The September retail report demolished expectations, which bodes well for the economy and for these six top retail stocks. The holidays look to be bright this year.
Earnings reports from two companies that might be affected by weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are already in the books.
Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Aramark, Arm, Costco Wholesale, Deere, GoDaddy, Home Depot, Intercontinental Exchange, Payoneer Global, Walmart, Wayfair and Yum China.
Walmart is the second-largest e-commerce retailer in America, but investors do not think it will ever catch Amazon.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Amazon.com, American Electric Power, Amgen, BHP, Duke Energy, General Mills, KeyCorp, Lowe's Companies, Macy's, Marvell Technology, Netflix, Southern Company, SunRun, Super Micro Computer and Walmart.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Applied Materials, Bill, Catalyst Pharmaceutical, CVS Health, Elastic, Hawaiian Electric Industries and Walmart.
Target will not disappear, but it will fall further and further behind Amazon and Walmart.
Before U.S. markets open on Thursday, one Dow Jones industrial average component and one luxury retailer that just made an offer to buy a competitor are set to report earnings.
Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Alibaba, Amazon.com, AppLovin, Corteva, Hershey, Lucid, Medical Properties Trust, Palo Alto Networks, Rivian Automotive, Twilio, Ventas, Walmart and Wayfair.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Amazon.com, Beyond Meat, Compass, DraftKings, Genius Sports, Home Depot, International Flavors & Fragrances, Lowe's, Palantir Technologies, Telephone and Data Systems and Walmart.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included C3.ai, Datadog, Electronic Arts, Goldman Sachs, Meta Platforms, Mobileye Global, Monster Beverage, Progressive, Qualcomm, SoFi Technologies, Trade Desk, Walmart, Walt Disney and ZScaler.
Friday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Alcoa, Archer Daniels Midland, Caterpillar, Dow, Expedia, Kellogg, PagSeguro Digital, Sea, Tesla, Tripadvisor and Walmart.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Bill, Carnival, CenterPoint Energy, Editas Medicine, International Paper, Oracle, Palantir Technologies, Petrobras, SentinelOne, Trade Desk, Valvoline and Walmart.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Aflac, Cloudflare, Comerica, Comstock Resources, Costco Wholesale, Dollar General, Dominion Energy, Equitrans Midstream, Ford, Meta Platforms, T-Mobile, Valley National Bancorp and Walmart.
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