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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google, Visa, Eli Lilly, Amgen and Sony Group

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Chicago, IL – June 30, 2021 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL - Free Report) , Visa Inc. (V - Free Report) , Eli Lilly and Company (LLY - Free Report) , Amgen Inc. (AMGN - Free Report) and Sony Group Corporation (SONY - Free Report) .

Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:

Top Analyst Reports for Alphabet, Visa and Eli Lilly

The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Alphabet, Visa and Eli Lilly. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.

You can see all of today's research reports here >>>

Shares of Alphabet have outperformed the S&P 500 in the year-to-date period (+39.8% vs. +15.8%). The Zacks analyst believes that expanding data centers will continue to bolster the company's presence in the cloud space. Further, major updates in its search segment are enhancing the search results.

Moreover, strong focus on innovation of AI techniques and the home automation space should aid business growth in the long term. Also, the company's growing efforts to gain a foothold in the healthcare industry are other positives. However, its growing litigation issues and increasing expenses remain concerns.

(You can read the full research report on Alphabet here >>>)

Visa's shares have gained +7.7% over the last six months against the Zacks Financial Transaction Services industry's gain of +2.5%. The Zacks analyst believes that numerous acquisitions and alliances have paved the way for long-term growth and consistently drove Visa's revenues. It continues to invest in technology to further boost its already leading position in the payments market.

Further, the coronavirus vaccine development and the gradual revival of consumer confidence will drive spending, expanding business volumes in turn. However, high operating expenses stress the operating margins. Also, ramped-up client initiatives are likely to dent the top line.

(You can read the full research report on Visa here >>>)

Shares of Eli Lilly have gained +23.6% in the past three months against the Zacks Large Cap Pharmaceuticals industry's gain of +9.6%. The Zacks analyst believes that Lilly's revenue growth is being driven by higher demand for drugs like Trulicity, Taltz, among others.

The company's pipeline assets for cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's are likely to keep supporting its growth well beyond 2025. It also received rapid emergency approvals for COVID-19 antibody cocktail drugs. However, generic competition for several drugs, rising pricing pressure in the United States mainly on key drug Trulicity, and price cuts in some international markets like China, Japan and Europe are some top-line headwinds.

(You can read the full research report on Eli Lilly here >>>)

Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Amgen and Sony Group.

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