Let's take a peek into the brains of some of Wall Street's top-performing analysts. This week, Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) got a huge price target increase, ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW)
got accolades for new offerings, and Yext Inc. (NYSE: YEXT) crushed earnings. Here's what we're watching.
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1- Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY)
Zen Rating: B (BUY)
Analyst/Firm: Damian Karas / UBS
Analyst ranking: Top 26% / average return +6% / win rate 52%
Price at writing: $471.02
Price target: $585.00 (See more forecasts here)
- UBS's Damian Karas assumed coverage on Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) with a Strong Buy rating. The analyst also raised their price target by 11.4% from $525 to $585.
- Karas told investors that Teledyne Technologies has a proven track record of leveraging M&As to drive consistent double-digit EPS growth.
- The stock is currently selling at a discount against peers and historical valuation, which the analyst attributed to slowing organic growth in 2023 and 2024 caused by short-cycle industrial weakness.
- On the plus side, there are encouraging signs for Teledyne Technologies, such as healthy book-to-bill rates and a positive Y/Y organic sales inflection in Q3, Karas said.
- According to the analyst, Teledyne Technologies will resume double-digit EPS growth in 2025.
- In addition, Karas predicted a brighter future for short-cycle activity and numerous re-ratings, thanks to the company's accelerated organic growth.

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2- ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW)
Zen Rating: B (BUY)
Analyst/Firm: J. Derrick Wood / TD Cowen
Analyst ranking: Top 3% / average return +18.63% / win rate 68%
Price at writing: $1127.84
Price target: $1,300.00 (See more forecasts here)
- TD Cowen's J. Derrick Wood raised their price target on Servicenow (NYSE: NOW) by 26.8% from $1,025 to $1,300 on 12/10. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
- Wood made two points backgrounding their price target hike on ServiceNow:
- The company is in the early innings of a powerful new AI product cycle with Pro+.
- The release of new data-oriented solutions, Workflow Data Fabric and RaptorDB Pro, in early 2025 will advance ServiceNow into Agentic AI Network capabilities and introduce new monetization levers.

Zen Rating: B (BUY)
Analyst/Firm: Rohit Kulkarni / Roth MKM
Analyst ranking: Top 1% / average return +41.78% / win rate 71%
Price at writing: $7.06
Price target: $10.50 (See more forecasts here)
- Roth MKM's Rohit Kulkarni raised their price target on Yext (NYSE: YEXT) by 40% from $7.5 to $10.5 on 2024/12/10. The analyst reiterated their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
- Yext reported its Q3 2025 earnings.
- Kulkarni attributed their price target hike on Yext to the quarter's revenue and adjusted EBITDA beats.
- The analyst also cited direct customer ARR - annual recurring revenue - remaining "stable" on an organic basis and accelerated on a reported basis including a recent acquisition.

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