Friday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Datadog, Las Vegas Sands, Lyft, Nasdaq, Match, Pfizer, Walmart and More

DexCom Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM): Wolfe Research initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $121 target price. The consensus target is $130.17. Thursday’s final trade was for $106.65 a share.

Exelixis Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL): Credit Suisse initiated coverage with an Outperform rating. Its $29 target price is higher than the $25.27 consensus target. The stock closed most recently at $17.71.

FibroGen Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN): Raymond James upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform and has a $35 target. The consensus target is just $18.60, but the stock closed over 7% higher on Thursday at $22.11 after the upgrade.

HubSpot Inc. (NYSE: HUBS): Stifel raised its $325 target price on the Buy-rated shares to $390. The consensus target is $370.75, and the stock closed on Thursday at $357.87.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. (NYSE: H): Wells Fargo’s downgrade to Equal Weight from Overweight came with a target price increase to $113 from $111. The consensus target is $111.13. The shares closed on Thursday at $111.80.

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ: FROG): Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $29 target. The consensus target is $28.89. Thursday’s final trade came in at $25.96.

Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX): Goldman Sachs raised its $434 target price on the Buy-rated stock to $495. The consensus target is $480.13. Thursday’s closing share price was $497.75.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS): Stifel’s $60 price target on the Buy-rated gambling giant was bumped up to $66. The $55.16 consensus target is less than Thursday’s close at $58.37, which was up over 6% on the day despite earnings that lagged estimates.

Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ: LYFT): Goldman Sachs trimmed its $20 price target on the Buy-rated stock to $18. The consensus target is $22.50, but shares closed on Thursday at $15.36.

Match Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MTCH): Citigroup initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and a $55 target price. The consensus target is $63.48. The closing share price on Thursday was $51.78.

Nasdaq Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ): As Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy, its $72 target price dropped to $60. The consensus target is $66.45. The shares closed 3% higher on Thursday at $60.11.

Next Era Energy Inc. (NYSE: NEE): The BofA Securities downgrade to Neutral from Buy included a target price cut to $80 from $94. That compares with a $97.30 consensus and Thursday’s close at $76.40.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC): Though Deutsche Bank lifted its Hold rating to Buy, the analyst trimmed the $273 target price to $266. That still beats the $251.92 consensus target. Thursday’s close was at $241.18.

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