On Thursday, MercadoLibre reported first-quarter earnings of $6.78 per share, up from a profit of $3.97 per share a year ago, surpassing the FactSet consensus of $6.10 per share. Revenue totaled $4.3 billion, compared with $3.04 billion a year ago, beating FactSet’s call for $3.84 billion in sales.

That raise came from DZ Bank's Ingo Wermann, who now feels Alphabet's C shares are worth $200 apiece, comfortably up from the $175 at which he previously pegged them. He maintained his buy recommendation on the tech giant.

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Stocks are rising on Wall Street, erasing the market's losses for the week, after the government reported a cooldown in hiring last month.

CRLBF stock jumped 4.8% on the news and is already up 58% in 2024. That brings the stock’s 12-month gain to 37.8%. And analysts have a consensus price target of $3.85 for the stock which is a gain of 72%. Plus, this is another strong buy stock with 10 out of 12 analysts sharing that bullish sentiment.

U.S. stocks have swung to an upbeat start in May, with Wall Street’s “fear gauge” easing to its lowest level since the end of March as investor anxieties tied to inflation appeared to subside.