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title: "Truist Upgrades Best Buy Stock (BBY) to Buy Ahead of Q2 Earnings, Cites AI-Fueled Demand"
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description: "Truist analyst Scot Ciccarelli upgraded Best Buy (BBY) stock from Hold to Buy ahead of its Q2 fiscal 2027 earnings on August 27. He raised the price target by 17% to $95, citing potential upside driven by AI-fueled demand for consumer electronics."
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# Truist Upgrades Best Buy Stock (BBY) to Buy Ahead of Q2 Earnings, Cites AI-Fueled Demand

Truist analyst Scot Ciccarelli on Tuesday upgraded consumer electronics and home appliances retailer Best Buy (BBY) from Hold to Buy. This comes ahead of the retailer's second-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings release on August 27. Ciccarelli is a five-star analyst who ranks 204 out of more than 12,000 Wall Street analysts tracked by TipRanks. He also raised his BBY price target by 17%, from $81 to $95, predicting about 15% upside. The analyst believes that demand for AI-powered devices "could result in a much larger runway" for Best Buy.

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