Amazon, Meta, Levi Strauss And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (April 6 to April 10) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, Iran war, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI), Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), cloud, semiconductors, social media, apparel, cybersecurity, AI, and automotive, reflected diverse investor interests.

Amazon.com

• AMZN saw strong retail and investor attention centered on AI and AWS momentum. CEO Andy Jassy‘s annual shareholder letter, released this week, highlighted robust AI services growth at AWS, plans to sell custom AI chips to third parties, and a major $25 billion data center investment in Mississippi, driving a roughly 5-6% stock surge on April 9. Additional highlights included advanced talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar to boost Project Kuiper. Citron Research set a price target of $300 o the stock, eyeing a 28% upside in the stock price.

• Some retail investors were “finally” celebrating the upside in AMZN’s stock price after the positive news flow.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $165.29 to $258.60, trading around $232 to $235per share, as of the publication of this article. It rose 22.27% over the year, also advanced by 2.60% and 1.23% over the last six months and year-to-date, respectively.

• AMZN had a weaker price trend in the medium term but a strong trend in the short and long term, with a moderate value ranking, as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.

Meta Platforms

• META generated significant buzz around its AI push, with the launch of Muse Spark—the first model from its Meta Superintelligence Labs—described as a multimodal, multi-agent LLM designed to outperform prior efforts and integrate across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and AI glasses. This, alongside a major $21 billion expanded cloud compute deal with CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) through 2032 to secure GPU capacity and a new PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) partnership enabling one-tap shopping on its platforms, fueled positive sentiment.

• Some retail investors were betting on META’s call options amid its new associations and agreements over the week.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $479.80 to $796.25, trading around $627 to $631 per share, as of the publication of this article. It advanced by 7.28% over the year and declined 14.33% in the last six months. The stock was also down 4.80% YTD.

• META had a weak price trend in the short, medium, and long terms, with a good growth ranking as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.

Levi Strauss

• LEVI dominated headlines with its strong first-quarter earnings, reporting net revenues of $1.7 billion, beating expectations across sales, margins, and EPS, driven by broad-based growth in all regions and channels. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales surged 16%, e-commerce rose 17%, and premium denim demand supported full-price selling that helped offset approximately 10% U.S. tariff impacts. The company also raised its full fiscal year outlook.

• Some retail investors celebrated LEVI’s earnings as a bullish signal for other apparel giants like Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) as they have an active partnership.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $13.83 to $24.82, trading around $21 to $23 per share, as of the publication of this article. It advanced 52.44% over the year, but was down 7.25% in the last six months. The stock rose 9.74% YTD.

• Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings showed that LEVI had a strong price trend in the long, short, and medium terms with a solid quality score.

Palantir Technologies

• PLTR faced volatility and investor debate, with the stock experiencing sharp declines. It was largely triggered by a now-deleted X post from Michael Burry claiming Anthropic was "eating Palantir's lunch" in the AI space. However, experts like Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives dismissed statements made by famed investor Burry, saying that Palantir remains “at the epicenter of leaders in the AI Revolution” and a “Core AI winner and tech leader.”

• Some retail investors were expecting PLTR stock to decline to $120 apiece amid Burry’s narrative against the company.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $85.47 to $207.52, trading around $129 to $132 per share, as of the publication of this article. It was up 41.82% over the year, down 29.64% over the last six months, and 26.59% YTD.

• PLTR maintains a weaker price trend over the short, medium, and long terms, with a poor value score as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.

Tesla

• TSLA faced persistent selling pressure after its first-quarter deliveries missed expectations, with production at 408k leading to an inventory build and an energy storage deployment shortfall, prompting multiple analyst target cuts and bearish commentary. JPMorgan reiterated its Underweight rating on April 6 with a stark $145 price target, warning of potential 60% downside amid fading EV incentives, demand softness, and high valuation.

• Some investors were betting on TSLA stock to fall below $300 apiece, flagging Elon Musk‘s ignorance about the share price.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $222.79 to $498.83, trading around $344 to $347 per share, as of the publication of this article. It advanced by 26.97% over the year, but declined 20.65% over the last six months, and 23.15% YTD.

• According to Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings, TSLA was maintaining a weak price trend over the short, medium, and long terms, with a moderate growth ranking.

Retail focus blended meme-driven narrative with earnings outlook and corporate news flow, as the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq witnessed positive market action during the week.

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