Wednesday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Adobe, Amazon, Carnival, Chewy, Ginkgo Bioworks, Nvidia, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, SentinelOne, Walmart and More

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Published: March 30, 2022 8:49 am

Last Updated: August 9, 2022 10:29 am

The futures were lower Wednesday, after a solid risk-on rally held the serve on Tuesday, with all the major indexes and the transports closing higher. Market pundits pointed to positive progress in the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks as one of the positives, with big corporate buybacks also adding to the strength. The S&P 500 is up over 10% in the past 11 trading days, which has happened only twice since 2009. With the quarter ending on Thursday, all eyes are now focused on Friday’s March nonfarm payroll report. Analysts are looking for 450,000 jobs to be added, after the last two reports came in very strong.

Yields across the Treasury curve were lower, likely a result of the end of the quarter buying from institutional accounts. Once again Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude closed lower, and gold fell back toward the $1,900 per ounce level.

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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE): Exane BNP Paribas started coverage of the technology giant with an Outperform rating and a $570 target price. The consensus target is $568.12. The last trade on Tuesday was reported at $466.33.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Exane BNP Paribas began coverage of the retail and technology colossus with an Underperform rating and a $2,800 target price. The consensus price objective is up at $4,098, and the stock closed on Tuesday at $3,386.30.

Carnival Corp. & PLC (NYSE: CCL): Jefferies reiterated a Neutral rating and a $19 price target on the cruise line operator. The shares have traded as high as $31.52 in the past year but closed on Tuesday at $19.93.

Chewy Inc. (NYSE: CHWY): Baird reiterated an Outperform rating with a $65 target price. The consensus target is higher at $70.57. The closing share price on Tuesday was $50.99, up close to 5% for the day.