OCTOBER 12TH, 2026
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Analysts’ Upgrades
ALL UPGRADESASTS AST SpaceMobile
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Hold → BuyPT $93.00
72.9% upsideBIIB Biogen
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Neutral → OverweightPT $210.00 → $300.00
28.1% upsideCRM Salesforce
Bank of America
Underperform → BuyPT $160.00 → $285.00
19.9% upsideHUBG Hub Group
Robert W. Baird
Neutral → OutperformPT $29.00
9.2% upsideHUM Humana
Raymond James Financial
Market Perform → OutperformPT $520.00
20.2% upsideTMUS T-Mobile US
Raymond James Financial
Market Perform → OutperformPT $170.00
11.0% upside
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Analysts’ Downgrades
ALL DOWNGRADESBWIN Baldwin Insurance GroupTD Cowen
Buy → HoldKeefe, Bruyette & Woods
Outperform → Market PerformPT $32.50
2.0% upsideCHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Buy → HoldPT $153.00
8.8% upsideMNDY monday.com
Barclays
Overweight → Equal WeightPT $100.00
14.2% upside
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Analysts’ New Coverage
ALL INITIATIONSABCL AbCellera Biologics
UBS Group
BuyPT $18.00
44.3% upsideAMRZ Amrize
Longbow Research
BuyAXGN AxoGen
Bank of America
BuyPT $52.00
41.7% upsideCHMG Chemung Financial
Hovde Group
Market PerformPT $88.00
5.3% upsideHIG The Hartford Insurance Group
Truist Financial
HoldPT $137.00
5.3% upsideIBKR Interactive Brokers Group
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
BuyPT $102.00
15.0% upsideLVS Las Vegas Sands
Citigroup
BuyPT $71.50
98.2% upsideMLCO Melco Resorts & Entertainment
Citigroup
BuyPT $9.40
120.1% upsideMRAM Everspin Tech
Maxim Group
BuyPT $25.00
57.6% upsideNKTR Nektar Therapeutics
Leerink Partners
OutperformPT $130.00
220.7% upsideQTTB Q32 Bio
Leerink Partners
OutperformPT $40.00
366.9% upsideSCHW Charles Schwab
Evercore
In‑LinePT $107.00
9.7% upsideTHFF First Financial Corporation Indiana
Hovde Group
OutperformPT $85.00
15.6% upsideVERA Vera Therapeutics
Leerink Partners
Market PerformPT $34.00
18.0% upside
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Your Watchlist
Apple
$342.14 +5.50 (+1.63%)
As of 10/12 9:33 AM ETMarketBeat Week in Review – 10/05 – 10/09 (AAPL)10/10Just How Sustainable is Apple’s $340 Price Ahead of Oct. 29 Earnings? 10/12 – 247WALLSTBofA’s Wamsi Mohan Reiterates Buy on Apple, Sees Manageable Starlink Risk and Maintains $370 Price Target 10/12 – TIPRANKSAMZN
Amazon.com
$262.57 +0.14 (+0.05%)
As of 10/12 9:33 AM ET
ANALYST FORECAST · 10/12
Deepak Mathivanan
Lower Price Target
Overweight
PT $320.00 → $310.00Is Synopsys Back from the Dead? EDA Leader Inks Deals With Amazon and OpenAI (AMZN) 10/10MarketBeat Week in Review – 10/05 – 10/09 (AMZN)10/10Marvell Says Connecting AI Chips Could Be a $37 Billion Business—These 2 Stocks Rallied Too (AMZN)10/9GOOGL
Alphabet
$352.80 +1.14 (+0.32%)
As of 10/12 9:33 AM ET
ANALYST FORECAST · 10/12
Deepak Mathivanan
Reiterated Rating
Overweight
PT $420.00Google’s $13 Billion Nordic Bet Points to a New Global Front in the AI Power Race (GOOGL) 10/11MarketBeat Week in Review – 10/05 – 10/09 (GOOGL)10/10Alphabet Introduces Gemini Agent—Can It Trigger a Breakout? 10/9META
Meta Platforms
$733.96 +15.29 (+2.13%)
As of 10/12 9:33 AM ET
ANALYST FORECAST · 10/12
Deepak Mathivanan
Lower Price Target
Overweight
PT $860.00 → $840.00How To Trade SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOGL, META, And TSLA 10/12 – BENZINGAWhat Projected Job Cuts at These Two Mag 7 Firms Says About AI in 2027 10/12 – 247WALLSTBusiness is booming in a small Louisiana town as a huge Meta AI data center project brings in thousands of workers 10/12 – BUSINESSINSIDERMSFT
Microsoft
$536.64 +1.57 (+0.29%)
As of 10/12 9:33 AM ETArista Networks Plugs Into All-Time Highs (MSFT)10/9Microsoft Is Almost Back to $555—Now the Hard Part Begins 10/9Protiviti Achieves 2026-2027 Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle Award 10/12 – YAHOO
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