Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Dick's Sporting Goods, Randgold, Royal Dutch Shell, Sysco, Tesla and More

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Published: May 5, 2016 8:50 am

Last Updated: January 13, 2020 9:50 am

Stocks were indicated up on Thursday ahead of Friday’s key unemployment and payrolls report, but the ADP payrolls report may have soured expectations. With the Dow now down about 500 points from the April 20 peak, investors have to decide whether they will keep buying the dips or start thinking about lightening up. Is “Sell in May and go away!” going to prevail with the S&P 500 valued at over 17.6 times forward earnings? This remains to be seen, but investors are still looking for safe havens and opportunities.

24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports each morning of the week in an effort to find new investing and trading ideas. Some of these analyst reports cover stocks to buy, while others cover stocks to sell or avoid.

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday morning:

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) was downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight with a $39 price target (versus a $46.59 prior close) at Morgan Stanley. Oppenheimer has a Perform rating and asked if the optimism is overdone. The consensus analyst price target is $49.16. The 52-week trading range is $33.42 to $56.94.

Randgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup. The stock closed down 10.8% at $85.29 on Wednesday after earnings (with production down 11%). It has a consensus price target of $96.35 and a 52-week range of $54.88 to $101.60.