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Upgrades/Downgrades

Updated: 27-Feb-26 14:41 ET

Upgrades
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
AES AES Seaport Research Partners Sell » Neutral
Vipshop VIPS Nomura Neutral » Buy $22
The Baldwin Group BWIN Raymond James Outperform » Strong Buy $30
WPP plc WPP Barclays Underweight » Equal Weight
Sun Communities SUI Wells Fargo Equal Weight » Overweight $150
Stewart Info STC Stephens Equal-Weight » Overweight $82
Southwest Air LUV TD Cowen Hold » Buy $66
PubMatic PUBM B. Riley Securities Neutral » Buy $10.50
Palantir Technologies PLTR UBS Neutral » Buy $150
NuScale Power SMR Northland Capital Market Perform » Outperform $21
Newmont Corporation NEM Bernstein Mkt Perform » Outperform $157
Netflix NFLX Arete Neutral » Buy
Live Nation LYV Rothschild & Co Redburn Neutral » Buy $193
Formula One Group C FWONK Wells Fargo Underweight » Equal Weight $95
Installed Building Products IBP Vertical Research Sell » Hold $326
Honeywell HON Wolfe Research Peer Perform » Outperform $293
HEICO HEI BNP Paribas Exane Neutral » Outperform
FIGS, Inc. FIGS KeyBanc Capital Markets Sector Weight » Overweight $17
Celsius CELH BofA Securities Underperform » Buy $65
Brown & Brown BRO Mizuho Neutral » Outperform $85
Block XYZ Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight » Overweight $93
Biodesix BDSX William Blair Mkt Perform » Outperform
Aon AON Mizuho Neutral » Outperform $397
Arthur J. Gallagher AJG Mizuho Neutral » Outperform $260
Applied Optoelectronics AAOI B. Riley Securities Sell » Neutral $54
American Electric AEP UBS Sell » Neutral $132
Downgrades
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
SITE Centers SITC Piper Sandler Overweight » Neutral
Duolingo DUOL Truist Buy » Hold $100
MARA Holdings Inc. MARA H.C. Wainwright Buy » Neutral
Duolingo DUOL BofA Securities Buy » Neutral $100
Xponential Fitness XPOF Roth Capital Buy » Neutral $7
Certara CERT Craig Hallum Buy » Hold $10
Warner Bros. Discovery WBD Raymond James Outperform » Underperform
Warner Bros. Discovery WBD Arete Buy » Neutral $31.25
Warner Bros. Discovery WBD The Benchmark Company Buy » Hold
Vital Farms VITL Morgan Stanley Overweight » Equal-Weight $24
TKO Group Holdings TKO Seaport Research Partners Buy » Neutral
Synopsys SNPS Morgan Stanley Overweight » Equal-Weight $480
Sprout Social SPT Canaccord Genuity Buy » Hold $9
Pembina Pipeline PBA BMO Capital Markets Outperform » Market Perform
NexPoint Residential NXRT Raymond James Mkt Perform » Underperform
NCR Atleos NATL DA Davidson Buy » Neutral $50
Marsh McLennan MRSH Mizuho Outperform » Neutral $199
Mannkind MNKD RBC Capital Mkts Outperform » Sector Perform $3.50
Invitation Homes INVH Raymond James Outperform » Mkt Perform
Iberdrola SA IBDRY Goldman Buy » Neutral
GoodRx GDRX JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Essex Property ESS Raymond James Outperform » Mkt Perform
Equity Lifestyle Properties ELS Wells Fargo Overweight » Equal Weight $70
Eos Energy EOSE Guggenheim Buy » Neutral $20
Eagle Point Income Company EIC Ladenburg Thalmann Buy » Neutral
Duolingo DUOL Scotiabank Sector Outperform » Sector Perform $100
Duolingo DUOL JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral $95
Duolingo DUOL Evercore ISI Outperform » In-line $114
Duolingo DUOL Morgan Stanley Overweight » Equal-Weight $100
Duolingo DUOL Citigroup Buy » Neutral $101
Dollar Tree DLTR Citigroup Buy » Neutral $132
Chemed CHE RBC Capital Mkts Outperform » Sector Perform $422
CAVA Group CAVA Argus Buy » Hold
Cars.com CARS JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral $10
Applied Optoelectronics AAOI Northland Capital Outperform » Market Perform $55
American Homes 4 Rent AMH Raymond James Outperform » Mkt Perform
Coverage Initiated
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Brookfield Business Partners BBU CIBC Sector Outperform $44
Dynatrace DT Macquarie Neutral $36
Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. PTHS Piper Sandler Overweight $48
Palantir Technologies PLTR Rosenblatt Buy $150
Jazz Pharma JAZZ Barclays Overweight $224
Costco COST BofA Securities Buy $1185
Polaryx Therapeutics PLYX Maxim Group Buy $10
Coverage Resumed
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Walmart WMT BofA Securities Buy $150
Target TGT BofA Securities Underperform $103
Revolution Medicines RVMD UBS Buy $145
Netflix NFLX Evercore ISI Outperform $115
Coverage Reiterated/Price Tgt Changed*
Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Monster Beverage MNST TD Cowen Hold $80 » $88
Monster Beverage MNST Jefferies Buy $80 » $100
Monster Beverage MNST Deutsche Bank Buy $88 » $94
Monster Beverage MNST Stifel Buy $82 » $92
Monster Beverage MNST Citigroup Buy $90 » $100
Monster Beverage MNST Wells Fargo Overweight $86 » $94
Monster Beverage MNST Piper Sandler Overweight $85 » $94
Monster Beverage MNST JP Morgan Neutral $79 » $81
Monster Beverage MNST UBS Neutral $84 » $92
Monster Beverage MNST Evercore ISI Outperform $85 » $90
Ormat Tech ORA TD Cowen Buy $131 » $125
Zscaler ZS BMO Capital Markets Outperform $315 » $210
Intuit INTU BMO Capital Markets Outperform $624 » $550
Par Pacific PARR TD Cowen Buy $39 » $48
Wolverine WWW Telsey Advisory Group Market Perform $18 » $22
Vital Farms VITL Telsey Advisory Group Outperform $50 » $35
FIGS, Inc. FIGS Telsey Advisory Group Market Perform $9 » $15
Bath & Body Works BBWI Telsey Advisory Group Market Perform $17 » $23
Arhaus ARHS Telsey Advisory Group Market Perform $12 » $11
ServisFirst Bancshares SFBS Hovde Group Outperform $92 » $97
Cheniere Energy LNG TD Cowen Buy $250 » $255
(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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