McDonald’s and Its Rivals Have Big Plans. Inflation Is Bringing Growth. — Barrons.com

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By Evie Liu Sales of fast food are a relative sweet spot for a restaurant industry struggling with inflation, so companies are trying to cash in. Companies from Restaurant Brands to McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizza have laid out aggressive growth plans they hope will bring a larger share of a bigger market. Sales at fast-food chains are rising far faster than those of so-called casual restaurants as rising prices send people toward cheaper options. Restaurants Brands, the owner of Burger King, is the latest to detail a hefty investment. It said Tuesday it would purchase its largest U.S. franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group, in an effort to quickly upgrade its stores as part of a broader turnaround plan to boost Burger King’s sales growth and profitability. The company said in 2022 that it would spend $400 million on advertising, remodeling, and technology. Now it is spending another $1 billion on Carrols, […]

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Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Stock Analyst Ratings

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Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/17/2024 13.13% Keybanc $525 → $545 Maintains Overweight 01/12/2024 24.55% Oppenheimer $475 → $600 Maintains Outperform 01/09/2024 3.79% Goldman Sachs $400 → $500 Maintains Neutral 01/09/2024 17.49% BMO Capital → $566 Initiates Coverage On → Outperform 01/09/2024 3.79% Citigroup → $500 Downgrades Buy → Neutral 12/28/2023 8.98% Keybanc $510 → $525 Maintains Overweight 12/22/2023 2.75% DZ Bank → $495 Downgrades Buy → Hold 12/21/2023 8.98% Wedbush → $525 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 12/18/2023 14.17% Morgan Stanley $475 → $550 Maintains Overweight 10/19/2023 -1.4% Morgan Stanley $430 → $475 Upgrades Equal-Weight → Overweight 10/19/2023 -0.36% JP Morgan $455 → $480 Maintains Overweight 10/19/2023 -4.51% Guggenheim → $460 Reiterates Buy → Buy 10/19/2023 8.98% Wedbush → $525 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 10/19/2023 -3.48% Truist Securities $430 → $465 Upgrades Hold → Buy

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Stock Analyst Ratings

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/17/2024 2.28% JP Morgan $94 → $87 Downgrades Overweight → Neutral 01/09/2024 11.69% UBS $80 → $95 Maintains Neutral 01/09/2024 10.51% JP Morgan $92 → $94 Maintains Overweight 01/09/2024 12.86% HSBC → $96 Downgrades Buy → Hold 01/04/2024 17.56% B of A Securities $95 → $100 Maintains Buy 01/02/2024 36.37% Barclays $102 → $116 Maintains Overweight 12/21/2023 -0.07% RBC Capital → $85 Reiterates Sector Perform → Sector Perform 12/19/2023 17.56% Goldman Sachs $89 → $100 Maintains Buy 11/28/2023 -5.95% Societe Generale → $80 Downgrades Buy → Hold 11/20/2023 -0.07% Exane BNP Paribas → $85 Downgrades Outperform → Neutral 11/16/2023 21.09% Oppenheimer $98 → $103 Maintains Outperform 10/23/2023 -6.95% Odeon Capital → $79.15 Downgrades Buy → Hold 10/20/2023 — Wolfe Research Upgrades Underperform → Peer Perform 10/19/2023 14.04% Evercore ISI Group $102

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MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) Stock Analyst Ratings

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MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/17/2024 21.94% Needham → $495 Reiterates Buy → Buy 01/04/2024 1% UBS $475 → $410 Downgrades Buy → Neutral 12/06/2023 3.46% Mizuho $330 → $420 Maintains Neutral 12/06/2023 17.01% RBC Capital $445 → $475 Maintains Outperform 12/06/2023 17.75% Barclays $470 → $478 Maintains Overweight 12/06/2023 21.94% Needham $445 → $495 Maintains Buy 12/06/2023 23.17% Piper Sandler $425 → $500 Maintains Overweight 12/04/2023 10.85% Stifel → $450 Reiterates Buy → Buy 11/16/2023 23.17% Wells Fargo → $500 Initiates Coverage On → Overweight 11/13/2023 5.92% Truist Securities → $430 Reiterates Buy → Buy 11/08/2023 5.19% Capital One → $427 Upgrades Equal-Weight → Overweight 10/23/2023 8.39% Keybanc $495 → $440 Maintains Overweight 10/12/2023 10.85% B of A Securities → $450 Initiates Coverage On → Buy 10/10/2023 -17.48% Scotiabank → $335 Initiates Coverage On

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Netflix Bulls In For A Treat? KeyBanc Analyst Raises Stock Rating, Price Target On Anticipated Q4 Beat

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A bullish analyst on Wednesday reaffirmed his positive stance on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) ahead of its fourth-quarter results due Tuesday. The Netflix Analyst: KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Justin Patterson maintained an Overweight rating on the stock and upped the price target from $525 to $545, suggesting roughly 13% upside potential. The Netflix Thesis: For the fourth quarter, Patterson models revenue of $8.74 billion, an 11% year-over-year growth, and earnings per share of $2.22, a cent ahead of the consensus estimate. The analyst also called for a net paid subscriber addition of 9.6 million compared to the 8.7 million consensus estimate. Looking ahead, Netflix will likely guide to at least $9.1 billion in first-quarter revenue and net adds above the year-ago level, Patterson said. “We view net adds as the key driver of the quarter, and expect Netflix will stick to qualitative commentary framing net adds vs. the prior year,” he said. While seeing the potential for

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Tesla Stock Drops After Europe Price Cuts. It’s ‘Training Customers to Wait for a Deal.’ — Barrons.com

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By Brian Swint and Al Root Tesla lowered prices for its Model Y electric vehicles in Germany a week after it made similar reductions in China. That isn’t good news for the stock. Tesla cut the price of its Model Y Long Range and Model Y Performance by EUR5,000 (or about $5,400) on its website. That’s more than 8% lower than it was last week. The cheaper Model Y rear-wheel drive version got a discount of 4%. Model Y and Model 3 prices this past week were reduced between 3% and 6% in China. The base version of the Model Y crossover vehicle in China now starts at about $36,000, down from about $37.000. The base Model 3 starts at about $34,500, down from $36,500. Shares dropped 3.7% after the Chinese price cuts. Telsa stock was down 1.5% in premarket trading Wednesday while S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite futures were

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Broadcom Named a Leader in Unified Endpoint Management by Global Analyst Firm

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Broadcom End-User Computing Division today announced that global market research firm Forrester has named its offering (formerly of VMware) a leader in The Forrester Wave: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2023. Workspace ONE was named a leader when evaluated among nine unified endpoint management (UEM) vendors. According to the Forrester report, “VMware continues to balance DEX, management, and security exceptionally well.” Broadcom established the End-User Computing Division following its recent acquisition of VMware, Inc. “We continue to bring groundbreaking innovations to the Workspace ONE DEX solution to provide the most comprehensive Anywhere Workspace platform that enables customers to support the increasing complexities of hybrid work,” said Shankar Iyer, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing Division, Broadcom. “We are thrilled to be named a leader in The Forrester Wave. To us, this recognition validates our vision and commitment to enable our customers

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Stock Analyst Ratings

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/16/2024 15.9% BMO Capital $192 → $194 Maintains Market Perform 01/09/2024 13.51% Deutsche Bank $140 → $190 Upgrades Hold → Buy 01/04/2024 12.32% B of A Securities $177 → $188 Maintains Buy 01/02/2024 26.66% Barclays $186 → $212 Maintains Overweight 12/18/2023 — Daiwa Capital Upgrades Outperform → Buy 11/16/2023 45.18% Oppenheimer $233 → $243 Maintains Outperform 10/16/2023 1.57% Piper Sandler $168 → $170 Maintains Overweight 10/16/2023 2.16% BMO Capital $167 → $171 Maintains Market Perform 10/16/2023 39.2% Oppenheimer $215 → $233 Maintains Outperform 10/16/2023 14.11% Morgan Stanley $187 → $191 Maintains Overweight 10/03/2023 11.72% Morgan Stanley $179 → $187 Maintains Overweight 09/26/2023 28.45% Oppenheimer $219 → $215 Maintains Outperform 09/12/2023 -5.6% RBC Capital → $158 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 09/12/2023 6.94% Morgan Stanley $173 → $179 Maintains Overweight

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Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Stock Analyst Ratings

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Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/16/2024 10.8% BMO Capital $37 → $36 Maintains Market Perform 01/02/2024 32.35% Barclays $39 → $43 Maintains Overweight 12/14/2023 16.77% Odeon Capital → $37.94 Upgrades Hold → Buy 12/01/2023 1.57% Goldman Sachs $30 → $33 Maintains Buy 11/16/2023 56.97% Oppenheimer $49 → $51 Maintains Outperform 11/06/2023 -7.66% Keefe, Bruyette & Woods $29 → $30 Upgrades Underperform → Market Perform 10/18/2023 50.82% Oppenheimer $48 → $49 Maintains Outperform 10/18/2023 23.11% BMO Capital $39 → $40 Maintains Market Perform 10/03/2023 -1.51% Morgan Stanley $34 → $32 Maintains Equal-Weight 09/26/2023 47.74% Oppenheimer $49 → $48 Maintains Outperform 09/15/2023 -15.36% Piper Sandler $28 → $27.5 Maintains Underweight 09/12/2023 7.73% RBC Capital → $35 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 09/07/2023 7.73% HSBC → $35 Initiates Coverage On → Buy 08/23/2023 23.11% Wells Fargo $43 → $40

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UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) Stock Analyst Ratings

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UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/16/2024 14.59% RBC Capital → $596 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 12/18/2023 -7.71% HSBC $550 → $480 Downgrades Hold → Reduce 12/13/2023 12.48% Stephens & Co. → $585 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/30/2023 17.29% Truist Securities → $610 Reiterates Buy → Buy 11/30/2023 14.59% RBC Capital → $596 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 11/30/2023 12.48% Stephens & Co. → $585 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/21/2023 13.63% Cantor Fitzgerald → $591 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/20/2023 -3.29% Jefferies $565 → $503 Maintains Hold 10/23/2023 11.32% Morgan Stanley $587 → $579 Maintains Overweight 10/16/2023 14.59% RBC Capital $572 → $596 Maintains Outperform 10/16/2023 12.29% Piper Sandler $580 → $584 Maintains Overweight 10/16/2023 23.05% UBS → $640 Upgrades Neutral → Buy 10/09/2023 2.1% Jefferies $529 → $531 Maintains Hold 09/14/2023 13.63% Cantor Fitzgerald → $591 Reiterates

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Citigroup (NYSE:C) Stock Analyst Ratings

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Citigroup (NYSE:C) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/16/2024 6.42% Piper Sandler $53 → $56 Maintains Neutral 01/10/2024 — BMO Capital Downgrades Outperform → Market Perform 01/09/2024 15.93% HSBC → $61 Upgrades Hold → Buy 01/03/2024 10.22% Wolfe Research → $58 Upgrades Peer Perform → Outperform 01/02/2024 19.73% Barclays $59 → $63 Maintains Equal-Weight 12/19/2023 -1.18% Goldman Sachs $47 → $52 Maintains Neutral 12/01/2023 -10.68% Goldman Sachs $41 → $47 Maintains Neutral 11/16/2023 61.54% Oppenheimer $82 → $85 Maintains Outperform 10/16/2023 -14.48% Piper Sandler $47 → $45 Maintains Neutral 10/16/2023 25.43% BMO Capital $61 → $66 Maintains Outperform 10/16/2023 55.83% Oppenheimer $81 → $82 Maintains Outperform 10/03/2023 -18.28% Morgan Stanley $45 → $43 Maintains Underweight 10/02/2023 -22.08% Goldman Sachs $47 → $41 Maintains Neutral 09/26/2023 53.93% Oppenheimer $85 → $81 Maintains Outperform 09/20/2023 -10.68% RBC Capital $51 → $47 Maintains

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