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Wednesday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Home Depot, Mastercard, McDonald's, Penn National Gaming, Starbucks, Take-Two Interactive and More

Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating on the retail giant, with a $420 price target, after the company reported outstanding earnings for the quarter. The consensus target is $372.91. The final trade for Tuesday was reported at $300.95.

Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG): Goldman Sachs slashed the $369 price target on the Buy-rated robotic surgical giant to $319. The consensus target is $335.53. The stock closed on Tuesday at $225.18.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT): Benchmark started coverage with a Buy rating and a $215 target price. The consensus target is 205.71. Tuesday’s closing share price was $178.97.

Mastercard Inc. (NYSE: MA): Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on the credit card heavyweight with a Buy rating and a $460 target price. The consensus target is $433.10. Tuesday’s final trade was reported at $338.86.

McDonald’s Inc. (NYSE: MCD): Baird stuck with an Outperform rating on the fast-food giant, with a $283 price target, after the company announced its departure from Russia. The consensus target is $280.54. The stock closed at $241.63 on Tuesday.

Molson Coors Brewing Co. (NYSE: TAP): Bernstein downgraded the beer giant to Market Perform from Outperform and has a $59 price objective. The consensus target is $57.06. Shares ended Tuesday’s trading at $55.85.

Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST): Bernstein upgraded the shares of the energy drink giant to Outperform from Market Perform to Outperform and boosted the $97 target price to $110. The consensus target is $99.84. The stock closed at $89.23 on Tuesday.


Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN): Jefferies raised its Hold rating to Buy with a $49 target price. The consensus target is $57.47. The shares closed nearly 4% higher on Tuesday at $30.92.

Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: QTWO): Stephens downgraded the stock to Equal Weight from Overweight and cut the $65 target price to $50. The consensus target is $74.58. The shares closed up a stunning 22% on Tuesday at $51.36, after reports indicated there was takeover interest in the company.

Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: RYAAY): Raymond James upgraded the European airline giant from Outperform to Strong Buy with a $125 target price. The consensus target is $121.60. The stock closed almost 5% higher on Tuesday at $84.62.

Shoals Technologies Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SHLS): Goldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating on the stock but trimmed the $22 price target to $19. The consensus target is $27. Tuesday’s $13.42 close was up almost 11% on the day, after the company posted solid quarterly results.

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