Wall Street stock picks highlight AI, cybersecurity and e-commerce growth themes

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JPMorgan upgraded CoreWeave to buy and raised the price target to $125, citing a 25% July price increase and strong AI-driven cloud demand.
BTIG lifted Palo Alto Networks' price target to $425, projecting over 17% pro forma revenue growth and 26% NGS ARR growth in fiscal 2027.
Rosenblatt raised Amazon's price target to $360, dismissing agentic commerce disruption fears and underscoring the company's adaptability to consumer trends.

Analyst calls spotlight upside scenarios

As reported by CNBC, several highly rated Wall Street analysts are maintaining a positive stance on CoreWeave, Palo Alto Networks and Amazon, arguing that company-specific growth drivers can support further gains despite a tougher market backdrop.

For CoreWeave, JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee upgrades the stock to buy from hold and raises his price target to $125 from $120. He points to favorable pricing supported by strong AI-driven cloud demand, and says the company is showing greater willingness to sign shorter-term contracts at premium prices, lifting his revenue and margin estimates.

Chatterjee says investor concerns about heavy capital spending and higher debt are being offset by stronger pricing and margins. He also highlights a 25% price increase in July across CoreWeave's offerings, along with similar pricing moves by rivals such as Nebius, adding that some peers charge nearly three times more for short-term compute contracts than CoreWeave charges on longer-term deals.

At Palo Alto Networks, BTIG analyst Gray Powell reiterates a buy rating and lifts his price target to $425 from $404 after discussions with management. He sees upside to both revenue and next-generation security annual recurring revenue in fiscal 2027, expecting pro forma revenue growth of more than 17% and NGS ARR growth of more than 26%, both above broader market expectations.

Powell argues Palo Alto's business mix is shifting toward faster-growing products and newer markets. He estimates hardware firewalls and attached subscriptions now account for less than half of revenue, while higher-growth products including Prisma SASE, software firewalls, Cortex XSIAM, Chronosphere and Idira represent more than 35% of sales.

Rosenblatt analyst Scott Devitt also reiterates a buy rating on Amazon in a September 30 research note, raising his price target to $360 from $335. He says concerns that agentic commerce could significantly disrupt Amazon's advertising business appear overstated, citing the company's record of adapting to shifts in consumer behavior.

Sector implications for investors

These calls underline how analysts continue to favor companies tied to structural growth areas even as macroeconomic pressure weighs on broader sentiment. AI infrastructure demand remains a key support for cloud-focused names, cybersecurity spending continues to attract premium growth expectations, and large platform companies such as Amazon are still seen as resilient as AI tools reshape online shopping.

For investors, the common thread is that analysts are focusing less on short-term market volatility and more on business models with pricing power, recurring revenue potential and scale advantages. That approach suggests continued interest in companies viewed as beneficiaries of long-term technology spending rather than near-term market swings alone.

Our earlier article on the surge in AI infrastructure spending outlined projections that global investment in AI-related data centers could reach tens of trillions of dollars by 2050, raising questions about whether revenues and productivity gains can scale fast enough to justify valuations. It also highlighted the growing reliance on debt-funded expansion and the risk that delays in demand or payoff timelines could amplify losses across the sector.

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