The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Friday included Altria, Apple, BJ's Wholesale Club, Exxon Mobile, Gap, HP, Salesforce.com and VMware.
SunTrust rates three top homebuilders at Buy, and all make sense for investors looking for companies that can benefit from the sharp drop in interest rates.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Tuesday included Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, Barrick Gold, Domino's Pizza, Intel, McDonald's, Occidental Petroleum and Salesforce.com.
We screened our 24/7 Wall St. research database looking for Buy ratings from Wall Street on the top homebuilders and found five companies that look like solid bets now for investors.
Two large homebuilding ETFs have significantly different approaches to their holdings. One focuses on builders while the other includes more suppliers and retailers.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday included Amazon.com, Dover, Facebook, Lam Research, Newmont Mining, Occidental Petroleum, Six Flags, Tesla and 3D Systems.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Bank of America, Danaher, Lyft, Netflix, Qualcomm, Tesla, Texas Instruments, Aurora Cannabis, Canopy Growth and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included American Tower, Atlassian, Booking, Box, Dollar General, Fitbit, Hain Celestial, HP and Regions Financial.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included Agilent Technologies, American Water Works, Apple, Biogen, Garmin, GoDaddy, Tilray, UBS and Walmart.
Homebuilder D.R. Horton reported first fiscal quarter earnings Friday morning that were below consensus estimates. Revenues were slightly above consensus.
Paul Ausick The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Alphabet, Amazon.com, Dell Technologies, IBM, International Paper, Merck, Pfizer, Tesla, Teva Pharmaceutical and Walmart.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included Bed Bath & Beyond, Boeing, Constellation Brands, Dell Technologies, Dollar General, Lockheed Martin, National Oilwell Varco, Snap, Twitter and Yelp.
Homebuilder D.R. Horton reported quarterly and full fiscal year earnings Thursday morning that roughly met analysts' expectations. As a group, though, homebuilders including Horton have had a very tough year.
Paul Ausick Homebuilder stocks are getting beaten up Wednesday following another unwelcome earnings report. But there may be some hope for the sector, provided builders get a few breaks.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday include Adobe, Corning, Costco, GrubHub, Kroger, Micron, Shopify, SLM, Walmart and Yelp.
