All the market-moving Wall Street chatter from Friday

(This is CNBC Pro’s live coverage of Friday’s analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. Please refresh every 20-30 minutes to view the latest posts.) Microsoft and a major chemical stock were among Friday’s biggest analyst calls. Many analysts reacted to the tech giant’s latest quarterly results, which sent shares soaring in the premarket. Elsewhere, JPMorgan upgraded Dow Inc to overweight from neutral. Check out the latest calls and chatter below. All times ET. 5:58 a.m.: Analysts lift price targets after Microsoft earnings, enthused by Azure growth and AI spending Microsoft shares are up roughly 4% in premarket trading after the tech giant posted fiscal third-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street’s earnings and revenue estimates, but reflected weaker-than-expected guidance. Revenue from Microsoft’s Azure and other cloud services during the period also outdid the StreetAccount consensus, lending to Wall Street’s generally favorable post-earnings reaction. Here’s what analysts had to say about the print: Barclays: Analyst Raimo Lenschow sees shares moving higher after this quarterly print, keeping his overweight rating and $475 price target unchanged. His bullish thesis was underscored by Microsoft’s Azure growth continuing to reaccelerate, benefitting from AI workloads, and its ongoing capex investments to meet strong AI-related demand. Wells Fargo: Analyst Michael Turrin kept his overweight rating and increased his price target on the stock by $20 to $500, which suggests about 25% potential upside. “MSFT delivered an impressive set of FQ3 results, w/ Azure, bookings, and margin upside … strong AI demand signals enabled mgmt to provide an early FY25 outlook for “double-digit” rev/OI growth,” he said. Turrin also pointed out Microsoft’s comment that it is experiencing more near-term AI demand than its available capacity, which led him to believe the company’s Azure growth and future guidance may have been higher if it weren’t for lack of supply. JPMorgan: Analyst Mark Murphy added $30 to his price target, which is now at $470. Murphy pointed to the ramp up in cloud migration activity, which he said showed improvement in non-AI-related net-new cloud workloads. The company’s commentary on FY25 capital expenditures and margin commentary “may keep a lid on the stock reaction for now,” however, he said. Morgan Stanley: Analyst Keith Weiss similarly maintained his overweight rating with a more bullish $520 price target. Weiss was enthused by acceleration in Microsoft’s commercial bookings and Azure, which he said gives “the clearest evidence yet” of the tech company’s AI dominance driving revenues and increasing share of the broader IT budget. “With the AI innovation cycle just starting, we see plenty of runway for growth,” he said. Microsoft shares are up 6.1% year-to-date, but have lost more than 5% this quarter amid the broader tech sell-off. — Pia Singh 5:58 a.m.: JPMorgan upgrades Dow Inc Rising oil prices and a solid dividend make Dow Inc a potential winner going forward, according to JPMorgan. Analyst Jeffrey Zekauskas upgraded the chemical to overweight from neutral. He also hiked his price target to $61 from $55, which implies upside of 8% going forward. Dow Inc shares have lagged this year, rising just 2.9% in that time. DOW YTD mountain However, Zekauskas said the company is “is capable of outperforming because it is a beneficiary of higher oil prices, it has a durable 5% dividend yield, its value is sensitive to acceleration in global economic activity, and its downside risk is cushioned by the existence of global political tensions. “Dow benefits from a higher oil price because its raw materials slate is largely low-cost natural gas liquids. Dow’s share price is probably to a degree supported when global political tensions rise because of its oil price sensitivity,” he added. — Fred Imbert