The Latest Breaking News from Morgan Stanley

Analysts boosted their price targets on Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) post Q1 FY22 results. Baird analyst Tristan Gerra raised the price target on Broadcom from $690 to $700 (21% upside) and kept an Outperform.  The analyst said strong demand continues and will likely accelerate year-over-year this quarter, driven by enterprise IT, hyper-scale and cloud, switches upgrades…

Analysts lowered their price target on Domino's Pizza Inc (NYSE:DPZ) following the company's Q4 results. Citi analyst Sergio Matsumoto lowered the price target to $480 (18% upside) from $540 and kept a Neutral rating on the shares. The analyst cited forecast decreases and market conditions for the reduced price target. Barclays analyst Jeffrey Bernstein lowered…

Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore upgraded Globalfoundries Inc (NASDAQ:GFS) to Overweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $72.50, up from $70 (21.64% upside).  Moore downgraded Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) from Equal-Weight to Underweight and announced a $47 price target (3.83% downside). Moore prefers GlobalFoundries over Intel, given his view that the former acts as a hedge against the…

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak lowered the price target on Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) to $325 from $360 and reiterated Overweight. The price target implies an upside of 59.7%. Nowak noted lower near-term monetization of Reels. Benchmark analyst Mark Zgutowicz harbored similar feelings and therefore initiated coverage on the stock with a Hold and without any…

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Citi analyst Christian Wetherbee is "constructive" on GXO Logistics Inc's (NYSE:GXO) purchase of Clipper Logistics in a deal valued at $1.3 billion, split between cash and stock. Wetherbee maintained a Buy rating on the shares with a price target of $110. The analyst likes the "high-growth nature" of Clipper's business, saying it is underpinned by…

Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) short percent of float has risen 46.74% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 19.08 million shares sold short, which is 1.35% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Sports apparel and footwear retailer Foot Locker Inc (NYSE: FL) reported fourth-quarter financial results Friday. The earnings report resulted in downgrades by Seaport Research and Morgan Stanley. Here's what the analysts had to say. 

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas downgraded Lear Corp (NYSE: LEA) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a price target of $175, down from $200, implying a 10% upside.