Wall St. ends up slightly as focus turns to earnings

Compass Point Remains Neutral on Wells Fargo (WFC) Following 3Q15 Earnings

Compass Point reiterated a Neutral rating and $55.00 price target on Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. WFC reported GAAP earnings of $1.05, in-line with consensus' estimates.

Analyst Jesus Bueno commented, "WFC reported GAAP earnings of $1.05, which was a penny below... More

UBS Remains Neutral on JPMorgan (JPM) Following 9c EPS Beat

UBS reiterated a Neutral rating and $65.00 price target on JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) following the company's 3Q15 results and conference call. JPM reported EPS of $1.32, beating consensus by 9c. Revenues came in at $23.5B.

Analyst Brennan Hawken commented, "JPM reported 3Q EPS of $1.68, but... More

UBS Reiterates Buy on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q15 Earnings Results

UBS reiterated a Buy rating and $33.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. Intel was able to meet its gross margin guidance of 63% in this downcycle as desktop and notebook chip prices were up YOY by 8% and 4% from a more favorable mix of sales of... More

Needham & Company Reiterates Buy on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q Earnings Results

Needham & Company reiterated a Buy rating and $37.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. Intel reported revenue and GAAP EPS of $14.5bn/$0.64. CCG revenue increased 13% Q/Q driven by record Core mix.

Analyst Quinn Bolton commented, "Intel reported... More

Roth Capital Cuts Price Target on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q Earnings Results

Roth Capital reiterated a Buy rating on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and cut the price target to $36.00 (from $37.00), following the company's 3Q earnings results. INTC reported revenues of $14.465 billion and EPS of $0.64.

Analyst Krishna Shankar commented, "Intel reported 3Q15 revenues/GAAP EPS results of $14.465 billion/$0.64... More

Canaccord Genuity Reiterates Buy on Intel (INTC) Following 5c EPS Beat

Canaccord Genuity reiterated a Buy rating and $39.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) following the company's 3Q earnings results. Intel reported revenue of $14.5B, above consensus estimates of $14.3B. EPS was $0.64, better than consensus' $0.59 estimates.

Analyst Matthew Ramsay commented, "Amidst the recent market turbulence, Intel shares have proven resilient... More

Northland Capital Markets Raises Price Target on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q Results

Northland Capital Markets reiterated an Outperform rating on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and raised the price target to $39.00 (from $37.50), following the company's 3Q15 earnings report. Intel reported EPS of $0.64, and revenues of $14.5B. Below the line expenses were higher than modeled and EPS upside... More

RBC Capital Raises Price Target on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q EPS Beat

RBC Capital reiterated a Sector Perform rating on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and raised the price target to $34.00 (from $33.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. INTC reported results that exceeded expectations. Revenues of $14.5B beat the Street's $14.2B. EPS of $0.64 came in ahead of Street's $0.59... More

Sterne Agee CRT Reiterates Buy on Intel (INTC) Following a 3Q EPS Beat

Sterne Agee CRT reiterated a Buy rating and $38.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. INTC reported revenue and EPS of $14.47B and $0.64 vs. consensus of $14.24B and $0.58. Upside to Q3 was provided by better-than-expected CCG performance... More

Piper Jaffray Remains Bullish on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q15 Earnings Results

Piper Jaffray reiterated an Overweight rating and $37.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. INTC reported Q3 revenue of $14.5B and EPS of $0.64, above the midpoint of management's outlook and ahead of consensus.

Analyst Ruben Roy commented, "We reiterate our... More

Susquehanna Remains Neutral on Intel (INTC) Following 3Q Results

Susquehanna reiterated a Neutral rating and $30.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. INTC reported revenue of $14.565 bln, up 10% Q/Q, vs. consensus of $14.22 bln. EPS beat consensus by 5c.

Analyst ChrisCaso commented, "INTC posted results that were ahead of expectations for... More

Piper Jaffray Cuts Price Target on Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) Following Announced Discontinuation of Evacetrapib

Piper Jaffray reiterated an Overweight rating on Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), and cut the price target to $118.00 (from $120.00), following the company's announced discontinuation of its CETP inhibitor evacetrapib. LLY's stock fell by 7.8% following the announcement.

Analyst Richard Purkiss commented, "Yesterday, LLY's stock fell by 7.8%... More

RBC Capital Raises Price Target on Intel (INTC) Ahead of 3Q Results

RBC Capital reiterated a Sector Perform rating on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and raised the price target to $33.00 (from $29.00), ahead of the company's 3Q15 earnings results. INTC guided to $14.3B in Q3 revenue, up 8% q/q, above 5-year historical seasonality at 4.5%... More

Mizuho Securities Downgrades VMware (VMW) to Neutral Following Dell/EMC Deal

Mizuho Securities downgraded VMware (NYSE: VMW) from Outperform to Neutral with a price target of $75.00 (from $95.00) after Dell agreed to acquire EMC.

Analyst Abhey Lamba commented, "We are downgrading the stock to Neutral from Buy, and cutting our PT to $75 from $95. We think... More