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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bumble, Marathon Oil, Okta, Qualcomm, Snowflake, Stitch Fix, Walmart and More
March 4, 2021 9:00 am
Last Updated: March 8, 2021 12:24 pm
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler. The firm also raised the price target on the chip giant to $160. The higher consensus target is $172.27, and Wednesday’s closing price was $131.66, after retreating nearly 4% on the day.
Realty Income Inc. (NYSE: O) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Mizuho, which lowered the price target to $62. The consensus target is up at $69.59. The stock closed on Wednesday at $60.78.
Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank, which raised its price target on the red-hot cloud-based software company to $300. The consensus target is even higher at $309.61. The shares were last seen trading on Wednesday at $247.03, down almost 9% on the day.
Spirit Realty Capital Inc. (NYSE: SRC) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Mizuho, though the firm raised the price target to $43. The consensus target is $43.85, and Wednesday’s closing price was $42.55 per share.
Stitch Fix Inc. (NASDAQ: SFIX) saw its target price raised at Telsey Advisory Group to $84 from $54. The firm maintained its Outperform rating on the shares. The consensus price target is $54.25, but the stock was last seen on Wednesday trading at $72.57, even after pulling back over 6% on the day.
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was named as the Zacks Bear of the Day stock. The firm said that the stock has fallen 15% in the past three months as Wall Street starts to price-in how difficult it will be to keep pace with the retailer’s stellar, coronavirus-driven growth. Shares last closed at $127.59 and have a consensus price target of $159.84.
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Wednesday’s early top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Adobe, Fastly, Fisker, Rocket Companies, Roku, Shopify and Target. Analyst calls seen later in the day were on Microsoft, Oracle, Tesla and more.
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