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Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 stocks for their long-term prospects

Cnbc · · 943 words · By TipRanks com Staff
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Investors are grappling with elevated oil prices and persistent geopolitical tensions, but those who can ignore short-term noise may be better positioned for the long run.

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What happened

Investors are grappling with elevated oil prices and persistent geopolitical tensions, but those who can ignore short-term noise may be better positioned for the long run.

Why it matters

An opportunity to pick some attractive stocks with solid long-term growth potential is emerging, and investors can use the ratings of top Wall Street analysts to inform their search.

Common ground

The recommendations and analysis of these experts can provide useful insights for stock selection.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Authority: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
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Appeal to Authority 70% confidence
Citing an authority figure as evidence, even when the authority is not qualified on the topic.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing appeal to authority helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 24 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Bedrock spending has surged 170% quarter over quarter”
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Claim 2: “the company's first-quarter revenue and operating income surpassed the Street's consensus estimates by 2% and 15%, respectively”
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Claim 3: “the 98% year-over-year growth in AWS backlog to $364 billion”
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Claim 4: “AWS revenue growth accelerated to more than 28%”
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Claim 5: “AWS revenue grew 20% year over year”
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Claim 6: “Amazon builds its Trainium chips with inputs from Marvell”
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Claim 7: “the company's earnings per share outlook of $5 for the fiscal fourth quarter surpassed the Street's expectations by 25%”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and company information about Seagate and does not mention Q4 FY2026 EPS outlooks or market expectations.
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web search NEUTRAL — As of May 18, 2021, the new Irish public limited company Seagate Technology Holdings plc became the publicly traded parent company of Seagate, replacing "Seagate Technology plc."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagate_Technology
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web search NEUTRAL — Seagate gives the world the power to turn accelerating data into tomorrow’s breakthroughs. People and machines will create in more ways at a faster pace than ever as AI proliferates, producing massive…
https://www.seagate.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Seagate One Touch External HDD (8TB) Bus-powered via USB-C, 2-year Warranty & Data Rescue Recovery Services
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Seagate/page/5A2F1A72-27EC-408…
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Claim 8: “Amazon reported better-than-expected first-quarter results on Wednesday”
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Claim 9: “Sankar ranks No. 16 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks”
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Two independent sources (CNBC and an Investing opinion piece) explicitly state that Sankar ranks No. 16 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Krish Sankar is a 4.99-star Wall Street Analyst at TD Cowen. Krish Sankar's focuses on the Technology sector and covers 57 stocks with a 69.80% success rate.
https://www.tipranks.com/experts/analysts/krish-sankar
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web search NEUTRAL — Sankar ranks No. 16 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks. His ratings have been profitable 69% of the time, delivering an average return of 49.4%.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/03/top-street-analysts-like-the…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sankar ranks No. 16 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks. His ratings have been profitable 69% of the time, delivering an average return of 49.4%.
https://news.zylostar.com/news/opinion---investing-top-wall-…
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Claim 10: “Seagate Technology... impressed investors with its market-beating results for the third quarter of fiscal 2026”
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TipRanks reports that Seagate Tech released earnings on April 29, 2026, reporting €3.5 EPS, which beat the consensus estimate of €3.
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web search NEUTRAL — What is Seagate Tech’s market cap?Seagate Tech released its earnings results on Apr 29, 2026. The company reported €3.5 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of €3 by €0.4…
https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/de:847
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web search NEUTRAL — Q3 FY2026 beat: Revenue rose 12% year‑over‑year to $742 million, with non‑GAAP EPS of $0.82, both topping expectations.Q3 FY2026 results: strong growth, fatter margins, higher cash.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bloomberg delivers business and markets news, data, analysis, and video to the world, featuring stories from Businessweek and Bloomberg News on everything pertaining to markets.
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Claim 11: “RBC Capital analyst Srini Pajjuri reaffirmed a buy rating on Marvell stock and raised his price target to $170 from $115”
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Claim 12: “Pajjuri ranks No. 142 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks”
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Claim 13: “His ratings have been profitable 69% of the time, delivering an average return of 49.4%”
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Two independent sources (CNBC and an Investing opinion piece) explicitly state that his ratings have been profitable 69% of the time, delivering an average return of 49.4%.
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web search NEUTRAL — Average return per rating.Copying Krish Sankar's trades since 2010 and holding each position for 1 Year would result in 69.16% of your transactions generating a profit, with an average return of 52.1%…
https://www.tipranks.com/experts/analysts/krish-sankar
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web search NEUTRAL — Krish Sankar's 5 best and worst ratings.Get additional color on Krish Sankar's coverage of popular stocks. The STRONG BUY rating for Lam Research Corp was maintained. Its price target was raised from …
https://www.wallstreetzen.com/analysts/krish-sankar
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web search NEUTRAL — Krish Sankar's Stock Ratings. TD Cowen Analyst. Krish Sankar is an analyst at TD Cowen. Analyst ratings are quantitative and qualitative analysis of a stock by Wall Street stock rating analysts.
https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/5909e…
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Claim 14: “The analyst has now conservatively moved his 2027 EPS estimate to $34”
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While the evidence confirms Krish Sankar is a TD Cowen analyst, none of the provided sources mention a 2027 EPS estimate of $34 for Seagate.
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web search NEUTRAL — Krish Sankar's focuses on the Technology sector and covers 57 stocks with a 69.16% success rate.Krish Sankar Profile - TD Cowen Analyst. 4,967 Followers. Export Stocks to Screener >. See the Most Reco…
https://www.tipranks.com/experts/analysts/krish-sankar
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web search NEUTRAL — Previously, Krish Sankar worked at TD SECURITIES. Krish Sankar’s has documented 440 price targets and ratings displayed on 27 stocks. The coverage is on Technology, Industrials sectors.
https://anachart.com/analyst/krish-sankar/
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web search NEUTRAL — Location: San Francisco · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Krish Sankar’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krish-sankar-2559a7
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Claim 15: “the in-house chip business (Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro) has a run-rate of more than $20 billion, up from over $10 billion in Q4 2025”
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Claim 16: “TD Cowen analyst Krish Sankar reiterated a buy rating on Seagate stock and boosted his price target to $850 from $500”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic TD Bank landing pages and does not mention analyst Krish Sankar, Seagate stock, or specific price targets.
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Claim 17: “His ratings have been profitable 75% of the time, delivering an average return of 40.7%”
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Claim 18: “TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge reiterated a buy rating on Amazon stock and increased his price target to $350 from $300”
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Claim 19: “the company supplies Trainium application-specific integrated circuits, Ethernet switches, data processing units, and optical digital signal processors to AWS”
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Claim 20: “NAND pricing, which is up 200% this year”
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Sources provide conflicting data on NAND pricing. One source mentions some 30TB drives went up by over 250%, while another mentions flash wafer prices rising by more than 15% in a month and contract prices expected to rise 5-10% in Q4 2025. There is no single consensus that NAND pricing generally is 'up 200% this year'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The increase in NAND pricing would have devastating effects on the consumer PC industry, as it would not only make SSDs much more expensive but also make it hard for system integrators and PC manufact…
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web search NEUTRAL — SSD prices have skyrocketed. Consumer drives that were dirt cheap in 2023 have seen massive price jumps. Enterprise SSDs are even worse. Some 30TB drives have gone up by over 250% in less than a year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pricing Outlook. Price Increases: Spot prices for NAND flash have been steadily increasing, with flash wafer prices rising by more than 15% in a single month 7 . Contract prices are expected to rise 5…
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Claim 21: “Blackledge ranks No. 843 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks”
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Claim 22: “His ratings have been profitable 54% of the time, delivering an average return of 10.2%”
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Claim 23: “Sankar also noted that Seagate's June quarter outlook implies a gross margin of about 50%”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Seagate Barracuda is a series of hard disk drives and later solid state drives produced by Seagate Technology that was first introduced in 1993. The line initially focused on high-capacity, high-p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seagate Technology Holdings plc is an American data storage company. It was incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology and commenced business in 1979. Since 2010, the company has been incorporated in …
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Claim 24: “Anthropic will be spending more than $100 billion on Amazon Web Services' technologies over the next decade”
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