Piper Sandler analyst James Fish maintains Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) with a Neutral and raises the price target from $47 to $51.
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Cisco Completes Acquisition of Splunk Canada NewsWire SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2024 It’s a new day for your data. Cisco, supercharged by Splunk, will revolutionize the way companies harness data to connect and protect every aspect of their organizations. News summary — Cisco is now uniquely poised to power, protect, and advance the AI revolution for customers — Cisco will bring the full power of the network together with market-leading security and observability solutions — With Splunk, Cisco becomes one of the largest software companies globally SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2024 /CNW/ — Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced it completed the acquisition of Splunk, setting the foundation for delivering unparalleled visibility and insights across an organization’s entire digital footprint. To thrive in the new digital era, organizations must connect and protect all that they do. They need to connect the people, places, applications, data, and devices that power
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CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows: We think it is uncertain whether ROKU’s operating system holds great value in the fast-changing video streaming market as it attempts to be the preferred platform that viewers use to toggle easily between different streaming channels. The launch of its own branded TVs held promise to spur new subscribers at ROKU. However, Walmart’s (WMT 61 ****) planned $2.3B purchase of Vizio to bolster its own advertising business, like Amazon (AMZN 177 ****), is a negative for selling ROKU televisions through this retailer. ROKU’s operating outlook shows modest gains in EBITDA, with $4M in ’23, a $95M consensus estimate in ’24, and $239M in ’25; these are not material to apply TEV/EBITDA valuation. A long-term DCF model to value ROKU is difficult, in our view, given the uncertainties
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Wolfe Research analyst John Janedis upgrades AT&T (NYSE:T) from Peer Perform to Outperform and announces $21 price target.
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By Angela Palumbo AT&T stock was up Tuesday after a Wolfe Research analyst cited multiple reasons as to why he believes the telecommunications company is a solid, long-term investment. Analyst Peter Supino upgraded shares of AT&T to Outperform from Peer Perform on Tuesday and gave the stock a $21 price target. Supino wrote in a research note that it’s been “safe to be underweight” on AT&T as the stock has provided negative returns over the past three years. However, “amidst apathy and negative muscle memory, we argue that it’s time to take T seriously as a long,” he said. AT&T shares have fallen 10% over the past 12 months. On Jan. 24, the company provided earnings guidance below Wall Street estimates. Investors have also been concerned about the cost of investing in wireless networks, high debt, declining landline customers, and the unknown outcomes of a Wall Street Journal report regarding
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By Emily Dattilo The competitive landscape is changing, and that presents problems for Roku, Wells Fargo says. Analysts led by Steven Cahall downgraded shares of the media-streaming company to Underweight from Equal Weight and slashed their target for the stock price to $51 from $77. They lowered their forecasts for net additions of subscribers, revenue, gross profit, and other metrics in a Tuesday report. In morning trading, Roku shares were down 1.4% to $63.46, while the S&P 500 was flat. The core of the issue is that earlier this month, when Walmart filed its fourth-quarter earnings, the retailer confirmed reports it was buying the smart TV manufacturer Vizio for about $2.3 billion, or $11.50 a share. The acquisition will help Walmart make gains with its advertising business, Walmart Connect, Barron’s reported. Owning a TV maker allows a company to snap up dollars from advertising, which is quickly becoming a profit
Splunk has a clearer ending time period for the pending acquisition by Cisco. The analytics and security-software company says the deal, which remains subject to regulatory approvals and conditions, is now expected to close in late 1Q or early 2Q. Networking-equipment giant Cisco in September struck a $28 billion deal to buy Splunk.
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KeyBanc analyst Brandon Nispel had an Overweight rating on Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) with a price target of $46. The analyst hosted a vNDR with Verizon’s CEO of Verizon Consumer Group (VCG), Sowmyanarayan Sampath (Sampath). Nispel noted that with operational changes implemented in 2023, Verizon will see better performance on the VCG in 2024. The analyst flagged the interesting commentary mainly centered around myPlan, where Verizon is seeing intake ARPUs increasing double digits Y/Y, myPlan lines will likely double in 2024 from 13 million as of the fourth quarter, and the attach rate on perks is up, which could help improve the margins. He noted that several changes should help enhance KPIs for VCG going forward. The analyst stated that Verizon is beginning to talk more openly about using data within its business, whereby it tracks over 1,500 data points on every customer. The data allows VZ to implement personalized offers, break down
Needham analyst Laura Martin reiterates Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) with a Buy and maintains $100 price target.
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Verizon Communications Inc. ((NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 02/20/2024 -11.63% RBC Capital $35 → $36 Maintains Sector Perform 01/31/2024 8% Barclays → $44 Downgrades Overweight → Equal-Weight 01/30/2024 15.37% Citigroup $45 → $47 Maintains Buy 01/26/2024 8% Barclays $42 → $44 Maintains Overweight 01/25/2024 22.73% Tigress Financial $45 → $50 Maintains Buy 01/24/2024 5.55% UBS $37 → $43 Maintains Neutral 01/24/2024 8% Wells Fargo $40 → $44 Maintains Equal-Weight 01/24/2024 12.91% Raymond James $42 → $46 Maintains Outperform 01/24/2024 15.37% Daiwa Capital → $47 Upgrades Neutral → Outperform 01/24/2024 12.91% Keybanc $45 → $46 Maintains Overweight 01/04/2024 12.91% Wolfe Research → $46 Upgrades Peer Perform → Outperform 01/03/2024 10.46% Keybanc → $45 Upgrades Sector Weight → Overweight 12/19/2023 5.55% Oppenheimer → $43 Reiterates Outperform → Outperform 12/14/2023 3.09% Citigroup $40 → $42 Maintains Buy 12/13/2023 -1.82% Wells
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Cisco Systems’ (CSCO) fiscal Q2 results are expected to highlight the weakness in the networking market amid a depleted order backlog, BofA Securities said Monday in an earnings preview. With backlog largely depleted, BofA said it is projecting a 9% and 7% product revenue decline in fiscal Q2 and fiscal 2024, respectively, led by Service Provider spending slowdown, Cloud Providers digesting previous purchases, and Enterprises responding to the economic cycle. “With backlog drawdown now offering limited support post-1Q, coupled with weak underlying spending initiatives, we believe growth will go through a steep correction in FY24 and model product revenue to decline 9%, 13% and 12% YoY in the next three quarters, respectively,” BofA said. BofA expects Cisco’s fiscal 2024 and 2025 product revenue to rebase at around $40 billion to $41 billion, compared with consensus estimates of $41 billion and $42 billion, respectively. Cisco’s reported plan to lay off “thousands”
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By Eric J. Savitz Arista Networks stock gave ground in late trading Monday, after the networking equipment company posted fourth-quarter results that edged Street estimates. Apparently, investors wanted more than Arista delivered. For the December quarter, Arista posted revenue of $1.54 billion, up 21% from a year earlier. That was toward the top end of the company’s guidance range of $1.5 billion to $1.55 billion, and just ahead of the Street consensus forecast as tracked by FactSet of $1.53 billion. The company posted a non-GAAP gross margin of 64.9%, above the company’s forecast of 63%. Adjusted profit was $2.08 a share, ahead of the Street consensus at $1.70. For the March quarter, Arista expects revenue of between $1.52 billion to $1.56 billion, with non-GAAP gross margin of 62%, and non-GAAP operating margin of 42%. Street consensus estimates for the quarter had called for $1.53 billion in revenue and profit of
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