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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Container Store, Ericsson, Lumber Liquidators, Micron, Disney and Many More
August 20, 2015 8:35 am
Last Updated: August 20, 2015 8:35 am
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Source: Jon Ogg
These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations.
Container Store Group Inc. (NYSE: TCS) was raised to Hold from Underweight at BB&T Capital Markets. The stock closed at $15.76 on Wednesday, and it has a consensus analyst price target of $20.14 and a 52-week trading range of $15.49 to $24.00.
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) was maintained as Outperform at RBC Capital Markets, but the price target was cut to $12 from $14 in the call. Ericson closed at $10.15, has a consensus price target of $13.07 and has a 52-week range of $9.92 to $13.28.
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LL) was raised to Buy from Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald. Shares were indicated up 7% at $15.20, with a consensus analyst price target of $16.00 and a 52-week range of $11.62 to $69.99.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform and the price target was slashed to $15 from $36 (versus a $15.90 close) at R.W. Baird. Micron’s consensus price target keeps drifting lower and is now around $27.50. The 52-week range is $15.88 to $36.59.
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to $114 from $125 (versus a $106.45 close) at Sanford Bernstein. This is just a day after Wells Fargo downgraded Disney as well. Disney’s consensus analyst target price is $121.30 and the 52-week range is $78.54 to $122.08.
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Other top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from this Thursday were seen as follows:
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