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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Analog Devices, Camping World, Ciena, Deere, RSP Permian, Ulta Beauty, Yum China and Many More
June 2, 2017 9:19 am
Last Updated: January 12, 2020 11:25 am
Stocks were indicated to open higher on Friday at a record. This is after President Trump exited the Paris climate accord and after a weaker than expected nonfarm payrolls report. The bull market is more eight years old and investors have still proven time after time that they will buy every big sell-off. Those same investors are also looking for new investing and trading ideas.
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Consensus analyst price target data are the mean of the Thomson Reuters sell-side research service. Additional color and commentary has been added on most of the daily analyst calls.
These were the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Friday, June 2, 2017.
Analog Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) was downgraded to Reduce from Neutral with a $72 price target (versus an $82.21 prior close) at Instinet. Analog Devices has a 52-week trading range of $52.17 to $90.49, and it has a consensus analyst target price of $94.40.
Camping World Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CWH) was reinstated as Outperform with a target price of $36 (versus a $27.29 closing price) at Credit Suisse. Camping World has a consensus price target of $35.80.
Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $33 (versus a $27.19 close) at Argus. Ciena shares rose by 15.8% on Thursday due to strong earnings and other analysts have raised their targets.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) was raised to Neutral from Underweight and the price target was raised to $122 from $103 at JPMorgan. Deere has a 52-week range of $76.73 to $125.98, and the consensus price target was last seen at $125.05.
RSP Permian Inc. (NYSE: RSPP) was started with an Outperform rating and given a $59 target price (versus a $36.20 closing price) at Credit Suisse. The 52-week range is $32.25 to $46.92, and the consensus price target is $51.82.
Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) was assumed with a Buy rating and the target price was raised to $350 from $266 (versus a $306.72 close) at Jefferies. They see upside coming from its CRM and development platform and they now view ULTA as a brand development platform and media company with a network of experiential retail venues. Ulta has a 52-week range of $225.13 to $310.00 and consensus target price of $322.27.
Yum China Holdings Inc. (NYSE: YUMC) was started with an Overweight rating and assigned a $42 price target (versus a $40.00 closing price) at JPMorgan. The consensus target price is lower at $35.30, and its shares hit a post-spin-off high of $40.29 on Thursday.
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Other key analyst calls were seen in the following:
AECOM (NYSE: ACM) was reiterated as Buy with a $43 price target (versus a $32.84 close) at Argus.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALNY) was started as Neutral with a fair value estimate of $67 (versus a $69.70 close) at Janney.
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