Barclays analyst Brian Johnson upgraded the U.S. Autos & Auto Parts industry to Neutral from Negative saying the China car market is likely to have a "softer landing" than he previously expected. Further, the Volkswagen (VLKAY) diesel scandal is unlikely to negatively impact European production trends or drive a major overhang on most U.S. autos names, Johnson tells investors in a research note. The analyst recommends owning Mobileye (MBLY), Harman (HAR), Visteon (VC) and Johnson Controls (JCI). Johnson this morning also downgraded shares of Tesla (TSLA) to Underweight.

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Wells Fargo lowered the firm's price target on On Semiconductor (ON) to $95 from $110 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares ahead of quarterly results. The firm anticipates On to deliver a Q2 guide slightly below expectations as it adjusts to Tesla-specific (TSLA) production softness specific to image sensor and SiC sales.

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General Motors (GM) is scheduled to report quarterly results before market open on Tuesday, April 23, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am EST, while Ford (F) is scheduled to report after market close on Wednesday, April 24, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 pm EST. What to watch... To see the rest of the story go to thefly.com. See Story Here

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Tesla eliminated a newly formed marketing team as part of its companywide layoffs, reversing course from a traditional advertising push that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk greenlighted less than a year ago, Ed Ludlow of Bloomberg reports. The company's "growth content" team in the U.S., a group of about 40 employees run by senior manager Alex Ingram, was eliminated in the ongoing job cuts, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Ingram was part of the reduction, one of the people said. The company still has a smaller marketing group in Europe, the source added. There were also significant layoffs in Tesla's design studio and staff located in Hawthorne, California, said the people.

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Friday's total option volume of 56.7 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 6.01 million calls and 5.28 million puts. NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 50k Lyft (LYFT) May-24 20 calls, 44k Energy Transfer (ET) 4/26 weekly 16.5 calls, 43k Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Sep-24 41 calls, 23k Tesla (TSLA) 4/26 weekly 162.5 calls and 21k Papa John's (PZZA) Jun-24 57.5 puts.

JPMorgan lowered the firm's price target on Visteon to $145 from $146 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. To reflect the "modestly softer than expected" trend in global light vehicle production during the quarter, the firm lowered Q1 estimates for auto supplier EBITDA by an average of 1% and earnings by 3%, resulting in new estimates that are on average 2% below the Street on EBITDA and 3% lower on earnings. However, the firm increased full year estimates for most suppliers, saying the outlook for full year production has improved since the time of Q4 earnings, and because of the material decline in automotive commodity prices during Q1, which should primarily benefit suppliers beginning in Q2.

Chinese automaker Li Auto (LI) has slashed prices by roughly 5% on four of its five models and announced it would refund owners who purchased those models earlier this year, Reuters' Brenda Goh reports, citing the cuts. The company announced cuts of between 18,000 and 30,000 yuan on its L7, Li L8, Li L9, and Li MEGA models, which comes after price revisions by Tesla (TSLA) and BYD (BYDDF). Reference Link