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Upgrades/Downgrades

Updated: 27-Aug-26 12:05 ET

Upgrades
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Shell plc SHEL Erste Group Hold » Buy
Waters WAT Piper Sandler Neutral » Overweight $480
Synopsys SNPS Robert W. Baird Neutral » Outperform $560
Sun Communities SUI BofA Securities Underperform » Neutral $140
Sociedad Quimica y Minera SQM Citigroup Neutral » Buy $95
Semtech SMTC Northland Capital Market Perform » Outperform $182
Okta OKTA BofA Securities Underperform » Neutral $170
Macerich MAC Piper Sandler Neutral » Overweight $30
LTC Properties LTC Deutsche Bank Hold » Buy $55
First Solar FSLR BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform $263
Extra Space Storage EXR BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform $170
BWX Technologies BWXT Wells Fargo Underweight » Equal Weight $170
Downgrades
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
UnitedHealth UNH Erste Group Buy » Hold
Valero Energy VLO Erste Group Buy » Hold
Rio Tinto RIO Erste Group Buy » Hold
Vipshop VIPS Nomura Buy » Neutral
SmartStop Self Storage REIT SMA BMO Capital Markets Outperform » Market Perform $38
Regions Fincl RF Deutsche Bank Buy » Hold $34
Primerica PRI Truist Buy » Hold $320
Novo Nordisk A/S NVO Deutsche Bank Hold » Sell
Deutsche Telekom DTEGY Kepler Buy » Hold
Celsius CELH Deutsche Bank Buy » Hold $35
Abercrombie & Fitch ANF Citigroup Buy » Neutral $156
Coverage Initiated
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Union Pacific UNP Erste Group Buy
Marriott MAR Erste Group Buy
Freeport-McMoRan FCX Erste Group Buy
Third Coast Bancshares TCBX Piper Sandler Overweight $53
Prenetics Group Ltd. PRE B. Riley Securities Buy $37
Odyssey Therapeutics ODTX H.C. Wainwright Buy $44
Kearny Financial KRNY Raymond James Outperform $11
Interactive Brokers IBKR Raymond James Mkt Perform
Horizon Technology Finance HRZN Compass Point Buy $5.50
Hanover Bancorp HNVR Raymond James Mkt Perform
First Financial Bankshares FFIN Piper Sandler Neutral $35
DigitalOcean DOCN Truist Buy $175
CNB Financial CCNE Raymond James Outperform $39
Choice Hotels CHH Mizuho Neutral $106
Ascendis Pharma ASND H.C. Wainwright Buy $345
Amkor AMKR BofA Securities Buy $70
Verrica Pharmaceuticals VRCA Lake Street Buy $9
Coverage Resumed
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Lufax LU Deutsche Bank Hold $1.40
Coverage Reiterated/Price Tgt Changed*
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Meta Platforms META Rosenblatt Buy $883 » $886
Meta Platforms META Truist Buy $770 » $763
Salesforce CRM BMO Capital Markets Outperform $230 » $260
Okta OKTA BMO Capital Markets Outperform $168 » $187
CrowdStrike CRWD BMO Capital Markets Outperform $186.25 » $235
Kohl's KSS Telsey Advisory Group Market Perform $17 » $18
Victoria's Secret VSXY Telsey Advisory Group Outperform $90 » $100
Williams-Sonoma WSM Telsey Advisory Group Outperform $255 » $260
Abercrombie & Fitch ANF Telsey Advisory Group Outperform $118 » $165
CrowdStrike CRWD Needham Buy $235 » $250
Medtronic MDT Needham Buy $101 » $114
Business First Bancshares BFST Hovde Group Outperform $36 » $37
Salesforce CRM Monness Crespi & Hardt Buy $222 » $266
(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.

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