Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ABEO) was reiterated as Buy but the price target was raised to $35 from $17 (versus a $17.40 close) at Maxim Group. The shares were indicated up 6.6% at $18.55 on Thursday, in a 52-week high of $18.90 and with a prior consensus target price of $20.00.
Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI), or ANGI Homeservices, was reinstated as Outperform and assigned a $14 price target (versus an $11.81 close) at Oppenheimer.
BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight with a $53 price target (versus a $46.37 close) at Stephens.
Calithera Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: CALA) was started with an Outperform rating at William Blair.
Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight with a $38 price target (versus a $37.43 close) at Morgan Stanley.
Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) was started as Hold at Pivotal Research.
CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA) was downgraded to Hold from Buy and the price target was cut to $35 from $37 (versus $31.98 close) at Jefferies.
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) was maintained as Sector Perform but the price target was raised to $44 from $38 (versus a $43.78 close) at RBC Capital Markets.
Leidos Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) was assumed with a Buy rating and the price target moved up to $75 from $52 (versus a $60.25 close) at Jefferies.
Navient Corp. (NASDAQ: NAVI) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy with a $15.50 price target (versus a $14.70 close) at Compass Point.
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight with a $17 price target (versus a $16.92 close) at Morgan Stanley.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) was raised to Buy from Underperform with a $435 price target (versus a $374.17 close) at Merrill Lynch.
Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UAA) was started with a Hold rating and assigned a $17 price target (versus a $16.47 close) at Pivotal Research.
VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) was started with a Buy rating and assigned a $75 price target (versus a $64.91 close) at Pivotal Research.
Jefferies started ProPetro Holding Corp. (NYSE: PUMP) and Keane Group Inc. (NYSE: FRAC) with Buy ratings, and Mammoth Energy Services Inc. (NASDAQ: TUSK) with a Hold rating. RPC Inc. (NYSE: RES) was downgraded to Hold from Buy in these calls.
Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Freeport-McMoRan, Gilead Sciences, FuelCell, Oracle, Take-Two Interactive, Tesla, Waste Management and many more.