Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: ABB, Apple, Baidu, Casper, GE, Groupon, JPMorgan, Micron, PPD, Verizon, Wayfair and More

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) just lost part of its most bearish analyst out there, with some caution remaining. JPMorgan upgraded GE to Neutral from Underweight and raised its target price to $8 from $5. UBS reiterated its Buy rating and raised its target to $15 from $14. The move comes after GE closed up over 4% at $10.88 on Friday, breaking a 10-day consecutive losing streak.

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) was named as the Zacks Bear of the Day stock. The firm said that this dying company has been struggling to maintain its competitive edge in a saturating market. Shares last closed at $1.34 and have a consensus price target of $1.94.

Iqiva Holdings Inc. (NYSE: IQV) was started with a Buy rating and a $190 target price (versus a $139.49 close) at Deutsche Bank.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) was raised to Overweight from Neutral and assigned a $149 target price at Piper Sandler. JPMorgan shares closed down over 4.3% at $116.11 on Friday and were indicated down another 1.5% at $114.34 on Monday. The consensus target price was $138.92, and the 52-week trading range is $98.09 to $141.10.

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was raised to Neutral from Underperform and the target price was raised to $55 from $45 at Robert W. Baird.

PPD Inc. (NASDAQ: PPD) has seen its quiet period come to an end and its shares closed down 2.4% at $27.88 on Friday, in a post-IPO range of $26.50 to $33.23. Goldman Sachs started it with a Buy rating and a $34 target price, Robert W. Baird as Outperform with a $35 target, Mizuho as Buy with a $32 target price, Barclays at Overweight with a $33 target and Credit Suisse as Outperform with a $32 target price.

Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) was raised to Outperform from Neutral with an $18 target price (versus a $13.52 close) at Robert W. Baird.

SmileDirectClub Inc. (NASDAQ: SDC) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy and its target price was slashed to $9 from $18 (versus a $7.48 close) at UBS.

Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) was maintained as Neutral at Cantor Fitzgerald, but the firm lowered the target price to $19.50 from $26.00. Shares closed down 0.7% at $14.43 on Friday, with a $24.00 consensus target price. The stock was indicated up over 2% at $14.75 on Monday.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was raised to Outperform with a $61 target price at Cowen.

Wayfair Inc. (NYSE: W) was down 10.1% at $63.21 on Friday. Credit Suisse maintained it as Outperform but lowered its target price to $110 from $125, and Stephens maintained its Equal Weight rating but lowered its target price to $65 from $80.

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) was raised to Buy from Hold and its target price was raised to $73 from $63 at Stifel.

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