Morgan Stanley Upgrades Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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AI server stocks are surging ahead of a high-stakes earnings report that could either validate a dramatic margin recovery or expose it as a one-time event, and options traders are already betting heavily on one outcome.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise has benefited greatly from the massive demand for the hardware needed to power artificial intelligence, and Morgan Stanley doesn’t think the demand will slow down soon. Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring upgraded shares of HPE to Overweight from Equal-Weight on Monday while raising his price target to $71 from $69. The upgrade comes after HPE shares have soared 130% this year and 169% over the past 12 months.