{"id":7419,"date":"2025-06-24T14:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/?p=7419"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:56:47","slug":"wall-streets-top-research-upgrades-lyft-ea-exelixis-broadcom-makemytrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/wall-streets-top-research-upgrades-lyft-ea-exelixis-broadcom-makemytrip\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street&#8217;s Top Research Upgrades: Lyft, EA, Exelixis, Broadcom, MakeMyTrip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analysts highlight best ideas for 2025 with bullish calls on growth, innovation, and market resilience<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Wall Street analysts are rolling out fresh bullish calls on several stocks, with five notable upgrades making waves in today\u2019s market, according to a roundup by The Fly. These research calls span sectors from ride-hailing and gaming to biotech and semiconductors\u2014each backed by a clear growth narrative and increased analyst conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lyft (LYFT)<\/strong> led the list after TD Cowen upgraded the stock to <em>Buy<\/em> from <em>Hold<\/em> and raised its price target to $21 from $16. TD Cowen named Lyft its \u201cBest Smidcap Idea\u201d for 2025, citing growth levers including expansion outside the top 25 U.S. markets, international growth through its FREENOW acquisition, and product innovations such as price lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Electronic Arts (EA)<\/strong> received an upgrade from Roth Capital to <em>Buy<\/em> from <em>Neutral<\/em>, with a higher price target of $185 (up from $175). The firm sees increased confidence in EA\u2019s ability to deliver consistent double-digit earnings growth over the next three years, driven by strong execution and a healthy game pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exelixis (EXEL)<\/strong> saw one of the most dramatic target increases\u2014from $29 to $60\u2014as Stephens upgraded the biotech name to <em>Overweight<\/em> from <em>Equal Weight<\/em>. Calling it the firm\u2019s \u201cBest Idea,\u201d the analyst believes Cabometyx can maintain market share in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), even amid competitive trial data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Broadcom (AVGO)<\/strong> was upgraded to <em>Buy<\/em> from <em>Hold<\/em> by HSBC, with a $400 price target, reinforcing optimism around its AI-driven semiconductor demand and strategic acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MakeMyTrip (MMYT)<\/strong> also earned an <em>Outperform<\/em> rating from Macquarie, which highlighted the company\u2019s $3.1 billion capital raise as a key growth catalyst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These upgrades reflect growing analyst confidence in companies with clear expansion paths, strong balance sheets, and innovative strategies for long-term growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might like this article:<a href=\"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/carnival-cruises-past-expectations-with-strong-q2-results-and-upbeat-forecast\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Carnival Cruises Past Expectations with Strong Q2 Results and Upbeat Forecast<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts highlight best ideas for 2025 with bullish calls on growth, innovation, and market resilience Wall Street analysts are rolling out fresh bullish calls on several stocks, with five notable upgrades making waves in today\u2019s market, according to a roundup by The Fly. These research calls span sectors from ride-hailing and gaming to biotech and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"8","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"author","second_sidebar":"single-right","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"0","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"enable_post_split":"0","post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]}},"categories":[331,361,312],"tags":[735,520,612,734,421,496,416,418,417],"coauthors":[454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7421,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7419\/revisions\/7421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7419"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoxpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}