Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Apple (AAPL) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James with analyst Tavis McCourt saying he expects a "long, slow re-rating" of the shares as the iPhone maker shifts to a consumer staple. 2. Linear Technology (LLTC) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citi, to Sector Weight from Underweight at Pacific Crest, and to Market Perform from Underperform at Raymond James. 3. Analog Devices (ADI) upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer, to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley, to Buy from Hold at Evercore ISI, and to Neutral from Sell at Goldman. 4. Alaska Air (ALK) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan with analyst Jamie Baker saying the shares at current levels are "simply too cheap to ignore." 5. Chesapeake (CHK) upgraded to Accumulate from Hold at Johnson Rice. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

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Erste Group downgraded Apple to Hold from Buy.

Apple (AAPL) supplier TSMC (TSM) has unveiled its A16 chip manufacturing technology featuring nanosheet transistors with "backside power rails" meant for producing its ultra-advanced 1.6nm chips by 2026, Nikkei Asia's Cheng Ting-Fang reports. TSMC says the introduction of the technology can "greatly improve logic density and performance." Reference Link

Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent company of Google, is scheduled to report first quarter 2024 results after the market close on Thursday, April 25, with a conference call scheduled for 4:30 pm Eastern Time. What to watch... To see the rest of the story go to thefly.com. See Story Here

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BofA raised the firm's price target on Texas Instruments (TXN) to $190 from $175 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. TI's small Q1 beat and inline but sequentially rising Q2 sales guidance, "while modest, potentially marks a recovery inflection in industrial chip demand," with positive read-across for U.S. peers such as Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip (MCHP), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) and On Semiconductor (ON), the analyst tells investors. However, despite an expected recovery, TI's sustained high capex intensity could keep reported calendar year 2024-26 pro-forma EPS below $6 per share, the analyst added.

Apple saw sales of its iPhones fall 19.1% in the first three months of the year, CNBC's Ryan Browne reports, citing data from Counterpoint Research. Meanwhile, Huawei saw a 69.7% surge in smartphone sales in the country during the same period, Counterpoint said. Reference Link