Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Boston Scientific, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Coca-Cola, Darden Restaurants, Home Depot, Netflix, Snap, Tesla, Transocean and Zynga.
A large sector call from Barclays shows just how much the expectations are coming down for the major utilities in America. Many of those old price targets are unfortunately now simply viewed…
Hopes for a political agreement on how to stimulate the U.S. economy has provided a boost to downtrodden utility stocks.
It seems almost impossible and even feels treasonous to consider that utilities could potentially have problems with their dividends.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Advanced Micro Devices, American Electric Power, Analog Devices, CenturyLink, Dish Network, Herbalife, NextEra Energy, NRG Energy, On Semiconductor and SolarEdge Technologies.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included AbbVie, Apple, Arconic, CenturyLink, eHealth, Nvidia, Salesforce.com, Tesla and Teva Pharmaceutical.
Christmas Eve's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Amgen, Apple, Builder FirstSource, CarMax, Dominion Energy, FedEx, Nike, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sarpeta Therapeutics.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Thursday included Abbott Laboratories, CenterPoint Energy, Dominion Energy, Delphi Technologies, Dollar General, Lennar, Lululemon Athletica, Visa, Walt Disney and Zillow.
Some investors might be thinking that the safety and income from utilities already has seen its upside. Merrill Lynch does not feel that way at all.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday included Chipotle Mexican Grill, Delphi Technologies, Dollar General, Facebook, Ingersoll-Rand, Nike, Okta and Quest Diagnostics.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday included American Electric Power, Apple, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, RingCentral, Tellurian, Tesla and Vonage.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Benefitfocus, Chubb, Dominion Energy, Home Depot, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Mylan, Philip Morris and Weight Watchers.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday included Chesapeake Energy, CME, Constellation Brands, Dominion Energy, Electronic Arts, Gap, Netflix, Starbucks, Viacom, Yum! Brands and Zynga.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included American Express, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dominion Energy, Grubhub, Intel, McDonald's, Microsoft, Nvidia and Total.
Office Depot, Dominion Energy, EyeGate, and Sphere 3D all posted new 52-week lows on Friday.
