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Chips And Cryptocurrencies: A Match Made In Tech Heaven?
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 3:30pm | 456There are plenty of reasons for investors to love chip makers NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), such as their roles in the high-growth fields of gaming and artificial intelligence. But the exploding popularity of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and...
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Wall Street Might Still Be Underestimating The Impact Of Qualcomm's Spat With Apple
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 9:37am | 479Two months after QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) lowered its fiscal third-quarter revenue guidance by $500 million, Wall Street may still have its expectations too high. In April, Qualcomm lowered its guidance after iPhone partner Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) informed Qualcomm it would be withholding...
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Bernstein Starts Nvidia At Outperform, Long-Term Opportunity 'May Still Be Underestimated'
Friday, May 19, 2017 - 10:38am | 346It takes a lot of guts to initiate an Outperform rating on a stock after it skyrockets 665 percent in three years. Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon did just that when she initiated bullish coverage on NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), one of the hottest stocks in the market in the past few years....
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The Advanced Micro Devices Tale Is Transitioning From 'Dreams To Reality'
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 8:53am | 380Analysts at Bernstein are left wondering after Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD)'s stock sank more than 10 percent following a lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings report. Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon maintains a Market-Perform rating on AMD's stock with an unchanged $8 price...
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Intel's Mobileye Purchase: Sign Of Lessons Learned Or Proof Internal Efforts Are Failing?
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 3:13pm | 425Stacy Rasgon of Bernstein believes Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) deal to buy Mobileye NV (NYSE: MBLY) for about $15 billion is an evidence Intel sees current internal efforts in the autonomous space as insufficient to adequately stimulate growth. “The purchase price values Mobileye at ~30x...
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Intel's Stock Downgraded: 'The First Step Is Always Denial'
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 9:25am | 362Bernstein’s Stacy Rasgon believes Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) “is facing structural headwinds as datacenter weakens, quality growth becomes more elusive, and competition increases.” The analyst downgraded the rating on the company from Market Perform to Underperform, while...
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Broadcom Has Been A 'Powerhouse'; Bernstein Starts Stock At Outperform
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 9:54am | 369Bernstein has started coverage of Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) with an Outperform Rating and $215 target, implying potential upside of 27 percent. When Avago acquired Broadcom, the former took the name of the latter. "[T]he current company, by any name, has been a powerhouse, growing revenue by 9x,...
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Did Bernstein Call A Qualcomm-NXP Merger Thursday Morning?
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 1:52pm | 381Talk about good timing. In a report released Thursday morning, Stacy Rasgon of Bernstein explored a hypothetical question of "Should QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM)" and if so, should it be NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI)? Several hours after the report was delivered to clients,...
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Bernstein Upgrades Texas Instruments, Says 'Margins Still Look Too Low'
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 3:58pm | 334With consensus gross margins expectations for Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ: TXN) looking really low, juxtaposed with the recent stock pullback, analyst Stacy A. Rasgon of Bernstein believes this offers a buying opportunity. Rasgon upgraded Texas Instruments' rating from Market-Perform to...
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Bernstein Downgrades Qualcomm Ahead Of Q3 Results
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 12:31pm | 337Bernstein downgraded QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) to Market Perform from Outperform, citing that long-term growth isn't visible. "Qualcomm has had a good run off the bottom over the last few months, and is now in the ballpark of our target price. Given we believe near-term estimates...
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Apple Chooses Intel Over Qualcomm As Main Component Supplier
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 11:47am | 300Shares of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) were trading lower by nearly 2 percent on Friday after Bloomberg reported Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will now use Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)'s modem chips for a future iPhone. Intel's contract win implies it will mostly replace Qualcomm as...
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Intel: What Everyone On The Street Thinks
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 1:09pm | 1377Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) reported mixed Q1 results after Tuesday's close. Revenue came in at $13.8 billion, above the $13.7 billion consensus, but down 7 percent quarter-over-quarter. Gross margins came in at 62.7 percent, above company guidance of 62 percent, and EPS was six cents...
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Intel Isn't Out Of The Woods, Bernstein Says In Downgrade
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 8:52am | 436Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is scheduled to report Q1 2016 earnings on April 19. While analysts have been debating about the possibility of a pre-announcement for the company based on "deteriorating industry datapoints," no pre-announcement has been made or set. However, analysts...
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Is Qualcomm Finally A Buy After 18 Months Of Negativity?
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 10:28am | 325On Tuesday, Bernstein issued a company note on QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) after the company's falling share price has caused analysts to believe there is a favorable risk/reward upside to owning the stock. Analysts at Bernstein upgraded Qualcomm from Market-Perform to Outperform and raised their...
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Why NXP Semiconductors Could Double
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 11:39am | 311NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) is down more than 15 percent over the past three months. Stacy Rasgon, analyst with Sanford Bernstein, said that NXP Semiconductors has slipped along with general weakness in semis and macro concerns, a decline that is unwarranted. Rasgon also named...