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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Albermarle, Amgen, Applied Materials, Biogen, CRISPR, CrowdStrike, CSX, Kroger, Slack, Teva, Xerox and More
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Stocks were mixed in the premarket on Tuesday and the day was just looking for direction after last week’s all-time highs. Investors still have a lot of pressing issues and risks to consider now that the bull market is over 10 and a half years old. This is a time for investors to consider what changes they should be making for their portfolios and assets heading into late 2019 and as 2020 approaches.
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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Tuesday, November 12, 2019.
Albermarle Corp. (NYSE:Â ALB) was maintained as Buy but the target price was lowered to $87 from $95 at UBS. RBC downgraded it to Sector Perform from Outperform and cut its price target to $71 from $77. Berenberg cut price target to $72 from $75 while maintaining its Hold rating.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) was started as Buy with a $256 target price (versus a $220.70 prior close) at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) was started with a Buy rating and a $225 target price at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Apollo Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: AINV) was downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform with a $17 target price (versus a $16.36 close) at RBC Capital Markets.
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) was reiterated as Outperform and its target was raised to $62 from $58 at Wells Fargo. Applied Materials closed up 1% at $56.59 on Monday and was indicated up 1% at $57.30 on Tuesday, with a prior consensus target price of $55.68.
Ares Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ARES) was started as Outperform with a $20 target price (versus an $18.55 close) at RBC Capital Markets. It has an 8% or so dividend as a business development company, as well as a 52-week range of $14.50 to $19.28 and a consensus target price of $19.46.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) was started with a Buy rating and a $110 target price (versus a $75.33 close) at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) was started with a Buy rating and a $337 target price (with a $294.14 close) at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CBMG) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform with a $19 target price (versus a $17.67 close) at Robert W. Baird.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) was started as Neutral with a $123 target price (versus a $115.87 close) at Goldman Sachs. The prior consensus target price was $119.25, and the 52-week trading range is $98.57 to $132.76.
CONMED Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) was started as Overweight with a $136 target price (versus a $109.99 close) at JPMorgan.
CRISPR Therapeutics A.G. (NASDAQ: CRSP) was raised to Outperform from Perform with a $65 target price at Oppenheimer.
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) was raised to Neutral from Sell but the target price was lowered to $55 from $66 (versus a $46.20 close) at Goldman Sachs. Its prior consensus target price was $83.89, and its post-IPO range has been $44.58 to $101.88.
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) was downgraded to Hold from Buy and the price target was lowered to $74 from $82 at Deutsche Bank.
Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) was reiterated as Outperform and the target price was raised to $33 from $31 (versus a $22.53 close) at Wells Fargo.
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