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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BMO Capital has reduced its price objective for Ingredion to $120 from $123 while retaining a Market Perform rating. The move follows a mixed fourth-quarter report that included an EPS print of $2.53 versus a $2.60 consensus and weakness across the Texturants and Hydrocolloids Solutions (T&HS) and Food and Industrial segments in North America. Ingr…
BMO Capital Management increased its price target on Take-Two Interactive to $280 from $275 and reiterated an Outperform rating following fiscal third-quarter results that beat consensus on bookings and operating income. Multiple brokerages reaffirmed positive ratings, while the stock’s short-term decline has left valuation and AI-related concerns …
Stifel has reaffirmed its Buy rating on Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) and maintained a $90.00 price target ahead of the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings. The firm models sequential revenue and EPS gains for the December quarter, expects continued sequential growth in the March quarter, and highlights Microchip’s end-market mix as suppor…
Stifel has reiterated a Hold rating on NXP Semiconductors with a 12-month price target of $215, citing valuation constraints even after better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. While NXP beat revenue and earnings expectations for the quarter, the firm describes the company’s guidance for the first quarter as conservative relative to signals fro…
BMO Capital raised its price target on ExxonMobil to $155.00 from $125.00 while retaining a Market Perform rating after reviewing the company's quarterly results and meeting with incoming CFO Neil Hansen. The firm slightly raised its 2026 and longer-term estimates, citing ExxonMobil's portfolio and execution. The move comes amid other broker revisi…
BMO Capital lowered its price target on Atlassian (TEAM) to $135 from $195 while retaining an Outperform rating, citing a cautious outlook driven by negative sentiment. The firm sees only modest upside for the upcoming quarter and says repeated revenue beats will likely be necessary to materially reprice the stock even as Atlassian reports robust g…
BMO Capital reiterated a Market Perform rating and a $57.00 price target on Novo Nordisk, noting that the company exceeded fourth-quarter revenue and earnings estimates by roughly 3% but issued 2026 guidance below Street expectations. The Danish drugmaker trades at a P/E of 12.82 and faces U.S. pricing pressures that BMO says will weigh on topline …
BMO Capital lowered its 12-month price target for Oracle to $205 from $270 but left its Outperform rating intact following the company’s recent capital raise. The firm highlighted outsized investor interest in Oracle’s debt offering and said the successful raise reduces the need for further financing through calendar 2026, even as it trimmed earnin…
TD Cowen increased its price objective for Mondelez International to $65.00 from $62.00 while retaining a Buy rating. The move follows Mondelez's 2026 guidance, which projects modest organic growth and limited EPS expansion as the company plans substantial reinvestment. Analysts have reacted with mixed adjustments to targets and estimates as invest…
TD Cowen raised its price objective on PepsiCo to $162 from $155 and held a Hold rating after the company reported fourth-quarter results. The move follows modest organic sales growth and management guidance for fiscal 2026; other firms adjusted targets but maintained cautious ratings. Analysts highlighted sequential improvement at Frito-Lay and ex…
TD Cowen has reaffirmed a Buy rating and set a $290 price target for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), pointing to the company’s expected MI450/Helios product launch as central to its long-term thesis. The firm described the most recent quarter as "noisy," with both favorable and unfavorable trends in a volatile data center and PC market, but said the …
TD Cowen maintained a Buy rating and set a $284.00 price target on Take-Two Interactive after the company reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 results that outperformed guidance and analyst expectations. The firm lifted its fiscal 2026 revenue and adjusted EPS estimates, reflecting robust bookings led by mobile titles and the NBA 2K franchise, and ma…
Lumentum Holdings delivered fiscal second-quarter 2026 results that beat expectations and raised guidance, driven by stronger electro-absorption modulated laser (EML) performance, accelerating Cloud Light transceiver sales, and an optical communication system (OCS) backlog topping $400 million. Those developments have been read as supportive for Co…
RBC Capital reduced its price target on PayPal to $59 from $91 while sustaining an Outperform rating after an abrupt CEO change and signs that branded checkout growth remains tepid. The stock has fallen sharply over the past week, and multiple brokerages have adjusted ratings and targets as PayPal scaled back fiscal 2026 guidance and withdrew 2027 …
RBC Capital amplified its price objective for WW Grainger to $1,207 from $1,055 but retained a Sector Perform rating, citing fourth-quarter results that broadly met expectations and stronger-than-anticipated endless assortment growth. Management provided 2026 organic revenue guidance above consensus and reported solid January sales, while analysts …
RBC Capital lowered its price target for Gartner to $175 from $250 while keeping a Sector Perform rating, pointing to slowing contract value growth, weaker wallet retention and a decline in new business. The stock has fallen sharply over the past year and is trading below its assessed fair value, with RBC flagging limited visibility on CV recovery …
RBC Capital has reaffirmed its Sector Perform rating and $230.00 price target on AMD following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 report. While revenue and data center momentum provided support, unexpected China AI sales and a valuation premium to NVIDIA leave analysts divided and limit near-term catalysts until OpenAI volume ramps in late 2026.
Piper Sandler lowered its 12-month price target on Intapp, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTA) to $33.00 from $42.00 while retaining a Neutral rating. The firm points to sector-wide pressure and a smaller-than-expected raise in non-GAAP operating income guidance as drivers of the downgrade, even as Intapp reported solid fiscal Q2 2026 results including outsized Cl…
Piper Sandler cut its price target on Chipotle Mexican Grill to $44 from $47 while keeping an Overweight rating after the chain reported fourth-quarter results and issued guidance projecting roughly flat same-store sales for fiscal 2026. The company's Q4 same-store sales fell 2.5%, matching expectations, and management signaled modest pressure earl…
Piper Sandler repeated an Overweight rating on Varonis Systems (VRNS) with a $47.00 price target, signaling more than 100% upside from the current $20.92 share price. The firm highlighted a quarter of improved execution, driven by record SaaS conversions, higher renewal rates and 78.83% gross margins, while noting investor concerns tied to lower-th…
Wolfe Research upgraded Fabrinet (FN) from Peerperform to Outperform and set a $540 price target, implying roughly 17% upside from the $460 share price. The firm highlighted acute capacity constraints across the data center sector and sees outsized opportunity for the optical-packaging and precision component manufacturer as customers diversify and…
KeyBanc reiterated an Overweight rating and a $6,500.00 price target on Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), arguing that investor concerns about artificial intelligence disrupting travel platforms are excessive. The firm highlighted robust travel demand, upcoming global events and Booking’s recent revenue strength as supporting factors, while other bro…
KeyBanc Capital Markets has left its Sector Weight rating on WW Grainger following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results and fiscal 2026 outlook. The firm describes Grainger’s guidance as potentially conservative given recent Purchasing Managers' Index improvement and encouraging preliminary January sales, but highlights valuation and relative …
KeyBanc reduced its price target on Skyworks Solutions to $75 from $105 while keeping an Overweight rating. The firm attributes the cut to a compression in market multiples even as Skyworks delivered stronger-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results and raised dividends for the 12th consecutive year. KeyBanc flagged that component content in the …
Leerink Partners maintained an Outperform rating and $1,234 price target on Eli Lilly after the company issued 2026 guidance above consensus. The guidance, driven by continued strength in diabetes and weight-loss medicines, complements a solid fourth quarter and supports analyst optimism amid competitive dynamics in obesity treatments.
