Week in review: Applied Materials, Autodesk earnings

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investors.com.

Take-Two takes three price-target hikes; Stock near record high. (May 19, 2017)

Nvidia notches new high on fresh buy rating. (May 19, 2017)

Wal-Mart, Alibaba, Autodesk upgraded; Symantec downgraded. (May 19, 2017)

CAD software firm Autodesk soars on quarterly earnings beat. (May 18, 2017)

Applied Materials hails “tremendous momentum”; EPS growth tops 100% again. (May 18, 2017)

Nvidia stock up on price-target hike; Macom rated a buy. (May 18, 2017)

Cisco price targets cut, Shake Shack upgraded, Jack In The Box Lowered. (May 18, 2018)

Macom upped on cloud data center pitch; AMD downgraded. (May 17, 2017)

What iPhone 8 delay? Morgan Stanley sees none, ups Apple price. (May 17, 2017)

Apple leads in app sales despite smaller base of users. (May 17, 2017)

Qualcomm sues Apple device manufacturers for breach of contract. (May 17, 2017)

Apple, Home Depot price targets hiked; Disney, Square downgraded. (May 17, 2017)

Chip gear makers get price-target hikes; AMD lifted by Intel deal. (May 16, 2017)

Netflix hopes Brad Pitt film can revive its flagging movie reputation. (May 16, 2017)

Dow’s Apple gets price-target hike before iPhone 8 upgrade cycle. (May 16, 2017)

Yum Brands, Intuitive Surgical called buys; Pfizer cut to sell. (May 16, 2017)

Amazon: Dot-com survivor turned river monster has fueled 64,000% gain. (May 15, 2017)

Applied Materials gets price-target hikes ahead of Q2 earnings. (May 15, 2017)

Recent IPO Trivago takes trip north after strong Q1 earnings. (May 15, 2017)

Tesla downgraded; Starbucks, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson upgraded. (May 15, 2017)

Photo: Applied Materials ProVision System. (Applied Materials)