Upgrades, downgrades, and outlook changes from major analysts.
Coverage of analyst actions including upgrades, downgrades, initiations, and price-target changes. This category tracks how institutional research influences market perception, momentum shifts, and short-term price behavior.
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Jefferies has reaffirmed a Buy rating on CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) and left its price target at $120. The call follows an expanded strategic agreement with NVIDIA, a $2 billion equity investment that raises NVIDIA’s stake to roughly 9% and supports CoreWeave’s plan to grow AI computing capacity to more than 5 gigawatts by 2030. Analysts and market da…
BofA Securities raised its price target on DigitalOcean (DOCN) to $72 from $60 and maintained a Buy rating, pointing to accelerating interest in agentic AI frameworks such as Clawdbot and the company's positioning to host always-on inferencing workloads. The move follows strong recent price performance and positive operational signals, including qu…
BofA Securities reduced its 12-month price target for CVS Health to $95 from $100 but kept a Buy rating, after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put forward changes to Medicare Advantage payment methodology that could lower industry payments. The CMS proposals include a lower net all-in rate and a new CMS-HCC risk-adjustment model that w…
BofA Securities reduced its target on Teladoc Health to $7 from $7.50 while keeping a Neutral rating, citing continued uncertainty in the company’s BetterHelp and Chronic Care segments. The firm lowered its valuation multiple to 4.1x calendar year 2026 EBITDA and noted flat sequential BetterHelp user growth alongside weaker year-over-year trends. T…
Jefferies raised its price target for Caterpillar to $750 from $700 while retaining a Buy rating, pointing to a favorable 2026 outlook for the Construction Industries segment and possible upside in Resource Industries. The new target implies a 25x multiple on Jefferies' 2026 EBITDA estimate. The upgrade comes ahead of Caterpillar's January 29 earni…
Morgan Stanley trimmed its rating on Clearwater Analytics Holdings (CWAN) from Overweight to Equalweight and reduced its price target to $24.55 from $27.00 following the close of the company's go-shop period. The revised target reflects the agreed acquisition price of $24.55 per share, and follows a go-shop during which Clearwater solicited interes…
TD Cowen has initiated coverage of Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH) with a Buy rating and a $109 price target, implying about 25% upside from the current share price of $87.32. The firm points to a stronger growth and profitability outlook, underpinned by a 71.6% gross profit margin and 5.5% revenue growth over the past 12 months, while noting prior execu…
TD Cowen initiated coverage of Beta Bionics (NASDAQ:BBNX) with a Hold rating and a $17.00 price target, noting solid early commercial traction for the iLet system but expressing concerns that projected revenue gains may not justify an outsized valuation. The firm highlighted strong recent top-line growth alongside signs of a potential slowdown in n…
TD Cowen began coverage of Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) with a Hold rating and a $387 price target shortly before the company's upcoming earnings report. The firm praised Stryker's long run of organic growth and renewed focus on margins, while noting valuation metrics that present both potential upside and premium multiples. Recent corporate mov…
Jefferies has reaffirmed a Hold rating and a $28.00 price target on Pinterest Inc (NYSE: PINS) ahead of the company’s earnings report on February 12. While acknowledging seasonally reasonable revenue plans and a resilient holiday ad market, the firm warned that Pinterest’s fiscal 2026 EBITDA margin assumptions may be vulnerable to downward revision…
Morgan Stanley has maintained an Overweight rating and a $7.00 price target on NIO, reflecting a potential 52% upside from the carmaker's prevailing share price of $4.61. The call follows the company's founder projecting a 40-50% compound annual growth rate in deliveries over the next two years, and centers on new premium models designed to improve…
BofA Securities lowered its 12-month price target on Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) to $90 from $94 while keeping a Neutral rating, citing the insurance broker's mixed fourth-quarter results. The company posted adjusted EPS of $0.93, ahead of the $0.91 consensus, but total revenue of $1.6 billion missed the $1.65 billion estimate and organic revenue dec…
Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and a $750.00 price target on Spotify (SPOT) ahead of the company’s upcoming earnings release, pointing to potentially conservative fourth-quarter gross margin estimates and managed Q1 margin expectations. The firm foresees revenue acceleration in coming quarters driven by U.S. subscription price increases, while n…
BofA Securities has reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $1,672 price target on ASML, keeping the company as a Top Pick and valuing it at 31.0x CY27E EV/EBITDA. The broker's reassessment, informed in part by a discussion with Erik Hosler of xLight Inc., downplays near-term competitive threats from China’s domestic EUV efforts. Other analysts, including Be…
BofA Securities has lowered its price target on Trip.com Group Limited (TCOM) to $78 from $85 while retaining a Buy rating. The reduction follows a 10-12% cut to non-GAAP net profit forecasts for 2026-2027 and lower applied valuation multiples, even as the firm continues to cite solid growth drivers and recent quarterly outperformance. Regulators' …
Jefferies increased its 12-month price objective for COPT Defense Properties (CDP) to $34 from $33 while retaining a Buy recommendation. The firm trimmed fiscal 2026 FFO per share by $0.01 to $2.74 to reflect a later capital commitment schedule for an Iowa data center project. The stock trades near its 52-week high and pays a multi-decade dividend,…
BofA Securities reduced its price target on W.R. Berkley to $66.00 from $69.00 while maintaining a Neutral rating. The firm attributed a slight earnings shortfall to weaker alternative investment returns and unfavorable reserve development, partly offset by stronger traditional investment income and outsized share repurchases. The insurer reported …
Jefferies reduced its price objective on W.R. Berkley to $70 from $75 and maintained a Hold rating following the insurer's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm cut its EPS forecasts by 2% and projects deterioration in underlying loss ratios over the next two years, even as the company reported an EPS beat and a sizable revenue surprise. BofA Secur…
Jefferies reduced its 12-month price target on NRG Energy to $181 from $198 but retained a Buy recommendation, pointing to softer assumptions for Texas power prices and PJM capacity. The bank nonetheless emphasized NRG's robust free cash flow yield of roughly 14% and its positioning to add scale through an LS Power purchase that has secured final U…
BMO Capital has increased its 12-month price objective for Hecla Mining Co. (HL) to $28.00 from $16.00 while retaining a Market Perform rating. The stock is trading above that target at $29.97 and carries a P/E of 98.32. The company reported quarterly production that was modestly shy of the analyst's forecast but delivered at the top end of its 202…
BMO Capital Markets has increased its 12-month price objective on Baker Hughes from $55 to $65 while keeping an Outperform rating. The forecast change follows stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 results from the Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) segment and upgraded guidance for 2026, prompting BMO to raise near- and full-year earnings an…
Goldman Sachs has reiterated a Buy rating on Roblox Corp. (NYSE:RBLX) and set a $180 price target, highlighting the company’s exposure to artificial intelligence initiatives and an expanding creator economy. The firm projects material bookings and margin expansion over the medium term, while other brokers present a range of views amid recent declin…
RBC Capital has lifted its 12-month price target on Bausch & Lomb Corp. (NYSE: BLCO) to $21.00 from $19.00 while retaining an Outperform rating. The firm projects slightly above-consensus Q4/25 revenue and EBITDA, flags a roughly $28 million foreign-exchange revenue tailwind, and points to an increased probability of corporate separation as drivers…
Goldman Sachs has reaffirmed a Neutral rating on Yeti Holdings with an unchanged $45 price target, citing improving revenue momentum into the first half of 2026 driven by drinkware stabilization, new product innovation and expanding bags sales. Despite a more constructive outlook for 2026 revenue and EPS, Goldman says much of that improvement appea…
BofA Securities raised its target for BHP Group to AUD57.00 from AUD56.00 while retaining a Buy rating, citing higher coal price forecasts driven by supply concerns and supportive demand-side factors. The bank's commodity team increased 2026 Newcastle and Australian hard coking coal price assumptions, a change that feeds through to BHP's valuation.…
