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Deutsche Bank views Tesla (TSLA) cuts as 'bold offensive move'; Reiterates buy

Deutsche Bank reiterated a Buy rating and $250.00 price target on Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) following a price cut by the automaker in a bold offensive move to bring costs below the IRS threshold and qualify for the $7,500 IRA EV tax credit. However, the unprecedented magnitude and global scope of the cuts clearly also reflect pressure on demand. Model prices in North America and Europe were slashed by 6-20% depending on the model.

Analyst Emmanuel Rosner wrote in a note,... More

Deutsche Bank on Tesla (TSLA): 'this could be the cut to end all cuts'

Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner reiterated a Buy rating and $250.00 price target on Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).

The analyst comments "Tesla slashed overnight the prices of many of its vehicle prices in North America and Europe, by 6-20% depending on model. These cuts bring down US prices for most Tesla models and... More

Wells Fargo cuts price target on Tesla (TSLA) ahead of 4Q Report

Wells Fargo reiterated an Equal Weight rating on Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and cut the price target to $130.00 (from $230.00) ahead of 4Q results and as recent sales and large price cuts in China raise growth concerns. The company is scheduled to report 4Q results after the market closes on January 25th.

Analyst Colin... More

Morgan Stanley on Tesla (TSLA): 'Within a painful reset of EV expectations globally, we see Tesla as a winner'

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas reiterated an Overweight rating on Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

The analyst comments "Could Teslas lower prices stimulate higher demand? Sure. Can aggressive pricing discourage or drive-out competition? Probably. But at a time of slowing economic growth and... More

RBC Capital on Tesla (TSLA): 'In our view, demand clearly has been tougher'

RBC Capital analyst Joseph Spak reiterated an Outperform rating and $186.00 price target on Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

The analyst comments "In our view, demand clearly has been tougher and there is now hiding from the fact that price cuts hurt gross margins. Recall, late last year we cut 2023 auto gross margins (ex-credits) and now model 25.4% vs. Visible Alpha consensus of 27.7% (which has come down in recent weeks). To us, TSLA clearly seems to be focused on using its margins/cost structure to drive volume and fill up its new capacity (Berlin, Austin) which should... More

Evercore sidelined following Tesla’s (TSLA) latest price cuts

Evercore ISI reiterates an In Line rating and $140.00 price target on Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) following the companys latest price cuts. The company dramatically cut prices overnight by a weighted avg. ~$10k or 16% on Model 3s and Ys to make most of their US offerings eligible for a $7.5k US/IRA consumer credit. Combining this US cut and next 2-month IRA $7.5k (moving to $3.75k mid-March), the starting price of... More

GM remains a top pick at Citi ahead of 4Q reporting

General Motors (NYSE: GM) remains a top pick at Citi Research ahead of 4Q reporting. Mobileye (NASDAQ: MBLY) remains Citis Top Supplier Pick, followed by Aptiv (NYSE: APTV). No changes were made to Citis prior stock setup views from earlier this week. However, refreshed 2023E supplier EPS estimates are 1-4%... More

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) could head for a meme squeeze - S3 Partners

After Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) shares jumped over 68% in Wednesday's session, S3 Partners Research analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky said in a note that if the stock continues to rally, we could see some near-term short-sellers exit their positions and start to realize the profits they earned in 2022.

However, the analyst warned that the crucial difference between BBBY and other crowded shorts is that there is a definite... More

Expansion delayed at Tesla’s (TSLA) Shanghai gigaplant

Electric vehicle giant, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has reportedly delayed its plans to expand the companys Shanghai factory according to a report by Bloomberg on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The reason for the delay is reportedly connected to Elon Musks... More

BlackRock (BLK) reportedly plans to layoff around 3% of workforce reports Yahoo Finance

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) will cut around 500 employees, Yahoo Finance reported on Wednesday.

The number represents around 3% of the asset manager's workforce. Yahoo said it had seen an internal email from the company confirming the layoffs.

It would mean another of Wall Street's firms cutting its... More

Elon Musk’s Twitter considered selling usernames to boost revenue

According to a New York Times report, citing people familiar with the matter, social media platform Twitter considered selling usernames to generate new revenue. Twitter employees have held conversations about selling some usernames for the service since at least December, the people said. Some engineers have suggested holding online auctions where users can bid on usernames.

It remains unclear on if the project will move forward and if the plan affects all usernames or only a subset. However, CEO Elon Musk said last month that he wanted to start eliminating inactive accounts on... More