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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Newmont, Noble Energy, Paychex, Pioneer Natural, Southwest Air, Wells Fargo and Many More
January 7, 2016 9:05 am
Last Updated: January 13, 2020 3:20 pm
Stocks were being sold off heavily yet again, making a four-day big drop for the Dow and &P 500. Trends can always be broken, and eventually they are always broken, but the one trend that has prevailed for more than four years is that investors bought every market pullback.
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These are the top analyst calls for Thursday, January 7, 2016.
Newmont Mining Co. (NYSE: NEM) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform and the price target was lowered to $20 from $26 at RBC Capital Markets. Newmont closed at $18.56, it has a consensus analyst target price of $23.51 and it has a 52-week trading range of $15.39 to $27.90.
Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) was raised to Buy from Hold with a $42.00 price target (versus a $31.69 prior close) at Deutsche Bank. Its consensus analyst price target is $44.14, and the 52-week range is $29.13 to $53.68.
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a $50 price objective (versus a $50.78 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Paychex has a consensus price target of $49.69 and a 52-week range of $41.59 to $54.78.
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD) was raised to Buy from Hold and the price target was raised to $165 from $150 at Deutsche Bank. Citigroup raised its rating to Buy from Neutral with a $145 target. Pioneer closed at $116.15 and has a consensus price target close to $165.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight with a $51 price target (versus a $42.85 close) at Morgan Stanley. It has a $53.77 consensus price target and a 52-week range of $31.36 to $51.34.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was raised to Buy from Hold and was given a $60.00 price target (versus a $51.88 close) at Citigroup. Wells Fargo has a consensus target of $58.84 and a 52-week range of $47.75 to $58.77.
Other key analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday included the following:
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