Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amex, Caterpillar, Expedia, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Home Depot, PayPal, 3D Systems, Twitter, Whole Foods and Many More

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Published: January 25, 2016 8:55 am

Last Updated: January 13, 2020 2:39 pm

Stocks were indicated slightly lower on Monday after bouncing off last week’s lows on Thursday and Friday. Investors have seen every rally in 2016 matched by sellers, but there is that trend for over four years that investors found a reason to successfully buy every market dip.

24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst reports each morning in an effort to find new investing and trading ideas for its readers. Some analyst reports are on stocks to buy, while other reports cover stocks to sell or avoid. These are this Monday’s top analyst calls.

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight and the price target was cut to $64 from $88 at Morgan Stanley. The stock closed down 12% at $55.06 on Friday, after a poor earnings and guidance report, and it had a consensus target of $69.29.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral and the price target was cut to $51 from $67 at Goldman Sachs. Caterpillar rose 2.2% to $60.98 on Friday, but the consensus price target has come down to under $66.

Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. It closed at $107.12 on Friday, has a $148.70 consensus analyst target and has a 52-week trading range of $76.34 to $140.51.