Today's Pre-Market Stock Movers: AMD,W,CRM,SHOP,ABT and more
Gapping up
$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ +3%(Advanced Micro Devices was upgraded by Barclays to overweight from equal weight, which said it sees potential upside from direct-current and generative artificial intelligence.)
$Wayfair (W.US)$ +12%(Wayfair was double upgraded to overweight from underweight by JPMorgan. The Wall Street firm cited improving market share trends and a better grasp on spending from management.)
$Salesforce (CRM.US)$ +5%(Activist investor Elliott Management has reportedly taken a multibillion-dollar stake in the cloud-based software giant.)
$Shopify (SHOP.US)$ +5% (The company was upgraded to buy from hold by Deutsche Bank, which said brands are growing increasingly interested in Shopify.)
$Skechers USA (SKX.US)$ +2%(Cowen upgraded Skechers to outperform from market perform, saying it remains the No. 2 casual sneaker brand in the U.S. and is gaining preference in its survey. Consensus sales and EPS estimates are too conservative, the firm said. )
$Western Digital (WDC.US)$ +4%(A report from Bloomberg late Friday that merger talks between Western Digital and Kioxia holdings are progressing.)
Gapping down
$Abbott Laboratories (ABT.US)$ -2.5% (A Wall Street Journal report Friday that the Justice Department is investigating conduct at its infant-formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan.)
$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$ -2% (The company was being downgraded to hold by Deutsche Bank, which cited intensifying competition.)
$PayPal (PYPL.US)$ -1% (The Wall Street Journal reported that large banks are teaming up to create their own digital wallet. The wallet would be a competitor to PayPal and Apple Pay.)
$Warner Music (WMG.US)$ -2.45% (The company was being downgraded by Barclays to equal weight. Warner Music's financial performance has been too volatile to justify a premium valuation, its analysts said.)
$Tapestry (TPR.US)$ -1.85% (The company was being downgraded to equal weight from overweight by Barclays. The Wall Street firm’s reasons included inflation creeping to higher household income brackets.)
$Zoom Video Communications (ZM.US)$ -0.72% (MKM Partners downgraded the company to neutral from buy, citing slowing growth.)
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