Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN): BofA Securities raised its Neutral rating to Buy and has a $24 target price. The consensus target is $24.63. The shares ended trading on Thursday at $18.77.
RingCentral Inc. (NYSE: RNG): Wedbush initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and a $40 target price. The consensus target is higher at $53.92. The shares ended Thursday almost 4% lower at $40.18.
Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP): As Jefferies downgraded the shares to Hold from Buy, it also trimmed its $12 target price to $10. The consensus target was last seen at $11.69. The stock ended Thursday trading at $8.76.
Snowflake Inc. (NASDAQ: SNOW): Wedbush started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $144 target price. The consensus target is $196.40. The stock closed more than 4% lower Thursday at $142.65.
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN): Baird upgraded the stock to Outperform from Neutral and raised its $216 target price to $265. The consensus target is $208.90. The shares closed on Thursday at $199.67.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ): Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Overweight from Equal Weight and bumped its $41 target price up to $44. The consensus target is $45.30. The shares ended Thursday’s session at $37.77.
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC): The Goldman Sachs downgrade to Sell from Neutral came with a target price cut to $31 from $43. The consensus target is $44.34. Thursday’s $32.21 closed was down over 10% for the day on the downgrade.
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Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Amgen, Archer Daniels Midland, Blackstone, Bloom Energy, Carnival, Chevron, Danaher, EQT, KKR, Nike, PACCAR, Plug Power, PulteGroup, QuantumScape and RingCentral.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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