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Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Amazon, TJX Companies, Arm, Viking, Circle & more

Cnbc · · 1201 words · By Michael Bloom
Financial Investment Stock Market Analysis
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“Evercore ISI upgrades F5 to outperform from in line”
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The provided evidence for Evercore only describes the company's general business and does not mention any rating change for F5.
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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore advises on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings, public offerings, private placements and other strategic transactions and provides institutional investors with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercore
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Evercore is a premier global independent investment banking firm dedicated to helping clients achieve superior results.
https://www.evercore.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore | 318,051 followers on LinkedIn. Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/evercore-inc/
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“Evercore... raising our price target to $475”
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The evidence mentions Evercore ISI raising price targets for Home Depot and Mettler-Toledo, but there is no mention of a $475 price target for F5.
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web search NEUTRAL — Julian Emanuel, Evercore ISI senior managing director, joins 'Fast Money' to talk its bullish S&P 500 forecast as it ups its price target.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaWJvtU8UZw
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - Evercore ISI has raised its price target on Home Depot (NYSE:HD) stock to $450.00 from $415.00 while maintaining an Outperform rating. The stock, currently trading at $407.20, has show…
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/evercore-isi-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore ISI Upgrades Mettler-Toledo International to Outperform From In Line, Raises Price Target to $1,450 From $1,375.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/METTLER-TOLEDO-IN…
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“Williams Trading upgrades VF Corp to buy from sell”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is a stock market index composed of the companies in the S&P 500 index that have increased their dividends in each of the past 25 consecutive years. It was launched in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vodafone Group Public Limited Company () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly opera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone
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“Williams... raising PT from $14 to $19”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is a stock market index composed of the companies in the S&P 500 index that have increased their dividends in each of the past 25 consecutive years. It was launched in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vodafone Group Public Limited Company () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly opera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone
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“Wells Fargo upgrades Viking Holdings to overweight from equal weight”
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The evidence explicitly states that Wells Fargo analyst Trey Bowers initiated coverage of Viking Holdings (VIK) with an 'Equal Weight' rating, not an upgrade to 'Overweight'. A different firm, Morgan Stanley, is the one that upgraded it to Overweight.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( KRY-slər), is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) No…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the largest 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. The inde…
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“Upgrade to OW; PT to $109 from $79 [for Viking Holdings]”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) No…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the largest 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. The inde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — West Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. West Fargo is classified as the western neighboring city of Fargo. The population was 38,626 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at …
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“JPMorgan initiates Ball and Crown to overweight from neutral”
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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase is the result of the combination of several large U.S. banking companies that merged since 1996, combining Chase Manhattan Bank, J.P. Morgan & Co., and Bank One, as well as asset assump…
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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorganChase serves millions of customers, clients and communities in over 100 global markets. For 225 years, our work has been guided by principles that strengthen, protect and grow our company over…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Complete JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock information by Barron's. View real-time JPM stock price and news, along with industry-best analysis.
https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/jpm
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“Goldman Sachs initiates America Movil as buy”
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The evidence shows Goldman Sachs initiating coverage on ServiceNow and Celsius Holdings, but there is no mention of America Movil.
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web search NEUTRAL — Goldman Sachs is one of the largest investment banks in the world by revenue and is ranked 32nd on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - Goldman Sachs has initiated coverage on ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) with a Buy rating and a price target of $205.00, representing 40% upside potential.
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/goldman-sachs…
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web search NEUTRAL — Goldman Sachs starts coverage on Celsius at Buy with $72 target, citing strong growth.CELH holds 17.3% U.S. share, with 113% YTD gain and PepsiCo-backed expansion....Goldman Sachs initiated coverage o…
https://invezz.com/news/2025/09/11/celsius-holdings-shares-j…
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“Bernstein initiates Arm as outperform”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The investment firm [Bernstein] initiated coverage of the chip name with an outperform rating.
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“Morgan Stanley upgrades Lam Research to overweight from equal weight”
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“raises our price target from $293 to $331 [for Lam Research]”
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“HSBC upgrades Shell to buy from hold”
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“Barclays initiates Yesway as overweight”
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“Raymond James upgrades Invitation Homes and AMH to outperform from market perform”
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“Roth initiates Elmet Group as buy”
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“We initiate coverage of ELMT with a Buy rating and $21 PT”
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“Morgan Stanley reiterates MKS as overweight”
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“Wells Fargo initiates National Health Properties as overweight”
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“Initiating on National Healthcare Properties with OW & $16 PT”
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“Bank of America reinstates Salesforce as underperform”
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“reinstating coverage with an Underperform and a $160 PO [for Salesforce]”
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“Truist initiates TJX Companies as buy”
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“Truist initiates Ross Stores as buy”
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“Bank of America reiterates Netflix as buy”
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“Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight”
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“The firm raised its price target to $285 per share from $265 [for Nvidia]”
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“DA Davidson downgrades CoreWeave to neutral from buy”
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“reducing price target to $100 from $175 [for CoreWeave]”
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“Jefferies reiterates Amazon as buy”
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“H.C. Wainwright upgrades Circle to buy from neutral”
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“raising our price target to $150 (from $85 previously) [for Circle]”
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