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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, BHP Billiton, CA, CarMax, Dean Foods, Freeport-McMoRan, Newmont, Shire, Wells Fargo and Many More
January 12, 2016 9:05 am
Last Updated: January 13, 2020 3:09 pm
Stocks tried to stabilize on Monday, and Tuesday’s early indications were for Dow and S&P 500 futures to be up almost 1%. Last week’s sell-off may have been the worst opening week for stocks in living memory, but investors have bought every market pullback for over four years now — and the Dow and S&P 500 were both already challenging the formal 10% correction mark.
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These are this Tuesday’s top analyst calls.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $130 price objective (versus a $98.53 prior close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm said that its checks in China show that iPhone demand is strong and that Apple is poised to gain its market share. Apple’s consensus analyst price target has drifted lower to under $143. and it has a 52-week trading range of $92.00 to $134.54.
BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays. Jefferies maintained BHP as Buy but it lowered its U.S. equivalent target to $24 from $35 (versus a $21.40 close). BHP has a 52-week range of $21.08 to $52.98.
CA Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight with a $33 price target (versus a $26.20 close) at Barclays. The consensus price target is $29.59. and the 52-week range is $25.16 to $33.42.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) was raised to Outperform from Perform with a $60 price target (versus a $46.99 close) at Oppenheimer. The consensus price target is $65.27. The 52-week range is $46.18 to $75.40.
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Stephens. Shares closed most recently at $17.44. The stock has a consensus target of $20.10 and a 52-week range of $14.56 to $19.74.
Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) was raised to Buy from Hold with a $24 price target (versus a $17.01 close) at Jefferies. Its consensus analyst target price is $23.18, and it has a 52-week range of $15.39 to $27.90.
Shire PLC (NASDAQ: SHPG) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse. Shire closed down 8.9% at $169.37 but was last indicated up over 5% to $178.75. Shire has a consensus price target of $268.67 and a 52-week range of $166.66 to $270.63.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform with a $60 price target (versus a $50.09 close) at Keefe Bruyette & Woods. Goldman Sachs just raised Wells Fargo to Buy on Monday.
Other key analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday were in the following:
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