Jefferies has added two high-profile stocks to the firm's prestigious Franchise Picks list of high-conviction ideas. Both are well liked on Wall Street and could have outstanding upside potential.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday morning include Amazon, Ford, Gilead, Level 3, Sarepta, Western Digital and Whiting Petroleum.
NXP Semiconductors is set to report its first-quarter financial results after the markets close on Monday.
Chris Lange The long-term prospects for these semiconductor stocks are outstanding, especially as they have no major dependence on personal computers.
According to Merrill Lynch, the automotive semiconductor market is now a stunning $30 billion, and four companies dominate sales.
All these companies make good sense for investors looking to add quality chip companies to aggressive growth portfolios.
In a recent research note, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, turned positive on semiconductors. These three stocks are offering investors outstanding entry points.
Clustered analyst calls from Friday morning that were just too big to ignore Include ConocoPhillips, Linkedin, NXP Semiconductors and Kohl's.
A new SunTrust Robinson Humphrey research report makes the case that one way to cash in on automakers' recent success is by buying the semiconductor companies that supply critical chips to the…
A new Merrill Lynch research note makes the case that, based on meeting with top corporate executives at the huge Consumer Electronics Show , the gloom and doom mentality running rampant may…
Merrill Lynch has made many updates to its various lists, and one such list is the Top US Ideas for the first quarter of 2016.
Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Boeing, CVS, DuPont, Fitbit, LifeLock, Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors, Red Hat and Under Armour.
The new NXP Semiconductors is one of the best deleveraging/financial engineering stories in the industry, in Oppenheimer's view.
Chris Lange A recent Credit Suisse report suggests that the Apple Asia supply chain is weakening, but the firm maintained an Outperform rating.
A new research report from SunTrust Robinson Humphrey focuses on three top companies that could have significant upside potential for the rest of the year.
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