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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AutoZone, Best Buy, Bloomin' Brands, EOG Resources, Lemonade, Pure Storage, QuantumScape, Stitch Fix, Twilio and More
March 9, 2021 8:59 am
Last Updated: May 13, 2021 12:27 pm
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) was started at Citigroup with a Sell rating and an $86 price target. The consensus target for the retail electronics and appliance giant is a much higher $118.19, and the stock was last seen on Monday at $106.57.
Bloomin’ Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: BLMN) was downgraded at Deutsche Bank from Buy to Hold with a $28 price target. That compares with the $26.92 consensus target and Monday’s $27.22 final print.
Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE: BRX) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs, which raised the price target to $22. The consensus target is $19.87, and Monday’s closing trade was reported at $20.78, which was up over 3% for the day.
Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ: CAMT) was raised from Hold to Buy with a $30 price target at Stifel. The posted consensus target is $27.75. The stock closed Monday at $25.39, down over 3% for the day, but shares rallying almost 4% in the premarket.
Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) was raised from Accumulate to Buy with a $37 price target at Johnson Rice. The consensus price objective is just $26.43. The final Monday trade was reported at $24.57, which was down over 4% for the day.
EOG Resources Inc. (NYSE: EOG) was downgraded from Buy to Accumulate with an $88 price target at Johnson Rice. The consensus target for the energy giant is $75.03. The stock closed on Monday at $74.59 a share.
Extended Stay America Inc. (NASDAQ: STAY) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Baird, which raised the price target to $19. The lower $17.67 consensus is still above Monday’s closing price of $16.79.
Lemonade Inc. (NYSE: LMND) was started at BofA Securities with an Underperform rating and a $29 target. The much higher consensus target is $107.67, and Monday’s close at $86.75 was down almost 7% for the day.
Lightspeed POS Inc. (NASDAQ: LSPD) was raised to Buy from Neutral at BTIG Research. The shares have traded in a range of $28.29 to $82.53 over the past year. There is no consensus target as the company had a recent initial public offering.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was named as the Bull of the Day at Zacks, which said that this company is the global king of memory chip technology and a driving force in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Shares most recently closed at $85.05 and have a consensus price target of $107.80.
Pure Storage Inc. (NYSE: PSTG) was raised at Deutsche Bank from Hold to Buy with a $27 price target. The consensus target is $29.42, and the stock closed on Monday at $19.37, down over 6% for the day.
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