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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: ADT, CarMax, Cogent, Intel, Monsanto, Noble, Raytheon and Many More
September 23, 2015 8:45 am
Last Updated: September 23, 2015 8:45 am
Biomed Realty Trust (NYSE: BMR) was raised to Buy from Hold at Canaccord Genuity, and the price target was raised to $23 from $21 (versus a $19.18 close). There are also reports that it is interested in selling itself, sending shares up 6% to $20.40.
Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) was maintained as Buy at Stifel, and the price target was raised to $61 from $60 (versus a $49.79 close). Carnival has a consensus price target of $59.19 and a 52-week range of $33.11 to $54.05.
Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT) was raised to Buy from Hold at Needham, and the $10 price target was maintained after an $8.24 closing price. Daktronics has a $14.00 consensus price target and a 52-week range of $8.13 to $13.90.
Finish Line Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform and the price target was raised to $30 from $28 (versus a $24.66 close) at FBR Capital Markets. The consensus analyst price target is $28.95 and the 52-week range is $22.40 to $29.92.
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Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HRC) was started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Shares closed at $56.78 and have a consensus price target of $63.00 and a 52-week range of $39.58 to $58.73.
Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ: SMED) was reiterated as Buy at Stifel, and the firm raised its price target to $11 from $8 (versus an $8.82 close).
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was maintained as Buy at Canaccord Genuity, but the firm lowered its price target to $75 from $83 (versus a $57.63 close) after attending its user conference the prior week. Splunk has a consensus price target of $79.97 and a 52-week range of $49.61 to $76.85.
Two key stocks overseas were seen with multiple analyst calls as well:
In case you missed Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they were in shares of Apple, DuPont, Frontier Communications, Hewlett-Packard, 3M, Red Hat and over a dozen more companies.
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