It has been hard to maintain up. That is the story of the large stock winners this yr. They only keep winning and winning and winning. For analysts on Wall Street and here on the Club, it looks like a few of these names are smashing through our six-to-nine-month price targets every few weeks. To that end, we’re increasing our Club PTs on 4 of our portfolio stocks. Eli Lilly price goal hike to $850 from $750 Starting with Eli Lilly , which has been nothing wanting incredible, advancing roughly 60% in 2023 and tacking on one other 30% up to now this yr. Nonetheless, we proceed to see further upside as the corporate has completely reinvigorated growth on the back of GLP-1 drugs. Following last week’s $120-per-share price goal hike to $750 on strong earnings, we’re raising our PT again Thursday to $850. LLY 1Y mountain Eli Lilly 1 yr GLP-1s are the brand new sort of diabetes and weight reduction drugs taking the world by storm. Lilly and Novo Nordisk dominate the market. Lilly has Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight reduction. Novo has Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight reduction. Those 4 injectable drugs are also being studied to treat a bunch of conditions from heart disease to sleep apnea. In addition to Zepbound and Mounjaro, Eli Lilly has an exciting pipeline of next-generation GLP-1s, which include a weight-loss pill. Lilly can also be waiting on regulator approval for its Alzheimer’s drug donanemab. While trading at a big valuation premium to its historic forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple, this is not the Eli Lilly of old. It actually screens quite a bit cheaper when accounting for growth using the PEG ratio, which adjusted the P/E to growth estimates. Even at our recent $850 price goal, Lilly shares still represent a lower PEG than we have seen historically but that gives some margin of safety. The stock hit an all-time high in price Wednesday of 764.05 per share. Costco price goal hike to $770 from $680 Costco also trades at a premium valuation, but we expect it’s warranted as a result of the corporate’s reliability and consistency. We’re taking our price goal to $770 per share, up from $680, which we had just raised it to in mid-December. By competing to have the bottom gross margins and implementing a membership model, Costco has developed an incredibly defensive moat that may proceed to lead to market share gains. COST 1Y mountain Costco 1 yr Given the incredible value buyers get from Costco, we expect management can go through a membership price hike with minimal risk of elevated churn. It’s historically overdue. In December, alongside reporting a robust quarter, Costco delivered the special dividend that we had been waiting for. It is important to acknowledge that your complete market is currently trading at a premium. So, on a relative basis, Costco’s valuation is simpler to stomach, especially considering the geopolitical uncertainty we already face, which tends to push investors further into quality large-cap names. Costco hit an all-time high of $728.17 last Thursday. Per week later, it’s only about $8-per-share below that level. Salesforce price goal hike to $320 from $275 Salesforce is a Club name we recently highlighted in our 10 undervalued stocks commentary . The stock has gained nearly 10% yr up to now after nearly doubling in 2023. Nonetheless, we proceed to see more upside ahead as management has pivoted at breakneck speed to raised balance profitability with growth. We’re raising our price goal to $320 per share from $275. CRM 1Y mountain Salesforce 1 yr While the substitute intelligence revolution stays in its early stages, we expect Salesforce has loads of opportunities ahead. As firms are still learning learn how to implement generative AI, Salesforce has made initial inroads with its Einstein GPT tool, designed to make users of its consumer relationship management platforms more productive, with features including writing personalized emails. The corporate also announced AI integration for its work messaging platform Slack. Microsoft has an analogous AI assistant for its Office Suite called Copilot. Salesforce shares were trading about Friday’s all-time high of $295.24. Broadcom price goal hike to $1,400 from $1,200 Speaking of AI, that brings us to Broadcom , which hit an all time high of 1,295.97 per share last Thursday. While barely off that level, we proceed to see upside within the stock despite its valuation premium. The necessity to update data centers for the sort of accelerated computing required for the present and the longer term capability of AI stays early innings. We’re raising our price goal to $1,400. That comes on the heels of a $200-per-share PT hike to $1,200 in mid-December. AVGO 1Y mountain Broadcom 1 yr Broadcom’s AI networking sales are already growing at a rapid clip – up 23% yr over yr within the fourth quarter of 2023 – and expected to grow 30% in 2024. In fact, analysts at UBS recently said AI networking sales could speed up even further to 50% growth in fiscal yr 2025. There’s also the VMware integration underway, which stands to assist Broadcom profit margins and reduce cyclicality. Analysts at JPMorgan recently said that Broadcom’s software business, currently at about 40% of sales, will result in “earnings power higher with step-up in gross, operating and free money flow margins.” High-margin, recurring revenue businesses like VMware also get rewarded with higher valuation multiples on Wall Street. In chips, Broadcom stands to be an enormous winner from big cloud providers, known also as hyperscalers, trying to develop their very own custom silicon solutions. Customers include fellow Club names Meta Platforms , Microsoft and Alphabet ‘s Google. While management did guide 2024 sales a bit below what the Street was searching for, the adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) guide got here in well ahead of expectations. Palo Alto Networks price goal change pending Lastly, we’re aware that our price goal on Palo Alto Networks requires an update as well. Like Broadcom and Costco, Palo Alto got a mid-December PT bump to $320 from $300. That is where it stands for the time being. We might be taking a better take a look at what to do after the cybersecurity leader reports earnings next week. While barely below last week’s all-time high $380.84, the stock on Thursday was still up roughly 24% yr up to now. It greater than doubled in 2023. PANW 1Y mountain Palo Alto Networks 1 yr (Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust is long LLY, COST, CRM, AVGO, MSFT, META, GOOGL. See here for a full list of the stocks.) 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