Renasant Corp. (NASDAQ: RNST): The Raymond James upgrade was from Market Perform to Outperform with a $41 price target. The consensus target is $36.43. The stock closed on Thursday at $37.25, which was up close to 5% on the day.
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: STX): Goldman Sachs lowered its $71 target price on the hard-disk drive giant to $61 while staying with a Neutral rating. The shares have traded as high as $117.67 in the past year but closed most recently at $51.96.
Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ: TER): Craig Hallum upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold and has a $120 target price. The consensus target is $104.89. The stock closed on Thursday at $79.86.
Trinity Capital Inc. (NYSE: TRN): Compass Point downgraded the stock to Neutral from Buy and cut the $18 target price to $12.75. The consensus target is $16.36. The stock closed on Thursday at $26.92, up 7% for the day after mixed earnings results but improved operating numbers.
Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT): Cowen’s upgrade to Outperform from Market Perform came with a target price boost to $40 from $11.75. The consensus target is $14.59. The stock closed on Thursday at $14.79.
V.F. Corp. (NYSE: VFC): J.P. Morgan downgraded the shares to Underweight from Neutral and has a $29 price target. The consensus target is up at $38.30. The stock closed on Thursday at $27.42.
Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WM): Stifel reiterated a Buy rating and lifted its $175 target price to $185. The $175.56 consensus target also compares with Thursday’s final print of $158.30.
Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ: WING): Goldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating on the popular restaurant chain. It also boosted its $141 price target to $160, well above the $148.40 consensus target. The stock closed on Thursday at $158.39.
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Thursday’s early top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Abbott Laboratories, Biohaven, Edwards Lifesciences, Enphase Energy, Halliburton, Invesco, Liberty Energy, Mattel, Netflix, Permian Resources, Range Resources, Roblox, Synchrony Financial and Visa. Analyst calls seen later in the day were on Annaly Capital Management, Livent, Masco, Meta Platforms, ServiceNow, Pinduoduo, Seagate Technology, Thermo Fisher Scientific and more.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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