Here are Thursday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: Citi reiterates Apple as buy Citi said it’s bullish ahead of Apple earnings in early November. “We believe investor focus this quarter centers on Services growth momentum with continued muted App Store revenue, incremental concerns over the impact from agentic AI, gross margin headwinds on higher memory costs partially offset by higher ASP, and iPhone sales seasonality given lack of base model this fall launch.” Morgan Stanley reiterates Microsoft as overweight The firm said it’s bullish on Microsoft’s full-stack AI platform. “We come away incrementally more positive on MSFT a s a key AI winner.” Roth initiates New Era Energy & Digital as buy Roth said the digital asset and infrastructure company is undervalued. “We are initiating coverage on New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (NUAI) with a Buy rating and a price target of $10.” Goldman Sachs initiates Vylor as buy Goldman said the company is a “value compounder.” “We are initiating research coverage on Vylor Inc. (VYLR) with a Buy rating and an $87 price target (+19%). Vylor is on the cusp of transitioning from a traditional seed and genomics supplier to a faster growing lower asset intensive platform.” Stephens initiates Presidio Production as overweight Stephens said the oil drilling company is using AI successfully to optimize its production. “FTW’s business model hinges on optimization of operated production. Implementation of an AI-driven asset intelligence platform across 2,300 wells has generated a 2.3% production uplift YTD and could essentially cut the company’s peer-leading base decline rate of ~8% in half if it achieves a 2026 target uplift of 3%-5%.” Deutsche Bank upgrades Chyme to buy from hold Deutsche said it sees “multiple levers for sustained upside.” “Our thesis is centered on sustained momentum in MyPay and Chime Prime, which we view as a multi-year growth drivers that can accelerate active acquisition, expand CHYM’s addressable market, attract a higher-income customer demographic, and support a structurally higher growth profile for longer.” Jefferies upgrades Royal Caribbean to buy from hold Jefferies said it sees a favorable setup. “We upgrade RCL to Buy with a $330 PT. Our view is driven by a more favorable FY27 net yield setup and high- conviction growth in Sandals beyond our current ~$159M equity income FY27 estimate.” Wolfe reiterates SpaceX as outperform Wolfe said it’s bullish on SpaceX ahead of earnings. “We expect a bullish tone from management on the back of the successful Starship Flight Test 14 and the outlook for Flight 15 to include a double-catch attempt.” Truist upgrades Booz Allen to buy from hold Truist said it sees margin opportunity. “We upgrade BAH to Buy from Hold as we think Civil revenue decline is nearing a bottom while strength in National Security remains underappreciated.” Loop upgrading Prog Holdings to buy from hold Loop said it’s bullish on the company’s growth prospects. “We are upgradin g PROG Holdings to a Buy from a Hold rating while maintaining our $45 price target, implying 49% upside from current levels.” JPMorgan initiates Marriott Vacations as overweight JPMorgan said the company is an “emerging comeback story.” “VAC appears to be in the early innings of a credible turnaround, following a mgmt. reset and encouraging early traction on its five strategic priorities.” Citi upgrades Ryder to buy from neutral Citi said the company is a beneficiary in used vehicle sales. “We caught up wit h R an d some of its investors on industry trends. We see incremental strength in Used Vehicle Sales and anticipate the company to raise its ’26 UVS [used vehicle sales] guide again.” Rosenblatt initiates Nebius as buy Rosenblatt said it sees “hypergrowth.” “Nebius sits just below CoreWeave at the top of the neocloud food chain, and we think the company is similarly well positioned to benefit from massive spending on AI training and inference deployments.” Goldman Sachs upgrades Palantir to buy from neutral Goldman said the company is firing on all cylinders. “We upgrade Palantir from Neutral to Buy, with a 12-month price target of $230.” Read more. Deutsche Bank upgrades Trex to buy from neutral Deutsche said in its upgrade of Trex that it’s best positioned for growth. “We see a path to continued growth in 2027 even without an end-market recovery, supported by material conversion, higher railing attachment, PVC expansion, and more strategic pricing.” Stifel upgrades Entegris to buy from hold Stifel said it’s bullish on the semis capital equipment company. “We are initiating coverage of Entegris with a Buy rating and $200 target price.” Citi reiterates Nvidia as buy Citi said it’s bullish on the stock ahead of earnings later this quarter. “We expect Nvidia to continue capturing the bulk of AI accelerator investment given its technology leadership and large installed base.” TD Cowen initiates Goldman Sachs as buy TD Cowen said the investment bank has plenty more room to run. “We are initiating coverage of GS wi th a BUY rating and a price target (PT) of $1,050.” HSBC downgrades Constellation Brands to hold from buy HSCB said it doesn’t sees a volume recovery yet for Constellation. “Downgrade to Hold and lower TP to USD135 (from USD192), although de-rated, evidence of volume recovery needed.” Citi downgrades NXP Semiconductors to neutral from buy Citi said it sees limited data center exposure. “We downgrade NXPI to Neutral on our expectations of weaker earnings estimate revisions relative to peers and limited data center sales exposure.” Piper Sandler initiates Generac as overweight Piper said it’s a data center beneficiary. “We initiate coverage of Generac (GNRC) with an OW rating and $303 PT, implying ~39% upside.” Morgan Stanley reiterates Netflix as overweight The firm lowered its price target to $80 per share from $83 but says the stock is cheap. “If you believe NFLX can still grow revs dbl-digits and expand margins by ~150-200bps, which we still do, then the stock is too cheap at ~15x FY28 EPS for a ~15% EPS CAGR.” Oppenheimer upgrades Global Payments to outperform from perform Oppenheimer said shares are compelling at current levels. “We are upgrading Global Payments to Outperform from Perform and introducing a $115 price target.” Raymond James upgrades Unity to outperform from market perform The firm said it’s bullish on the company’s partnership with Alphabet. “One of our remaining hang-ups was the durability of Unity’s creator/content funnel as platforms like Roblox and generative AI tools lower barriers to game creation; today’s partnership meaningfully improves Unity’s competitive position on that front by pairing its creation/ runtime technology with Google’s AI and consumer distribution.” Guggenheim initiates Centrus Energy as buy Guggenheim said the uranium company is well positioned. “We are initiating research coverage of LEU with a Buy recommendation and $167 price target. LEU is the only company in the United States with a pathway to providing high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel to commercial customers.” Melius upgrades Cava to buy from hold Melius said buy the dip. “We are upgradin g CAVA t o Buy from Hold and raising our 2-year target price to $95 (63x our 2029 EPS estimate of $1.52) from $90.” JPMorgan initiates Neurogene as overweight JPMorgan said the gene therapy company has plenty of upside. “We are initiating coverage on Neurogene (NGNE) with an OW rating and a Dec-27 price target of $60.”
Here are Thursday’s biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, SpaceX, Palantir, Microsoft, Generac, Netflix & more
Oct 8, 2026
