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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Baker Hughes, CBS, Generac, Halliburton, Nike, PG&E, Snap, Tesla, Weatherford, Western Digital and More
September 11, 2018 9:10 am
Last Updated: January 11, 2020 6:07 pm
PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) was reiterated as Overweight and the price target was raised to $67 from $63 at Morgan Stanley.
Plains GP Holdings L.P. (NYSE: PGAP) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price objective was raised to $30 from $26 at Merrill Lynch.
Ross Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) was started as Equal Weight with a $106 price target (versus a $97.91 close) at Barclays.
Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) was started with a Hold rating at Stifel.
Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and the target price was raised to $12.25 from $11.50 at Wedbush.
SunRun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN) was raised to Buy from Neutral and the price objective was raised to $17 from $16 (versus an $11.95 close) at Merrill Lynch. The firm believes that its recent underperformance ignores improving data points in California and in financing.
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy and the price target was lowered to $300 from $400 at Noimura/Instinet. The reason: Elon Musk’s recent behavior damaging the Tesla brand.
TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) was started as Equal Weight at Barclays.
24/7 Wall St.US Silica Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) was started with a Buy rating and assigned a $26 target price (versus a $19.12 close) at Stifel.
Weatherford International PLC (NYSE: WFT) was started with a Hold rating at Stifel. Shares were up 3.5% at $2.38 on Monday and were indicated up almost 3% on Tuesday morning.
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform and the target price was lowered to $70 from $95 at RBC Capital Markets.
Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ: WING) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy and the price target was raised to $66 from $58 (versus a $67.48 close) at Goldman Sachs.
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) was reiterated as Overweight and the target was raised to $52 from $49 (versus a $49.01 close) at Morgan Stanley.
24/7 Wall St. has identified seven large international stock picks that analysts call to have big upside for U.S. investors willing to look at discounted overseas stocks.
Monday’s top analyst calls were in Amazon.com, Anthem, Constellation Brands, Hecla Mining, Nike, Overstock.com, UnitedHealth and many more.
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