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Toyota (TM) to raise wages of US workers following UAW labor deals

Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) announced Wednesday that the Japanese automaker will raise the wages of the companys nonunion U.S. factory workers. The announcement comes just days after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union won major pay and benefits enhancements from Detroit's three biggest... More

Barclays upgrades GM, Ford to Overweight on 'historically cheap valuation'

Barclays upgraded Detroit automakers, General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) to Overweight ratings (From Equal-weight) as the companies move past the recent six-week long UAW labor strikes.

Barclays analysts suggest that the various challenges facing the business have created "peak pain," resulting in historically low... More

Bernstein upgrades Stellantis (STLA) to Outperform following UAW agreement

Bernstein upgraded Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) to an Outperform rating (From Market-Perform) and raised their 12-month price target on the automotive stock to $26.40 (From $18.50) after the Detroit automaker secured a new labor deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, effectively ending strikes against the... More

Ford (F) to bring F-150 Lightning to Switzerland this year

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) announced Tuesday that their popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck is coming to Switzerland in limited numbers this year.

Following its introduction to the United States during the 2022 model year, the Ford F-150 Lightning has significantly broadened its global... More

Deutsche Bank says losses may extend but will not derail EV transition

As emerging electric and legacy automakers voice concerns over what appears to be a deceleration of demand for battery electric vehicles, Deutsche Bank research analysts believe the existing BEV losses may extend but will not halt the industrys movement towards an EV transition.

During our IAA conference there was a debate if BEV adoption is slowing. This has now become a full blown concern about a potential EV demand meltdown. Writes Deutsche Bank analysts in a... More

Deutsche Bank sees 'no hit' from UAW strike in October

Deutsche Bank research released an Industry update on the current state of the auto industry following the tentative conclusion of a six week long strike by the United Auto Workers against Detroits three biggest car companies, General Motors (NYSE: GM), Ford (NYSE: F), and Chrysler-parent Stellantis (NYSE:... More

Truist cuts estimates on ON Semiconductor (ON) following weak 4Q guidance

Truist Securities reiterated a Buy rating on ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ: ON) but cut their 12-month price target on the chip maker to $81.00 (From $122.00) following 3Q results and guidance.

In the 3Q, ON reported sales of $2,180 million, surpassing the consensus of $2,148 million by 1.5%. While the GPM stood at 47.3%, exceeding the consensus by 40 bps, the OPM of 32.6% fell short of the consensus by 20 bps. Additionally, EPS... More

ON Semiconductor (ON) PT Lowered to $92 at Needham & Company

Needham & Company analyst Rajvindra Gill lowered the price target on ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ON) to $92.00 (from $120.00) while maintaining a Buy rating.

The analyst commented, "Onsemi reported a strong quarter but guided down ~8% Q/Q as a key SiC customer pushes out ~$200MM of... More