Housing affordability has become stretched for many Americans, but if Merrill Lynch is proven correct, some of the homebuilder stocks still have more upside ahead.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls on Wednesday include Advanced Micro Devices, ConocoPhillips, Etsy, Marathon Oil, Square, Walt Disney and Windstream.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday include Adobe, ClubCorp, Oracle, Silver Wheaton, Weatherford International and Yahoo.
These five top homebuilders are in areas experiencing solid growth. With the potential for economic and job growth on the horizon, all these stocks could have a positive 2017 and way beyond.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday include Best Buy, Groupon, Snap, Starbucks, Weatherford, Alphabet, CIT, Match and Wix.com.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of GameStop, Micron Technology and KB Home, which are expected to share their quarterly results late Thursday.
The op analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday include Broadcom, Cheniere Energy, Gilead Sciences, Microchip Technology, Twitter, Lennar and Bankrate.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Tuesday include Apple, Boeing, CSX, Deere, Humana, Potash Corp. and Suncor Energy.
In a new research report, Wedbush analysts are reasonably positive on the homebuilders and feel investors should focus on the more liquid companies.
The squeeze on moderately priced homes has kept many would-be first-time buyers out of the market, but the signs are multiplying that those buyers may be about to see homes for sale…
Some companies that are growing fast enough, and will continue to do so, or need money for M&A, should cut their dividends to zero.
KB Home reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Tuesday.
Chris Lange The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday morning include Anadarko Petroleum, Dollar General, Encana, FedEx, Teva Pharmaceutical and UBS.
KB Home reported disappointing fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning.
Paul Ausick What may matter most in the merger of Standard Pacific and Ryland Group is whether this could be the beginning of more mergers that could consolidate the largest homebuilders in the nation.
