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Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, SpaceX, Apple, Tesla, Meta, AMD, BP, Costco, Nike & more

Cnbc · · 1035 words · By Michael Bloom
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Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Wells Fargo initiates Johnson Controls as overweight Wells said the company is a "self help" story.

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What happened

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Wells Fargo initiates Johnson Controls as overweight Wells said the company is a "self help" story.

Why it matters

"We initiate at Overweight on JCI, which has graduated to the HVAC 'haves': record backlog, DC-led orders, self-help on margins provide visibility to above-average EPS growth." UBS initiates Chemed as buy UBS said the hospice and palliative services company…

Common ground

"We initiate coverage of Chemed (CHE) with a Buy rating." Mizuho reiterates SpaceX as outperform Mizuho said it sees more upside.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 28 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Bernstein upgrades 3M to market perform from underperform”
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Claim 2: “UBS initiates Chemed as buy”
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Only one source (MarketBeat via 'CHE News Today') reports the UBS initiation of Chemed as a buy. Other UBS initiations mentioned (GE Vernova, Swiggy) are for different companies.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chevrolet Volt is an electric car with a gasoline range extender generator that was produced by General Motors and marketed by Chevrolet. The first generation of the Chevrolet Volt, it was manufa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) is an American multinational financial services company that operates global financial exchanges, including stock exchanges and futures exchanges, as well as clea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_Exchange
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following tables list the largest mergers and acquisitions by decade of transaction. Transaction values are given in the US dollar value for the year of the merger, adjusted for inflation. As of F…
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Claim 3: “Mizuho initiates Tower Semiconductor as outperform”
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Claim 4: “Needham initiates PDF Solutions as buy”
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Only Investing.com reports the Needham initiation of PDF Solutions as a buy. Other Needham initiations mentioned are for Standard Nuclear and Butterfly Network.
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - Needham initiated coverage on PDF Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) with a buy rating and set a price target of $60.00. The stock currently trades at $47.88, representing a potential upside…
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/needham-initi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Needham analyst Sean Milligan initiated coverage on Standard Nuclear Inc (NYSE: STDN) with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $18. Standard Nuclear closed at $13.01 on Monday. See how other …
https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/initiation/26…
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web search NEUTRAL — Butterfly Network stock was up on Tuesday following new analyst coverage.Needham analyst David Saxon initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $10 price target.Saxon is a two-star analyst with a 36% …
https://www.tipranks.com/news/needham-initiates-coverage-of-…
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Claim 5: “Bernstein initiates CF Industries as outperform”
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Claim 6: “Loop initiates Global Payments as buy”
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Claim 7: “Bank of America downgrades Nike to underperform from neutral”
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Claim 8: “Bernstein reiterates Apple as outperform”
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Claim 9: “Truist upgrades First Financial Bancorp to buy from hold”
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Claim 10: “HSBC upgrades BP to buy from hold”
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Claim 11: “StoneX initiates Viking Holdings as buy”
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Claim 12: “Truist initiates Cardinal Infrastructure Group as buy”
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Claim 13: “Deutsche Bank reiterates Tesla as buy”
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Claim 14: “Seaport reiterates Nvidia as sell”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the Seaport reiteration of Nvidia as a sell.
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Claim 15: “Mizuho reiterates SpaceX as outperform”
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Both CNBC (via SpaceX Lockup Expiry report) and Investing.com confirm Mizuho reiterated an Outperform rating for SpaceX (SPCX) with a $200 price target.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mizuho reiterated an ‘Outperform’ rating and $200 price target on SPCX stock, according to CNBC. Starship Flight 14 is targeted for launch on September 28. SpaceX (SPCX) drew investors’ attention on T…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/stocktwits:3ab230ce1094b:0-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - Mizuho reiterated an Outperform rating and $200 price target on SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) following the company’s first quarterly earnings report as a public company.
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/mizuho-reiter…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh lowered Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) price target to $475 from $485, citing potential 2026 EV subsidy cuts in the U.S. and China that could pressure deliveries. The firm maintaine…
https://www.teslarati.com/mizuho-keeps-tesla-tsla-outperform…
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Claim 16: “UBS upgrades Stem to buy from neutral”
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Claim 17: “Wolfe upgrades Fervo Energy to outperform from peer perform”
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Three independent sources (MT Newswires, Marketbeat, and a general energy news report) confirm Wolfe Research upgraded Fervo Energy from Peer Perform to Outperform.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 1, 2026 · On September 25, analyst Steve Fleishman upgraded the stock from Peer Perform to Outperform, with a 12-month price target of $29. At today’s price of about $14, the stock could nearly...
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/wolfe-research-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · MT Newswires September 25, 2026 FRVO Fervo Energy Company Class A (FRVO) has an average rating of buy and mean price target of $39.07, according to analysts polled by FactSet.
https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/wolfe-research-upg…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 26, 2026 · Fervo Energy (NASDAQ:FRVO - Get Free Report) was upgraded by investment analysts at Wolfe Research from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report issued on Friday, M…
https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/analyst-wolfe-rese…
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Claim 18: “Barclays initiates Ligand Pharmaceuticals as overweight”
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Three independent sources (Investing.com, Benzinga, and a general rating report) confirm Barclays initiated coverage of Ligand Pharmaceuticals with an Overweight rating and a $345 price target.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · Investing.com - Barclays initiated coverage on Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:LGND) with an overweight rating and a price target of $345.00, according to a report by analyst Glen..…
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/barclays-init…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · On September 25, 2026, Barclays initiated coverage on Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGND with an Overweight rating. The firm set a price target of $345.00 for the stock. GF Value™ verdict: 60.…
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/9097256/lgnd-initiated-covera…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · Research analysts at Barclays began coverage on shares of Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND - Get Free Report) in a report released on Friday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage set an "…
https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/analyst-barclays-b…
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Claim 19: “KeyBanc initiates Lumexa Imaging Holdings as overweight”
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Claim 20: “Wells Fargo initiates Johnson Controls as overweight”
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Two independent sources (Fintel and a news report on stock highs) confirm Wells Fargo initiated coverage of Johnson Controls with an Overweight rating.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, produced, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore. The documentary film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South) is one of the four census regions of the United…
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Claim 21: “JPMorgan initiates Genius Sports as overweight”
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Claim 22: “Canaccord initiates Merlin as buy”
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Only TipRanks reports the Canaccord initiation of Merlin (MRLN) as a buy with a $7.50 target. Other Canaccord initiations mentioned are for Joby, Archer, and Tenax.
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web search NEUTRAL — Canaccord initiated coverage of Merlin (MRLN) with a Buy rating and $7.50 price target Merlin is a developer of autonomous flight technology for traditionally pilot...TipRanks Labs. Glossary. FAQs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Austin Moeller, director of equity research at Canaccord Genuity, joins 'The Exchange' to explain why his firm initiated coverage of Joby Aviation and Archer...
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web search NEUTRAL — Canaccord initiated coverage of Tenax Therapeutics (TENX) with a Buy rating and $35 price target.
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/tenx/
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Claim 23: “Deutsche Bank reiterates Meta as buy”
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Claim 24: “Bank of America reiterates Advanced Micro Devices as buy”
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Claim 25: “Barclays upgrades Humana to overweight from equal weight”
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Claim 26: “Goldman Sachs reiterates Costco as buy”
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Claim 27: “Needham initiates Wealthfront as buy”
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Claim 28: “Citizens initiates Pursuit Attractions as market outperform”
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Three independent sources (Briefing.com, Investing.com, and a report citing analyst Jordan Bender) confirm Citizens initiated coverage of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality with a Market Outperform rating.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Zealand has a highly developed free-market economy. As of 2025, New Zealand's nominal GDP was US$248 billion. In the 2025 IMF rankings New Zealand was the 52nd-largest national economy in the worl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P SmallCap 600 (S&P 600) stock market index, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, comprises the common stocks of 600 small-cap, mostly American, companies. Although called the "S&P 600", the ind…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Cente…
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