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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Gold Fields, Humana, Intel, PayPal, Yelp and Many More
July 8, 2016 8:50 am
Last Updated: January 13, 2020 5:58 am
Stocks were looking for direction ahead of the payrolls report, and the numbers for June blew out expectations to the upside after a very negative report in May. Last week’s post-Brexit recovery may have become muted, but investors are still more than willing buy their favorite stocks after every major sell-off.
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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday morning:
Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE: GFI) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Shares closed down 2.5% at $5.34 on Thursday and were indicated up 2% at $5.45 on Friday. The gold miner has a consensus analyst target price of $4.51 and a 52-week trading range of $2.04 to $5.56.
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight with a $150 price target (down from $196) at JPMorgan. The stock closed down 9.6% at $162.74 after news broke that its merger is likely to be challenged. The consensus price target was $208.77, and the 52-week range is $155.24 to $192.49.
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) was raised to Market Perform from Underperform and the price target was raised to $30 from $26 (versus a $33.20 prior close) at Bernstein. It has a consensus price target of $35.20 and a 52-week range of $24.87 to $35.59.
PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) was started with an Overweight rating and was assigned a $45 price target (versus a $36.32 close) at Stephens. The consensus price target is $43.65. The 52-week range is $30.00 to $42.55.
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) was started with a Neutral rating and assigned a $30 price target (versus a $30.04 close) at Wedbush Securities. Its consensus price target is down at $27.43, and it has a 52-week range of $14.53 to $36.08.
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Other top analyst upgrades and downgrades were seen in the following:
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