Opening Bell Analysts Research Calls for Monday, December 19
This report was sent to Briefing.com subscribers earlier today. Research calls posted earlier this morning are available here. Upgrades: > Mettler-Toledo (MTD) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan; tgt raised to $1350 > Warner Music Group (WMG)…
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This report was sent to Briefing.com subscribers earlier today.
Research calls posted earlier this morning are available here.
Upgrades:
> Mettler-Toledo (MTD) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan; tgt raised to $1350
> Warner Music Group (WMG) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Atlantic Equities; tgt raised to $41
Downgrades:
> American Electric (AEP) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA Securities; tgt lowered to $98
> Element Financial (ELEEF) downgraded to Sector Perform from Sector Outperform at Scotiabank
> Raymond James (RJF) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette; tgt lowered to $120
> Waste Mgmt (WM) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel; tgt lowered to $171
Others:
> Apollo Medical (AMEH) initiated with a Buy at Lake Street; tgt $40
> Spok (SPOK) assumed with a Buy at Lake Street; tgt $15
> Stem (STEM) initiated with a Neutral at ROTH Capital
> Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX) initiated with a Buy at Goldman; tgt $50
> VolitionRx (VNRX) initiated with a Buy at EF Hutton; tgt $6
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