Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Costco, CrowdStrike, Dick’s Sporting Goods, GE, PayPal, Six Flags and More

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. (NYSE: BAH): Stifel reiterated a Buy rating with a $110 price target. The consensus target is $112.67. The last trade on Wednesday was posted at $92.52, which was down 3% on the day.

Bowlero Corp. (NYSE: BOWL): Canaccord Genuity started coverage with a Buy rating and a $22 target price. The consensus target is $18.71. The stock closed on Wednesday at $17.12.

Cara Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CARA): The BofA Securities downgrade to Underperform from Neutral included a price target cut to $6 from $13. The consensus target is $18.86. The shares closed down almost 4% on Wednesday at $6.41, in the wake of a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings miss.

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating with a $550 target price. The consensus target is $547.66. Wednesday’s close was at $486.04.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD): Goldman Sachs raised its $141 target price on the Buy-rated company to $159. The consensus target for the cybersecurity leader is up at $166.46. The shares closed on Wednesday at $128.2, up over 3% for the day after posting stellar quarterly results.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS): Goldman Sachs raised its $142 target price on the Buy-rated retailer to $163. The consensus target is $149.16. The last trade on Wednesday was for $149.73 a share.

ESAB Corp. (NYSE: ESAB): Stifel raised its $60 price target to $72 and reiterated a Buy rating. The consensus target is $65.00. The shares closed on Wednesday at $61.32.

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB): Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and has a $41 target price. The consensus target is $40.15. The shares were last seen on Wednesday trading at $33.69, down close to 2% for the day.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE): Oppenheimer raised its $82 target price to $98 while keeping an Outperform rating. The consensus target is $87.56. The shares closed on Wednesday at $86.98.

Lantheus Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH): JMP Securities started coverage with a Market Outperform rating. The firm’s $120 target price compares with a consensus target of $106.71 and Wednesday’s close at $75.24, which was up just shy of 4% on the day after solid results.

PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL): Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating with a $90 target price. The consensus target is higher at $100.95. Tuesday’s close was at $75.84.

Piedmont Lithium Inc. (NASDAQ: PLL): Macquarie started coverage with an Outperform rating. Its $140 target price is well above the $107.14 consensus target. The stock closed on Wednesday at $59.53, which was up over 4% for the day on the coverage addition.

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