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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: First Solar, Ford, Frontier Communications, JPMorgan, Macy's, Yamana Gold and More
February 24, 2016 8:50 am
Last Updated: January 13, 2020 12:47 pm
Stocks were indicated to open down again on Wednesday, stoking concerns that the rallies are still just selling opportunities. In the prior four years it was a “buy the dips” mentality.
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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday, February 24, 2016.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $84 from $82 (versus a $61.79 prior close, and up over 2% to $63.25 in early indications) at Janney Capital Markets. Credit Suisse maintained its Neutral rating. First Solar has a consensus analyst price target of $74.75 and a 52-week trading range of $40.25 to $72.12.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a $13 price target (versus a $12.42 close) at Credit Suisse. The consensus analyst target is $15.82, and the 52-week range is $10.44 to $16.74.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) was maintained as Buy but the price target was cut to $67 from $71 (versus a $56.12 close) at Jefferies. Credit Suisse maintained its Outperform rating with a $75 price target. JPMorgan has a consensus price target of $71.67 and a 52-week range of $50.07 to $70.61.
Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel. Its shares were up 3% at $42.31 the prior day after earnings, and the consensus price target is $43.75. The 52-week range is $34.05 to $73.61.
Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE: AUY) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral and the price target was cut to $2.80 from $2.40 (versus a $2.73 close) at Goldman Sachs. Yamana has a consensus analyst target of $3.08 and a 52-week range of $1.38 to $4.32.
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Other key analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday were in the following:
If you missed Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades, they included Annaly Capital, Barrick Gold, Cheniere energy, Fitbit, Dean Foods, Groupon, SolarCity, Twitter, U.S. Steel and a dozen or so more companies.
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