Friday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Charles Schwab, IBM, Newmont, Philip Morris, Roblox, Shopify, Texas Instruments, Transocean and More

Roblox Corp. (NYSE: RBLX): Morgan Stanley’s downgrade to Underweight from Equal Weight came with a price target trim from $27.50 to $24. The consensus target is up at $36.35. The stock closed almost 7% lower on Thursday at $33.40 after the downgrade.

Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP): Truist Securities reiterated a Hold rating but raised its $35 target to $41. The consensus target is $41.02. Thursday’s close was at $38.06.

TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL): Evercore ISI’s downgrade was from Outperform to In Line with a $130 target price. The consensus target is $135.87. The stock closed on Thursday at $121.35.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA): As Jefferies downgraded it to Hold from Buy, the firm also lifted its $10 target price to $12. The consensus target of $9.80 is lower than Thursday’s $10.56 closing share price.

Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating on the legacy chip giant and has a $185 target price. The consensus target is $173.59. The stock closed on Thursday at $170.93.

Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL): Oppenheimer initiated coverage on the luxury home builder with an Outperform rating and a $71 target price. The consensus target is just $59.27, and shares closed on Thursday at $55.08.

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG): Benchmark began coverage with a Buy rating and a $7.50 target price. The consensus target is just $5.34, and the stock ended Thursday’s session trading at $5.70.

Universal Display Corp. (NASDAQ: OLED): Susquehanna upgraded the stock to Neutral from Negative. It also raised its $82 target price to $135, but the consensus target is still higher at $137.96. Thursday’s close was at $127.97.

Valaris Ltd. (NYSE: VAL): Benchmark started coverage with a Buy rating and a $95 price objective. The consensus target is $91.60. The stock closed on Thursday at $73.96.

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Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Adobe, Apple, Conagra Brands, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, IBM, Mobileye Global, Morgan Stanley, Oatly, Oracle, PayPal, Seagate Technology, Shopify and Williams Companies.

Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.

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