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5. KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC)
On July 6, 2026, Morgan Stanley raised the firm’s price target on KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) to $274 from $190 and kept an Equal Weight rating on the shares.
On June 30, Susquehanna adjusted the firm’s price target on KLA Corporation to $275. Susquehanna updated its model following channel checks, suggesting an upward revision to SCE backlog now extending beyond one year, with WFE expected to reach as high as $300B. The firm is raising its estimates for 2026 and 2027 and introducing 2028 projections based on WFE of $250B. KLA Corporation previously approved a ten-for-one forward stock split, and shares began trading on a split-adjusted basis at market open on Friday, June 12.
On June 29, Cantor Fitzgerald raised the firm’s price target on KLA Corporation to $325 from $250 and kept an Overweight rating on the shares. Cantor Fitzgerald said the AI infrastructure buildout is viewed as a generational semiconductor cycle, with industry revenue expansion expected to reach roughly $3T by CY29 and potentially exceed $3.5T by CY30.
KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) designs, manufactures, and markets process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide.
4. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD)
On July 7, 2026, Morgan Stanley lowered the firm’s price target on CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) to $172 from $172.50 and kept an Overweight rating on the shares.
On July 8, Benchmark raised the firm’s price target on CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) to $230 from $195 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. Benchmark said CrowdStrike’s stock split and recent management discussions support a more constructive view of its AI security opportunity, citing AIDR, Project QuiltWorks, Falcon Flex, identity protection, and SIEM as positioning the company as a key platform for enterprise AI adoption.
On June 18, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) announced that it is expanding Project QuiltWorks with Amazon Web Services (AMZN). The company said the expansion extends the coalition from technology, services, and financial protection to the attack surface where vulnerabilities are found and exploited, as frontier AI shortens the window between vulnerability and exploitation.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally.
3. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN)
On July 7, 2026, Truist raised the firm’s price target on Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) to $340 from $327 as part of a broader Q2 earnings preview for biotech. Truist said it expects a rebound from a traditionally softer start to the year, with strength in Q2 prints for commercial franchises within its coverage. The firm also cited a robust catalyst calendar, sector optimism, and deal activity as drivers of recent momentum across biotech.
On July 8, Morgan Stanley lowered the firm’s price target on Amgen to $333 from $340 and kept an Equal Weight rating on the shares. Morgan Stanley said biotech could benefit from broader market leadership and lower interest rates, noting that historical data shows strong performance in falling rate environments because of the sector’s rate sensitivity.
Last month, Mizuho analyst Salim Syed raised the firm’s price target on Amgen to $303 from $295. Syed updated the company’s model after the Q1 report.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers human therapeutics worldwide.
2. T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS)
On July 7, 2026, Morgan Stanley analyst Sean Diffley lowered the firm’s price target on T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) to $230 from $260 and kept an Overweight rating on the shares.
On July 8, Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar lowered the firm’s price target on T-Mobile US to $230 from $245 and kept an Overweight rating on the shares.
Also on July 8, T-Mobile US announced that wireless industry veteran Chris Sambar will join the company as Chief Enterprise Officer, effective no later than October 14, 2026. Sambar will report to CEO Srini Gopalan and lead T-Mobile’s SMB, enterprise, and government businesses while scaling emerging growth opportunities. Sambar joins from Public Storage (PSA), where Sambar is Chief Operating Officer. T-Mobile also appointed Andre Almeida, currently Chief Broadband, Enterprise & Emerging Business Officer, to an expanded role as Chief Marketing, Brand & Broadband Officer. Gopalan called Sambar a “seasoned wireless industry leader” and said Almeida has been instrumental in building several of T-Mobile’s fastest-growing businesses.
T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) provides wireless communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
1. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
On July 7, 2026, Certara (CERT) said it is partnering with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) to advance Certara’s open integrated AI platform. NVIDIA BioNeMo provides access to NVIDIA’s full life science stack. Within Certara’s platform, BioNeMo Agent Toolkit serves as one of several agentic frameworks available to clients, working alongside Certara’s biosimulation models, regulatory expertise, and scientific teams to accelerate insight generation.
Also on July 7, Reuters reported that China’s DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip in a move that may reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, citing three people familiar with the matter. The chip is designed for inference rather than training new models, according to the sources.
A day earlier, Nvidia said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg that its “roadmap is intact,” responding to a SemiAnalysis report claiming that the company’s next marquee product, the Kyber rack-scale architecture designed to house its 2027 Rubin Ultra chips, has been delayed by more than 12 months to 2028.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) operates as a data center-scale AI infrastructure company in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Europe, and internationally.
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