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Wednesday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Airlines, Freeport-McMoRan, Square, US Steel, Wendy's and More

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY): Zacks has named this as its Bear of the Day stock, citing that the specialty retailer recently posted rough second-quarter results and issued lower-than-projected guidance in the face of supply chain worries and more. Shares last closed at $15.03, and the consensus price target is $19.20.

CDW Corp. (NASDAQ: CDW): Morgan Stanley’s downgrade to Equal Weight from Overweight included a target price cut to $196 from $208. The consensus target is $203.50. The last trade for Tuesday was posted at $184.13.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG): Loop Capital started shares of the wildly popular Mexican food restaurant with a Hold rating and an $1,800 price target. That compares with the $1,915.21 consensus target and Tuesday’s closing print of $1,830.12.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF): While Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to Buy from Neutral, it also dropped the price objective to $24 from $26. The consensus target is $29.59. Tuesday’s close was at $20.76, which was up almost 5% on the day.

Commercial Metals Co. (NYSE: CMC): The Goldman Sachs upgrade of this steel company to Neutral from Sell included a price target hike to $33 from $31. The consensus target is $34. The shares closed Tuesday at $31.76.

Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ): Loop Capital started coverage of the popular pizza chain with a Buy rating and a $475 price target. The consensus price objective is $537.58. The last trade for Tuesday was at $474.62 per share.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX): Exane BNBP Paribas upgraded the mining giant to Outperform from Neutral and has a $39.50 price target. The consensus target is $42.79. The last trade for Tuesday came in at $32.20.


Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO): Morgan Stanley downgraded the shares to Underweight from Equal Weight but lifted the target price to $14 from $13. The $16.25 consensus target is less than Tuesday’s closing price of $17.15 per share.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. (NYSE: H): Loop Capital initiated coverage of the venerable hotel chain with a Hold rating and an $80 price target. The consensus target is $81.85. Tuesday’s last trade was posted at $82.09.

JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ: JBLU): Goldman Sachs downgraded the carrier to Neutral from Buy and trimmed the $20 target price to $17. The consensus target is $20.07. The final trade on Tuesday hit the tape at $16.12.

Noodles & Co. (NASDAQ: NDLS): Stephens started coverage with an Overweight rating and an $18 price target. The consensus price objective is $15.08. Tuesday’s closing share price was $12.28.

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