Nomura Instinet analyst David Wong last night downgraded Nvidia to Reduce from Neutral with a price target of $230, down from $235. The stock closed Monday down 7%, or $20.79, to $273.28. Risks to the global semiconductor industry posed by the coronavirus outbreak have grown over the last few weeks, Wong tells investors in a research note. Many investors and companies may have underestimated the risk of the current issues impacting electronics end market demand through 2020, adds the analyst. Wong points out that Nvidia's Gaming segment accounted for 56% of total revenues in the January 2020 quarter. He considers the company's gaming graphics processing units and Nintendo Switchbased chips to be consumer discretionary items. Economic dislocations resulting from the coronavirus outbreak pose risk to demand in most electronic end markets, but the end markets associated with consumer purchases might have the most potential downside, says Wong.

Barclays analyst Tom O'Malley raised the firm's price target on Broadcom (AVGO) to $1,500 from $1,405 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares after hosting management for meetings. Broadcom is one of the unique companies that has a comprehensive view of the semis industry while also capable of providing an "intimate look" at the artificial intelligence market via custom silicon, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says management highlighted the company's inroads with the consumer-facing AI world, providing a differing viewpoint versus Nvidia's (NVDA) vision of the world - pointing to a two-part market of consumer and enterprise that could grow to a 50/50 split over time. Barclays came away from the meetings "with a valuable second opinion on the future of AI and a greater appreciation for the company's many ways to win."

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