Stock Movers: Tesla, Meta, General Mills
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Tesla shares are higher in the premarket on Monday as retail investors buy into the stock. As of last week, individual investors have been net buyers of Tesla shares for 13 straight sessions through Thursday, pumping $8 billion into the stock, retail trading data from JPMorgan Chase shows. - Meta shares are up after the company reportedly has been discovered to be profiting from its Llama AI models through revenue-sharing agreements with host businesses. An unredacted court filing sin the copyright lawsuit Kadrey v. Meta showed the company earns a share of the revenue from businesses that host its Llama AI models. - General Mills shares are down as Morgan Stanley analyst Megan Alexander gave GIS an underweight initiation, announcing a price target of $53. - Lockheed Martin shares are lower this morning after Boeing beat out LMT for a contract to design and build the US's next-generation stealth fighter jet. Bank of America analyst Ronald Epstein downgraded LMT to Neutral from Buy with a price target of $485, down from $685, on the news. Melius Research analyst Scott Mikus also downgraded Lockheed Martin to Hold from Buy.
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