Friday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMC Entertainment, APA, Chewy, FirstSolar, Marathon Oil, Match, Meta, Pioneer Natural Resources, Toast and More

Papa John’s International Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA): Its Bear of the Day faces rising costs, leadership shakeups and other headwinds, says Zacks. Shares have traded as high as $108.53 in the past year but closed last at $77.37. That is almost 11% lower than a month ago.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD): Citigroup’s Neutral rating rose to Buy, and the $193 target price is now $210. The consensus target is still higher at $262.39. The shares closed on Thursday at $189.02.

Regency Centers Corp. (NASDAQ: REG): As Barclays boosted its Equal Weight rating to Overweight, it also nudged its $69 target price up to $70. The consensus target is $69.40. Thursday’s close was at $56.69.

Roper Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ROP): Mizuho initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and a $475 target. The consensus target is $503.00, and shares closed at $425.05 on Thursday.

Samsara Inc. (NYSE: IOT): Morgan Stanley’s downgrade to Equal Weight from Overweight included a price target bump to $19 from $18. The consensus target is $21.90. The stock closed on Thursday at $18.12.

Select Energy Services Inc. (NYSE: WTTR): Raymond James started coverage with a Strong Buy rating. Its $12 target price is higher than the $11.38 consensus figure. The shares closed up over 4% on Thursday at $6.27 on the initiation.

SL Green Realty Inc. (NYSE: SLG): Barclays downgraded the shares to Underweight from Equal Weight and has a $22 target. The consensus target is $37.19 for now. The stock closed on Thursday at $19.96, down almost 9% for the day on the downgrade.

Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO): KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and $18 target price. The consensus target is up at $27.50. The stock closed on Thursday at $13.28.

Toast Inc. (NYSE: TOST): Exane BNP Paribas started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $16 target price. The consensus target is $23.87. Thursday’s close was at $16.11.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owns six top financial companies that benefit from higher interest rates. All have stocks rated Buy across Wall Street, pay reliable dividends to shareholders and make sense now with signs pointing to a coming recession.

Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Antero Resources, Carnival, CF Industries, ChargePoint, Enphase Energy, Howmet Aerospace, Meta Platforms, New York Community Bancorp, Nike, Nvidia, PulteGroup, Ross Stores, Spotify Technology, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Transocean and Viking Therapeutics.

Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.

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