Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating on the stock, which is on the firm’s Franchise List of top picks. Its $100 price objective compares with the $99.50 consensus target. The stock closed on Wednesday at $80.64, down close to 4% on the day.
Bloom Energy Corp. (NYSE: BE): UBS started coverage with a Buy rating and a $35 price target. The consensus target is $28.63. Wednesday’s $23.26 was up close to 6% for the day on the coverage.
Carnival Corp. & PLC (NYSE: CCL): Stifel bumped its $17 price target up to $18 while keeping a Buy rating on the shares. The consensus target is $10.71. The stock closed on Wednesday at $8.93.
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX): Exane BNP Paribas’s downgrade was from Neutral to Underperform with a $190 target price. The consensus target is $192.44. Wednesday’s close was at $172.28.
Cogent Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT): Needham initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $26 target price. The consensus target is $21.50, and the stock closed on Wednesday at $12.10.
Danaher Corp. (NYSE: DHR): Deutsche Bank initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $310 target price. The consensus target is $306.05. Wednesday’s final trade was for $274.17 a share.
EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT): Wolfe Research’s upgrade of the energy giant was from Peer Perform to Outperform with a $59 price target. The consensus target is $59.81. Wednesday’s close was at $37.79.
FB Financial Corp. (NYSE: FBK): Hovde downgraded the shares to Market Perform from Outperform. Its $42 target price is less than the $43.63 consensus target. The stock closed more than 5% lower on Wednesday at $36.23 on the downgrade.
Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating with an $85 target price. The consensus target is $86.25. The shares closed on Wednesday at $59.96.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR): Jefferies maintained a Buy rating on the asset management behemoth and has a $65 price target. The consensus target is $63.25. The stock closed at $49.34 on Wednesday.
nCino Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO): Baird boosted its Neutral rating to Outperform with a $35 target price. The consensus target is $36.50. Wednesday’s close was at $27.06.
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE): Telsey Advisory reiterated an Outperform rating and raised its $110 target price to $130. The consensus target is $112.31. The stock closed on Wednesday at $111.45.
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