Piper Jaffray

What’s the price of better content? About $12 a year for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) subscribers. As the streaming platform expands its original production budget from $6 billion to $7 billion, it’s turning out consumer pockets to make up the difference. In November, Netflix will raise...

Analysts at Piper Jaffray feel now is the time for Coach Inc (NYSE: COH)'s investors to move to the sidelines as the stock needs a "period of digestion." The firm's Erinn Murphy downgraded Coach's stock from Overweight to Neutral with a price target lowered from $48 to $43....

The Street reacted to Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ZYNE)’s positive Fragile X trial results with marked ambivalence. Investors propelled the stock 76 percent higher even as biotech and behavioral experts published critical reviews. Two analysts assigned Hold ratings, but Piper Jaffray...

Piper Jaffray said in a note that Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTS) could report below-consensus comps and earnings per share for the third quarter and also guide the full year down. The firm said a potential third-quarter miss would represent the third miss in four quarters, and therefore,...

Foreign automakers have long been disincentivized to sell in China, where imports see a 25-percent tax and locally produced cars must be sold through 50/50 joint ventures with domestic entities. But the Chinese government, prioritizing a shift from fossil-fuel to electric vehicles, is reportedly...

Piper Jaffray said in a note Wednesday that Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) is stuck in a cyclical downtrend, marked by intense competition eroding margins and credit loss rates continuing to move back toward historical levels. As such, Piper Jaffray initiated coverage of Capital One with...

Analysts at Piper Jaffray turned bullish on Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL), mostly due to the company's "sweetening" of its already attractive Alere Inc (NYSE: ALR) asset acquisition. The firm's William R. Quirk upgrades Quidel's stock rating from Neutral to Overweight with a price target...

Piper Jaffray downgraded shares of Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ: FINL) ahead of its earnings. The company is due to report its fiscal-year second-quarter results before the market open on Sept. 22. As such, the firm downgraded shares of Finish Line from Neutral to Underweight, while it maintains its...

After a blowout second quarter, Piper Jaffray is expecting big things from Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) in the current quarter as well. On Monday, analyst Michael Olson said Google search data suggests Netflix could easily exceed its subscriber growth targets when it reports earnings next month....

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), which has emerged as a Wall Street darling, sent sell-side into a tipsy with its long-awaited launch of its next iteration of iPhone, code named the iPhone X. Up until now, rumors were flying thick and fast concerning its features, functionalities, pricing, etc....

Following the investor meetings last week hosted by Nutanix Inc (NASDAQ: NTNX) at the Piper Jaffray Tech Select conference in Dana Point, California, Piper Jaffray said the management indicated increasing traction the company is gaining within the Global 2000 companies. As such, the firm...

If anyone doubts Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s pervasive influence, direct them to the market charts of Sept. 12. As CEO Tim Cook and team unveiled the iPhone X, iPhone 8, Watch Series 3 and 4K TV at a special reveal event, a number of tech friends and foes braced for stock shocks. Movers...

Among the companies thriving under Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s shade is Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE), which makes 3D sensors among other things. The company is a manufacturer of optical and photonic products for the data communications, telecom, consumer and industrial markets as...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 94 points to 21,942.00, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures rose 13.50 points to 2,453.50. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index gained 31 points to 5,869....

Simon & Company, a division of Piper Jaffray, said in a note Friday that BP plc (ADR) (NYSE: BP) is at an early stage of multi-year cash flow inflection, given a reasonable and transparent capital spending framework and the subsiding of the Macondo headwinds. Analyst Guy Baber said BP's year-...