term holders, the $400 billion in added market value reflects a business compounding at rare speed for a company already the size of Lilly. Risks exist, though. With $584 million in acquired IPR&D charges, $279 million in litigation charges, tariff exposure, and the 13% price give-back on incretins, there’s plenty for investors to consider. That’s on top of a forward P/E of 33 leaves little room for disappointment. Thus, I think the next catalyst investors have on the calendar is Lilly’s Investment Community Meeting on December 7, 2026, with an ex-dividend date of August 14, 2026 in between. A trillion-dollar drugmaker growing revenue at 56% is a rare data point in pharma. That is what $400 billion buys you. The post Eli Lilly’s $400 Billion Surge Is Reshaping Big Pharma appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Two Drugmakers Own 90% of the Obesity Boom. One Fund Owns Both for 0.59% Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:18:28 +0000 ... Two Drugmakers Own 90% of the Obesity Boom. One Fund Owns Both for 0.59%]]> The post Two Drugmakers Own 90% of the Obesity Boom. One Fund Owns Both for 0.59% appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV) is the default healthcare allocation for millions of investors, and for good reason. XLV owns the entire S&P 500 healthcare complex in one ticker: insurers, device makers, biotech, and Big Pharma. It has returned 21.61% over the past year and 159.84% over ten years. If the reason for holding XLV is simply broad sector exposure, it does that job well. The reason to look past it is narrower: investors who bought XLV specifically to participate in the GLP-1 obesity boom are getting a heavily diluted version of that trade, and a small thematic fund, the LeaderShares Dr. Bill Grace Global Obesity ETF (NYSEARCA:OZEM) offers a more direct route. Why XLV Waters Down the Obesity Trade The GLP-1 franchise is concentrated in two companies: Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Novo Nordisk. Lilly’s Q1 2026 results underline the scale. Revenue reached $19.8 billion, up 55.5% year over year, with Mounjaro at $8.66 billion (+125%) and Zepbound at $4.16 billion (+80%). Non-GAAP EPS came in at $8.55. CEO David Ricks said, “2026 is off to a strong start, we delivered 56% revenue growth… raised full-year revenue guidance by $2 billion.” The FDA has since approved Foundayo (orforglipron), the first oral GLP-1 pill with no food or water restrictions. Lilly’s stock reflects this: shares are up 54.8% over the past year and 433.36% over five years, with a market cap of roughly $1.07 trillion. Yet within XLV, Lilly is the largest single position, accounting for roughly 16% of the fund. While that provides significant exposure, the remaining 84% of the fund is spread across insurers, device makers, and legacy pharma. For investors whose core thesis is specifically the metabolic-disease franchise, the heavy allocation to non-obesity segments can dampen the impact of Lilly’s specific trajectory.” What OZEM Actually Owns If you’re looking at the obesity and GLP-1 supply chain, OZEM is the fund that comes up most often. According to its March 31, 2026, NPORT filing, Lilly is its largest holding at 16.10% of net assets, with Novo Nordisk right behind at 13.13%. Put those two together, and the two drugmakers that dominate the category represent 29.23% of the fund. For context, that is a materially higher single-theme weighting than either name individually delivers in XLV. The remainder is a mix of GLP-1 developers and adjacencies: Viking Therapeutics at 5.29%, Zealand Pharma at 3.60%, Structure Therapeutics at 2.38%, plus Chinese biotech exposure through Innovent, Ascletis, and CSPC. Broader pharma names such as Pfizer (7.56%) and Amgen (3.94%) round out the book. The fund also carried a 12.89% cash position at the March filing, which can dampen performance during rapid market rallies, though it provides the manager with the liquidity needed to navigate the extreme volatility typical of small-cap biotech stocks. The Tradeoffs Are Real The swap involves real tradeoffs. OZEM returned 32.8% over the past year, better than XLV’s 21.61%, but well behind Lilly’s 54.8%. Novo Nordisk shares fell 25.53% over the same period, and that weighting, combined with the cash drag and small-cap biotech volatility, explains the gap. Year-to-date, OZEM is actually down 1.18% while XLV is up 5.51%. Other considerations: OZEM’s total net assets sit at just $51.4 million, which means wider bid-ask spreads and closure risk if inflows stall. Thematic ETFs also carry higher expense ratios than sector SPDRs, and Lilly itself faces pricing pressure, with realized prices down and Mounjaro added to China’s national reimbursement list. A prospectus review is warranted before committing capital. How to Think About the Swap PineBridge’s 2026 equity outlook notes that “In 2026, we will see the expansion of obesity treatments to the broader population as lower-cost, easier-to-administer oral pill versions of the current injectable GLP-1s are introduced to the market.” That backdrop supports thematic exposure, but the vehicle matters. For an investor whose XLV position is designed to capture the obesity story, three paths are available. Owning Lilly directly has delivered the cleanest exposure by a wide margin. A partial OZEM sleeve alongside XLV preserves diversification while raising the weighting to GLP-1 developers globally. Keeping XLV as-is remains defensible for anyone who wants the whole sector rather than one theme within it. In a taxable account, trimming XLV to fund the switch would realize gains that should be weighed against the incremental exposure, since XLV itself already owns Lilly. The decision hinges on how narrow the reader wants the bet to be. The post Two Drugmakers Own 90% of the Obesity Boom. One Fund Owns Both for 0.59% appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Jim Cramer Says Biotech is The Hottest Group in The Market Right Now Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:35:25 +0000 ... Jim Cramer Says Biotech is The Hottest Group in The Market Right Now]]> The post Jim Cramer Says Biotech is The Hottest Group in The Market Right Now appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Jim Cramer spotlights biotech as the market's hottest group under new FDA leadership, expecting a flood of M&A deals that will reward investors long the sector. IBB up 16.06% YTD and 51.45% past year vs S&P 500's 9.22% YTD; LLY announced 4 Q1 2026 acquisitions funded by Mounjaro and Zepbound reaching $12.82B combined revenue. A marquee acquisition announced at a premium will confirm Cramer's thesis that regulatory clarity under new FDA leadership will accelerate biotech M&A and lift the entire sector. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Eli Lilly didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. CNBC’s Jim Cramer pushed viewers away from the usual semiconductor and hyperscaler chatter. Instead, he highlighted a group he says has quietly become the market’s leader. “There is a move in biotech that we have not talked about at all that is really extraordinary, and particularly since the change at the head of the FDA,” Cramer said. He added that “if you look at that chart, this is the group that’s the hottest group in the market.” The data backs him up. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (NYSEARCA: IBB) is up 16.06% year to date and 19.15% over the past month, versus 9.22% YTD for the S&P 500. Over the past year, IBB has returned 51.45%. This is Why Deals are Coming Cramer laid out the classic biotech playbook. “You have many companies that get close to, if not having data that confirms a drug in a particular area. And more often than not, they don’t want to have to spend the money on a sales force… And they sell, right, usually at quite an inflated price.” He pinned the recent freeze on regulators, noting that under the prior administration takeovers were sparse after an Amgen deal “was almost blocked.” With the FDA leadership change, Cramer said his sources expect deals to “be flooding the market.” And that investors should be long biotech, a call he “has not said in ages.” Lilly is the checkbook The clearest evidence is Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), the $1.16 trillion pharma giant that has already announced four acquisitions in Q1 2026. That includes Orna Therapeutics (cell therapies), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (sleep-wake disorders), Kelonia Therapeutics (in vivo CAR-T), and Ajax Therapeutics (myelofibrosis). That deal cadence is being funded by an obesity and diabetes franchise firing on all cylinders. Mounjaro revenue reached $8.66 billion (+125%). Zepbound hit $4.16 billion (+80%) in Q1, helping Lilly deliver EPS of $8.55 on $19.80 billion in revenue, up 55.5% year over year, per its SEC filing. Shares are up 13.34% YTD and 56.86% over the past year. The other names in the picture Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) sits at the center of Cramer’s regulatory reference. The $27.8 billion Horizon Therapeutics deal cleared only after antitrust scrutiny. In addition, Amgen is now pushing its own MariTide obesity Phase 3 program. Q1 2026 revenue rose 5.8% to $8.62 billion, with IMDELLTRA sales up 219%. Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) is the model Cramer describes: a company using tuck-in M&A (Alpine Immune Sciences, which was acquired for $4.9 billion) to build a fourth franchise in nephrology on top of cystic fibrosis. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY) is a prime example of a biotech company with a powerful technology platform. Driven by the strong launch of AMVUTTRA for ATTR-CM, the company’s total TTR drug franchise revenue surged 153% year-over-year to $910 million. Because of this momentum, management expects full-year 2026 product revenue to hit between $4.90 billion and $5.30 billion. Despite these strong financial milestones, the stock has underperformed its peers. This gap between the company’s strong business performance and its lagging stock price creates a classic market dislocation. As a result, Alnylam is a highly attractive takeover target for major pharmaceutical companies. What to watch Jim Cramer’s market thesis relies on two key factors: the FDA continuing to approve major biotech mergers and cash-rich giants like Eli Lilly maintaining their aggressive acquisition pace. However, this positive outlook may already be baked into the market. For the sector to launch its next leg higher, the market will likely need to see more buyout announcements to re-energize investors. The post Jim Cramer Says Biotech is The Hottest Group in The Market Right Now appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> 3 High Growth GLP-1 Biotech Winners to Buy in July Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:59 +0000 ... 3 High Growth GLP-1 Biotech Winners to Buy in July]]> The post 3 High Growth GLP-1 Biotech Winners to Buy in July appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. The GLP-1 trade has matured from a single-stock story into a tiered opportunity set. Demand for obesity therapeutics keeps expanding as lower-cost, easier-to-administer oral pill versions of the current injectable GLP-1s are introduced to the market in 2026, and the field now spans an entrenched leader, a deep-value incumbent, and a clinical-stage challenger with multiple near-term catalysts. Heading into July, here are three US-listed GLP-1 names worth a closer look, each with a tool-verified data point, a bull case, and a clear risk. Eli Lilly (LLY): The Category Killer Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) is the franchise stock of the GLP-1 era, and the price action reflects it. Shares are up nearly 15% year to date and more than 60% over the past year, with a market cap of roughly $1.16 trillion as of July 7. Q1 2026 was a statement quarter. Lilly posted EPS of $8.55 versus the $6.79 consensus on revenue of $19.80 billion, up 56% year over year. Mounjaro generated $8.66 billion (+125% YoY) and Zepbound delivered $4.16 billion (+80% YoY). Management raised full-year guidance to $82.0 billion to $85.0 billion in revenue and $35.50 to $37.00 in non-GAAP EPS. The bull case rests on a one-two punch: injectable dominance plus the only oral pill with no food/water restriction. CEO David Ricks said “A key milestone was the U.S. FDA approval of Foundayo, the only approved GLP-1 pill that can be taken any time of day, without food and water restrictions. Foundayo will meaningfully expand the number of people who can benefit from GLP-1s.” Risk: Realized prices fell 13% in Q1 2026 due to rebate adjustments and market-access agreements, and Mounjaro’s NRDL addition in China is pressuring international pricing. Revenue concentration in two products remains the obvious vulnerability. Novo Nordisk (NVO): The Beaten-Down Incumbent Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) is the contrarian pick. The maker of Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus is down nearly 28% over the past year, with a market cap of around $169 billion. Per writer context, shares trade at roughly 10x earnings and sit near 45% below their 52-week high. Note that NVO is an ADR, so dividends are subject to Danish withholding tax at source. Sentiment is beginning to shift. Reddit’s aggregate score on NVO flipped to 63 (Bullish) on June 30, up from readings of 22-29 (Bearish) in early June, and shares have rebounded more than 2% over the past month. The bull case is valuation-driven. NVO posts elite margins (gross margin near 81%, operating margin around 41%) and remains one of only two players with a commercial oral GLP-1 already on the market. If the company stabilizes US share against Lilly, mean reversion alone offers material upside. Risk: Novo has been steadily losing ground to Mounjaro and Zepbound, and Jim Cramer recently noted Lilly’s pipeline could deliver “the unassailable knockout punch against Novo Nordisk because it’s got fat busting without muscle crunch.” A value trap is the obvious failure mode. Viking Therapeutics (VKTX): The High-Risk Wild Card Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) is explicitly the speculative slot. Market cap sits at about $4.7 billion, and shares have rallied nearly 38% over the past month, with a one-year gain of nearly 47%. Lead asset VK2735 is a dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist in both subcutaneous and oral formulations. The Phase 2 oral readout showed up to 12% mean body weight reduction after 13 weeks. VANQUISH-1 is fully enrolled with approximately 4,500 patients, and the Phase 3 oral program is expected to begin in Q3 2026, with maintenance dosing results also due that quarter. Cash and investments stood at roughly $706 million at year-end 2025. CEO Brian Lian framed the differentiation as “the only dual agonist molecule with the potential to dose monthly or to allow transition from subcutaneous to oral administration for weight maintenance.” Risk: Viking is pre-revenue, with a 2025 net loss of $359.64 million and a cash position that fell from $903 million at the start of 2025 to $706 million at year-end. Phase 3 readouts could land either way, and a single negative trial would reset the equity story. What to Watch Next July’s setup is event-rich: Lilly’s Foundayo launch metrics, Novo’s competitive response, and Viking’s Q3 catalyst calendar. Position sizing matters across the three, because the risk profiles are not interchangeable. The GLP-1 trade is broadening, and the opportunity set looks wider than at any point in the last twelve months. The post 3 High Growth GLP-1 Biotech Winners to Buy in July appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Wall Street Is Betting on Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 Portfolio — It’s Missing the $1 Trillion Opportunity


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Logitech International SA (LOGI) Stock News & Articles - 24/7 Wall St. Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S. and Global Equity Investors Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:44:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Here are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Block, Comcast, Fortinet, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Klarna, Logitech, Scorpio Tankers, Trade Desk, and More Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:57:31 +0000 ... Here are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Block, Comcast, Fortinet, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Klarna, Logitech, Scorpio Tankers, Trade Desk, and More]]> The post Here are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Block, Comcast, Fortinet, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Klarna, Logitech, Scorpio Tankers, Trade Desk, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower after a big start to the holiday-shortened trading week, which saw every index trade higher, after the small-cap Russell 2000 eked out a tiny gain on the close, finishing up 0.01% at $3010, and still leads all the major indices in 2026, up over 20%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq exploded higher, closing up 2.07% at 25,820, while the S&P 500 also saw strength, closing the session at 7,440, higher by 1.18%. The venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high of 52,182, up 059% on the day, with a nice move higher from new member Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL). Positive news on the Iran war, with negotiators meeting today in Qatar, and an announced end to hostilities between the two nations, was the backdrop for a very solid day for stocks. We could see more fireworks before the weekend 4th of July fireworks, as end-of-quarter reallocations and window dressing could skew volatility and trading volume higher. Treasury Bonds: Yields were mixed across the Treasury curve on Monday, as some light buying came in on the long end, while there was selling across the belly and shorter maturities. Traders will continue to watch the situation in Iran. They will also be waiting for the May employment numbers scheduled for Thursday, as the markets are closed for the Federal 4th of July holiday on Friday. The 30-year-long bond finished the day at 4.86%, while the 10-year note was last seen at 4.37%.  Oil and Gas: After last week’s sizable sell-off, the energy complex attracted some buyers on Monday, as lower prices enticed accumulation at current levels. Brent Crude closed the day at $72.89, up 1.2%, while West Texas Intermediate finished the day at $70.39, up 1.82%. Natural gas, which has been strong recently, closed lower for the second straight session, down 3.26% at $3.17. The lower close was likely profit-taking, as the outlook for the commodity remains bullish.  Gold: After a nice move higher last week, Gold stumbled on Monday, closing down by 1.8% at $4,014, while Silver also closed lower, finishing the day at $58.13, down 1.56%. This comes as TD Securities’ head of commodity research, Bart Melek, predicted that gold will fall to $3,900 before rising to $5,300 by the end of 2026. He cited continued inflationary pressure as the main reason for the positive outlook.  Crypto: Bitcoin continued to consolidate in the $59,000–$60,500 zone yesterday, and pushed toward $60,158 intraday before trading in the $60,150–$60,370 range late Monday afternoon. The modest gains of roughly +1% over the past 24 hours came amid low volatility and sideways trading. Ethereum hovered near $1,590–$1,620 during the day, with a slight recovery from earlier in the session. Sentiment remains neutral-to-cautious on the crypto sector, and on Monday, many altcoins saw more decliners than gainers, with broader crypto markets reflecting risk-off flows tied to macro factors, such as the stronger U.S. dollar and interest rate expectations. At 8 AM EDT, Bitcoin was trading at $59,210. At the same time, Ethereum was quoted at $1,582. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports every day to identify fresh investment ideas for investors and traders alike. These daily analyst notes include recommendations on stocks to buy, sell, or avoid, as well as new coverage initiations. Important reminder: No single analyst report should ever be the sole basis for buying or selling a stock. Here are some of the best Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.   Upgrades: Block (NYSE: XYZ) caught a double upgrade from Piper Sandler, which lifted the shares to Overweight from Underweight, and boosted the target price to $100 from $58. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank, which trimmed the target price for the shares to $32 from $34. Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE: FBIN) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Truist, which lifted the target price for the shares to $70 from $45. Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Daiwa, which moved the target price for the shares to $255 from $240. Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ: TW) Goldman Sachs upgraded the shares to Buy from Neutral, with a $146 target price. Downgrades: Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) was downgraded to Reduce from Hold at HSBC, with a $102 target price. Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was downgraded to Underperform from Perform at Oppenherim, without a target price. Logitech International (NASDAQ: LOGI) was cut to Underperform from Neutral at Bank of America, which dropped the price target for the shares to $86 from $108. Scorpio Tankers (NYSE: STNG) was downgraded to Underperform from Buy at Bank of America, which cut the target price to $78 from $100. Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Arete, with an $11.60 target price. Initiations: Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ: CBRS) was started with a Hold rating at Freedom Capital, with a $209 target price. Klarna Group (NYSE: KLAR) was started with a Market Perform rating at Citizens, without a target price. MKS (NASDAQ: MKSI) was initiated with an Outperform rating at BMO Capital, with a $453 target price. Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) was initiated with a Buy rating at Benchmark, with a $21 target price.  Visa (NYSE: V) was initiated with an Overweight rating at Piper Sandler, with a $394 target price objective for the credit card giant.   The post Here are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Block, Comcast, Fortinet, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Klarna, Logitech, Scorpio Tankers, Trade Desk, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Alphabet, Coinbase Global, Digital Realty Trust, Intuit, Reddit, Roku, Tyler Technologies, and More Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:09:47 +0000 ... Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Alphabet, Coinbase Global, Digital Realty Trust, Intuit, Reddit, Roku, Tyler Technologies, and More]]> The post Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Alphabet, Coinbase Global, Digital Realty Trust, Intuit, Reddit, Roku, Tyler Technologies, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Pre-Market Stock Futures: The futures are trading lower on Thursday after investors and traders tapped the brakes on the 2026 new year rally, as only the Nasdaq was able to grind out another gain, finishing the session at 23,584, up 0.16. After exploding higher to print new all-time highs on Tuesday, both the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 ended the day lower, with the former down 0.94% to close at 48.996 as Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) was hammered to the tune of 4.25%, and the latter down just 0.34% to finish the day at 6,920. Needless to say, after a sprint out of the box to start the year, we could be seeing some short-term traders scalping profits, but it’s also possible investors were selling losers and winners from 2025 this year to book gains or losses in 2026. With the non-farm payrolls for December released on Friday morning, some could be taking capital off the table ahead of the report, following a lackluster year in 2025 for job growth and a poor ADP employment report. Treasury Bonds: Yields were mainly lower across the Treasury curve on Wednesday as buyers continued to snap up many intermediate- and longer-dated government bonds. Traders cited the weaker-than-expected ADP employment data, which showed a gain of 41,000 jobs versus expectations of 48,000. In addition, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report indicated that job openings fell more than expected, reaching their lowest level in over a year. This is the kind of data that could spur more interest rate cuts in 2026. The 30-year Treasury long bond closed at 4.82% while the benchmark 10-year note was last seen at 4.14%. Oil and Gas: Crude oil prices were lower across the energy complex on Wednesday, but the extreme pressure seen earlier in the week abated somewhat. Brent Crude finished trading on Wednesday at $60.31, down 0.64%, while West Texas Intermediate finished down 1.42% at $56.32. Concerns about oversupply continue to pose headwinds for the sector. Still, one positive for the day came when it was reported that four key Opec+ producers have pledged to deepen their production cuts in the first half of 2026, as the organization looks to improve quota compliance among its members. One bright spot for the day was natural gas rallying 6.48% to finish at $3.57.  Gold: For the first time in the new year, Gold and Silver finished lower on the day, and the likely reason was old-fashioned profit-taking after a massive rally in both precious metals over the last year. Last year, gold posted its biggest gains since 1979, and while the base for continued moves higher is in place for both gold and silver, traders are expecting near-term volatility. The final gold quote was $4,452, down 0.92%, while silver was quoted at $78.13, down 3.78%.  Crypto: Crypto trading on Wednesday saw a downturn, with Bitcoin falling below $92,000 and pulling major altcoins down, extending earlier losses as traders digest new U.S. labor data and geopolitical risks, leading to increased risk-off sentiment and significant liquidations in leveraged futures, mainly affecting coins like XRP and Ethereum. At 8A EST, Bitcoin traded at $89.830, while Ethereum traded at $3,091. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports daily to identify new investment ideas for both investors and traders. Some of these daily analyst calls cover stocks to buy. Other calls cover stocks to sell or avoid. Remember that no single analyst call should ever be used as a basis to buy or sell a stock.  Here are some of the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen on   Upgrades: Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Cantor Fitzgerald, which raised its target price to $370 from $310. Chubb Ltd. (NYSE: CD) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral by Goldman Sachs with a $351 price target. Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Bank of America, with a $340 target price objective. The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GAP) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS with a $41 target price. Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) was upgraded to Outperform from In Line at Evercore ISI, which lifted the target price for the shares to $145 from $1o5. Downgrades: Alcoa Corp. (NYSE: AA) was downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JPMorgan, which bumped the target price up to $50 from $45. Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Truist, which dropped the target price for the restaurant giant to $207 from $240. Digital Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: DLR) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America, which slashed the target price for the shares to $170 from $210. Logitech International SA (NASDAQ: LOGI) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at BNP Paribas, which dropped the target price to $106 from $128. Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) was cut to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley, who bumped the target price up to $175 from $173. Initiations: Bread Financial Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BFH) was initiated with a Buy rating at UBS, with a $92 target price. Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) was initiated with a Buy rating at TD Cowen with a giant $802 target price.  Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII) was initiated with a Buy rating at Seaport Research, which has set a $83 target for the shares. Reddit Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) was started with a Neutral rating at Cantor Fitzgerald with a $240 target price. Tyler Technologies Inc. (NYSE: TYL) was initiated with a Buy rating at Stifel, which has set a $550 target price objective. The post Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Alphabet, Coinbase Global, Digital Realty Trust, Intuit, Reddit, Roku, Tyler Technologies, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> 4 Office Products Stocks Are Fighting Remote Work. Here’s Who’s Best Positioned. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:09:38 +0000 ... 4 Office Products Stocks Are Fighting Remote Work. Here’s Who’s Best Positioned.]]> The post 4 Office Products Stocks Are Fighting Remote Work. Here’s Who’s Best Positioned. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. The office products industry faces relentless headwinds as remote work, digitization, and shifting workplace habits erode demand for traditional supplies. Some companies are fighting back with strategic pivots, cost discipline, and acquisitions to unlock value in adjacent markets. ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) just acquired premium headset maker EPOS for $11.7 million. We examined ACCO alongside peers navigating similar challenges to see who’s positioned to benefit from operational transformation in a declining category. Four Companies Fighting the Office Products Downturn ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) ACCO Brands manufactures staplers, binders, whiteboards, and computer accessories under brands like Swingline, Mead, and Kensington. The company generates $1.54 billion in annual revenue but saw sales contract 8.8% year over year in its most recent quarter. ACCO is betting on cost cuts and strategic acquisitions to stabilize margins and diversify beyond declining stationery sales. Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) operates a portfolio spanning office products (Sharpie, Paper Mate), home goods (Rubbermaid), and outdoor gear (Coleman). The company has been divesting non-core assets and focusing on higher-margin consumer categories. Office products remain part of the mix, but Newell’s exposure is diluted across multiple segments. Logitech International (NASDAQ:LOGI) Logitech International (NASDAQ:LOGI) designs computer peripherals including mice, keyboards, webcams, and headsets. Unlike traditional office suppliers, Logitech benefits from hybrid work trends driving demand for home office technology. The company reported strong growth in video collaboration products and gaming accessories, positioning it differently from paper-based competitors. HNI Corporation (NYSE:HNI) HNI Corporation (NYSE:HNI) manufactures office furniture and hearth products. While not a direct office supplies competitor, HNI faces similar workplace transformation pressures. The company has focused on flexible workspace solutions and contract furniture for corporate clients adapting to hybrid models. How Their Businesses Compare ACCO’s EPOS acquisition expands its Kensington accessories line into the $1.7 billion premium enterprise headset market. Management projects $10 million to $15 million in cost synergies over two years, substantial relative to the $11.7 million purchase price. The deal closes in January 2026 and is expected to boost profitability despite ongoing revenue headwinds. ACCO also operates a $100 million cost reduction program aimed at protecting margins as core stationery demand weakens. Logitech holds the strongest position among these companies. Its product mix aligns with remote and hybrid work trends rather than fighting against them. Video conferencing equipment, wireless peripherals, and gaming accessories all benefit from the shift away from traditional offices. Logitech’s business is growing while ACCO’s contracts. Newell Brands has partially insulated itself through diversification. Office products represent only a portion of revenue, with home essentials and outdoor categories providing stability. However, this diversification means Newell lacks the focused operational leverage that a pure-play turnaround could deliver. HNI faces workspace transformation challenges similar to ACCO’s but operates in furniture rather than supplies. The company benefits from corporate spending on office redesigns for hybrid work, though furniture cycles are longer and more capital-intensive than consumable office products. What Management Is Saying ACCO’s December 2025 acquisition announcement stated: “This strategic move aims to diversify ACCO’s offerings and capitalize on a $1.7 billion global market, with anticipated cost synergies of $10 million to $15 million over the next two years.” The company added: “The acquisition is expected to moderately boost profit in 2026, despite a forecasted revenue decline for ACCO Brands in the current year.” An October 2025 analysis from Insider Monkey noted that “despite lower-than-expected sales in Q3 2025 due to soft global demand, the company projects improved sales trends in Q4, driven by technology accessories and favorable foreign exchange rates.” Management’s emphasis on cost discipline and technology accessories signals recognition that traditional office supplies won’t drive growth. The EPOS deal represents a concrete bet on premium workplace technology as the path forward. Who Actually Benefits Most Income investors seeking high yields benefit most from ACCO’s current situation. The stock offers an 8.13% dividend yield backed by 27 consecutive quarterly payments since 2018. The company trades at 0.52 times book value and 3.84 times forward earnings, creating a margin of safety for dividend sustainability even as revenue declines. Deep value investors also benefit from ACCO’s distressed valuation. Analyst targets average $6.00 versus the current $3.69 price, implying 63% upside if the turnaround gains traction. Institutional investors hold 84% of shares, suggesting sophisticated money managers see potential despite operational challenges. Logitech serves growth-oriented investors better. Its products align with secular trends rather than requiring a turnaround thesis. Newell and HNI offer more diversified exposure but lack the focused transformation story or extreme valuation discount that defines ACCO’s appeal. The Bottom Line ACCO Brands benefits contrarian income investors willing to accept operational risk for an 8% yield and potential mean reversion. The EPOS acquisition and cost discipline provide tangible catalysts, but the core business remains challenged. Logitech offers cleaner growth exposure, while ACCO presents a high-risk, high-reward opportunity for those betting on stabilization in a distressed sector. The post 4 Office Products Stocks Are Fighting Remote Work. Here’s Who’s Best Positioned. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Wall Street Analysts Just Upgraded These Hot Stocks: UBER, LOGI, DASH, APLS Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:57:06 +0000 ... Wall Street Analysts Just Upgraded These Hot Stocks: UBER, LOGI, DASH, APLS]]> The post Wall Street Analysts Just Upgraded These Hot Stocks: UBER, LOGI, DASH, APLS appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. U.S. stocks pared early gains on Wednesday, with the Dow slipping despite robust bank earnings from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley, fueled by trading windfalls. The S&P 500 edged up 0.21% to 6,658.43, while the Nasdaq surged 0.39% to 22,608.73, propelled by AI chip leaders Nvidia, Intel, and AMD. A $40 billion BlackRock-led buyout of a major data-center firm underscored tech’s momentum. Uber  Analysts at Guggenheim just upgraded Uber (NYSE: UBER) to a buy rating with a price target of $140 a share. “Our BUY thesis is underpinned by the company’s asset base consisting of industry-leading 1) network, 2) technology, and 3) brand equity. Uber’s multi-platform network is >3x that of next ‘Gig’ peer, with reach positioning the Rideshare leader for increased Autonomous Vehicle (AV) adoption,” said the firm, as quoted by CNBC. Last trading at $94.25 as of Tuesday’s close, we’d like to see the ride-sharing stock initially retest its recent high of $100.18 a share. Logitech  An improving environment for peripherals is creating a buy opportunity for Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI), says Citi, as noted by CNBC. Analysts upgraded the LOGI stock to a “buy” rating from a “neutral” rating. “We’re upgrading LOGI to Buy from Neutral with a TP of $130 (ETR of ~25%),” said the firm. “Peripheral demand should benefit given positive PC data points with checks suggesting constructive Videoconferencing equipment demand amidst return to office, and strong gaming peripherals demand.” Last trading at $104.94, we’d like to see LOGI initially retest $115 a share. DoorDash  Shares of DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) were just upgraded to an outperform rating by JPMorgan, which is bullish on DASH’s future following its acquisition of Deliveroo. “Following the acquisition, DoorDash now operates in 45 countries with a combined population of over a billion. It serves more than 700,000 local businesses and 50 million monthly active users, with Deliveroo having contributed around seven million,” noted CNBC. Apellis Pharmaceuticals  Wells Fargo just upgraded Apellis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: APLS) to an overweight rating, with a price target of $32 a share. The firm cited “stabilizing Syfovre sales and its confidence in Empaveli’s launch following a doctor survey for the upgrade. The shares could rally 15%-20% on Empaveli’s growth,” as highlighted by Tip Ranks. The post Wall Street Analysts Just Upgraded These Hot Stocks: UBER, LOGI, DASH, APLS appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cinemark, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Estee Lauder, McDonald’s, ServiceNow, Virgin Galactic and More Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:51:35 +0000 The post Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cinemark, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Estee Lauder, McDonald’s, ServiceNow, Virgin Galactic and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..The futures were trading lower after the major indexes closed decidedly mixed, as the venerable Dow Jones industrial average closed lower while the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the S&P 500 both hit 52-week highs again on Wednesday. As expected, the Federal Reserve paused the rate hikes that have come at every meeting for over a year now. While it may be the pause that refreshes, Fed Chair Powell stated that two more rate hikes were likely on the way later this year. While the consumer price index data this week was encouraging, the rate of inflation, especially at the core level, is still way above the benchmarks that the Fed has set. U.S. producer prices, reported Wednesday, jumped 1.1% over the last year, marking the 11th consecutive decline in the year-over-year rate of change and the lowest print since December 2020. The index peaked at 11.7% in March 2022. Treasury yields were down across the curve as bond traders seemingly were positioned to Buy after rates had crept back up to levels not seen since March. The Treasury Department will be hitting the market with a tsunami of inventory of all government maturities, which is estimated at a stunning $1 trillion as the country’s coffers need to be refilled. The 10-year paper closed the day down four basis points at 3.80%, while the two-year note closed at 4.69%, flat on the day. The inversion between the two still indicates a recession could be on the way. Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude had a weak day, with both closing down following Tuesday’s solid 3.5% gain. The tug-of-war over China demand still is the leading headline, along with slowing production, as the rig count has continued to fall on a weekly basis. Natural gas finished the day unchanged at $2.34. [nativounit] Gold continued its slow start to the week by closing lower at $1,955.70. Traders cited the drop in the producer price index and the general malaise around the bullion over the past month as the reason for the recent weakness. Bitcoin was hammered also on Wednesday, continuing a dreadful stretch that has been aided by worries over regulation. The cryptocurrency finished the day at $25,086, down over 3%. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports each day of the week with a goal of finding fresh ideas for investors and traders alike. Some of these daily analyst calls cover stocks to buy. Other calls cover stocks to sell or avoid. Remember that no single analyst call should ever be used as a basis to buy or sell a stock. Consensus analyst target data is from Refinitiv. [recirclink id=1259317] These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Albemarle Corp. (NYSE: ALB): KeyBanc Capital Markets started coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a $260 target price. The consensus target is $263.54, and the stock closed on Wednesday at $226.80. California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT): UBS downgraded the shares to Sell from Neutral. The consensus target price is $61 for now. The stock closed over 4% lower on Wednesday at $51.59 after the downgrade. Catalent Inc. (NYSE: CTLT): Jefferies cut its Buy rating to Hold and its $45 target price to $44. The consensus target is $50.08. Wednesday’s $42.09 close was down 4% for the day on the downgrade. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG): Piper Sandler resumed coverage with a Neutral rating and a $2,075 price target. The consensus target is $2,082.76. The closing share price on Wednesday was $2,061.17. Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK): As B. Riley Securities downgraded the stock to Neutral from Buy, it nudged the $21 price target to $20. The consensus target is $18.41. The shares closed on Wednesday at $17.23, which was down over 6% for the day on the downgrade. CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD): KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $200 price target. The consensus target is $181.24. Wednesday’s close was at $151.90. Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NASDAQ: DECK): Raymond James initiated coverage with an Outperform rating. Its $565 target price compares with the $530.12 consensus target and Wednesday’s closing trade of $506.73, which was up over 3% on the day. Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ): Piper Sandler started coverage with an Overweight rating and a target price of $349. The consensus target is $350.71, and the stock closed on Wednesday at $305.72. DoorDash Inc. (NYSE: DASH): When Gordon Haskett downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy, the analyst trimmed the $73 price target to $72. The consensus target is $77.39. Shares closed over 2% lower on Wednesday at $71.50. [recirclink id=1259030] Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL): Berenberg upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold. Its $243 target price compares with the $240.57 consensus target and Wednesday’s closing print of $192.15. Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NYSE: IEP): Citing inflated net asset value, poor fundamentals and negative headlines, Zacks selected this as its Bear of the Day stock. Shares have traded as high as $55.16 in the past year but closed most recently at $29.28. IPG Photonics Corp. (NASDAQ: IPGP): The Market Perform rating at Raymond James is now at Outperform. Its $170 target price is well above the consensus target of $138.14 and Wednesday’s close at $132.83. Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK): Piper Sandler started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $93 target price. The consensus target is $101.63. The stock closed at $91.58 on Wednesday. Logitech International S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI): Citigroup’s downgraded to Neutral from Buy included a target price cut to $70 from $73. The consensus target is $65.33. Wednesday’s $56.81 close was down over 11% on the downgrade. McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD): Piper Sandler resumed coverage with a Neutral rating and a $308 target price. The consensus is up at $318.45. Wednesday’s close was at $288.44. NVR Inc. (NYSE: NVR): Seaport Research Partners started coverage of the homebuilder with a Buy rating and a $7,000 target price. The consensus target is $5,666.67, which is lower than Wednesday’s $5,886.57 close. Papa John’s International Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA): Piper Sandler started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $77 target price. The consensus target is $91.93, and Wednesday’s last trade was delivered at $73.56. ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW): Needham started coverage with a Buy rating and a $660 target price. The $547.23 consensus target is lower than Wednesday’s close at $567.31. [recirclink id=1258459] Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW): Citigroup initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $283 target price. The $256.69 consensus target is closer to Wednesday’s close at $245.85. Shift4 Payments Inc. (NYSE: FOUR): As MoffettNathanson upgraded the stock to Outperform from Equal Weight, its $75 target price increased to $80. The consensus target is $80.73. The shares closed on Wednesday at $65.06. Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SPCE): Alembic Global Advisors boosted its Underweight rating to Neutral with a $4.75 target price. The consensus target is $4.20, and shares closed on Wednesday at $4.39. [wallst_email_signup] For some investors, buying long-dated call options on blue chip stocks that have lagged the market makes sense now. Five outstanding Goldman Sachs stock picks fit the bill and look very attractive now on a risk-reward basis. See why the labor market is now good for teen workers. Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Apple, Devon Energy, EOG Resources, First Horizon, Global Payments, Mobileye Global, Netflix, Oracle, PagSeguro Digital, PayPal, Radian, StoneCo, Ulta Beauty and Urban Outfitters. The post Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cinemark, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Estee Lauder, McDonald’s, ServiceNow, Virgin Galactic and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Baidu, Comcast, Exxon Mobil, General Motors and More Tue, 02 May 2023 12:55:14 +0000


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Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) Stock News & Articles - 24/7 Wall St. Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S. and Global Equity Investors Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Is Las Vegas Sands Big Macao Push Going to Hurt? Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:11:26 +0000 ... Is Las Vegas Sands Big Macao Push Going to Hurt?]]> The post Is Las Vegas Sands Big Macao Push Going to Hurt? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) reports Q1 2026 results today after the close, with a conference call at 1:30 p.m. PT. The stock is up 8.71% over the past month but down 11.14% year to date, and a Macao margin story will be front and center. A Strong Finish, a Complicated Setup Las Vegas Sands closed 2025 on a high note. Q4 2025 revenue came in at $3.649 billion, beating estimates by 9.88%, with adjusted EPS of $0.85 topping the $0.77 consensus by 10.39%. Marina Bay Sands in Singapore was the headline act, posting $806 million in EBITDA at a 50.3% margin, driven by rolling chip volume that nearly doubled year over year to $13.4 billion. CEO Rob Goldstein called it “simply the greatest quarter in the history of casino hotels.” Macao told a different story. Macao delivered $608 million of EBITDA for the quarter, and management said it was disappointed with that number. The Macao EBITDA margin came in at 28.9%, down 390 basis points versus Q4 2024, pressured by higher promotional spending, a heavier mix of rolling (VIP) play, and elevated event costs. Management set a target of $700 million per quarter in Macao EBITDA and framed the current margin range as a “low 30s margin business” given the current customer mix. That gap between where Macao is and where management wants it to be is the tension heading into today’s print. The year-ago quarter also sets up a favorable comparison. Q1 2025 revenue fell 3.28% year over year to $2.862 billion, missing estimates slightly, while Macao revenue dropped 5.6% as the Venetian Macao’s rolling chip win rate collapsed to 2.18% from 6.71% a year prior. Consensus Estimates: Q1 2026 Metric Q1 2026 Estimate Q1 2025 Actual YoY Growth Adjusted EPS $0.76 $0.59 +28.8% Revenue $3.31B $2.862B +15.6% Full Year EPS $3.24 (17x forward P/E) $3.01 N/A Full Year Revenue N/A $13.017B N/A Macao Margins and the Premium Mass Bet This is the core question for today’s report. Las Vegas Sands has doubled down on the premium mass and rolling segments in Macao, and that strategic shift carries a real margin cost. Rolling play generates lower hold-adjusted margins than base mass gaming. Grant Chum, CEO of Sands China, noted that rolling volumes were up 60% year over year in Q4 but that the promotional environment “remains intense,” particularly in premium segments. He also flagged that base mass spend per customer “has been on a declining trend versus pre-COVID” and that base mass gaming growth “is just not growing as fast as the premium segments.” The Londoner Macao is the bright spot. Revenue at the Londoner grew from $518 million to $699 million year over year in Q4, and management credited the Londoner Grand suite ramp as a key driver of higher-end adoption. The key question is whether that momentum carried into Q1 2026, and whether the Venetian Macao can show a cleaner win rate after the low-hold quarter that crushed Q1 2025 results. Wage inflation is also a factor. Chum noted that “wage adjustments occur in March” for frontline staff, meaning Q1 will absorb that cost hit directly. That timing, combined with the ongoing promotional intensity in Macao’s premium segment, creates real margin pressure even if revenue grows as expected. On Singapore, the question is sustainability. Goldstein said he sees “$2.9 billion of EBITDA” from MBS annually, but Q4’s exceptional rolling chip win rate of 4.36% versus a normalized 3.34% inflated results. A reversion to normal hold rates would pull Singapore EBITDA meaningfully lower. Jefferies downgraded LVS to Hold on April 20, citing a “less compelling earnings profile” and expected Macau GGR growth deceleration. That’s a cautious signal heading into today’s call. The Margin Story Is What Matters Now The year-ago comparison is easy. Q1 2025 operating income fell 17.03% year over year, and a normalized win rate in Macao alone should produce a better headline. But the real test is whether management can show credible progress toward that $700 million quarterly Macao EBITDA target without relying on luck-driven rolling chip results. If Macao margins show sequential improvement and Singapore holds at a normalized level, sentiment can shift quickly. Analysts carry a consensus Buy rating with an average price target of $69.30 against a current price of $57.54. That gap closes faster if the margin story starts to work. The post Is Las Vegas Sands Big Macao Push Going to Hurt? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Analysts See More Upside for this Rallying Cruise Stock Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:59:21 +0000 ... Analysts See More Upside for this Rallying Cruise Stock]]> The post Analysts See More Upside for this Rallying Cruise Stock appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Analysts at Jefferies are pounding the table over Viking Holdings (NYSE: VIK). Even after the VIK stock rallied from about $57.50 to $68.75, Jefferies sees more upside ahead. The firm upgraded VIK to a buy rating with a price target of $80 from $60, noting, “We are upgrading the stock on visibility to continued strong growth in revenue, Adj. EBITDA, and Adj. EPS, paired with coverage-leading (>100%) FCF conversion,” as quoted by CNBC. Plus, recent earnings have been strong. EPS of $1.20 beat by a penny. Revenue of $2 billion, up 19% year over year, beat by $10 million. Funds seem to like the stock, as well.  Israel Englander’s Millennium Management, for example, increased its holdings in VIK by adding more than 573,000 shares, as noted at the end of September. Also, we have to consider that cruise demand has been explosive, with many of the top cruise companies seeing an increase in traveler demand. With Viking, demand is expected to remain strong through 2026, with strong forward-booking demand of 70% being reported. That’s 14% higher than the 2025 season, and is again showing no signs of cooling. Doximity Morgan Stanley says Doximity (NYSE: DOCS) is attractive after its recent pullback. In fact, after plummeting from about $67.50 to $43.85 on healthcare policy uncertainty, Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to an overweight rating with a $65 price target. The firm also cited DOC’s strong free cash flow and strong balance sheet. “Underperformance in DOCS is at odds with our checks on the business and strengthening platform engagement,” the analysts said, as quoted by CNBC, adding that the stock trades at more than a 25% discount to its median post-COVID EV/EBITDA multiple. Analysts at Raymond James upgraded DOCS to a strong buy, noting that the digital platform stock’s 25x free cash flow is too attractive to ignore.  In additon, after finding strong support at $45, oversold shares of DOCS are just starting to pivot higher. Last trading at $45.59, we’d like to see DOCS initially retest $52.50. Longer term, we’d like to see the DOC stock refill its bearish gap at around $65 a share. Las Vegas Sands Goldman Sachs just upgraded Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) to a buy rating with a price target of $80 from $64 a share. All of which is being supported by acceleration in Macao gross gaming revenue, which just increased 14.4% year over year to $2.6 billion, which was above expectations for 10.5% growth, as noted by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, as noted by Seeking Alpha. There’s also been the rising tourism preference for Macao, and a rising Chinese stock market, as also noted by CNBC. Moving forward, analysts expect to see further gaming recovery in 2026 thanks to a stronger event calendar. A firmer currency is also seen supporting gaming revenue in 2026 for Macao casinos, as well. At the moment, shares of LVS are still consolidating at around $66.92. From here, we’d like to see it break from consolidation and potentially retest $70 a share. The post Analysts See More Upside for this Rallying Cruise Stock appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Bristol-Myers Squibb, GE Vernova, KLA Corp., Klaviyo, Las Vegas Sands, ServiceNow, and More Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:16:19 +0000 ... Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Bristol-Myers Squibb, GE Vernova, KLA Corp., Klaviyo, Las Vegas Sands, ServiceNow, and More]]> The post Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Bristol-Myers Squibb, GE Vernova, KLA Corp., Klaviyo, Las Vegas Sands, ServiceNow, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher on Monday as we head into the final trading weeks of 2025. All of the major indices were hit hard on Friday as investors began a big rotation last week out of the AI stocks that have led the market higher since ChatGPT was introduced over three years ago. The miss by Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) seems like the final straw for many, as the Magnificent 7 have started to wobble in 2025, with only NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) beating the S&P 500 this year. The NASDAQ took the biggest hit on Friday, closing down a whopping 1.69% at 23,195. The Dow Jones Industrials, which had been having a solid week until Friday, closed at 48,458, down 0.51%, while the S&P 500 was last seen at 6827, down 1.07%. Investors can likely expect more volatility as we head to the end of the year, and trading volume starts to fade.  Treasury Bonds: Yields were mixed across the Treasury curve on Friday, with investors buying some of the shorter maturities while sellers were active in the mid-to long-dated bonds.  Traders pointed to a steeper curve as the market reacted to the Fed’s rate cut decision and digested economic data signaling a strong labor market, pushing yields higher despite expectations of future rate cuts. The 30-year long bond closed trading on Friday at 4.85% while the benchmark 10-year note was last seen at 4.19%. Oil and Gas: Prices were lower across the energy complex on Friday, primarily due to ongoing concerns about a global oil and gas supply surplus, a broad market sell-off driven by anxiety over the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, and rising U.S. Treasury yields. Both major benchmarks were lower on the day, with Brent Crude falling 0.26% to finish at $61.12, while West Texas Intermediate closed at $57.44, down 0.28%. Despite yet another Canadian polar vortex dropping temperatures over much of the United States, Natural gas closed at $4.11 down 2.79% after recently trading as high as $5.  Gold: Gold was once again the winner on Friday, closing at $4,298, continuing a run that has been one of the top stories for 2025. The bullion continued its strong move, primarily due to expectations of more U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2026, which makes non-yielding gold more attractive. Add persistent geopolitical risks and a weaker dollar, even as the Fed’s rate-hiking cycle paused, amid data showing cooling labor markets. Traders are pricing in more rate cuts for 2026, and a dovish Fed outlook, alongside safe-haven demand, continues to support gold and silver prices.  Crypto: Cryptocurrency trading on Friday saw Bitcoin (BTC) bounce back above $92,000 after initial dips, influenced by the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts as traders absorbed the potential for a loosened monetary policy in 2026, while Ethereum (ETH) also posted gains. However, the market displayed mixed signals and indecision between bullish potential and lingering overhead resistance. The gains were surrendered over the weekend, and as of 8 am EST on Monday, Bitcoin was quoted at $89,530. Ethereum was trading at $3,141.    24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports daily to identify new investment ideas for both investors and traders. Some of these daily analyst calls cover stocks to buy. Other calls cover stocks to sell or avoid. Remember that no single analyst call should ever be used as a basis to buy or sell a stock.  Here are some of the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen on Monday, December 15, 2025.    Upgrades: Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) BMO Capital upgraded the shares to Outperform from Market Perform and lifted the target price to $71 from $61. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Bank of America, which raised the target price for the company to $61 from $52. KLA Corp. (NASDAQ: KLAC) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies, with the target price lifted to $1,500 from $1,100. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs, which raised the price target on the shares to $80 from $64. Marriott International Inc. (NYSE: MAR) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs, which boosted the target price for the stock to $345 from $288. McCormick & Co. (NYSE: MKC) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank with a $75 target price objective. Teradyne Inc. (NYSE: TER) was raised to Buy from Sell at Goldman Sachs, which lifted their target price to $230 from $148. Downgrades: Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. (NYSE: KDP) was cut to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank with a $32 target price. LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital, which cut the target price for the stock to $36 from $48. ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW) was downgraded to Underweight from Sector Weight at KeyBanc with a $775 target price. Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) was downgraded to Sell from Buy at Goldman Sachs, which slashed the target price to $156 from $200. Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) Bank of America cut the stock to Neutral from Buy and lowered the price to a target of $135 from $165. Initiations: Armour Residential REIT Inc. (NYSE: ARR)  was initiated with a Buy rating at Compass Point with a Buy rating and an $18.50 target price. DBV Technologies SA (NASDAQ: DBVT) was started with an Overweight rating at Cantor Fitzgerald with a $42 targte price objective. GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) was started with an Outperform rating at Evercore ISI with a $860 target price. Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) was initiated with an Outperform rating at Evercore ISI, which has a $255 target price for the shares. Klaviyo Inc. (NYSE: KVYO) was initiated with a Buy rating at BTIG with a $40 target price.  The post Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Bristol-Myers Squibb, GE Vernova, KLA Corp., Klaviyo, Las Vegas Sands, ServiceNow, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Live Coverage: Will Las Vegas Sand (LVS) Stock Soar After Earnings? Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:14:53 +0000 Grab the names FREE today. Marina Bay Sands and Macao Jul 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM EDT MBS was the standout story of Q2, delivering: $1.39B in revenue (+37% YoY) $768M in property EBITDA, with margin expanding to 55.3% Rolling chip volume of $8.95B, with a high win rate of 5.26% RevPAR up +11% YoY, driven by record $888 ADR and 95% occupancy This high-margin growth validates LVS’s suite renovation strategy and underscores the property’s dominance in the Asia luxury gaming market. Macao: Londoner Leads While Venetian and Parisian Lag Macau property EBITDA reached $566M, up modestly YoY despite mixed property-level performance: Londoner Macao: Revenue +45% YoY to $642M, EBITDA more than doubled to $205M Venetian, Parisian, Four Seasons: EBITDA declined YoY amid soft table volumes and normalized hold Hold-adjusted impact in Macau was +7M, boosting reported EBITDA slightly Despite variance by property, the mass mix shift and continued suite-driven recovery remain on track. CEO Comments Jul 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM EDT Chairman and CEO Rob Goldstein emphasized strength in both Macau and Singapore, saying: “Our new suite product and elevated service offerings position us for additional growth as travel and tourism spending in Asia expands.” He added that Marina Bay Sands posted record financial and operating performance, and highlighted confidence in both reinvestment and capital return strategies. Guidance reaffirmed Jul 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM EDT While LVS didn’t raise its formal FY2025 guidance, the tone was confident. Management reaffirmed plans for $1.75B+ in Singapore capex and reiterated robust free cash flow to support continued buybacks and dividends. A fresh $800 million in repurchases during the quarter suggests ongoing confidence in earnings durability. Earnings are in and stock up big Jul 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM EDT Seconds after earnings were released the stock is up 5.75%. Las Vegas Sands delivered a strong Q2 performance, led by record results at Marina Bay Sands and solid EBITDA delivery in Macau. Revenue and earnings both exceeded Wall Street expectations, reinforcing the view that high-end travel demand and premium suite investments are paying off. Metric Reported Estimate Surprise Revenue $3.18B $2.94B Beat (+8.2%) EPS (Adjusted) $0.79 $0.61 Beat (+29.5%) Consolidated Adj. EBITDA $1.33B $1.18B est. Beat Marina Bay Sands EBITDA $768M ~$670M est. Beat Macao Property EBITDA $566M ~$545M est. Beat Shares Down Slightly in Late Trading Jul 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM EDT We are little more than half an hour from the closing bell, and shares of Las Vegas Sands are currently trading down slightly. As of 3:25 p.m. ET, shares are down .25%, that’s more than a 1% drop from where shares traded at 10:30 a.m. ET. As a reminder, we’ll be posting live analysis right after earnings are released. Simply stay on this page and new updates will load. We expect earnings to release shortly after 4 p.m. ET.  Capital Allocation Snapshot Jul 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM EDT LVS is balancing reinvestment with shareholder returns. This table shows how much cash is going to dividends, buybacks, and renovations — offering insight into capital discipline and yield. Metric Q1 2025 FY 2025 Plan Dividend (annualized) $0.80/share Sustained Share Buybacks $250M Opportunistic CapEx (SG Renovation) $1.75B+ Spanning FY25–27 Net Debt / EBITDA ~2.1x Stable, investment-grade Property-Level Revenue Snapshot Jul 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM EDT Macau vs. Singapore recovery is a core debate. This table breaks out revenue by property, helping investors evaluate regional strength and demand recovery patterns. Property / Region Revenue YoY Growth Venetian Macau $965M +11% Londoner Macau $777M +16% Marina Bay Sands (SG) $1.04B +19% Other / Corporate $158M +6% How Did LVS Stock Perform After Past Earnings Jul 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM EDT Recent quarters have seen muted or mixed reactions — consistency in EBITDA delivery and hold rates is key to regaining investor momentum. Quarter EPS Surprise 1-Day Move 7-Day Move 14-Day Move Q1 2025 -4.8% -2.6% +0.4% +1.1% Q4 2024 +2.1% +1.9% +3.3% +3.8% Q3 2024 -3.5% -3.0% -2.2% -1.1% Q2 2024 +1.0% +0.8% +1.7% +2.0% Las Vegas Sand (NYSE:LVS) reports Q2 2025 earnings after the market closes today. Macau’s gaming rebound continues to exceed expectations, and recent data showed June GGR up 15% YoY — suggesting potential upside to base case revenue estimates. But expectations are also rising, especially around the mix of mass vs. VIP revenue, margin recovery, and suite-driven yield uplift in Singapore. Investors will be looking for sequential improvement in both revenue and EBITDA, as well as visibility into capex and ROI on recent renovation and digital marketing investments. What to Expect Revenue: $2.94 billion EPS (Normalized): $0.61 FY 2025 Revenue: $11.76 billion FY 2025 EPS: $2.38 That reflects +16.3% revenue growth YoY and ~30% EPS growth, driven by operating leverage, strong visitation trends in Macau, and improving premium segment performance at Marina Bay Sands Key Areas to Watch 1. Macau GGR, Hold Rate, and Mass MixMacau is pacing toward a full post-COVID normalization, and mass segment mix is crucial to margin recovery. Management said Q1 was “held below theoretical” and expects more normalized VIP play in Q2. Investors will also watch for commentary on premium direct vs. junket demand. 2. Marina Bay Sands Renovation ROIManagement reaffirmed a $1.75B+ renovation plan, focused on premium suites and amenities. Commentary around return on investment, average daily rate (ADR), and occupancy will be key, especially as travel recovers in Southeast Asia. 3. Digital and Loyalty InitiativesLVS is expanding data-driven marketing, including personalized offers and VIP tracking. Execution on this strategy will be evaluated based on player retention, spend per visit, and cross-market play behavior. 4. Cost Discipline and Operating MarginsInvestors will look for signs of margin expansion in both Macau and Singapore, particularly as labor costs stabilize and promotional spend remains in check. Commentary on property EBITDA margins vs. pre-COVID levels will be closely watched. 5. Capital Allocation and Dividend OutlookWith strong cash generation in Macau, LVS has resumed its dividend and continues buybacks. Investors will want reaffirmation of return plans tied to free cash flow conversion, especially as capex steps up in Singapore. The post Live Coverage: Will Las Vegas Sand (LVS) Stock Soar After Earnings? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Prediction: This Dividend Stock Will Be the Best Performer the Rest of 2024 Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:15:27 +0000 The post Prediction: This Dividend Stock Will Be the Best Performer the Rest of 2024 appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..24/7 Wall St. Insights Increasing uncertainty about the stock market and the economy have income investors wondering where to look for opportunities. Among dividend stocks, Wall Street has big expectations for Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN). Also: Discover 2 dividend legends to hold forever. Concern about a recession is growing. Things are beginning to look shaky for the Magnificent 7 and other big tech stocks. Moreover, there has been a shift toward small tech stocks for a while now. So the question for investors now, especially income-oriented investors, is whether dividend stocks are still the place to be. Where are the opportunities for the rest of this year and into the next? Well, here are some dividend stocks for which analysts have big expectations. They all are members of the S&P 500 and have consensus Buy ratings. Stock Mean Target Upside Bath & Body Works Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) $51.38 56.1% Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) $60.63 56.7% Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) $142.97 46.0% Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) $65.34 48.2% Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) $110.36 44.6% Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) $91.56 56.9% Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) $123.67 62.1% So, as far as Wall Street is concerned, Wynn Resorts has the greatest potential upside in the coming year of these dividend stocks. Does that mean that its shares are undervalued? Or perhaps one overzealous analyst has skewed the mean? Why Invest in Wynn Resorts? Are shares poised to soar? Wynn Resorts stock is up about 505% from its 2002 initial public offering (IPO) share price. Shares traded for more than $240 a share in early 2014. The company is known for its luxury properties, award-winning restaurants, and exceptional service. It says it has more Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards than any other independent hotel company. The stock was in retreat even before the recent market correction, but is it poised for a bounce back? What does Wall Street expect? Wynn Resorts, the Company A leading operator of high-end integrated resorts. The American company develops and operates high-end hotels and casinos through four segments. The Wynn Palace segment operates private gaming salons and sky casinos; a luxury hotel tower with suites and villas, including a health club, spa, salon, and pool; food and beverage outlets; retail space; meeting and convention space; and performance lake and floral art displays. The Wynn Macau segment operates casino space with private gaming salons, sky casinos, and a poker room; a luxury hotel tower that includes health clubs, spas, a salon, and a pool; food and beverage outlets; retail space; meeting and convention space; and Chinese zodiac-inspired ceiling attractions. The Las Vegas Operations segment operates casino space with private gaming salons, a sky casino, a poker room, and a race and sports book; a luxury hotel tower with suites and villas, including swimming pools, private cabanas, full-service spas and salons, and a wedding chapel; food and beverage outlets; meeting and convention space; retail space; and theaters, nightclubs, a beach club. The Encore Boston Harbor segment operates casino space with gaming areas and a poker room; a luxury hotel tower including a spa and salon; food and beverage outlets and a nightclub; retail space; meeting and convention space; and a waterfront park, floral displays, and water shuttle service. Wynn Resorts headquarters are near Las Vegas. The company was founded in 2002 by former Mirage Resorts CEO Steve Wynn. It went public in the fall of 2002. Competitors include Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). The company just released second-quarter results that fell short of top-line and bottom-line estimates despite a boost from Macau casinos. Results in the prior two quarters had topped expectations on the top and bottom lines. Wynn Resorts is bidding for a casino license to build an integrated resort at the Hudson Yards in New York City. If completed as planned, it would be one of the largest hotels in the city. Other plans include its first casino in the United Arab Emirates, as well as one in Thailand, should gambling be legalized there. Wynn Resorts, the Stock Is the stock ready for a turnaround? The share price sank to a 52-week low of $71.63 this week, retreating with the overall market. The stock is down more than 16% year to date, while the S&P 500 is up almost 9% in that time. Note that the $123.67 consensus price target is well above the 52-week high. However, just eight of 17 analysts who follow the stock recommend buying shares. Jefferies and Morgan Stanley maintained Hold-equivalent ratings in July, but Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo reiterated Buy-equivalent ratings. Institutional investors hold about 62% of the shares. Vanguard has a stake of almost 10%, while BlackRock and State Street also have notable stakes. Wynn is also a top growth stock pick by billionaire investor Ken Fisher. About 95 million shares, or less than 4% of the float, are held short. Wall Street expectations for where the stock goes in the next 52 weeks vary but are all positive. The high price target suggests shares will double, and the consensus and low targets also signal plenty of room to run. Low target $96.00 25.8% Mean target $123.67 62.1% High target $154.00 101.9% While the targets signal optimism, the analysts’ ratings suggest there is some caution as well. The outlook in the long term may appear strong, but the question of profitability and growth in the near time could cause some concern as well. Economic uncertainty (possibly a recession) and lingering inflation are factors to consider as well. However, Wall Street is far from pessimistic about the prospects for the stock. Most Popular Hotel Brands According to Baby Boomers: Ranked The post Prediction: This Dividend Stock Will Be the Best Performer the Rest of 2024 appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> 5 Wall Street Blue Chip Giants Are Likely Raising Their Dividends This Week Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:58:54 +0000 ... 5 Wall Street Blue Chip Giants Are Likely Raising Their Dividends This Week]]> The post 5 Wall Street Blue Chip Giants Are Likely Raising Their Dividends This Week appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..24/7 Insights Second quarter earnings season will start in earnest this week Solid earnings from top companies are a requirement for the current rally to stay in place Snag this free report today Access 2 legendary, high-yield dividend stocks Wall Street loves After over 10 years of a low-interest rate environment, which has reversed significantly over the last two years, many investors continue to turn to equities for growth potential and solid and dependable dividends. These help provide an income stream, equating to total return, one of the most influential investment strategies. We always like to remind our readers about the impact total return has on portfolios because it is one of the best ways to improve their chances of overall investing success. Again, total return is the combined increase in a stock’s value plus dividends. For instance, if you buy a stock at $20 that pays a 3% dividend, and it goes up to $22 in a year, your total return is 13%—10% for the increase in stock price and 3% for the dividends paid. Five top blue chip companies that are Wall Street favorites are expected to raise their dividends this week, so we screened our 24/7 Wall St. research universe and found that all are rated Buy at some of the top firms on Wall Street. While it’s always possible that not all companies raise their dividends, top analysts expect them to. Generally, the data is based on past increases in the firm’s dividend payouts. Investors should also check out these dividend legends. ?tpid=1407652&tv=link&tc=in_content Bank of America The Bank of America Corporation is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is a ubiquitous presence in the United States, providing: Various banking and financial products and services for individual consumers, small and middle market businesses, institutional investors, corporations, and governments in the United States and internationally Operating 5,100 banking centers, 16,300 ATMs, call centers, and online and mobile banking platforms. Bank of America has expanded into several new US markets, and its global scale ideally positions it to benefit from accelerating loan growth over the next two years. Moreover, unlike smaller peers, scale allows the bank to substantially increase investment over the next few years without notably jeopardizing returns, driving further market share gains. Shareholders are currently paid a 2.31% yield. The company is expected to raise the dividend to $0.26 per share from $0.24. The Goldman Sachs Group The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. The world’s premier investment bank continues to dominate Wall Street. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through: Global Banking & Markets Asset & Wealth Management Platform Solutions segments The Global Banking & Markets segment provides: Financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; relationship lending and acquisition financing Secured lending through structured credit and asset-backed lending and financing under securities-to-resale agreements. This segment also offers client execution activities for cash and derivative instruments, credit and interest rate products, and provision of mortgages, currencies, commodities, and equities-related products, as well as underwriting services. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across various classes, including: Equity Fixed income Hedge funds Credit funds Private equity Real estate Currencies, and commodities It provides customized investment advisory solutions, wealth advisory services, personalized financial planning, private banking services, and invests in corporate equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure assets. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit cards and point-of-sale financing for the purchase of goods or services. It also provides cash management services, such as deposit-taking and payment solutions, for corporate and institutional clients. Investors are currently receiving a 2.29% dividend. The company is expected to raise the dividend to $3.00 from $2.75. Las Vegas Sands Las Vegas Sands Corporation is the world leader in developing and operating international, world-class integrated resorts. This gaming giant remains a favorite with investors and has a huge presence in China. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates integrated resorts in Macao and Singapore. It owns and operates: The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel The Londoner Macao The Parisian Macao The Plaza Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip Sands Macao in Macao, The People’s Republic of China Marina Bay Sands in Singapore The company’s integrated resorts feature accommodations, gaming, entertainment, and retail malls, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and other amenities. Shareholders currently receive a 1.87% yield. The company is expected to raise the dividend to $0.22 per share from $0.20. Penske Automotive Penske Automotive Group is a diversified international transportation services company and a premier automotive and commercial truck retailer. Started by automotive and racing legend Roger Penske, this company has backed up some to offer a better spot to buy shares. Penske Automot


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Nokia Corp ADR (NOK) Stock News & Articles - 24/7 Wall St. Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S. and Global Equity Investors Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:55:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 BlackBerry, IBM, and Nokia Are All Trying to Come Back. History Says Only One Survives Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:10:42 +0000 The post BlackBerry, IBM, and Nokia Are All Trying to Come Back. History Says Only One Survives appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Although Wall Street typically buries its dethroned category kings without ceremony, three former tech titans have spent the past year clawing their way back into the investor conversation. BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) has vaulted 172.8% year to date, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has piled on 114.8%, and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) still commands a $242.7 billion market capitalization after divesting Kyndryl and rebuilding around hybrid cloud. But the long memory of public markets says only one type of comeback actually endures. The historical pattern is unforgiving: fallen tech leaders survive when they abandon the consumer battlefield and rebuild around an enterprise moat, and they fail when they chase the next consumer hype cycle. The textbook precedent is IBM itself. When Lou Gerstner arrived in 1993, the company was hemorrhaging cash as the PC era eroded the mainframe’s pricing power. His pivot away from boxes and toward services, software, and consulting became the template every fallen tech name has tried to copy. Satya Nadella ran a similar playbook at Microsoft a generation later by stepping away from the Windows-phone war and rebuilding around Azure. Apple’s 1997 reinvention stands as the rare consumer-side exception, and exceptions do not make policy. The verdict that the record delivers is consistent: picks-and-shovels enterprise suppliers tend to survive, while consumer-comeback bets usually do not. IBM: The Original Blueprint, Running It Again IBM is now attempting Gerstner 2.0. Arvind Krishna shed Kyndryl, paid $34 billion for Red Hat in 2019, and re-anchored the company on hybrid cloud, mainframes, and generative AI. Q1 2026 revenue rose 9.5% year over year, and the IBM Z mainframe line grew 51% as enterprises retooled for AI workloads. The stock trades at 23 times trailing earnings with a 2.6% dividend yield, and the company has raised its payout for 31 consecutive years. Over the past five years, IBM shares have returned 84.0%, a measured rerating rather than a euphoric one. Analysts carry an average price target of $293.89. BlackBerry: The Cleanest Break From the Old Battlefield BlackBerry sold its handset business long ago and re-emerged as an embedded-software and secure-communications pure play. Q1 FY27 revenue jumped 25.6% to $152.9 million, with the QNX segment delivering $72.3 million at an 86% adjusted gross margin. QNX now sits inside more than 275 million vehicles with a royalty backlog near $950 million, and the company has partnered with Nvidia on QNX OS for Safety 8.0 integrated with Nvidia IGX Thor. CEO John Giamatteo told investors, “We are no longer a company in transition. We are a growth company.” The catch lives in the multiple. BlackBerry trades at 96 times trailing earnings and 53 times forward earnings, against an analyst consensus price target of $6.43 while the stock changes hands above $10. The business is improving, but the valuation has run ahead of it. Nokia: True Reinvention or Cyclical Telecom Rebound? Nokia sold its handset arm to Microsoft in 2014, divested HERE maps, and now positions itself as a telecom and AI-infrastructure supplier. Q4 2025 revenue of $7.12 billion beat consensus by 17.0%, with Optical Networks revenue of $2.8 billion, soaring on AI and cloud demand following the Infinera acquisition. Nvidia took a $1 billion equity stake as part of an AI-RAN partnership. The reinvention case, however, is only partial. FY25 net income still fell 49% to $737 million, and the stock trades at 87 times trailing earnings against an analyst price target of $14.89. The optical and IP-routing lines look structural; the mobile-networks legacy still moves with carrier capex cycles. The Ranked Verdict Score each name against the Gerstner survivor profile, the test of whether a company has abandoned the old consumer field and rebuilt around a durable enterprise moat—and a ranking emerges: IBM. Closest match. It wrote the playbook, scaled it, and is running it for a second cycle with mainframes and generative AI as the wedge. A 35.8% return on equity and three decades of dividend hikes are the receipts. BlackBerry. The cleanest narrative break from its old consumer identity, but the smallest scale and the richest multiple. The QNX thesis has substance; the price now demands flawless execution. Recent filings show a genuine business inflection. Nokia. Mid-pivot. Optical and AI-RAN are the right adjacencies, yet the mobile-networks legacy still trades on telco capex. Treat part of the rerating as cyclical until the structural mix proves otherwise. Long term, Wall Street still rewards companies that pick a durable enterprise lane and stay in it. The historical record says investors who confuse a cyclical bounce with a structural reinvention tend to learn the difference the expensive way. The past three decades of fallen-titan comebacks suggest the survivor profile is built quarter by quarter, not bought in a single rerating.   The post BlackBerry, IBM, and Nokia Are All Trying to Come Back. History Says Only One Survives appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Jim Cramer Says Nokia Is Back: How a 20-Year Smartphone Casualty Became an AI Infrastructure Play Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:45:49 +0000 ... Jim Cramer Says Nokia Is Back: How a 20-Year Smartphone Casualty Became an AI Infrastructure Play]]> The post Jim Cramer Says Nokia Is Back: How a 20-Year Smartphone Casualty Became an AI Infrastructure Play appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Jim Cramer spent a segment on CNBC’s Mad Money on June 2, 2026 reintroducing investors to a company most stopped thinking about around the launch of the original iPhone. “Take Nokia, a river in Finland that seemed to run dry nearly 20 years ago,” Cramer said. “Back in the pre-smartphone days, Nokia dominated the cellular space. But once Apple and Android came along, people stopped thinking of it as a growth company, and it became more of a history lesson.” However, the history lesson now has a sequel. Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is up 157% year to date and 209% over the past twelve months, with retail traders on Reddit calling it “the backbone of AI infrastructure” in a post that pulled 2,092 upvotes on r/wallstreetbets. Cramer is selling the idea that Nokia quietly became a critical vendor in the AI buildout while nobody was looking. From smartphone casualty to AI radio access The pivot has two pieces. One is optical networking, which Nokia bulked up on by acquiring Infinera for $2.3 billion, a deal Cramer called “a tremendous buy” that gave Nokia scale in the data center interconnects consuming a growing share of the AI capex cycle. The other is AI-RAN, embedding AI compute directly into wireless networks so inference happens at the cell tower instead of round-tripping to a hyperscaler. “The new Nokia is about the infrastructure that lets data move closer to where it’s needed,” Cramer said. The frame is edge AI for latency-sensitive applications. Why NVIDIA wrote a billion-dollar check NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) wrote Nokia a check. In October 2025, NVIDIA announced a strategic partnership and invested $1 billion in Nokia at $6.01 per share. With the stock now at roughly $16.85, that position has already returned roughly 170% in about six months, putting it alongside Jensen Huang’s other public infrastructure bets in Intel, CoreWeave, Lumentum, and Coherent. The strategic logic runs both ways: NVIDIA gets a path into the radio access network and a credible 6G partner, and Nokia gets the imprimatur Cramer cares about. “If Jensen Huang loves it, you know what? Good enough for me,” he said. The numbers that justify the rerating The fundamentals back the narrative. Nokia’s AI and cloud net sales rose 49% in the first quarter of 2026, with about 1 billion euros in booked orders. Q4 2025 results showed Optical Networks growing 17% in constant currency with a book-to-bill above one, and CEO Justin Hotard described the demand backdrop in terms unthinkable from a Nokia executive a decade ago: “The AI supercycle is accelerating demand for providers of advanced and trusted connectivity. Nokia is uniquely positioned to be a leader in this market.” Moreover, management is guiding to comparable operating profit of EUR 2.0 billion to EUR 2.5 billion in 2026, with a longer-term EUR 2.7 billion to EUR 3.2 billion target for 2028. Hotard, who ran Intel’s data center and AI group before taking the Nokia job, is collapsing the company into two segments, Network Infrastructure and Mobile Infrastructure, the kind of structural simplification activists usually have to fight for. The Cramer caveat Cramer did not bang the table. “If you’re willing to do the homework and stay on top of this one, you’ve got my blessing to put a small position in Nokia,” he said, before adding: “You might want to wait for a pullback before you pull the trigger on anything more than just a little bit because we’re beginning to get overbought.” The stock trades at a P/E of 100x, and the analyst consensus price target sits behind the market price. Mobile Networks is still cyclical, carrier capex is still lumpy, and the AI-RAN commercial ramp does not arrive in volume until late 2027. The Reddit enthusiasm and the NVIDIA logo do not change those mechanics. They mean Nokia finally has a second act worth arguing about.   The post Jim Cramer Says Nokia Is Back: How a 20-Year Smartphone Casualty Became an AI Infrastructure Play appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Had You Invested $1,000 in Nokia 5 Years Ago, Here’s What You’d Have Now Thu, 28 May 2026 13:05:29 +0000 ... Had You Invested $1,000 in Nokia 5 Years Ago, Here’s What You’d Have Now]]> The post Had You Invested $1,000 in Nokia 5 Years Ago, Here’s What You’d Have Now appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. From Dead Money to AI Darling For most of the past decade, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was the patience trade nobody wanted. The Finnish telecom equipment maker spent years restructuring under former CEO Pekka Lundmark, cutting costs, and watching Ericsson, Huawei, and Samsung carve up the 5G market while shareholders received a thin dividend and not much else. The pivot started in 2024 with the announcement of the acquisition of Infinera, a U.S. optical networking player that gave Nokia real exposure to data center connectivity. The deal closed in February 2025, and weeks later Justin Hotard, a former Intel data center executive, took over as CEO and repositioned the company around an “AI connectivity supercycle.” The real catalyst came in Q4 2025, when Nvidia made a $1.0 billion equity investment alongside an AI-RAN partnership. The stock reached three-year highs, and the narrative shifted. Your $1,000, Three Different Stories Here is what $1,000 invested in Nokia would be worth as of May 27, 2026: Time Period Total Return Value Today S&P 500 Return 5-Year 242.54% $3,425 78.66% 1-Year 197.18% $2,972 26.95% YTD 2026 144.66% $2,447 10.05% Nokia crushed the S&P 500 across every window, but the win is heavily back-loaded. Almost all the five-year gain came in the past 12 months as the AI thesis took hold. Investors who held through years of flat trading were rewarded, while latecomers chasing the 46.3% one-month surge are paying significantly higher prices. The Bull And Bear Case From Here The bull case for Nokia rests on the AI-RAN partnership with Nvidia converting into hyperscaler design wins, Optical Networks continuing to compound (up 17% in constant currency in Q4 2025), and management hitting its 2028 target of €2.7 billion to €3.2 billion comparable operating profit. Ultimately, the bull case hinges on a re-rating from a telecom multiple to an AI infrastructure multiple. The bear case centers on a trailing P/E near 98 and an analyst consensus price target of $12.90, which is well below the current price. Currency headwinds, declining Greater China revenue, and Infinera integration risk are all ongoing concerns, and the 52-week low of $4.00 serves as a reminder of how quickly sentiment can shift. The investment thesis is compelling, even if the current entry point looks stretched. Watch the July 24, 2026, Q2 earnings report as the next key test of this valuation.   The post Had You Invested $1,000 in Nokia 5 Years Ago, Here’s What You’d Have Now appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Forget Cisco: Nokia Is the AI Networking Stock Nobody’s Watching Wed, 27 May 2026 14:35:14 +0000 ... Forget Cisco: Nokia Is the AI Networking Stock Nobody’s Watching]]> The post Forget Cisco: Nokia Is the AI Networking Stock Nobody’s Watching appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the AI networking name dominating every screen this month, with shares up 54.9% year to date on the back of a raised $9.0 billion FY26 AI infrastructure order target. But here is what investors should actually be watching. The Cisco Trade Is Crowded and Fully Priced Cisco opened Wednesday at $117.94, against a Wall Street consensus target of $125.41. The stock trades at 25x forward earnings, 7.8x sales, and 10.1x book. That is what a consensus darling looks like after an 87.1% one-year run. The fundamentals are good. Q3 FY26 revenue of $15.84 billion beat estimates, networking grew 25% year over year, and AI infrastructure orders year to date reached $5.3 billion. The problem for new money: operating cash flow fell 7.39% year over year, services revenue declined again, and management telegraphed up to $1 billion in restructuring charges across Q4 FY26 and FY27. Even retail has noticed the setup. A Reddit thread asking “Is history repeating itself? Cisco Systems (CSCO) YTD in 2000 (Just Before the Dotcom Bubble Burst) vs. Today 2026” drew 105 upvotes and 156 comments. When WallStreetBets is partying like it’s 1999 on a name, the easy money is behind you. The Better AI Networking Trade: Nokia Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is the picks-and-shovels AI networking play that institutions still treat as a legacy telecom equipment company. Three reasons that view is wrong. 1. Optical Networks is the real AI bottleneck breaker. Q4 ’25 Optical Networks revenue hit $1.14 billion, up 17% in constant currency, with book-to-bill well above 1. The Infinera acquisition closed in February 2025, bolting on optical transport scale, and Nokia is now shipping 800G ZR/ZR+ pluggables to a large U.S. hyperscaler, with a second Indium Phosphide fab opening in San Jose before the end of 2026. AI cluster networking is the chokepoint. Nokia owns hard assets in it. 2. Nvidia put real money on the table. Jensen Huang made a $1.0 billion equity investment in Nokia alongside a strategic AI-RAN partnership, with Nokia named preferred networking vendor for the Nscale data center buildout. The market has not absorbed what it means for Nvidia to anchor a competitor to Cisco rather than Cisco itself. 3. Restructured, cash-generative, and re-rating. Under new CEO Justin Hotard, Nokia simplified to a two-segment structure effective January 2026 and guided 2026 comparable operating profit to €2.0 billion to €2.5 billion, rising to €2.7 billion to €3.2 billion by 2028. Q4 ’25 comparable gross margin widened to 48.1%, enterprise sales jumped 22% in constant currency, and the dividend was raised. As Hotard put it, “The AI supercycle is accelerating demand for providers of advanced and trusted connectivity. Nokia is uniquely positioned to be a leader in this market transition.” The Honest Risk Nokia has already moved. Shares are up 144.6% year to date to $15.94, above the $12.90 analyst consensus target, and the trailing P/E of 98 looks expensive on backward earnings. Q2 earnings on July 23, 2026, are the next real test. The forward multiple of 40x is the number that matters, and it captures the operating leverage of a multi-year AI networking ramp. The Action For a retirement-focused investor tired of crowding into the consensus AI trade at a $472 billion market cap, the asymmetry sits with Nokia. Research Nokia on the next pullback, and let the Cisco crowd argue with itself about 1999.   The post Forget Cisco: Nokia Is the AI Networking Stock Nobody’s Watching appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Argus Upgrades Nokia to Buy: Can AI Network Demand Wake Up the Sleeping Giant? Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:34:12 +0000 ... Argus Upgrades Nokia to Buy: Can AI Network Demand Wake Up the Sleeping Giant?]]> The post Argus Upgrades Nokia to Buy: Can AI Network Demand Wake Up the Sleeping Giant? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Analysts at Argus see a compelling opportunity in Nokia (NYSE:NOK), upgrading the Finnish networking giant’s shares to Buy from Hold with a $15 price target. The call followed Nokia’s Q1 report and points to accelerating AI-driven demand in the Network Infrastructure business. The thesis frames Nokia stock as a potential AI infrastructure dark horse, with optical and IP networking gear positioned to ride exploding east-west data center traffic. For long-term investors, the analyst upgrade warrants a closer look, even as legacy headwinds and well-funded rivals remain real risks. Ticker Company Firm Action Old Rating New Rating Old Target New Target NOK Nokia Argus Upgrade Hold Buy N/A $15 The Analyst’s Case Kelleher’s upgrade hinges on AI-related demand showing up in Nokia’s order book. The company raised its 2026 revenue growth guidance for the Network Infrastructure business, the segment most directly tied to optical interconnect, IP routing, and data center switching where hyperscaler dollars flow fastest. Argus also notes that Nokia’s Mobile Networks environment has been stable but could begin to grow as carriers expand capacity to support AI data center traffic. That stabilization, after years of decline in the 5G capex cycle, could turn Nokia stock from a value trap into a credible growth-and-income story. Company Snapshot Nokia carries a market cap near $62.3 billion, with trailing twelve-month revenue of roughly $20 billion across Network Infrastructure, Mobile Infrastructure, and Nokia Technologies. CEO Justin Hotard has reorganized the portfolio and absorbed Infinera to sharpen the optical story. Nokia stock trades at a forward P/E ratio of 29x, with NOK shares closing recently at $11.08. The dividend yields roughly 1%, modest but trending up again. Why the Move Matters Now AI data centers are reshaping networking economics, and east-west traffic between GPU clusters plays directly into Nokia’s strengths against Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET). Cisco’s networking revenue grew 21% last quarter and Arista posted 29% revenue growth in Q4 FY25, showing the strength of the AI tailwind. Nokia stock is up 67% year-to-date and 118% over the past year. That performance signals the market is pricing in a turnaround that Argus believes still has room to run. The Bear Case Legacy carrier spending remains lumpy, and competition from Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and others is intense. Ericsson stock is up only 15% year-to-date, a reminder that telecom equipment names don’t always rerate together. Integration risk from the Infinera deal and Nokia Shanghai-Bell consolidation, plus FX and tariff exposure, could pressure margins. For a deeper look at how the AI buildout is driving capital cycles, see our recent AI networking outlook. What It Means for Your Portfolio The Argus Buy rating gives retirement-focused investors an institutional voice behind the Nokia turnaround thesis. The recently raised dividend, plus optionality on AI networking exposure, makes Nokia stock a reasonable satellite position for income-oriented portfolios. Watch for whether Q2 2026 results on July 23 confirm the Network Infrastructure acceleration and whether Mobile Networks orders begin to inflect. Sizing the position modestly leaves room to add if execution holds, while limiting damage if competition or integration stumbles. Investors hunting a pure-play AI networking name may prefer Arista’s premium growth, while those seeking value with a turnaround kicker may find Nokia’s setup more attractive. The Argus price target adds a credible voice to the Nokia bull case. The post Argus Upgrades Nokia to Buy: Can AI Network Demand Wake Up the Sleeping Giant? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Fortinet, GE Vernova, Snap, StubHub, and More Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:45:21 +0000 ... Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Fortinet, GE Vernova, Snap, StubHub, and More]]> The post Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Fortinet, GE Vernova, Snap, StubHub, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Pre-Market Stock Futures: The futures are trading lower as we get set to start a new trading week, and after last week’s string of record highs, it may be tough to duplicate the stellar performance that Wall Street put on. All of the major indices closed higher, except the Dow Jones Industrials, which finished the day down 0.16% at 49,230. The Nasdaq continued its hot streak, closing Friday at 24,836, up 1.63% for its fourth straight week of gains, and hitting yet another new all-time high. The S&P 500 did the same, closing at 7,165, up 0.80%, and also hitting another new all-time high. The small-cap Russell 2000, which is still the top-performing index in 2026, up over 11% on the year, closed Friday at 2,787, up 0.43%. Treasury Bonds: Yields were down across the Treasury curve on Friday as buyers finally returned to U.S. sovereign debt. Everything from the case against Chairman Powell and the Fed being dropped, to the new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s push for new inflation guidelines, to another meeting in Pakistan between our government and Iran for peace talks, was cited as a reason for the buying. When the smoke cleared on Friday, the 30-year-long bond closed at a 4.92% yield, while the benchmark 10-year note closed at 4.31%. Oil and Gas: Prices were mixed across the energy complex on Friday, as news that peace negotiators were heading to Pakistan for renewed talks boosted hopes for a settlement to the war with Iran, only to be tamped down over the weekend. West Texas Intermediate finished the day down 1.54% at $94.37, while Brent Crude closed higher at $105.40, up 0.29%. Both of these moves came after JPMorgan said oil prices still had room to rise. Natural gas closed down 3.86% at $2.51.  Gold: The precious metals finished up a wild rollercoaster week after published data indicated that central governments around the globe are still buying gold at a breathtaking pace. Gold closed Friday trading at $4,707, up 0.34%, while Silver was last seen at $75.74, up 0.57%. Crypto: The cryptocurrency markets saw a slight pullback on Friday, with the total market cap dipping 1.35% to $2.57 trillion. Bitcoin held near 11-week highs around $78,000 to $78,300, stalling after a recent rally. The market faces pressure from rising oil prices above $100 and the usual thin weekend liquidity, as cryptocurrencies trade 24/7/365, with Ethereum dipping and traders staying cautious. At 8 AM EDT, Bitcoin was trading at $77,840, while Ethereum was quoted at $2, 321. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports daily to identify new investment ideas for both investors and traders. Some of these daily analyst calls cover stocks to buy. Other calls cover stocks to sell or avoid. Remember that no single analyst call should ever be used as a basis to buy or sell a stock.  Here are some of the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen on Monday April, 27, 2026.   Upgrades: CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Mizuho, which raised the target price for the cybersecurity giant to $520 from $490. Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Arete, with a $104 target price. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus, which has a $15 target price for the company. Rollins (NYSE: ROL) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Rotchschild & Co. Redburn, which raised the target price for the stock to $66 from $51.90. Snap (NYSE: SNAP) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Rothschild & Co Redburn, which doubled the target price for the stock to $10 from $5. Downgrades: Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Mizuho, with a $270 target price. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Northland, which has a $260 target price for the legacy chip leader. Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at HSBC, which actually bumped the price target for the datacenter giant to $210 from $193. GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at BNP Paribas, with an $1,190 target price. Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Rothschild & Co Redburn, which nudged the target price for the shares to $23 from $17. Initiations: BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN) was resumed in coverage at Morgan Stanley, which raised the target price for the stock to $120 from $98. Cohu (NASDAQ: COHU) was initiated with a Buy rating at Jefferies, which has a $55 target price for the shares. DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) was initiated with a Buy rating at TD Cowen, with a $225 target price. Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) was initiated with a Buy rating at Chardan, with a $27.50 target price. StubHub Holdings (NYSE: STUB) was started with an Equal Weight rating at Morgan Stanley with an $8.25 target price.     The post Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, Fortinet, GE Vernova, Snap, StubHub, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Nvidia commits billions to Lumentum, Synopsys, Nokia, XAI, OpenAI, Intel in March alone Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:40:32 +0000 ... Nvidia commits billions to Lumentum, Synopsys, Nokia, XAI, OpenAI, Intel in March alone]]> The post Nvidia commits billions to Lumentum, Synopsys, Nokia, XAI, OpenAI, Intel in March alone appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. CNBC just said something that caught my eye: “This month alone, Nvidia has committed $2 billion each to Lumentum, Coherent, before that $2 billion into Synopsys, a billion into Nokia, stakes in XAI, OpenAI and Intel.” That is an extraordinary amount of capital deployed in a single month, and it tells you exactly what Jensen Huang is building. Not a chip company, but the operating system for the entire AI economy. The Marvell Partnership Is the Headline The centerpiece of the CNBC segment was Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL). Marvell designs custom AI chips for hyperscalers like Amazon — chips that can compete directly with Nvidia’s own GPUs. The new partnership flips that tension into an opportunity. As Huang put it: “Together, we’ll be able to address the customers, whether they would like to use all Nvidia gear or they would like to augment their Nvidia gear with their specialized processors. And together we’ll be able to address a much, much larger TAM.” Marvell’s data center segment generated $1.52 billion in Q3 FY2026, up 38% year-over-year, and the company’s full-year FY2026 revenue growth is forecast to exceed 40%. Shares rose 22.5% in March alone. Locking In the Optical Layer Lumentum Holdings (NASDAQ:LITE) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) each received $2 billion commitments. Both companies sit at the optical interconnect layer of AI infrastructure — the plumbing that moves data between GPUs at scale. Lumentum’s CEO recently noted the company had a backlog exceeding $400 million in optical circuit switches alone, with Q3 FY2026 revenue guidance implying over 85% year-over-year growth. Coherent’s data center segment hit $1.21 billion last quarter, up 34% year-over-year. Synopsys, Nokia, and Intel Round Out the Spree Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) received a $2 billion commitment tied to an expanded strategic partnership to revolutionize engineering and design. Synopsys posted Q1 FY2026 revenue of $2.41 billion, up 65.4% year-over-year. Nokia (NYSE:NOK) landed a $1 billion equity investment tied to an AI-RAN partnership, with Nokia’s CEO describing AI as “a long-term structural shift that is expanding the role of networks.” And Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) saw a $5 billion sale of Intel common stock to Nvidia completed, strengthening Intel’s balance sheet as it ramps its Intel 18A process node. Nvidia’s shares are up 60.95% over the past year even as the company deploys capital aggressively. With $96.58 billion in free cash flow generated in FY2026, Nvidia can afford to buy the ecosystem it needs. The message from March is clear: Nvidia intends to ensure the AI buildout runs through its infrastructure no matter whose chips end up on the racks. The post Nvidia commits billions to Lumentum, Synopsys, Nokia, XAI, OpenAI, Intel in March alone appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Nokia’s Rally May Be Over as Analysts Tell Investors to Take Profits Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:19:41 +0000 ... Nokia’s Rally May Be Over as Analysts Tell Investors to Take Profits]]> The post Nokia’s Rally May Be Over as Analysts Tell Investors to Take Profits appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Grupo Santander analyst Carlos Trevino has downgraded Nokia (NYSE:NOK) to Underperform from Outperform, setting a price target of EUR 6.85 and signaling that the telecom equipment rally has run its course. With Nokia shares up 21.04% year-to-date and 51.54% over the past year, Santander’s call reflects a view that the telecom equipment rally has run its course and current valuations leave limited upside. Ticker Firm Old Rating New Rating New Price Target One-Line Takeaway NOK Grupo Santander Outperform Underperform EUR 6.85 Rally priced in; valuation stretched relative to fundamentals The Analyst’s Case Santander’s downgrade is a valuation call more than a fundamental one. Nokia’s stock has climbed sharply on AI-driven enthusiasm, particularly around AI-RAN partnerships and 6G positioning, but the market may have gotten ahead of the earnings story. The consensus analyst price target sits at $7.56, already below Nokia’s current trading price of $8.28. Danske Bank and DNB Carnegie have also moved to Hold with a EUR 6.50 price target, suggesting Santander is not alone in its skepticism. The trailing P/E of 64x looks demanding for a company whose trailing EPS stands at $0.13, even if the forward P/E of 23x reflects more realistic near-term earnings expectations. What the Fundamentals Show Nokia’s Q4 2025 results were solid. Net sales reached $6.07 billion, with EPS of $0.17, meeting consensus expectations. Mobile Infrastructure posted an operating margin of 20.5%, its highest quarterly figure in 2025, while Network Infrastructure grew net sales 7% in the quarter. Optical Networks was a standout, growing 17% with orders from AI and cloud customers reaching EUR 2.4 billion for the full year. Management guided 2026 operating profit to EUR 2 billion to EUR 2.5 billion. The fundamentals remain intact, though they may already be reflected in the share price. Why the Move Matters Now Nokia’s six-month price gain of 77.91% has been fueled largely by AI infrastructure optimism, MWC announcements, and the Infinera acquisition narrative. The stock is trading well above the 200-day moving average of $5.86 and near its 52-week high of $8.82. Meanwhile, Mobile Infrastructure full-year 2025 net sales declined versus 2024, the Portfolio Businesses segment posted an operating loss of EUR 97 million, and Nokia faces North American headwinds tied to customer losses. Management has also flagged that Q1 2026 will see a sequential decline somewhat more than normal seasonality would imply, adding near-term pressure to the earnings trajectory. What It Means for Your Portfolio For investors who have held Nokia through its rally, Santander’s downgrade is a timely reminder that price appreciation creates its own risk. The AI and 6G thesis remains intact over the long term, and management’s restructuring into Network Infrastructure and Mobile Infrastructure segments reflects genuine strategic clarity. But at current valuations, with the analyst community’s average target sitting below the market price and sector headwinds in mobile persisting, the risk-reward has shifted. Santander’s downgrade reflects a view that the risk-reward has shifted unfavorably at current valuations. The post Nokia’s Rally May Be Over as Analysts Tell Investors to Take Profits appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Nokia Runs 50%, Pays a Dividend, and Investors Still Love The Stock Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:51:35 +0000 ... Nokia Runs 50%, Pays a Dividend, and Investors Still Love The Stock]]> The post Nokia Runs 50%, Pays a Dividend, and Investors Still Love The Stock appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) stock has surged 50% in the last year, and investors still love it. Shares jumped to a new all time high on October 28th on the news the Finnish telecom equipment maker secured a $1 billion equity investment from AI kingmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). This news sparked discussions across r/stocks and r/options about Nokia’s positioning in the AI led buildout of 6G communication technology. While shares have given back a lot of those gains, sentiment remains high at 83/100 today, among the highest with large cap tech stocks.  Nvidia’s $1B Vote of Confidence The big watershed was the news that Nvidia will purchase over 166 million new Nokia shares while the companies collaborate on adapting Nokia’s 5G and 6G software to run on Nvidia’s chips. Reddit user u/Puginator captured the mood in r/stocks, noting “Nokia shares soared 20% higher following the news” and quickly captured 367 upvotes and active conversation. Nvidia takes $1 billion stake in Nokia by u/Puginator in stocks Retail traders see multiple reasons for optimism today: The Nvidia partnership positions Nokia at the center of AI infrastructure networking Analysts maintain multiple buy ratings with positive outlooks The company continues to pay dividends while pursuing growth opportunities Dividend Appeal Meets Growth Potential One thing worth noting is Nokia’s dividend yield stands out in the technology sector, where many growth stocks pay nothing. The company maintains its dividend distribution program. On r/options, traders are eyeing long-dated call options, with u/Molive81 noting “their Leaps for Jan 2027 and 2028 look relatively cheaper” compared to revenue-light tech names. Nokia options leaps really cheap by u/Molive81 in options Social sentiment remains deep in positive territory, and the Nvidia deal provides a tangible catalyst for the 6G thesis that could mean years of growth. Beyond that, you also get an above market dividend yield. It’s easy to see why social sentiment scores are so high for Nokia. The post Nokia Runs 50%, Pays a Dividend, and Investors Still Love The Stock appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..]]> Sentiment in Nokia (NOK) Continues To Rise After Nvidia’s (NVDA) $1B Announcement

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