Check out today's top analyst calls from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly. JPMORGAN CUTS TESLA PRICE TARGET: JPMorgan analyst Ryan Brinkman reduced his price target on Underweight-rated Tesla (TSLA) back to $195 from $308, telling investors that he is reverting back to valuing shares on the basis of fundamentals alone. While Brinkman said that Tesla "does appear to be exploring a going private transaction," he believes that such a process appears "much less developed" than he had earlier presumed and is "more along the lines of high level intention," suggesting formal incorporation into his valuation analysis "seems premature." NIKE UPGRADED AT TWO FIRMS: Piper Jaffray analyst Erinn Murphy upgraded Nike (NKE) to Overweight from Neutral and raised her price target for shares to $93 from $72, telling investors she believes the risk profile of owning Nike shares has "considerably diminished" and sees Nike moving from downward EPS revisions to upward revisions supported by a stabilizing North America landscape, strong margin and sales drivers and improving brand momentum. Susquehanna analyst Sam Poser upgraded Nike to Positive from Neutral. The analyst cited its market share gains, and gains within the family footwear channel specifically, due to improved product offerings and product flow. He raised his price target to $93 from $78 on Nike shares. QUALCOMM UPGRADED TO BUY: Rosenblatt analyst Jun Zhang upgraded Qualcomm (QCOM) to Buy from Neutral and increased its price target to $70 from $57 citing benefits from 5G smartphone growth over the next few years, Zhang said Qualcomm's 5G RF module is better positioned than their 4G product and should continue to gain share in the high-end market due to MediaTek's smartphone chipset roadmap losing traction. BLOOM ENERGY INITIATIONS ALL OVER MAP: Morgan Stanley analyst Stephen Byrd started Bloom Energy (BE) with an Overweight rating and $30 price target, calling the company "a true disruptor" that is revolutionizing on-site power with its natural gas fuel cell systems. Credit Suisse analyst Michael Weinstein started Bloom Energy with a Neutral rating and $24 price target. After a nearly 80% jump off the $15 IPO, the analyst believes that current pricing captures a fair balance between the risk of executing continued cost reductions and the possible upside from accelerating sales growth once the investment tax credit sunsets in 2023. BofA/Merrill analyst Julien Dumouln-Smith initiated Bloom Energy with an Underperform and $19 price target citing high expectations and execution risks over costs and deployment.

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Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner downgraded Tesla to Hold from Buy with a price target of $123, down from $189. The analyst cites the "high likelihood" of Model 2 push-out and the company's change of strategic priority to Robotaxi for the downgrade. Deutsche's Buy rating was predicated on Tesla's next-generation vehicle priced at $25,000 coming late next year, which would allow the company to reaccelerate volume, margins and free cash flow, and potentially come to dominate the Western electric vehicle market, the analyst tells investors in a research note. However, pushing out the Model 2 will create "significant" earnings and free cash flow pressure on 2026 and beyond estimates, and make the future of the company tied to Tesla "cracking the code on full driverless autonomy," which represents a "significant technological, regulatory and operational challenge," says Deutsche Bank. The firm views Tesla's shift to Robotaxi as "thesis-changing," and worries the stock will need to undergo a "potentially painful transition in ownership base," with investors previously focused on electric vehicle volumes and cost advantages potentially "throwing in the towel, and eventually replaced by AI/tech investors with considerably longer time horizon."

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