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title: "Notable analyst calls this week: Caterpillar, Palo Alto and HPE among top picks"
description: "This week, notable analyst upgrades included Caterpillar, Palo Alto Networks, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Caterpillar was upgraded to Outperform by Evercore due to improving margins, with a price "
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published_at: "2025-08-23T14:02:43.000Z"
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# Notable analyst calls this week: Caterpillar, Palo Alto and HPE among top picks

> This week, notable analyst upgrades included Caterpillar, Palo Alto Networks, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Caterpillar was upgraded to Outperform by Evercore due to improving margins, with a price target of $476. Bank of America upgraded Palo Alto to Buy after strong quarterly results, maintaining a $215 price target. HPE was upgraded to Overweight by Morgan Stanley following its Juniper acquisition, with a new price target of $28. Other upgrades included CVS Health and Nvidia, while Nano Nuclear Energy and Marvell Technology faced downgrades.

The S&P500 (SP500) closed in the green on Friday, after investors this week digested headlines on retail earnings, more tariff-related news from the Trump administration, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's closely watched speech. For the week, Nasdaq (COMP:IND) lost over 2%, while Dow (DJI) fell 0.3%. Wall Street had a slew of upgrades and downgrades fr...

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