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:
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (NYSE: ADS) was raised to Buy from Hold with a $330 price target (versus a $268.57 close) at Stifel Nicolaus.
Amec Foster Wheeler PLC (NYSE: AMFW) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus after its acquisition by Avago passed a key hurdle.
Demandware Inc. (NYSE: DWRE) was started as Positive with a $78 price target (versus a $59.04 close) at Susquehanna.
Expeditors International of Washington Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPD) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight and the price target was raised to $52 from $44 (versus a $49.79 close) at Barclays.
Fossil Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) was raised to Sector Weight from Underweight at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
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Hormel Foods Corp. (NYSE: HRL) was raised to Buy from Hold and the price target was raised to $66 from $59 (versus a $61.22 close) at Deutsche Bank. Credit Suisse maintained its Neutral rating but raised its target to $63 from $61.
JAKKS Pacific Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) was started as Outperform with a $15 price target (versus a $9.30 close) at Oppenheimer.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie.
Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) was raised to Outperform from Neutral with a $35.00 price target at R.W. Baird.
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $242 price target (versus a $211.28 close) at Sterne Agee CRT.
Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE: SIG) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Targa Resources Corp. (NYSE: TRGP) was downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies.
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Fresh Market Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral and the price target was cut to $25 from $35 (versus a $27.26 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to $90 from $101 (versus a $77.82 close) at Sanford Bernstein.
In case you missed Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Analog Devices, Canadian Solar, Home Depot, Marvell Technology, Wal-Mart and over a dozen more companies.
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