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Goldman First Take on Meta (META) Q1 2023 Earnings Report: 'expect investors to have an initial positive reaction'

April 26, 2023 4:44 PM EDT

Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan reiterated a Buy rating and $2,455.00 price target on Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META).

The analyst comments "We would expect investors to have an initial positive reaction to META's Q1 23 earnings report with a strong set of results that focused on a few key themes: 1) Q1... More

Raymond James Said to Defend Activision Blizzard (ATVI)

April 26, 2023 10:27 AM EDT

Raymond James Said to Defend Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI)

"We would be buyers of ATVI on the pullback"... More

Evercore ISI Stays Outperform on Microsoft (MSFT): 'this announcement should not distract from the broader narrative around cloud/AI'

April 26, 2023 9:26 AM EDT

Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne reiterated an Outperform rating and $337.00 price target on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).

The analyst comments "In a somewhat surprising move after a lot of back/forth between the two parties, the CMA denied Microsofts acquisition of Activision based on concerns about the downstream implications on the cloud gaming market. There are a lot of potential long-term implications for tech M&A that are worth discussing at another time, but the bottom line as it relates to MSFT/ATVI is that the process from here... More

Stifel on Activision Blizzard (ATVI): 'we value the business in the mid/ high $80s/share range'

April 26, 2023 8:06 AM EDT

Stifel analyst Drew Crum reiterated a Buy rating on Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI).

The analyst comments "What happened? The CMA's ruling centered on concerns about competition within the nascent cloud gaming market. From the time the deal was announced in January '22, the antitrust focus was exclusivity of games (i.e., Call of Duty) on Xbox. And recent commentary from the U.K. suggested such... More

First Republic Bank (FRC) Quickly Extends Decline, Down Another 24%

April 26, 2023 7:15 AM EDT

First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC) Quickly Extends Decline, Down Another 24%

Dropped 50% Yesterday Customers had withdrawn $100 billion during the crisis... More