Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Altice USA, CenturyLink, Cigna, Emerson Electric, Foot Locker, Groupon, Lululemon Athletica, Nike, State Street and Walt Disney.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Amgen, Beyond Meat, Cisco, Home Depot, Microsoft, RingCentral, Shake Shack, Tilray, Uber, Under Armour and U.S. Steel.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Agilent Technologies, Alphabet, Altria, Amazon.com, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chipotle Mexican Grill, E*Trade, Gap, Snap and Twitter.
On days when the main stock market indexes are trading sharply lower, it is interesting to see what stocks and sectors are up on the day.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Chico's FAS, Clorox, Deere, Gap, Newell Brands, RealReal, Teva Pharmaceutical, UnitedHealth and Wells Fargo.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Thursday included AbbVie, Ally Financial, Anthem, Caterpillar, CVS Health, Deere, Oracle, PayPal, Rite Aid, Square, Uber Technologies and UnitedHealth.
Many mergers have been announced or have closed, but just seven recent and pending deals have transformed how analysts and investors alike are having to view corporate America.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Tuesday included Anheuser-Busch, Arch Coal, BHP, Cars.com, Cigna, FireEye, Ford, 3M, Northrop Grumman, Take-Two Interactive Software and T-Mobile.
Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners is reportedly discussing an acquisition of health care provider Magellan Health. While not on the same scale as recent mega-mergers in the sector, this might be another…
Shares of these five top companies offer tremendous upside to the Goldman Sachs price objective. While there is no guarantee they get there, moving just halfway to the targets would be outsized…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday included Albermarle, Alphabet, Booking, Box, CenturyLink, Cigna, DowDuPont, Kraft Heinz, MercadoLibre, Tesla and Waste Management.
One good thing about brutal sell-offs is the market often realigns with much better valuations, and good stocks become great stocks to buy,
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included AbbVie, Agilent Technologies, Albermarle, Apple, Boeing, Cheniere Energy, First Solar, HCA, LabCorp, Lumber Liquidators and Teva Pharmaceutical.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday included Altbaba, AutoDesk, AutoZone, CBS, Eli Lilly, Lululemon, Michael's and Target.
Next year could bring more volatility to the stock market, and certain sectors, like health care, may be a good place to be.
