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

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 18, 2026 · 1201 words · By Michael Bloom

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Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Evercore ISI upgrades F5 to outperform from in line Evercore says the stock is an EPS "compounder." "We are upgrading FFIV to Outperform from In Line and raising our price target to $475 (~31% upside), as…

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"Upgrading from Sell to Buy, raising PT from $14 to $19, and raising estimates.

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The double upgrade is a result of subtle increase in momentum within Vans, led by the LX Old Skool Pearlized Pack, and because there's no middle ground, in our view, with this stock, as any improvement or likely improvement in Vans' trends will be received…

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Claim 1: “Upgrade to OW; PT to $109 from $79 [for Viking Holdings]”

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The evidence shows Wells Fargo raised the price target for Viking Holdings to $39.00 (from $35.00), which directly contradicts the claim of a target of $109 from $79.

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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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Claim 2: “Morgan Stanley upgrades Lam Research to overweight from equal weight”

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Claim 3: “Evercore ISI upgrades F5 to outperform from in line”

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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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Claim 4: “Raymond James upgrades Invitation Homes and AMH to outperform from market perform”

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Claim 5: “H.C. Wainwright upgrades Circle to buy from neutral”

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Claim 6: “HSBC upgrades Shell to buy from hold”

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Claim 7: “Wells Fargo initiates National Health Properties as overweight”

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Claim 8: “We initiate coverage of ELMT with a Buy rating and $21 PT”

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Claim 9: “Jefferies reiterates Amazon as buy”

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Claim 10: “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.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/this-chip-stock-could-be-a-b…

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Claim 11: “Bank of America reinstates Salesforce as underperform”

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Claim 12: “Initiating on National Healthcare Properties with OW & $16 PT”

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Claim 13: “The firm raised its price target to $285 per share from $265 [for Nvidia]”

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Claim 14: “Morgan Stanley reiterates Nvidia as overweight”

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Claim 15: “Roth initiates Elmet Group as buy”

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Claim 16: “Bank of America reiterates Netflix as buy”

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Claim 17: “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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Claim 18: “Williams Trading upgrades VF Corp to buy from sell”

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The search results for 'Williams' return general company homepages (Williams Companies, Williams Sonoma, Williams International) and unrelated Wikipedia entries, but no mention of a rating upgrade for VF Corp.

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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…
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Claim 19: “Truist initiates TJX Companies as buy”

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Claim 20: “Morgan Stanley reiterates MKS as overweight”

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Claim 21: “raising our price target to $150 (from $85 previously) [for Circle]”

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Claim 22: “DA Davidson downgrades CoreWeave to neutral from buy”

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Claim 23: “Williams... raising PT from $14 to $19”

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Claim 24: “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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Claim 25: “reinstating coverage with an Underperform and a $160 PO [for Salesforce]”

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Claim 26: “Evercore... raising our price target to $475”

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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.
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Claim 27: “reducing price target to $100 from $175 [for CoreWeave]”

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Claim 28: “raises our price target from $293 to $331 [for Lam Research]”

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Claim 29: “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.
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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…
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Claim 30: “Barclays initiates Yesway as overweight”

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Claim 31: “Truist initiates Ross Stores as buy”

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