John Murphy

Even a day with Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)’s senior director of investor relations couldn’t assuage one of the Street’s most bearish analysts. The Rating Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst John Murphy maintained an Underperform rating on Tesla with a $180 price target in a...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares fell as much as 7.3 percent on the company’s mixed first-quarter earnings report, but whatever shook investors didn’t faze the analysts. What Went Well Morgan Stanley analysts Adam Jonas and Armintas Sinkevicius confirmed the first quarter was “no...

Magna International Inc. (USA) (NYSE: MGA) announced a multiyear partnership with Lyft this week — and a $200-million investment in the ride-hailing service — to develop and manufacture self-driving systems at scale. The strategy puts the companies on pace to commercialize and...

There’s a lot of Street uncertainty surrounding the relative position of General Motors Company (NYSE: GM). While analysts mostly agree the automaker merits Buy or Hold ratings, there is no consensus on the firm’s place in the autonomous vehicle and fleet race. Some expect further...

Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE: DLPH) confirmed last week an accelerated plan to spin off its two businesses into two different publicly traded entities, Aptiv PLC (the electronics business) and Delphi Technologies (the powertrain business). The Analyst Bank of America's John Murphy upgraded...

Analysts at Bank of America turned bullish on General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) as its management finally "gets it." The firm's John Murphy upgraded General Motors' stock rating from Neutral to Buy with a price target boosted from $40 to $57 (see Murphy's track record here). General Motors...

U.S. auto sales have cooled down this year and are higher by only 1.8 percent year-to-date as consumers are focusing on leases. As such, analysts at Bank of America are now concluding that the auto industry is "entering the top of the eighth inning." The analysts, led by John Murphy, are now...

Just days after enduring yet another $2 billion equity offering, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) may have a brand new headache to worry about: the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. UAW President Dennis Williams told reporters in Detroit last week that they are familiar with Tesla’s Fremont,...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) could be one of the best short-selling opportunities in the market today. According to Bank of America analyst John Murphy, Tesla’s stock has nearly 30 percent downside ahead. Tesla’s recent $2 billion equity offering was not surprising given the...