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BYD

Argus Research analyst John Staszak maintains a 'Buy' rating on Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) and raises the price target from $78 to $80.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:16 pm

MED

DA Davidson analyst Linda Bolton Weiser has maintained a Neutral rating on Medifast (NYSE:MED) and raised the price target from $75 to $93.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:14 pm

ACHR

AMC

GDRX

NEWR

NKLA

SOFI

SYM

Several US stocks recorded gains on Monday, with Archer Aviation, GoodRx Holdings, Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp., Xiao-I Corporation, Symbotic, SoFi Technologies, Nikola Corporation, Innoviz Technologies, Aurora Acquisition Corp., Canoo, 2U, Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, New Relic, Palantir Technologies, AMC Entertainment Holdings, BlackBerry, and Roku all seeing significant increases. Notable events include Archer Aviation's contracts with the US Air Force, GoodRx's upgrade by TD Cowen, Symbotic and SoFi's better-than-expected results, Nikola's agreement with J.B. Hunt Transport, New Relic's acquisition by Francisco Partners and TPG, and AMC's record admissions revenue.

Portfolio Pulse from Lisa Levin

July 31, 2023 | 4:13 pm

MAS

Argus Research analyst Chris Graja maintains a 'Buy' rating on Masco (NYSE:MAS) and raises the price target from $70 to $72.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:12 pm

MYMD

MyMD Pharmaceuticals Inc announced positive results from its Phase 2 study of MYMD-1, a drug for chronic inflammation associated with sarcopenia or age-related frailty. The study met its primary and secondary endpoints, showing significant reduction in inflammatory markers and no treatment-related adverse events. The company plans to discuss a Phase 3 study with the FDA. MYMD shares are up 5.45%.

Portfolio Pulse from Vandana Singh

July 31, 2023 | 4:11 pm

MSFT

Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner maintains a 'Buy' rating on Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and raises the price target from $371 to $390.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:09 pm

NVDA

Bernstein is optimistic about Nvidia's potential to exceed its own financial forecasts due to increased spending on artificial intelligence by major cloud-computing vendors. The demand for Nvidia's chips, which dominate the AI market, is reportedly 'off the charts.'

Portfolio Pulse from Happy Mohamed

July 31, 2023 | 4:08 pm

LHX

Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu maintains a Buy rating on L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) but lowers the price target from $260 to $250.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:06 pm

NET

RBC Capital analyst Matthew Hedberg maintains an Outperform rating on Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and raises the price target from $54 to $71.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:04 pm

AVTR

B of A Securities analyst Michael Ryskin maintains a Buy rating on Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) but lowers the price target from $27 to $24.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 31, 2023 | 4:03 pm