On August 4, Intuit fell 3.08% in pre-market trading, trading at $308.50/share, with turnover of $2.48 million. The stock quickly gave back gains from its 3.05% intraday rebound on August 3, with the market characterizing the prior session's move as an unsustainable oversold bounce.
On the news front, multiple investment banks have recently issued downgrades weighing on sentiment. TD Cowen sharply cut its price target to $304 and downgraded the stock to Hold, while Morgan Stanley downgraded from Overweight to Equal Weight with a target reduction from $580 to $335. Stifel previously downgraded to Hold with a $275 target. The downgrades center on concerns that Intuit's core TurboTax business faces structural AI disruption risk, with Morgan Stanley noting investor confidence in revenue acceleration will take time to rebuild and that AI concerns are unlikely to be dispelled until fiscal Q3 results in May next year.
Intuit is scheduled to report fiscal Q4 and full-year results on August 25, with consensus EPS estimates at $2.14. Morgan Stanley warned that if management guides TurboTax at or above the Street's 6% growth estimate, the market may view such guidance as aggressive given perceived AI headwinds, potentially intensifying near-term selling pressure.
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