Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Raymond James initiates Deere as outperform Raymond James said it's bullish on shares of the ag equipment company. "We see large ag as one of the best businesses across our coverage, with DE's market share leadership position in the Americas, technology investment and dealer network helping to provide a strong competitive advantage." Morgan Stanley downgrades Nike to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock following a "disappointing print and reduced outlook.
" "We are downgrading NKE from Overweight to Equal-weight." Deutsche Bank reiterates First Solar as buy Deutsche said it's standing by shares of First Solar. "We reiterate our Buy rating on the company and increase our Price Target to $280 (vs previously $215) on 15x 2025e EPS), as we reassess and update our investment thesis.
" Wells Fargo reiterates Nvidia as overweight Wells said it's sticking with its overweight rating on the stock. "Our Overweight rating is based on our positive stance on NVIDIA's competitive positioning in gaming GPUs and expanding growth opportunities in data center, HPC [high performance computing], and emerging / expanding AI opportunities." Goldman Sachs initiates Essential Properties Realty Trust as buy Goldman said it sees "outsized growth" for the real estate investment trust.
"We initiate coverage of net lease REIT Essential Properties (EPRT) with a Buy rating and $33.00 12-month price target. Oppenheimer reiterates Appl.