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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Allergan, Amazon, Chipotle, Netflix, QIWI, Sarepta and More
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These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms.
Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS — the deal hope and talk continues.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is due to report earnings in just two days, yet the online seller of everything was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AXL) was raised to Neutral from Underweight at J.P. Morgan.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) was downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at HSBC.
Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) was downgraded to Sector Underperform from Sector Perform at Scotia.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) rose after earnings and targets are being raised, with shares indicated up about 10% at $650. RBC raised its target to $730 from $680, Piper Jaffray to $740 from $610 and Baird to $800 from $650. Estimates were raised at Sterne Agee with a $742 price target.
Diamondback Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $101 price target (versus a $87.99 close) at Roth Capital.
Digital Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: DLR) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank and the price target was raised to $68 from $56 (versus a $61.23 close). Its yield is still 5.7% despite almost a 50% rise from its 52-week low.
Five Below Inc. (NASDAQ: FIVE) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform and given a $41 to $42 value (versus a $34.40 close) at Wells Fargo.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $84 from $79 at Argus.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) was raised to Outperform with a $11.50 price target (versus a $9.74 close) at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.
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Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) was mixed after earnings, but we have seen some analyst price targets lifted: RBC raised to $530 from $500 and FBR raised to $440 from $390. Sterne Agee maintained a Neutral but lowered estimates. Credit Suisse maintained a Neutral but raised its target to $430 from $369.
QIWI PLC (NASDAQ: QIWI) has been smacked due to its online payment system exposure in Russia, but the company was started as Positive with a price target of $50 (versus a $37.58 close) at Susquehanna.
Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
Sanmina Corp. (NASDAQ: SANM) was raised to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT) was started as Neutral at Merrill Lynch, but the firm issued a $27 price objective (versus a $21.57 close) and it also said that it has significant potential but is very risky.
SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Evercore.
Valspar Corp. (NYSE: VAL) was raised to the prized Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs, but the hike was up all the way from Neutral. The price target was raised to $97 from $83, versus a $76.18 close.
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In case you missed Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Apple, ARM Holdings, DaVita Healthcare, GE, GoPro, Itron, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and many more.
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