The Latest Breaking News from Wedbush

Microsoft on Tuesday said that its earnings in the recently ended quarter fell shy of expectations as personal computer sales suffered from production holdups in China and sagging demand. The US technology giant reported profit of $16.7 billion on revenue of $51.9 billion, topping the same quarter a year earlier…

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Twitter shares slid late Thursday after a Washington Post report that Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant is in danger. The world's richest man has previously expressed misgivings and even implied he could walk away from the deal over concerns about what he believes are…

Upgrades

As the June quarter draws to a close, Apple, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) bull and Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives offered his thoughts on the quarter.

Wedbush analyst Nick Setyan lowered the price target on Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) to $122 (3% upside) from $140 and kept a Neutral rating on the shares. The analyst noted that FY23 guidance is predicated on normalization in inflation trends in the second half and has lowered his FY23 EPS estimate to $7.60 from $8.41…

Wedbush analyst Seth Basham upgraded Chewy Inc (NYSE:CHWY) from Neutral to Outperform and raised the price target to $35 (8% upside) from $30. The analyst cites favorable pet category dynamics, bottoming e-commerce trends, attractive valuation, and better risk-reward as the reasons for the upgrade. While Seth expects discretionary goods spending pressure to continue in the near-to-medium…

 

The high-growth technology sector, which is attempting to make a comeback, includes several companies in the IT/services payment industry.