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August 7, 2015 8:50 am
Last Updated: August 7, 2015 8:52 am
Box Inc. (NYSE: BOX) was raised to Outperform from Perform and was given a $21 price target (versus a $14.01 close) at Oppenheimer.
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO) was maintained as Outperform but the price target was trimmed to $54 from $58 at RBC Capital Markets.
Chemours Co. (NYSE: CC) was raised to Neutral from Underweight and with an $11 price target (versus an $11.10 close) at JPMorgan.
Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS. Argus maintained its Hold rating but gave some positive comments and said that its dividend yield of 4.2% remains incentive for patient investors.
Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and the price target was raised to $48 from $33 (after a 6% drop to $35.74) at Credit Suisse.
Endologix Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX) was raised to Outperform from Perform and it was given a $17 price target (versus a $12.36 close) at Oppenheimer.
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Energizer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ENR) was reiterated as Outperform but the price target was raised to $52 from $40 (versus a $41.14 close) at RBC Capital Markets.
Hi-Crush Partners L.P. (NYSE: HCLP) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform and the price target was more than cut in half, down to $24 from $50 (versus a $17.23 close), at RBC Capital Markets.
Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.
Iconix Brand Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ICON) was downgraded to Hold from Buy with a price target slashed all the way to $16 from $36 (versus a $19.60 close and $17.25 early Friday indications) at Wunderlich. This is after news that its CEO is stepping down ahead of next week’s earnings.
MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: MWE) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform and the price target was cut to $72 from $81 (versus a $55.07 close) at Credit Suisse.
PHH Corp. (NYSE: PHH) was slaughtered with a 32% loss to $16.28 on Thursday. It was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to $20 from $28 at FBR Capital Markets.
Penn Virginia Corp. (NYSE: PVA) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform and the target price was slashed to $1.00 from $4.00 (versus a $0.95 close) at Credit Suisse.
Planar Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: PLNR) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a target price of $5.50 (versus a $3.75 close) at Roth Capital.
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Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SBH) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy and the price target was cut to $30 from $37 (versus a $26.81 close) at B. Riley.
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy with a $33.00 price target (versus a $34.63 close) at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Shutterstock Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) shares tanked, falling 32% after weak guidance. It was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies. William Blair also downgraded Shutterstock to Market Perform from Outperform.
Springleaf Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEAF) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $58.00 (versus a $45.94 close) at Sterne Agee CRT.
If you missed Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they were in shares of EMC, FitBit, Keurig Green Mountain, Stratasys, Tesla Motors, Wendy’s and over a dozen more.
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