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Morgan Stanley assigns $8 per SpaceX share to its space business, targets $300 stock price
business4 days ago

Morgan Stanley assigns $8 per SpaceX share to its space business, targets $300 stock price

Morgan Stanley initiated SpaceX coverage with an overweight rating and a $300 price target, arguing the company’s “space” segment is worth about $8 a share within a broader multi‑layer AI‑enabled infrastructure platform. They model SpaceX as combining neocloud compute, managed AI infrastructure, and enterprise software alongside Starlink and orbital compute, forecasting revenue growth from $45B in 2026 to $319B in 2030 and $3.3T in 2040. The analysis highlights potential gains from cheaper launch costs, Starlink’s expansion, and orbital data centers, but notes the space segment would be a small portion of the valuation and warns of funding needs and possible equity dilution if debt financing becomes less favorable.}

Morgan Stanley Sees AI Hyperscalers Overtake Chips in Market Rotation
markets5 days ago

Morgan Stanley Sees AI Hyperscalers Overtake Chips in Market Rotation

Morgan Stanley's Michael Wilson says US stocks are rotating leadership from semiconductor names to AI hyperscalers (Microsoft, Amazon, Meta) as momentum fades in chips and hyperscalers’ capex outlook may ease. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has dropped about 14% from a peak, while a UBS hyperscalers basket is down modestly; the S&P 500 has been under pressure as investors await Nvidia for AI demand cues. Wilson favors hyperscalers in the near term, expects the rotation to continue in a choppy market, and sees consumer discretionary, transport, and biotech benefiting from broader leadership shifts. His year‑end S&P 500 target is around 8,000 (roughly 7% higher from current levels).

AMD Venice Set to Overtake NVIDIA Vera in 2027, Morgan Stanley Forecasts 6.75M Units
technology15 days ago

AMD Venice Set to Overtake NVIDIA Vera in 2027, Morgan Stanley Forecasts 6.75M Units

Morgan Stanley projects AMD's Venice EPYC (Zen 6, 2nm) could surpass NVIDIA's Vera CPUs in 2027—Venice about 6.75 million units vs. Vera's 5.75 million—driven by strong TSMC CoWoS packaging demand and Venice targeting both AI and HPC. NVIDIA remains TSMC's top customer, with CoWoS-L for GPUs and CoWoS-R for Vera shipments fueling a ~52% YoY rise in data-center revenue, while rising custom silicon efforts by AI firms threaten to tighten supply in the compute market.

China bets big on humanoid robots, but buyers lag behind
business1 month ago

China bets big on humanoid robots, but buyers lag behind

China is accelerating its humanoid-robot industry with heavy state backing and large orders from state-owned enterprises for factories, data centers and consumer use, and it already leads global shipments. Yet high costs, data requirements, and reliability hurdles mean near-term demand is likely strongest in industrial and logistics settings rather than households; analysts warn a long runway before mass adoption, with Morgan Stanley forecasting around 28,000 units this year and Omdia projecting over 1 million annual shipments by the early 2030s, while domestic players like AGIBOT and Unitree push growth through cheaper local parts.

Morgan Stanley opens stock-plan platforms to external AI agents
business1 month ago

Morgan Stanley opens stock-plan platforms to external AI agents

Morgan Stanley will enable corporate clients’ autonomous AI agents to connect directly to its stock-plan platforms ShareWorks and Equity Edge, allowing data access and insights without human logins, aiming to scale plan administration and the wealth-management funnel; early access has been granted to some clients, with broader rollout planned for next year, using the Model Context Protocol to plug AI models into data sources.

Morgan Stanley’s Wilson lifts mid-2027 S&P 500 target to 8,300 on earnings strength and a rolling recovery
markets1 month ago

Morgan Stanley’s Wilson lifts mid-2027 S&P 500 target to 8,300 on earnings strength and a rolling recovery

Morgan Stanley CIO Mike Wilson raises his mid-2027 S&P 500 target to 8,300 (about 11% above current levels), citing stronger-than-expected earnings growth, a wartime valuation reset that re-rated multiples, and an ongoing rolling recovery. He also lays out investments: cyclicals should outperform, small-caps in line with large-caps, with overweight positions in industrials, financials, and consumer discretionary, and a downgrade to healthcare.

Ford Energy Could Bring $500M–$600M from Battery Sales, Morgan Stanley Says
business1 month ago

Ford Energy Could Bring $500M–$600M from Battery Sales, Morgan Stanley Says

Ford Energy plans to produce 20 GWh of battery storage and could generate $500–$600 million from supply deals with large commercial customers and hyperscalers, according to Morgan Stanley; Ford is tightening supplier management with total value management, triggering a roughly 16% intraday stock rise, while analysts maintain a Hold rating with modest downside risk around a $13.69 price target.

Hormuz Closure Could Exhaust Oil Buffers, Morgan Stanley Warns
energy2 months ago

Hormuz Closure Could Exhaust Oil Buffers, Morgan Stanley Warns

Morgan Stanley warns that price-supporting crude buffers could be exhausted if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed into late June, potentially pushing Brent toward $150/bbl, while maintaining forecasts of about $110 for Dated Brent in Q2, $100 in Q3, and $90 in Q4 2026; Goldman Sachs also flags crashing oil inventories, underscoring ongoing supply risks as geopolitical tensions persist.

Morgan Stanley Lifts Apple Target After Strong Q2 Readout
business2 months ago

Morgan Stanley Lifts Apple Target After Strong Q2 Readout

Following Apple's robust March quarter, Morgan Stanley's Eric Woodring lifts AAPL's price target from $315 to $330 and reiterates an Overweight rating, citing solid topline growth, margin expansion to 49.3%, and stronger June guidance. Apple posted revenue of $111.18B (+16.5% YoY) and EPS of $2.01, with iPhone revenue of $57B and China revenue of $20.5B; Services grew 16.3% YoY and free cash flow is projected to rise about 53% in FY26. With a broad bullish consensus and a target around $311, the stock could rise roughly 9% over the next year.

Morgan Stanley Upgrades UNH Ahead of Earnings on Margin and AI Upside
market-news2 months ago

Morgan Stanley Upgrades UNH Ahead of Earnings on Margin and AI Upside

Morgan Stanley upgrades UnitedHealth (UNH) to Top Pick ahead of its Q1 results, citing clearer Medicare Advantage rate guidance, ongoing MA margin improvement, an Optum Health turnaround, and potential AI-driven efficiencies. A Q1 miss or beat is expected to be largely in line with expectations, with analysts eyeing tangible margin gains in 2027–2028 and a stronger stock trajectory if results align. The firm’s price target is $375 amid a broader Street consensus of Strong Buy with roughly 13% 12‑month upside.

technology2 months ago

AI spurs more software projects, not layoffs, Morgan Stanley finds

Morgan Stanley’s report argues that generative AI accelerates software creation but raises demand for senior engineers to architect, validate, and integrate AI-driven workflows. Rather than a broad reduction in developers, AI shifts bottlenecks downstream to review, testing, security, and release, enabling more projects and signaling sustained demand for infrastructure and platform software in an AI-augmented development era.