Upgrades/Downgrades
Updated: 18-Sep-18 16:30 ET
| Upgrades | |||||
| Company | Ticker | Brokerage Firm | Ratings Change | Price Target | |
| Cognizant Tech | CTSH | HSBC Securities | Hold » Buy | ||
| Casey's General | CASY | Northcoast | Neutral » Buy | ||
| Union Pacific | UNP | Loop Capital | Hold » Buy | ||
| Occidental Petro | OXY | Edward Jones | Hold » Buy | ||
| Surgery Partners | SGRY | BofA/Merrill | Neutral » Buy | ||
| MEDNAX | MD | BofA/Merrill | Underperform » Neutral | ||
| L Brands | LB | BofA/Merrill | Underperform » Neutral | ||
| Universal Health | UHS | BofA/Merrill | Neutral » Buy | ||
| Targa Resources | TRGP | Wells Fargo | Market Perform » Outperform | ||
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| Downgrades | |||||
| Company | Ticker | Brokerage Firm | Ratings Change | Price Target | |
| Hooker Furniture | HOFT | Sidoti | Buy » Neutral | ||
| Brady | BRC | Sidoti | Buy » Neutral | ||
| Apache | APA | Edward Jones | Buy » Hold | ||
| Playa Hotels & Resorts | PLYA | Nomura | Buy » Neutral | ||
| Workiva | WK | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight » Underweight | ||
| BankUnited | BKU | Morgan Stanley | Overweight » Equal-Weight | ||
| Discovery | DISCA | Pivotal Research Group | Hold » Sell | $26 | |
| Primerica | PRI | Citigroup | Neutral » Sell | ||
| United Continental | UAL | Macquarie | Outperform » Neutral | ||
| Red Hat | RHT | JP Morgan | Overweight » Neutral | ||
| Express Scripts | ESRX | Credit Suisse | Outperform » Neutral | ||
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| Coverage Initiated | |||||
| Company | Ticker | Brokerage Firm | Ratings Change | Price Target | |
| Vermilion Energy | VET | BofA/Merrill | Buy | $41 | |
| Mimecast | MIME | SunTrust | Buy | $54 | |
| SPX FLOW | FLOW | Buckingham Research | Buy | $60 | |
| Encana | ECA | BofA/Merrill | Buy | $19 | |
| Akcea Therapeutics | AKCA | Needham | Buy | $45 | |
| CBIZ | CBZ | William Blair | Outperform | ||
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| Coverage Resumed | |||||
| Company | Ticker | Brokerage Firm | Ratings Change | Price Target | |
| EQT Corp. | EQT | Jefferies | Hold | $52 | |
| PennyMac Mortgage | PMT | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | $20 | |
| Marvell | MRVL | Goldman | Buy | $23 | |
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| Coverage Reiterated/Price Tgt Changed* | |||||
| Company | Ticker | Brokerage Firm | Ratings Change | Price Target | |
| Viking Therapeutics | VKTX | Raymond James | Outperform | $15 » $43 | |
| Viking Therapeutics | VKTX | Maxim Group | Buy | $14 » $28 | |
| Viking Therapeutics | VKTX | H.C. Wainwright | Buy | $15 » $28 | |
| FB | JP Morgan | Overweight | $205 » $195 | ||
| CareDx | CDNA | H.C. Wainwright | Neutral | $17 » $22 | |
| Huron Consulting | HURN | The Benchmark Company | Buy | $52 » $54 | |
| Alarm.com | ALRM | Maxim Group | Buy | $59 » $69 | |
| Rogers Corp | ROG | B. Riley FBR | Buy | $150 » $180 | |
| NIKE | NKE | Telsey Advisory Group | Outperform | $87 » $92 | |
| Ultra Clean Holdings | UCTT | Cowen | Outperform | $28 » $23 | |
| Micron | MU | Cowen | Buy | $72 » $62 | |
| Allegiant Travel | ALGT | Imperial Capital | In-line | $121 » $130 | |
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| (a) Brokerage firm initiating coverage participated in underwriting the recent IPO. |
| (b) Brokerage firm resumes coverage. |
| (c) Brokerage firm participated in the secondary offering. |
| * This list of reiterations/target changes is not comprehensive. |