Vivien Azer

Shares of Sam Adams' parent Boston Beer Company Inc (NYSE: SAM) are up in 2020 and not strictly due to beer sales, Cowen analyst Vivien Azer said Monday on CNBC's "Power Lunch." Hard Seltzer: Hard seltzer has become a hot-selling alcoholic beverage item that is lifting Boston...

Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: MNST) is seeing pressure from the viral popularity of its competitor, Bang. The Analyst Cowen analyst Vivien Azer downgraded the stock from Outperform to Market Perform and lowered her price target from $69 to $65. The Thesis Highly popular energy drink, Bang, is...

Boston Beer Company Inc (NYSE: SAM) shares were moving higher Thursday after the company received an analyst upgrade on the strength of its red-hot hard seltzer, Truly. The Analyst Cowen analyst Vivien Azer upgraded Boston Beer Co. from Market Perform to Outperform and raised the price...

Tilray Canada, a subsidiary of medical cannabis company Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY), entered into a global collaboration agreement with Sandoz AG, a generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars company that's part of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS). The agreement marks an expansion of an existing relationship...

Cowen is taking a more constructive view on Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE: CGC)'s early lead in the cannabis industry after a meeting with the marijuana company's management. The Analyst Cowen analyst Vivien Azer maintained an Outperform rating on Canopy Growth's Canadian stock ...

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) reported second-quarter results Thursday that prompted Cowen drop its bullish stance on the cigarette maker.  The Analyst Cowen's Vivien Azer downgraded Philip Morris from Outperform to Market Perform with a price target lowered...

After striking a 10-year high in June, Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) saw a 16-percent pullback driven largely by the Food and Drug Administration’s call to reduce cigarette nicotine. Cowen Equity Research had initially reacted to the news with a $60 price target and Hold rating, but now, amid...

Boston Beer Company Inc (NYSE: SAM), an early pioneer and current leader in the craft beer space, has been hit hard by the rise in popularity and increasing competition of the multitude of craft brewery’s over the past few years. With shares down nearly 20 percent year to date, fundamental...

Cowen and Company reiterated its Outperform rating on Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE: RAI), saying that the company's better positioning with ASU30 (adult smokers under 30) consumers would propel structurally faster growth in the future. Reynolds American shares are down 6.2 percent since their pre-...