These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) was started as Neutral with a $50 price target (versus a $46.44 close) at Goldman Sachs. CIT has a consensus target price of $51.12 and a 52-week trading range of $43.21 to $49.98.
CyberArk Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CYBR) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo. CyberArk closed at $58.06. It has a consensus price target of $63.55 and a 52-week range of $22.12 to $76.35.
Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) was already at Buy at Goldman Sachs, but the firm raised it to its prized Conviction Buy List and gave it a $48 price target. Kinder Morgan closed at $33.14 and has a consensus price target of $46.31 and a 52-week range of $31.09 to $44.71.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) was started with a Sell rating, and it was assigned a $29 price target (versus a $33.72 close), at Pivotal Research. Whole Foods now has a consensus price target of $39.25, after all the other capitulation downgrades, and a 52-week range of $33.44 to $57.57.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) was reiterated as Hold at Argus. The firm remains cautious, due to the uncertainty in oil prices. Exxon closed at $78.65. It has a consensus target price of $90.00 and a 52-week range of $76.33 to $100.31.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) was raised to Overweight from Neutral and was given a $60 price target (versus a $53.03 close) at JPMorgan.
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Other top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from this Friday were seen as follows:
Aaron’s Inc. (NYSE: AAN) was raised to Buy from Hold with a price target of $47 (versus a $37.17 close) at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (NYSE: ADS) was raised to Overweight from Neutral and was given a $328 price target (versus a $268.92 close) at JPMorgan.
Aramark Corp. (NYSE: ARMK) was started as Outperform with a $37.00 price target (versus a $32.07 close) at Credit Suisse.
CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight and the price target was raised to $71.00 from $64.00 (versus a $63.22 close) at Barclays.
Crescent Point Energy Corp. (NYSE: CPG) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
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Diamondback Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) was started as Overweight with a $91 price target (versus a $71.67 close) at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Eldorado Gold Corp. (NYSE: EGO) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.
Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE: GST) was started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
ICON PLC (NASDAQ: ICLR) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Ophthotech Corp. (NASDAQ: OPHT) was started as Outperform with a $95 price target (versus a $50.81 close) at Oppenheimer.
PAREXEL International Corp. (NASDAQ: PRXL) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
PRA Health Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAH) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Q) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
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Citigroup has also lowered its oil price expectations. The firm sees Brent Sea crude now averaging $54 in 2015 and $53 in 2016, down from $58 and $63 respectively. The group even had a bear market case with a 30% probability in the low $30s.
In case you missed out on Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Alibaba, Baker Hughes, GoPro, Merck, Microsoft, Yahoo and over a dozen more.
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