Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Marvell, Affirm, Broadcom, Meta & more

Cnbc · Apr 15, 2026 · 837 words · By Michael Bloom

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Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Wells Fargo reiterates Apple as overweight Wells said it's bullish ahead of earnings later this month.

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What happened

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Wells Fargo reiterates Apple as overweight Wells said it's bullish ahead of earnings later this month.

Why it matters

"We're positive on AAPL i nto F2Q26 earnings (4/30) - iPhone demand holding up better-than-expected / share gains + iPhone 17e ramp; continued double-digit services growth.

Common ground

Reiterated Overweight; $300 PT." Goldman Sachs downgrades SolarEdge to sell from neutral Goldman downgraded the solar company on valuation.

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Claim 1: “Citi... upgrade ADNT to Buy with a $33 price target and initiated a 90-day upside catalyst watch”

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Claim 2: “Citi adds a positive catalyst watch on Affirm”

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Claim 3: “Goldman Sachs downgrades SolarEdge to sell from neutral”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GreenSky, LLC is a financial technology company founded in 2006 based in Atlanta, Georgia. It provides technology to banks and merchants to make loans to consumers for home improvement, solar, healthc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. is an Israeli company that produces DC optimized inverter systems. In 2023, SolarEdge became the most losing stock in the S&P 500 for the year, which resulted in its remov…
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Claim 4: “Citi upgrades Adient to buy from neutral”

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Claim 5: “Jefferies initiates Autodesk as buy”

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web search NEUTRAL — Jefferies Group LLC is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company that is headquartered in New York City. The firm provides clients with capital markets and f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jefferies is the leading pure-play investment banking and capital markets firm, purpose-built and driven to deliver for our clients.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Company profile for Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) stock, with a description, list of executives, contact details and other key facts.
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Claim 6: “Deutsche Bank reiterates Meta as buy”

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MarketScreener explicitly reports that Deutsche Bank maintains a Buy rating for Meta Platforms, Inc. (META).

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web search NEUTRAL — - Deutsche Bank has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Six Flags (NYSE:SIX) Entertainment (NYSE: FUN), maintaining the stock's price target at $58.00.Similarly, Deutsche Bank reduced its price target from $65…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a research note published by Benjamin Black, Deutsche Bank advises its customers to buy the stock. The target price is decreased from USD 265 to USD 235.News Meta Platforms, Inc. META : Deutsche Ba…
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web search NEUTRAL — Deutsche Bank analyst George Hill joins ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ to discuss why he maintains his buy ratings on UnitedHealth Group despite the stock heading f...
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Claim 7: “JPMorgan reiterates Broadcom as overweight”

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Multiple independent sources confirm JPMorgan reiterated/maintained an Overweight rating for Broadcom (AVGO).

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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, JPMorgan analysts reiterated an Overweight rating and maintained a $250.00 price target for Broadcom Limited (NASDAQ:AVGO), which currently trades near its 52-week high.
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/jpmorgan-main…

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web search NEUTRAL — JP Morgan analyst Harlan Sur maintained an Overweight rating on Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) with a price target of $210. Broadcom will report fiscal fourth-quarter 2024 earnings on Thursday. Sur noted …
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web search NEUTRAL — On June 3, JPMorgan analysts affirmed an ‘Overweight’ rating and $250 price target for Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) ahead of the company’s earnings report. JPMorgan Maintains Overweight Rating on Broad…
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Claim 8: “Barclays reiterates Tesla as equal weight”

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Claim 9: “Piper Sandler upgrades Cloudflare to overweight from neutral”

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Claim 10: “TD Cowen initiates Navan as buy... with a Buy rating and an $18 PT”

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Claim 11: “Oppenheimer raised its price target [for Marvell] to $170 per share from $150”

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Claim 12: “Wells Fargo upgrades CRH to overweight from equal weight”

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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 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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Claim 13: “Affirm's scheduled Investor Forum on 5/12”

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Claim 14: “Wells Fargo... Reiterated Overweight; $300 PT [for Apple]”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frank Brian Fargo is an American video game designer, producer, programmer and executive, and founder of Interplay Entertainment, inXile Entertainment and Robot Cache. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company. The company operates in 35 countries and serves more than 70 million customers worldwide. It is a systemically important …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zelle () is an American digital payments network run by a private financial services company owned by Bank of America, Truist, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo. The Ze…
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Claim 15: “Oppenheimer reiterates Marvell as outperform”

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Claim 16: “NVIDIA... unveiled NVIDIA Ising, a family of open models for building better, more reliable qubits”

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Claim 17: “Citi initiates Zoetis and Elanco as buy”

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Claim 18: “DA Davidson upgrades Symbotic to buy from neutral”

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Claim 19: “Citi initiates OSI Systems as buy”

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Claim 20: “Citi reiterates Nvidia as buy”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Citi reiterates Nvidia and Broadcom as buy
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Claim 21: “Wells Fargo reiterates Apple as overweight”

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Claim 22: “Mizuho upgrades American Tower to outperform from neutral”

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Claim 23: “UBS initiates Royal Gold as buy”

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Multiple independent sources (Investing.com, TipRanks, and Insider Monkey) confirm that UBS initiated coverage on Royal Gold (RGLD) with a Buy rating and a $325 price target.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Desmond Kuek Bak Chye is a Singaporean former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force between 2007 and 2010. After leaving the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Kuek had served as Permane…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UBS Group AG (stylized simply as UBS) is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland, with headquarters in both Zurich and Basel. It holds a stro…
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Claim 24: “Mizuho... $205 price target [for American Tower]”

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