Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX): Stifel raised its $119 price target to $122 while keeping a Hold rating. The consensus target is $122.66. The stock closed on Thursday at $113.54.
Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM): J.P. Morgan’s upgrade to Overweight from Neutral included a price objective hike to $116 from $109. The consensus target is $113.38. The stock closed on Thursday at $96.62.
Republic Services Inc. (NYSE: RSG): TD Cowen initiated coverage with a Market Perform rating and a $150 price target. The consensus target is $147.22. Thursday’s last trade was reported at $134.85.
RH (NYSE: RH): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating with a target price of $227. The consensus target is higher at $311, and the stock closed at $237.63 on Thursday.
SBA Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SBAC): MoffettNathanson upgraded the shares to Outperform from Market Perform. Yet, it trimmed its $330 target price to $312, below the $325.33 consensus target. The stock closed on Thursday at $257.20.
Shoals Technologies Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SHLS): Goldman Sachs upgraded the shares to Neutral from Sell, and its target price increased to $22 from $20. The consensus target is $31.36. The last trade on Thursday was for $22.32 a share, which was up over 3% for the day on the upgrade.
Southern Copper Corp. (NYSE: SCCO): Morgan Stanley cut its Overweight rating to Equal Weight with a $70 target price. The consensus target is $59.77. The stock closed on Thursday at $75.77.
Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN): Goldman Sachs lowered its $37 target price on the Buy-rated stock to $27. The consensus target is $41.18. Thursday’s close was at $18.85.
Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WM): TD Cowen initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $200 target. The consensus target is just $168.31. The stock ended Thursday trading at $161.53.
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Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Abbott Laboratories, Carnival, Deere, Delta Air Lines, DexCom, Enovix, First Republic Bank, GitLab, Hartford Financial Services, Interpublic Group, Invesco, Lululemon Athletica, Macy’s, Marathon Petroleum, Medtronic, Micron Technology, Nextracker, Viking Therapeutics and Vipshop.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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