Ratings Weekly | SpaceX, Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, AMD, IBM and More to Watch

Tiger Newspress07-19 18:05

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street This Week:

Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy

Bank of America says Nvidia remains the most-owned semis stock.

“In the S & P 500, NVDA remains most-owned semi at 77.8% of funds, followed by AVGO at 75.1%; least-owned are SWKS at 3.0%, MCHP/ON at ~5%”

Raymond James reiterates Nvidia as strong buy

Raymond James said it’s sticking with the stock.

“Server trends cited by channel partners and supply chain continue to reveal strength from accelerated platforms (i.e., AI machines), including incremental demand/interest from the enterprise side and traditional servers too. Wider availability of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs have improved shipments, and intra quarter supply chain checks reveal continued improvement.”

Bernstein reiterates SpaceX as outperform

Bernstein urged clients to remain calm following the delay of the Starship launch for SpaceX.

“We have watched scrubbed launches before, as they are not unusual. Our modeling assumptions have been that Starship launches are on a timeline through 2031 that is slightly more than one year behind our understanding of company plans.”

UBS reiterates SpaceX as buy

UBS said the “next big milestone” is on July 16.

“SpaceX is targeting July 16th at 6:45PM ET for its 13th Starship test flight, which if successful will build on the achievements of Flight 12 and demonstrate further maturity of the rocket.”

Morgan Stanley reiterates SpaceX as overweight

Morgan Stanley added the company to its Space 60 list.

“The Space 60 is a diversified list of publicly traded enablers across the space value chain, from raw materials to launch and satellite operators. We add SpaceX, as its most vertically integrated, and now largest, constituent. Also adding HawkEye 360, Applied Aerospace, and Satellogic.”

HSBC upgrades Apple to buy from hold

HSBC says it sees a “strong cycle ahead.”

“Apple’s strong product pipeline and improved AI capabilities to support hardware revenue growth, we increase 2027e by 7%.We also expect AI applications to boost higher margin Services revenue: we increase 2027 estimates by 5.4%”

Deutsche Bank reiterates Tesla as buy

Deutsche said it’s sticking with Tesla ahead of earnings next week.

“Following 2Q deliveries which were significantly above expectations at ~480k units, we now model auto gross margin ex-credit at 18.0%, still down 120bps sequentially despite growing volume meaningfully QoQ. Going from 1Q to 2Q, the quarter should see incremental benefits from higher volume and increase in FSD monthly subscriptions.”

Citi reiterates Microsoft as buy

The firm lowered its price target to $570 per share from $620.

“We remain positive on MSFT with positive checks particularly on CoPilot, and view the company increasingly strategically positioned in an era of optimizing token spend and AI efficiency.”

UBS reiterates Advanced Micro Devices as buy

UBS raised its price target on AMD to $700 per share from $670 ahead of the company’s AI day.

“In an event likely focused on technology more than customers or financials, we expect AMD to showcase the durability of its CPU and GPU roadmaps.”

Oppenheimer downgrades IBM to perform from outperform

The firm downgraded the stock following its negative pre-announcement on Tuesday.

“Downgrading IBM Post Negative Pre-Announcement; Software Bull Thesis Will Take Longer to Materialize.”

Goldman Sachs upgrades Nio to buy from neutral

Goldman Sachs said it sees strong volume growth.

“We upgrade Nio to Buy with 12-month DCF-based target prices of US$7.0/HK$55, implying 46%/42% upside potential. Among our coverage, we expect Nio to not only deliver one of the fastest volume growth profiles, but also a premium margin profile and strong profit/FCF turnaround in 2026E.”

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