Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) customers with older model iPhones that seem to be slowing down may have Apple to blame. But don’t worry, the company is only trying to help. And if you own AAPL stock, you definitely shouldn’t worry, at least according to Morgan Stanley.
On the surface, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY) reported some impressive top- and bottom-line third quarter numbers on Thursday. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for investors and analysts to dig a little bit deeper into BBBY’s earnings report and find guidance that suggests it’s still struggling to adapt to a challenging retail environment.
Facebook Inc (Nasdaq: FB) delivered some impressive revenue growth and equally impressive shareholder returns in recent years. However, the next leg of the Facebook growth story may just be getting started.
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) investors have a lot to digest following the company’s $52 billion buyout of most of the TV and movie studio assets of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA). But as exciting as the Fox deal is, Disney’s streaming rollout may keep the stock under pressure for much longer than investors realize.
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) shares traded 2.4 percent higher Wednesday morning after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and impressed Wall Street with its new guidance. Micron’s latest quarterly numbers suggest there is no end in sight for the memory chip “super-cycle” that has propelled Micron stock 106 percent higher in 2017.
After years of lagging the market, General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock came alive in the second half of 2017 on investor optimism about its ability to navigate a softening auto market and its potential industry-leading autonomous vehicle technology.
RBC Capital Markets has released its latest social media survey, and the results suggest Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) is keeping its grip on the notoriously fickle teen user demographic.
Tesla Inc (Nasdaq: TSLA) secured its largest order for its recently unveiled electric semitractor-trailers on Tuesday when United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) announced an order for 125 trucks to add to its delivery fleet.
It has been a challenging year for many U.S. retail companies, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc(NYSE: WMT) has risen to the occasion. On Tuesday, Citi analyst upgraded Walmart to “buy” and said investors should expect more of the same from the stock in 2018.
Almost all of Wall Street is bullish on Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), with buy/outperform ratings outnumbering sell/underperform ratings by a ratio of 32 to 1. Nomura analyst Jeffrey Kvaal may not be among the rare Apple bears, but he has left the ranks of the Apple bulls by downgrading the stock to “neutral” on Tuesday.