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Monday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Airlines, BP, Costco, Occidental Petroleum, PayPal, Six Flags, Toast and More

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL): BofA Securities stuck with a Neutral rating on the consumer staples giant and has an $80 price target. The consensus target is $81.47. Friday’s close was at $78.35.

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST): Baird reiterated an Outperform rating with a $560 target price after solid June numbers were posted. The consensus target is $550.58. Friday’s closing trade was for $501.54 a share.

Diebold Nixdorf Inc. (NYSE: DBD): Wedbush upgraded the shares from Neutral to Outperform with a strong $5 target price. The consensus target is higher at $5.67. The shares had a huge day Friday, closing up over 25% at $3.13 on huge volume.

Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ): Oppenheimer maintained an Outperform rating on the popular pizza chain. Its $435 target price is higher than the $406.31 consensus figure. The shares closed on Friday at $401.35.

Eversource Energy (NYSE: ES): Guggenheim’s upgrade to Buy from Neutral included a price target boost to $97 from $92. The consensus target is $93.18. The stock closed at $83.32 on Friday.

Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG): Baird maintained an Outperform rating on the legendary U.S. motorcycle giant but with a cautious $55 target price. The consensus target is $48.67. The last trade on Friday was recorded at $32.43.

Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: PEAK): Citigroup raised its Neutral rating to Buy but trimmed the $33 target price to $31. The consensus target is $34.44. The last trade Frida was for $26.22 a share.

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM): Benchmark raised the stock from Hold to Buy with a $40 target price. The consensus target is $41.60. The shares ended trading on Friday at $32.74.


Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN): Piper Sandler downgraded the stock to Neutral from Overweight and has a $13.50 target price. The consensus target is $15.94. The shares were last seen Friday at $12.27.

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT): The UBS downgrade to Sell from Neutral included a price target cut to $19 from $27. The consensus target is $30.13. The stock closed over 5% lower on Friday at $23.06.

Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII): Cowen upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform and has a $260 price objective. The consensus target for shares of the HVAC giant is $252.40. The closing print on Friday was $214.49 per share.

Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE: LEVI): Goldman Sachs reiterated a Buy rating on the legendary jeans maker and clothier while trimming the $25 price target to $22. The consensus target is $29.82. The last trade on Friday was posted at $16.58.

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