Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST): HSBC Securities started coverage with a Hold rating and a $600 target price. The consensus target is $573.20. The last trade on Friday was reported at $558.59.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE): Canaccord Genuity cut its Buy rating to Hold and its $530 target price to $400. The consensus target is $454.25, and shares closed on Friday at $380.87.
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY): UBS started coverage with a Neutral rating and an $80 target price. The consensus figure is $93.29. The shares closed on Friday at $73.23.
Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD): HSBC Securities started coverage with a Hold rating and a $365 target price. The consensus target is $354. Friday’s close was at $305.73.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE: ICE): Goldman Sachs resumed coverage with a Neutral rating, and its target price is $125. The consensus target is $135.42. Friday’s close was at $110.17.
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI): Seaport Research Partners initiated coverage with a Buy rating and an $80 target price. The consensus target is $79.29. The shares closed on Friday at $59.91.
Kinsale Capital Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KNSL): Wolfe Research initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $521 target price. The $428.71 consensus target is much closer to Friday’s closing price of $426.14.
Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ: NXT): Wolfe Research started coverage with an Outperform rating. Its $52 target price compares with the $48.88 consensus target and Friday’s closing print of $40.81.
Payoneer Global Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYO): Goldman Sachs reiterated a Buy rating and lifted its target price to $8 from $7. The consensus target is $8.69. The stock closed on Friday at $6.04.
Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL): Raymond James initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $135 price objective. The consensus target is $138.00. The shares closed on Friday at $112.14.
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT): HSBC Securities started coverage with a Buy rating and a $200 target price. The consensus target is just $178.66, and the last trade Friday came in at $162.35.
Wayfair Inc. (NYSE: W): When Bernstein upgraded the shares to Market Perform from Underperform, its $60 target price rose to $65. The consensus target is up at $90.46, and the stock ended Friday trading at $59.34 a share.
Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX): UBS began coverage with a Buy rating and a $120 price target. The consensus target of $118.88. The shares closed on Friday at $89.97.
Yum China Holdings Inc. (NYSE: YUMC): Jefferies lifted its Hold rating to Buy and its $65.78 target price to $71.30. The consensus target is $73.33. Friday’s $57.44 close was up over 4% for the day due to the upgrade.
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Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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