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Wednesday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Activision Blizzard, American Express, Chewy, eBay, Kohl's, Kroger, Monster Beverage, Occidental Petroleum, Tesla, Shopify and More
July 6, 2022 8:53 am
Last Updated: July 6, 2022 9:04 am
APA Corp. (NASDAQ: APA): Goldman Sachs lowered its $52 target price on the Neutral-rated energy giant to $41. The consensus target is $56.21. Tuesday’s close was at $32.73, down almost 8% on the day as crude prices were crushed.
Chewy Inc. (NYSE: CHWY): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating with a $60 target price. The consensus target is just $44.36. The stock closed Tuesday at $40.54, up over 9% for the day on no news we could source.
Discover Financial Services Inc. (NYSE: DFS): Whiled Goldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating, it also cut the $138 target price to $120. The consensus target is $137.76. Tuesday’s close was at $97.97.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY): Baird trimmed the $55 price target to $54 while keeping an Outperform rating. The consensus target is $57.28. The final trade on Tuesday was reported at $43.93.
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating with a $110 target price objective. The consensus target is $105.91. The last trade on Tuesday came in at $79.13 a share.
Excelerate Energy Inc. (NYSE: EE): Wells Fargo upgraded the shares from Equal Weight to Overweight with a $29 price target. The consensus target is $32.00. The stock closed over 7% higher on Tuesday at $20.52 on basically no news.
Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS): Baird maintained an Outperform rating on the popular retail chain while lowering the price target to $42 from $53 after the deal to be acquired by Franchise Group fell through. The consensus target is $47.45. The stock closed Tuesday at $29.41, which was up close to 3% on the day.
Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR): Zacks has named this as its Bull of the Day stock, with the analyst pointing out that the retailer has been on a blazing-hot earnings streak, exceeding bottom-line expectations in 10 consecutive quarters. Shares last closed at $47.23, and the consensus price target of $55.04 represents more than 16% potential upside.
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: LYV): Though Macquarie raised its Neutral rating to Outperform, it lowered the $117target price to $105. The consensus target is $125.23. Tuesday’s close at $85.44 was up almost 3% for the day.
Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST): Roth Capital started coverage of the energy drink heavyweight with a Neutral rating and a $100 target price. The consensus target is $101.74. The shares ended trading on Tuesday at $96.11. As it is trading just shy of a 52-week high, this is likely a valuation call.
NetEase Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES): Macquarie started coverage with an Outperform rating and a $129 target price. The shares have traded as high as $118.19 apiece in the past year but closed on Tuesday at $92.32.
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