Chris Kotowski

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) reported mixed results for the first quarter, amid a solid start to the earnings season by banking majors. RBC Capital Markets On Goldman Sachs Analyst Gerard Cassidy maintained a Sector Perform rating while raising the price target from $339 to $375. “...

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) Friday reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter, triggering some price target changes by analysts. Here are some other key analyst takeaways from the earnings call. Oppenheimer On Wells Fargo Analyst Chris Kotowski maintained a Perform rating on...

Blackstone Inc’s (NYSE: BX) was moving higher on Thursday, extending gains made through the week. Alternative financial companies, or alts, are poised to capture a larger market share during "the current round of financial stress," as per Oppenheimer, and they have the potential to...

WhiteHorse Finance Inc (NASDAQ: WHF) reported a 3Q profit on November 7. The Analyst Oppenheimer's Chris Kotowski initiated coverage of WhiteHorse Finance with an Outperform and $15 price target. The Thesis Whitehorse is a high-quality business development company that has been able to...

Bank stocks have been on quite a run in 2016 on hopes for rising interest rates, de-regulation and lower corporate taxes in the Donald Trump era. While bank stocks are getting closer to fully-valued in the near-term, Oppenheimer analyst Chris Kotowski believes the 2017–2018 period could...

Oppenheimer has upgraded Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) to Outperform from Perform with a $19 price target on potential returns from its new fund. Apollo's new flagship Fund VIII is now 60 percent committed and has for the first time crossed into carry. The brokerage noted that...

Oppenheimer has downgraded Horizon Technology Finance Corp (NASDAQ: HRZN) to Perform on valuation and removed the price target of $14. According to the brokerage, shares of Horizon trade at 1.03x NAV, a 12 percent premium to the industry average of 0.92x, and reached the earlier price target of $14...

Oppenheimer just released its 35 top stock ideas for October and November. Here’s a rundown of the full list with analyst commentary included. 1. Turtle Beach Corp (NASDAQ: HEAR) Analyst Sean McGowan sees two drivers of the stock: the “resurgence in video games” and the rollout of...

Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) shares are down 11 percent since July 31, and declined 3 percent in the last five trading days. Oppenheimer’s Chris Kotowski maintained an Outperform rating for the company, while reducing the price target from $74 to $69. After the company’s...

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) came out with better-than-expected first quarter earnings. While analysts were expecting EPS for the quarter to be around $0.78 on revenue of $9.19 billion, the bank declared an EPS of $1.18 on revenue of $9.9 billion. Chris Kotowski, senior bank analyst at Oppenheimer...

In a recent report, Oppenheimer asked analysts that cover different ares of the stock market each to choose his or her single top stock pick in the space based on the fundamentals of the company. Here are the stocks that these ten analysts chose. 1. Rupesh Parikh, CFA (food, grocery &...