Kinder Morgan remains a solid buy-and-hold pick, supported by 96% fee-based or hedged cash flows and a $10 billion project backlog. KMI's Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA rose 10% YoY, driven by LNG exports and surging natural gas demand, especially from the Haynesville system. With a 3.6% dividend yield, a 44% OCF payout ratio, and a BBB+/Baa2 balance sheet, KMI offers steady income and growth potential.
Morgan Stanley is upgraded to "buy on weakness" due to robust ROTCE targets and accelerating earnings momentum. MS delivered strong Q4 2025 results, with net interest income up double digits and ROTCE reaching 21.6%. The Series E preferred shares offer a 7.125% yield, and remain well covered, but carry elevated call risk if rates fall.
When one of Wall Street's most powerful banks calls a stock “the most under-owned megacap,” it's worth paying attention.
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Analysts at JP Morgan have gone hunting for stocks that they believe have been unfairly punished by fears that AI will “disintermediate” entire business models. In a thematic note, the American bank said it had surveyed top-ranked research analysts to identify “mispriced stocks most insulated from AI disruption,” then worked with its Delta One team to package the picks into a dedicated research basket called “Top Mispriced Stocks Amid AI Disintermediation”.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL) is rated Hold, due to sector headwinds, declining portfolio quality, and dividend coverage concerns. MSDL's non-accrual loans rose to 1.2% at cost, and portfolio yield declined to 9.7%, as SOFR and spreads compressed. The $0.50 dividend is barely covered by net investment income; a dividend cut appears likely and is partially priced in.
The pipeline sector can be a great place to find top-notch income stocks. Oneok expects to grow its dividend by 3% to 4% per year.
Software stocks may be down, but they're not out, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.
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ETFs emerge as a diversified way to tap their AI pivot, as Cipher Mining and TeraWulf jump after Morgan Stanley's 150%+ upside call.
MS' wealth push hit 54% of net revenues in 2025, but a stretched P/E and rising expenses test whether the stock is a buy for 2026.
Broker sees upside from rental demand, policy tailwinds and capital returns JP Morgan has upgraded Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LSE:BKG) to 'overweight', citing signs of recovery in London's housing market and a favourable setup in the rental sector that plays to the group's strengths. Analyst Zaim Beekawa said the combination of potential policy support, easing affordability pressures and a structural supply-demand imbalance in the capital's rental market offered a turning point for the high-end housebuilder, which has been disproportionately affected by London's housing downturn in recent years.